The Man with Black Face

In the autumn of 1949, the People's Liberation Army arrived at Hani Mountain. On the first day the troops entered the mountains, they encountered black-faced men blocking the road and robbing the chieftain's horse gang. The chieftain reported to the People's Liberation Army that the remnants of the Ma Peng bandits had escaped from the country, and there was only one group of black-faced bandits in the area who committed murder and arson, committing all kinds of evil. However, the masses reported that the black-faced bandits only robbed chieftains and Ma Peng, but never harmed the victims. A certain reconnaissance platoon of the People's Liberation Army was determined to rely on the local people to quickly find out the situation of the Ma Peng gang and the black-faced bandits. Galuo, a Hani warrior, went to the village to inquire about the whereabouts of his beloved girl Zongni. Zongni's mother, Aunt Ige, told him that Zongni was snatched away by Ma Peng and sold abroad. Gallo was in great pain. The People's Liberation Army was carrying out mass work and was suddenly harassed. Shamu, who was forced to join the Ma Peng gang, returned to the village to visit his wife at night, but his face was blackened. Pai Dahai and Galuo analyzed and concluded that the Ma Peng gang did not flee abroad. The purpose of their disguised attack was to lure the People's Liberation Army into attacking the black pine forest. In a cave deep in the black pine forest, the black-faced man is reading the People's Liberation Army's notice. The eldest brother Zongni recalled the painful past - three years ago, the Ma Peng gang wanted to sell a dozen of their sisters to foreign bosses. In order to resist the humiliation of the bandits, Zongni grabbed a gun and killed the gang leader, and escaped with his companions with the help of an old hunter. From then on, the girls dared not go home and painted their faces black