I was a knight in the Middle Ages

"It's settled. We will announce to the public that Lord Alpha has been found. I will arrange for people to carry Alpha back later, and then have him recuperate in the rear, and no one is allowed to approach. At the same time, the excavation work will be moved to private and carried out at night to avoid arousing the enemy's suspicion again. At the same time, patrols and surveillance of the stronghold will be strengthened to not let these bandits take advantage of the opportunity." Alpha was missing, and Will could only stand in front again to make the final summary.

"Now everyone go back and have a rest! Later Rowling will arrange for someone to impersonate Lord Alpha to stabilize the morale of the army. After that, Lord Alpha's safety will be entirely handed over to Rowling." Rowling was the one who received Alpha's true teachings on the spot, so Will could only leave these matters to Rowling.

"Okay, leave this to me." Rowling knew that this matter might not be simple, but there were so many people around, so Rowling was embarrassed to ask any more questions.

By the time everyone rescued Alpha, it was already dawn. Seeing Alpha return safely, everyone's hearts were filled with hope.

"Ah, Rowling, why are you here?" Rowling, who suddenly stepped into the room, was suddenly covered by the mouth from behind. Lilia wanted to fight back, but she relaxed when she saw that it was Rowling behind her.

"Tell me, have you seen Lord Alpha? Is Lord Alpha okay?" Rowling asked directly.

"Ah! Lord Alpha has not been found, so everything must be fine." Lilia kept staring at the roof, not daring to look at Rowling for fear of exposing her flaws.

"Look, Lord Alpha is hiding under the bed with his feet exposed." Rowling suddenly pointed at Lilia's bed.

"Ah, how is that possible? Alpha went out a long time ago." Lilia knew she was deceived and could only confess the truth.

"How did you find out?" Lilia was very curious.

"Lilia, you looked for Will in private, and then Will lied about finding Lord Alpha in the name of boosting morale, while secretly continuing to look for Alpha. This is not the style of both of you. The purpose behind this is probably not simple. I guess this should be Lord Alpha's plan." When Rowling heard this plan, she felt that it seemed to be from Alpha's hand, and she became suspicious.

"You are really smart." A guard walked in and slapped Rowling on the butt.

"Lilia, Rowling, go and secretly call Monkey and Captain Will, and we will discuss the next task arrangements." Alpha's faked death was definitely not simple, and there must be a deeper conspiracy behind it. Of course, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

"Alpha, you're really okay. I thought Lilia was lying to me." Will saw Alpha, who was intact, and rushed over excitedly.

"It's okay. I faked my death to confuse the enemy. Otherwise, how could they let down their guard and fight us?" Alpha explained in a low voice.

Will noticed something was wrong with Alpha's voice, "Alpha, what's wrong with your throat?"

"It's a blessing that I wasn't burned to death after being smoked by the raging fire." Alpha was still a little frightened.

It turned out that in the final stage of his escape, Alpha deliberately moved the shield aside and hid himself in the mud next to it. At the same time, he used a three-meter-long spear to push the shield to the corner to attract all attacks from above. However, the three-meter distance was just within the enemy's attack range. Although he was not hit directly, he was almost deformed by the flames. It was not until the thick smoke rose and completely blocked his vision that Alpha took advantage of the chaos to escape.

"It's good that everything is alright now." Alpha comforted everyone.

"Next, announce to the public that I have been rescued, but my injuries are serious and I am recuperating. No one is allowed to approach." Alpha's throat was a little sore, so he could only briefly explain the task to the person in front of him.

"Alpha, why don't you just tell everyone that you're back?" Will was a little puzzled.

"If we report safety right away, the battle line will only return to its previous state. Now it seems that we must let the enemy take the initiative to attack, so that they will make mistakes and let us seize the opportunity. Time is not on our side now." Alpha received the letter from Rowling and knew about the difficulties of Grand Duke Houston.

The anti-bandit operation has been going on for more than a month, and the financial pressure in the rear is getting greater and greater. If the battle cannot be resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that it can only last for two months at most. Moreover, the anti-bandit time was set at three months, but in fact, only one month is needed to eliminate the bandits. The remaining time is used for post-war maintenance work, and the prevention costs are not large. But now that a month has passed, the anti-bandit operation has become more and more difficult, and the cost is naturally increasing.

"Why don't you announce to the public that you are missing or killed?" Will asked repeatedly.

"Saying this will be a big blow to our morale, and the other side may not believe it. So we have to create an illusion that we can believe, and let the other side find evidence that I have not been found. Only then can they believe that I am really dead." Alpha knew very well that Captain Truss was also a master of strategy. If it was just Bahom, Alpha would have taken Will's suggestion to directly reveal life and death.

"Okay! What do you need us to do next?" Will roughly understood what Alpha meant. He actually still didn't fully understand it, but it was good enough to know that what Alpha did was meaningful.

"The excavation work should be carried out in private and cannot be stopped for a moment. At the same time, all cavalry camps should be kept away from the enemy camps, and the illusion of preventing the enemy's sneak attack should be prepared. Rowling's troops should go from the open to the dark and hide in the dense forest. Once the enemy leaves the city, you should ignore the enemy who leaves the city. Your goal is to block the enemy's retreat." Alpha quickly arranged the tasks. In fact, today is the best opportunity, but unfortunately there is no cavalry to block it, so they can only watch the enemy escape.

"Okay, then I will sneak into the dense forest and wait for the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the enemy." Rowling knew her mission, and all that was left was to figure out how to complete it.

"Will, go and arrange for three hundred real knights to be prepared for Rowling. This time they must be real cavalry. Tasli will also stay with Rowling as the main combat force." Rowling's ability to attack is insufficient, and Tasli just makes up for this shortcoming.

"Okay, I'll arrange this. But if so, my central army will be too weak." Will had no problem with it, but there were also difficulties. Although there were still 500 people in the central army, nearly 300 of them were new recruits.

"That's okay, I'll stay here." Alpha prepared to use a strategy to make up for the shortcoming.

"I feel relieved with Alpha here." Thinking back to the time when Alpha fought against a large force with only two hundred of his own men, he was able to make the enemy run around in circles. Now that he has five hundred men, wouldn't it be easy to deal with the enemy?

"Remember, this time it's a real fight, you must protect your life." Alpha knew that the two sides were evenly matched and there was no room for carelessness.

"Don't worry, Alpha. We have all been through wind and rain. If we were afraid of death, we wouldn't be knights." Will spoke first.

"Don't talk about death lightly. We won't go home until we are drunk after the suppression of the bandits is over." Alpha was also afraid of death. He was afraid that he would die and not be able to enjoy the fruits of victory. He was also afraid of the death of his companions.

"Yes, after the bandit suppression is over, we won't go home until we are drunk." Will absolutely supported it.

"Captain Will, your current task is to intensify the training of your new recruits, otherwise they will be of no use when the time comes." Alpha would never let the new recruits just go through the motions.

"Don't worry about that. I promise I can train better than you." Everyone knows that Alpha is lazy and he doesn't do it often. Now the training has been handed over to Tasli.

"Lord Alpha, do you suspect there is a traitor among us?" Suddenly, Rowling asked the question that had been stuck in her heart.

"Yes, there must be a traitor among us." Alpha answered directly. After all, the people in front of him were people whom Alpha absolutely trusted.

"How is that possible? If anyone is a traitor, I will kill them with one knife." Will was angry.

"There are so many people outside and it's hard to tell the good from the bad. Among the hostages there are both local people and surrendered bandits. It would be bad if there were spies mixed in and made everyone panic. But looking at it from another angle, we can also turn the tables and use them to pass on false information." Alpha is ready to use the opponent's strength against him, and those who pretend to surrender can also be used by me.

Alpha looked at everyone and said, "It's okay. Don't come over here in the future. Just contact Lilia if you have any problems." Alpha needed to pretend that he didn't exist and planned to hide himself completely.

"I understand. I'll go back now." Will felt relieved knowing that Alpha was still alive. Nothing else mattered.

"Monkey, you stay." Alpha left the monkey alone.

"Lilya, this is your room. What will it look like if you go out?" Seeing that Lilya and Rowling were about to go out, Alpha grabbed Lilya.

"Monkey, let me see your body." Alpha found that the monkey's voice was very weak and he walked with a limp, so he might be seriously injured.

"I'm fine, Master Alpha." The monkey didn't want to make Alpha worry.

"Sit down, what secret do you have that you don't want me to know?" The monkey has a neutral face, a female figure, but a male body. He must have his secrets, but Alpha is not going to delve into them.

"Lord Alpha, I have no secrets," the monkey quickly explained.

"Then sit down." Although Alpha didn't know any medical skills, he had a strong sense of Qi. Through the conduction of Qi, Alpha knew that there was blood stasis in the monkey's chest.

"Monkey, have you ever fallen from a high place?" Alpha guessed.

"I was in a hurry this morning and fell down accidentally. Lord Alpha, I'm fine." The monkey explained hurriedly.

"You say you're okay, but if I don't treat you, you'll die soon." Alpha slapped the monkey on the back, and the monkey lunged forward, spurting out a mouthful of black blood.

"Hey, I'm much better." The monkey suddenly felt relaxed physically and mentally.

"If you don't take good care of your injury, do you really want to become a cripple? I'll restrict you from running around for a week." Alpha lifted up the monkey's trouser leg, and the swollen leg looked like a bloated balloon.

"Master Alpha, if you don't let me move, it will almost kill me." Monkeys are active by nature, otherwise they would not be called "monkeys."

"You can do whatever you want after your leg injury recovers. I won't care about you climbing walls and climbing roofs, but you have to rest now. But you can't do nothing during this period. I will assign you some tasks, such as making some climbing spikes and preparing safety ropes to ensure your safety." Although the monkey is extremely talented and can do everything from climbing rocks to climbing walls, others do not have such ability.

"I can't do it!" The monkey looked at Alpha with embarrassment.

"This is the blueprint. Climbing spikes and flying claws are necessary equipment. You must bring them with you when you go out on missions in the future." Alpha slightly modified the climbing spikes of later generations. After all, according to the technological level of this world, it is impossible to make threads by hand.

"Once the nails made according to this blueprint are hammered into the mountain, it will be difficult to remove them. Lord Alpha is so awesome!" The monkey is very talented, but he has not had many opportunities to come into contact with this kind of things before. Now that he sees Alpha's blueprint, he instantly understands the principle behind it.

"By the way, aren't you good at disguise? Put some makeup on me and change my appearance so that it will be easier for me to go in and out." Alpha needed a brand new face to make it easier for him to act.

"I can put makeup on you or make a mask for you. Which one do you want, Lord Alpha?" The monkey gave Alpha options.

"How long will it take to make the mask?" Alpha felt that the mask would be more convenient.

"Master Alpha, do you have any requirements? For example, a handsome face?"

"No, give me the most ordinary face, the kind of ordinary mask that will never be recognized in a crowd." Alpha just wanted to hide his identity and didn't want to attract too much attention.

"Then I can give it to you tomorrow, Lord Alpha." If there are no special requirements, it will be made quickly.

"Okay, by the way, you are practicing Eastern martial arts, right? Can you cultivate fighting spirit?" Alpha wanted to do an experiment about Eastern and Western martial arts.

"Master Alpha, I practice an oriental martial art, which cannot cultivate fighting spirit." The monkey had tried before, but had never succeeded.

"Well, this is the 'Sun Sutra', a classic Taoist practice. You can try it when you go back later. If you can, you can copy a copy and practice it yourself." Alpha now knows that it is impossible to practice both Eastern and Western practices at the same time.

"Thank you, Lord Alpha. I will definitely not let you down." The monkey was very excited. The martial arts he practiced was only an incomplete version, but he did not expect that Alpha would give him a precious secret book.

"Go back and copy them first. If you don't understand something, ask me later." Alpha knew that these secret books would eventually have to be returned to the master.

"Master Alpha, this morning I found a secret path that leads directly to the mountain. I can climb up and there is no one guarding it." The monkey said about the secret passage.

"Can I climb up?" Alpha asked with some interest.

"It seems not possible." The monkey was already speaking politely enough.

"Then use my rock nails to create a path to climb up. There's no rush, take your time." If Alpha hadn't stopped him, this guy would probably have gone climbing right now.

"Lilia, keep an eye on the monkey. Don't let him run around until his leg is healed."

"Lord Alpha, please take a rest. I'll go out first." After the monkey went out, Lilia was also preparing to leave.

"Lilia, this is your room, where are you going?" Alpha suddenly attacked and hugged Lilia tightly in his arms.

"Lord Alpha, it's daytime now." Feeling Alpha's enthusiasm, Lilia's pretty face turned red with embarrassment.

"You haven't slept for two days. Take a good rest during the day." After saying that, Alpha carried Lilia to the bedside.

"But your body..." Lilia asked with a worried look on her face.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."