Hulu Mountain is located at the junction of Xiguan Road Yuezhou and Tianshan Road Shazhou, originally divided into three northwest roads, and the boundary line of Tianshan Road and Xiguan Road is based on Hulu Mountain.

Hulu Mountain is divided into the territory of Xiguan Road, and after Hulu Mountain, it belongs to the Shazhou border of Tianshan Road.

Lofty mountains, towering ups and downs, nearly 100 miles of rolling mountains, lying on the earth, the strange peaks of Hulu Mountain are dangerous, the cliffs are steep, at the beginning of autumn, it is still verdant grass and trees, looking at it from afar, verdant and beautiful, but now everyone knows that this gourd mountain is surrounded by a large number of bandits, and now the climate has been formed.

Within twenty miles near Hulu Mountain, it is difficult to see the village, the tiger and wolf are on the side, the common people naturally dare not stay on the edge of Hulu Mountain, the people near Hulu Mountain in those years rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, there are a large number of hunters who make a living from hunting, and so on General Qiu occupies Hulu Mountain, most of the people dare not stay here anymore, but there is still a small part of the hunters who have lived here go up the mountain and throw themselves under the command of General Qiu, and the grass is a coward.

Sunset Peak is one of the six peaks of Hulu Mountain, the so-called six peaks, is between the ups and downs of Hulu Mountain, the six peaks of the sea are relatively high, around the six peaks, General Qiu established six villages.

The terrain of Sunset Village is dangerous, if you want to enter the village, you must first pass through a stone wall made of huge stones, although this stone wall is not long, but it cost General Qiu a lot of manpower and material resources, as solid as a rock.

General Qiu seems to have thought that the officers and soldiers would one day send troops to attack Hulu Mountain, so every village in Hulu Mountain has built a large number of fortifications, this stone wall of Sunset Peak is the key point to resist the enemy, there is only one stone gate in and out, and above the wall, there will be two soldiers guarding all day long, watching the narrow stone road that passes through outside the wall.

The sun is shining, on the narrow stone road, a few voices and shadows are hurriedly climbing up, the cottage minions on the wall see someone coming from a distance, on the top of the wall, there are two strong crossbows, at this time two minions guarding the wall immediately aimed the strong crossbow at the person, turned around and greeted twice, behind the wall, there are more than a dozen minions day and night, heard the wall companion reminder, knew that someone was coming, grabbed weapons one after another, and waited for it.

"Don't let the arrows fire." The people who came shouted loudly: "I am Fu Gang......!" ”

The two of them looked at each other at the head of the wall, and soon, the three figures approached under the stone wall, and the two minions could see clearly, the person who came was really Fu Gang, Fu Gang was one of the patrol captains of the Sunset Village, under the command of General Qiu, in addition to one peak lord in each village, there were three patrol captains, and when there was no hostile situation, the three captains each led a team of people, under the arrangement of the peak master, responsible for the patrol affairs in the village, once the battle began, the three captains were the generals second only to the peak lord.

When Fu Gang arrived at the door, he looked very embarrassed, and a minion on the wall said curiously: "Captain Fu, weren't you arrested by the officers and soldiers?" ”

Fu Gang scolded angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, open the door quickly." ”

The people on the wall saw that there was no one else behind, and immediately motioned for someone to open the door, and as soon as the three of them entered the stockade, the stone door was immediately closed.

A crowd of bandits surrounded them, all of them were surprised: "Captain Fu, several brothers have fled back, saying that you have been captured by officers and soldiers......!" ”

"Those officers and soldiers are nothing more than a bunch of wine bags and rice bags." Fu Gang sneered: "The three of us killed the guards, and finally escaped back, by the way, how many people escaped back?" ”

"Come back to a dozen people." Someone said: "We thought it was ......! But he didn't dare to continue.

"Is the peak master in the stockade? I'm going to see the Peak Lord. ”

Someone has already gone to the peak master of Sunset Village, and the peak master of Sunset Village does not look like a bandit, but like a scholar, although he is wearing a short shirt and a black cloth wrapped around his head, he looks quite Sven.

When he saw Fu Gang, the Sunset Village Peak Lord was also a little surprised, and after Fu Gang described in detail how he found the opportunity, how the three of them designed to kill the guards, and how they took the opportunity to escape, the Sunset Village Peak Lord smiled and said: "Your kid is fateful, several brothers fled back, saying that you were captured by officers and soldiers, and we all thought that you had been beheaded." ”

Fu Gang said hatefully: "It's all to blame for the poor consideration of the subordinates and the tricks of the officers and soldiers." ”

"I already know the thing." The peak master said: "You are also meritorious, I can understand, but the salt was recovered by the officers and soldiers, it is a pity, today's salt is a good thing, if you really get the salt back, the general must be very happy." ”

Fu Gang smiled bitterly: "The subordinates want to ask the peak master for their guilt, this time the subordinates missed, and the officers and soldiers already knew that it was our Hulu Mountain that robbed them of their salt, but I am afraid that they will ......!" ”

The peak lord sneered: "Do you think that the officers and soldiers will send troops to attack my gourd village because of this?" ”

Fu Gang nodded and said softly: "When my subordinates were locked up, I heard from the guards outside that they said that the government had mobilized troops and horses and was preparing to send troops to Hulu Mountain. ”

The peak master said with a smile: "This is also a matter of time, but they want to lay down the gourd village, but they don't have that ability, our gourd village is solid, I'm afraid that they won't come, once they come, they will inevitably beat them...... Yes, you see that they have mobilized their troops? ”

"I don't know how many subordinates are under the specific circumstances." Fu Gang said: "But on the way back from my subordinates, I did see that the government had mobilized troops from various counties, and looking at their appearance, I was afraid that it would not be long before they came over." ”

The peak lord chatted silently for a while, and said, "You go down to rest first, and I'll report to the general." ”

After Fu Gang retreated, his stomach was hungry, so he asked people to bring food and fill his belly, but he felt very sleepy, lying on the bed and falling asleep, and he didn't know how long he had been asleep, and he was woken up, "Captain Fu, the peak master sent someone to send a message, asking the three of you to hurry up and go to the Rising Sun Peak, I heard that the general is going to summon you." ”

Fu Gang was stunned, but General Qiu had an order, so he didn't dare to delay, and when he went out, he found that the sky had darkened, and the fires everywhere in the cottage were like stars.

The other two bandits who had returned with him were already waiting outside, and the three of them, led by a minion, left Sunset Peak and headed for Sunrise Peak.

The six peaks of the cottage, with the Rising Sun Peak as the center, the Sunset Peak is really quite a bit of a road away from the Rising Sun Peak, but fortunately, the road on the mountain has been repaired, otherwise it will take longer.

After walking for more than half an hour, I arrived at the Rising Sun Peak.

Fu Gang had seen General Qiu before, and knew General Qiu's residence in the Rising Sun Peak, this General Qiu was very strange, although many houses had been built in the cottage, but his residence was located in a cave.

This cave is a primitive natural cave, General Qiu made people build it carefully again, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, there are ten guards of General Qiu outside the cave day and night, these ten guards are all from the pioneer battalion of the Northwest Army, they are not afraid of death, they are very brave, they are carefully selected by General Qiu, and there is no doubt about loyalty.

Entering the cave, the peak master of Sunset Peak was already waiting, and when he saw Fu Gang and the three of them coming, he led the three of them in, the cave was like a labyrinth, turning east and west, and it took a long time to enter a wide hall, and the surrounding was very gorgeous.

On the side of the main wall, there is a stone platform, on which is placed a large chair covered with tiger skins, and under the chair to the bottom of the steps, several leopard skins are connected together.

There are lampposts on all sides of the cave, and the lights are bright and bright as day.

The peak lord led the three people to stand carefully at the foot of the steps, there was silence in all directions, and there was no figure of General Qiu, but the four of them did not dare to speak, after a while, they heard the sound of footsteps, Fu Gang looked over, and saw a person slowly walking out from the side, that person was wearing a pair of black leather trousers, shiny and shiny, naked upper body, tiger body and flesh like iron, tall and strong, dark skin, under the firelight, glowing with dark luster, every inch of skin, seemed to contain infinite power, on his dark skin, at this time flowing beads of sweat.

His whole body was like a lion full of strength, and the bun on his head was braided into a thick and long braid, coiled around his neck, which looked very strange.

It's just that his face is covered with an iron mask, and only two eyes are exposed, and a pair of eyes are unusually bright.

"General!" The peak lord of Sunset Peak took the lead in bowing and saluting, and Fu Gang and the three of them hurriedly knelt on the ground.

General Qiu, who was like a lion, walked slowly onto the stone platform, sat down on the chair, leaned forward, raised his hand and said, "Get up, this general was practicing just now, so you have been waiting for a long time." ”

A few people were busy saying that they didn't dare.

General Qiu got straight to the point and asked, "Fu Gang, I heard Lord Zhao Feng say that you escaped from the official mansion?" ”

Fu Gang hurriedly said yes, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look at General Qiu.

"Listen to Lord Zhao Feng, you saw the officers and soldiers moving, and they are ready to attack my gourd village?" General Qiu's voice was low and majestic, and it was difficult to hear what he was thinking from his voice.

Fu Gang hurriedly said: "This is the subordinate who listened to the officers and soldiers of the guard, and then saw that there were officers and soldiers transferred, so he guessed like this, and his subordinates were not sure." ”

General Qiu said: "In addition to hearing that they are going to send troops to attack my gourd village, have you heard other useful news?" ”

Fu Gang shook his head, then raised his head and said: "General, my subordinates were brought into the county seat by officers and soldiers, I heard them say that Chu Huan, the governor of Xiguan Dao, was ...... in the county seat!" ”

"Oh?" General Qiu's eyes were like lightning, "Chu Huan is not in Shuoquan, but came to the county seat?" ”

"Exactly." Fu Gang was very sure: "It's in Songyuan County, less than a hundred miles away from here, and the morning and evening are coming...... General, if they didn't have ulterior motives, why did Chu Huan come to Songyuan County in person? ”

General Qiu was thoughtful and did not speak.

At this moment, he heard a gloomy voice and said: "Fu Gang, Lord Zhao Feng said, on the way back, you saw the officers and soldiers mobilizing the counties to mobilize the soldiers?" ”

In the middle of the words, a person appeared like a ghost from the side, with light steps, dressed in a long robe, his appearance was not good, but his eyes were very gloomy.

"Mr. Black......!" Seeing that person appear, the Lord of Sunset Peak Zhao immediately bowed to that person, and the expression on his face was also very awe-inspiring, looking at his expression, the awe of this robed black gentleman was not under General Qiu.