In fact, Xiahou Ba’s worries are redundant. With Cao Liang and a good son-in-law like Yang Hu, how could he let his family suffer?

Long before the Gaopingling Incident, Cao Liang had already operated secretly, moving Xiahou Ba's family to Shangdang, and then moved them to Jinyang. Now they have settled down in Jinyang.

After learning that Xiahou Ba defected to Shu Kingdom, Sima Yi was of course very furious and immediately instructed the Weiwei Mansion to go to Xiahou Ba's house to arrest people. Can the monk run away and run away to the temple?

But the fact is that the monk ran away and there was no temple. When the people from the Weiwei Mansion rushed to Xiahou Ba's house, they found that the Xiahou Ba's family had long disappeared except for a few old and deaf slaves.

Sima Yi couldn't help but feel depressed. The escape of Cao Liang and his subordinates can naturally be attributed to Cao Liang's plan in advance, but Xiahou Ba was far away in Guanlong and seemed to have no connection with Cao Liang. How could he have disappeared for no reason? Could it be that Xiahou Ba's defection was not a temporary intention, but a premeditated plan?

However, for Sima Yi, this small matter was not enough to make him worry. After all, he still had many big things waiting for him to do. The Gaopingling Incident brought supreme power to Sima Yi, but it also added many tricky things. For an old man who is nearly 70 years old, physical strength and energy have become his enemy. Sima Yi can only concentrate on doing big things. As for those small matters of sesame and mung beans, he can only abandon them.

Yang Hu knew that Xiahou Ba had escaped from Guo Huai's pursuit, so he naturally felt relieved. Whether he stayed in Wei or fled to Shu, as long as he could be safe and sound, it would be a blessing.

However, Cao Liang told Yang Hu that there was no need to worry about Xiahou Ba's career. He was treated better in Shu Kingdom than in Wei Kingdom.

Yang Hu was puzzled. Logically speaking, Xiahou Ba surrendered to Shu and saved his life was not a big problem, because there were often defectors who abandoned the country. In order to win over these defectors, the three countries often treated the surrendered people very favorably and gave them high officials and generous salaries. However, these official titles were often just empty positions and did not have much practical power. Therefore, Yang Hu questioned Cao Liang's treatment that was better than that of Wei.

After all, Xiahou Ba was already a general in Wei State. The right general also served as the guardian of Shu and the highest military general under the command of the General in the Western State. Can there be another army under the command of Shu State?

Cao Liang smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you that I have a niece in Taishan. Now I am the queen of Shu. When Taishan arrives in Shu, he is also a relative of the foreigner. With the empress holding her with her thigh, she is still worried that she will not be able to make a fortune?"

Yang Hu said skeptically: "I asked my mother-in-law about this matter. They didn't know that there was a relative of this family. Could it be that you deliberately coaxed me?"

Cao Liang smiled mysteriously and said, "I guess I don't know before Mount Tai entered Sichuan, but who is your brother-in-law? I am the nephew of the emperor of Shu. How can I hide such a secret matter?"

Many people know Cao Liang's identity. After all, Liu Ying is Liu Bei's daughter. She was captured by Cao Chun on Changbanpo. In order to commend her merits, Cao Cao gave Liu Ying to Cao Chun and married Cao Yan when he grew up. In terms of blood relationship, Cao Liang is Liu Chan's nephew.

But the nephew returned to the nephew, but Cao Liang never had the chance to recognize this relative. Not to mention that he was far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, the hostile relationship between Wei and Shu alone made Cao Liang no longer have the chance to call him uncle.

Due to the lack of news, Xiahou Ba's departure was like a muddy cow entering the sea, with no news, and life and death were uncertain. Even if Cao Liang's words were full of spoils, Yang Hu was always suspicious. However, Cao Liang's words were somewhat of a kind of comfort to Yang Hu. If Xiahou Ba really could be safe, then Yang Hu would be relieved.

In real history, after Xiahou Ba defected, Sima Yi did not kill all of them, but he still exiled Xiahou Ba's two sons to the harem. The extreme cold and bitter place had a very small chance of survival. If Yang Hu had not taken care of him from many aspects, Xiahou Ba would have been defeated.

The situation is much better now. Not only was Xiahou Ba's wife and children placed in Jinyang, but Xiahou Ba's two sons also worked as Gongcao in Taiyuan County and the other was the chief record of the governor's mansion. The future career is promising.

After the Battle of Shangdang, neither Cao Liang nor Yang Hu returned to Jinyang, but stayed in Shangdang. After all, Shangdang, which had experienced a great war, was in trouble. After Cao Liang did a good job in rebuilding the army, he also needed large-scale redeployment of Shangdang's defense system.

Sima Yi temporarily evacuated Bingzhou because of the rebellion of Linghu Yu and Wang Ling. After evacuation, he still set up heavy troops in Hedong and Pingyang, and together with General Lu Dai of Zhenbei of Jizhou, he formed a semi-encirclement of Bingzhou. In other words, the crisis situation in Bingzhou did not disappear because of Sima Yi's withdrawal. It was just that both sides quit and temporarily eased.

Cao Liang knew that Sima Yi's withdrawal was only temporary. After quelling the Huainan Rebellion, he would definitely make a comeback. The defensive tasks placed before the Bingzhou Army were still quite serious.

Someone once suggested to Cao Liang that when Sima Yi conquers Huainan, Luoyang will inevitably be empty. Taking this opportunity, Cao Liang can gather all the troops to attack Luoyang. As long as he can conquer Luoyang and pacify the world, it will be no problem.

Cao Liang smiled at this. This plan sounds beautiful, but it is difficult to implement it. Even if Sima Yi mobilized the main force to fight Huainan, Luoyang is the capital. With Sima Yi's prudence, how could he not keep his troops? Even if he poured all the military forces of the Bingzhou army south and wanted to conquer Luoyang, he would try to climb the sky.

What's more, Sima Yi had already made defensive arrangements for Bingzhou before leaving. Chen Qian of Hanoi, Hu Fen of Pingyang, Chen Tai of Hedong and Lu Dai of Jizhou were not vegetarians. Once the Bingzhou army was full of people and Bingzhou was empty, these guys would definitely take advantage of the situation and rob.

Therefore, Bingzhou is still in a period of strategic defense and does not have the ability to attack strategically. The proposer of attacking Luoyang is probably a military fantasy. He did not recognize the cruelty of the situation between the enemy and us. When he saw a little opportunity, he thought that a big pie fell from the sky. However, he did not know that before he recognized the essence of the "pie", the pie was probably a trap.

Meals need to be eaten one bite at a time, and wars need to be fought one after another. Wars have never been a game for speculators. Speculators may be able to win one after another, but they will never win the final victory.
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