遺矢如冰 / 遗矢如冰
yí shǐ rú bīng
“leave-behind excrement like ice”
This is from 晉書 / 晋书 / Jìn Shū / the Book of Jin (/ History of the Jin Dynasty), published in 648 A.D.
This version is my own summary.
Army X was being pursued.
Their general asked the men to pour water over the horse dung in the tracks, which froze in the cold.
When the enemy soldiers arrived at that spot and saw that the horse dung had frozen over, they read it as Army X having passed that way ages ago, too far away for them to pursue, so they gave up the chase.
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