This manor is called Wangshan Manor. In fact, there are endless plains around hundreds of miles, and you cannot see any mountains, but the meaning of "mountain" here refers to the country and the country.

Needless to say, this manor is the secret stronghold of the Bohai Association. It was originally the manor of Shang Duan Xiaoyan of the Ministry of Personnel of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Since the assassination of Yang Guang last year and Pei Yun was ordered to search the members of the Bohai Association in Anyang County, the old nest of the Bohai Association, the Bohai Association temporarily moved its headquarters to this Wangshan Manor.

At this time, in the room on the second floor of Wangshan Pavilion, the Bohai Association leader Gao Lie was walking around the room with his hands behind his back. Gao Lie was the grandson of Gao Yanzong, the former King Ande of Northern Qi, and the direct descendant of the Northern Qi royal family. He was about forty years old, with a medium figure, with a thin and pale face, with slender eyes, cold and a magic that sees people's hearts, giving people a shrewd but cunning and deep feeling.

The former name of the Bohai Association was called the Daqi Remnant Clan Association. It was established since the Northern Qi was defeated by the Northern Zhou Dynasty. King Ande Gao Yanzong was the first leader, and Gao Yanzong even proclaimed himself emperor. Later, after Gao Yanzong was poisoned by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Daqi Remnant Clan Association was transferred underground and changed three leaders in a few decades. In the first year of Daye, Gao Lie became the fourth leader, so he changed the Daqi Remnant Clan Association to the Bohai Association.

The Bohai Association's forces were mainly distributed in Hebei, and were formed by the seven nobles of the former Northern Qi Dynasty, including the Gao family, Mu family, Hu family, Lou family, Kudi family, Han family and Zhao family. The purpose was to restore the country. Although the Northern Qi regime was destroyed, the seven nobles still had wealth that could be as rich as the country and hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, and were powerful.

It is precisely because of their strong financial and material support that the Bohai Association has been rapidly developing in Hebei. Almost half of the county officials in Hebei have joined the Bohai Association, including Luo Yi, the deputy governor of Youzhou, Dou Jiande, etc. The direct troops they recruited themselves were 30,000, and they were secretly distributed in major manors in Hebei in the form of Zhuang Ding.

However, the Bohai Exhibition and Exhibition has not been smooth in the past two years. It can be said that it has suffered repeated setbacks, mainly because of the infiltration of the Central Plains and the capital in Qingzhou.

Qingzhou is a key area of ​​the Bohai Association. In the seventh year of Daye, the Sui Dynasty was about to fight against Goguryeo, and Goguryeo urgently asked for help from the Bohai Association. At this time, the Sui Dynasty was in Qingzhou, and the former land of Northern Qi in Hebei forced to recruit people and food, and the army was transferred to Liaodong. The military was empty and the people were resentful. The Bohai Association also believed that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Gao Lie sent his confidant Wang Bo to take the lead in Qi County to incite the people to rebel, and quickly gathered tens of thousands of troops and swept across the six counties of Qingzhou.

Unfortunately, Wang Bo was blinded by victory and developed the ambition to become an emperor. He no longer obeyed the orders of the Bohai Association and broke with the Bohai Association. In addition, the stall was too large and was defeated by Zhang Xutuo, the commander of Qi County. Later, Zhang Xuan appeared, completely wiped out the rebellion of the Qingzhou counties and completely removed the Bohai Association's forces from Qingzhou. This was the first major setback since the establishment of the Bohai Association.

The second is the setback in the capital. Yuan Min was killed, and the forces of the Bohai Association in the capital were betrayed and killed by Yuwen Shu, causing the forces of the Bohai Association to be expelled from the capital Luoyang.

The third time was the Central Plains failure. This was because the Wagang Army failed to expedition, so that the Bohai Association assassinated the emperor Yang Guang in order to save the situation. However, it still failed, but it attracted fierce revenge from Yang Guang and sent Pei Yun to Hebei to eradicate the Bohai Association, forcing the Bohai Association headquarters to avoid disaster and move to Hejian County.

The successive failures over the years have caused Gao Lie to be widely questioned within the Bohai Association, and Gao Lie is under great pressure. He must find a way to reverse this unfavorable situation.

At this time, someone outside the door reported: "Madam is here!"

Gao Lie suddenly turned and quickly ordered: "Please come in!"

Gao Lie has four brothers and sisters in total. The second brother was killed by his enemy ten years ago. The third brother has been weak and sickly since childhood. His youngest sister Gao Hui is smart and capable, and has great courage, so he became Gao Lie's right-hand man. Although many things have failed in the hands of Gao Hui in recent years, Gao Lie does not blame her.

He always believed that this was not a problem of his sister's ability. It was God's will. For example, Zhang Xuan, who emerged from nowhere, was unexpected. Yuwen Shu's betrayal and Zhai Rang's lack of command, which was also uncontrollable.

A silver bell-like laughter came, and Gao Hui quickly walked into the room. Gao Hui's optimism also infected Gao Lie. He smiled and said, "It seems that my little sister has brought me good news!"

Gao Hui smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into a slit, "I bring three good news, one is bigger than the other. Which one do you want to hear?"

Gao Lie was not anxious. He sat down and smiled, "Then let's talk about it one by one since childhood, sit down and have a tea first!"

He waved his hand, and a maid walked into the room with two cups of tea, presented them with tea and slowly retreated, leaving only the two brothers and sisters in the room.

Gao Hui took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Let's news first! The Wagang army has been divided. Li Mi led his army north to Hanoi County. Zhai Rang reappointed Wang Ruxin as military advisor, Zhai Hong as the general of the front army, Shan Xiongxin as the general of the central army, Hao Xiaode as the general of the rear army, Hao Xiaode is Zhai Hong's person, we have controlled 30,000 of the Wagang army's 50,000 troops, and Wang Ruxin has re-entered the five-man decision-making circle."

Although Gao Lie had no expression on his face, the news still made him raise his eyebrows. It was not because they had re-controlled the Wagang Army, but that such a big thing was only the smallest good news. What would the other two good news be?

Gao Hui knew his elder brother very well. He was very cunning and could not see his inner thoughts from the surface, so the elder brother had no expression on his face. She didn't care. She smiled and said, "And the elder brother's suspicion is very likely true. That Li Mi is not real. Someone recognized that the person around him was Li Yuan's son-in-law Chai Shao, so I doubt that this person would be Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Li Yuan who had been missing for several years?"

“Is this the second good news?”

"No! No! This is just a supplement to the first news."

Gao Lie said lightly: "Then let's talk about the second good news, don't be distracted."

Gao Hui was helpless. The elder brother didn’t like to be controlled by others. Anyone who talked to him must follow his ideas. She had to smile and said, “The second good news is good. I think the elder brother can guess.”

Gao Lie stood up and paced slowly in the room with his hands on his back, but he only walked twice, and suddenly smiled and said, "Can it be that Guo Xuan sent troops?"

Gao Hui smiled and said, "I am my Gao Hui's brother. I am not bad at all, and I have a good grasp of it. It's right. It's the elder brother's plan that has been successful. Guo Xuan sent troops south."

At this time, a hint of pride finally appeared on Gao Lie's face, showing his inner ecstasy. This matter was the major plan he had been planning for several months. If it succeeded, it would greatly reduce the pressure of questioning in the Bohai Association and would also help the Bohai Association completely control Hebei.

He spent a lot of money to bribe the Hebei Censor Liu Zhihong and asked Liu Zhihong to secretly give it to the emperor, pointing out that Yang Yichen's military power was too great and that his generals generally supported Yang Yichen's separatist rule and independent. It was this that ultimately prompted Yang Guang to urgently transfer Yang Yichen away and disband Yang Yichen's army.

Gao Lie then asked Dou Jiande to persuade Gao Shida. The two of them joined forces to march south and stationed troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, posing as if they wanted to capture Qingzhou with all their might, revealing the weakness of the defense. He hoped that Guo Xuan could be tempted by this weakness and lead the Youzhou army to the south. As long as he could annihilate Guo Xuan and support Luo Yi to the throne, the entire Hebei would be controlled by the Bohai Association.

"Is it news from Luo Yi?"

Gao Hui quickly smiled and said, "I received his pigeon letter early this morning, but his son became Guo Xuan's pioneer. It is said that Guo Xuan repeatedly asked, Luo Yi hoped that we could save his son's life."

Gao Lie nodded. He could understand this. Without Luo Yi's son as a qualifier, how could Guo Xuan send troops with confidence? As for Luo Yi's son Luo Cheng, this person is ranked seven of the top ten fierce generals in the world. If he can use it well, he hopes that Luo Cheng can become the pillar of the Bohai Association.

At this time, Gao Hui said again: "Luo Yi said in the letter that Guo Xuan went south at Zhang Xuan's request."

Gao Lie was stunned. Zhang Xuan asked Guo Xuan to go south. He was a little unexpected. He began to feel a little confused. Did Zhang Xuan see through his intentions?

Gao Hui said carefully: "Can Zhang Xuan feel that the pressure is too great, so he asked Guo Xuan to send troops to relieve the pressure in Qingzhou?"

Gao Lie pondered for a moment and shook his head, "What pressure will be there for his navy army to be so powerful? Things are definitely not that simple."

After pausing, Gao Lie said again: "Well, let me think about this matter again. Let me talk about the third news first?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!