[{"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-364":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},2338827,4572,"Chapter 364","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-364",364,"\u003Cp>\"Commander Rayn, wait for me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Commander Rayn hastily donned his leather armor, preparing to lead his men to reinforce the perimeter,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Solit arrived in a panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Solit was dressed in silk undergarments, even his outer robe not yet properly fastened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Rayn, what’s going on? What’s happened? Why do I hear screams and battle cries?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the orcs—they’ve attacked us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Orcs? How is this possible? Captain Rayn, how could orcs appear here?\" Solit’s face twisted with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Rayn frowned slightly—he knew Solit was sent from the capital for a ceremonial posting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never expected him to be this weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His terrified expression would easily shake troop morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know exactly how the orcs appeared, but Deputy Commander Solit, please calm down and avoid undermining morale!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Solit’s face flushed crimson. \"Y-yes, Commander Rayn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Rayn’s expression softened slightly. \"Deputy Commander Solit, I’m now leading men to reinforce the perimeter. You may stay here—or come with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I—I’ll stay here! If you need anything, Commander Rayn, I’ll be ready to relay it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rayn nodded and said no more, immediately leading his men toward the perimeter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, he happened to meet Captain Lide rushing over and immediately asked for the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Rayn, at least a thousand orcs suddenly appeared in the Emerald River Valley. Over nine hundred are attacking us; the remaining hundred or so headed toward the mountain pass—they’re likely targeting Lord Gervas!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A thousand orcs? How did they reach the Emerald River Valley?\" Rayn and the nobles behind him turned pale. This wasn’t a small band of orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orcs were formidable fighters—even a thousand of them posed a massive threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Rayn, we don’t yet know how, but I’m certain they arrived before us. Otherwise, they could never have slipped past our full-day cavalry patrols!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rayn nodded. By the time they spoke, they had reached the camp’s palisade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orcs were already storming the fence, erecting crude wooden ladders to scale it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though guards tried to hold them back, without a stone wall or elevated position, their resistance was nearly useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could only watch helplessly as orcs climbed over, then rush forward to engage them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, since few orcs had breached the camp, the guards held their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as more and more orcs poured through, the guards began to break, fleeing in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick! Hold them back! Don’t let them break into the inner camp!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rayn dared not delay, fearing the guards’ rout would spread. He ordered the noble contingents and royal soldiers forward to assist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HOOOOO!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two-legged sheep! Perfect timing—your blood shall baptize our orcish warriors! HAHA!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet upon seeing the guards, the orcs grew even more frenzied, as if infused with bloodlust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This instantly crushed the morale of the reinforcements—guards and serf-soldiers alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they outnumbered the orcs three or fourfold, they now hesitated, afraid to advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastards! Whoever flinches, I’ll cut him down now! Charge! Hold those orcs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rayn nearly exploded from rage, drawing his waist sword to berate the soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other minor nobles and squad leaders joined in, shouting orders and threats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under threat of martial law, the serf-soldiers and guards finally gritted their teeth and charged the orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two sides collided at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, screams and wails filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orcs, as feared, were merciless. Their massive frames and towering weapons—huge stone axes and spiked clubs—became death machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each swing meant a guard or serf-soldier sprayed blood, crushed into pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, guards and serf-soldiers could wound orcs—but due to their thick hides, it often took several blows to kill one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles turned green at the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them were fighting in the Northern Front for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, anyone with influence or background wouldn’t be assigned to the vanguard camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only newly ennobled or powerless minor nobles were sent here for this brutal duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they’d heard tales of orcs’ ferocity and difficulty to fight,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they’d never truly understood—until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least two well-trained, fully equipped guards were needed to handle one orc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For serf-soldiers, it took five or six just to match one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t a battle—it was a war of attrition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slaughter of human lives to wear down the orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Rayn, however, remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a veteran officer of the Northern Legion, he’d long known orc strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, his only goal: prevent orcs from breaching the camp’s interior and causing chaos or mass casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s happening, Gervas? Why do we hear battle cries?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the main camp fought desperately, Gervas’s group, due to their remote location, had not yet been attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the thunderous screams from the main camp had reached the mountain pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mil, Ian, and others rushed out of their tents, hastily adjusting their silk ceremonial robes as they anxiously questioned Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s orcs—they’re attacking the main camp!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Orcs? How is this possible? Didn’t Captain Lide say the orcs were hundreds of miles away?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mil and the others paled. Their expressions weren’t as exaggerated as Solit’s, but they were tense and uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They must have crept in secretly—probably around a thousand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The main camp is already fighting. Oh—and over a hundred orcs are heading this way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heading this way? Gervas, what do we do now? Should we retreat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! Gervas, let’s fall back a bit. With the main camp holding them, the orcs won’t fixate on us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good heavens! Gervas inwardly exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These men were already planning to flee at the mere mention of orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gervas understood—the orcs’ reputation was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, Solit had targeted them today, leaving everyone with little sympathy for the main camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some might even secretly enjoy it—who deserved to be stuck here, after all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gervas would not allow them to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, fleeing would bring punishment afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, Gervas himself had come here to earn glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle wasn’t just to be fought—it had to be won brilliantly.\u003C\u002Fp>",991,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f31640d0a120482c851f4787e4d001ffe054151ddc4cab41c4895261dd0662cc","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-365","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-363",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]