Just as the Dragon Boat Festival arrived at Shamadian, Ma Zhongyan, Lao Abacus and Heizi finally arrived at Erlang Mountain.
Erlang Mountain is high in mountains and densely forested, and especially the top of Erlang Mountain is very steep and rugged with rocks, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
And it is precisely because of this that Erlang Mountain has been a place where bandits have been entrenched for hundreds of years.
And especially after Ma Zhenshan occupied this place, he not only strengthened the stronghold, but also trained soldiers and horses day and night, becoming a well-trained army.
There were more than 300 people in the village, all dressed in black and armed with Type 79 rifles. No one in the gang was willing to provoke this force.
It was also Ma Zhongyan's first time to come to Erlang Mountain. Although he had walked this road before, as long as his father handed over the note, the road would be smooth.
So it was Ma Zhongyan’s first time to go up the mountain.
"Stop, who is it?"
Before reaching the village, at the foot of Erlang Mountain, bandits from Erlang Mountain blocked the way of Ma Zhongyan and others.
There were three people in total, all dressed in black, with swords and axes as if they were chopping. They were holding 90% new 79 rifles.
This is very rare in the gang, because bandits usually use whatever they grab, and rarely dress so neatly. If they are not wearing black clothes and military uniforms, then this is an army.
Moreover, this bandit's speech is different from that of ordinary bandits.
If he were an ordinary bandit, but if he saw Ma Zhongyan, a beautiful girl, and teased her without saying a word, he would probably not be worthy of his title of bandit.
But these people didn't. They were upright and their words were not frivolous at all. If Ma Zhongyan and others had not known that these people were bandits, they would have thought that they were training for a team somewhere.
Ma Zhongyan sat on the horse and cupped her hands and said: "The caravan - Ma Zhongyan has come to pay homage to the mountain. Please let me know, brothers."
One of the strong men said: "How can anyone worship the mountain at night? Girl, please go back. At this point, the bosses are all asleep."
"It's urgent, brother, do you know this thing?"
With that said, Ma Zhongyan showed his token. The strong man took a torch to shine it. When he saw the token clearly, he quickly bowed and said: "This subordinate deserves to die, it turns out he is the second in charge."
It turned out that this token was the military order of the second master of Erlangshan. Ma Zhenshan gave this token to Ma Zhongyan's father, in order to let him go to the mountain to drop grass.
The position of the second head of Erlangshan has always been vacant, waiting for Ma Zhongyan's father.
But Ma Zhongyan's father didn't want to leave the family behind. After all, the name bandit didn't sound so nice.
What's more, the Ma family has its own business. Although it is not a wealthy family, food and clothing are not a problem at all.
Therefore, Ma Zhongyan's father declined several invitations from Ma Zhenshan. Even when he passed by, he only handed over a note and paid the toll, but did not go up the mountain.
Because it’s hard to tell when you go up the mountain.
So Ma Zhongyan didn't know that the token in her hand was actually the token of Erlangshan's second boss.
But she couldn't care about that much now. Since the other party was afraid of the token, she pretended to be the second master first. She said to the three bandits, "Why don't you take me to see the first master?"
"It's the second master, please walk slowly for now, I'll go and report it right away."
After saying that, the leading strong man ran away. One of the other two strong men opened the way in front, and the other led Ma Zhongyan's horse straight to the main village of Erlang Mountain.
No one dared to stop him at all the villages he passed through until he reached Dazhai, the center of Erlang Mountain.
Although the Dazhai in the center of Erlang Mountain is all wooden-structured houses, they are unusually elegant, especially the Juyi Hall in the middle, which not only covers an area of more than 300 square meters, but also has dragon shapes on the beams and pillars. Carved patterns.
The person sitting on the seat is a three-meter-long tiger leather chair, and the leader is a burly man. He is about forty years old, about 1.8 meters tall, and weighs more than 200 kilograms.
There is no fat, just muscles, and he is wearing a black cloak. He does look a bit like Ma Zhongyan's father's father.
But it is true that Ma Zhenshan also has the surname Ma. Not only is he from the same hometown as Ma Zhongyan's father, but he also has the same bloodline.
Ma Zhenshan had previously called Ma Zhongyan's father's cousin.
So there was some kind of kinship. And sitting next to Ma Zhenshan was a little old man. He was wearing a Taoist robe, his hair was tied up in a high bun, and he was shaking a feather fan with his left hand. He looked like a fairy.
This man's name was Gu Qiu. He was originally a Taoist priest, but later he became too poor and couldn't survive anymore, so he came to work as a military advisor for Ma Zhenshan.
The layout of Erlang Mountain was all his own handiwork. Even the coiled dragons on the pillars of the Juyi Hall in this cottage were all made by him.
Obviously, this little old man has great ambitions, and he wants to achieve great things in troubled times.
In addition to this little old man, under the left hand is a skinny but tall man.
This man was about forty years old, about two meters tall by visual inspection. Sitting on a chair, he was a bit taller than the average person, but his body was skinny, no better than skinny and bones.
There are two serrated knives placed next to the chair. These knives are about fifty centimeters longer than ordinary knives, and the blades are like shark teeth.
So because of the shape of the knife, he got a nickname - Shark Tongtian, and he was the third leader among the Erlang Mountain bandits.
On the right is a woman in red. She is around thirty years old, with a soft whip wrapped around her waist. She is Hong Wuyan, the fourth head of Erlang Mountain.
At this time, the boss, Ma Zhentian, was stunned when he saw Ma Zhongyan and others coming in. Because he was waiting for Ma Zhongyan's father, but he didn't want to know anyone who came in.
Ma Zhenshan asked: "Where is my cousin?"
Ma Zhongyan quickly said: "Uncle, I am Ma Zhongyan, do you still remember?"
Ma Zhenshan suddenly realized: "So it's Zhongyan? You've grown so big. It's all my fault that I listened to your father and told me not to go to him when I have nothing to do. You've grown so big, and I saw it now Come here and sit down, this village will become your home."
While Ma Zhenshan asked Ma Zhongyan to take a seat, he introduced to Ma Zhongyan the military advisor Gu Qiu beside him, the third master Sha Tongtian, and the fourth master Hong Wuyan.
The three of them all stood up and clasped their fists at Ma Zhongyan.
Of course, Ma Zhongyan is a junior, and the few people clasping their fists and saluting were all to show respect to Ma Zhenshan and Ma Zhongyan's father.
Ma Zhenshan mentioned Ma Zhongyan's father frequently in front of several people, saying: Without my cousin, I would not be able to get out of prison alive.
Therefore, it is precisely because of this that people here treat Ma Zhongyan with great courtesy.
But at this moment, Gu Qiu stroked three strands of his goatee and said, "Does this guy look like a Japanese soldier?"
Gu Qiu was talking about Lao Abacus. Lao Abacus was still wearing the clothes of the Japs, and even if he wanted to change, there was no clothes for him to change into.
At this time, when Hong Wuyan heard this, he immediately lost his face and said: "The Japanese took our Northeast, occupied our Hebei and Shandong, and now they have attacked Shanghai and are approaching Nanjing. Does this Brother Ma want to
Do you want us to understand current affairs and take refuge with the Japanese?..."