General Cao, what do you mean by this? Fang Ren and Yang Ze were pressed to the ground by Cao Fu's private soldiers, unable to move, their faces were flushed with anxiety, and they shouted loudly.

Cao Liang sneered: "What did you do, didn't you have a point in your heart?" ”

Fang Ren hurriedly said: "General Cao, there must be some misunderstanding, we are loyal to Sima Taifu, and we have no ambitions!" ”

Yang Ze also said: "Yes, yes, we are completely loyal to the Sima family, and we are all right. ”

Cao Liang sneered, these two second-class goods still can't figure out the situation until now, and they really think that he was sent by Sima Yi, and they all show their loyalty, but they don't know that the more they talk happily, the more they are convicted of plotting rebellion.

Cao Liang's sudden action caught the soldiers of the arsenal off guard, and after they understood what was going on, Fang Ren and Yang Ze had already been taken down by the Cao family soldiers.

Seeing this situation, Cao Liang held the sword in his hand and said loudly: "Fang Ren Yang Ze and Sima Yi conspired to launch a rebellion, and now it has been taken by this general, you don't know it, you can be pardoned and not guilty, if you are obsessed and resist to the end, you will be guilty of the same crime as Fang Ren Yang Ze!" ”

These soldiers are Fang Ren Yang Ze's subordinates, and they are naturally obedient to their orders, but they are just ordinary subordinates, once they are involved in rebellion, not to mention petty officials like them, even if they are first-grade and second-grade court officials, no one dares to follow them easily.

Therefore, as soon as the soldiers of these arsenals heard that Fang Ren and Yang Ze were suspected of rebellion, they immediately turned against each other, and stood on Cao Liang's side in unison, and immediately drew a clear line with Fang Ren and Yang Ze, and they all moved extremely fast, for fear that they would be slow to act and be classified into the ranks of the chaotic party.

Fang Ren and Yang Ze were completely dumbfounded, even if they were stupid, it was impossible for them not to see that this auxiliary general and Sima Taifu were not in the same group, it turned out that they regarded this son-in-law of the Sima family as their own, but in fact it was not the same thing at all, this General Cao was clearly standing in the hostile direction of the Sima family.

Fang Ren and Yang Ze's intestines were repentant, they knew that this was the case, why did they welcome Cao Liang in so diligently, isn't this self-defeating?

But now, it's too late to say anything, Fang Ren and Yang Ze are like frosty eggplants-wilted.

Cao Liang didn't bother to pay attention to these two little miscellaneous fish, and ordered someone to tie them up and put them in a hut. Ordered the Cao family soldiers to close the gate of the arsenal, strictly prohibit anyone from entering and leaving the arsenal, to prevent news from leaking, and at the same time send crossbowmen to climb the high wall and be ready for battle at any time.

After doing all this, it was only dark, and Cao Liang estimated that if Sima Yi launched a mutiny, it would be at least in the second half of the night or early in the morning, and there would still be plenty of time on his side.

Now there are about 500 soldiers in Caofu, attacking the arsenal, led by Cao Liang himself, he brought more than 150 people, including 100 crossbowmen and 50 other miscellaneous soldiers, in addition, Cao Liang arranged for Fang Bu and Cao Gui to lead 150 people to lurk near the Great Xia Gate, preparing to cooperate with the cavalry camp to enter the city.

Attacking the Great Xia Gate was an urgent and dangerous task, because it was impossible for the Cao soldiers to move before the Sima family's army, and they could only take action when the Sima family's army captured the city gate and the Xiao cavalry battalion arrived outside Luoyang.

From the perspective of the situation, the Cao family soldiers must be at a disadvantage, so Cao Liang deliberately sent such a big master as Fang Bu to the Great Xia Gate to increase the chances of victory.

Originally, Fang Bu disagreed, his duty was only to protect Cao Liang's safety, but he couldn't stand Cao Liang's prestige and instructions, and with the improvement of Cao Liang's status and authority over the years, Fang Bu did not dare to disobey Cao Liang's orders.

What's more, capturing the Great Xia Gate is the top priority, and it is related to whether the Xiao Cavalry Battalion can enter the city and whether it can reverse the passive situation, so the burden on Fang Bu's shoulders is very heavy, and there is no room for any mistakes.

Among the twelve gates of Luoyang City, the reason why Cao Liang chose the Great Summer Gate is because the Great Summer Gate is the north gate of Luoyang, which is the closest to the station of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

Secondly, there is another important reason, and that is that the Great Xia Gate is adjacent to Kim Yong City. Kim Yong Castle was built during the Ming Emperor, in the northwest corner of Luoyang City, the city is small and solid, it is a defensive fortress, because Kim Yong Castle is relatively high, you can have a bird's eye view of Luoyang City, so it is of great strategic value.

Cao Liang had discussed with Cao Yan in advance that before entering Luoyang, the cavalry battalion must first take Kim Yong Cheng as a stronghold that could be attacked and defended, so as to compete with the Sima family.

Therefore, the Great Xia Gate, which is adjacent to Kim Yong City, naturally became the agreed route for Cao Liang and Cao Yan to enter the city, and Cao Liang had to break the gap in order to change from passive to active.

In the end, more than 200 people were arranged by Cao Liang in the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, led by Cao Guilai, who was responsible for protecting the safety of the Cao family.

The guards of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion are undoubtedly crucial, Cao Liang left the most elite crossbow team in the Hou Mansion, which is to ensure that nothing goes wrong, once the Luoyang sword soldiers rise, the Gaoling Marquis Mansion will inevitably be difficult to stay out of the matter.

Among the three people, the first to engage the Sima family army was the one led by Cao Liang to enter the arsenal.

Exactly as Cao Liang speculated, Sima Yi was determined to win the arsenal, he sent Sima Shi and Sima Fu to control the twelve city gates of Luoyang, and sent Sima Zhao to control the palace, but the arsenal, Sima Yi did not dare to fake the hands of others, and personally led the troops to come.

It can be seen how much Sima Yi attaches importance to the arsenal.

In fact, Sima Yi is only most concerned about this level of Cao Shuang's mansion, although Sima Yi has successfully bought Sun Qian, the general of Cao Mansion, in advance, but Sun Qian's position is not too high, and Sima Yi is not sure whether he can control the situation, he can only take risks.

As for the arsenal, Sima Yi is even more confident, because the arsenal Ling Fang Ren and the arsenal Cheng Yang Ze have already belonged to the Sima family, as long as the Sima family's army arrives, the two will inevitably fall in the wind and open the door to welcome each other.

However, even if the two of them did not belong to the arsenal, with the little garrison strength of the arsenal, Sima Yi did not pay attention to it at all, and once the Sima family army arrived, it was just a matter of blink of an eye to take the arsenal.

But Sima Yi did everything he could, and there was no leakage in Cao Shuang's mansion, but he dropped the chain on the side of the arsenal, and the arsenal that he thought was smooth all the way was strongly blocked.

And what shocked Sima Yi the most was that it was not someone else who was against him, it was his grandson-in-law, Cao Liang, the auxiliary general.