Sima Fu's face turned dark, he was really afraid of something, it seemed that Sima Yi's plan really failed, Cao Yan did not choose to stop because of the marriage between the Cao family and the Sima family, and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion rushed to Luoyang City almost immediately, and it was clearly a premeditated plan against the Sima family.

The 5,000 cavalry of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is second to none in the five battalions of the Chinese Army, so Sima Yi was more jealous of the Cao family, and did not hesitate to take the eldest daughter of the Changfang as a concubine to win over Cao Liang, and then stabilized the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, but he didn't expect that this trick would not work at all, and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion appeared under Luoyang City, which had already brought some shadows to the Sima family's mutiny.

Due to the limited number of troops, Sima Fu could command only five or six hundred troops, more than half of which were the troops that originally defended the city, and their combat effectiveness and loyalty were far worse than the dead soldiers of the Sima family.

Hey, the main reason is that Luoyang City is too big, there are twelve city gates alone, and it is not possible to control one less, even if there are more troops, they will be dispersed, not to mention that the private army of the Sima family is already very limited, and it is already overstretched to guard these twelve city gates, not to mention that the city, as well as the palace, all need to send troops to guard it, Sima Fu is enough to think about it.

But fortunately, there is the protection of the city, which can block the Xiao cavalry battalion, although the combat power of the Xiao cavalry camp is indeed terrifying, but Luoyang is known as the first city in the world, the height of the city and the strength of the defense, that is not covered, the Xiao cavalry battalion is a cavalry, maybe it is invincible on the flat ground, but if they really want to let them attack the city, they may not have that ability.

Thinking of this, Sima Fu settled down and shouted at Cao Yan under the city: "General Cao, the cavalry battalion is stationed in Beibi Mountain, and if you act without an edict, General Cao is not afraid of the court's condemnation?" ”

Cao Yan sneered and said, "Then who gave your Sima family the power to close the city gate and make trouble in Beijing?" ”

Sima Fu said proudly: "Cao Shuang formed a party for personal gain, causing chaos in the government, we have asked the Queen Mother, eradicated the traitors, Kuang Fu Sheji, and acted according to the orders of the Queen Mother, why not?" ”

Cao Yan sneered: "According to the Empress Dowager's decree, what a big tone, you conspired to mutiny, trespassed on the palace ban, and coerced the Empress Dowager, how can the so-called edict convince the people of the world?" For example, today's son sacrifices to the first emperor in Gaoping Mausoleum, but you commit rebellion in the capital, and everyone who rebels will be punished, and you will be arrested if you don't tie your hands? ”

Sima Fu said contemptuously: "The trend of the world, the winner is the king, right and wrong, since the winner should be judged, if General Cao has the ability, it is better to break through this Great Xia Gate first!" ”

Cao Yan was furious and ordered the cavalry to shoot arrows at the city.

All the troops drew their bows and shot arrows at the head of the city, for a while, the arrows flew one after another, and they all rushed to the head of the city, Sima Fu laughed, and did not care, and ordered the defenders to hide behind the battlements, anyway, there is a city wall to block, and these arrows will not bend, it is difficult to hurt them.

Now the purpose of Sima's army is to hold the city, even if the cavalry battalion is powerful, it will not be able to play any role if it can't enter the city.

At the same time, Sima Fu sent someone to inform Sima Shi quickly, asking him to urgently transfer some soldiers and horses to gallop to help the Great Xia Gate, and now the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is mainly attacking the Great Xia Gate, and the pressure on the other city gates is relatively small, and it is still possible to send some soldiers and horses to guard the Great Xia Gate.

Cao Yan ordered the archers of the cavalry battalion to shoot arrows at the city to suppress the defenders of the city, and at the same time ordered the cavalry battalion to find a few ladders to try to attack the city.

Of course, there are no ready-made ladders, and the cavalry battalion is not equipped with such weapons, so Cao Yan can only find a few relatively tall ladders, tie them together, and reluctantly act as a ladder.

Sima Fu looked at it in the city and secretly sneered, Cao Yan wanted to attack the city of Luoyang with such a few simple ladders, it was simply a fool's dream!

At the same time, Sima Fu also relaxed, thinking that Cao Yan was no more than Erer, and he had no pressure to defend the Great Xia Gate.

Cao Yan naturally knew that it was completely impossible to take Luoyang City with such a few ladders, but Cao Yan was obviously a drunkard who didn't mean to drink, and the reason why he did this was for only one purpose, that is, to attract Sima Fu's attention and provide Cao Liang in the city with an opportunity to sneak attack.

Regarding the plan of how to win the Great Xia Gate, Cao Yan and Cao Liang had an exchange in advance, that is, the inside should be combined with the outside, and the two-pronged approach should be taken together.

The city of Luoyang is tall and majestic, strong and abnormal, not to mention an army like the Xiao Cavalry Battalion that is good at riding and fighting in the field, even if it is a force that is good at attacking the city, it is not easy to take Luoyang City, and Cao Liang naturally did not expect that the Xiao Cavalry Battalion alone could open the gate of the Great Xia Gate.

Therefore, in the plan of attacking the city, Cao Liang asked Cao Yan to only make a sufficient posture of attacking the city and fully attract the attention of Sima Jiajun, and he would handle the rest of the matter.

Compared with attacking the city from the outside, attacking the city from the inside is much simpler, and the goal of the city's defense is also the target outside the city, and the city is never regarded as an enemy. No matter how strong the fortress is, it is difficult to break it from the outside, but it can be easily destroyed from the inside.

Therefore, the siege of the city is a relatively easy task for Cao Liang. First of all, the city gate is closed inside, and Cao Liang only needs to seize the city gate hole, he can control the city gate, open the city gate, and let the Xiao cavalry camp in.

Secondly, there is no need for a ladder to climb the city wall from the inside of the city, and you only need to step on the steps to climb the top of the city.

The location where Cao Liang was lurking was only a few hundred steps away from the Great Xia Gate, if it was in normal times, it would be difficult to hide people in this place, but now Sima Fu's troops are limited, so he can only shrink his men and horses to focus on the defense of the Great Xia Gate, and he doesn't care whether there are ambushes in the city.

This undoubtedly gave Cao Liang a chance, he heard the rumbling hooves and shouts of killing outside the city, and naturally knew that it was Cao Yan who led the men and horses of the cavalry battalion to kill, and he immediately ordered the Cao family soldiers to enter a state of combat readiness.

At this moment, there were about five or six hundred defenders in the Great Xia Gate, and Sima Fu did not take all these men and horses to the city, but took about two-thirds of the troops, and the remaining two hundred or so people were guarding the city gate.

Cao Liang's purpose is not to attack the city, but only to seize the entrance of the city gate and open the city gate, so in front of Cao Liang, the most important thing is the more than 200 people guarding the city gate, Cao Liang only needs to dispose of these people, and then he can open the city gate and welcome the Xiao cavalry camp into the city.

After the target was determined, Cao Liang quickly ordered an attack, and the Cao family soldiers rushed towards the city gate like tigers out of the forest.