Huan Fan also just got the latest news from Luoyang, so he came to see Cao Liang so late, but he didn't expect to bump into this scene.

In fact, Huan Fan's current position is Dasi Nong, and it stands to reason that he has already broken away from the state military system, but because he has been Cao Liang's chief staff before, no one has questioned his identity at all, and in the army, he is probably the only one who can freely enter and exit Cao Liang's big tent.

Although Cao Liang withdrew from Luoyang, it does not mean that there are no eyes and ears left in Luoyang, Sima Yi punished Cao Shuang and his party, which is on the bright side, and anyone can see it, and the detailed work left in Luoyang immediately collected all the detailed information and passed on the news as soon as possible.

After Huan Fan got the news, he only felt a chill down his back, Sima Yi was really ruthless, in just a few days, Sima Yi blatantly opened the knife to Cao Shuang, thousands of people, all slaughtered, if it wasn't for Cao Liang's timely rescue, I was afraid that my whole family would be spilled blood on the streets of Luoyang at this moment.

Although Huan Fan had been mentally prepared for this in advance, and he also advised Cao Shuang not to surrender easily, with Sima Yi's calculations, he would never be treated as a free rich man.

But when he really heard Sima Yi's wanton killing, Huan Fan still gasped, this Sima Yi was more ruthless, more brutal, and more outrageous than Huan Fan imagined.

Of course, Cao Liang needs to be notified of this news as soon as possible.

After Cao Liang heard the news, he was not the slightest surprised, because he knew that Sima Yi did this in history, acting decisively and resolutely, and Sima Yi did not have the slightest softness in dealing with political enemies, and could only say that Cao Shuang's death was his own fault, and he couldn't blame others.

It's a pity that those who follow Cao Shuang, except for the first evildoers like the three dogs in Taichung, in fact, many people are inclined to follow blindly and blindly, even if they have some mistakes, but they are not guilty to death, but under Sima Yi's iron fist, these people followed Cao Shuang and lost their heads in a daze, and died quite unjustly.

This is the price of standing in the wrong line, thinking that when Cao Shuang was in power, Cao's mansion was full of traffic, in order to see Cao Shuang's side, many officials spent a lot of money, and they had to queue up in front of Cao's mansion, but in the end, many people got the opportunity to kill their heads, think about the beginning, look at the present, it is really a great irony.

Cao Liang had already seen Cao Shuang's personality clearly, so he retreated, drew a clear line with Cao Shuang, and carried the banner against Sima Yi silently alone.

And Huan Fan reported his fantasies about Cao Shuang, taking great risks to break out of the city, trying to redeem the defeat, but Cao Shuang couldn't support the mud on the wall in the end, Huan Fan not only succeeded in persuading Cao Shuang, but almost put himself in.

At the critical moment, it was Cao Liang who reached out to help Huan Fan and spared Huan Fan, which made Huan Fan grateful, and secretly swore that he would follow Cao Liang with an iron heart from then on, and he would not hesitate.

When Cao Liang went out to conquer the state, he deliberately recruited Huan Fan as his chief staff, in fact, Huan Fan still had considerable resistance, you must know that Huan Fan, who had been the governor of Qingxu and planned to be the pastor of Jizhou, was crushing Cao Liang in terms of qualifications and rank, and let him be Cao Liang's deputy, naturally he was unwilling.

With Huan Fan's temper, he was likely to refuse to conquer due to illness, but in the end he still came to Bingzhou and fought side by side with Cao Liang, completing the feat of quelling the rebellion and recovering the lost territory.

After the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Liang not only rose quickly, but also his prestige soared, and Huan Fan took the initiative to approach him with the attitude of wanting to see whether Cao Liang deserved his name or wasted his reputation.

But I'm afraid even Huan Fan didn't expect that his own thought dragged him back from the brink of death, combined with his previous performance in Bingzhou, Huan Fan was convinced by Cao Liang from then on, and was willing to follow him to the death.

Cao Liang calmly read the content of the information carefully, and then asked Huan Fan: "Now that the situation is like this, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

Huan Fan did not hide his selfishness, and said directly: "I think that now that Sima Yi has solved the worries of his henchmen, he will definitely do his best to send troops to come, there is no danger in Hanoi, and Sima's army is afraid of the combat power of our army, so he is stuck, if Sima Yi increases his troops to Hanoi, crossing the river must be within ten days, and the general should make plans as soon as possible and return to the state." ”

Cao Liang naturally knows the situation he is facing, although the state army went south and controlled Hanoi County, but this must also be temporary, Sima Yi will definitely not sit idly by and watch Cao Liang on the north bank of the Yellow River, after cleaning up Cao Shuang, after solving his worries, Sima Yi will concentrate his troops to cross the river to the north, and the special geographical location of Hanoi determines that it is an easy place to attack and difficult to defend, and it is already in Cao Liang's plan to abandon Hanoi and return to the state.

Cao Liang did not immediately agree with Huan Fan's words, but said: "Many people don't think so, they think that there is a danger of the Yellow River in the south of Hanoi County, and the north is close to the Shangdang, and they advance and retreat at will, so they are all asking me to fight, wanting to defend Hanoi to the death and fight a decisive battle with the enemy." ”

Huan Fan shook his head and said: "By all means, although there is the Yellow River in the south of Hanoi, the defense line is so long, it is difficult to divide troops to hold the entire section of the Yellow River. The generals are reluctant to evacuate easily, but they feel that we have Hanoi and give up before the first battle, and they are unwilling to give up, and there is a plan in the bottom to solve the knot in the hearts of the generals. ”

Cao Liang perked up and said, "I want to hear about it." ”

Huan Fan smiled slightly and said: "Since the general forcibly relocated 10,000 people from the Sima clan to merge with the state, then why not simply make it bigger and move the people of the counties of Hanoi to the annexation state, first, to increase the household registration of the annexed state, solve the problem of barren fields, increase taxes, enrich the source of troops, and secondly, to weaken the power of the Sima family, why not?" ”

When Cao Liang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, indeed, when he liquidated the Sima clan, he did not use the method of killing, but moved them to the state as much as possible to enrich the population of the state.

For a long time, Bingzhou is vast and sparsely populated, a lot of land is barren, and population is the foundation of the soldiers and the people, no one, there is no tax, there is no source of soldiers, Cao Liang wants to compete with the Sima family in a state, the population is a short board, if it is really as Huan Fan said, the people of Hanoi will be moved into the state, it is undoubtedly the best policy.