Two thousand cavalry, three thousand war horses, like a sharp sword hidden in a sheath, finally showed its edge.

They had been hiding in the rear of the army, and the infantry soldiers fell on the battlefield one after another, which also made room for them to charge. At this moment, they were driving their horses to speed up along the empty barracks, but they seemed to feel that the souls of their comrades were beside them.

They were sad and angry.

They were silent.

No one neighed, not even the horses neighed, they did not raise fire, and the light of the fire, though incomparable to the daytime sunshine, was enough for them to see the direction clearly.

That's all it takes.

Originally, it was to survive in death, death was the result of deservedness, and not death was a gift from God.

Leave everything to God.

Two thousand knights urged the horses to hurry, and the three thousand war horses slowly marched in unison, and the chaotic sound of horses' hooves turned into a neat roar, turning into a thunderbolt, along the west bank of the river, rushing towards the left flank of the Shu Han army.

Zhuge Liang did not ignore this Wei cavalry, on the contrary, he has always maintained a high degree of attention to this Wei cavalry. He prepared 3,000 men on the east bank of Huangshui, and there were horses in front of the battle, and he also dug a trench, which was enough to block the first wave of Wei cavalry. On the west bank of Huangshui, he also prepared two phalanxes for the Wei cavalry, with 5,000 men.

If it was daytime, as soon as the Wei cavalry was launched, he would be able to see the changes in the situation and react in time, but unfortunately it was night, and his vision was blurry, and he couldn't see the specific situation at all. It was precisely for this reason that he suspected that the Wei cavalry had gone somewhere else. For example, Longguan, such as Weishui. In his opinion, the cavalry could not charge at all at night, as long as a war horse fell, it could lead to immeasurable losses, even if Cao Zhi left the cavalry here as a zuihou blow, he would not have a chance to attack until after dawn.

There are still two or three hours before dawn, and Cao Zhi obviously can't support that time.

Zhuge Liang's thinking is meticulous, but he forgets the most basic fact: Cao Zhi is also good. Xiahou Ba is no more. They are all insane.

No matter how smart a normal person is, he can't accurately grasp the thinking of a madman. Zhuge Liang is smart, but he can't break his thinking habits, he can't make such a crazy decision, and of course he doesn't believe that Cao Zhi will do it.

Although Cao Zhi's actions have always been crazy.

It's all mental inertia. It has nothing to do with being smart or not. Opposite. The smarter the person. The more convinced you are of your own rightness, the stronger your thinking inertia becomes. It is precisely because Zhuge Liang is smart enough that he can calculate every possible benefit and harm very clearly. That's why he didn't believe that Cao Zhi would do this.

And the dark night made him half-blind again, and the years of desk work seriously hurt his body. Not only is his shili bad, but his hearing is not much better.

When Xiang Lang, who was more than ten years older than him, heard the sound of horses' hooves clearly, he hadn't reacted yet.

"Prime Minister, cavalry—" Yang Yi heard the vibration of the cavalry charge and shouted in shock.

Zhuge Liang's face turned pale suddenly, he turned to the left flank, and finally saw the shadow rushing out of the darkness, but he didn't have time to react, the shock from the cavalry charge made the feather fan in his hand tremble.

In an instant, he finally understood Cao Zhi's intentions. Cao Zhi's cavalry was never prepared for him, but for Jiang Wei, who was two hundred miles away, and from beginning to end, Cao Zhi had only one goal: to receive Zhang He into Guanzhong. For this reason, Cao Zhi did not hesitate to give his life.

Cao Zhi is crazy, Xiahou Ba is also crazy, and they will do whatever it takes to recapture Guanzhong.

Because of madness, they found a glimmer of possibility in the impossible. And this trace may have been given to Cao Zhi by himself. If it weren't for him transferring the left army to the front of the formation to support the Chinese army and outflanking Cao Zhi, these cavalry would not have had a chance to charge two formations in a row.

Now, the position of the left army is empty, and it can't stop the rapidly charging Wei iron cavalry, and the military formation behind thinks that the left army is blocking in front, and there is no preparation at all.

A trace of frustration flashed from Zhuge Liang's eyes, and he immediately regained his composure and sighed: "Cao Zijian thinks that these people can lead Zhang He into the customs?" He's too whimsical. ”

Xiang Lang glanced at Zhuge Liang in surprise, not knowing how Zhuge Liang could be so calm at this time. The matter was in a hurry, and the two thousand cavalry were about to contact the rear army, so he didn't hurry to inform the rear army to be on guard and stop the Wei army as much as possible, how could he still feel sorry for Cao Zhi.

"Order, surround Cao Zhi." Zhuge Liang waved his hand and calmly gave an order: "Immediately send a fast horse to inform Jiang Wei and be careful of the way back." ”

The heralds departed.

The Wei army's iron cavalry came extremely fast and secretively, and they almost passed by the left army of the Shu Han army, which was rushing forward. The Shu Han sergeant, who was startled by the sound of horses' hooves, looked at the cavalry galloping dozens of steps away, frightened and inexplicable, and subconsciously ran sideways and almost collided with the Chinese army. At this time, no one would have thought that they should rush towards the Wei army's iron cavalry, even if they shot a few arrows with the bow and crossbow in their hands, it was likely to inflict an immeasurable blow on the Wei army.

The Wei army came too fast, and it didn't give the Shu Han army much time to think about it, and swept it over like a gust of wind, heading straight for the gap about twenty paces wide between the three Shu Han army formations left in Zuihou.

Although the three reserve phalanx did not rest, they were also defenseless. In front of them there were nearly 20,000 main forces, and the bloody battle had ended here, and the Chinese army had not yet engaged. The left and right armies are outflanking forward, thinking that Cao Zhi is about to be surrounded, and he is about to be crowned head. Killing a king of Wei is a great achievement, but unfortunately they can only watch from the sidelines this time, and there is no chance to make meritorious contributions.

Just when they felt sorry for themselves, who would have thought that two or three thousand cavalry would rush out in the dark night. By the time someone felt the ground shake of the cavalry charge, Xiahou Ba had already rushed in front of them and roared in front of them.

The galloping war horse with the unstoppable Liliang knocked the Shu Han soldiers who reacted the fastest and rushed over to intercept them. The sharp war knife danced into a ball of light and shadow, slashing on the armor of the Shu Han army, cutting out a slippery spark, making a tooth-aching friction sound. The spear stabbed the Shu Han army in the chest, piercing the sturdy cuirass, provoking the screaming Shu Han army and throwing it into the distance.

Collapse at the touch of a button. There was hardly any suspense, Xiahou Ba easily passed through the rear of the Shu Han army, if he wanted, he could even kill most of the Shu Han soldiers in the base phalanx, but unfortunately he didn't have time, he could only lead the murderous cavalry to the north and disappear into the darkness.

It was only at this moment that the two phalanxes of the rear army realized what had just happened. Their hearts beat like drums, and while they tightened their guards to prevent the Wei army from going and returning, they issued a warning to the Chinese army.

Hearing the war drums of the rear army, Yang Yi and Xiang Lang looked at each other, only Zhuge Liang's face was calm, a little more relaxed than just now, as if a burden that was pressing on his heart had finally been put down.

"Prime Minister?" Yang Yizhan shouted tremblingly, he wondered if Zhuge Liang hadn't reacted yet, and didn't know that the Wei cavalry had broken through the rear formation.

"It's fine." Zhuge Liang waved his hand: "They can't run far, but they just live a few more days." When they leave, we can rest assured that we can besiege and kill Cao Zhi. ”

Yang Yi subconsciously sighed. Xiang Lang frowned, and looked at Zhuge Liang with undisguised admiration in his eyes. It's time to come, and it's useless to worry, so it's better to do what is in front of you. Of course, the truth is correct, but immersively, the only one who can really do this is probably Zhuge Liang.

Although Cao Zhi was trapped in the formation, his mind fell on the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, with that faint feeling, he estimated that Xiahouba broke through the formation nine times out of ten, and created this opportunity himself, and Xiahouba successfully seized this opportunity, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Kill-" Cao Zhi pushed away the two guards who were in front of him and rushed towards the Shu Han army that was surrounding. He roared, brandished his sword, and slashed a spear that slid down the hilt, slicing off the soldier's fingers, slitting his throat, and cutting out his screams. Then he swung his sword and pounced on another Shu Han sergeant.

Two spears stabbed at him, Cao Zhi shouted, swung his knife and smashed the spear on the left, and with the force of the rebound, the war knife slashed at the neck of the soldier on the right.

With a muffled "pounce", he slashed the soldier in the neck, and was also stabbed in the ribs by the spear in the soldier's hand. He snorted, reached out to grasp the spear, pushed it away, clutched his ribs, and staggered two steps.

"Your Highness!" The guards were shocked and rushed over, and the Shu Han soldiers were overjoyed when they saw Cao Zhi falling, and they rushed to kill him.

Cao Zhi let out a long roar and rushed forward again, brandishing a long knife, slashing left and right, killing two people in a row. At the same time, he was also slashed by two swords, and then three spears pierced his body, both in front and back.

"Haha......" Cao Zhi's mouth was foaming with blood, and he held one of the spears tightly, but his eyes were full of pleasure. Horse leather shroud, die as it deserves, die well, haha ha......" Before the words fell, he opened his eyes and rushed forward with all his strength, and at the same time waved the war knife in his hand.

The spear passed through his body, but the Shu Han soldier who had just been ecstatic for his meritorious service was so frightened that he screamed and lost his voice, his arm was tightly grasped by Cao Zhi, and the bloody war knife in Cao Zhi's hand was on his neck, as long as Cao Zhi pulled it gently, he would be bloodied on the spot.

"Die well, quickly, quickly!" Cao Zhi suddenly smiled, let go of his hand, held the tail of the spear tightly, spewed out a mouthful of blood arrow on his back, and slowly fell. The spear that pierced his body pressed against the ground, supporting his body, making it appear as if he was not falling, but roaring with a spear.

……

Wancheng, Cao Rui suddenly sat up, sweating coldly at the flickering lights.

Cao Yu, the Yan King on duty, heard the voice and hurried over from the side hall, seeing Cao Rui's frightened face and a cold sweat, he hurriedly asked, "Bixia, are you dreaming again?" ”

"Peng Zu......" Before Cao Rui could speak, tears burst out of his eyes, he held Cao Yu's hand tightly, and couldn't cry: "Uncle Wang...... Probably gone. ”

(To be continued......)