[{"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-395":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},2338858,4572,"Chapter 395","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-395",395,"\u003Cp>\"Hah! Great! Finally, we don’t have to stay in this godforsaken place anymore!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah! I heard those guys outside Redstone City have it easy—every day they get to drink and have fun inside the city!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah! Once we get back outside Redstone City, we’re definitely hitting the bars, then picking out two beautiful dancers... hehe...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Mil and the others’ lewd laughter, Gervas was amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These fools probably have no idea what awaits them after returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to prior intelligence, since the main force recalled them, they must have completed their rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after rest, the natural next step is to launch an offensive—to face those forty thousand orcs head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, once these men return, what awaits them is likely marching straight to the battlefield with the main force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reality proved exactly as Gervas had predicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they returned outside Redstone City, the main force gave them not even a moment’s rest—immediately began mobilizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen, you are the Southern Front unit stationed at Graystone Bridge, correct?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right, we are!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen, please return immediately to your Southern Front unit! The army is about to march—you must register before departure!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... it’s already noon! Why must we leave immediately? Can’t we wait until tomorrow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Legion cavalrymen looked at Mil and the others as if they were fools. \"Apologies, gentlemen, this is the order of the Legion’s Supreme Commander—it cannot be delayed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, thank you, gentlemen. We understand—we’ll find our unit at once!\" Gervas thanked them and dismissed the Northern Legion cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! Why won’t they even give us half a day’s rest? We held Graystone Bridge for so many days, never once enjoyed ourselves, and even got ambushed by orcs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah! That ambush—if it weren't for Gervas and House Austin, we'd probably be dead now. This is so unfair!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Northern Legion cavalry left, Mil, Ian, and the others immediately began complaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen, with the merits you earned at Green River Valley and Graystone Bridge, aren’t you confident you’ll get to enjoy yourselves after the battle?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I suggest you all endure a little longer—kill more orcs now, and you’ll live better afterward!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Mil and the others were relatively ambitious compared to other inland nobles,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they still carried the common noble flaw of this world: endure a few days of hardship, then demand lavish comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since earning merit at Graystone Bridge the day before, they’d been fixated on celebrating inside Redstone City—hence their deep resentment today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gervas, we just wanted to celebrate early! But you’re right—more heads mean we’ll enjoy ourselves more after the campaign!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly! If each of us can gather two hundred heads, even if we can’t be promoted in rank, we might still earn a fief!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right! For our titles and lands, let’s all push harder!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Greetings, Commander Kael!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? You’re back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Commander Kael. We received orders to rejoin our unit and march with the army!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Then rejoin your unit—we’re departing immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Baron Mil, congratulations—you’ve become quite famous now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Southern Front noble unit camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gervas and the others returned, the camp was nearly packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went straight to Commander Kael, who oversaw the Southern Front unit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Kael’s tone toward them was far more courteous than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, the news of Mil’s public commendation had elevated the group’s standing in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, after this, report to the quartermaster—you each may claim three barrels of beer. These are gifts from Redstone City nobles, arranged to comfort the conscripted troops!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood, Commander Kael!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After greeting him, Gervas and the others prepared to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as they turned to go, Gervas suddenly felt something and glanced toward the rear of the Southern Front camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He met the gaze of a middle-aged nobleman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man wore lavish silk robes, his hair slicked with wax, gleaming neatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his eyes, fixed on Gervas, brimmed with gloom and venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without doubt, this was Farrio’s father... Minister Willard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And indeed, after studying the man’s features, Gervas immediately recognized the threefold resemblance to Farrio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting his gaze, Gervas showed no fear—instead, he smiled broadly, brilliantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sight, of course, sent Willard—who already seethed with hatred—into a rage. His fists clenched, knuckles cracking, nails digging into his palms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet beyond this, neither side made another move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Gervas followed Mil and the others away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About ten minutes later, horns blared, and the army began its northward advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their destination: the orc encampment ten miles outside Redstone City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an hour and a half, they arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orcs had already sensed the kingdom’s army’s movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of defending their camp, the orcs poured out en masse, forming ranks on the open wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Order the troops—prepare for battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Legion’s Supreme Commander gave no hesitation—he issued the battle command immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the enemy numbered over ten thousand orcs, his own force totaled one hundred fifty thousand—this advantage was overwhelming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the orcs were not mindless brutes; they understood their disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why they dared to face the kingdom’s army with only ten thousand orcs and thirty thousand auxiliaries—they relied on a river thirty meters wide between the two sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Pearl River, flowing down from Graystone Bridge upstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this stretch was calmer and narrower than at Graystone Bridge, crossing to the opposite bank still required only the six-meter-wide stone bridge spanning the Pearl River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the bridge and its approaches were now heavily guarded by orc forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least two thousand hydra orcs personally held the bridgehead—truly one man could hold it against ten thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Northern Legion’s Supreme Commander had prepared thoroughly for crossing—numerous rafts, among other tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These past two days, while ostensibly for rest, were actually spent preparing these crossing devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woooo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horns sounded, and the entire army moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen, don’t stand there—move! Advance now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First to be deployed were Gervas and the conscripted noble units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would lead the initial river-crossing assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them, another special unit from the kingdom’s army also stirred—the Northern Legion’s catapult detachment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five massive catapults, slowly assembled by craftsmen, rose into place.\u003C\u002Fp>",1017,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","58a204d7e62a271bb9874c2821e7de4a20d9a3a19d18a75718df28e353981eb3","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-396","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-394",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]