[{"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-84":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},2338547,4572,"Chapter 84: Infiltration from the Rear!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>“Charge! Whoever retreats will be executed on the spot, and their families will be reduced to slaves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first assault team, composed of three hundred serfs and dozens of armored guards, began charging forward under a hail of rolling rocks and arrows, carrying simple ladders!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, a thousand-strong noble force has arrived outside the camp—they’re attacking us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Noble force? Let’s go see.” Scorpion Boss frowned and hurried to the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the wall, he indeed saw shadows filling the foot of the mountain; among the troops below, several noble banners fluttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Violet Family’s banner—damn it! Who leaked our location?!” Scorpion Boss immediately recognized the Violet Family’s banner among the nobles below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he wasn’t afraid of this Violet Family force; he cared more about who had betrayed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be the one who ordered him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorpion Boss quickly dismissed the thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless that man no longer wished to live, he would never betray them—they had received his funding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, are these guys from the Violet Family? What do we do?” Sak and the others were far from calm; learning the enemy’s identity, they grew terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier they’d planned to kill everyone after getting the gold, but now their identity was exposed—they’d face the Kingdom’s retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What to do? Teach them a brutal lesson. As for the Kingdom, someone else is even more eager than we are—why should you fear?” Scorpion Boss remained utterly calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sak realized it was true—the noble who funded them would be even more panicked than they were, so they had no reason to panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Men, crush these noble soldiers! They want to rescue the Lady Baroness—that means they want to take our gold, which is your very lives! So kill them all!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Boss!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They already held the defensive advantage, and the massive reward fueled their morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though only two hundred strong, their spirit was higher than the Violet Family’s army below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour passed; the Violet Family’s vassal army achieved nothing and lost over a hundred corpses, leaving three vassals questioning their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha! You useless, foolish nobles—this is what happens when you attack the Scorpion Bandits!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here’s my advice: take your remaining men and leave now, or you nobles will die without even a grave!” Scorpion Boss’s cold voice echoed from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mien and the others gritted their teeth. “Damn it! Scorpion Bandits, don’t get cocky! I warn you—release our Baroness, or we might spare you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you keep holding our Baroness, we’ll fight to the last soldier—we won’t let you live!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Won’t let us live? Noble, listen well: get the hell away from here right now, or I’ll kill your Lady Baroness this instant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorpion Boss wasn’t afraid of these Violet Family vassals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he did worry the Kingdom’s army might learn of this and come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the camp couldn’t stay— he decided to drive off these nobles and then move his men elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, with the Lady Baroness in hand, the gold wouldn’t escape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let us leave? Impossible, Scorpion Bandits—unless you release our Baroness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mien continued: “Attack! Whoever retreats—executed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vassal army regrouped and launched a second wave: five hundred men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These stubborn fools—looks like I need to show them some real pain before they’ll leave willingly! Bring the Lady Baroness here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorpion Boss planned to threaten them with the Lady Baroness in person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t believe these vassals would dare resist if he cut off a few fingers in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Scorpion Boss didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the rear of the lair, a hundred-man force had just assembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, the Magi-Storm Hawk’s baskets are ready—we can move at any moment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then begin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his command, except for Evlan, who needed to monitor from the air, the other ten Magi-Storm Hawks flapped their wings, each dragging a basket upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside each basket stood Lei Meng, Mi Gen, and other knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magi-Storm Hawks moved swiftly; though each could carry only one person, rising from ground to a hundred meters took only a dozen seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each bamboo basket held one rider; the ground knights gave the order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just five minutes, the hundred-man force silently scaled the Scorpion Bandits’ camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha! This is incredibly convenient—the Scorpion Bandits never dreamed we’d reach the hundred-meter cliff this way!” Once all were in place, Mi Gen couldn’t help whispering excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In this border region, few minor nobles possess flying beasts—even within the Kingdom, they’re rare.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s why the Scorpion Bandits are so unprepared,” Lei Meng, the knight captain, whispered back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So our lord is truly amazing! Heh, these damn Scorpion Bandits are finished!” Mi Gen’s eyes gleamed with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Move out! Remember—no survivors!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas wasted no time—he led his hundred men toward the heart of the Scorpion Bandits’ lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front-line Violet Family vassal army had drawn nearly all the bandits’ attention; the rear had almost no guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the bandits never imagined anyone could climb up from the hundred-meter cliff behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when they reached the bandits’ meeting hall—the same place he’d eavesdropped on nights ago—did they finally spot two bandit guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bandits stared at Gervas and his men, stunned: “Who are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Meng and Gervas exchanged a glance, then surged forward, aura flaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the two bandits could react, swords slashed toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff! Puff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re here to send the Scorpion Bandits straight to hell!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two bandits collapsed in terror, twitching their final, spastic dance upon the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go—rescue the Lady Baroness first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Violet Family still had influence in the borderlands and decent resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Gervas had no objection to doing a favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gervas and his men arrived near the chamber, they happened to see several bandits escorting the Lady Baroness toward the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bitch, behave! If not for your vassals showing up, you’d have had a few more days. Now, cooperate—or I’ll chop your head off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lady Baroness still resisted, but the bandits were no longer gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catharine had sunk into despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bandits were using her as a hostage—no matter the outcome, her chance of survival was nearly zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who could she blame?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vassals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she climbed the mountain, she’d seen how easily defensible the terrain was—only a major noble house could sneak in via flying beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was the border—there were no major noble houses here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Catharine sank into despair, warm droplets splashed onto her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned, dazed, and saw the bandit who had just swung his axe and screamed threats at her now clutching his neck, face filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warm liquid splashing her—was his blood.\u003C\u002Fp>",1114,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f899da23087ef1f992380ca147be7e77f387982607777a39d907ce9de6913783","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-85","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-83",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]