Seeing that he was embarrassed this time, not only did Wei Dutong see it, but General Bai Shen also witnessed it with his own eyes, and he was ashamed for a while, so he could only stand with his head down.

Bai Qi didn't look at Nashichang, but just ordered the heralds beside him: "Order the whole army, tighten the neckline, cuffs and trouser corners, and find out if there are any soldiers who are familiar with the mountains and forests, and replace these people to explore the way." After that, he looked at Wei Changfeng, intending to ask if there was anything he hadn't considered.

Wei Changfeng smiled and said softly: "I also want to find out, how many people who don't know anything about the mountains and forests are mixed with soldiers who are familiar with the mountains and forests, so as to save the false alarm." ”

Bai nodded his head, and immediately passed the order, and admired himself in his heart, it seems that Wei Changfeng doesn't know how to do these trivial things, he just doesn't like to do them, if he really lets him do it, he will do it well, even better than what he does.

"Let's lead the front team," Wei Changfeng said, "and deal with the problem faster this way." ”

After this small twist and turn, the whole army continued to move forward, but the joke of "calling a snake will bite someone" quietly spread throughout the army, and the chief and a group of brothers under him hurried away one by one, not daring to say a word.

After walking for several miles, a small stream appeared in front of him, and the silt on the side of the stream was piled up, and on the opposite bank, the forest was dense. When the soldiers saw that the stream was neither deep nor wide, and that there was not much obstruction on the bank, they raised their feet and went on.

Wei Changfeng followed behind for a few feet, looking at the whereabouts of the Donghu army on the ground from time to time, not checking for a while, and when he raised his head again, the soldier had already stepped into the mud and was walking into the stream, he shouted urgently: "Stop!" ”

The soldier didn't know why, so he had to stop, and was about to ask a question, when his body sank, and with a brush, half of his body had sunk into the ground.

The soldier was frightened, but he did not dare to move. Although he did not find that this sludge was a deadly mire, he knew that the mire could not bear weight, and once a person or beast stepped on it, it would immediately sink, and the more he struggled, the faster he sank. He could only stay there and watch his body continue to sink little by little.

The other soldiers were startled and hurriedly stopped.

"Stay away from the mud!" Wei Changfeng shouted, "Quick, throw the rope!" ”

Fortunately, there was no shortage of ropes in the army, and after throwing them twice, the soldier grabbed the rope and was pulled out when the mud flooded to his chest, and the soldier escaped death, his face turned white with shock, and he sat there panting.

Wei Changfeng looked at the quagmire and was also frightened. Just now he observed all the way, the signs of the march of the Donghu army were very obvious, but when they reached the vicinity of the creek, there were suddenly no footprints, how could such a large army walk through the mud without even a trace? There is clearly a problem here. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and saved the soldier's life in time, naturally, the soldier's experience in walking in the mountains and forests also played an important role at the critical moment, if it was still the first batch of soldiers who didn't even know the grass snake, I was afraid that it would have been swallowed up by the earth now.

"Look left and right," Wei Changfeng ordered, "you can't get through here, the Donghu army must be in other places." ”

The soldiers agreed, and with sticks or weapons, they slowly explored the way up and down the stream, but they did so very slowly, and they had to probe the ground with each step, for fear that they would be caught in the mire again.

After half an hour, they explored two or three miles upstream and downstream, and the soldiers of each team reported one after another: no trace of the Donghu army was found, and this quagmire was really big enough, and the places explored were all trapped in the quagmire, and they couldn't get through it at all!

Wei Changfeng and Bai Qi stood a few steps away from the mire, their brows furrowed.

It is impossible for the Donghu army to go around too far, even if it goes too far, there should be traces in the grass, and now the traces of the Donghu army's walking will disappear in front of their eyes, they will never have the kung fu of stepping on the grass without a trace, will they fly over from here?

Bai Qi picked up a stone and threw it at the mud in front of him, and the stone stopped on the mud for a moment, and then quickly sank.

"Explore." Bai Qi said, "Maybe there is a hard ground under the mud, and the Donghu army just found this hard ground and passed." ”

Wei Changfeng thought to himself that this might not be big, and the Donghu army was so lucky? But theoretically, this situation is also possible, the mire is very fluid, if the Donghu army is really so lucky, then as soon as they walk over, the muddy water will flow over and drown their footprints, so if the Donghu army really crossed this creek, there is really no trace of them.

The soldiers tried with sticks, spears, and stones, but there was no sign of hard ground. This is normal, no one believes that the Donghu army can be so lucky.

Bai Qi slowly sat on the grass, staring at the stream in front of him in a daze.

Wei Changfeng also sat down slowly, thinking slowly in his heart.

If you want to get through this quagmire, there are only a few ways, one is to go around, but there is no trace after exploring up and down for several miles, of course, the Donghu army is not bypassing. Second, it is to find a hard ground to come, just this time to try, countless spears and sticks probed this area one by one, and did not find any hard ground, the Donghu army could not have such a magical luck, and it was able to explore the hard ground that the Han army could not find after repeated exploration. So, what else can be done?

Wei Changfeng thought for a moment, stood up, took a large shield and laid it flat on the ground, and slid towards the mire.

Bai Qi stood up violently, his eyes showing hope.

Yes, that might be the way to go! The cavalry of the Donghu army is mainly cavalry, and in order to defend against bows and arrows, almost everyone has a big shield, will they use this big shield to cross the river?

The shield slid into the mire, and although it sank slightly, it did not sink. There was a lot of noise in all directions, and the soldiers who had been sitting on the side to rest also stood up and stared at the big shield.

Wei Changfeng picked up a boulder and weighed it, feeling that the boulder weighed about twenty or thirty catties, he gently placed the boulder on the big shield. The big shield moved, but it still didn't sink!

"A few more pieces." Bai Qi's voice was full of nervousness.

On the side, a soldier had already picked up a stone and handed it to Wei Changfeng. Wei Changfeng placed it flat on the big shield piece by piece, and every time he put on it, the big shield sank slightly, and everyone's hearts sank.

When it came to the fourth block, the big shield finally couldn't support it anymore and sank down.

Bai Qi sat down again.

Wei Changfeng slowly returned to Bai Qi's side, his face full of disappointment.

"Maybe they're sliding on the mire." Bai Qi was still looking at the place where the big shield sank, "It's not easy to sink when it slides, so our shield is left there and doesn't move." ”

Wei Changfeng shook his head: "The four stones weigh about eighty catties, and the soldiers of the Donghu Army are only afraid that few of them are so lightweight, and their weight plus armor and weapons is afraid that there are one hundred and sixty or seventy catties, and no matter how much they slide, they will not lose so much weight." ”

"They may have taken off their armor and lay on it to make it lighter, and then they would pull the armor weapon over on the big shield." Bai Qi still did not give up.

"There's no need to think of this way," Wei Changfeng sighed lightly, "People can take off their armor and lie on it to slide to reduce weight, what about horses?" Don't forget, the Donghu people came with a large number of war horses, and they definitely didn't come here by this method! ”