Pan Xiaogu stayed in Xiyue Port for three days, and on the third day, Zhao Wu and the others, who went to explore the way, returned to Xiyue Port and brought back their discoveries.

"The south bank is full of swamps and cliffs, and there is no way to go, but I found a path on the north bank, which can go around the path of the valley mouth and go through the path, and it only takes half a day to reach the valley." Zhao Wu pointed to the simple map they had brought back and explained the terrain of the valley to Pan Xiaogu.

"Have you explored the valley and what's going on inside?"

Zhao Wu understood what Pan Xiaogu cared about

"We didn't carry much food, so we didn't go too deep into the valley to investigate, but we just walked into the valley for a day, and advanced about twenty or thirty miles."

"The further you go into this big valley, the more open the terrain becomes, the water flow in the river is gentle, and the Ruan brothers have gone into the water many times to check, but they have not found any more dangerous shoals like the valley mouth, and they can sail. But what the situation is going on further on, the subordinates don't know. The subordinates were entrusted by the lord to fail to explore the entire valley, so please surrender the sin. ”

said that Zhao Wu was about to bow down, but was stopped by Pan Xiaogu

"What sin? Slippery, I think you're asking for credit, right? Originally, I just asked you to find a way to the Great Valley, but I didn't let you explore the valley, presumably these things were all your Zhao Wu's idea later, right? Pan Xiaogu deliberately straightened his face and pretended to be angry and said, Zhao Wu and Pan Hu were his most trusted subordinates, and they communicated with each other more casually.

Speaking of Zhao Wu and Pan Hu, they were Pan Xiaogu's guards from the beginning, after the two inherited the warrior profession, they were once sent out to lead the troops, but later they all asked to return to Pan Xiaogu's side as guards, those who were from similar backgrounds to the two are now all backbones of the army, and a few of them were lucky enough to be recruited as officers and officers, and even transferred to officials. (Recruitment is randomly selected by the system from the right population)

Many people think that these two men are not ambitious and smart enough, and although they are loyal, they are not very useful.

However, Pan Xiaogu knew that these two subordinates were really smart people. In the appraisal of the system, both of them have heroic potential!

Pan Hu is rough on the surface, pulling his throat all day long, just like an ordinary rough man, but in fact, he is as careful as a hair, after Pan Xiaogu asked him to accept the security work, he did the work well, and under the guidance of Pan Xiaogu, he began to establish the Internal Security Mansion, which was specifically responsible for preventing the leakage of the secrets of the territory.

Zhao Wu has a flexible mind, and he is the best at observing words and feelings, and figuring out the intentions of the leader. This is not belittling Zhao Wu, Zhao Wu is not trying to pat him on the back, but to complete the task better. Just like this pathfinding mission, he figured out Pan Xiaogu's idea very well, pathfinding is only the surface, and finding a route to attack Persia is the essence.

Another advantage of Zhao Wu is that he has strong subjective initiative, and he is very measured, and knows how to do things within the rules. Pan Xiaogu didn't let him explore the situation in the valley, but he took the initiative to do it, remembering to withdraw within the specified time, and did not disobey Pan Xiaogu's time limit because he wanted to make greater contributions.

Zhao Wu knew that he was not really angry as soon as he saw Pan Xiaogu's face, and said with a smile

"When the adults were teaching the troops, didn't they teach us that when officers independently commanded the troops, they should give full play to their initiative under the overall strategy, actively carry out actions, and not blindly wait for orders from their superiors, and their subordinates should do what the adults teach."

Pan Xiaogu couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhao Wu's defense, but he knew that Zhao Wu was talking nonsense, Zhao Wu saw that Pan Hu had formed the Internal Guard Mansion, and he was just a guard, he was a little anxious, and he desperately wanted to earn performance.

Regarding Zhao Wu's arrangement, Pan Xiaogu had already had an idea.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, tell me, have you encountered any dangers along the way? Are there any signs of wild beasts found in the valley? ”

"The road in the valley is still very easy to walk, suitable for the movement of the army, we did not see any wild beasts on the road, but a brother found the footprints of a bear by the river, as for whether there are other beasts, it is difficult to say, the subordinates feel that it is difficult for ordinary beasts to threaten the army, and there is no need to care too much."

Zhao Wu paused and added

"If it's a pack of wolves attacking Shanyang Town, it's hard to say."

Pan Xiaogu rolled his eyes

"Can you just meet that kind of wolf pack?"

"But... Master, my subordinates feel that it is still necessary to open up the waterway as soon as possible, and it is not a long-term plan to march by land alone. Zhao Wu didn't pay attention for a while, and used his previous name again

"Of course I know, master, but the waterway will not be opened in a while, and the specific time will not be known until Mo Lao comes to see it, and I have asked Ma Decai to send a boat to carry the letter back." The reason why Pan Xiaogu leaked the news of the lack of grain in Xize Township to Ma Decai was to use the Ma family's grain to relieve the grain pressure in Xize Township, and the other was to let his cargo ship go to Shanyang to pick up people and supplies.

"By the way, this time the subordinates and others also found something interesting in the Great Valley."

Zhao Wu suddenly remembered something, turned around and rummaged through the bag beside him, Pan Xiaogu had noticed the bag he brought before.

Zhao Wu took out a worn-out helmet and a few pieces of broken wood, and then took out a half-rusted iron lump, which he put on the table in one go.

"What are these things?" Pan Xiaogu fiddled with the tattered on the table and asked

"These things were found by the Nguyen brothers in a shipwreck in the silt at the bottom of the river. There were also some human bones in the ship, and the Ruan brothers deduced that the ship had been sunk for at least one or two hundred years, based on the extent of the rotting wood on the ship. ”

Listening to Zhao Wu's words, Pan Xiaogu fiddled with the rags on the table and barely recognized what these things were

The worn-out helmet is best recognized, the helmet is made of iron, the rust is very bad, and there should have been decoration on the top, but it has fallen off, leaving only a few holes.

A few pieces of broken wood should be some part of the ship, but unfortunately Pan Xiaogu couldn't recognize what they were.

The last lump of iron was supposed to be an axe or a tomahawk, but the handle was rotten.

"Why bring these things back? There must be some reason, right? ”

Pan Xiaogu looked at it for a long time and didn't find any clue, so he asked directly, there must be a reason why Zhao Wu showed him these things.

Sure enough, Zhao Wu took out another thing and put it on the table, this time it was a skull, a different skull, a skull that looked like a human head, but the mouth was full of sharp fangs.

"This is the Ruan family brothers, in addition to human bones, there are many such skulls on the shipwreck, I think it is very important, so I brought it back."