Pan Xiaogu and Liu Wu studied for a long time, but they didn't find out which kind of creature this mysterious skull belonged to, and finally it was gone, but fortunately, no matter what this creature was, it was at least more than a hundred years ago, and it was hard to say if it still existed now, as long as you pay a little attention.

Liu Wu eventually became the commander of the scout battalion, responsible for scouting the terrain and enemy situation, collecting intelligence on surrounding forces, and the first spies under his command were 30 Turkic villagers selected by Pan Xiaogu. In addition to these spies, it is necessary to establish a team responsible for mapping, a team responsible for transmitting and sorting out information, and a team dedicated to logistics, but there is no one in these latter groups, just departments on paper, just like Pan Hu's internal guard mansion, except for the pro-guard team, most of the departments are still just empty yamen.

In short, Liu Wu finally got the coveted development platform, and he could do a big job, his first task was to thoroughly find out the road from the Grand Canyon to Persia, and it was best to establish a few camps in the Grand Canyon to prepare for the reconnaissance in Persia later.

In the following time, Zhao Wu made a plan to prepare supplies, and at the same time familiarized himself with his spies, and in this way, another three days passed, and the cargo ship that had gone to Xize Township before finally returned.

Mo Lao followed the cargo ship to Xiyue Port, Xize Township was handed over to Pan Erdai for management, and the same ship brought back, as well as more than 30 veterans and a batch of weapons and equipment, most of these weapons are second-hand equipment captured from the Turks, although it is not easy to use, but with these things, the safety factor of Xianyue Township can be improved.

On the third day after Mo Lao's arrival, Pan Xiaogu took Mo Lao, Zhao Wu and his spies, others brought by Xize Township, and dozens of helpers recruited from Xiyue Port, and more than 100 people on 5 large ships and more than a dozen small boats, carrying more than a dozen pack horses and mules, and set off for the valley mouth of the Great Valley.

"Mo Lao, let's arrive, and there is that dangerous beach in front of us." After the fleet arrived at the mouth of the valley in the Great Valley, Pan Xiaogu respectfully invited Mo Lao to the deck.

Pan Xiaogu's boat stayed more than 100 meters away from the mouth of the valley, and the current became more rapid, and the boat might be swept into the dangerous shoals of the valley by the current.

Mo Lao stood at the bow of the boat and watched for a while, then turned his head to Pan Xiaogu and said

"I can't see anything here, and I want to look at the cliffs on both sides of the valley."

The cliffs on both sides of the valley mouth are only a few tens of meters high, but they are very steep, and it takes a lot of effort to climb up, Mo Lao is already over sixty years old, Pan Xiaogu doesn't want the old man to take risks, so he refuses on the spot

"No, it's too dangerous."

Although Mo Lao knew that Pan Xiaogu had good intentions, he didn't appreciate it and fought with Pan Xiaogu.

"There is no way to deal with the decay of the boulders in the river!"

"Mo Lao, why don't we do this, how about I send others to climb to the top of the cliff, draw a picture of the situation in the river, and take it down for you to see?"

"No way!"

"Why don't you let your disciple go to the top of the cliff to observe instead of you, and then he will come down and tell you?"

"No way!"

Pan Xiaogu: .....

The old man was stubborn, Pan Xiaogu had no choice at all, he was worried, Zhao Wu secretly leaned into Pan Xiaogu's ear and said

"My lord, in fact, the last time we explored the road, we found a road behind Guguchi Mountain that can detour to the top of the cliff, and Mo Lao can also go up without climbing the cliff."

Pan Xiaogu glared at Zhao Wu when he heard this

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Zhao Wu said

"It was a dead end, and there was no way to go when you reached the top of the cliff, so my subordinates didn't say anything."

Pan Xiaogu also knew that Zhao Wu and the others were not to blame for this, so he softened his tone

"Is it safe on top of a cliff? There won't be any danger for Mo Lao to go up, right? ”

"Safe, absolutely safe, the cliff is a whole boulder, and the top of the cliff is very flat, as long as someone is watching, there will be no danger. If the adults are still worried, it's a big deal to tie a rope on Mo Lao's body and let people drag it behind. ”

Okay, I can actually think of the attention of the safety rope, and my brain is fast enough. Pan Xiaogu glanced at Zhao Wu appreciatively.

"Okay, I can't compete with you, but if you want to go to the top of the cliff, you must promise me one condition." Now that he knew that he didn't have to climb the rock and that the top of the cliff was very safe, Pan Xiaogu changed his attitude and no longer stopped Mo Lao

"Hmph, I think it was your family member who told you something, so you changed your mind, right? Did your guy find a way to the top of the cliff? Mo Lao had long seen Pan Xiaogu and Zhao Wu muttering together, mercilessly piercing his face.

Pan Xiaogu was thick-skinned enough, and he didn't care if he was poked, so he asked again with his neck stalked

"You haven't said yes or no."

"What are the conditions?"

"You can go up to the top of the cliff, but for safety, you must obey my command when you get to the top of the cliff."

"If you don't let me near the edge of the cliff, I'll have to listen? Then why am I still so tired? ”

"I promise not to stop you from leaning to the edge of the cliff to observe, as long as you obey my command, how about it, do you agree?"

Mo Lao squinted at Pan Xiaogu's eyes, wanting to see what tricks he was playing, Pan Xiaogu looked at him without showing weakness

"Okay, old man promises you, I'll see what tricks you're playing!"

-- An hour later --

"You're going to tie me down with a rope?" Mo Lao looked at the rope in Pan Xiaogu's hand in surprise

"Of course, that's what I said before." Pan Xiaogu proudly circled the rope

"You just did everything possible to get me to agree to obey your command just for this matter?" Mo Lao asked again with a strange face

"Exactly."

Mo Lao: "....... Apprentice, bring the life-saving rope for the teacher. ”

"Okay master." Mo Lao's apprentice took out an item from his bag, the front end was several lassoes, which could be put around the waist, chest and back of the person, and the back was connected by a pair of ropes.

This thing is actually a professional safety rope, Pan Xiaogu looked down at the hemp rope he had found temporarily

“......”

It's a shame, I didn't expect people to have professional equipment

Pan Xiaogu embarrassedly hid the hemp rope behind him.

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Pan Xiaogu accompanied Mo Lao to draw a map of the distribution of reefs in the rapids on the top of the cliff - looking down from the top of the cliff, you can really see the distribution of the reefs more clearly, and even the reefs hidden under the water can be seen clearly.

The others were not idle, they were busy unloading their mules, horses and supplies from the boats, preparing to set up a transit camp on a high ground not far from the shore, to stock up on supplies, and in the future such transit camps would continue to extend into the valley, and each of the two camps would be exactly a full day's journey, and the camps would be stocked with some dry firewood and emergency dry food, and some camps would also leave guards and weapons, and in this first camp there would be five men, and one or two small boats would be left on the shore, Responsible for guarding the supplies and transmitting the news back to Xiyue Port in a timely manner.

On the other side, after more than 20 days of trekking, Cheng Yun and others, who had withdrawn from Panjiabao, finally escorted thousands of Turkic prisoners and returned to the city of Suppression!