[{"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-66":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},2338529,4572,"Chapter 66: Battle at Heisong Village!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-66",66,"\u003Cp>The refugees of Heisong Village weren’t actually fat; they were merely of normal build.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to wild dogs who had long roamed the Chaos Wasteland, eating irregularly, they looked positively plump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such fat lambs made their hearts itch with hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As dusk fell, the villagers had all returned home, and smoke rose from every hearth; the wild dogs could no longer wait and launched their attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the villagers remained unaware that doom had descended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouts echoed through the Heisong Forest as over three hundred wild dogs, lying in ambush, surged from all directions and surrounded the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers realized the danger; men snatched up knives, forks, and other weapons and rushed out of their homes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they saw the dense throng of bandits, they turned pale with terror, their eyes filled with despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen up, all of you! We’re the Scorpion Bandits! If you don’t want to die, kneel down and surrender now—we might spare your lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if anyone dares resist, don’t blame us for being ruthless—we’ll twist off your heads and kick them like balls, and leave not a single soul alive in this village!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Scorpion Bandits?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men’s limbs stiffened; when they saw the black-and-white banner bearing the scorpion emblem, their fear intensified dozens of times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang! Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, weapons and tools clattered to the ground as every villager surrendered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the Scorpion Bandits were a name that made children stop crying along the border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No resistance meant a slim chance of survival; resistance meant certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how well their intimidation worked, the wild dogs thrilled with delight, immediately binding all the villagers and gathering them in the open space at the village entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great leaders of the Scorpion Bandits, we of Heisong Village are all refugees persecuted by nobles—we would never dare resist you. Take everything we own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We beg you, spare our lives—thank you, great leaders!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the trembling crowd, a sturdy middle-aged man pleaded with the wild dogs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the village’s only blacksmith; he had originally planned to resist, but upon hearing they were the wild dogs’ gang and seeing their banner, he believed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no one on the border would dare impersonate the Scorpion Bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spare you? Hah! Do you really believe that? You’re nothing but filthy, stinking vermin!” The wild dogs laughed uproariously, faces twisted with cruel amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They treated these villagers like dogs—dogs that would beg and whimper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet their own lost dignity needed to be reclaimed from even weaker refugees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they were merciless toward these pitiful fugitives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… you’re breaking your word!” The villagers cried out in shock and fury; the men struggled, but it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough chatter. We’re still too close to the border. Kill all the men and children. Take the women and valuables. Let’s leave now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the lead wild dogs barked orders, raising his spiked club to smash the blacksmith’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he raised the club overhead, a shrill whistle pierced the air—and a spray of blood burst from his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wild dog struggled to look down, staring at the trembling arrow shaft still quivering in his throat, his face filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could say more, his body went limp and crashed heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he fell, he saw above him—dozens of terrifying giant flying birds hovering in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wild dogs froze in shock; after a moment, they snapped awake. “What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, they couldn’t tell where the arrow had come from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came a series of whistling sounds—five or six more bandits dropped dead—and now they finally looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it! Look up! There are beast-birds in the sky—and riders on them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s noble sky knights! The sky knights are here to crush us! Run, everyone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wild dogs scattered in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sky knights—such elite beings—were as terrifying to them as robbers encountering the state deploying fighter jets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before they could reach the Heisong Forest at the village’s edge, the sound of galloping horses and pounding footsteps erupted around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closer, the wild dogs trembled again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the woods rode seven or eight knights, followed by over a hundred soldiers clad in brand-new leather armor, charging toward them with murderous intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s soldiers! Royal soldiers! Run, everyone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the sky knights on the Moxun Eagles had already planted fear in their hearts, the wild dogs dared not even think of resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run? You bastards—you’re not going anywhere!” Mi Gen and the others gritted their teeth; the fury they’d held since yesterday was finally unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Storm Legion! Attack! Leave not a single wild dog alive!” Gervas drew his longsword and gave the order!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, a one-sided massacre erupted in the Heisong Forest; the Storm Legion showed no mercy to the wicked wild dogs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No quarter. No survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knights and soldiers slaughtered on the ground; the Moxun Eagle squad patrolled above, assisting and watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Notably, the Moxun Eagles’ training still needed improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten archers had all been skilled bowmen, rarely missing targets at forty to fifty meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet today, their accuracy hovered at only fifty to sixty percent—alarmingly low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: the movement of the Moxun Eagles affected their aim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, the battle ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All 325 wild dogs were dead—not one escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Storm Legion suffered only over twenty minor injuries—no fatalities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas was naturally pleased with these results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the wild dogs’ strength paled beside the core members of the Scorpion Bandits,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>three hundred men were still three hundred men—and to eliminate them with only twenty-plus minor wounds was a decisive victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he ordered his men to clear the battlefield, Gervas turned to the Heisong villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, what shall we do with these refugees?” Knight Mi Gen asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The field fell silent; all other knights and soldiers waited for Gervas’s command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Noble lord, spare us! Have mercy! We know we’re wrong—please, noble lord, give us one chance to live!” The villagers trembled, still filled with despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles had slaughtered the bandits—but to these refugees, it was merely trading one group of thieves for a more powerful one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have mercy? On what grounds? Imperial law mandates execution for all fugitives!” Gervas’s expression was icy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hearing his question, the villagers felt a flicker of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They feared most that the noble would simply kill them without a word; now that he gave them a chance to speak, perhaps they still had a chance to live?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Noble lord, we’re all craftsmen—I’m the blacksmith—I can forge all farm tools, even swords and leather armor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Noble lord, I’m a stonemason—I can build stone houses and repair castles!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Noble lord, I’m a carpenter—I can make cart wheels and wooden farming tools…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the refugees clutched at this lifeline, frantically declaring their worth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1146,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e3b8c5cfe5aee371de474cb4ea3b29fdbc47605d75d1e37c70540154e172828c","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-67","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-65",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]