[{"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-8":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},2341815,4577,"Chapter 8: The Jianzhou Tartars Are Allied with the Northern Yuan!","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-8",8,"\u003Cp>One hundred arrows, two bows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And my steel blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you get to the battlefield, kill as many enemies as you can—not just to gain stats, but to earn merit and rise in rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying had already made a solid plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kill enemies, earn merit, gain power, build his own faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This era offers limitless opportunities, not limited to the Great Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the Great Ming lie countless lands; as a reincarnator with foreknowledge of the future, Zhu Ying knew full well what turmoil the Great Ming would soon face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang died, Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, then Zhu’s fourth son launched the Jingnan Rebellion and seized power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Great Ming would be thrown into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Zhu Ying lacks the strength to act—he can only go with the flow, survive, and grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when his future attributes undergo transformation and he becomes invincible among mortals, will Zhu Ying still be content as a subject?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he leaves the Great Ming, he has full capability to expand his territory beyond its borders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he’s here, he might as well make the best of it—strengthen himself first; that is the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deal with the future when it comes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhu Ying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Lei walked over, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Company Commander.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Lei immediately replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All ready?” Liu Lei asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All ready. Every bow and arrow is prepared.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re just waiting to march tomorrow,” Zhu Ying replied with a smile, then snapped back to attention and asked, “Has the Company Commander received word of troop movements?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tomorrow, our First Assistant Commandery Battalion will serve as Vanguard. Among the Assistant Commandery Battalions, our First Battalion is the foremost formation—we march first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In short, treat tomorrow with caution. Though it’s just a small Tartar tribe, inferior to our Great Ming, they’re still Tartars—fierce and formidable warriors.” Liu Lei’s expression turned serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.” Zhu Ying nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhu Ying, how old are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t look like you’ve even turned sixteen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And your native register isn’t in Danning—it’s in Beiping Prefecture. Why did you enlist in Danning?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Lei asked, a hint of surprise in his tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had checked Zhu Ying’s military roster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest, Company Commander, you might not believe me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was tricked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying shook his head with a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tricked?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Lei’s expression changed; he studied Zhu Ying closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m just a lowly Company Commander—I can’t do much. But as long as you’re in my battalion, I’ll do everything I can to protect you.” Liu Lei clapped Zhu Ying on the shoulder, his tone solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Company Commander,” Zhu Ying replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Lei, inwardly, pondered: “Someone with enough influence to enroll you in Danning’s military register must be powerful. Zhu Ying is so young—how did he anger such a person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Ming border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast army crossed the frontier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Northern Yuan had not yet been destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The northern frontier had no boundary markers, for the Great Ming considered these Northern Yuan territories potential future lands—so no markers were set between Great Ming and Northern Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ming Army formation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reconnaissance cavalry led the way, scouting for enemy traces to avoid ambushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infantry followed behind as the main assault force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianzhou Tartar border tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tribe’s border garrison of nearly ten thousand had already assembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Excellency, Ten-Thousand Commander.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ming army has crossed their border and entered our territory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Tartar soldier reported to his Ten-Thousand Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ming have finally come.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten-Thousand Commander Jin Guda sighed, then asked, “How are the clan’s people relocating?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Excellency,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When we received word of Ming troop movements yesterday, the clan began moving northward to other tribes,” replied a Tartar Thousand Commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In one day, with tens of thousands of people, they’ve likely moved less than fifty li,” Jin Guda said grimly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Excellency,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you so fearful of the Ming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, they’re just Han people. Under the Great Yuan, they were the lowest caste—we Tartars held higher status. Here on the northern frontier, the Great Yuan and our tribes are supreme. If they dare fight our Tartar warriors, they’ll never return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jin Guda’s worry,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You still don’t understand the Ming. You don’t understand their emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s no easy opponent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, how could the Great Yuan have been driven out of the Central Plains?” Jin Guda sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the Northern Yuan sent envoys to order the Tartars to harass the Ming, most followed blindly—but Jin Guda had urged his clan chief to remain neutral, to avoid antagonizing the Ming, for he saw the Northern Yuan as a dying force, likely to collapse at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Ming’s strength was steadily rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under majority support, the Tartar clan ultimately obeyed the Northern Yuan’s decree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were subjects of the Northern Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Guda was helpless, unable to change anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether facing the Northern Yuan or the Ming, the Tartars were merely a small tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One misstep could mean annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Excellency,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that the Ming army has come, do we fight or retreat?” asked a Thousand Commander respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This battle, the Ming have attacked because they’ve discovered our actions within their borders. To allow our people to retreat, we must fight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though the Ming are powerful, the Northern Yuan still stands—they cannot spare many troops to crush our tribe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our tribe is allied with the Northern Yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we defeat this Ming force, our tribe will gain great advantage in the future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Issue orders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prepare for battle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Guda shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, though fearful, since the Ming had come to attack, Jin Guda had no choice but to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thousand Commanders chorused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Report!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Excellency, Ten-Thousand Commander.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Ming army is less than ten li from our tribe—reconnaissance cavalry are leading them,” reported a Tartar cavalryman, riding up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you confirmed the Ming’s troop strength?” Jin Guda asked sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Excellency,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least ten thousand,” the Tartar cavalryman replied immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Word of the Ming attack has reached the main tribe—our clan chief will surely send reinforcements.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our goal is to repel the Ming, delay them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Issue my order:”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eight thousand cavalry split into two wings and ambush five li from the tribe,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strike the Ming army hard; the infantry follows behind to hold the line, catching the Ming forces off guard,” Jin Guda immediately ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When preparing to strike the Ming, he had over ten thousand troops along his tribal frontier, and every one of his Tartar warriors was armed—this force now neared fifteen thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more reinforcements would arrive later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You managed to crush the Great Yuan from the Central Plains—your ability is clear. Today, let Jin Guda see just how strong your fighting power truly is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I crush your Ming army, Jin Guda will surely become famous among the Tartars,” Jin Guda thought, a wild ambition rising within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ming army advanced in orderly formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Ying drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and his company, positioned in the third rank, moved forward steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Please, please, please.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1214,"2026-06-20T23:30:09.614Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d9a50e26c5286f674c60927de7aea39a43a7986c1aecef00f5f243effcdffdc9","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-9","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-7",204,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-cover.jpg"]