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In the uneven clearing between the trees, the remnant sun is like blood, imprinting the last afterglow. Outside the forest are dense with hungry people who have stopped. A dozen people from Wendao Academy and seven or eight potters with iron picks were vigilant and faintly opposed to each other.

The atmosphere is stiff.

The two leading potters were men of about thirty or forty years of age, wearing short blue coats, with thick hands and feet, and were strong and strong. One surname Kong, one surname Fang.

Jia Huan took the initiative to greet him, politely greeted the two leading potters, and exchanged names and identities.

The hole potter looked Jia Huan up and down a few times, and said contemptuously: "Little doll, your adults are not kind. We sincerely ask for some food rations to survive. He actually sent you a little doll to talk to us. Hey, if you don't want to borrow food, just say it. ”

As he spoke, the hole potter looked back, and the miner with an iron pickaxe, hammer and other equipment behind him walked half a step forward. The momentum is overwhelming. The hole potter glanced at Jia Huan again and grinned. The threat is full of meaning.

The corners of Jia Huan's mouth twitched slightly. With his experience, he is accustomed to the darkness of the world. When I came to negotiate, I actually knew in my heart that this matter would be difficult to get right. But he still hopes that the heavy rain has stopped, and the connection between the mountains and the outside world will be restored at any time, and there is no need for the potters to die in the net.

But now, the hope of what happened is still dashed.

Jia Huan sighed softly in his heart: his luck has not been good recently! Murphy's Law continues to be verified.

…

In a corridor to the west of Wendao Academy, mountain chiefs Zhang Anbo, Luo Jiaolang, Ye Jiaolang, Han Xiucai and others looked at the woods not far away, anxiously waiting for Jia Huan and Yi Junjie to go to negotiate the result.

Some disciples built ladders on the walls of the academy, rode on the walls, and passed the news from outside. More than a hundred young men were holding wooden sticks and other rudimentary weapons, and they were waiting under the wall under the leadership of Qin Hongtu.

The dense crowd of hungry people outside the mountains and forests, with no end in sight, is really numbing to the scalp.

Zhang Anbo turned his head and asked Han Xiucai beside him, "Does Xiansheng have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" "He's a veteran jinshi. There is no problem in calling Han Xiucai like that.

Han Xiucai said ashamedly: "Senior Zhang, there is nothing you can do in this situation. If we fight hard, we will definitely lose. It depends on the decision of the head of the Jia Academy. ”

Zhang Anbo sighed softly and nodded. Putting the life and death of six or seven hundred people on the shoulders of a nine-year-old child, he was really a little sorry in his heart. But he is in charge of the situation, and he can't solve the problem.

In the night, the mountains are like the sea. Heavy pressure, condensed in the invisible air.

…

In about half an hour, Jia Huan and the two leaders of the potters reluctantly reached an agreement to provide food: Wendao Academy would give porridge to the hungry people in the form of disaster relief, and at the same time ask the hungry people to enter the academy in batches to maintain order when they received porridge. The academy will be able to connect the mountains with the outside world tomorrow.

Subsequently, Jia Huan led the people back to the academy and made preparations.

In the mountains and forests, the leading potters gathered together to discuss. The atmosphere is relaxed. They didn't take the agreement to heart just now. As long as there is food in Wendao Academy. As for the pursuit of the imperial court afterwards, what are they afraid of?

The potter sneered: "Old Fang, they want us to send someone in to get porridge to eat, and abide by the rules." I'm afraid that the little rabbit cub is holding back some bad idea, right? Hey, what is enough for a bowl of gruel? ”

One of them, Scarface, laughed and said, "Readers have a lot of eyes. However, that little kid must be a master of the eye! Ha ha. ”

The leaders laughed.

Fang Potter smiled gloomily and said, "It's just right that the inside and the outside should be combined." We don't have to do a lot of work. Lao Kong, Lao Jiu, you arrange it. Start in an hour. ”

…

When the sky gradually darkened, the Zhiwu monk of Tanzhe Temple arrived with ten warrior monks and more than a dozen monks. He was accompanied by Pang Ze and other academy disciples who stayed in Tanzhe Temple.

More than 20 people, including Zhang Anbo, Ye Jiaolang, Luo Jiaolang, Wu Jiaolang, Jia Huan, Gongsun Liang, Luo Xiangyang, Pang Ze, and Han Xiucai, gathered in the brightly lit Minglun Hall to discuss countermeasures. Jia Huan presided over the meeting.

Jia Huan preliminarily judged that the hungry people were likely to have been controlled by the outlaws. Otherwise, the potters will be like the villagers, receiving the help of Wendao Academy and accepting the jurisdiction. This is normal, heroes come out of troubled times. Of course, these outlaws are not heroes.

Therefore, Jia Huan had no intention of fulfilling the agreement at all. Otherwise, how could the potters, who claimed to have 3,000 hungry people to eat, reach an agreement in half an hour? Jia Huan just bought a buffer time of 2 hours.

Time was pressing, and the atmosphere in Minglun Hall was very tense. The meeting lasted one hour and then ended. Under Jia Huan's deployment, the soldiers who received the task all left Minglun Hall and performed their duties.

At the entrance of Minglun Hall, Jia Huan held on to the pillars and looked up at the gloomy starry sky in silence.

Jia Huan knows very well what he is good at. It is management, it is the preparation plan, and it is the knowledge and insight that are hundreds of years ahead. But when it comes to military affairs, personal force, and commanding group fights, this is not what he is good at. At best, he's at the level of a street brawl and a wive.

As a modern person, there are rare, very few such things as facing life and death. At most, it is a car accident, illness, etc. Civilized society is still quite good in terms of order and security. The current situation made him a little speechless and his liver hurt.

Yes. There is no confusion, hesitation, hesitation, or sadness!

Mr. Lu Xun wrote in "In Memory of Liu He Zhenjun": A real warrior dares to face the bleak life and dare to face the dripping blood! Jia Huan knows very well what kind of burden, expectation, and responsibility he is shouldering now.

Since he was a child, his father's teachings and the tempering of life have made him not lack a strong will and the courage to face difficulties.

The man is as determined as iron!

When Jia Huan sighed, Wei Yang walked behind Jia Huan and reminded: "Courtyard leader, the time is up." ”

Jia Huan turned his head, suppressed all kinds of negative emotions in his heart with his strong reason, and calmly ordered: "Open the gate of the academy!" ”

Come on!

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The gate of Wendao Academy slowly opened. Scarface Lao Jiu and more than 20 brothers mixed in the first batch of more than 200 hungry people and lined up to enter the venue. According to the agreement, the potters will go to Wendao Academy in batches of 200 to receive gruel every half an hour.

On a small hill on the west side of Wendao Academy, several torches were lit, and Fang and Kong were surrounded by everyone, with a smile on the corner of their mouths that had succeeded in conspiracy, watching the scar-faced Lao Jiu and the others enter in batches.

After entering the academy, I saw several disciples and villagers of the academy holding wooden sticks, and kept order in a loud voice, "Go forward along the corridor, there is porridge to eat, don't mess around." Group of 10 people. "In the baskets in the cloister are porcelain bowls and earthen bowls.

"There's a lot of variety. Was this helpful? Scar-faced Lao Jiu muttered in his heart, took a bowl, and walked to a side hall. After entering the door, there are rows of desks in the side hall, and behind each desk sits a scholar. There are ten in total.

"Uncle, your surname?"

"I don't have a surname, everyone in the mine calls me Lao Jiu."

"Uncle, age?"

“32。”

"Uncle, is there any family in the team?"

Ten questions in a row, the scar-faced Lao Jiu was upset, and a small child sat in the last seat. Lao Jiu instantly recognized that this was the head of Wendao Academy who had just gone out to negotiate.

Obviously, this is the head figure of the other side. The scar-faced Lao Jiu unconsciously felt the sharp dagger in his arms. His gaze gestured at the child's throat.

Jia Huan looked at the answer to the question on the paper that had been passed over: dangerous people. signed and drew the paper, and handed the paper to Scarface Lao Jiu, "This is the voucher for receiving porridge, take it." Pointing the way, "Turn left and go straight." ”

Scarface Lao Jiuqiang resisted the urge to kill him, turned left, and entered the door. One by one.

"Boom!"

Something seemed to roll to the ground.

…

Time passed. The first batch of 200 hungry people all entered Wendao Academy. Fang Potter's eyes narrowed. Scarface didn't attack as agreed.

Someone asked, someone suggested an immediate assault. But the leading potter shook his head and instructed, "Harrier, you bring a dozen more brothers into it." ”

Half an hour later, the potter again assigned a leader to go in with a few brothers.

After another half an hour, there was still no sign of internal response in Wendao Academy. The heart of the potter gradually sank.

Subsequently, a large number of victims came out of the academy. Soon new news spread among the hungry people. "There is enough food in the academy for three days. Tomorrow I will be able to communicate with the outside of the mountain. Then there will be food coming in. ”

A starving crowd of potters erupted in cheers. The crowd that had not yet been assigned to enter the academy to receive gruel became agitated. Crowded ahead. The scene was a bit chaotic.

At this time, the square potter felt a slight coolness. He could feel the situation spiraling out of control.

When the third group of 200 hungry people completely entered Wendao Academy, a large number of villagers poured out from the gate of Wendao Academy, armed with torches and weapons. Swiftly and violently rushed towards the victims, "The court is arresting bandits, only punishing the evil, and the rest are not asked." ”

"The court arrests bandits, only the first evil is punished, and the rest are not asked."

"The court arrests bandits, only the first evil is punished, and the rest are not asked."

The shouts all over the mountains were very loud. No one knows how many young people are in the academy. When the potters were about to organize a resistance, shouts erupted from behind their own ranks, harmonizing with the young people of the academy. I don't know how many people are shouting in the dark.

The leading warrior monks took steel knives and slashed to death the miners who were holding iron picks to resist. Bloodstained.

The situation collapsed in an instant!

…

Outside Wendao Academy, there was a slogan of "squat down and don't kill". Dale. Gongs and drums are noisy.

At this time, Jia Huan had already returned to Minglun Hall in the middle of the academy from the side hall. Spreading rumors and pacifying the victims were all done by Han Xiucai and Do Hong with others. On the frontal battlefield, he gave carte blanche to the warrior monk Huilai of Tanzhe Temple, Qin Hongtu, Yi Junjie, and Yao Wei of Wendao Academy.

In the Minglun Hall, the mountain chief Zhang Anbo, Ye Jiaolang, Luo Jiaolang, Wu Jiaolang, Gongsun Liang, Pang Ze, Zhiwu Monk and others showed happy faces. The women and children in the academy, and the scholars waiting for the news, were all overjoyed.

Everyone is talking about the situation. In the hall, in the dormitory, in the oratory, in the cloister, in the kitchen, in the granary. There are worries, there are reliefs, there are relaxations, there are joys, there are tears. All kinds of emotions erupted into a huge cheer over the academy! A violent outburst after being suppressed!

The most dangerous moment has passed!

Won.

Jia Huan did not participate in everyone's discussion, and when he walked to the door, he wanted to be alone and quiet. Suddenly, an irresistible tiredness struck. Jia Huan sat on the threshold, smiling, and suddenly, tears flowed out. (To be continued.) )