Cao Liang only sent Fang Bu to Chang'an after arriving at Shangdang to contact Xiahou Xuan, Cao Liang's purpose was obviously to use the identity background of Xiahou Xuan's expedition to the west general Yongliang Governor, if he could control Guanzhong, it would be better, so that he could use Bingzhou as a horn to deal with and contain Sima Yi.

If Xiahou Xuan didn't have the ability to control Guanzhong, Cao Liang also hoped that he could come to Bingzhou, at least without going back to Luoyang and becoming a ghost under the sword of the Sima family.

But obviously Fang Bu was still a step late, he hurried from Shangdang to Chang'an, as soon as he entered the city, he saw the large-scale travel of the Yongzhou army, Xiahou Xuan had already left the governor's mansion and embarked on a journey back to Luoyang, and if he wanted to fish Xiahou Xuan out of the army, it was more difficult than climbing to the sky.

It's not that Cao Liang didn't want to contact Xiahou Xuan earlier, but when he was in Hanoi, he had a lot of affairs and was tired of running for his life, so he really couldn't take care of it, and when he returned to Shangdang, he did send his most powerful escort Fang Bu to Chang'an to contact Xiahou Xuan as soon as possible.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and Fang Bu finally passed by Xiahou Xuan and couldn't get in touch.

Fang Bu did not stay in Chang'an for long, and after finding out the situation, he quickly left Chang'an City and returned to Shangdang.

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In order to deal with the possible attack of the Sima army, after Cao Liang returned to Bingzhou, he did not rush back to Jinyang, but temporarily stayed in Shangdang, and it was forced to strategically abandon Hanoi, after all, Cao Liang had no foundation in Hanoi, and the terrain of Hanoi was indeed not conducive to combat.

Shangdang is different, Shangdang is a basin, surrounded by mountains, the terrain is very dangerous, plus Cao Liang has been operating and merging the state for many years, and has a deep foundation in Shangdang, so after giving up Hanoi, the first thing that needs to be ensured is Shangdang.

After entering Shangdang, Cao Liang immediately began to deploy the defense system of Shangdang, he adopted the strategy of sticking to the pass and strengthening the defense in depth, and established a set of tight defensive positions in Shangdang County, even if Sima Yi mobilized 100,000 troops to come, he also ensured that he could resist it.

On the periphery, Yanghu's infantry battalion relied on the dangerous passes and terrain to build the first line of defense on the line of Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain.

In the Shangdang Basin, Cao Liang deployed two elite cavalry battalions, the Yue Cavalry Battalion and the Tun Cavalry Battalion, to strengthen the defense in depth, even if the Sima Army broke through the first line of defense, Cao Liang also had full confidence to defend the Shangdang Basin.

As for the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Cao Liang did not arrange their tasks for the time being, after all, this time the breakthrough operation, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion fought very hard, lost nearly half of it, and urgently needed to be rested and replenished.

Fortunately, Cao Liang got a lot of weapons and armor from Wangwushan, and Bingzhou itself is a place to raise horses, and the most important thing is to fight horses.

Over the years, the former tiger and leopard division has not become a sharp decrease in combat effectiveness because of the negligent relationship between the battle formation, on the contrary, under Cao Yan's almost rigorous training, the Xiao cavalry battalion has always been waiting for the day, maintaining high morale and combat ability.

If it weren't for Cao Yan blocking the Sima family's pursuers behind, Cao Liang would not have had a chance to cross the Yellow River at all, Cao Yan blocked Sima's tens of thousands of troops with 2,000 men and horses, and fought bloodily for several hours in a row, winning time for the retreating army to cross the river.

For the sake of his father's last wishes, Cao Liang must not let the Xiaocai Battalion collapse, he must focus on building the Xiaocai Battalion into one of the three main cavalry in Bingzhou and the pillar of the Bingzhou Army.

Back then, it was not possible to achieve the same scale as the Yue Cavalry Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion, so while the other battalions were actively preparing for war, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was responsible for rest and recuperation, without any combat missions.

As for the family members, Cao Liang also temporarily placed them in Shangdang Huguan, and when there was a chance in the future, he would move to Jinyang. During this time, Liu Ying finally recovered from her grief temporarily, but her mood was still very low, and Cao Liang would stay by her mother's side as long as she had time to give her as much comfort as possible.

Yang Huiyu is always by Liu Ying's side, and Sima Ru will also accompany her more, with Sima Ru, a ghost, the atmosphere at home will be a little more lively and less dull.

Cao Liang is actually more worried that Liu Ying will not accept Sima Ru, after all, she is the daughter of the enemy, and her father Cao Yan died at the hands of the Sima family, so I am afraid that Liu Ying will not be able to let go.

However, Cao Liang found that this kind of worry was superfluous, Liu Ying did not alienate Sima Ru because of this relationship, and Sima Ru's well-behaved and clever were very pleasing to Liu Ying, so naturally Liu Ying also recognized and accepted Sima Ru.

On this day, Cao Liang rushed home after finishing official business, and found that the atmosphere at home was obviously a little different, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

This temporary home is placed in a small courtyard in Huguan, after all, although Huguan is a county town, it cannot be compared with the prosperity of Luoyang, Cao Liang is not willing to disturb the people, so he temporarily found a courtyard to settle down.

Although the dwelling is small, but today's cleaning up is very tidy, wearing red and hanging colors, as if there is an atmosphere of doing happy events, very simple but warm.

Cao Liang asked Yang Huiyu what was going on with some surprise, and Yang Huiyu asked with a light smile: "What day is today, do you remember?" ”

Cao Liang thought about it very hard, he was still confused, it was neither a birthday nor a holiday, Cao Liang really couldn't think of anything special.

"Today is the sixth day of the second month." Yang Huiyu specially reminded him.

"What happened on the sixth day of February?" Cao Liang was still a little puzzled, he couldn't think of what kind of festival the sixth day of the second month was, if there was any commemorative significance, today last month was the day they broke out of Luoyang, and it was also a day away from the day of his father's death.

Yang Huiyu smiled helplessly, and said: "It seems that you are really busy and dizzy, you don't remember what day it is, today is the wedding day of you and Ru'er's sister, my mother said, let you round the house today, as for other etiquette, everything is simple." ”

Roundhouse? Cao Liang was stunned for a moment, he really forgot about this stubble, but he didn't expect Liu Ying and Yang Huiyu to still be worried, taking advantage of Cao Liang's absence, they had already arranged it, no wonder they looked different as soon as they entered the door.