[{"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-412":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},2338875,4572,"Chapter 412: The Noble Families","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-412",412,"\u003Cp>“Officer of Discipline! Wait a moment!” At that moment, a voice called out from behind Willard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait? No one’s plea will help today! I’ll make this coward pay the price he deserves!” Willard sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Officer of Discipline, it’s me, Deputy Commander Kael!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deputy Commander Kael?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willard froze, then turned—and there indeed was Deputy Commander Kael hurrying over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And beside Deputy Commander Kael stood Migen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deputy Commander Kael, I’m sorry, but Gervas has violated the Kingdom’s military code. Even if you plead for him, I cannot overlook this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the newcomer was Deputy Commander Kael, Willard still refused to let this chance to punish Gervas slip away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone had softened slightly, but he had no intention of stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deputy Commander Kael wore a look of helplessness. “Officer Willard, I’m not here to plead for Gervas. He hasn’t broken any military code at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because he received my prior approval for this action!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You gave him approval?” Willard stared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right, Officer. Before the battle began, Gervas sent someone to me to request permission—he said the shortage of archers during the siege increased the combat risk for the serf soldiers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So he wanted to equip all his men with his bows—well, crossbows—to serve as ranged shooters and cover the main force’s advance!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, Lord Gervas also guaranteed that his men's kills would not fall below the average number of enemy heads taken by other nobles!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he fails to meet this, he willingly accepts military punishment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, Officer Willard, I approved Lord Gervas’s request. Here is his written pledge, with my signature!” As he spoke, the officer pulled out a parchment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It bore Gervas’s signature and Kael’s signature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, while instructing Lei Meng on combat tactics, Gervas had also sent Migen to find Deputy Commander Kael.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had anticipated Willard would seize this chance to make trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deputy Commander Kael, upon hearing Gervas’s request, had no objection to doing him a favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he didn't know Gervas's actual kills, Gervas and Mil's past achievements had brought great honor to the Southern Region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Gervas himself had pledged to meet or exceed the average kills—enough for Kael to overlook this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willard’s face turned ashen, his body trembling slightly, speechless where he stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Officer, why don’t you return to your post? If Gervas’s battlefield results fall short, I’ll hold him accountable myself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deputy Commander Kael’s words offered Willard a face-saving exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph!” Willard, though furious, had no choice. He sneered at Gervas and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Deputy Commander Kael, for your leniency!” After Willard left, Gervas thanked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gervas, no need to thank me. I’ve seen how your men fought—they’re as good as longbowmen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’re already fighting for the Kingdom. I won’t let you be wronged.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Deputy Commander Kael also took his leave—he needed to remain ready for the Commander-in-Chief’s orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Willard’s interruption over, the battle proceeded without further incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas’s men used crossbows to kill enemies from afar; only two unlucky subordinates were struck by arrows from above and suffered minor wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest remained unharmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle continued until nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, night combat either ended or weakened, to preserve strength for the coming days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, one had to consider the next few days of fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, for reasons unknown, the Commander-in-Chief and the two Dukes didn’t ease the assault—they intensified it, launching new waves of attack in groups of thirty thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the Commander-in-Chief thinking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we keep fighting like this, how will we fight tomorrow?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! It’s nearly dawn! Even if our soldiers were made of iron, they couldn’t hold out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas, what do you think?” The lesser nobles were deeply resentful and deeply confused by the Commander-in-Chief’s orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas, however, had received Adam’s note and suspected this was part of the army’s plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think we shouldn’t worry so much. The Commander-in-Chief cares more about winning this war than we do—he must know the consequences of this approach!” Gervas offered his usual vague reassurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Daily intelligence has refreshed…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence One: Yesterday, you learned from Adam’s letter that the Commander-in-Chief would act at night—and indeed, he has.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Just now, a force of twenty thousand noble troops from the main camp moved toward the left flank of the army.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【One li to the left of the army lies a pine forest, within which hides a secret passage into Bokacheng.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This secret passage was originally dug by Bokacheng as an escape route during past orc sieges.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Now, it can serve as a surprise route for the Kingdom’s army to breach Bokacheng.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Two: The orc chieftain Moral believes they can hold Bokacheng for at least a week, buying enough time for northern raiding parties.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Three: A two-hundred-strong orc unit attacked Not Village…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn! Gervas exclaimed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that was the plan! No wonder the system hadn’t warned him yesterday—the attack was set for this dawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas, you say that, but I’m afraid our men will be too exhausted and suffer heavier losses!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mil, if you trust me, stay alert tonight. I believe the Commander-in-Chief has a grand plan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it’s true, this might be our chance to collect enemy heads!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Collect heads? Really? Really?” Nothing excited Mil and the others more than gathering orc heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stared at Gervas in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course it’s true. Even we know that pushing soldiers this hard through the night will leave them too tired to fight tomorrow—do you think the Commander-in-Chief doesn’t know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I suspect he’s confident he’ll breach Bokacheng tonight, and that’s why he’s willing to pay any cost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When the city falls, the orcs will panic and flee—and that’s the perfect moment for us to gather heads.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Breach the city tonight…” If Gervas hadn’t said it, Mil and the others would’ve called him insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bokacheng was only a small town of fifty thousand, but its walls were ten meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with fierce assaults, it would take days to take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how could the Commander-in-Chief possibly take Bokacheng tonight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he planning to deploy all the noble forces in a full-scale assault?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No noble would be so foolish as to choose that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The losses would be catastrophic, and siege warfare isn’t won by sheer numbers—it requires attrition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless the Commander-in-Chief could fly into the city.\u003C\u002Fp>",1048,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","efd454b829dfd964055715f590c63f8b634f757e24f78edb27cbfbd0e7a3b3e4","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-413","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-411",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]