I was a knight in the Middle Ages

"Please lift the blockade of South City and provide indiscriminate supplies to the people of South City!" Republican leader Moslin shouted loudly.

Balor was once a trading capital, but due to the blockade of Ferta for a week, the city was in short supply. The joint blockade of the other three forces caused a serious shortage of supplies in the area where the Republican Army was located, and Moslin had to seek help from the three major forces for a solution.

The four major forces in Balor City participated in the meeting. The strongest was Talos, followed by the mercenaries and nobles Tanster representing the local forces of Balor, and then the mercenary knights of Alpha and the Republican Army.

Alpha's cavalry regiment now has 800 people, and the number is still growing rapidly, making it a veritable third force. As for the mercenaries and nobles, although they are in a coalition relationship, their individual strength is weak, and only by uniting can they have a say.

Faced with Moslin's roar, everyone remained indifferent. After all, the people in South City were basically members of the Republican Army, and their lives and deaths were not important.

"What's the difference between what you did and robbery?" Moslin slammed the table angrily, but when no one paid any attention to him, he could only leave in anger.

"Captain Talos, the enemies outside are eyeing us covetously. If we provoke the Republican Army like this, will they join forces with Ferta's bandit group to attack us?" Tanster said worriedly.

"Don't worry about that. I know what I'm doing. We don't want to force the Republican Army to be our enemy, but to make them realize their situation. We are all in the same boat, and it is only right for us to help each other. There is no need to think too highly of ourselves." Now that there are churches and Freemasons in the city, Talos is no longer afraid of the Republican Army's liberal ideas.

But what if they don't understand our intentions and take risks? "Tansit was still a little worried.

"Leave this to me! I'll let them sit at the negotiation table." Florina needed more say and took the initiative to take on this task.

When Moslin walked out of the negotiation site, he was filled with anger and anxiety. He knew that the problem of food and material shortages must be solved, otherwise the people of Nancheng would face even more severe difficulties. He began to rack his brains to think about how to break the current deadlock.

At the same time, the three parties who stayed at the negotiation site also began to plan for the future. Talos, Tanster and the Alpha Mercenary Knights all knew clearly that this was only the first step and there were more problems to be solved. In order to jointly deal with the increasingly severe situation, they decided to strengthen cooperation.

In this situation, Florina stepped forward and decided to go to the Republican territory in person to convey the three forces' intention to cooperate to Moslin and seek ways to solve the problem.

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"I won't go. This is the task you assigned to me. Why should I carry it out?" Alpha flatly refused the lobbying task assigned to him by Florina.

"Alpha, you know, this mission is not dangerous and has many benefits. It will not do you any harm. I heard that there is a group of beautiful knights in the Republican Army. That is a paradise for men." Florina tried to persuade Alpha with this temptation.

"What does that have to do with me? Moslin is very angry now. If he gets angry with me, wouldn't I be walking into a trap? I don't want to die young. Why don't you go by yourself?" Alpha understood the situation, but was unwilling to take risks.

"I am the commander, how can I go in and out of danger at will?" Flinna actually knew this and understood the danger. The most important thing is that Flinna usually does not know how to win people's hearts and there is no one around her. Alpha advances and retreats with everyone and puts everyone's life first, so everyone is more willing to obey Alpha's orders.

Even most of the knights who followed her earliest were now more willing to obey Alpha's orders. After all, compared to those Honor Knights with outstanding abilities, Alpha cared more about their lives.

"What exactly do you want?" Flora knew that Alpha was a man who would not suffer any loss. If she wanted him to help her complete her mission, she had to let Alpha taste some sweetness first.

"What do you think?" Alpha stared at Florina's back without blinking, with a hint of uncontrollable cunning in his eyes.

Florina's cheeks flushed, and she had obviously acquiesced to Alpha's request. For the next two days, she didn't dare to move except for necessary activities. Alpha's request was obviously a bit too much for her.

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"Lilya, Monkey, call all the captains to a meeting." After a week of rest, Alpha is preparing to arrange the next tasks.

"Yes, Master Alpha." Lilia and Monkey responded in unison, and quickly summoned all the captains to the conference room. After a week of recuperation, Alpha was about to arrange the next task.

Soon, the meeting room was full of people, which was unexpected for Alpha. He had originally only wanted squadron leaders and above to attend the meeting, and since everyone was here, he couldn't let most of them go back.

"Hello everyone, I believe this is the first time for many of you to meet me." Alpha got straight to the point, "I am your leader Alpha. I have only one purpose for calling you all here this time, to discuss the next bandit suppression mission."

"The city of Balor has been blocked now, and all supplies cannot be transported in. The task of suppressing bandits is urgent, and everyone must be prepared." Alpha glanced at the silent meeting room and threw out a suggestion, "As for the strategy of suppressing bandits, I wonder what everyone thinks?"

"Actually, I think the trap tactic is a good way to deal with bandits. Let's think about how to attack the enemy?" Alpha first introduced the trap situation, and then asked the captains of each team to express their opinions. Most of the captains agreed with Alpha's idea, only Lilia was hesitant.

"Lord Alpha, I don't think trap tactics are a good way to deal with bandits." Lilia retorted, "First, we don't know which direction the bandits will come from; second, we must ensure that the trap will not hurt ourselves; if the trap is accidentally triggered, the consequences will be disastrous. Finally, setting traps takes a lot of time and energy. If the bandits don't fall for it, we will have wasted time and resources in vain."

Alpha understood Lilia's concerns, but he knew the advantages of traps, and also knew the flaws of trap tactics. "Setting up a large number of traps can make it difficult for the robbers to defend themselves. If the robbers are aware of the existence of traps, they will be more cautious, which may be a more fatal blow to them."

"What Lilia said makes sense," Alpha replied, "but we can't give up the initiative and let them take advantage of us. If we can't subdue the bandits in a short period of time and make them afraid to act rashly, it is possible that our village and the caravans that come to trade will be in jeopardy. The consequences will be disastrous. We must seize the opportunity and give the bandits a warning."

Lilia also has her own judgment. She wants to argue with reason, but she has to take into account Alpha's status and the interests of the team. She doesn't want to let the efforts of the entire team go to waste because of a momentary dispute.

"Okay, I will do my best to complete the task you entrusted to me." Lilia finally responded reluctantly.

"Okay, everyone go back and rest. Lilia, Makina, Rowling, Monkey, Gulis, Lislia, Fatam, Doro, Daniel, Billy, Gunta, Sting and Fustan stay." Alpha read carefully, sighing that the team was growing stronger and stronger, and even the team leaders had now become squadron leaders and team leaders.

Gunn and Billy are the captain and vice-captain of the Black Armored Dragon Riders. They don't talk much and only obey orders. However, there is another person who came uninvited, she is the priest Athena. Alpha has no way to deal with this. He can't beat her or drive her away.

"Lord Alpha, don't you want the heavy cavalry anymore?" Fattam was the first to ask.

"What do you mean?" Alpha did not refute or agree, but asked curiously.

"This time when you were making weapons and equipment, you only repaired the black armor and did not rebuild the heavy armor. Moreover, you also simplified the black armor cavalry. It can be seen that you have no plan to build heavy armor cavalry." Those sitting here were all elderly people, so Fattam had nothing to hide.

"First of all, I appreciate Fattam's thinking. I really don't plan to build a pure heavy cavalry. After all, we need to consider the mission and goal." Alpha began to explain, "Our target is bandits. They have no fixed place to stay and move quickly, so I need a fast cavalry that can keep up and catch up, which is the mobile brigade trained by Makina."

"What should we do if we encounter a tough enemy, Lord Alpha?" Fattam was a heavy cavalryman, so of course she wanted a heavy cavalry regiment. However, the current team only had more than 30 people, and their armor was basically the same as that of the previous Lion Cavalry.

"Use outflanking tactics and try to wear them down." Alpha knew that there would be no head-on confrontation.

"Or just run away." Alpha is not a knight who follows the rules, and running away will not bring any burden to his mind.

"Fatam, don't worry, we will need heavy cavalry in the future." Alpha would certainly not abandon Fatam, a subordinate who had always followed him.

"I understand, Lord Alpha." Fattam knew Alpha's mission arrangement and would not ask any more questions.

"In addition to the fast cavalry regiment, there are also Monkey's special operations team and Doro's reconnaissance operations team. Their mission is reconnaissance and destruction. They must be familiar with all combat except frontal combat, especially assassination techniques." Alpha has high hopes for the special operations team and will naturally provide it with more material support. Alpha has summarized the stealth techniques that Monkey needs and gave them to Monkey to learn and train.

"Lilya's long-range archers, Gulis's strongbowmen and Lislia's spearmen cannot be left behind." Lislia's spearmen are basically mercenaries, and Alpha did not spend much effort on this.

"What remains is Tie Niu and Fattam's frontal combat brigade, which must ensure their combat capability at all times." Alpha has arranged basic combat tasks.

"Captain Alpha, what about us?" Verstan and Tastin are Florina's elders. Alpha asked them to come mainly because he wanted Florina to listen to the task arrangements.

"Your combat should still be based on mobility, with Billy and Gunn taking the lead in attack." Of course, Alpha did not spend much energy on this aspect, mainly because of the existence of the dragon riders.

"What about me? Captain Alpha." Unexpectedly, Athena also came to ask for a mission.

"What about me? Captain Alpha." Unexpectedly, even Athena couldn't wait to come and ask for a mission.

"Train me some priests, the more the better." Alpha knew very well that Athena's melee combat ability was equally strong, but in comparison, he needed more obedient priests.

"Now all women leave and men stay." Lilia and others left one after another, but Athena continued to do as she pleased.

"Lord Alpha, the trap tactics you just mentioned, are you really planning to do that, or are you just saying it casually?" Rowling looked doubtful.

"Whether trap tactics can be used depends on the actual situation. After all, traps are very restricted by the terrain environment and cannot be used casually." In fact, Alpha just said it casually to avoid a dull moment.

"Next is the men's conversation. Do you want to join in, Master Athena?" Alpha asked curiously.

"Men's conversation? You are a knight, but real knights are equal in gender." Athena is a real knight, but she is a little confused now. Athena can only choose to leave temporarily.

"I'm going to South City to carry out a mission. There are many benefits. Who of you is willing to go with me?" Alpha brought up the topic directly.

"Lord Alpha, isn't that the Republican Army's territory? Once you go there, you can't come back." Monkey had a detailed understanding of the South District in advance.

"That's right. Our mission this time is to solve the problem of isolation between the north and the south. Because there are insufficient supplies over there, we need to open the isolation as soon as possible. When we go there this time, they will probably bribe us, and then you will get a generous reward." Alpha imitated Florina's tone and seduced her.

"Lord Alpha, I have to go back to training." Unexpectedly, Tie Niu had no interest in these rewards.

"Those who are not interested in this mission can go back." Alpha only wanted to get some benefits for his team leaders, but unexpectedly, not a single team member stayed.

"Monkey, go find Fatam and the old blacksmith. Billy and Gunn, you stay here." Alpha left the two captains of the dragon riders behind. He was not interested in the training methods of the dragon riders. These dragon riders could no longer be called human beings, but were completely obedient machines.

Although his battlefield execution ability is very strong, his ability to adapt to changing circumstances is almost non-existent, and his personal strength has reached its peak, with no possibility of a breakthrough.

"Have you ever thought about the future?" Alpha asked suddenly out of curiosity.

"The future?" The two answered confusedly.

"If I give you freedom now, what will you do?" Alpha knew that these dragon riders probably hadn't thought about this question yet. In response to Alpha's question, the two of them just remained silent.

"It's okay. This is the basic fighting technique. You can practice it freely when you have nothing to do. It can prolong your life. If you figure it out one day, you can come to me and I will give you freedom." Alpha felt no envy for the dragon rider in front of him, only sympathy.

The dragon rider held the spell in his hand, and his mind fell into deep thought...