[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-210":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"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},2338673,4572,"Chapter 210","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-210",210,"\u003Cp>Marquis Vex blinked. “What? Mi Xus, isn’t that so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if your subordinates grew wings, they couldn’t escape—do you really think they can help you win this match?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! Marquis Vex, it seems Marquis Mi Xus isn’t as magnanimous as rumored—he can’t even accept defeat in a contest!” Anthony’s mockery followed immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As rivals, their usual relations were hardly better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the chance had come, they naturally seized it to sneer a few more times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other nobles, hearing this, looked at Mi Xus with puzzlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Marquis Mi Xus had enjoyed a fine reputation—easygoing in dealings, principled in action, not the sort to cheat or scheme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who said Marquis Mi Xus can’t accept defeat? Mi Xus merely means the match isn’t over yet—the outcome still isn’t certain!” At last, Adili stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he waved his hand; his messenger, receiving the order, immediately blew the horn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ooooh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attack horn? Adili, are you dreaming? Who are you planning to attack? Your men are all already on the left slope—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clip-clop! Clip-clop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Vex’s mockery ended, a hundred cavalry suddenly burst from the hidden grove where the attackers had concealed themselves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After emerging from the grove, the cavalry charged straight for the right mountain path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to their superior warhorses, the cavalry moved like the wind, arriving at the right junction in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the right slope was steep, with no enemy blocking them, the hundred cavalry surged forward without pause, directly charging up the earthwork!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this is impossible! Your cavalry were all used up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex and Anthony turned pale, their faces filled with disbelief and panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd erupted in uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on? How does Marquis Mi Xus still have a hundred cavalry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! Didn’t all fifteen hundred of his cavalry already go to the left path? Does Marquis Mi Xus actually have sixteen hundred cavalry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible! We just reported to Prince Bruce that there were fifteen hundred cavalry—how could there be a hundred more? That would be deceiving His Highness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, this is different from how Vex and his men carved out that forest path!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Vex merely entered the battlefield early within the rules—there was no explicit ban on carving forest paths, so it wasn’t cheating!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the number of participants is fixed—adding even one person breaks the rules!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Mi Xus said nothing to the surrounding confusion, his eyes fixed on the cavalry charging up the right earthwork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Commander Adili couldn’t stay calm—he shouted loudly: “Who said these hundred cavalry are extra? They were always part of the fifteen hundred!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible! You clearly sent all fifteen hundred cavalry out just now! Adili, you’re cheating!” Anthony clung to this as if it were a lifeline, refusing to believe the explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adili laughed bitterly. “If you don’t believe it, count them yourselves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, these hundred cavalry were deliberately held back—when we sent out several waves, we left out a few men each time, hiding them in the grove. You never noticed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s how!” The surrounding nobles suddenly understood, now believing Adili and his men wouldn’t dare cheat so brazenly before the Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on the chaotic battlefield, they simply couldn’t count the cavalry with perfect accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Vex and Anthony, though they’d assigned men to tally enemy troop movements, faced the problem of moving targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you counted three hundred and got two hundred eighty or two hundred ninety, that was perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, at that moment, you’d assume you’d miscounted—not that the enemy had deliberately held back troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’d think the chaos had caused your error.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then you’d automatically round it to a round number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, ten men couldn’t possibly affect the battle’s outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You would also routinely assume that in legion battles, troops were always deployed in complete units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one expected Mi Xus to secretly hold back a force here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, by dividing into four squads and leaving out just ten or twenty cavalry per squad, the hidden number in the grove could be “created from nothing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ooooh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the urgent horn sounded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Vex and Anthony’s frantic command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted their men to intercept the hundred cavalry on the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their five hundred cavalry were already locked in combat with the left-flank assault force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The infantry were even less of a help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they could only watch helplessly as the hundred cavalry surged forward, reaching the flagpole in just three minutes—and raising it, flag and all, high into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve won!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! We’ve won!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint shouts echoed from the opposite mountaintop—clear even across several miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle on the left flank had also ceased instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Mi Xus finally allowed himself a faint smile. “Vex, Anthony, remember to send two barrels of the elves’ fruit wine to my home and to Commander Adili’s.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, don’t be too upset—when the Tulip Caravan next travels to the Elven Kingdom, have them bring you two more barrels.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha!” Commander Adili laughed triumphantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True, the Tulip Caravan would indeed return to the Elven Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how many nobles had already reserved the elf wine? By the time it reached them again, it might take one or two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex and Anthony’s faces flushed red and white, their earlier arrogance vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clap! Clap! Clap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, applause and cheers came from behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Xus and Adili immediately suppressed their smug expressions and turned respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the applause came from Prince Bruce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Your Highness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that the outcome is clear, I declare this contest won by Marquis Mi Xus and Commander Adili’s Royal Iron Guard Legion! No objections?” Prince Bruce asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, no one dared object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Your Highness!” Mi Xus and Adili bowed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Prince Bruce asked a question with an ambiguous tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mi Xus, Adili—Vex Marquis and Anthony Commander’s plan was nearly flawless, especially secretly carving that passage and boldly stationing troops in the center route!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m curious—how did you discover it? Given your deployment, you must have sensed everything even before the battle began?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t just Prince Bruce’s curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex, Anthony, and every noble watching were equally puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, everyone entered the field at the same time, standing at equal distances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why could Mi Xus and Adili see it, while none of them could?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, as His Highness said, the attackers began subtly reducing troop numbers from their first cavalry wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant Mi Xus and Adili detected the deception from the very start of battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was deeply suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they uncover it through their own skill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or did they use some underhanded method?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would directly affect their reputations going forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You may win—but if you cheated with illicit means, your name would be ruined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You might even lose Prince Bruce’s favor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1140,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","442042ed0feb9b4b34ab71ccb8ee75c3456c2edcac7104c60d986e72e5568d43","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-211","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-209",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]