I was a knight in the Middle Ages

"Lord Alpha, they are so unreasonable! It was clearly they who were unwilling to exchange hostages, but now they are turning against us and accusing us of violating the agreement." Fattam handed the leaflets brought back from the front line to Alpha, furious.

"I'm afraid the problem goes far beyond that." Rowling took the paper and read the contents. "They claimed that we only wanted virgins and were not interested in abused women, nor were we willing to exchange them with prisoners of war. They also said that our constant talk of equality of all beings was bullshit, and that we were actually grading human lives, taking the useful ones and discarding the useless ones."

After saying that, Rowling threw the paper aside and gasped angrily.

"Do you believe that all beings are equal?" Alpha looked around and after confirming that there was no one else around, he pulled Fattam and Rowling to sit beside the bed.

"What's so embarrassing about this?" Fattam sneered. "I have always believed that everyone is born equal, regardless of race, wealth, gender or other. Everyone has basic rights and dignity, which should not be despised."

"I agree," Rowling said. "No matter who you are, you should be treated equally. That's why I joined you, to fight for this goal."

Alpha nodded in agreement. "All beings are equal. This is the meaning of our existence. The law of the jungle is the law of the world, but it does not mean that we can use this as an excuse to plunder and bully others by any means necessary. Everyone is the masterpiece of the Creator and has unique value and meaning of existence."

"But that's not the case." Alpha looked at Fattam and Rowling, "We sound very reasonable, but we just don't want to face the darkness of reality."

"For example, bandits kidnapped hostages and demanded a ransom. We can use the hostages as bargaining chips or ransom. Different people will have different values. Ordinary people can be exchanged for one, knights can be exchanged for five, and if one has a higher status, it may be one for a hundred. People's values ​​vary accordingly. For the same thing, some people can get high returns, while others can only support themselves." Alpha deliberately guided.

"Lord Alpha, your analogy is inappropriate. What we are discussing is the meaning of human beings, not their value." Rowling suddenly reacted.

"They deliberately confuse concepts, equating human value with human significance, and misleading us into having ideological conflicts." Rowling suddenly realized.

"That's true. Equality of all beings is the meaning of our pursuit, but people's values ​​will change with different life paths, opportunities and abilities." Alpha analyzed rationally, "If we follow their logic and don't protest, then the next ones to go will be ordinary people, the elderly, women and children, and finally the bandits themselves." Alpha knew the other party's plan.

"Rowling, Fattam, call all the captains to the meeting." Alpha must convince these people, otherwise it will cause ideological conflicts and eventually the team will fall apart.

Soon, Bach, Will, Lilia, Monkey, Rowling, Lina, Fattam and others were in place.

"Everyone should have seen these flyers. What do you think?" Alpha came to break the silence.

"This makes no sense at all. They simply don't want to exchange hostages and they are slandering Lord Alpha. I'm going to kill them now." Bach was a rough man and looked like he was about to charge into battle.

"I believe that all people are created equal, regardless of whether they are rich or poor..." Alpha decided to bring up the topic first.

Everyone present has always strongly believed that all people are created equal. After all, no one present dared to directly refute the Holy Scripture of the Vatican.

"General Alpha, why are you so angry about the hostage exchange today?" Lina seemed confused by Alpha's behavior today. Now after seeing these leaflets, everything seemed clear to her.

"That's because all people are born equal, but their values ​​are different. No matter what their status is, everyone will die eventually, and this is equality. But the living are inexplicably divided into different levels, and this is inequality..."

"That is to say, they are all lives. A knight can risk his life for a general or even a king, but a general cannot lead the troops. Do you think this is reasonable? Are the lives of a hundred knights less valuable than the life of a general? Even compared to bandits, the lives of knights and generals are more important?" Alpha's question left no one able to refute.

"When we bargain for the exchange of hostages, doesn't that mean that human lives are being sold as easily as goods?" Lina still didn't understand.

"It's not up to us to say. People are not high or low, but they have different values. We must rescue all the hostages, and we can redeem them with money. However, how much each person is worth and how many people can be exchanged are very different." Alpha concluded.

"All men are created equal, so we should exchange one life for one life, not one life for five lives." Alpha knew that Lina was an emotional girl, and he said this without blaming her.

"I'm afraid the other party won't agree!" Will understood a little. The ones who don't take equality seriously should be the bandits, right?

"Yes, now where does the other party have the decision-making power? We can only choose whether to exchange or not. If we exchange, it must be based on human value." Alpha concluded.

"Yes, that's right. After an exchange, we shouldn't pursue the meaning of the person, but exchange them based on their value." Lilia figured it out.

"Any exchange of unequal value is a blasphemy against equality in life." Alpha said this sarcastically, but everyone understood it.

"Lina, have you ever been captured? Have you ever been a hostage? After we are captured, they don't treat us as human beings at all. We are just commodities, objects." Rowling stood up. There were many captives who fell into the hands of bandits in the past, such as Lilia and others.

"We want freedom, we hope to be rescued as soon as possible, even if it means a trade, we are willing to do so." Rowling shuddered as she recalled those dark days, unwilling to recall them again.

"But..." Lina didn't know how to refute.

"We should not confuse the meaning of life with the value of human beings. Living people are valuable, so ransom is not the same as human life. We must look at the problem rationally at this time. We will try our best to rescue all hostages, and we can also pay money to redeem them, but the value of human life is different, and the ransom should not be the same." Alpha made a final conclusion.

"I understand, Alpha, this is all their conspiracy, to make us contradict ourselves and let us collapse from within." In fact, Will still had only a vague understanding, but he knew that Alpha would not give up on anyone, so he could leave the rest to Alpha.

"Let's all go back!" Most people were actually indifferent to this incident. After all, in this world, protecting oneself was more important than anything else.

"Lord Alpha, I support you no matter what decision you make. I'll go see Lina now." Fattam looked at the distraught Lina and couldn't help but step forward to comfort her.

"You should comfort Lina. This girl likes to dwell on trivial matters." Alpha knew that if Lina couldn't figure it out, then she would have to stay where she was and be his housekeeper.

"Lord Alpha, we support you too." Rowling, Lily and Monkey all chose to stay. They all knew that only Alpha could give them the future they wanted.

"Well, remember, staying alive is more important than anything else. I'm afraid they won't continue to exchange prisoners in the short term." Alpha knew that what would follow would probably be a relatively peaceful period.

"Go back and practice! If you can't keep up with my pace, I will leave you all here and make you landlords." Alpha is now reaping a lot of rewards. After participating in several bandit operations, Alpha has also obtained a lot of spoils, enough to buy a piece of land to settle them.

"No, we want to create brilliance together with Lord Alpha." The monkey was the first to express his opinion and also the first to run away.

"Lilia, Lord Alpha is left to you." Rowling pushed Lilia into Alpha's arms.

"Lord Alpha, I'm going back to rest." Lilia bumped into Alpha's arms and struggled to get up.

"Don't go back at night." Alpha said suddenly.

"Yes." Lilia agreed for some unknown reason.

……

"Lord Alpha, plague is rampant in Joyce Village, and a large number of villagers have fallen. Now the people in the village are in panic and can't live forever." The monkey discovered the situation and immediately came down to report.

Alpha nodded: "I understand."

During this period, the monkey went to the village to investigate every other day and had a clear understanding of the situation in the village.

"People in the village fell down one after another, with similar symptoms, and their fighting power was almost gone...

However, I would like to remind you not to eat anything or drink raw water." Alpha looked serious and told the monkey the whole story. The water and food in the village had been contaminated, and the culprit was the poison that the monkey had put in a week ago.

"Recently, every time I enter the village, I am fully armed, and when I come out I have to burn my clothes at the foot of the mountain to prevent infection." The monkey was very fearful and did not want to have too much contact with the people in the village.

"How is the training of your special forces team going?" Alpha looked at the monkey. The members of the special forces team were all veterans. Alpha only needed to provide relevant training plans and let the monkey make targeted arrangements.

These veterans were all Lina's melee rapid-fire knights, and Lina's kindness was not suitable for continuing to kill. In order to appease Lina's temper, Alpha mobilized 50 people from the militia to form a medical team and successfully liberated all the knights. At the same time, Alpha purified the fruit wine to produce a small amount of alcohol to support Lina's medical career.

"We can take action at any time." The monkeys rubbed shoulders with each other and vowed.

"Okay, we'll start the action at ten o'clock tonight. You will be responsible for opening the outer door and creating chaos." Alpha thought for a moment and gave a decisive order. A month has passed and they need to end the battle as soon as possible.

"Yes." The monkey left quickly after receiving the order.

Alpha also needed to start preparing. He looked at Lilia and said, "Go gather everyone for a meeting."

"Yes." Lilia did not dare to neglect it. Even though her relationship with Alpha had taken a step further, she would still maintain the demeanor of a lady and would not make any intimate moves while Alpha was working.

……

"Lord Alpha, you said there will be an action tonight, right?" Bach couldn't hold back when he heard the news.

Alpha gave the order: "I will arrange the operation now. Fattam and Rowling will be responsible for confusing the enemy's main camp and confusing the enemy. We can't let them act rashly."

"Understood." Rowling was good at creating illusions, and it was no problem for him to use 150 cavalrymen to create a battle scale of 800 people. Rowling's troops numbered 50, and Fattam's troops numbered 100.

Alpha continued to make arrangements: "Lilia is responsible for observing the enemy's military deployment and contacting the Robin Hood Division to cooperate with our actions."

"Yes, sir." Lilia now has several roles: Alpha's personal secretary, herald, and captain of the sniper team.

"Bach and Will's troops, wait until the gate of the stronghold is opened. Bach's troops will immediately charge in, and Will's troops will target the high platform." Alpha said.

"Understood." Will was nominally the supreme commander, but when faced with major events he still chose to obey Alpha's command.

"Lina, the medical squadron prepares materials and tries its best to treat the wounded."

"Yes, sir." Although she was afraid, Lina still did her best to carry out Alpha's orders.

"This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the village, a masterpiece of monkeys. The entire Joyce Village is a tube-shaped building with a hollow middle and countless rooms and passages surrounding it connected to each other. You two stay and study it carefully." Will and Bach stayed in the conference room and began to study how to distribute the attack.

Alpha called Lina and brought her into the tent.

"Lord Alpha, is there anything that can't be said outside?" Lina stood outside the tent, unwilling to go in.

Alpha picked up Lina and closed the door: "Are you still angry?"

"How can I be angry, Lord Alpha?" Lina pouted, breathing heavily, and did not respond to Alpha's kiss.

"Then you're still angry." Alpha pressed Lina under him and disarmed the two of them in no time.

"Lord Alpha, this is not a good time! It's broad daylight." Lina shyly hid in the quilt and dared not show her head.

"Still angry."

"No."

"Master Alpha, don't be like this. I'm not angry anymore, really."

……

As night falls, the bright moon shines brightly in the dark sky, and the earth seems to be asleep, but it is not peaceful.

"Truss, I feel something is wrong. Why are they so quiet? They usually disturb us and prevent us from sleeping." Bahom ran to the top of the city wall as usual. Facing these female knights, three of them had already surrendered to him, and the rest were still in a trance. I'm afraid it won't be long before they completely surrender.

"Well, something big will definitely happen tonight. Tell the brothers not to sleep too deeply." Truss also sensed some unusual aura.

"Have you made up your mind? Follow me and enjoy the delicious food and drinks. I will let you know the benefits of being a woman." Bahom said comfortably while enjoying the special service of the female knight.

"Get out! I won't submit to a fat pig like you." Tasli looked haggard, and it was obvious that she had been tortured to the limit.

"What about you? Isn't it good to follow me and enjoy the good life?" Bahom looked at the woman Aino behind Tasli. These two women were the ones Bahom cared about the most.

Unfortunately, there was no response from the other party. Ino's eyes were blurred, his body was shaking from time to time, and he had a high fever. Perhaps he could only hold on for two or three days.

"I'll come again tomorrow, hahaha." Bahom knew that this woman could only hold on for three days at most before completely succumbing to him.

Aino suddenly woke up, with endless regret in his eyes. "Tasri, am I going to die? Is it a mistake for us to leave Alpha?"

Tasli's face was pale, but her eyes were still firm. "Don't talk nonsense. We are pursuing freedom. We are not wrong."

"The price of freedom is too high." Ino already regretted it. "If I could do it again, I would not want to leave Master Alpha."

"I can't do it anymore. I feel so bad." Ino's body was emitting a sick red color, and his body temperature was abnormal. "I might succumb, or I might die soon."

Tasli hugged Aino tightly and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Believe in God. Believe that someone will come to save us."