[{"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-74":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},2341881,4577,"Chapter 74: The Huaixi Generals Were Stunned!","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-74",74,"\u003Cp>At this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Quan was exhilarated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Wu was exhilarated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All ten thousand cavalry under Zhu Ying’s command erupted in frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their general had shattered the city gate that their main force had failed to breach in half a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their general—invincible might!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow the general, slaughter every last Yuan soldier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slaughter them all…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei Quan and Zhang Wu raised their battle knives without hesitation and roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under their lead, the cavalry charged toward the city gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Zhu Ying leading the charge at the front, his two hundred personal guards surged forward, slashing wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying alone was worth a thousand troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as his horse moved slowly, his battle knife slashed ceaselessly, cutting down one Yuan soldier after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slain Northern Yuan soldier: +10 inner qi, +15 days lifespan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slain Northern Yuan soldier: +10 inner qi, +10 days lifespan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slain Northern Yuan soldier: +10 spirit…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhu Ying charged and slaughtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His battle knife slashed wildly through Yuan soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where Zhu Ying passed, mountains of corpses and seas of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying’s personal guards were old comrades who had fought beside him across the northern frontier; they knew their general’s ferocity well, so they never outpaced him—they fought fiercely on either side of him, locked in brutal combat with the Yuan forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhu Ying charged wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city gate was instantly seized, and their advance continued, giving the following Ming troops more room to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a grueling stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan reinforcements poured endlessly from within the city; to establish a foothold, they must press forward with all force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying charged relentlessly; his personal guards and wave after wave of Ming soldiers poured into the city, engaging the enemy in close combat, fighting furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though their advance was slow, it remained steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Yuan commanders on the city walls were thrown into complete panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could the gate be breached?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ming army had no siege equipment—how did they do it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even with siege engines, they couldn’t have broken through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The gate was reinforced with eight iron pillars—each forged from refined iron!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the city wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Northern Yuan commander’s face turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“General.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ming army has broken into the city—what do we do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One commander asked anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Order all troops to hold the line—drive the Ming out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deploy the special enforcement troops to the front—any soldier who retreats will be executed on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And send word to the Prince immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell him to rush troops to reinforce the defenses!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Yuan commander on the wall shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that he was left to guard this strategic post proved his high rank—he was capable of commanding independently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sudden breach of the gate and the Ming’s entry into the city shocked him deeply, shattering their carefully laid defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now there was no time to ponder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must rapidly deploy troops to halt the Ming and drive them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even beneath the night sky, the scene atop the wall was obscured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet through the flashes of cannon fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flickering light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Youde and the Ming commanders stationed in the central army noticed something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the deafening roars of Zhu Ying’s ten thousand troops shook the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has the gate been breached?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Youde stared ahead in shock, hardly believing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several scouts who had been reconnoitering before the city galloped back, arriving before Fu Youde and reporting excitedly: “General, Commander Zhu has shattered the city gate and led his troops inside—they are now locked in fierce combat with the Yuan!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these words fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Youde’s face showed astonishment, mixed with an indescribable elation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Say it again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Youde asked, disbelieving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Commander Zhu successfully breached the gate and has led his troops inside—they are now locked in fierce combat with the Yuan!” the scout cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving this confirmed report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Youde’s face lit up with wild joy, and he burst into loud laughter: “Hahahaha!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhu Ying lives up to the Crown Prince’s title of Champion Marquis!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My hundred thousand troops attacked for half a month and failed to break the city—suffering heavy losses—yet Zhu Ying shattered the gate and stormed inside in less than half an hour!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yong and Wang Bi’s faces darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did he break the gate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jincheng’s gate is so strong—our army used battering rams for days and still couldn’t breach it—how could Zhu Ying break it so easily?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yong’s voice trembled—he could not believe it, and beneath it lay jealousy and resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This breach was the paramount achievement of the campaign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever claimed it would be promoted—even if not promoted, they would gain a higher noble title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the Huaixi generals, it was of utmost importance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This achievement was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it vanished precisely because of their own recommendation—driven by malice, they had enabled Zhu Ying to seize the glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without them, Zhu Ying would never have been assigned this siege mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, cavalry were never meant to assault cities—let alone cavalry newly reorganized for only a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did he do it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Bi’s face was equally grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes met—both filled with fierce resentment and regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had handed the victory over on a silver platter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Jincheng was hard to take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With enough force and time, it could have been breached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying had no mind for them now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched the cavalry charging before the gate—many still outside—but under his command, their formation remained intact, pressing forward relentlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Issue my order.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once the Qianshi cavalry battalion has fully entered the city, the main force shall advance immediately and enter in orderly fashion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prepare all scaling ladders—launch a full-scale assault.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time, our army will fight day and night—we will break this city!” Fu Youde drew his sword and roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We obey your command!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding commanders shouted in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying continued to push forward violently, slaughtering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warhorse beneath him was riddled with holes from Yuan soldiers’ spears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying rolled off the dead horse and instantly rose to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stored the tiger-head great knife in his storage space—no one noticed in the chaos—and drew the ranked weapon at his waist, the Qinghong Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, fighting on foot, a sword was more effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers, kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gripping the Qinghong Sword, he charged into the front line of Yuan soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack. Crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of snapping sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Yuan soldiers’ spears and long knives were instantly severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qinghong Sword’s sharpness was now revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die, you bastards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying lunged forward, the Qinghong Sword slashing with lethal force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh… Ahh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chorus of piercing screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several Yuan soldiers directly ahead were instantly slain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Please follow for updates, thank you for your support, deeply grateful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1170,"2026-06-20T23:30:09.614Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ce50d47d6370868d08b3ab0508bdf8708be106900a6b748e95342746dda09e0b","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-75","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-73",204,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-cover.jpg"]