There is a beautiful and rich mountain city called Panlong County in the North China Plain, Panlong County is just stuck in the middle of two mountain peaks, there is a big mountain on the east and west sides of Panlong County, the mountain in the east is called Female Dragon Mountain, and the mountain in the west is called Xionglong Mountain.

The female dragon mountain and the male dragon mountain are like two door gods waiting for the county seat of Panlong, and what is even more peculiar is that the female dragon mountain and the male dragon mountain are slender below, but the peaks of these two big mountains are very wide. The peaks spit out from the Female Dragon Mountain and the Male Dragon Mountain are like two giant hands covering the Panlong County below. The whole county seat of Panlong is sandwiched between the Female Dragon Mountain and the Xionglong Mountain, and the county seat of Panlong is an ancient city with a history of more than 500 years.

This Panlong county town is the throat road leading to the north and south, and the terrain is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack. Don't look at the area of this Panlong county seat, although it is not large, but the terrain here is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, Panlong County has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. And the road of Panlong County is very flat and open by people, and there are blocks of strip stones everywhere on Female Dragon Mountain and Xionglong Mountain, so people will mine the strip stones of Female Dragon Mountain and Xionglong Mountain, and pave them on the avenue to lead directly to Suifeng County and Ancient County, so the traffic of Panlong County is very convenient.

In Panlong County, there is a division of **, which was originally a subordinate of the Thirteenth Army, and later due to various reasons, this division gradually broke away from the command of the Thirteenth Army and gradually evolved into an independent division. The commander of the independent division is called Fang Tiancheng, Fang Tiancheng has been in the army for more than 30 years, Fang Tiancheng is very strict in restricting the troops, and the military discipline in the troops of the independent division is strict, and Fang Tiancheng is very strict in governing the army, no matter who dares to harm the people, he will inevitably be punished the most severely.

Therefore, Fang Tiancheng set the military rules of seven killings: "The first person who steals or robs other people's property will be killed, the second person who molests or ** women will be killed, the third ** person who will be killed or will be killed by immorality, the fourth person who will kill innocent people indiscriminately, the fifth person who defects to the enemy and treason, the sixth person who escapes from the battle, and the seventh person who disturbs the morale of the army will be killed." "Because Fang Tiancheng formulated the Seven Killing Army, which greatly restrained the troops of the Independent Division, the troops of the Independent Division rarely harmed the people, and the Independent Division has always lived in harmony with the common people without committing any crimes, so the Independent Division has a very good reputation in the minds of the people.

The independent division is not only a unit with strict military records, but also a unit with clear rewards and punishments, and even more so a brave and good fighting force. Under Fang Tiancheng's painstaking management for many years, there are now 30,000 independent divisions, and the independent divisions are not only numerous, but also quite sophisticated in weapons and equipment. The independent division had three brigades, each with nearly 10,000 men, a mortar battalion, and a divisional general hospital.

This mortar battalion currently has 100 mortars, not to mention the small number of mortars in the mortar battalion, but the mortar battalion is the core of the combat effectiveness of the independent division. Because every artillery soldier in this mortar battalion can be said to be fed with shells, and they can all be said to be sharpshooters with every shot, so this mortar battalion is also called a magic artillery battalion.

The divisional hospital is also one of the core combat effectiveness of the independent division, and the doctors in the divisional hospital are very superb in medical skills, and their excellent medical skills do not know how many soldiers' lives have been saved. Of course, such a strong family foundation needs a strong economy to maintain, since Fang Tiancheng's independent division was stationed in Panlong County, almost no bandits dared to come to harm the people, so the people here have always lived and worked in peace and contentment.

In addition, Fang Tiancheng also led the officers and soldiers of the independent division to mobilize the common people to build water conservancy and open the Panlong River, and in the summer flood-prone season, the Panlong River water was stored and reserved for irrigation of farmland during drought. In addition, Fang Tiancheng also encouraged farmers to engage in various sideline jobs during the slack time, such as doing some small business, working for the rich and wealthy, and so on.

On the surface, Fang Tiancheng is the commander of the independent division, but in fact, Fang Tiancheng is also the parent official of the common people in Panlong County, and once the people have a very serious dispute, they will find Fang Tiancheng to deal with it. Fang Tiancheng can be impartial and impartial every time, and for those rich and big capitalists who defraud and oppress the people, Fang Tiancheng often cracks hard and is not merciless, so he is quite supported and loved by the people.

Under the governance of Fang Tiancheng for decades, the area of Panlong County is expanding more and more, the population of Panlong County is becoming more and more dense, and the lives of the people are becoming more and more prosperous, so Panlong County has the reputation of small Shanghai at that time.

Since the Japanese invaded China, the Japanese army has attacked Panlong County on several occasions on a large scale, but has been repeatedly defeated by independent divisions. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang army was very incompetent, they usually bullied the common people to loot the people's fat and ointment, one was more capable than one and the other was more domineering, but once the war with the Japanese army started, the Kuomintang army was about to collapse.

What's more, as long as dozens of Japanese devils shake the sun flag, they can frighten a regiment of Kuomintang troops into fleeing from the wind, so the common people jokingly call which Kuomintang troops, from officers to soldiers, are suffering from "Japan-phobia." Of course, not all Kuomintang troops are so vulnerable, and there are also some troops who are brave and good at fighting and extremely strong in combat, such as the 38th Division of General Zhang Zizhong's 29th Army, General Dai Anlan's 200th Division, and so on.

Of course, in the Kuomintang army, generals like Zhang Zizhong and Dai Anlan, compared with those ** incompetent Kuomintang troops, the proportion of positive and negative sides is still too small, it can be said that most of the Kuomintang army is ** incompetent troops, and most of them are generals who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

Fang Tiancheng and his troops had defeated more than a dozen crazy attacks by the Japanese army, and it was precisely because of the protection of Fang Tiancheng and his independent division that those Japanese troops did not dare to attack rashly, and Panlong County was always at peace, and the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment.

Although all parts of the country are under the smoke of war, although most parts of the country are full of displaced and homeless people, although most places in the country are full of hungry refugees, although most places in the country are full of wars, although most places in the country are like mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, but Panlong County is unusually prosperous and vibrant.

That's because there is Fang Tiancheng and his independent division in Panlong County, so the common people regard Fang Tiancheng and his independent division as a god in people's minds and a spiritual pillar for people. The people of Panlong County thought that as long as Fang Tiancheng and the independent division were there, the Japanese devils would not dare to step into Panlong County for half a step. Under the management and governance of Fang Tiancheng, Panlong County was richer and more prosperous than any previous era, so Panlong County was very prosperous and prosperous, and it was known as Little Shanghai at that time.

In order to commend Fang Tiancheng's outstanding military exploits, the Nationalist Government decided to send a special commissioner to congratulate Fang Tiancheng. The Japanese army took this opportunity to send killers to prepare to assassinate Fang Tiancheng, the Japanese army believed that Fang Tiancheng was proficient in the art of war and good at strategy, as long as Fang Tiancheng died, the independent division would inevitably be leaderless like a plate of scattered sand, and then Panlong County would naturally be self-defeating.

General Fang Tiancheng heard that the Nationalist Government sent a special commissioner to congratulate him, so Fang Tiancheng carefully prepared a reception for the commissioner, but what Fang Tiancheng didn't expect was that this reception actually attracted the most powerful killer of the Japanese army, and the enemy's main assassination target was of course Fang Tiancheng, as long as Fang Tiancheng died, Panlong County would be self-defeating.

Of course, Fang Tiancheng didn't know anything about all this, Fang Tiancheng became a special reception for the commissioner, Fang Tiancheng specially went to Majiaji to invite, the most famous Majia circus within a hundred miles, to invite the commissioner.

The owner of this Ma family circus is called Ma Xiangdong, and it is said that this Ma Xiangdong has been taught by a stranger since he was a child, and he has learned many extraordinary skills. This man is not only excellent at martial arts and good at strategy, but also has the ability to tame beasts, and his ability to tame beasts is unparalleled, and it is said that lions and tigers are such ferocious beasts, as long as they are trained by horses to the east, they will become as docile as sheep.

Some people also say that Ma Xiangdong can understand the language of animals and can communicate with animals with language, so the animals trained by Ma Xiangdong, whether they are small animals or fierce carnivores, they are not only well-behaved and docile, but also all of them have unique skills.

It is also rumored that Ma Xiangdong is proficient in the art of yin and yang gossip divination, counting 800 years before and 800 years after 800 years, not only can calculate people's good fortune and misfortune, but also calculate people's past and present lives. As for whether these things are true or false, no one knows, and they may indeed be somewhat true, but they may also be falsely spread by people and add many mythological elements, in short, a few are true, and most of them are people who add oil and vinegar to false myths.

Ma Xiangdong has a daughter named Ma Chunhua, who is twenty years old this year, and she is naturally beautiful, and she can be called a peerless beauty. In addition, Ma Xiangdong also accepted an apprentice named Ouyang Yunfei, Ouyang Yunfei was an orphan whose parents died when he was a child, and it was Ma Xiangdong who raised Ouyang Yunfei as an adult, and passed on all his skills to Ouyang Yunfei without reservation.

Ouyang Yunfei has obtained the true inheritance of Ma Xiangdong, and his skills have reached the realm of perfection. Ma Xiangdong is twenty-one years old this year, the young man is handsome and dashing, and Ma Xiangdong has long intended to marry his daughter Ma Chunhua to Ouyang Yunfei. Ouyang Yunfei grew up with Ma Chunhua since childhood, the two of them have been childhood sweethearts since they were children, although neither of them confessed their love to each other, but they both knew each other tacitly.

Ouyang Yunfei is not only excellent in martial arts, but also has excellent skill in taming beasts. There is a way that the blue is better than the blue, and Ouyang Yunfei has even surpassed his master Ma Xiangdong in taming beasts. Ma Xiangdong once swore a poisonous oath that he would never get involved in politics in his life but only ask about state affairs, although many high-ranking officials had asked Ma Xiangdong to seek a half-official position, but the result was politely declined by Ma Xiangdong.

Because Ma Xiangdong has been performing everywhere for many years, Ma Xiangdong has accumulated a very rich family business, Ma Xiangdong plans to complete the marriage for Ma Chunhua and Ouyang Yunfei, and Ma Xiangdong has since washed his hands and withdrawn from the rivers and lakes.

On this day, Ma Xiangdong was about to arrange a marriage for Ma Chunhua, when his apprentice Ouyang Yunfei came to the living room, Ouyang Yunfei said: "Master, there is a person outside who claims to be the guard of Fang Tiancheng's division, and he has something very important to see you." When Ma Xiangdong heard that it was Fang Tiancheng's division commander's guard, Ma Xiangdong didn't dare to slack off, Ma Xiangdong immediately nodded and said, "Hurry up, please." ”

Ouyang Yunfei immediately went outside to inform Fang Tiancheng as the commander of the division. A very young man walked in from the outside, and saw that this young man had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and clear eyebrows, and he had a bit of a beautiful man's demeanor.

The young man said, "May I ask which one is Ma Xiangdong, the owner of the Ma Family Circus?" Ma Xiangdong nodded and said, "I am Ma Xiangdong, may I ask this brother if you have anything to do with me." The young man said: "I am the guard of the division commander Fang Tiancheng, my name is Xu Liang, I am ordered by our division seat to invite the master of the Ma Xiangdong regiment to perform at our division headquarters, and I hope that the master of the Ma Xiangdong regiment will not shirk." ”