[{"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-434":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},2338897,4572,"Chapter 434: Who Is Manipulating Whom!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-434",434,"\u003Cp>“Bloodthirsty Bat Knights, take off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the flapping of wings, five Bloodthirsty Bat Knights rose from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath them hung vines, each vine carrying three Beast Tribe warriors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached a height of over a hundred meters, the Bloodthirsty Bats did not hesitate—they flew straight toward Carle Baron’s Keep ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving above Carle Baron’s Keep, the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights selected the weakly defended rear garden and immediately descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, fifteen Beast Tribe warriors had successfully entered Carle Baron’s Keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bloodthirsty Bat Knights did not rest—they quickly withdrew with the vines, preparing to transport more Beast Tribe warriors into the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, merely fifteen Beast Tribe warriors could not alter the course of battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights return, the Beast Tribe chieftains and captains wore satisfied smiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! Great Chieftain Moral, that damned human noble probably never dreamed we could slip our warriors into the castle so easily!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah! When their internal chaos reaches its peak, that’s when these spearmen will be slaughtered!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing his subordinates’ boastful words, Great Chieftain Moral smiled faintly, “These humans have done well enough to force me to deploy the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, with just a few hundred of them, they wouldn’t even deserve to see the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Chieftain Moral is right—the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights are the Sky Guard of the Beast King himself. For a human petty noble to even lay eyes on them is already their honor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Don’t delay—the battle isn’t over yet. Focus on this petty noble first! Mota Ka, Bacha Er, lead three hundred Beast Tribe warriors to scale the castle cliffs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To break through the gentle slope head-on will take time, so I need your men to draw the humans’ attention along the walls and relieve pressure on the warriors in the rear garden!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Great Chieftain Moral!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, another three hundred Beast Tribe warriors surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Moral’s orders, they began scaling the cliff face with bare hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a race that had long survived through hunting on the wastelands, climbing was one of the Beast Tribe’s strengths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though scaling the cliffs to enter the castle was inefficient,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was perfectly acceptable now—its sole purpose was to distract the defenders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The castle’s soldiers spotted the Beast Tribe’s new move at once and reported it to Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trying to overwhelm us with sheer numbers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas instantly understood the Beast Tribe’s trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They aimed to attack from multiple directions, forcing him to split his forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was all within his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, what do we do now?” The knights, including Migen, looked to Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warriors in the rear garden kept pouring in, and now the ones at the cliff base were climbing too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the climbers ascended slowly, the enemy’s pincer attack was relentless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the Beast Tribe was far more troublesome than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a little longer! The enemy chieftains outside are still relying on their vassal troops to wear us down—they won’t commit their true Beast Tribe warriors yet!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that they’ve finally decided to deploy them, they’ll want to send as many as possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Beast Tribe was scheming against him—but Gervas was scheming against them too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vassal troops meant nothing to Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real challenge tonight was those three thousand Beast Tribe warriors—and the very force Gervas intended to devour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, under Gervas’s deliberate tolerance, the castle’s situation unfolded exactly as Moral had hoped: more and more Beast Tribe warriors were being delivered inside by the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, many defenders on the walls were forced to abandon their posts, leaving the castle’s defenses perilously thin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The castle’s developing situation was relayed to Moral through the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing it, Moral’s eyes gleamed with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Chieftain, since the humans are nearly broken, shouldn’t we order all our warriors to launch a full assault?” His subordinates were growing impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, wait. The situation is improving—but not enough. We won’t rush. Ten minutes more? If we sacrifice even a few more Beast Tribe warriors for such a short delay, it’s not worth it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The best moment is when the humans can no longer hold out—when these spearmen themselves begin to panic. That’s when we strike!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral held back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only because he valued his people’s lives, but also because he was cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation had not yet reached the point where he could crush the humans in one blow—he still waited for the right moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that moment came quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About ten minutes later, thanks to the Bloodthirsty Bat Knights’ deliveries, the number of Beast Tribe warriors inside the castle had swelled to around four hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the warriors scaling the cliff had all reached the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the humans’ weakened defenses, they scaled the walls and began fighting the soldiers atop the ramparts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spearmen, fall back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a shout echoed from within the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing it, the once-steady spear formation immediately began a slow retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Chieftain Moral, they’re retreating! The humans’ spearmen are falling back! Hah! Are they breaking?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course! These humans were so arrogant, charging out the gates to fight us—now they suddenly retreat? Only because their internal lines are collapsing and they need these spearmen to reinforce the interior!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The change in the spearmen’s movement was noticed at once by the Beast Tribe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several Beast Tribe chieftains immediately concluded the humans were near collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral thought the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With four hundred Beast Tribe warriors inside the castle and over a hundred more atop the walls,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if every human soldier could fight one-on-one against a Beast Tribe warrior, they would soon have no one left to deploy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the only reason the spearmen were retreating was to reinforce the interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud! Thud! Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a spray of blood mist erupted along the gentle slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the vassal troops, chasing the retreating spearmen into the gatehouse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humans had rolled out five ballistae and began slaughtering the vassal troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearing the ballistae’s lethal power, the charging vassal troops finally halted, frozen in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the opportunity, the human defenders rushed to close the great gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moral saw this and shouted in alarm, “Quick! Don’t fall back! Don’t let the humans shut the gate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After barking the order, he immediately turned to the chieftains and captains beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go! Order all Beast Tribe warriors to launch a full assault! Do not let the castle gate close—this is our chance to seize Carle Keep in one stroke!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Great Chieftain Moral!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1104,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","45fcd639f765ac0145c0c5e05403838b7d7f0373742ddcd550b710b20c925595","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-435","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-433",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]