[{"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-488":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},2338951,4572,"Chapter 488: One Thousand!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-488",488,"\u003Cp>At last, the Grand Commander’s expression turned strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he finally understood how Gervas had felt just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was simply… how could one even begin to say it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Commander took a deep breath. “Gentlemen, our reinforcement force totals one thousand men!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One thousand… hmm? Grand Commander, did you miscount? Surely our reinforcements number one hundred thousand?” The noble lords and ladies first froze, then each began to suspect the Grand Commander had made a mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Grand Commander firmly shook his head. “Gentlemen, even if I erred, I would not err so wildly—the most I could have meant was ten thousand. So let me be clear: our reinforcement force is indeed only one thousand men!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And not the Western Frontier Army you imagined—but the Stormhold Guards under Lord Gervas, standing right here beside me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Splash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Grand Commander had even finished speaking, the hall erupted in uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire gathering seemed to boil over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a mistake after all!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the so-called reinforcement? It was Lord Gervas’s Stormhold Guards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So is this even reinforcement?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly! Lord Gervas is already part of our army!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, gentlemen, is that the point? The point is: why on earth should the Beast Horde fear Lord Gervas enough to sit down and negotiate with us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! The Beast Horde isn’t even afraid of our eighty-thousand-strong breakout force—why would they fear Gervas and his thousand Storm Guards?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, you lot, yes, it’s unbelievable—but because of Gervas, we’re alive. That’s fact. And the Beastmen agreed to withdraw—do you doubt that? So watch your tongues, or you’ll be called ungrateful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles chattered wildly, many openly questioning how Gervas could force the Beast Horde to halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This provoked outrage from Mil and Adams and others, who immediately spoke up in defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it wasn’t that the nobles were truly ungrateful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They remembered Gervas’s favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they simply could not believe it: their own eighty-thousand-strong army had nearly been annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Gervas, with only a thousand men, made the Beast Horde hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Gervas’s men each fight a hundred? Were they all Silver Knights—or even Gold Knights?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gentlemen, it’s hard to believe, isn’t it? But precisely because it’s unimaginable, it proves even more clearly Lord Gervas’s valor and greatness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, let me tell you how Lord Gervas risked everything, disregarding his own life, to save you all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It all begins when Lord Gervas was assigned to Carle Baron’s fortress…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the Grand Commander recounted the events Gervas had previously described.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, in his retelling, the Grand Commander added many praises of Gervas’s bravery and wisdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles listened with wide eyes; each time they heard Gervas had seized a fortress or city, their gazes filled with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were seasoned warlords who knew how difficult such feats truly were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially that final Royal Tent Palace—it was beyond imagination!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Royal Tent Palace? It was the Royal Tent Palace? Now I finally understand why Gervas could make the Beast King sit down and negotiate! Capturing the Royal Tent Palace alone could indeed make the Beast King hesitate!” One high noble exclaimed upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, that’s not the point! The point is Gervas dared to target the Royal Tent Palace—that takes immense courage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even with five thousand elite troops, if I were Austin, I wouldn’t dare attack the Royal Tent Palace. Such a place—just thinking of its defenses makes clear how impenetrable it is,” added Duke Austin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other nobles nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gentlemen, since we know Lord Gervas saved us, let us thank him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! Without Lord Gervas, our noble charge would have failed—only a handful of us would have escaped alive!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! We must thank Lord Gervas! Lord Gervas—thank you for saving us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Lord Gervas, after this campaign, you must visit my earldom—I’ll treat you with the finest hospitality!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gervas, you must also come to my duchy—I’ll spare no effort to honor you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gervas, you’re so young—have you taken a wife? If not, I have several daughters of matching age—you may choose one for marriage…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough! Gentlemen, we are all royal nobles. I saved you because it was my duty—no need to overthink it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, the war isn’t fully over. Let’s discuss other matters after the battle concludes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the nobles grow increasingly absurd, Gervas quickly intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they kept talking, they’d surely try to marry their daughters off to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True, he had no wife yet—but such things require fate, don’t they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he certainly didn’t want noble ladies showing up at his castle every other day…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While nearly all nobles reveled in their survival, two nobles in the crowd—heads bowed since the beginning—now wore expressions of panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two were, of course, Willard and Solit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they still did not know Gervas had learned of their collusion with the Beast Horde,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas’s return was the very thing they dreaded most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, because Gervas was their enemy—they had schemed against him and landed themselves in this predicament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, Gervas’s return and the salvation of the army had shattered their entire plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their original plan had been for the army to be nearly wiped out by the Beastmen; any survivors would be mere stragglers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then no one could prove they had conspired with the Beast Horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They, meanwhile, would escape unharmed under the Beast King’s promise, then feign a lucky return to the kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Gervas had ruined everything, exposing them to risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Solit, what do we do now?” Willard was panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, what they’d done warranted the gallows ten times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Willard, don’t panic. Aside from the Beast King, we have no concrete evidence against us from the human side!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The only flaw we left was the exit log from Lindongbao when the grain stores were set ablaze!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what if that log was forged? What if someone impersonated us? Isn’t that possible?” Solit’s mind raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So as long as we have no tangible proof against us, we can deny everything—and the King won’t execute us on suspicion alone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willard pondered a moment, then nodded—he found this somewhat reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still, there’s one remaining threat—the only possible direct evidence that could convict us: your subordinate!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1031,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.688Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","504002652c34a1db89cbc1a6ae53d050e90c10012669010c636061c52dbfabb4","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-489","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-487",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]