ps: chapter anti-theft, corrected later

Although Sima Fu's death brought Sima Yi endless pain, Sima Yi's state of mind was beyond understanding. He quickly returned to his normal expression and issued several orders in succession.

First, Sima Yi announced the decree of Empress Dowager Guo, counting Cao Shuang's ten major crimes, and announcing the deposed position of Cao Shuang as the general, Situ Gaorou served as the general's military, in charge of Cao Shuang's military camp, and Taipu Wang Guan served as the leading position in the middle, responsible for taking over Cao Xi's military camp.

As for the group of followers under Cao Shuang, all of them were dismissed by Sima Yi. Chen Tai was appointed as the Sili Captain, Lu Yu was appointed as the Shangshu Ling, Xun was appointed as the Shangshu, and Huan Fan was appointed as the General of the Cavalry.

There seems to be no problem with these appointments. Most of the people who received important official positions this time were loyal to the Sima family, but there was only one exception, that is Huan Fan, the former Grand Secretary.

As we all know, Huan Fan is Cao Shuang's confidant. The current official position of the Grand Secretary was arranged by Cao Shuang. Logically speaking, He Yan, Ding Mi, Deng and others were all removed from office, and Huan Fan was no exception. However, Sima Yi unexpectedly announced that Huan Fan would take the post of General of the Cavalry, which made people confused.

The most bizarre thing among them is that Huan Fan's latest official position was originally Cao Yan's position, and Cao Yan was not officially removed from his post by Sima Yi and listed as an imperial criminal. This is actually equivalent to having two cavalry generals.

The current cavalry camp is still under the control of Cao Yan. Even if Huan Fan becomes the general of the cavalry, he will still have no soldiers to adjust and no generals to use, and he is a pure commander.

Sima Yi's arrangement is indeed intriguing. For Cao Yan and Cao Liang's only force in Luoyang City that can compete with them, Sima Yi neither gave up the title nor dismissed or demoted, but chose to ignore it, as if Cao Liang and his son did not exist like air.

Appointing Huan Fan as the General of the Cavalry was somewhat like two tigers competing for food. If Huan Fan did not want to be a commander alone, he had to work hard to win and bring the members of the Cavalry Camp into his command.

So when Huan Fan received this appointment, he was really surprised, but he quickly understood Sima Yi's sinister intentions, which clearly forced him to break up with Cao Liang!

Huan Fan and Cao Liang had a good personal relationship. When he was in Bingzhou, Huan Fan was Cao Liang's chief aide and served as the Central Military Supervisor. Sima Yi could not be unclear about this, but he still made such an appointment, and the taste of it was really intriguing.

Huan Fan had repeatedly advised Cao Shuang to act carefully, but Cao Shuang refused to listen and still did his own way. This time, Cao Shuang brought most of his confidants to Gaopingling, but he ignored Huan Fan.

Could it be that Sima Yi seemed to think that Cao Shuang and Huan Fan had broken up, so he dismissed Cao Shuang's confidant while treating Huan Fan differently, as if he wanted to win him over.

But if Sima Yi was really willing to recruit him, at least he should give Huan Fan a decent official position, rather than an inexplicable official position like now.

Huan Fan was too lazy to pay attention to it. Although his relationship with Cao Shuang is indeed a bit distant now, it is far from reaching a break. Sima Yi wanted to take this opportunity to make him defect to him, which was simply a delusion.

However, the situation in Luoyang City still made him worried. This mutiny initiated by the Sima family has completely changed the political structure of Luoyang. Since Sima Yi received the support of Empress Dowager Guo, most of the imperial guards in the city have turned to the Sima family. In addition to the Sima Shi's relationship with the Central Guard, it can be said that except for the cavalry camp that is still standing in the Daxia Gate area, other troops everywhere are completely under the command of the Sima family.

Moreover, the wealthy families in Luoyang City almost all turned to the Sima family. Sima Yi started with the three thousand dead soldiers who were in charge, and now he has controlled most of the Luoyang City in just one day.

However, it was almost time for the news to reach Gao Pingling at this time. How would Cao Shuang deal with this crisis?

Since Cao Yan and Cao Liang and his son still occupy the Daxia Gate, Cao Shuang only needs to go around from the south of the city to the north of the city to enter Luoyang from the Daxia Gate.

Or Cao Shuang can continue to go south and escort the emperor Cao Fang to Xuchang, where he recruits troops from all over the world to serve the king.

Sima Yi gained the support of the empress dowager and took the opportunity to seize control of Luoyang. Cao Shuang had an emperor beside him, and he could rely on the emperor's edict to conquer troops from all directions to fight against Sima Yi's rebellion.

Compared with the first option, Huan Fan still prefers the second option. Although Cao Liang and his son control the Daxia Gate, most areas in the city, including the palace, have fallen. If Cao Shuang brought his car back to Luoyang at this moment, there would be no place to settle the emperor.

So the second solution is the best solution. As long as all the troops from all directions arrive, wouldn’t Sima Yi be surrendered?

Huan Fan mentioned his thoughts to his son Huanze, who said, "Although his father had a good idea, there are no think tanks around the general now, and they are all eager for quick success and instant benefits. Now that Luoyang is in chaos, I am afraid they are already in power. How can they still find a way to go to Xuchang to avoid danger?"

Huan Fan held his forehead with his hands. It seemed that his son was right. The trusted people around Cao Shuang showed off their power on weekdays, but if they really encountered something, they would be difficult to do and make decisions. No, it seemed that he had to find a way to leave the city and then offer his plans to Cao Shuang to march into Xuchang. Otherwise, Cao Shuang would be fooled by those trusted people and surrender to Sima Yi, and everything would be bad.

It is probably not easy to leave the city now. Although Cao Liang controls the Daxia Gate, so far, the two sides have started fierce fighting in the Daxia Gate area. The Sima family's army has blocked all passages to the Daxia Gate. It is almost impossible for Huan Fan to leave the city from that direction.

But this seemed to be a problem for Huan Fan. Since he had made up his mind, he immediately prepared his horse and hurried to Pingchang Gate.

At this time, the sky was already dark. Although the snow had stopped, the weather was still gloomy. When Huan Fan arrived at Pingchang Gate, it was almost dark.

The gate of Pingchang City was closed, and the soldiers guarding the city stopped Huan Fan with guns and prohibited him from passing.

Huan Fan waved the wooden scepter in his hand and said loudly: "According to the order of the Empress Dowager, you can quickly open the city gate."

The famous general Si Fan of Pingchang City Gate was formerly a subordinate of Huan Fan. Although he was shocked when he saw that the person coming was Huan Fan, he still smiled and asked, "Why did the Grand Secretary leave the city at night?"
Chapter completed!