[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-51":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Battlefield: Gathering Attributes to Build the All-Heavens Ming Dynasty",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2341858,4577,"Chapter 51: The Tartars","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-51",51,"\u003Cp>Countless Tartars were filled with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aha Chu was their king, their very anchor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Aha Chu was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their king was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shock was immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Zhu Ying’s name now pierced deep into every Tartar’s heart, filling them with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Garrison Commander’s might is divine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We swear to follow the Garrison Commander to our deaths.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhu Ying slew Aha Chu, thousands of soldiers behind him roared in exhilaration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a victory,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was harder than slaying a general in the midst of ten thousand troops—and Zhu Ying achieved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led them into the heart of the Tartar tribe, slaughtered countless Tartars, and personally cut down their chieftain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could they not be exhilarated by such a victory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying wasted no time; he raised his blade again and charged forward with a thunderous roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the victory was secured, this place could not be lingered in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must withdraw swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We swear to follow the Garrison Commander to our deaths.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldiers shouted in unison and continued following Zhu Ying into battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cut through the Tartar tribe’s encampment; wherever they passed, it became a hell of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not just slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many soldiers seized torches and swiftly set fire to the Tartar tents, hurling them everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against enemies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one must carry cruelty to its end—destroy everything they have, for only then will they never dare invade Great Ming again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against enemies, only blood and cruelty will work; make them afraid, and they will cease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To try to soften them with benevolence and morality is pure nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Try to reform a killer—see if he will be moved by your words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhu Ying’s heart, Han supremacy was absolute; those who came to kill must be killed. He understood history, knew the suffering the Han people had endured under foreign massacres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having come to this era, Zhu Ying was determined to change it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in the future, when time shifted, Zhu Ying could seize immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that day truly came, with Zhu Ying’s presence, none of it would ever happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Zhu Ying’s inner confidence, born of his understanding of history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the night sky, time passed quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying’s surprise raid on the encampment was not at midnight, but just before dawn, about an hour before sunrise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sun rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now in early autumn, the northern frontier was already chilled by biting morning winds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Tartar tribe’s encampment had changed utterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big Brother, wake up! Ah…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My son!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damned Ming, you deserve to die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My husband…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the encampment, cries and wails echoed everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scene of utter horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the most prosperous tribe of Jianzhou Tartars, now it lay in ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corpses littered the ground; blood stained every surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tents were trampled into ruin, corpses charred to cinders, tents reduced to ash—even after the battle had passed, flames still burned everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this battle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>more than half the Tartar encampment was destroyed, and the Tartars suffered catastrophic losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those still alive from the horse trampling would not last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor from the blades of Ming soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their swords had never been cleaned; after such prolonged battle, every surviving Ming soldier carried many enemy lives on their blades—by modern standards, these were blades of tetanus!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had been slashed but not killed outright would likely die of infection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire Tartar encampment was busy rescuing the wounded and clearing the carnage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the headless corpse of Aha Chu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a few surviving Tartar soldiers knelt before it, weeping uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a thunder of hoofbeats rolled toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the sound, many Tartars’ eyes filled with panic, fearing the Ming army had returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they saw clearly, they sighed in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Agunu leading reinforcements back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw the state of the encampment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agunu froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So did all the Tartar officers and personal guards behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer palisade was nearly shattered, watchtowers reduced to rubble, corpses scattered everywhere, blood smeared across the ground, fires still burning, wails and cries echoing throughout the encampment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could this happen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could those damned Ming dare raid our encampment?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weren’t they near the Red Banner tribe?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the devastation, Agunu’s eyes turned blood-red with boundless rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt like a fool, manipulated by Zhu Ying without realizing it—he held the tribe’s main force, had foolishly set a trap waiting for Zhu Ying to walk into it, yet Zhu Ying had fooled him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying had deliberately lingered near the Red Banner tribe, feigning intent to strike other tribes, to draw all attention away—while he struck Agunu’s own encampment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Chief.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The chief cannot be dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regaining his senses, Agunu’s face twisted with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a Tartar company commander, drenched in blood, ran out from the encampment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“General Agunu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s bad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The chief… the chief… was beheaded by the Ming general Zhu Ying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company commander wept uncontrollably, screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agunu’s face turned ashen; he leapt from his horse, strode to the company commander, seized him, and roared: “What did you say? Say it again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The chief… the chief was beheaded by Zhu Ying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our personal guard protecting the chief was nearly wiped out; fewer than five hundred survived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company commander knelt on the ground, trembling with terror as he reported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing it again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agunu staggered backward, his face flooded with horror, despair, and grief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where… where is the chief?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agunu asked, voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inside the encampment,” the company commander replied, equally trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Agunu immediately stumbled toward the encampment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Order the men to rescue the wounded!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deputy general shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also sprinted toward the clan’s main courtyard, and behind him, the numerous Tartar officers dared not hesitate—they dismounted and ran after Agunu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the spot where the main clan tent had stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground had been completely flattened; corpses lay scattered everywhere, many charred, and ash blanketed the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of Tartar soldiers who had barely survived knelt before a headless corpse, wailing and weeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grief enveloped the entire Jianzhou Tartar clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Agunu arrived and saw the headless corpse, fear surged across his face…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Dear readers, please follow for updates! The key is following! Also, please give recommendation votes and monthly votes, hehe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you to Brother “Luggage of Memories” for donating 500 points, and to Brother “Mai Mangfl” for donating 100 starting points—thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1089,"2026-06-20T23:30:09.614Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3ee9f6da0b01bf9e7e69b5098df104716e14140d65c0bd33254635703763cdc4","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-52","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-50",204,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-cover.jpg"]