After waiting for nearly two hours, several scouts arrived on horseback in front of Lü Bu.

"Report!!"

"Reporting to the general, the troops from Cheshi and Jingjue are approaching our army one after the other, and are about fifteen li away from us."

"One in front and one behind?" Lu Bu was slightly taken aback. "How far apart are they? How many men and horses do they have, and what is their equipment like?"

The scout announced loudly: "The Cheshi army has 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, while the Qiemo army has 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry."

The two armies were scattered and disorganized, their weapons mostly consisting of scimitars, with cavalry primarily armed with lances, few bows and arrows, and most soldiers unarmored.

Lu Bu couldn't help but smile contemptuously: "This is what you call an army? It's not even as good as our supply train."

"Pass on my order: the entire army, mount your horses and prepare for battle!"

At Lü Bu's command, the wolf cavalry soldiers mounted their horses and began loading arrows into their crossbows.

Before long, a cloud of dust rose up in the direction Lü Bu could see.

Amidst the dust and smoke, a disorganized group was rushing towards them.

Lu Bu raised his halberd and shook it slightly. The wolf cavalrymen behind him immediately split into two loose formations, and the soldiers also formed small combat groups of ten men each.

In each combat group, three crossbowmen were in front, three archers were behind, and four spearmen guarded the flanks to kill any lone enemy cavalrymen.

Every three combat groups formed a small cone formation to pursue and intercept smaller enemy teams.

This is the wolf pack attrition tactic that Lü Bu tailored for the Bingzhou wolf cavalry, after he had been wandering around the Yuezhi for several months.

Although Lü Bu was confident that he could defeat Cheshi's cavalry in one fell swoop with his five thousand wolf cavalry, he did not intend to do so.

A head-on attack would inevitably result in losses, but the wolf cavalry soldiers are far more valuable than these Western Region people.

Having suffered two major losses at Juyan and the grasslands, Lü Bu's fighting style had changed from his previous aggressive charges to a strategy of gradual attrition.

Soon, the rear chariot army, which was running ahead, discovered the Han cavalry blocking the way not far away.

Seeing the Han banners fluttering in the distance and the brightly armored Han cavalrymen on horseback, the soldiers of Houcheshi were startled and quickly reined in their horses, bringing them to a stop.

The general who led the Later Cheshi army was named Tilu, the eldest son of the Later Cheshi king. As for his full name, there's no need to mention it or remember it, since he was about to die anyway.

Tilu stared in horror at the Han cavalry ahead, completely bewildered as to when they had arrived.

"Giddy up!"

Just then, Lü Bu spurred his warhorse and rode alone towards the rear of Cheshi's army.

Seeing the Han army general in golden armor approaching, Ti Lü and his soldiers from the rear chariots were momentarily stunned, but then they realized: this was a duel.

After marching for a while, Lü Bu stopped four hundred paces away from the enemy army. Looking at the Cheshi army, Lü Bu's gaze fell on the commander, Ti Lü.

To be precise, what Lü Bu was looking at wasn't Ti Lü, but rather the warhorse beneath Ti Lü—a warhorse whose entire body was as red as blood, strong, majestic, and exceptionally spirited.

Looking at the warhorse, a greedy glint appeared in the depths of Lü Bu's eyes for the first time.

"I am Lü Bu, the Wolf Cavalry General of the Han Dynasty. Who dares to come and die?"

Lu Bu roared, then held his halberd in his right hand, extended his left hand, and beckoned to Ti Lü, signaling him to come and fight one-on-one.

Ti Lu's expression changed, and after staring at Lü Bu for a moment, he began to have second thoughts.

Although Lu Bu looked young and his physique wasn't particularly robust or imposing, Ti Lu felt as if he were being watched by a demon, which made him tremble with fear.

Then Tilu turned to look at a burly man holding an iron bar beside him.

"Go, kill him!"

"yes."

The burly man grinned, then spurred his horse and charged towards Lü Bu.

Seeing someone coming to their death, Lü Bu's lips curled up slightly, and he didn't move, just quietly waiting in place.

In the blink of an eye, the burly man from the rear chariot rushed to a distance of ten paces from Lü Bu.

Lu Bu gripped his halberd, his expression unchanged, as if he were terrified.

"Han general, prepare to die!!"

With a loud shout, the burly man raised the iron rod in his hand and smashed it down on Lü Bu's head with the force of a thunderbolt. The iron rod whistled as it swung.

The strong man was extremely fast and powerful. If hit by him, even a tiger would only suffer a miserable death on the spot.

Unfortunately, in Lü Bu's eyes, the strong man's movements were very slow.

Just as the burly man's iron rod was about to touch his head, Lü Bu moved his hand, and his halberd pierced the man's neck with lightning speed. Then he withdrew it, and the burly man's body, still in the position of holding the rod, fell off his horse.

This brief exchange was incredibly fast; in the eyes of the Cheshi people, it seemed as if the burly man had offered his own neck to Lü Bu's halberd.

As the burly man fell from his horse, Lü Bu grinned, then pointed at Ti Lü again, holding up five fingers, and then waved.

Ti Lu's face was extremely ugly. He then waved his hand, and five burly men behind him immediately spurred their horses and charged towards Lü Bu.

Faced with five Cheshi cavalrymen charging towards him, Lü Bu made his move this time, charging straight at them.

Seeing the first cavalryman to rush forward, Lü Bu slightly bent down and charged forward with his horse.

As the cavalryman's spear approached, he raised his arm, and his halberd pierced the enemy's chest. Then, with a swift motion, the corpse was sent flying.

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