[{"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-373":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},2338836,4572,"Chapter 373","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-373",373,"\u003Cp>\"Commander, the total number of orc heads from the Southern Front Army is three hundred and six!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three hundred and six? Excellent!\" Hearing this, Lei Meng’s face lit up with surprise, and he couldn’t help but cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although these heads did not belong to him, as commander, any merit earned by the nobles of the Southern Front would inevitably include his share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this figure had been compiled by Li De—there could be no error.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, here is the detailed tally of orc heads from the Southern Front Army!\" At that moment, Lieutenant Colonel Li De handed him the registration ledger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\" Lei Meng swiftly took it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he still did not realize how unusual the situation was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ledger served as the official record submitted to the main army headquarters to report head counts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It contained not only the total number of heads, but also the individual counts for each noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, when Mi Er took it, he too grew curious and began to examine it, eager to confirm who had claimed the most head-count merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment he looked, Commander Lei Meng froze—his smile stiffened on his face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... two hundred and ten of these heads belong to Gervas, Viscount?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng turned to Lieutenant Colonel Li De, since he was the one responsible for recording them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lieutenant Colonel Li De nodded in confirmation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng then looked at Gervas and Mi Er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Mi Er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this data were false, Mi Er would have immediately raised objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet to his surprise, Mi Er simply nodded, \"Commander Lei, this tally is correct!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The vast majority of the orc heads were claimed by Viscount Gervas, and it was Viscount Gervas who actually defeated the orcs tonight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I merely followed Viscount Gervas’s battle plan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, even these heads would have been unattainable without Gervas’s help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Mi Er and the others had unhesitatingly stepped forward to reject Solit’s overtures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Commander Lei Meng, though he had sensed earlier that something was amiss,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had never imagined the truth would be so extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Viscount Gervas, Baron Mi Er, could you tell me what truly happened tonight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas smiled and nodded, \"Of course. It is also my duty, after all, Commander Lei, you are the commander of the vanguard camp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng finally exhaled in relief, \"Then let us go to the command tent to discuss this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Lei Meng’s lead, Gervas and Mi Er proceeded to the command tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seating themselves, Gervas wasted no time, instructing Mi Er to recount the events of the night to Lei Meng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How they dealt with Barto’s hundred orcs, how they persuaded others to aid the main camp, how they arranged the diversion, and how they eliminated the enemy—all of it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Lei, all the merit from what happened tonight belongs to Viscount Gervas!\" Mi Er said humbly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mi Er, don’t omit your own men’s merit just to highlight mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without your cooperation, I could never have driven off the orcs so smoothly!\" Gervas would not claim all the glory, so he immediately spoke up to affirm their contributions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Lei Meng and Solit’s attention was not on these details at all—it was fixed entirely on Gervas’s abilities and his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learning of the strength of Gervas’s spear infantry and his sword guards left both men stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not titled knights, yet possessed strength rivaling that of orcs—something exceedingly rare before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Viscount Gervas, I never imagined you were so concealed, with such formidable subordinates!\" Solit praised Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just good fortune! The magic spring has now dried up—there will be no more training for such elite soldiers in the future!\" Gervas quickly demurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng and the others did not press further; instead, they asked curiously, \"Viscount Gervas, if all this merit is yours, why didn’t you let Baron Mi Er reveal it earlier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, some nobles would go mad to gain fame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To achieve it, they even hired skilled bards to write books glorifying their deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of these books, of course, was two parts truth, eight parts exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could imagine that, given the chance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they would red-facedly scramble to claim every scrap of merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet here was Gervas, actively pushing it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Lei, this is precisely why I asked for your help earlier, alongside Baron Mi Er!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas did not delay—he told Lei Meng how he had been targeted by Solit,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and then by the Southern Front’s inspector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Gervas’s account, Lei Meng and Solit stared at him in silence for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being targeted by Solit was one thing—but to have angered a Southern Front cabinet official as well? No one had ever done that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Viscount Gervas, so you mean you want me to record the head-count merit truthfully, but attribute all other matters to Baron Mi Er?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly, Commander Lei. The head-count merit is enough. I care little for empty fame. Better to remain low-key.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Viscount Gervas, since you’ve said so, I won’t refuse this favor—it’s only right to thank you for helping us repel the orcs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still, although the matters you attribute to Baron Mi Er carry no real merit, they do present a genuine opportunity to enhance reputation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I include this in the official report, it will be permanent and cannot be changed later!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander Lei, I understand. I beg you!\" Gervas had made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng nodded, then instructed Gervas and the others to return to the victory banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself began drafting the report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orc incursion deep into the interior must be reported immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earlier delay had merely been waiting for the head-count tally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, by the time the victory banquet ended, the battle report was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Lei Meng summoned Gervas again and showed him the full content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was partly because Gervas’s merit was immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But also because the report had embellished the entire vanguard camp’s role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, Gervas and Mi Er being assigned to the ravine was not Solit’s malicious retaliation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but a preemptive deployment planned by Lei Meng and Solit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the ranger’s accidental discovery of the orc attack\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was recorded as a deliberate, cautious arrangement by Lei Meng and Lieutenant Colonel Li De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, the head count remained unchanged, but the narrative had been \"beautified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And good reputation was shared by all—even the western and eastern nobles within the main camp were now portrayed as bravely resisting the orc ambush with their retinues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, they joined forces with Gervas’s group in a coordinated strike to crush the orcs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas had no objection—he knew shared joy was greater joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Solit gained some advantage, there was no help for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, if Solit didn’t gain something, neither could Commander Lei Meng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own merit was already substantial—he’d simply give Lei Meng a convenient favor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1144,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f262052d5d244f078c7ebbf0b280aa6f04ea717a6a7e947b70cc7039f4677216","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-374","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-372",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]