Peak loop turn. After walking for more than two miles, this small stream made a big bend and stretched straight to the foot of Zhanqizhai Mountain.

The chongfu is relatively wide, the fertile soil is fertile, the rape flowers seem to be more colorful and thicker, and the wheat seedlings are greener and greener. In the warm spring breeze, the fragrance of the earth and the intoxicating fragrance of flowers come to the nose. Bees and butterflies flutter on the basket.

The spring is boundless, and it has been connected to the foot of Zhanqizhai Mountain.

It's getting closer and closer to Zhanqizhai.

At the foot of the mountain, a stone-built half-man-high thick wall crescent-shaped screen is protected, and among them is a large wooden gatehouse, and the gate is also made of square wood. The rough structure makes people feel that the banner is unbreakable.

The group approached, the gate opened, and two young men in their twenties greeted them with a smile. They all carried earthen guns on their backs.

"Hello Brother Seven! Starlings are good! ”

Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu smiled and nodded.

The two young men looked at Zong Tao and stood with a smile.

"You don't see any miscellaneous people, do you?"

It turned out that the pass in front of the cottage was guarded by Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu. Li Erhu took ten brothers to guard the first pass, and Zhang Daniu led ten brothers to guard the second and third passes.

The front leads to the main peak of Zhanqi Village, and there are three passes in total.

Zhanqi Village is verdant, the mountain is steep, and a stone step more than two meters wide zigzags upward. Next to the stone steps, there is also a dirt road more than half a person wide, which turns diagonally into the mountainside.

Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu took Zong Tao onto this dirt road.

About 100 meters ahead, it is a low slope. Zong Tao turned around with the two of them, and suddenly saw that the slope of more than ten meters was steeply erected, and in the shade of trees, a large hole appeared in the square.

Although the entrance to the cave is large, the trees are dense, like an umbrella cover open, holding most of the hole, and it is difficult to find it if it is not approached or not reached by dirt road.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, a person came out of the hole, about forty years old, holding a red tassel gun in one hand, rubbing his eyes with the other, and shouting Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu with a smile.

"Lao Qi, are you alone?" Li Erhu asked loudly.

Obviously, this is also Li Erhu's jurisdiction.

"Lao Chen worked the night shift last night and is sleeping now."

Li Erhu bowed slightly, and was about to shout Zong Tao into the cave, when he suddenly heard an exclamation.

While answering Li Erhu's words, Lao Qi looked at Zong Tao with a good look, came up, looked up and down, and sighed: "Isn't this the young master of Zong?" ”

Zong Tao was taken aback, this old Qi actually knew him? But he didn't have any impression in his mind.

Zhang Daniu looked at Lao Qi: "How do you know that he is the young master of Zongda?" ”

Lao Qi lowered his hand and said, "Ten years ago, I worked part-time at Master Zong's house, when Young Master Zong had just returned from studying in the provincial capital. I've seen it a few times. The appearance of the young master has not changed. It's just that I'm old. ”

Lao Qi looks like he is in his fifties, and he must have lived a hard life and declined too quickly. Hearing that he had worked as a short-term worker in his own home, Zong Tao hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Qi." ”

Lao Qi nodded with a smile. Zhang Daniu was a little hesitant.

Lao Qi looked at Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu and asked, "What do you want to do when you tie up Young Master Zong and bring him here?" ”

The cave opened a small room for the prisoners, and brought Zong Tao here, of course Lao Qi knew what was going to happen. But Master Zong is compassionate and has an excellent reputation, he can't bear to let Zong Tao suffer.

Li Erhu glared and said: "This is the fat sheep that I just caught, if I don't bring it here and lock it up, do I have to bring it to the Juyi Hall?" ”

Lao Qi couldn't help shaking his head: "Young Master Zong is not a fat sheep. Master Zong is not a person who oppresses good people, so let Master Zong go. ”

"Released?" Li Erhu glared at Lao Qi.

The brothers of Zhanqizhai have no harsh distinction between respect and inferiority in addition to their names.

Zhang Daniu thought for a while and said to Li Erhu: "Let's take it to the Juyi Hall, Lao Qi knows him, which means that he is not a spy." It's not too late to wait for the eldest brother to speak, and then send him for detention. ”

Li Erhu heard Zhang Daniu say that it was reasonable, and grabbed Zong Tao: "You kid, count yourself lucky, you can see our eldest brother when you go up the mountain." ”

Zong Tao remembered the cave he had just seen.

Back on the stone steps, Zong Tao asked curiously: "There is such a big hole here, why have I never heard of it?" ”

In fact, Zong Tao heard the elders say it when he was a child, but he didn't pay attention to it at the time. Now that Zong Tao wants to do something here, he naturally wants to get to the bottom of it.

Li Erhu laughed: "What kind of bullshit sect young master, he also studied in the provincial city, and he doesn't know anything about things here!" ”

Zong Tao accompanied the smiling face: "What Balin taught is that I just don't grow up. ”

Li Erhu was wearing a high hat, very proud, glanced at Zong Tao, and said that he was dancing.

Zhang Daniu couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that Zhanqizhai was a place where heroes competed for hegemony at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops to crusade against Chen Youliang, garrisoned this mountain, dug a big hole under the mountainside, and hoarded grain and grass. The stone is hard, but it is so large that it can fit up to several houses.

And on the top of the mountain, a village is also built as a camp. After the village, the banner hunting, the banner village got its name.

Dawang Mountain is also named after Zhu Yuanzhang's expedition here.

Zhanqizhai is more than 800 meters above sea level. There is a pass at the foot of the mountain, and there is also a pass on the mountainside. The pass was also a stone wall, but not very high, hundreds of meters long, and the stone wall was filled with round stones chiseled with a little axe, and a lot of rough wood about a meter long that had begun to rot.

A strong man rushed over to say hello to Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu. This strong man is carrying a Hanyang-made.

Zhang Daniu waved his hand, and the strong man retreated to the stone house. Li Erhu pushed Zong Tao.

Zong Tao didn't care about Li Erhu's actions, but he saw everything all the way, and secretly exclaimed.

This kind of terrain, if you lure devils to come up and roll rocks, you can be worthy of thousands of troops.

There is no gate at this pass, but there is a stone house at a distance of more than 100 meters. The stone house is not high, and the scale can accommodate three or five people.

A few hundred meters of mountain road was effortless for Zong Tao, and soon Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu brought Zong Tao to the main peak.

It is about twenty or thirty meters away from the main peak, and it is also a pass. This pass is lined up, and the number of stone houses has multiplied. Seeing Zhang Daniu and his party, three or four men wanted to come over, but Zhang Daniu hurriedly waved his hand and retreated.

Finally reached the main peak.

There is a cave at the top of the peak. Perhaps it is the masterpiece of Zhu Yuanzhang hundreds of years ago, the whole peak is a flat river, and the ups and downs are very small, with a length and width of several hundred meters. Four rows of stone houses unfold in a retrospect, an open area in the middle, an area of four or five acres, pine and cypress, old jujube and ancient camphor, scattered in the meantime. Next to the ancient camphor in the middle, on a stone Zhanglai square platform, a thick bamboo pole was erected, and a red flag on the pole was waving in the wind, and the flag was embroidered with four big characters: for the heavens.

Along the way, Zong Tao was well-read and memorized, and the whole mountain was well understood.

The topography of Zhanqi Village has been engraved in my heart. This peak is surrounded by mountains on three sides, only one rush can reach, and the winding path is secluded, and those who are not familiar with it can not enter smoothly, it is a natural pass. The mountain is majestic, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are reckless mountains behind the wall. Easy to disperse and hide.

If you use this mountain as a base and deal with the Japanese army, you can attack and retreat and defend, and it will be difficult for the devils to take care of them.

It seems that the trip was worth it. Zong Tao was secretly happy.

Next, how to get close to Liu Song and convince him and his brothers is the most important thing.

Looking at Zhang Daniu and Li Erhu, Zong Tao's heart moved.