I was a knight in the Middle Ages

"Besiege Wei to save Zhao and attack their lair directly." Alpha snapped his fingers.

"No way! They have dispatched more than a thousand people, and there is also a fortress in the mountains. Are the number of people we have enough?" Will was a little worried. After all, the enemy outnumbered us.

"We don't need to capture the city, we just need to pretend to be besieging it. I want to eat up their rescue troops." If we attack by force, these 300 people will definitely be exhausted to death by the enemy. Alpha is not stupid and will not fight to the death with the enemy. Besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements is a good method.

"Captain Will, we must send someone to inform the Grand Duke to protect the nearby grain reserves." Alpha was most worried about the grain. If the other side had a lot of grain, they could fight a war of attrition with them, which was not what Alpha wanted to see.

"But if they want to attack Mick Town or other important towns, they have to pass through Fort Bilis. Isn't it enough for them to just defend the fort?" Rowling asked curiously.

"The fortress is strong and they can't attack it, but the surrounding infantry can't withstand their attacks. Lina, send someone back to Fort Bilis and tell Liv and Alice to pay attention to the safety of the fortress and don't let the enemy take over our home." Now everyone's food and grass are in Fort Bilis. Once it is lost, this bandit suppression will be in vain.

"Yes." Lina immediately arranged for someone to go back and report the news.

"I'm afraid the intelligence is wrong. The number of enemies is more than three thousand. There are one thousand bandits along the way. I'm afraid the number of enemies is no less than five thousand. This is my rough estimate." Alpha looked up at Will.

"Lord Alpha, what should we do about this group of bandits?" Rowling asked curiously.

"Eat them first, we'll ambush them here." Alpha pointed to the col on the map.

"Divide the troops into three routes, encircle the enemy on both wings, set up defenses in advance, and surround them on three sides with one left. We don't seek to annihilate the enemy completely in this battle, but we must inflict heavy damage on the enemy and consume 500 of their troops." This is the action plan of the Alpha Force.

"Remember this mission is to kill the enemy. Do not engage in a head-on confrontation with the enemy." Alpha gave his final instructions. He knew very well that his own troops were limited. If one died, there would be one less, and they simply could not withstand the consumption.

"Everyone, act according to the plan." Following the order, everyone took their positions.

There were fifty people ambushing on each side of the hillside, one hundred and fifty people on the front battlefield, and fifty people were left with Alpha as reserves.

"Lord Alpha, the enemy is still ten kilometers away." Lina, Rowling, and Lilia were all sent out by Alpha to investigate, leaving only Fattam, Quinn, Bach and others around.

"Continue to explore." Alpha always felt that something was wrong. The enemy acted so openly, he must have his unknown purpose.

"Lord Alpha, we're already five kilometers away." Lilia hurried back.

"Lilya, go up the mountain and pass the message through the flags." The mountains and forests severely affected Lillia's vision, and she could only make up for it by climbing higher.

"Yes, my lord."

"Two kilometers left, Lord Alpha." Rowling also rushed back to report.

"Continue to explore, everyone hide." Following the order, everyone hid in the hiding place prepared in advance.

"Lord Alpha, we still have one kilometer to go, but I think there's something wrong with these bandits. They're dressed in rags, and there are old, weak, sick and disabled people among them." Lina came to report and expressed her observations.

Unfortunately, there was no time to investigate the situation, as the enemy had already entered the valley. After a cup of tea, the bandits finally entered the encirclement.

"Not a single scouting enemy?" Alpha frowned.

"Lord Alpha, the enemy has entered the ambush site. Should we take action?" Rowling hurried back, panting.

"Action." With the order, the hills on both sides suddenly roared, and countless rolling rocks and fallen trees swept down like ferocious beasts, which was terrifying.

However, the enemy's reaction was beyond everyone's expectations. Seeing the ambush, the bandits were thrown into disarray and fled in all directions, not knowing where to go.

"Kill." Alpha attacked decisively. He knew that if he continued to hide, the chaotic enemy would most likely attack from the front, and he and his men might not be able to resist.

"Charge!" One of the bandits took the lead in fighting back.

"Shoot." Alpha had a blank expression on his face, and countless arrows shot into the sky.

Facing these unequipped bandits, the officers and soldiers dealt with them as easily as cutting melons and vegetables. After leaving dozens of corpses behind, the enemy never dared to rush in this direction again.

"They are too weak! Lord Alpha." This was a completely one-sided massacre.

"Put down your weapons, put your hands on your head, surrender and you won't be killed." How could Alpha not know the key? He just couldn't give up the attack just because of doubt and put his subordinates in danger.

"Lina, order both sides to stop attacking." Looking at the fallen bandits, Alpha ordered to stop the attack.

"Rowling, bring someone alive." Alpha was a little confused. The strength of these bandits was not even as good as ordinary bandits.

"Lord Alpha, the enemy cavalry is also frantically killing the fleeing bandits." It seemed that the enemy was about to attack back.

"Lilia, lead the sniper team and shoot the cavalry for me." Alpha suspected that these bandits were just civilians who were being held hostage.

"Who are you? Why did you join a bandit organization?" Alpha shouted, pointing at an elderly man.

"Sir, we are not bandits. We are all villagers from nearby. They captured us and brought us up the mountain to help them do things. Now that they see that we have a lot of food, they gather us together and drive us away. We don't know anything else." The old man kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Lawlin, ask others."

The information that Alpha received was basically the same: these were hostages captured by bandits, and the purpose of sending them out this time was to consume the military strength of the officers and soldiers. At the same time, they hinted to the officers and soldiers that they still had a large number of hostages, so that the officers and soldiers did not dare to act rashly.

"Lord Alpha, what should we do? They are all innocent civilians." The kind-hearted Lina couldn't bear to do it.

"No, they are the bandits' servants. Take them all back to the barracks to claim your reward." Alpha was not ruthless. Once he admitted that they were ordinary people, he would no longer be able to suppress the bandits. The knights had to decide whether to be ruthless or not.

"Sir, please spare us, we are not bandits." The crowd wailed for mercy.

"I will spare your lives and let you go back for reform. After the war, the Grand Guild will forgive you." Alpha did not show any mercy. He could not be soft-hearted at this time, but he would not kill innocent people either.

"Why don't you thank the lord for not killing you?" Rowling shouted loudly. Rowling understood what Alpha meant, and the situation changed instantly.

"Thank you, sir, for not killing me. Thank you, sir, for not killing me." The old man kowtowed quickly to express his gratitude.

"You go and lead the others to surrender, and I promise not to kill you." Looking at the bandits fleeing in all directions, Alpha did not order a chase.

"Bach, Rowling, take your men to encircle the bandit knights and leave no one alive." Gripping the sword tightly in his hand, Alpha vented his anger towards the real enemy.

"Lina, do you think what I did was inappropriate? They were just forced into it and were not real bandits at all. We shouldn't kill them, let alone collect the bounty for it." Alpha looked at the pouting Lina and asked with a little confusion.

"No, Alpha did everything right." Although Lina said this, her pouting lips revealed her dissatisfaction.

"Lina, if I admit that they are ordinary people, then who did we kill just now? Should we knights be punished or rewarded? If the enemy uses the same method in the future, how should we respond?" Alpha's question left Lina speechless.

"We can distinguish between friend and foe." Lina was still too soft-hearted.

"How can we tell? This is a battlefield! If you don't kill them, they will kill you. As long as there is an enemy hiding here, we will lose several knights. When we all fall, do you think they can survive?" Alpha didn't think that the bandits would let go of the old, weak and sick. It would be easier to kill them directly than to let them go.

"But……"

"In troubled times, human life is worthless. Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself. If you feel you can't bear it, then go to the battlefield and kill a few more enemies." If Lina was not his woman, Alpha would never explain so much.

"Lina, Alpha is right. No matter they are civilians or bandits, as long as they stand against us, they are enemies. We can be kind to the surrendering enemies, but we must never be kind to the civilians who charge against us." After saying this, Will took the lead and rushed into the enemy camp.

"Fatham, what do you think?" Alpha asked.

"I will do whatever Alpha tells me to do." Fattam simply answered without thinking. For him, all he had to do was follow Alpha and leave the headaches to Alpha.

"Okay, follow me to the battlefield to kill the enemy." Alpha sighed. He also knew that reasoning would not work for a simple-minded man like Fattam, so just giving orders directly would be enough.

"Lina, you take care of the wounded." Alpha turned his head and looked at Lina. He knew that a kind person like Lina would be the best to be an angel, and would definitely do her best to protect everyone's life.

"Lord Alpha, no matter what you do, I will atone for your sins." Even if she disagrees with Alpha's behavior, Lina will not object. She will make amends and try her best to save these innocent people.

However, when a knight who was rescuing the wounded was injured by bandits hiding among them, Lina understood Alpha's intention.

Lina knew that she had to put aside all her mercy, try to kill the real bandits, and let the people in the rear handle the task of distinguishing between the enemy and us. Her mission was to kill more enemies, save more people who could not distinguish between the enemy and us, and send them to the rear.

"Bach, Lilia, Rowling, Quinn, chase the enemy for ten miles. The rest of you clean up the battlefield and send the prisoners to the rear fortress." After defeating the enemy, Alpha began to arrange the next tasks.

More than a thousand bandits, nearly 400 were killed or wounded, more than 400 were captured, and the remaining 100 disappeared in the vast forest. Alpha only wanted people to search within a five-kilometer radius and return immediately regardless of whether they found them or not. Alpha knew that if he continued to search, it would cost a lot of manpower and the loss would outweigh the gain.

"Lina, take people to send all the captives back." Alpha didn't want Lina to be stained with too much blood.

"No, I want to stay and accompany Lord Alpha to kill the enemy." Lina hasn't been so willful for a long time.

"Be obedient this time, send them back, and then accompany me to fight the enemy." Alpha muttered softly.

"No, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have questioned Lord Alpha. I need to make up for my mistake. I want to kill a few more bandits." Lina seemed to really realize her mistake.

"Not this time. If you don't obey my orders, I will lose face! Hurry up and obey." Alpha patted Lina's butt.

"Okay then! But next time I won't do reconnaissance or logistics. I want to be your personal soldier and I want to be with Alpha." Although Lina also started to lead the team, this distanced her from Alpha, which was not the result Lina wanted.

"Okay, if you bring the medical soldier out to me, I will let you be my personal soldier." Alpha started bargaining.

"Then you are not allowed to lie to me, Lord Alpha." Lina pouted and accepted Alpha's order.

"By the way, tell Liv and Alice that these people can't be trusted and send them out to repair the road." Alpha still felt that this group of bandits had other purposes, but he just didn't have time to track them down.

Now, the Fortress of Bilith has Alice's one hundred knights, Liv's one hundred knights, and one hundred militia organizations. There is no problem with defense. The most feared thing is that the fortress will be breached from the inside.

"Tell them that our forces in the city must be twice as large as all external forces. In case of rebellion, kill them all. If we are defeated, abandon the fortress." Alpha made the final instructions.

"Yes, Master Alpha," Lina accepted the order loudly.

……

After a simple and not fierce battle, the Alpha Front advanced several dozen kilometers and was only a dozen kilometers away from Mount Joyce.

In order to ensure the success of the operation, Alpha sent out a large number of spies to search the surrounding areas. At the same time, he ordered the spy sentinels to kill the surrounding bandits. If there were a few, they would be killed directly, and if there were more, they would gather the surrounding cavalry to suppress them together.

After three days of sweeping operations, the surrounding bandit sentries were basically eliminated, and even the connection between Joyce Mountain and Baft was cut off. Alpha did not take the initiative to attack, but only conducted reconnaissance on the two mountain strongholds.

"Lord Alpha, the Joyce Village is too abnormal. They have hollowed out the top of the mountain, making it impossible for us to detect what is going on inside." Lilia ran around for a day and couldn't find a place where she could see what was going on inside the village. Finally, she had to rely on Quinn's skills to sneak in, only to find that they had almost flattened the top of the mountain and hollowed out the belly of the mountain, so it was impossible to see what was going on inside from the outside.

"Lord Alpha, how do we deal with Joyce Village? There is simply no solution!" Faced with such a situation, everyone felt that it was impossible to break into the city.

"Lord Alpha, can you perform the magic you performed last time again?" Rowling knew that the magic that Alpha performed last time in the Bilith Fortress was all prepared by Rowling, and Alpha still owed her a promise that had not been fulfilled.

"It's a bit difficult. My magic needs to meet several conditions. A relatively closed environment can be met, but how to mix the materials evenly is a bit difficult." Alpha frowned.

"You can use a trebuchet." Will answered without hesitation.

"The enemy's fortress is too tall, at least one hundred and twenty meters high. All the tall trees on the mountain wall have been cut down. We have no chance to set up catapults on the mountainside." Alpha also observed the situation on the scene.

"So are we going to give up the attack?"

"If we can cover them up, it will be easier for us to operate."

"That's it. Separate them so they can't see what's going on outside."