I was a knight in the Middle Ages

“Now I’ll give you two choices.

First, I will arrange to send you to the county town, where someone will identify your identities. Innocent people will be released, while the thieves will be punished.

The second is to stay and assist us in our work. No matter you are civilians or bandits, as long as you obey my management, I will guarantee your food and clothing and give you the best treatment.

Afterwards, you will all be released as civilians, and you can choose to return to your hometown or start a new life on the land I arrange for you." Alpha's speech moved most of the people, and even a few of the bandits were somewhat tempted.

"Sir, what should we do if we cannot confirm our identities after we return?" Because in this era, not everyone has a household registration identity, and most people cannot distinguish clearly.

"Then I can only apologize. I'm afraid you will be assigned to forced labor." Alpha is not a god and it is impossible for him to understand people's hearts.

"If we choose to stay, can you guarantee to give us normal treatment, such as tents and meals?" someone asked again.

"Don't worry about food. As long as you work hard, you will be provided with enough food. If you work well, you will even get meat. Of course, if you try to cheat, I will send you directly to the county town in the rear.

As for tents, we are the military and we don't have enough tents ourselves, but I can guarantee that as long as we have them, we will provide them to you. As long as you settle down and work hard, I will arrange everything for you. "Alpha answered loudly.

"Then sir, what kind of work will you assign to us? Do you need us to fight on the battlefield?" After all, this is a matter of life and death.

"Don't worry about the work. You just need to cut down trees and build roads all the way to the county town in the rear. This time, the Grand Duke plans to completely solve the bandit problem here. This place will become a safe home in the future..." Alpha is drawing a safe and beautiful blueprint for people.

"Okay, we're willing to stay." Instantly half of the people expressed their willingness to sign up and stay.

"Those who are willing to stay can go to the left to register." Alpha handed the matter over to the monkey.

"Lord Alpha, we also want to stay and help with the work. Just give us food." These people are all civilians who have experienced persecution by bandits. If they go back now, they will just wait for death. It is better for them to stay here and have hope.

"Yes, I warmly welcome all the people who are willing to stay." Alpha was of course happy to accept all this.

"Lord Alpha, we want to join the army. Can you accept us?" someone suddenly shouted.

"This is a bit difficult. The army may face death." Alpha looked a little embarrassed.

"We are not afraid of danger, we just need to drive the bandits out." These people have lost their families to the bandits, and they are eager to seek revenge on the bandits.

"You can sign up and receive our training. As long as you pass our test, I will give you a chance." Alpha was secretly happy.

"Master Alpha, how do I sign up? I'll sign up now."

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I will have someone arrange things and give you a chance, but you must also be mentally prepared. Joining the army is hard work. I bring you to the battlefield and I will bring you down safely." This Alpha is not a fraud, and he will not disregard the lives of these people.

The next morning, Alpha began to arrange for the arrangements of those who stayed and the training of the new recruits, and simultaneously promoted the resettlement work. The military camp was pushed back three kilometers and was slightly safer and more reliable after the rearrangement.

Alpha handed the remaining people over to a few capable subordinates to lead, and began to build city walls and arrow towers. Of course, these were simple wooden structures that could only be temporarily placed and defended. However, even for simple defensive positions, Alpha spent two days researching the city defense structure, which was also combined with the temporary city defense structure of later generations. However, now the manpower is limited, and only part of the city wall can be built for the time being.

In addition, Alpha also had to arrange the training of these new soldiers, and did not have much time to manage the road construction. Alpha recruited 400 new soldiers and planned to train 100 cavalry, 100 infantry and 200 militia.

Alpha planned to hand over the training of the militia to Lina, who would also be responsible for managing the people. Lina's two hundred militiamen and thirty cavalrymen were enough to manage the five hundred people.

The cavalry training is led by Will and Bach. Bach is now considered a loyal supporter of Alpha. With his bravery in combat, Bach was officially promoted to centurion.

Now, Snell and Afari were also promoted to centurions. Almost all the old men who survived were promoted.

"Monkey, if I provide you with personnel, can you train them to be like you, that is, to be good at special operations such as climbing, raiding, water combat, disguise, etc.?" Alpha wanted to form a special team.

"This is a little difficult, but not impossible. I can try my best." The monkey had no selfish motives, he was just afraid that he could not teach it.

"It's okay, take your time. If you need anyone or any equipment, just tell me and I'll find it for you." Alpha knew that some things required talent. Special operations in another world was the template Alpha needed, but Alpha had only watched a few movies and didn't know anything about practical operations. Alpha was going to write down an operation manual and give it to Monkey and Lina, and train these people according to the recruit training manual.

"Yes, Lord Alpha, I will definitely not let you down." As soon as the monkey went out, Rowling ran in.

"Rowling, what's going on?" Alpha had just picked up the feather pen and was about to write down the training plan when Rowling approached him.

"Lord Alpha, have you forgotten something?" Rowling leaned over Alpha's desk, staring at Alpha. Alpha moved back a little, and Rowling followed him forward, very aggressively.

"What's the matter?" Looking at Rowling's proud figure, Alpha's throat felt dry.

"You promised me that day at the table with Lina!" Rowling reminded with a blushing face.

"It's broad daylight now, let's talk about it at night." Alpha is very busy now and has no time to think about matters between men and women.

"Tsk, didn't you do it during the day last time?" Rowling's face was almost touching Alpha's face.

"Then come here!" Alpha hugged Rowling and carried her to the table. Just as he was about to do it, there was a noise outside, and Alpha quickly stuffed Rowling under the table.

"Lord Alpha, the Husky from last time is here again!" This was Lilia's voice.

"Husky?" Alpha didn't respond.

"It's Alaska who negotiated with us last time! Didn't you say Alaska is a dog?" Lilia reminded.

"Ah!" Alpha suddenly woke up and almost screamed. It turned out that Rowling was unbuttoning his pants under the table.

"What did Arras say?" Alpha tried to remain calm.

"He said our negotiations can continue." Lilia looked at Alpha's flushed face and couldn't help but move closer.

"Is Lord Alpha sick?" Lilia asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, Lilia, we can consider exchanging prisoners, but it must be done at the same time." Alpha didn't have much objection.

"You take charge of this matter." Alpha looked at Lilia who was gradually approaching and couldn't help but kiss her on the cheek.

"Lord Alpha, how could you do this? I'm angry!" Lilia pouted and ran out angrily, but with a shy smile on her face.

"Lord Alpha, you should have pushed that girl down. She would definitely not resist." Rowling crawled to the side of Alpha who was lying on the chair, and kept fiddling with her with her little hands.

"The little girl is quite skilled." Alpha panted and enjoyed Rowling's service.

"This is what I saw them doing there, and I did it only for you," Rowling deliberately emphasized.

"You can continue." Alpha pressed Rowling's head down again.

"Lord Alpha, I just saw Lilia running out happily. What did you do to her?" Fattam looked at Alpha lying on the table with confusion.

"You weren't doing that to Lilia, were you, Master Alpha?"

"Fatham, how long do you think it will take me to do 'that'?" Alpha lifted the little girl's chin and gave her a big kiss.

"True, but why is she so happy?" Fattam didn't believe that Alpha could do anything to Lilia in just a few minutes.

"Why don't you ask Lilia and find out?"

"Yes, I'll go ask her right now." Fattam left the room as quickly as if he was running for his life.

"Little devil, lie down quietly." Alpha pressed Rowling hard on the table.

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"Are you satisfied now? Come with me to the front and take a look, Rowling." Alpha straightened his clothes and slapped Rowling hard on the butt.

"Hmph, you're still ungrateful after getting the advantage." Rowling's eyes were blurry. She was instantly awakened by the slap. She couldn't help but glare at Alpha.

"What's the situation now?" Alpha looked at Fatam and asked. Alpha's cavalry were basically stationed between the two mountain strongholds to prevent sudden attacks from these bandits.

"Lord Alpha, we are exchanging hostages now. Since the ratio is 1:5, we will send three horses first and then exchange people after we see the hostages." Fattam introduced. Because this is not a one-time transaction, even if the other party does not give, the loss is not big.

"Lord Fattam, we just experienced a great battle yesterday and captured so many people. Why should we agree to exchange hostages with them? What's more, none of our knights were captured by them?" Fattam's face was full of anger.

After all, one second they talked about exchanging hostages, and I thought there would be peace for a while, but the next second the fighting started fiercely, and then they acted as if nothing had happened. This made Fattam unable to adapt at all.

"This world is dark but also rational. If you cannot look at this world rationally, you will find that this world is very unfair." Looking at Fattam's confused expression, Alpha knew that he could not reason with them.

"A transaction is a transaction. Don't mix personal feelings into it. A transaction is about maximizing benefits. Even if I become a hostage one day, I am also a commodity. Commodities have value and cannot be swayed by emotions." Alpha used himself as an analogy.

"If Lord Alpha is captured, I will rescue you no matter what the cost." Fattam's face was firm and his attitude was decisive.

"No. Even if you are anxious inside, you must remain calm on the surface. You cannot let your opponent detect your attitude, otherwise you will be restrained by the other party and it is very likely that you will give up everything but get nothing in return. Remember, a transaction is a transaction. What we seek is to maximize benefits. Don't be swayed by emotions." Alpha looked at the woman who landed with an expression as calm as water.

"Lord Alpha, do you think this woman is a knight?" Lilia saw the naked woman and ran over to ask. When she saw Alpha, her face flushed, and it was obvious that she was still frightened by what happened during the day.

"Give her a piece of clothing, and Rowling will exchange them for two seriously injured prisoners." Alpha frowned, obviously not satisfied with the outcome of the transaction.

The woman in front of him had dull eyes and an expressionless face. She had obviously suffered inhuman torture. Even if she recovered in the end, she would probably be left with a serious psychological trauma. Alpha needed knights who did not surrender, at least mentally. He did not care about physical torture.

"But Lord Alpha, what they need is an intact knight." Fattam was a little confused.

"It doesn't matter. Rowling, catch two survivors and give them to them." Alpha was dissatisfied with the transaction result.

"I understand. I'll do it right away." Rowling knew clearly that Alpha was expressing dissatisfaction, but this dissatisfaction could not be made public. After all, they were both prisoners of war and hostages. Even if they were dissatisfied, once they spoke out, the other party would probably make a fuss about human rights issues and cause them to fall into internal strife.

"Fattam, escort the wounded to the rear and hand them over to Lina for treatment." Alpha gave instructions. There was one more wounded soldier instead of the main force, which made Alpha unhappy and had nowhere to vent.

"Damn it! They went back on their word and sent us two dead people!" Bahom was furious. For the bandits, serious injuries were tantamount to death.

"Throw these two down!" Bahom angrily threw the two patients down to vent his dissatisfaction.

There were two dull thumps, and the hostage's body was revealed, shocking everyone.

"Lord Alpha, they have hung the cage outside the city wall." Lilia reported urgently. This was a blatant provocation from the enemy.

"Rowling, bring ten prisoners here." Alpha remained calm. Since they could do it on the first day, Alpha would not wait until the fifteenth.

"Throw it down." Bahom gave an order, and the bandits immediately took action to untie the rope tied to the cage.

"Cut off five heads for me." Looking at the rapidly falling iron cage, Alpha gave the order decisively, but then drew out his sword and did it himself.

However, after falling several dozen meters, the iron cage was caught by the iron chain, and instantly made a terrifying hoarse sound, as if the iron chain could be broken at any time. But Alpha raised his knife and fell without any hesitation. Looking at the falling head, Alpha did not show any regret.

"Rowling, watch out, this is it, if they dare to threaten us, kill them." Alpha needed to show a strong attitude so that the other party would not dare to act rashly.

"Yes, I will ensure that the mission is completed." Rowling hated these bandits to the core, so she couldn't miss the chance now.

"Bastards, I'm going to kill them." Bahom just wanted to express his attitude, but he didn't expect that the other party would slaughter his knights in front of him. This was really intolerable.

"Throw ten cages down to me." This time Bahom was really ready to take action.

"Wait, the other party won't accept the threat. If you throw ten down, he will kill a hundred hostages. It's meaningless." Truss stopped Bahom's impulsive behavior in time.

"Are we just going to swallow our anger? I can't stand it." Bahom had never been humiliated like this before.

"The more domineering the other party behaves, the more guilty they feel. I have found a way to deal with them. Prepare some paper for me. I want the coalition forces to collapse, or they will listen to my arrangements." Truss began to think of some weird ideas.