After several tests, it was found that the effect of the soil cofferdam was outstanding, which greatly reduced the difficulty and danger of cleaning the underwater reef and greatly improved the progress of the river dredging project.

Of course, these are all later stories, after Pan Xiaogu handed over two batches of twenty qi practitioners who knew the Longtu Mantra to Zhao Dajiang, he led the cavalry to leave the Taniguchi camp early the next morning, and finally arrived at the last advance camp at the west side of Taniguchi three days later, and connected with the scout camp that remained here.

The so-called camp was actually just a clearing near the river, and there were no other buildings in the camp except a small wooden fortress used to garrison their own food and grass, and most of the cavalry could only camp in the open space outside.

Fortunately, everyone received winter clothes before departure, these leather jackets sewn from wolf skin were extremely warm, plus a thick blanket for each person, as long as there was no wind and snow, there was absolutely no problem to spend the night in the wild.

The blanket was sent by the Cheng and Yang families, and the Anxi and Persian wool industries were very developed, and the Persian blanket was also very famous in later generations.

As for the wolfskin that makes the leather jacket... Most of them are trophies after the First World War in Sanyang, long live the wild wolf.

Pan Xiaogu also wore one, but this one was made of wolf demon skin, which was indeed very warm.

"What is the situation outside the valley, but what has changed?" As soon as he entered the fortress, Pan Xiaogu summoned the captain of the scouts who stayed behind in the camp and asked him about the situation in Persia

The Scout Captain is a Snitch Inheritor who is small in stature, but agile in his movements.

"Outside the valley these days, there has been a big change." The Scout Captain replied.

It is said that it is outside the valley, but in fact, this mountain valley is a trumpet-shaped valley, and the horn mouth is facing Persia, and the location of the No. 5 forward base is actually no different from an ordinary steppe area.

"What about Gilholtz and Rezwan?" Both towns are the first to be attacked.

"There's not much movement between the two towns, but—" The scout captain hesitated

"But what?" Pan Xiaogu frowned

"In recent days, my subordinates have discovered that two Hu tribes are migrating in the direction of the valley." As soon as the scout captain finished speaking, Pan Xiaogu heard Cheng Yun behind him whisper a reminder

"It should be a tribe preparing to spend the winter in the valley."

After being reminded by Cheng Yun like this, Pan Xiaogu discovered that this mountain and river valley was actually an excellent place to spend the winter, but the strange thing was that the scouts had not found any signs of large-scale human activity in the valley before, so they ignored this.

"Why didn't you say such important news earlier?" Pan Xiaogu glared at the scout captain, now was not the time to hold him accountable, he then asked

"Where are these two tribes now? How big is it? ”

The scout captain breathed a sigh of relief

"The two tribes are in the north of the valley, at the foot of the Jieshan Mountain, about twenty or thirty kilometers away from here, and both tribes have six or seven hundred tents, which is considered a relatively large tribe."

After the scout captain finished speaking, he added another sentence to justify what had happened before.

"The two tribes slowed down their migration yesterday and have already set up camp recently, and their subordinates don't think they plan to migrate to the valley, so they didn't report it first."

Pan Xiaogu glanced at the scout captain, and felt the urge to curse.

"You don't think it's important to not report? Why don't you just be the commander of the whole army! Pan Xiaogu reprimanded him severely, and the scout captain was so frightened that he didn't even dare to say it.

"Concealing the military situation may lead to a misjudgment by the commander and affect the safety of the whole army, how dare you be so arbitrary! Forgot what the military regulations say? Those who conceal military information are beheaded! ”

The scout captain was so frightened that he knelt on the ground by this time, his face was as white as dirt.

Zhao Wu on the side wanted to intercede for his subordinates, but was pulled by Pan Hu on the side

Pan Xiaogu considered that these people were all novices, and it was normal for them to make mistakes, and he didn't want to be too harsh, so he slowed down his tone.

"Thinking that you are a first-time offender, you are not concealing the report, but you are just pretending to be clever and delay the military situation, and you will be exempted from the death penalty for the time being..."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Before Pan Xiaogu finished speaking, the scout captain kowtowed repeatedly

"Military law is ruthless, although I will exempt you from the death penalty, but after going down, I will find a military judge to receive three hundred military sticks, first execute one hundred military sticks, and remember the rest first, and then make up for it after the battle!"

"Yes!" The scout captain hurriedly took the order.

"After receiving the baton, take people to continue to monitor the two tribes, and report back if there is any situation. Remember, it's right to use your own brain to make judgments, but you can't hide the military situation, you can record your judgment after the military situation, remember! Let's get aside and stand aside! ”

The scout captain stood aside with a pale face, and Zhao Wugang wanted to say a few good words for his subordinates, so he heard Pan Xiaogu preemptively say

"Zhao Wu, you don't have to say good things, you, the scout battalion officer, have no way to lead the troops, and your subordinates can't keep in mind the military regulations and military discipline, and after the war, you will go to the military judge to get a hundred military sticks!" Pan Xiaogu had found out that the military minutes of the scout battalion were sloppy compared to other troops when he was in the other forward bases before, and he had long wanted to beat Zhao Wu.

“… Yes, sir! Zhao Wu opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a moment, and finally had to take the order.

"Go back and give me a good job of reorganizing the military discipline of the scout camp, including yourself, and let me go to the training camp for a month after the war!"

"Yes!" Zhao Wu responded with a sad face.

Dealing with the scout camp and Zhao Wu's side, everyone's focus was refocused on the two Hu tribes on the north side of the valley.

"These two tribes must be dealt with immediately, or they may find out about the whereabouts of the army at any time!"

The opinions of the people soon agreed that these two Hu tribes could not be left and must be eliminated as soon as possible.

"What about the defense of the two tribes?" Pan Xiaogu asked the scout captain again.

"There are probably two or three hundred soldiers from both tribes, but the defense is relatively lax, and they only patrol simply outside the camp, because they are only encamped today, and there is no fence outside the camp." The scout captain detailed the layout around the two camps, and this time he didn't dare to hide anything.

"How far is the distance between the two tribes?" Pan Xiaogu asked again

"It's not very far, about seven or eight kilometers apart, but it's separated by a small forest in the middle." The scout captain drew a sketch on a piece of paper, simply drawing out the terrain around the two tribes.

"No, it's still too close, if one side is attacked, the other party will definitely hear the movement and be vigilant!" Pan Xiaogu watched it for a while, and had to give up the idea of breaking them one by one.

"Let's attack at the same time." Pan Xiaogu measured the strength in his hands, in addition to the 1,000 cavalry, he also had more than 150 inheritors of various professions in his hands, as well as the four guards of the Zhichong Mansion, in the case of a surprise attack, the strength was enough to scare the two tribes at the same time.

"I think we could..."