The answer naturally comes from Pang Tong's observation ability.
And the key lies in one point, that is -
"Eldest Young Master, do you smell something?"
As he spoke, Pang Tongyi walked towards the body identified as Wei Yan.
The body fell on the roadside and was covered with some linen cloth. Judging from some of the limbs exposed at the edge of the linen cloth, his clothes seemed to be no different from Wei Yanzhen's.
"What do you smell? There's... the smell of blood... and a bit of a stink... Is there something wrong with this?"
Liu Feng was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he couldn't think clearly, but he still had the brains to answer this intuitive question.
Pang Tong nodded and took advantage of the situation to directly remove the linen covering the body.
As a result, when he saw the tragic state of the corpse, not only was he surprised, but he even felt somewhat expected.
"really…"
Ignoring the horrified looks of the people around him, Pang Tong squatted directly in front of the corpse and began to search for something on his body.
"Military advisor...you...what did you mean by what you said before..."
Liu Feng was a little confused and could only hope that Pang Tong would give a reasonable explanation.
Pang Tong didn't waste any more nonsense. He pointed at the corpse and said:
"The enemy tried so hard to kill our general, so why did they mess with the body and go out of their way to disfigure the face?"
"The only purpose is to make you think that General Wei Yan is dead. In fact, is this body actually that of General Wei Yan..."
Pang Tong fumbled as he spoke, and soon he started laughing.
He suddenly stood up and said to the stunned Liu Feng and others:
"Confirmation completed, this body is definitely not General Wei Yan."
"Really! Really?"
Hearing these words, not only Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief, but Wang Wu, who had been holding back tears just now, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Military advisor? What on earth is going on?"
Wang Wu hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
Pang Tong smiled slightly and said to everyone:
"Many of you are clearly former subordinates of General Wei Yan. Don't you know that General Wei Yan has several obvious scars on his body?"
"I just confirmed that there are no obvious wounds on this corpse. Even if you take off his clothes, you can see that this person is not at the same level as General Wei Yan. At least General Wei Yan is stronger than him.
There are many."
It turns out that this is the case, many people suddenly realized, and Liu Feng and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Damn enemy, how dare you deceive us!"
Pang Tong continued:
"If I guess correctly, you only need to look at the other corpses to understand that those people have actually been dead for a long time, otherwise there would not be such a fishy smell."
"Well...it's true...it's true...I wonder why the smell in the forest is so strange..."
Liu Feng listened to the explanation and then realized the question Pang Tong had raised before.
"If I'm not wrong, these corpses may even be the enemy's own..."
"As for why General Wei Yan's jersey is here -"
Pang Tong had people peel off the armor from the corpse, pointed to some gaps in the armor and said:
"It seems that General Wei Yan and the others have experienced a hard battle... His armor is in tatters. It should not be deliberately damaged by the enemy. If General Wei Yan is not dead, it must be because the armor has been damaged too much.
For the sake of flexible combat, he probably gave up this armor..."
Everyone looked at the armor one after another. Sure enough, as Pang Tong said, this piece of clothing, even if worn on the body, is unlikely to have a protective effect.
and…
The biggest problem with this piece of clothing is that the joints are not flexible enough. As a cavalry armor, it requires a tight and tight integration. Therefore, in terms of material selection and workmanship, the cavalry combat situation will be taken into consideration to the greatest extent.
In the mountains and forests, this kind of armor can easily become a burden.
"Go and inform other armies and don't believe the rumors. General Wei Yan is not dead, and those who spread rumors will be punished according to military law!"
"yes!"
Under Pang Tong's instructions, several soldiers quickly rushed back to the army to eliminate the influence of the rumors.
But through this previous encounter, Pang Tong had a good idea.
"At least we can be sure that General Wei Yan and the others are definitely not forced into a desperate situation now - Wang Wu! You should have the means to communicate with General Wei Yan and the others, right?"
Wang Wu was suddenly called upon by Pang Tong. Wang Wu, who had regained his composure, did not hesitate this time. He immediately nodded and responded:
"some!"
"Well, you will be the vanguard this time, and try your best to pass on the news to General Wei Yan, so that General Wei Yan and the others can attack the enemy from both sides with us - it would be even better if we could know the location of the enemy."
"no problem!"
Wang Wu is very confident now and of course he doesn't have any fear.
All in all, after this incident, Pang Tong and others seemed to have hope of defeating the enemy.
——
Time is still passing.
It seems that because the sun is shining at noon, most of the fog in the forest has dissipated. Although the field of vision is not wide, the dark places can definitely be seen more clearly.
The form seems to be good. Under such circumstances, the army is still divided into three groups, advancing on a large scale without affecting the integrity.
Of course there are changes.
That is, in front of Pang Tong's group, there is a group of soldiers with shields protecting Wang Wu among them.
Wang Wu tried his best to make meaningless sounds with his mouth - in fact, he was constantly seeking to communicate with Wei Yan.
After Pang Tong's analysis, the army formulated such a strategy and is now implementing it step by step.
If nothing else happens, they can turn the situation around in this way.
However, if nothing unexpected happens...
Wang Wu was still sending out signals, but suddenly, a second sound besides the chirping of birds came from the forest——
Pang Tong immediately became alert and hurriedly asked Wang Wu:
"Wang Wu! Did you hear that?"
Wang Wu naturally nodded, but his expression... was a bit intriguing.
"Military advisor...it's a little strange..."
"Huh? Why is it weird?"
After Wang Wu struggled for a while, he expressed his doubts:
"This doesn't seem to be a codeword from our army, at least...I didn't hear any actual meaning from it——"
Before Wang Wu finished speaking, Pang Tong learned the reason for Wang Wu's doubts from the changes on the field.
Because... right after that weird sound, a series of noisy shouts suddenly came from the forest.
Wang Wu was right, there was indeed no meaning in this cry.
And the reason why someone made such a noise was to disrupt Pang Tong's arrangement.
Pang Yi looked surprised and immediately realized the problem:
"Not good! We are surrounded!"
"The whole army should prepare quickly to meet the enemy!"
Pang Tong's reaction was quick enough, but after all, a human's reaction was not as fast as the force coming from the dark place.
"ah!"
There was a scream, and a soldier was hit by an arrow and died.
Then came arrows like locusts, and the army immediately fell into chaos.