After Wen Qin entered the city, he took over the city defense of Heyang as soon as possible, and soon Cao Liang also led the team to Heyang, although Heyang is small, but it can accommodate three or four thousand people, it is more than enough.

Cao Liang immediately ordered that except for a part of the army on duty to guard the city wall, most of the rest of the people immediately seized the time to rest and prepare for the next day's trip.

After all, he is still in Hanoi County, and he has not yet stepped out of the Sima family's sphere of influence, whether it is marching or camping, Cao Liang is very cautious.

Cao Liang didn't want to march overnight and leave Sima's territory as soon as possible, but after a day of forced marching, the men and horses were tired and tired, if they continued to march overnight, it would increase the fatigue of the army, and once they encountered an enemy attack, how much combat effectiveness such a tired division still had, Cao Liang had no bottom in his heart, so a short rest in Heyang was still fully necessary.

Cao Liang arranged for his mother and wife to live temporarily in the county office, and of course Sima Ru was no exception, she stayed with Yang Huiyu all the way.

Liu Ying sat in the carriage all the way, and when she got off the car, she was at a loss and said, "Liang'er, where is this?" ”

Cao Liang got her out of the carriage and said, "Mother, this is Ha Yang County, Hanoi, we will stay here for a night tonight, and we can arrive in Bingzhou tomorrow." ”

Liu Ying looked around and asked, "What about your father, why didn't you see him?" ”

Cao Liang's face changed slightly, and he said hesitantly: "My father...... He's got back...... I'll be coming soon......"

Liu Ying frowned, Cao Liang's performance today was so abnormal, he spoke heavily, his eyes flickered, and he suddenly became suspicious, and said to Cao Liang: "Liang'er, you tell the truth, did something happen to your father?" ”

Cao Liang knew that even if he could hide this matter today, he couldn't hide it from tomorrow, after all, he would still be known by his mother, and the long pain was better than the short pain, Cao Liang couldn't hide his grief, knelt down in front of Liu Ying, and cried: "Mother, father, he ...... When the Beibi Mountain was broken, he was surrounded by Sima Jun and unfortunately died...... Mother-"

Before Cao Liang's words were finished, Liu Ying had already fainted, and Cao Liang hurriedly held her up and shouted eagerly.

However, Yang Huiyu is more experienced, and she is beating her back and pinching people, and after a long while, Liu Ying woke up slowly, and before she could speak, she was already in tears.

Looking at his mother's heartbroken appearance, Cao Liang's heart was extremely sour, if he had been more resolute at that time and did not let his father break off, maybe such a tragedy would not have happened, but the matter has come to this point, no one can get it back, Cao Liang is extremely ashamed in his heart.

Mother is so sad, Cao Liang can naturally understand her feelings, Liu Ying as Liu Bei's orphan daughter, in the territory of Wei, she has no half of her relatives, marrying Cao Yan is her only reliance in this life, these decades, their husband and wife are deeply in love, Qin Se is harmonious, rarely red-faced, very emotional, and now suddenly heard bad news, Liu Ying is unbearable for a while, it is also a very normal thing.

Cao Liang carried his mother into the room, and in order to prevent accidents, let Yang Huiyu stay by her side all night.

Yang Huiyu served Liu Ying very patiently, comforting her softly, and seeing that Liu Ying's mood calmed down a little, Cao Liang withdrew from the room.

At this time, it was already the third watch in the middle of the night, and Wen Qin, who was on duty in the first half of the night, also went down to rest at this time, and replaced it with Lianhong to guard the city defense.

Cao Liang deliberately went to the head of the city to turn around, Heyang City is just a small county town, the city wall is not big and the city wall is short, as for the city defense facilities, it is basically blank, but it is normal to think about it, Heyang County is only a small county in Hanoi County, neither a border town, nor a dangerous pass, and the city defense is naturally much weaker.

However, for Cao Liang, camping in this small county town is relatively safer than camping in the wild, and no matter how low the city wall is, it is also a city wall, which is better than building a few fences temporarily, not to mention, it is already dusk when Cao Liang crosses the Yellow River, even if he wants to go camping, it is too late, it is better to temporarily come to find such a small county town.

Cao Liang, the army of Sima Shi who was isolated on the south bank of the Yellow River, did not have to worry too much, after all, in the middle of the night, it was impossible for Sima Shi to venture to cross the river, and the scene of Sima Wang leading more than 100 cavalry to die in the glacier during the day was believed to be extremely shocking to Sima Shi, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, Sima Shi would definitely be able to cross the river with sufficient certainty.

The only thing that made Cao Liang feel at ease was the county soldiers in Hanoi, when Cao Yan was killed, he lost nearly 2,000 Xiao cavalry, which is indeed a bit heavy for the Xiao cavalry battalion itself with only 5,000 people, but this is the war.

Sanhe (Henan, Hedong, Hanoi) was an important place for the Gongwei Jing Division, and when the imperial court was fighting abroad, if the Chinese army was insufficient, it would give priority to the deployment of the troops of Sanhe, so the number of soldiers of Sanhe County was far higher than that of other counties.

If Hu Fen got the news that Cao Liang had crossed the river, he would definitely send troops to surround and intercept him, which is why Cao Liang chose to stay in Heyang instead of continuing the forced march.

It is far more difficult to deal with the enemy army with a tired army than to hold a city, Cao Liang deliberately went to the head of the city to check, and told Xianhong to strengthen vigilance to prevent Hu Fen's sneak attack.

After returning to his residence, Cao Liang was alone with the lonely lamp, which gave him the opportunity to take out the secret edict from his arms.

The secret edict was just handed over to him by Cao Yan two days ago, could it be that Cao Yan had a premonition when he handed him the secret edict?

With complicated feelings, Cao Liang slowly opened the seal of the fire paint and opened the secret edict that Cao Yan guarded with his blood and life.

When he first accepted the secret edict, Cao Liang didn't regard it as something great, and even had a strong curiosity at that time, so he wanted to take it apart and see what was written on it.

But Cao Yan is an old-fashioned person, and he will carry out everything that the first emperor has confessed, and he will never take the secret edict seriously because the Son of Heaven has died.

And on the contrary, Cao Yan regarded the secret edict as a saint, and over the years, Cao Yan strictly adhered to the instructions of the first emperor, and never opened the secret edict until the moment when the society was in danger.

Now that Sima Yi has launched a mutiny and rebellion, Cao Wei's Jiangshan Sheji has really reached the critical juncture of life and death, and the prerequisites for opening the secret edict have been achieved, but Cao Yan, who has guarded the secret edict for nine years, has not had the opportunity to see its content and has gone west.

Thinking of this, Cao Liang's nose couldn't help but become sour, and he resolutely opened the secret edict.