A year ago, the people were busy buying New Year's goods, and the merchants were busy earning the last pot of gold before the year, and this time was also the favorite time of the mountain bandits and horse thieves. The bandits are also in a hurry to slaughter fat sheep in preparation for the New Year in this period before the New Year.

Two days ago, a heavy snowfall had just passed, and the mountain roads were covered with a thick layer of snow for the past few days.

"Next year is definitely going to be a big year." Jiang Daya held a horizontal knife, leaned against the edge of the big tree in the forest by the roadside, breathed a white breath from time to time, and looked at the road down the slope from time to time. The business is good these days, and I can rob several times a day. However, the big boss on the mountain has already said that he is just seeking money. As long as you are willing to cooperate, you will be let go of the road fee if you collect a lump sum of money. The businessmen are also more cooperative, since they can get out by cutting some meat, and no one is working hard for this, anyway, for the businessmen, this is also a little cost for them to do business. And in the words of the big boss, we are also a long-term business, not a hammer deal, we have to flow often. The big boss even made a rule, as long as they cooperated and paid the toll, then within a hundred miles of their Black Wind Village, they could get their protection and safety. Within this hundred miles, as long as they spend money to buy them a black wind flag to plant in the car, then their black wind village can keep them safe for a hundred miles. If they are robbed by others within this hundred miles, then their Black Wind Village will also come forward to get justice and property for them.

The big boss said that this is called theft, and there is a way!

But in this way, the business is really much better. Jiang Daya would take his turn to go down the mountain three days a month to keep an eye on the sentry and meet a passing merchant. He carried the black wind banner to the road, and then said a jargon, and a few other companions would come forward with the small black wind flag. They handed over the flag to collect the money, handed over the flag in one hand and took the money in the other, and then they went back and let the merchants pass. Over time, Jiang Daya has even liked these three days a month, not only does he not have the slightest risk, but he can also leave the cottage and let it go. From time to time, you can meet some familiar businessmen who often walk this road, and even after everyone finishes business, they can drink some wine and barbecue meat together. When the merchants leave, they often give them a small gift, or some money, which is also an extra extra.

The sound of horses' hooves came from afar. Jiang Daya was overjoyed. Smiled and said to the three companions in the snow cave, "Hey, get up, come to life." ”

A companion came out, shivered in the wind, listened with a prickly ear, and said, "Why is the sound of horses' hooves so urgent, it doesn't look like a caravan." ”

Another said, "Just listen to the voice." This must be a good horse. Those who can ride a good horse must not be bad. It seems to be a lonely fat sheep. ”

Jiang Daya and the four of them held knives and guns and slowly walked to the road, and a horse ran to the distance, he was about to let go of his voice and shout "This road is planted by me" The other party has already galloped to, and there is no intention of stopping, seeing that the horse's hooves have been raised in front of him, Jiang Daya's face changed drastically, and a lazy donkey rolled into the snow on the side, although he finally escaped, but he was covered in mud and snow water, and he was filthy. Jiang Daya was about to scold, drawing his sword and facing each other, but the knight had already ridden away, and the companion behind him grabbed him, covered his mouth and whispered: "He's blind, don't you see that it's the fourth master?" ”

"Four masters?" Jiang Daya was frightened at this time, he really didn't pay attention to it just now, and when he heard what his brother said, he finally remembered that this person just now was indeed very much like the second master. But why is the second master in such a hurry, and it seems to be a little wolf.

"Early yesterday morning, I saw the fourth master with a dozen brothers to fight here to the north, it's only been a day, why is it so wolf bèi back, could it be that something big happened?"

The name of the four masters is Song Jingang, and they are the four masters of Heifeng Village in Taihang Mountain. Heifeng Village is in the Flying Fox between Ulzhou in Hedong and Yizhou in Hebei, guarding the forty-mile Black Wind Cave, a first-line heavenly road. Flying Fox is one of the eight Taihang mountains, connecting Yizhou in Hebei Province and Wei County in Hedong, a very important road.

Guarding such an important road, the strength of Heifeng Village should not be underestimated, and the four masters are all considered handsome in the green forest of Taihang. The big boss Wang Xuba, the second master Wei Dao'er, the third master Zhen Zhai'er, and the fourth master Song Jingang, all of them are brave and brave, and they are good at martial arts, so although they occupy this golden channel, but after several battles with their peers, no one can take this channel. Heifeng Village also relies on guarding this important road, the strength of these years has been growing, last year Han King Yang Liang was appointed as the governor of the state, he sent troops to sweep the Taihang group of thieves, as a result, many of the same way of the cottage were broken, the head of the ground, life is not guaranteed. But the Black Wind Village guarded the main road of the Flying Fox Mountain, and was on the list of key exterminations, and the officers and soldiers of Wei County entered the mountains several times to suppress them, but they were all repelled by them, and after several consecutive times, the officers and soldiers suffered a big loss. In the end, it was Song Jingang, the fourth master, who said to the big boss Wang Suba, saying that although we had a temporary geographical advantage, our strength was finally inferior to the officers and soldiers of the state, and if we blindly continued to fight, I was afraid that we would suffer in the end. Yang Liang, the governor of Bingzhou, is the fifth son of the emperor who is the most favored by today's son, and it is inevitable that the new governor will want to be some prestige. If we blindly lose his face, we are afraid that he will be annoyed and angry, and the army will attack at that time, I am afraid that we can only give up the treasure land of Black Wind Village.

It's better for us to give Yang Liang some face and take the initiative to ask him to surrender, not really to be recruited, but just to give Yang Liang a step down and let him collect his troops. Yang Liang has steps, and he won't fight with us, and we don't have to worry about large-scale encirclement and suppression, wouldn't it be better? Although the big boss Wang Suba is fierce and brave, he also knows that no matter how fierce Heifeng Village is, he can't fight the army of Bingzhou. At that moment, he also nodded, and Song Jingang, the fourth master, brought a batch of gold and silver treasures to Bingzhou to ask for Zhao'an, and the result was as the fourth master said, Yang Liang put on a pomp and circumstance for the four masters, and finally accepted the 'please surrender' of Heifeng Village. Of course, in fact, Heifeng Village has always been entrenched in Flying Fox, but the officers and soldiers have never come to encircle and suppress it again. The days after Black Wind Village have been very peaceful, but the four masters galloped back, breaking this peace.

Wang Xuba, Wei Dao'er and Zhen Zhai'er had already heard the report that the four masters had returned, and they all immediately rushed to the Juyi Hall to meet each other.

"Fourth, what's wrong?" The king's beard was very tall. With a high nose and deep eyes, and fiery red hair, he is a mixed Hu-Han race. It is said that her mother was a Hu dancer from Persia.

"Something happened to Lao Zhai." Song Jingang's eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse, "More than 800 brothers, more than 2,000 dependents, more than 3,000 mouths, all gone." ”

When Wang Xuba heard this, they were all shocked and stood on the spot. The second master, Wei Dao'er, pulled Song Jingang over and asked sharply, "You make it clear, why is it all gone?" What the hell is going on? ”

Song Jingang said slowly. Something really happened. The reason why the Black Wind Village is called the Black Wind Village is because they were built on the most important Black Wind Ridge to the west of the Flying Fox Mountain at the beginning, and Yang Liang sent people to attack the mountain several times before, that is, to attack the Black Wind Village on the Black Wind Ridge. Later, Song Jingang went to ask for surrender. Wang Xuba and the others took most of their brothers to the east side of the Flying Fox Gate. On the Bauhinia Ridge of Yizhou in Hebei Province in the east of Taihang Mountain, in case of failure to surrender, he will turn to Hebei at that time. However, the result was that Yang Liang agreed to surrender and recruit them, and after that, although Wang Xuba and others transferred some men and horses back to Heifeng Ridge, they put more people and horses on the side of Bauhinia Ridge, just in case. Gradually, although Heifeng Village is still called Heifeng Village, the elite of the cottage is mostly gathered on the Bauhinia Ridge at the east entrance of the Flying Fox. On the contrary, the Black Wind Ridge became a place for some old and weak brothers and some family members.

No one expected that overnight. More than 800 old brothers and more than 2,000 dependents in Laozhai are gone.

"The old five kings who stayed behind in the Black Wind Ridge robbed a caravan, robbed a batch of goods, and killed people. It turned out that it was not done neatly, and a little guy ran away. The guy fled and brought back the Huaihuang Army. ”

"Huaihuang Army, our Heifeng Ridge is in Ulzhou, and it is still separated from Huaihuang Army by a concubine, what does this have to do with them?" Wei Dao'er asked urgently.

At that time, Wang Xuba's five righteous brothers were just unknown juniors in the northern green forest, and at first they were the righteous sons of a green forest thief in Yanshan, and later the thief joined the Tiger League and became a mountain elder. It's just that later their father-in-law secretly fought with Murong Ke and poisoned and assassinated Murong Ke, but in the end he was defeated by Murong Ke's daughter. In the end, they were killed, and the five of them escaped, because of their low status, but they also escaped. Over the years, they have seized a piece of foundation in Heifengling, borrowed chickens to lay eggs, and the business has not been small.

But in their hearts, several people are still a little afraid of the Tiger Alliance. Always wary of the Tiger League, a few years have passed, and I think that the original thing has passed. But he didn't expect that now the Huaihuang Army would actually come to the door. Several people who always pay attention to the Tiger League know that the Huaihuang Army is the Tiger League back then, the Yi Shuai of the Huaihuang Army, they also knew each other and are very familiar, as soon as they heard the Huaihuang Army, several people thought that Yi Feng came to the door to retaliate. After all, they had also heard that Yi Feng had married Murong Ke's daughter Murong Rose earlier.

"The batch of goods that Lao Wu grabbed was bought by a Taiyuan businessman in Huaihuang, and the matter of killing people and stealing goods had nothing to do with Yi Feng, but Lao Wu should not have killed several guards who helped deliver the goods. Those guards are Huaihuang security guards, they are specially escorted for those merchants who come and go to Huaihuang, and the security guards are Yi Feng's private property. Song Jingang said with a bitter face, dart xing is also a new profession in Huaihuang, specializing in helping people guard.

"I've always said that we only rob money and don't hurt people, and we have only collected some tolls in the past two years, why do you want to kill people and sell goods?" Wang Suba said with a gloomy face.

"Big brother, it's not that you don't know that the fifth brother has always been domineering and greedy, and he must be interested in getting rich, so he can't care about the rules of the eldest brother. As a result, things were not done cleanly, which attracted the retaliation of the Huaihuang Army, what should we do now? "Wei Dao'er has never liked that brother Lao Wu, a greedy fool.

Wang Xu clenched his fists and was silent for a long time. finally asked Song Jingang, "What is the specific situation over there in Laozhai, where are the fifth brother and his family now?" ”

"When I got there, I found a few brothers who had escaped, and as far as they knew, the men who had fled had attracted the Huaihuang army. But there were not many people from the Huaihuang army, only a team of 100 horses, and they unknowingly touched the mountain, opened the stockade, and then set fire to create chaos, and took the opportunity to directly capture the old five, and scattered the brothers who stayed behind. When the brothers came back to their senses and found that they only had 100 horsemen, they had already taken the fifth brother and a hundred brothers and withdrew. Before leaving, these people also specially sent someone to deliver a letter to the officers and soldiers of Wei County, which attracted the officers and soldiers. The leader was the guy who had been beaten by us in the previous attacks on the cottage, but this time he took advantage of the fire to rob, and immediately led the troops up the mountain, rushed into the village, and arrested the remaining brothers and family members who were still in shock. Now they are all imprisoned in the military camp outside the city of Wei County, and the fifth child and the hundred or so brothers have been taken to Huaihuang. ”

"A hundred horsemen will destroy our old village?" Wang Xuba originally thought that the Huaihuang army must have come with many horses, but unexpectedly, there were only a hundred horses? He couldn't believe it, you know, in the previous several attacks and suppressions of the official army, each time the official army exceeded 3,000 people, and once even reached 5,000 people. Although the people left behind in the village are all old and weak, there are 800 brothers, and the terrain of Heifengling is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is actually broken by 100 people and captured the old five, which is simply unbelievable.

"Old Five, this rice bucket!" Wei Dao'er scolded. "We don't have to save him, let him die in the hands of Yi Feng, this damn guy."

"The fifth child is our sworn brother, a man who has drunk blood wine with his head on the ground, we can't help but save him."

"But what about him now in Yi Feng's hands, how can we save him?" Wei Dao'er didn't want to save Wang Xiong at all, "What's more, don't forget the eldest brother, how did Murong Ke die back then?" And Murong Ke is not only Yi Feng's father-in-law, but now his father-in-law, it is said that Murong Rose just gave birth to a big fat boy to Yi Feng. If we hide in this Taihang Mountain, Yi Feng may not come to us, but if we send it to the door, wouldn't this be looking for death? "They all know Yi Feng's current power, and what he has in his hands is not just the infighting Tiger Alliance at the beginning, but a whitewashed official army." Besides, Yi Feng is not a bandit and a horse thief now, Yi Feng is now the grandson of the Emperor of Heaven. ”

If a group of thieves are looking for horse thieves, it can only be regarded as a grudge in the rivers and lakes. But if a group of bandits, how dare they go to trouble an emperor's grandson, not to mention that this is still a commander with an army of 100,000?

"We can ask Han Wang Yang Liang for help!" When everyone was at a loss, Song Jingang suddenly spoke up.

Wang Xu pulled out Wei Dao'er and the three of them looked at Song Jingang blankly, not knowing why he said this. "Why does Yang Liang want to help us?"

"Because we are the subordinates of the Han King who have long been subjugated." Song Jingang said, "Moreover, I heard that not long ago, Yi Feng just lost the face of the King of Han, and all the people sent by the King of Han to Huaihuang were arrested and sent to the mine for prospecting, presumably now the King of Han must be very angry with Yi Feng's nephew, and he is thinking about teaching Yi Feng a lesson!" (To be continued......)