THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 74: GOLD-LEVEL GENERAL
Knights were a well-known elite force, most of them infantrymen wearing heavy armor, but there were some knight cavalry troops as well.
Knight troops were indeed notoriously strong, let alone the support of heavy armor that strengthened the defenses on their bodies. It could be said that knights were more like heavy infantry which was very inversely proportional to the Mongol Cavalry because they were light cavalry.
Knights had strong strength and defense, even if they worked together to form a formation then the knight army could turn into a walking fortress, but they have a pretty fatal weakness if they do not move carefully - their slow movements.
Each knight army must wear heavy armor, this certainly makes them have to move while carrying heavy loads that result in their movements being slow.
Therefore, the knight army might have to suffer losses if it did not fight the light cavalry troops that could move quickly carefully.
However there was a frightening part of the knights that cavalry like the Mongol Cavalry could not do, the knight troops were extremely skilled at guarding the fort.
As long as it was led by the right person, Myro was convinced that there was no problem for the knight army to guard a fortress with 1000 troops to counter the attack of 10,000 troops.
Even compared to the elite troops guarding Trock Fortress before, then the army was still far from the knights.
But that does not mean that knights are not suitable for fighting directly, as long as a leader gives the right strategy then the knight army can become a sharp sword on the battlefield.
When Myro was still busy thinking about the prowess of this knight army, someone among the 1000 knight troops stepped forward to Myro.
The man removed the iron helmet protecting his head to show that he was a young man about 20 years old, the man had short silver hair and a handsome face that could make many women fall just by looking at him once.
Unconcerned about Myro's response, the man knelt in front of Myro along with the 1000 knights behind him "Master, Aclan along with the 1000 knights gave his loyalty to the master, we hope you don't mind accepting our swords and loyalty".
After that Aclan removed the sword at his waist and gave the sword to Myro.
At first Myro was confused by Aclan's intention to give the sword to him, but seeing Aclan kneeling and bowing his head as if waiting for Myro's action, Myro immediately understood.
He drew the sword and placed it on Aclan's right and left shoulders "Knight of Aclan, hereby I give you this sword as proof of your loyalty to me!".
Myro kept the sword back to its cover before giving the sword to Aclan again, even though this sword from the beginning was the sword of Aclan, but as proof of the loyalty of a knight then they should get a sword from Myro.
As Aclan stood back up, he said something that made Myro almost vomit blood "Master, there are still another 1000 knights waiting for the master-given sword!".
Listening to this, Myro's face changed. He stared at this entire field where 1000 knights were still waiting for Myro to give their swords as proof of loyalty, Myro did not know until when he could complete this task. After all, giving the sword to 1000 people was quite a troublesome task.
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By noon, Myro had already returned to the mayor's building for lunch with all of his army higher-ups.
But at the dinner table this time there is a new member, namely Aclan who is the leader of 1000 knights and a general of the gold level, according to Falka, the strength of Aclan is not much different from him. At worst, Aclan was only slightly weaker than him but stronger than Ren.
The problem is that Aclan is 10 years younger than Falka, therefore Falka is convinced that when Aclan was 30 years old then he could definitely be stronger than the current Falka.
Myro was still tired from giving the sword to the 1000 knights he had just summoned, but after lunch some of the fatigue was gone which made Myro able to speak again, especially Myro has a lot of questions for this newly called Aclan.
"Aclan, do you have any plans for what you're going to do?", asked Myro.
Aclan said without hesitation "What I and the 1000 knights will do are the words of the master, as long as the master says to fight then we will fight, if the master says make peace then we will also make peace. So Aclan only had a plan to do the task according to what you said".
Myro breathed out "What skill does a knight army have? I know that you guys are experts at fighting on the battlefield, what do I mean by more obvious skills like more skilled knight troops in defensive or attacking combat?".
Although Myro had some information about the knight army from the earth, but Myro had to ask again so as not to make a mistake. However there was a possible difference to the knights Myro summoned from the world and the knights from the earth, therefore Myro had to make sure of this first.
Aclan instantly answered Myro's question in order not to make him wait too long "We, the knights are more expert at defensive combat, especially if it's a matter of guarding a fortress. But that does not mean we are bad to attack, the problem when attacking then the knights cannot show their full ability. Not to mention there is still a big weakness of the knights that we will easily get tired if we move too much because we have to carry heavy armor with us every time we fight, he said, so the more we move the faster the knights feel tired".
"But this does not mean that we cannot attack, even knights can fight cavalry without problems. If I may give advice, it is better that master make a spear of about 2 meters in length so that we can more easily fight against the cavalry, however unsuitable for fighting cavalry troops using swords. But if you don't have enough money, then we can still fight the cavalry with our swords even though the casualties in the knight army will be greater than using a spear or shield. To guard the fortress, then our swords and armor are more than enough so that master does not have to worry".
Myro nodded, he now understood more about knights. Even though they were heavy infantrymen, it did not mean that they could not fight the cavalry. As long as they had the right weapons and strategy, then they could defeat the cavalry without any problems.
After thinking for a while, Myro finally said the decision he had made "For now then you should help me defeat the Noem Family, he said, but when the matter of the Noem Family is over then I have another task for you that I believe is the skill of the knight troops that is guarding the border region!".