The Bohai Society has been made public since the appearance of the 30,000 troops, but the Bohai Society did not occupy a large area of land like other bandits, they only occupied one city, that is, Hejian County, the county of Hejian County, and 30,000 elites were stationed in this county seat.

Although Hejian County has become the only city controlled by the Bohai Society, the Bohai Society has no intention of operating it, and the capital city of the Bohai Society's dream is still Anyang City, and Hejian County is just their temporary station.

It is also for this reason that Hejian County appears dilapidated and narrow, the city is crowded, and the business is not of high grade, most of them are taverns and small inns, but there are many brothels in Qinglou, there are nearly 100 in the small county, there are 30,000 troops of the Bohai Society stationed in the county, and the Qinglou is of course a prosperous business.

At night, the whole county becomes a field of warblers and swallows, and the orange-red lanterns unique to Qinglou can be seen everywhere.

Gao Hui's carriage drove into Hejian County, she looked a little tired, her face was full of dust, she had just returned from the Central Plains, now Gao Hui is in charge of the Central Plains and Luoyang, and the Hebei region is directly managed by the head of the meeting, Gao Hui is back to the progress of the Wagang Army for his brother.

At this time, there was a burst of flirtatious laughter on the street, followed by the wild laughter of several men, Gao Hui couldn't help but look through the curtain of the carriage, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

She looked coldly at the laughing Qinglou women on both sides of the street and the groups of soldiers looking for flowers and willows, and was very dissatisfied in her heart, how could there be such an army that indulged the soldiers, even the army that Zhang Jin said was not allowed to come out at night.

With such indulgence of soldiers, is the army still combative? She had long heard that there were many brothels in Hejian County, and this time she witnessed it with her own eyes, it seemed that the rumors were not false, they were true, and Gao Hui decided to talk to her brother. If Mu Tunnel is not in good command of the army, he will be replaced directly.

Gao Hui's carriage slowly stopped in front of the Bohai Society's mansion, a 50-acre mansion located in the center of the county, which was actually converted from three riverside mansions and is now the headquarters of the Bohai Society.

Gao Hui got out of the carriage. Walking quickly to the house, as soon as she entered the door of the house, she felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, everyone was in a hurry, and she looked very nervous, but she asked the two of them in a row, and nothing seemed to have happened? Gao Hui was a little surprised.

She came all the way to her brother's outer study, and after only a moment, a maid came out and bowed to her, "The lord will invite the lady in!" ”

Gao Hui walked into the room. I saw my brother Gao Lie pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, looking worried, compared with last year, his black hair has become gray, it can be seen that his pressure is extremely high, Gao Hui couldn't help but sigh secretly, she knew where her brother's heart disease was, it was a problem within the Bohai Society.

After a prisoner of war storm last year. The mentality of most of the arrested members of the Bohai Society has obviously changed, and many of them have begun to leave a way back for themselves. The most obvious thing is that last autumn's money and grain were handed in, which was half less than the year before, and the members had various reasons, such as bad harvests, poor management, and so on. In fact, I just don't want to fully support the Bohai Society.

For this reason, Gao Lie specially invited Haoqiang from all over the country to come to Hejian County last month to appease them, but Gao Hui knew that this kind of appeasement would not have any effect. The key is that the members can't see the future of the Bohai Club, and Zhang Xuan gives grace and power to the members, making many people feel that they can make new choices.

"Little sister see brother!"

Gao Hui saluted, waking Gao Lie from his contemplation, he smiled apologetically, "Ah Hui is here, I didn't even notice!" ”

Gao Lie's trust in this little sister is as good as ever, although Gao Hui has repeatedly failed in Qingzhou, she has been very successful in winning over the Wagang army, and Gao Hui sent a quick letter not long ago saying that she has successfully persuaded Zhai Rang.

"Come on! Sit down and say. ”

Gao Lie invited the little sister to sit down, and ordered the maid to serve tea, and then he asked with a smile: "How is the situation of the Wagang Army now?" ”

Gao Hui smiled a little proudly: "The expansion of the Wagang army can only be described by the word 'god speed', and now they have occupied Dongjun, Liang County, Jiyin County, and the east of Hujiaoguan in Xingyang County, and west of Juyeze in Dongping County, and part of Qian County, Huaiyang County and Yingchuan County have also been occupied by them, and the army has expanded to more than 200,000 people. ”

"So quickly?" Gao Lie was really surprised, it's only been two months!

"It can only be said that the disaster helped a lot, and the Sui Dynasty could not control the exile of the victims at all, and as a result, the expansion of the Wagang Army was completed."

Gao Lie thought for a while and asked, "Little sister said that Zhai Rang is willing to form an alliance with us, I don't know what this means, how to form an alliance?" Who is the leader of the alliance? ”

Gao Hui smiled, "In fact, Zhai Rang is indecisive and lacks decisiveness, his five generals, in addition to Shan Xiongxin, Zhai Hong, Hao Xiaode, Wang Deren and Li Shicai all expressed their loyalty to the Bohai Society, three military advisors, Wang Ruxin, Fang Yanzao and Bing Yuanzhen, Wang Ruxin himself is our person, Bing Yuanzhen is Zhai Hong's confidant, and naturally he is also our person, so the general and the military adviser took turns to persuade Zhai Rang, although Shan Xiongxin opposed it to no avail, Zhai Rang expressed his willingness to support the eldest brother as the leader of the alliance with Dou Jiande. ”

Gao Lie's eyebrows fluttered when he heard it, and when he heard the last sentence, his eyes couldn't help but darken, and he couldn't speak for a long time, Gao Hui was so shrewd, she immediately caught her brother's abnormality, and she thought of the tense atmosphere she felt when she entered the mansion, so she guessed that something must have happened.

"Brother, what's going on?"

After a while, Gao Lie sighed and said, "I received news in the afternoon that Dou Jiande's wife and children were snatched away. ”

Gao Hui was taken aback and asked urgently, "Who did it?" ”

Gao Lie shook his head, "I don't know, all thirty guards were killed, it was the soldiers who sent supplies who found out two days later, and the monks in the monastery had all run away, and I really don't know anything now." ”

Gao Hui was also anxious in her heart, Dou Jiande's wife and children are the key to their ability to control Dou Jiande so far, if there are no hostages, Dou Jiande is likely to be out of control, she said hurriedly: "Brother, think about it again, who else knows where they are hiding?" ”

Gao Lie said in a deep voice: "I know that they are very important, so they are hidden in a remote place, no one but me knows, not even a written report, fifty guards are selected from my guards, they are very loyal to me, they can't leak secrets, I really don't know how the secrets are spread." ”

Gao Hui groaned and said: "If my brother is sure that he didn't tell others, it can only be that the guards leaked the news, brother, don't say that they are loyal, they were originally the elites sent by various powerful families, although they have followed my brother for many years, but after all, there is the original owner, there must be someone secretly communicating with Zhang Xuan, I think this is very similar to Zhang Xuan's methods." ”

Gao Lie took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and suddenly turned around and said: "It is very likely that you are right, I heard a news that Zhang Xuan is ready to join forces with Dou Jiande to deal with Gao Shida, and snatching Dou Jiande's wife and children is very likely to be Zhang Xuan's joint gift." ”

Gao Hui sat down slowly, she felt that Hebei's problems were getting more serious than the other, and it was already extremely serious to lose control of Dou Jiande, and now she actually heard that Zhang Xuan was going to join forces with Dou Jiande to deal with Gao Shida, and now Hebei is controlled by Bohai or Zhang Xuan?

"Dou Jiande and Gao Shida are fighting among themselves, why doesn't my brother stop it?" Gao Hui asked anxiously.

"Stop?"

Gao Lie sneered, "The news that Wu Chonggen took a thousand war horses to Dou Jiande is that I sent someone to tell Gao Shida that it is a good thing for cranes and clam to fight, why should I stop it?" ”

"It turned out to be"

Gao Hui realized that the infighting between Dou Jiande and Gao Shida was provoked by his brother, and he wanted to be a profitable fisherman, but I am afraid that the final result is that the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.

Gao Hui wanted to persuade again, but Gao Lie waved his hand and directly ordered the eviction, "You have worked hard all the way, go and rest first!" We'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

Gao Hui paced back and forth in the courtyard, she finally understood why the Bohai Society would be defeated again and again in Hebei, and its power was getting weaker and weaker, the fundamental reason was that her brother, the leader of the Bohai Society, had no opponents in Hebei a few years ago, and it developed rapidly, but since Zhang Xuan's sudden rise to prominence, Zhang Xuan's foresight and his eldest brother's short-sightedness have formed a sharp contrast.

The Bohai Society should have promoted Dou Jiande and Gao Shida to form an alliance and work together to deal with Zhang Xuan, but the eldest brother was doing something to self-destruct the Great Wall, from the original attack on Zhuo County, to the later hesitation to rescue the members, and reversed course, showing the lack of political acumen of the eldest brother.

On the contrary, Zhang Xuan could obviously kill Dou Jiande in Jibei County, but he finally released him back, because he was afraid that Bohai would sit big, so there was the result that Zhang Xuan and Dou Jiande teamed up to deal with Gao Shida today.

Gao Hui also believes that Zhang Xuan will definitely hand over Dou Jiande's wife and children to Dou Jiande, and will never hold it in his hands, this is political maturity, and then look at the brother who threatens Dou Jiande with hostages, once the hostages are lost, Dou Jiande will turn over into enemies, this is the gap between the brother and Zhang Xuan.

Gao Hui couldn't help but think of the indulgence of the soldiers at night, and at this moment she suddenly felt a deep disappointment in her brother in her heart. (To be continued.) )