Cao Ming was an office worker who accidentally transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms, and as luck would have it, ended up in Cao Shuang’s body. Even worse, Sima Yi’s coup at Gaopingling had just begun. Sima Yi blocked Cao Shuang’s route north while he was at Gaopingling performing rites with the emperor.
By then, Sima Yi had taken control of Luoyang, the armory, and the Luoshui pontoon bridge. With five or six thousand elite guards and hardened troops, he blocked Cao Shuang’s way north, preventing him from returning to Luoyang. He also cut off the road to Xiahou Xuan’s army in Guanzhong, leaving Cao Shuang unable to ask for help.
But Cao Shuang still had options: he could retreat to Xuchang or to Guanzhong. He had only a little over a thousand troops, and they weren’t even regular soldiers, serving mainly to maintain order and provide protection. Let’s see how Cao Ming turns the tide using Cao Shuang’s body...
