PS: Chapter Anti-Theft, will be corrected tomorrow morning…………………………………………

Soon Cao Liang also led his team to Heyang. Although Heyang was small, it was more than enough to accommodate three to four thousand troops.

Cao Liang immediately ordered that except for some of the troops who were on duty to guard the city wall, most of the others immediately took the time to rest and prepare for the next day's trip.

After all, he was still in Hanoi County and had not yet left the Sima family's sphere of influence. Cao Liang was very cautious whether he was marching or camping.

It's not that Cao Liang didn't want to march all night and leave the Sima family's territory as soon as possible, but after a day of forced march, both men and horses were tired and tired. If they continued to march all night, it would increase the fatigue of the army, and once they encountered the enemy

Cao Liang had no idea how much combat power such an exhausted army had, so a short rest in Heyang was still necessary.

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

Liu Ying was sitting in a carriage all the way. When she got off the carriage, she looked confused and said, "Liang'er, where are you?"

Cao Liang helped her out of the carriage and said, "Mom, this is Heyang County, Hanoi. We will stay here tonight and we can arrive at Bingzhou Shangdang tomorrow."

Liu Ying looked around and asked, "Where is your father? Why don't you see him?"

Cao Liang's face changed slightly, and he said calmly: "My father...he still has someone behind him...will be here soon..."

Liu Ying frowned. Cao Liang's behavior today was so abnormal. He spoke hesitantly and his eyes flickered. She suddenly became suspicious and said to Cao Liang: "Liang'er, tell the truth. Did something happen to your father?"

Cao Liang knew that even if he could hide this matter today, he would not be able to hide it tomorrow. His mother would eventually find out. The long-term pain was worse than the short-term pain. Cao Liang could not hide his grief and knelt down in front of Liu Ying.

Crying: "Mother, father... he was surrounded by the Sima Army when he was cut off from the rear at Beimang Mountain, and unfortunately he was killed... Mother——"

Before Cao Liang finished speaking, Liu Ying had already fainted. Cao Liang hurriedly supported her and shouted anxiously.

However, Yang Huiyu was more experienced. He beat his back and pinched her. After a while, Liu Ying slowly woke up. Before she could say anything, she was already bursting into tears.

Seeing his mother's heartbroken look, Cao Liang felt extremely sad. If he had been more determined and not allowed his father to break up the marriage, perhaps such a tragedy would not have happened, but what happened now, no one can take it back.

, Cao Liang felt extremely guilty.

Her mother was so sad that Cao Liang could naturally understand her feelings. As Liu Bei's orphaned daughter, Liu Ying had no relatives in the Kingdom of Wei. Marrying Cao Yan was her only support in this life.

Over the past few decades, they had been a husband and wife who had a deep love and a harmonious relationship. They rarely blushed, but their relationship was very deep. Now that the bad news was suddenly heard, it was quite normal for Liu Ying to be unable to bear it for a while.

Cao Liang helped his mother into the room and asked Yang Huiyu to stay with her all night in order to prevent accidents.

Yang Huiyu patiently served Liu Ying and comforted her with soft words. Seeing that Liu Ying's mood had calmed down, Cao Liang left the room.

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

Cao Liang deliberately walked around the city. Heyang City is just a small county. The city is not big and the city walls are short. As for the city defense facilities, they are basically blank. But it is normal to think about it. Heyang County is only Hanoi County.

A small county in China is neither an important border town nor a dangerous pass, so 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. No matter how low the city wall is, it is still a city wall. It is better than building a few temporary fences. What's more, Cao Liang has to cross

It was already dusk at the time of the Yellow River, and it was already too late even if I wanted to camp. It would be more convenient to come to such a small county town temporarily.

Cao Liang, the Sima Division's army who was isolated on the south bank of the Yellow River, didn't have to worry too much. After all, it was impossible for Sima Division to risk crossing the river in the middle of the night. During the day, Sima Wang led more than a hundred cavalry to be buried in the glacier. I believe that Sima Division was

It was extremely shocking. In order to avoid repeating the same mistake, Master Sima would definitely cross the river with sufficient assurance.

The only thing that made Cao Liang worried was the county soldiers in Hanoi. When Cao Yan was killed in battle, he lost nearly 2,000 knights. This was indeed a heavy loss for the knight battalion, which only had 5,000 people. However,

This is war.

Sanhe (Henan, Hedong, and Hanoi) has always been an important place to defend the capital. During foreign campaigns, if the central army is insufficient, Sanhe troops will be dispatched first. Therefore, the number of troops from Sanhe County is far greater than that of other counties.

above the national military strength.

If Hu Fen got the news about Cao Liang crossing the river, he would definitely send troops to pursue and intercept him. This is why Cao Liang chose to stay in Heyang instead of continuing the forced march.

It is much more difficult to deal with the blocking enemy army with a tired army than to defend a city. Cao Liang went to the top of the city to check and told Qianhong to be more vigilant to prevent Hu Fen's sneak attack.

After returning to his residence, Cao Liang faced Lone Deng alone and had the opportunity to take out the secret edict from his arms.

The secret edict was given to him by Cao Yan just two days ago. Could it be that Cao Yan already had a premonition of something when he handed him the secret edict?

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

When he first accepted the secret edict, Cao Liang did not regard it as something great. He even had strong curiosity and wanted to take it apart and see what was written on it.

However, Cao Yan was an old-fashioned man, and he would carry out everything assigned by the late emperor to the letter. He would never take secret edicts seriously just because the emperor had passed away.

And on the contrary, Cao Yan regarded the secret edict as a saint. Over the years, Cao Yan strictly abided by the late emperor's instructions and would never open the secret edict until the country was in danger.

Now that Sima Yi has launched a mutiny and rebellion, Cao Wei's country has really reached a critical juncture of life and death. The prerequisites for opening the secret edict have been fulfilled. However, Cao Yan, who has guarded the secret edict for nine years, has no chance to see its content and leaves.

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Chapter completed!