Zong Tao had the heart to go up the mountain, so he did not make any resistance, and was escorted to Zhanqi Village by two men.

The chong that leads to the Zhanqi village is winding, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, there are fangs in the fang, and there are slits in the slats. Although you can see the main peak of Zhanqizhai, people who are not familiar with the shape of the road will definitely make a big detour.

The knife face pulled the rope that bound Zong Tao, and asked the square-faced man: "Seventh brother, do you want to blindfold this kid?" ”

The square-faced man named Seventh Brother looked at Zong Tao for a while and shook his head: "He is a local, you blindfolded him, and he also knows where we are going to take him." ”

Zong Tao smiled lightly: "Yes, the two eldest brothers took me to Zhanqi Village." ”

"Now that I know, I don't need to say more." Seventh Brother was not surprised.

But Zong Tao wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about Zhanqizhai.

"The two eldest brothers seem to be the leaders of the village, this seventh brother must be sitting in the seventh chair, I don't know how many chairs the other brother sits?"

It is naturally an honor to be able to sit in the cottage. Seeing that Zong Tao didn't know his origin, Dao Tiao Face was a little resentful, but soon said proudly: "This is Zhang Seventh Brother Zhang Da Niu, and I, Li Erhu, who is known as Starling." In the banner village, the eight of us brothers can sit on the chair. ”

Zong Tao smiled: "Disrespectful, it turned out to be the seventh brother and the eighth brother!" ”

Li Erhu glared and said, "What is it close to?" Are you calling these seven brothers and starlings? ”

Zong Tao saw that Li Erhu was an honest person who had little hidden wit, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Starling, I'm going to the cottage with you now, according to the rules of the cottage, don't I want to call you Starling?"

Li Erhu shook his head: "That's not good, you are now my captive, and if you want to call us seven brothers and eight brothers, you still have to be qualified." ”

"What qualifications?"

"Move-in."

Zong Tao shook his head again and again: "I am your prisoner, can I still join the gang?" ”

Li Erhu blinked and laughed.

"Yes, the eldest brother is a very strategic person. He took our brother up the mountain for the sake of fairness and justice. Our eldest brother never kills people, only robs rich people, and does not disgrace himself; Cut off the ears of the tyrannical and corrupt officials as a warning. In order to strengthen the prestige of the cottage, the eldest brother persuaded the person who was taken prisoner by mistake to join the gang. ”

"Kidnapping?"

"Yes, people who don't have great evil, not rich people, are taken to the cottage, and after the eldest brother carefully inspects them, he will be invited to join the gang, and if he encounters knowledge, he will be entrusted with important tasks. Like Yu Wanli in the second brother, he is a poor scholar, after we took him up the mountain, the eldest brother found out the reason, appreciated his talent and learning, and gave him the second position. ”

Zong Tao glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "In this way, the ranking of the seventh brother and the eighth brother has been lowered." ”

"That is, Seventh Brother was originally ranked sixth, and I was seventh."

Zhang Daniu, who had never spoken, shouted: "Eighth brother, you said too much. ”

Li Erhu was dismantled by Zhang Daniu, and he was not cramped, and he made a grimace. He looked up at the rippling Huang Jin, and whispered: "For more than ten miles, there is no one to speak, so it's boring." ”

Zong Tao noticed that the path they were walking along a small stream with occasional stone masonry. This stream comes out from a mountain beam, and it is not a straight line with Zhanqizhai.

"That's right, Starling is right. When our troops were marching, they spoke with all their might, which relieved us of our loneliness and drove away drowsiness. ”

Of course, Zong Tao's words are not true, how can the troops be loud when they are on a mission, but there is something during training.

Zhang Daniu saw that the two of them were speculative, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it.

Li Erhu was obviously a rapper, and quickly answered.

"You're a soldier?"

"yes."

"Look at your appearance, you're not an ordinary soldier."

Zong Tao couldn't help laughing: "Starling can also look at faces?" ”

Li Erhu shook his head again: "I don't know how to look at each other, but my brother seems to have a momentum, I can't say it, but I think you are an official." ”

Unknowingly, Li Erhu was also a brother to Zong Tao. Zong Tao was funny, but also felt that Li Erhu was indeed a man of temperament.

"Yes, Captain Company Commander."

Zong Tao knew that Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu had escorted him up the mountain, and he would definitely report his situation to the boss. Zong Tao has a plan, and revealing some information through their mouths is beneficial and harmless. Looking at the words and deeds of Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu, Zong Tao concluded that there were no evil people in Zhanqi Village.

"Company commander?" Li Erhu exclaimed: "That's going to bring the No. 100 brothers, which is about the same number as the number of people in our cottage." You are a company commander, why are you single? ”

Li Erhu's confused words made Zong Tao laugh. Does this mean that he returned to his hometown with honor, should he bring the orderly soldiers to show off, or did he not lead the soldiers to march with him?

"All my brothers were killed in battle."

When Zhang Daniu heard this, his eyes widened and he stared at Zong Tao.

Li Erhu's voice trembled a little: "More than 100 brothers have all died in battle? With whom to fight? ”

Zong Tao remembered that his brothers who had been born and died were now sleeping outside Nanjing, and he couldn't help but feel sad, and he couldn't help but cry, gritted his teeth and said: "Little Japan! ”

"You're fighting devils? I heard that the devil is so powerful that not only aircraft cannons, but even guns are fired in bursts. Terrific! It's a pity that those brothers are gone. ”

Zhang Daniu looked admired.

After a short silence, Li Erhu opened his mouth again.

"We also saw the devil's plane two days ago, and it went around the area of Dawang Mountain. The little devil is so crazy that he flies so low that he can see the people sitting inside. ”

Zong Tao's body was shocked: "What, did you see the devil's plane?" ”

Li Erhu pointed at Zhang Daniu and said, "You ask Brother Seven, our brothers all saw it in Shanzhi at noon that day. ”

Zhang Daniu nodded.

Zong Tao's heart suddenly became heavy. Li Erhu and they didn't know each other, but Zong Tao knew that it must be a Japanese reconnaissance plane, and it seemed that the devil was about to make a move.

If you join the army again, you may not have a position that suits you, and of course you can resist the enemy as an ordinary Chinese soldier, but Zong Tao wants to do something bigger. His brother number 100, blood cannot be shed in vain!

At this moment, the plan to use Zhanqizhai as his base to fight devils has been formed.

Zong Tao said abruptly: "Seventh brother and eighth brother, take me to meet your eldest brother." ”

Zhang Daniu snorted: "Our eldest brother said that he could see him?" ”

Zong Tao looked at Li Erhu and smiled slightly: "Your eldest brother, I'm afraid he's a nobody, right?" ”

This move will work immediately, Li Erhu's face turned red, and he smashed Zong Tao on the back with a punch, shouting: "You are the nameless person, the general of the defeated army." Our eldest brother is well-known and sincere, although we occupy the mountain as the king, but the villagers here say that he is good. ”

"Oh?" Zong Tao stared.

"You don't believe me?" Li Erhu exclaimed angrily: "We are all from a bitter background, and we know the difficulties of the poor, like this season, some people have nothing to eat, so the eldest brother opens a warehouse to release grain." ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. However, it is borrowed. But we have set up accounts for those who have borrowed good, but we never collect them, and it is up to them to pay them back. ”

"Then where did your food come from? You said that there were 100 brothers on the mountain, and that was a lot of food to eat in a year. ”

Li Erhu glanced at Zong Tao: "Can you manage it?" After a pause, Li Erhu said again: "We mainly fight rich households and rob corrupt officials. What can't you buy with silver? And we also cultivated fields in the mountains. ”

Reclamation and hoarding? It's really the work of those who have seen it.

"If you do this, won't the officers and soldiers come to exterminate you?"

Li Erhu said contemptuously: "The officers and soldiers will look for them once or twice a year, but we show the iron walls of the banner village, and those useless officers and soldiers are scared away after a few shots." Our eldest brother is like a god with soldiers! ”

Zong Tao shook his head. The warlords have been fighting for years, and they have no energy to deal with these small hill people. Now that the Japanese devils are coming, the government can't spare manpower.

Zong Tao smiled slightly: "Speaking of which, your eldest brother is still a nameless person. ”

Li Erhu said dissatisfiedly: "Who said that our eldest brother is nameless? This square garden is a hundred miles, as long as our eldest brother Liu Song is mentioned, it is really the poor who are happy, the rich people are sad, and the officials are even more frightened! ”

It turns out that the owner of Zhanqi Village is called Liu Song!