I was a knight in the Middle Ages

As time went on, the civilians' ability to protect themselves gradually improved, patrol missions were better executed, bandit attacks became more difficult, and the losses were rapidly reduced. Alpha began to recruit more civilians into the militia and conduct more in-depth training and management, thus forming a more closely knit management system.

The people knew that this peace did not come out of thin air, but was won by the soldiers with their lives and blood. Therefore, they actively participated in training and continuously improved their combat skills and self-protection capabilities.

Under Alpha's leadership, more and more people began to join the militia, receive more training, and gradually become excellent soldiers. These militiamen began to think about how to better use their abilities to serve more people and make their lives better.

In the end, these militiamen fought bravely in many bandit attacks and made important contributions to protecting the people. These militiamen eventually became people trusted and loved by the people and became an important part of the army.

The team led by Alpha successfully completed the subsequent dragnet operation, but encountered some problems during the handover process when passing through the county town. Many people hoped to continue serving the Knights.

Of course, there are many reasons for this, the most important of which is probably that the food and treatment for those who stayed behind were not as good as those for the front-line troops. Also, the county yamen runners had a set of methods to deal with the people who made trouble, and even if the people who did not make trouble, if they were unhappy with them, they would vent their anger randomly, making the people unwilling to stay in the safer county.

Alpha was determined to keep the third category of personnel. As for the first category of militia, Alpha allowed them to do so voluntarily. Only those in better physical condition were kept in the second category. After all, the tasks ahead would require long-term combat, and the people's bodies could not bear it at all. They would most likely be exhausted to death on the front line.

On the sixth day, Alpha contacted Will's Knights and they could reunite on the seventh day at the latest. With the front and back attacks, there were still about 300 bandits in the middle, but there were less than 50 cavalrymen, so it was not a big problem. The only worry was that these people would flee everywhere.

The two sides agreed to meet in Qishan County, thirty miles away. As for the reason, there was a local bandit near Qishan County, and Will decided to eradicate the bandits near Qishan regardless of whether they were related to the bandit suppression operation.

"Everyone, sit down." Alpha called everyone to a private meeting for the last time. Tomorrow is the time to meet with Will, and he will no longer be responsible for these trivial matters. This time, Alpha called all the personnel above the rank of centurion to arrange tomorrow's tasks.

"This is a joint anti-bandit plan between Captain Will and I. We will form a closed-loop encirclement on the outside, and then the cavalry will charge into the battlefield to carry out the first wave of strangulation operations." After the local bandits in Qishan joined in, the number of bandits in the encirclement was at least five hundred.

If all the bandits poured into the mountain stronghold, it would be difficult to deal with them in a short period of time. Once a protracted war broke out, it would be very disadvantageous to the entire anti-bandit operation. Therefore, it was necessary to deal with the enemy's manpower in advance to reduce the subsequent pressure.

"Captain Alpha, let me chase them down. I will never let a single bandit go." Bach has been feeling frustrated these days.

Alpha's order was not to leave the battle line. Even if they encountered a surprise attack by bandits, the knights could only chase them five miles away at most and would not be able to fight properly.

"In this way, each person will be responsible for sending out at most half of the cavalry in the area to pursue and clear out the bandits, and there must be no problems with the net bag encirclement at the back." The focus now is on the surrounding encirclement. Once the bandits break through, all previous efforts will be in vain.

"Ah! I only have more than thirty people, and at most a dozen are not enough to kill them!" Bach originally had only twenty people, but recently he found several good horsemen in the militia organization, so he recruited them to supplement some personnel.

"There is no other way. Whether we take action or stay, we must pay attention to preserving our manpower. We want to win, and we must win well." Alpha emphasized again. After all, the concepts of these knights cannot be changed overnight, and it is a tradition to confront the enemy head-on at every turn.

……

"Who are you? Why are you entering the city so late?" The gates of Qishan City have been closed early these days due to the bandit problem, but tonight there was a large army approaching from outside, making the soldiers on the city wall lose all sleepiness.

"We are Will's cavalry vanguard, and now we must enter the city immediately." The cavalry under the city shouted loudly.

"The order we received is that you enter the city tomorrow. There will be no order at night." The gatekeepers also received orders, but the other party seemed to have arrived one night earlier.

"We are the vanguard, making preparations in advance for General Will. If we don't open the door, General Will will blame us and we won't be polite." The cavalryman yelled impatiently.

"Captain, I think they should be our own cavalry unit, otherwise they wouldn't have this attitude." The soldier next to him came closer.

"Now that the city gates are closed, I need to consult the Lord." The captain of the gate guards did not dare to make a decision on his own.

The moment the captain turned around, the soldier behind him grabbed the other's neck, covered his mouth, and killed the captain directly, cleanly and without any delay.

The soldiers stood up only when the captain showed no resistance. They instructed the support below to slowly open the city gate. It seemed that there were quite a few traitors in the city.

In the darkness, a group of bandits quietly approached the city gate. They were armed with swords and guns, and their steps were light, looking well-trained.

"Who are you? Why did you open the door?" The confused soldier asked as soon as he saw someone opening the door.

"The master said to open the door." The bandit who opened the door responded in a low voice.

"Wait, who are you?" The soldier realized that he didn't know the enemy at all. But it was too late. The soldier opened his eyes wide and his neck was already slashed by the enemy.

"Oh no, there is an enemy attack, enemy..." The soldier who had just come out saw the situation and immediately raised the alarm, but he was killed by the enemy before he could finish his words.

As the bandits invaded, the noise of the city walls gradually rose. Some soldiers woke up from their dreams, holding weapons and ready to fight the bandits.

However, the bandits were very clever. They took advantage of the cover of night and quickly occupied the commanding heights of the city wall.

Although the guards on the city wall fought bravely, they were gradually overwhelmed by the attacks of the bandits.

The bandits took advantage of the terrain and launched attacks continuously. For a while, the city walls were filled with the sound of swords clashing and screams.

In this battle, the bandits showed extremely high combat literacy and skills. Their attack speed was extremely fast, steady, accurate and ruthless.

Although the guards on the city wall tried to fight back, most of them were easily defeated by the bandits.

Under the fierce attack of the bandits, the guards of the city wall gradually lost their ability to resist. They began to flee in all directions, but most of them could not escape the pursuit of the bandits.

After a fierce battle, the city gate was finally breached by the bandits, the guards were defeated, and the bandits looted property and food in the city.

The city was in chaos, with swords and guns flying, flames shooting into the sky, people fleeing in panic, and wailing and screaming filling the entire city.

The bandits kept coming into the city, searching through boxes and cabinets, searching for any place where treasure might be hidden. If there were any pretty women in the room, they would not be able to escape the clutches of the bandits, and for a while, there were constant cries of wailing and cries for help.

Under such circumstances, the lives and property of ordinary people were greatly threatened. Some people chose to abandon their property and just escape from the city as soon as possible, but more people were trapped in the city, helplessly waiting for their fate.

"Lord Gurukifu, the bandits have entered the city, let's leave quickly!" A lieutenant rushed into the city-state palace and woke up the fat lord who was lying on the beautiful girl.

"What happened?" The prince was awakened by the call in fear, but still didn't know what happened.

"My Lord, bandits have entered the city and are committing robbery and crimes. Please leave the city immediately." Guard Officer Famas looked down on the city lord in front of him. He had clearly been warned, but this guy still did what he wanted without any precautions, giving the bandits an opportunity to take advantage.

"How is it possible? There is no precedent for bandits to enter the city to rob!" Lord Gurukifu couldn't believe it, but listening to the noise outside, the Lord also knew that the Famas guard officer would not deceive him in this regard.

"Let's go, let's get out of here quickly." Lord Gurujiv didn't care about his beautiful mistress, picked up his clothes and fled immediately.

"My Lord, General Will's soldiers are not far outside, please ask for support immediately!" Seeing that the Lord was only concerned about his own life and death, and did not care about the lives of the people at all, and did not command the soldiers in the city to organize a resistance, the Famas guard officer could not help but remind him.

"Yes, yes, yes." Lord Gurukifu had never experienced such an incident. He was completely confused and just believed whatever Lieutenant Famas said.

"You take the adults and flee from here immediately. I will go and seek reinforcements." Guard Officer Famas did not want to stay with the city lord any longer, so he took the opportunity to leave.

"You can't leave, you have to protect me." Now what Lord Gurujiv cares most about is his own life, and everything else is just a small matter.

"Sir, we must seek reinforcements immediately, otherwise the people in the city will be doomed." The guard officer of Famas did not expect that the prince was so cowardly and afraid of death that he only cared about escaping for his own life.

"Okay, go ahead." Lord Gurujiv looked at the guard officer who was leaving, with a sinister smile in his eyes.

"You didn't hear my order. The Famas guard officer deserted his post and caused the fall of Qishan City. His crime is unforgivable." Lord Gurukifu was already thinking about how to shirk responsibility.

"You go and organize the army to repel the enemy." Lord Gurujiv pushed away the guards who were supporting him.

"My Lord, I just..."

"No buts. You are the supreme commander now. Immediately organize an army to repel the bandits." Gurujiv didn't care who the other party was or whether he had the ability or not. The key was that there had to be someone to resist, and it had to be under his orders.

"Yes." A low-ranking guard had unknowingly become the highest commander of Qishan City. The key point was that he didn't know anyone, and the guard didn't know who to look for, so he could only run around in confusion among the chaotic crowd.

"You guys follow me." In the chaos, the guard found a few soldiers like himself and organized an army of five people to kill towards the fire area.

The soldiers, who were originally like headless flies, joined in when they saw the resistance. The guards did not expect that in the end they would organize forty or fifty soldiers to fight the bandits.

"Don't let them run away, kill them." A group of bandits actually came over from the south gate.

The Famas guard officer seized the opportunity, pulled down a bandit knight, snatched the horse and fled.

"First team, give pursuit." The bandits had not expected such an operation and immediately ordered a pursuit.

"The rest of the team, charge in and capture the city lord." The bandit leader knew that the city lord would definitely escape in the chaos, so he surrounded him from the outside in order to block the city lord's way.

There are still many guards in the city who are desperately resisting, which adds great obstacles and casualties to the bandits' robbery. Capturing the leader can greatly reduce the resistance ability of the soldiers in the city.

……

"Lord Alpha." On the high platform on the roof, Eagle Eye Lilia looked to the southwest with a look of vigilance in her eyes. "There seems to be a fire in the southwest."

The platform was specially prepared by Alpha for Lilia. When driving, she would lie on the two-meter-high roof and could detect the surrounding area within a radius of five kilometers. When the car moved slowly, the platform could be at a height of three meters, and Lilia's observation range would also be expanded. When stopping, she would put down the support and the four-meter-high altitude would be enough for her to see the situation within a radius of ten kilometers.

"About how many kilometers?" Alpha felt a little irritated at night, but he didn't know what was going on.

"About 20 to 30 kilometers, very blurry, looks like an aurora, or a fire." Lilia found it difficult to judge with the naked eye.

"Someone is approaching, about ten kilometers away." Above the snow-covered ground, the light of the full moon illuminated the rushing figures.

"Lina, Fattam, take the first and second teams and follow me." Alpha didn't wait and set off directly with his personal guards.

"Lilia, come with me." Before leaving, Alpha pulled Lilia along. After all, in this snowy land, Alpha didn't have the ability to see the surroundings clearly.

In Lilia's vision, the figures were getting closer and closer, until at five kilometers, she finally saw the number of the other side. "There are about a dozen of them, and they seem to be chasing someone."

"Okay, keep watching." Lilia lay on her back behind Alpha, raised her head and watched carefully. Ten knights had gathered behind Alpha, and the subsequent light cavalry followed one after another.

In the last two kilometers, Alpha and the others saw the source of the fire. They saw a carriage speeding across the land, with two figures on the carriage waving whips and holding weapons to resist the pursuit from behind.

"Lord Alpha, the enemy has changed direction. Should we follow them?" Lilia's recovery over the past few days has made her body a little stronger, but the long-term bumpy ride still makes her feel a little tired.

"Follow." Alpha ordered the dozen or so knights behind him, and a dozen knights began to turn their horses.