Fan Li set off again. When he leaves Huiji, he believes that the horse is reined, and the horse will walk fast if he loves it, and he will walk slowly if he loves it.

King Yue and Wen Chong left Huiji overnight to form an army, without a strong army, Yue will never be an independent country in the true sense.

It didn't take a lot of effort to form this army, as early as the time when the Yue Kingdom fell, Fan Li was preparing to rebuild this army.

Kun Chang secretly formed a team of 300 people in the mountains and forests, and trained according to the standards of officers for more than ten years.

When the Vietnamese army was disbanded, there were still 5,000 veterans, who survived the test of war for a long time, and were the essence of the army. Inspired by Shi Shi's father, Shi Qiao, Fan Li suggested that the king of Yue mobilize these veterans and organize militia in the countryside for basic training. Now gather these people together and give them formation, and the army will be built.

Weapons were also prepared. Many years ago, Fan Li invited two apprentices of Lu Ban, Gongsun Zhi and Wu Ban, who mined mines, smelted steel, and replaced the agricultural tools of the Yue Kingdom from bronze to iron, and the other was to make weapons. It should be said that with the current weapons reserves, it is not a problem to equip an army of 100,000 people.

The formation of the army of the Yue State must be carried out in secret, and now the Yue State is still nominally a subject state of the Wu State, if the army is openly formed, the King of Wu will not agree, and as soon as the Wu State sends troops to intervene, the Yue State will be beaten back again.

Fan Li's task was to find a place to use as a camp to train this army, and this place had to be deep in the mountains, where no one had ever set foot and certainly would not be discovered by the Wu people.

Such a place must also be close to a water source, and the water supply of 100,000 troops is a big deal. There must also be a passage that cannot be easily detected for the transport of food, grass and household goods.

In order to find the sacred tree to build Gusutai, Fan Li once drilled in the barren mountains and dense forests for several months. From the Yue Kingdom to the south, it is a completely uncivilized and barbaric land, with very few people, even some families, but also in the primitive tribal stage. Belongs to the barbarians.

Fan Li brought enough dry food and water and walked south. The population gradually thinned out, and finally there were no people at all. There are not many high mountains in the southeast hills, and the low hills stretch continuously, and there are some flat lands, but they are not developed at all. There are all kinds of trees of all sizes, tall and low, and vines and climbing plants hang from the trees. There are also shrubs and weeds, and in some places the weeds are taller than people.

Fan Li couldn't ride a horse, so he led the horse and walked forward slowly. This piece of mountain is flat and has a circle of twenty or thirty miles, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there is a small river in the middle, which is more than one zhang wide and has a large amount of water. There should be no problem with water for the army. Fan Li rode a horse or walked, drilled in the surrounding jungle for more than ten days, investigated a radius of more than 100 miles, and found no human habitation.

This should be an ideal secret barracks.

The next step is for the team to drive in, cut trees and grass, level the land, build barracks, build a playground, and then start training.

Fan Li left this place and sent out a rocket, this is a signal to call Shu Chang, he hasn't called Shu Chang for a long time, will Shu Chang still be nearby?

After a while, a person came out of the dense forest, it was the third uncle Chang, one of the three masters of the Chang family.

"General, Uncle Chang is here, please command."

Fan Li said, "Brother, have you walked around with me inside?" ”

Uncle often said: "Yes, my subordinates have always followed the general. ”

Fan Li said: "The place I surveyed the day before yesterday was used as a training base for our Vietnamese army. When you go back, will you be able to find it back? ”

Uncle often said, "This is no problem. ”

Fan Li said: "Okay! Brother, now go back to Gusu, meet the king, and tell him to send a general and tie with 30,000 men to build a barracks and a playground, and then bring the army in batches. I'll look further here. ”

Uncle often said: "Subordinates obey orders." ”

Fan Li said: "Brother, after you go back, you don't have to go back to me, just work in the army." ”

A sad look suddenly appeared on Shu Chang's face, and he knelt down with a "poof" and said, "General, don't you want to be subordinate?" Did the subordinates make a mistake? ”

Fan Li pulled up Shu Chang: "Brother, where do you want to go, you have followed Fan Li for so many years and have suffered a lot of hardship." A lot of credit. Now that the Vietnamese army has just been established, it is the time to employ people, and you should go to the army to work. Being a brother can't delay your future. When I return, I will recommend you to the king. ”

Shu Chang said: "General, when you are going to leave in the future, please take Shu Chang with you, Shu Chang has no ability, it's okay to be a doorman for you." ”

Fan Li was stunned: "Brother, how do you know that I am going to leave in the future?" ”

Uncle Chang said: "Uncle Chang has followed the general for so many years, and he still knows a little about the general, and the general is not a person who is greedy for red dust." It's the kind of master who looks at the world and wanders into the eight wildernesses. ”

Fan Li hugged Shu Chang: "Good brother, you are my bosom friend." In the future, if the law really wants to go, I must bring my brothers. It's all for later. Let's get the job done now. Go to Gusu to meet the king. ”

Uncle Chang was full of joy and bowed deeply: "It's subordinate." He turned around, walked like a fly, and disappeared into the jungle in a blink of an eye.

Fan Li was left alone in the mountains and forests. He took the bag from his horse, patted it on the back, and the horse went to graze on the hillside. He found a place to sit down, took out dry food and water, and quickly filled his stomach.

He looked and found that there was not much dry food, and he had to leave this no-man's land, or he would have to live by gathering and hunting, and live the life of a savage.

After resting for a while, he stood up, took his horse, and walked slowly forward.

The sun is in the west, the autumn sun is shining obliquely, the mountains and forests are quiet and bright, the mountain wind is out, and the jungle is squirming.

Suddenly, there was a voice overhead: "Catch!" A small object, drawing a red arc, flew straight towards the door.

Fan Li instinctively raised his hand and grabbed it, and there was an extra red mountain date in his hand.

The tree said, "Eat, it's delicious." "The voice was childish, crisp, pure.

When Fan Li looked up, he was frightened, and saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, carrying a basket made of tree strips, picking mountain dates. At her feet was a small twig the thickness of a finger. The branch was bent downward by her body, and it could break at any moment, but it didn't.

Suddenly, a mountain breeze blew, and the branches shook violently, and the girl's body shook with it. Suddenly, the girl's body was crooked, and she was about to be planted.

"Ahh Fan Li couldn't help but let out an exclamation. How tall are two feet, and if you don't die, you will be injured if you plant it.

And the girl's body shook a few times, and then she stood firmly again, and then let out a string of crisp laughter like silver bells: "It's okay! ”

Fan Li said: "Little girl, come down quickly, it's dangerous!" ”