Erlang Mountain!
Just as the Dragon Boat Festival arrived at Shamadian, Ma Zhongyan, Lao Abacus and Heizi finally arrived at Erlang Mountain.
Erlang Mountain has high mountains and dense forests, and especially the top of Erlang Mountain is very steep and jagged with strange rocks, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
And precisely because of this, 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. In the Taoist industry near and far, no one wants 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 mountain stronghold, 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, and they all looked like they were chopping with knives and axes. What he held in his hand was a 90% new 79 rifle.
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 was 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 hadn't 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 the brothers know."
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 the torch to shine. When he saw the token clearly, he quickly bowed and said, "This subordinate deserves to die. It turns out to be the second master."
It turns out that this token is the military order of the second master of Erlangshan. At that time, 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. After all, the name bandit didn't sound so nice.
What's more, the Ma family has its own business. Although they are not rich, 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 turned out to be the token of Erlangshan's second boss.
But she can't care about that much now. Since the other party is afraid of this token, she will pretend to be the second boss first. He said to the three bandits, "Why don't you take me to see the boss?"
"It's the second master, please walk slowly for now, I'll report it right away."
After that, the strong man at the head ran away. The other two strong men, one of whom opened the way in front, and the other of whom led Ma Zhongyan's horse, went straight to the main village of Erlang Mountain.
No one dared to stop him from all the villages on the way, until he reached Dazhai, the center of Erlang Mountain.
Although the Dazhai in the center of Erlang Mountain is made of wooden structures, it is 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 upper 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. He is wearing a black cloak, but he looks somewhat similar to 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 is somewhat of a kinship relationship. 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 in his left hand. He looked like an immortal.
This man's name is 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 is all his own handiwork. Including the coiled dragons on the pillars of the Juyi Hall in this cottage, he also found someone to make them.
Obviously, this little old man has great ambitions. In troubled times, he also wants to achieve great things.
In addition to this little old man, under the left hand is a skinny but tall man.
This man was about forty years old, and by visual inspection he was about two meters tall. Sitting on a chair, he was a bit taller than the average person, but his body was skinny, no better than skinny and bones.
Next to the chair lay two serrated knives. This knife is also about fifty centimeters longer than an ordinary knife, and the blade is like a shark's tooth.
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. This person is around thirty years old, with a soft whip wrapped around his waist. He is Hong Wuyan, the fourth master 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 frequently mentioned Ma Zhongyan's father 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 the people here treated 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?"
What Gu Qiu was talking about was Lao Abacus. Lao Abacus has always been wearing the clothes of the Japanese, and even if he wanted to change, there was no clothes for him to change.
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 join the Japanese?..."
