Generally speaking, knights are divided into two classes, one is called Banneret, which is called knights, and this name comes from their rectangular banner, which is the main force of battle. Cadet knights, called Bachelors, or apprentices, formed smaller queues to follow the main force, and they needed to gain experience and master more combat skills. The flag of the midshipman is also rectangular, but the ends are split into a dovetail. When they have achieved considerable merit, they can request a promotion from the military commander. The herald then cut off the swallowtail from his banner and upgraded him to a knight.

All of these knights were guarded by their attendants, who had triangular spear flags on the tips of their spears. The specifications of these flags were uniform, with the family coat of arms painted on them. Accordingly, there are two classes of knights, and there are also two classes of squires, Squire refers to the older squires who participate in battles with their masters, and Page is equivalent to orderlies, mostly teenagers who have been trained as knights.

- Chapter 25 of "Eminole Continent Knight War" Black Dragon Knight "Disbanded!" With the last command, the Chi Aotian dragon slowly circled and fell from the sky.

Chi Aotian lifted the keel shield again, and had already discovered dozens of officers in the Holy Snow Mountain Defense Area, and their eyes had all changed subtly.

For the officers of the Holy Snow Mountain Defense Area, a considerable part of the previous faint hostility towards Chi Aotian was caused by distrust. In particular, Chi Aotian has always shown that he is an arrogant and unreasonable teenager, and it was only at this time that the officers knew that such boiling magma was pregnant under the cold expression of the young man. Whether it was the words that Chi Hanfeng said before he died, or the words that pointed out that the Black Dragon Knights had killed 100,000 soldiers in battle for the Holy Court for hundreds of years, these words resonated overwhelmingly among all the soldiers, especially the latter...... The military is a very strange social group, more than 80% of military families have at least one child who has become a soldier, therefore, almost every warrior of the Black Dragon Knights has had a relative fall in the war related to the Holy See, at this time, it is necessary to use the anger of renunciation to describe the warriors of the Black Dragon Knights.

Looking at Chi Aotian's cold expression, an officer with the rank of knight squadron leader cautiously accosted the young man: "Major General Chi, I don't know...... I wonder if you can leave a place for your humble post in the army of your northern expedition?"

Without waiting for Chi Aotian to answer, another squadron leader impatiently pushed away the knight squadron leader: "Go, go...... While going cool, who kept slandering the invincible heroes of the small mercenary group yesterday? Could it be that your Excellency is missing among them? Now you are here to curry favor, and you have said good and bad things, are you lacking in virtue or not?" After speaking, he turned his head to Chi Aotian and said with a smile: "Chi Er Shao, my family is the oldest officer in the Chimen family, my ancestor followed the Chi family's ancestor to the east and west, and the third generation of my family's ancestor also accompanied Miss Ikeda Meng to the east to the desert empire. I really hope to be able to continue to have this honor, please ......"

"Come on, Lord Earl, you are in your 40s, going to war? Do you think this is a three-day tour of the Flower Language Plain? Even if you have such good intentions, you must also know that your physical strength is not good. Another 30-year-old strong man squeezed over from the side: "Second young master, I am the second place in the triennial officer competition of the Black Dragon Knights - last year, the first place and His Excellency the Marquis formed a second-line corps, you let me go, although I am not as powerful as you, but you can rest assured, I will ...... all battles"

"Major General Chi, let me go, as long as I am given this opportunity, you don't have to pay me the salary of the captain, just treat me as a small soldier. ”

"Young General, let's go, I'm very familiar with the terrain of the Holy Court, I will definitely take you to take less wrongful paths, let's kill them seven in and seven out, I shouted at Changban Slope, and the river flows backwards for seven days!"

"Less...... Don't push it, you accept the money, just let me go......"

"Second young master, this is the mysterious armor of my family's ancestors for 20 generations, after wearing it, it specializes in adjusting tendons and activating the body, nourishing yin and yang, and the golden gun does not fall, I will give it to you, you will let me go......"

......

The soldiers of the Black Dragon Knights are now standing below, and the soldiers have seen this, as if they are not going to war, but to travel and pick up girls at public expense.

The clever soldiers were all gone, and groups gathered behind to watch—the military yard of the Imperial Tongyunguan Theater had been reduced to a free market, and a large number of gold coins were flying in the sky. A wise knight immediately ordered his retinue to go back to the camp to get their tents, and spend the night in the school military field today and tomorrow, so how could they squeeze into the top 5,000?

Alas...... If...... People really know after death, looking at the gold coins and purple gold pens scattered to Chi Aotian, His Excellency General Chi Hanfeng really doesn't know whether to laugh or cry in the spirit of the sky, before his death, someone gave him a plaque three feet high, but he didn't expect that he could continue to scrape the ground three feet after death.

Chi Changyun stood up with a calm face: "Quiet! Could it be that your performance like this is what the elite troops of the empire should have? All the officers will step down! The officers who participated in the Northern Expedition, I will draw them up tomorrow." Don't make a noise, stand down!"

Chi Changyun seldom spoke with a straight face, but the officers had an extraordinary fear of this calm young man, and while retreating, they secretly glanced at Chi Aotian in the hope that the god of luck could favor them - it's just that with Chi Aotian's dullness, he could receive such a complicated signal.

Chi Aotian has the feeling of the rest of his life, the leather armor on his body is almost divided into eight pieces by the enthusiastic officers, and the black and white on his face may not know which one is in a hurry to catch him from the outside - you know, the Black Dragon Knights are also one of the four elites of the empire, and the officers are all experienced in a hundred battles, and more than 20 middle and senior officers may even slaughter the dragon, how can Chi Aotian, who is an ordinary human being, deal with it.

Chi Aotian and his brother walked back to the conference hall side by side, and Chi Changyun immediately sat down to draft the officers of the Northern Expedition. When the list of officers up to 40 people was placed in front of Chi Aotian's eyes, Chi Aotian was startled.

The list is full of officers who are currently serving in the Shengxue Mountain Defense Region, from the squad leader to the group leader level, and even includes the existing three group captains, as well as a complete staff team.

"Brother, I'...... It's not this ......" to get away from the dragon knight's tongue is notoriously clumsy, and I don't know what to say.

Chi Changyun smiled innocently: "Brother, although I don't want you to go, I have to make a safe path for my father." However, since it has been decided, then I will definitely not hold you back. I am very familiar with the officers, and these front-line officers are very experienced and can directly help you - you can't control the battle of the Great Army without these commanders. You don't have to worry about me, again, I'm very familiar with the officers, and I know who in their lieutenants can replace them. Go, brother, if you lose the face of the Chi family, not only will I not be able to spare you, but I don't think my uncle will forgive you in Tianyingling. ”

"Also, I was very curious just now, why do you use probationary knights? If you think that heavy knights are slow, you can ask them not to carry heavy armor, you directly choose probationary knights, most of them are children under the age of 20, and their combat effectiveness is quite different from that of regular knights. Let's put it this way, it is very likely that a regular knight squadron can defeat two cadet knight squadrons, and if you use a regular knight brigade, you can definitely defeat two regular knight brigades. "Chi Changyun's question is definitely not unfounded.

Although the Holy See is known as an undefended country, this does not mean that the Holy See has no combat effectiveness, the entire Holy See has hundreds of thousands of priests, these priests, especially the high-level clergy after the transfer, have quite strong telekinesis and combat power, and have self-healing divine magic. In addition, the mercenaries of the Holy See are quite active, and there are many top mercenary groups among the thousands of mercenary groups, and the scale of the registered mercenaries of the Holy See is second only to the mercenary empire in terms of number and quality. And also...... If the Holy See really colluded with the Phanos Legion, it is conceivable that the strategic Phanos Legion Command could not have taken precautions.

Moreover, although he didn't say it explicitly, in fact, Chi Changyun was quite skeptical of his younger brother's ability to lead troops, especially the ability of the large army to use troops, and the small mercenary group had a combat power of no more than 2,000 before, and the main leader was the regiment commander, Lord Amy, who was known as the golden brain. Chi Aotian has never had the experience of being alone, and the first expedition will go deep into the hinterland for 3,000 miles, and the shadow of failure will definitely be waiting for him at any time.

Chi Aotian didn't like words, except for the only point - it was war, he muttered for a moment, with a hint of excitement on his face, and began to talk about the defense of the ice floe harbor.

For the first time in the Battle of Ice Floe, the small mercenary group had its own knight unit, but due to the fact that a significant number of knights did not have full armor and standard knight spears. As a last resort, Amy hastily equipped the simplest leather armor and the most common horned bows and swordsmen's swords from the city's equipment warehouse, and in order to preserve her strength, Amy ordered the knights' troops not to rush into the enemy line like regular knights - in fact, there were no corresponding weapons and equipment. However, when it was finally put into the war, I did not expect to achieve excellent attack results. Rows of knights rushed in front of the enemy line, scattering arrows raining down on them, leaving the enemy unguarded and with no effective troops to fight against.

This expedition to the Holy Court in the north and the battle in depth with the enemy, it is conceivable that once it goes deep into 500 miles, it will inevitably lose contact with the large supply base of Tongyun Pass. Therefore, no matter how many troops you bring, once you fall into a regular regular knight confrontation, you will definitely not be able to consume it. Even if the Holy See has no experience in warfare, there is definitely a certainty that sacrificing 100 people will consume an enemy. Rather than this, it is better to follow Amy's practice at that time, completely relying on high-speed mobile troops, all equipped with long-range shooting weapons, and attacking the opponent as much as possible at a long-range distance without having a attrition conflict with the opponent.

In Chi Aotian's plan, all knights were not equipped with traditional knight spears, but all were changed to two-handed swords or scimitars for individual soldiers, and the earth-walking dragon knights were all changed to small war hammers as melee weapons. There are only two modes of war - at the beginning of the war, all the troops are desperately galloping and shooting, and the enemy formation is completely collapsed with a rain of arrows, and once the enemy is in a panic, the knightly troops immediately rush into the final hand-to-hand combat. If the enemy's commander is extremely effective, and the nerves of his subordinates are strong enough, and the whole formation does not collapse, then withdraw from the war immediately - the number of casualties in each battle must be absolutely controlled below 20% compared with the enemy.

Although Chi Changyun is only 25 years old, he is also a rare handsome talent among the imperial soldiers, and he has a very strong sense of the rhythm of war, and the more he listens, the brighter his eyes become, and he pats the table excitedly: " Yes, yes, if this method is on other battlefields, it may not be successful, but the possibility of success in the Holy Curia is very high, more than 80% of the territory of the Holy See is the prairie, which is very conducive to knight combat, and you have a vulture knight, you can use the vulture knight as a breakthrough force, the range of the elven archer is far beyond the ordinary human warriors can be compared, so you always have the power to start and end the war, unless the other party also finds a vulture knight, it will never catch you...... If it weren't for the return trip for my father, I would have wanted to go. What else do you need me to prepare for you? Say, as long as there is something in the warehouse, I will send it all. ”

"At least 6,000 sets of leather armor, 6,000 horses - horses do not include the knights' current mounts. Also, 4,000 horn bows. ”

"Oh...... Why not longbows? There are at least 8,000 longbows in the armament warehouses, with an effective range of 200 meters, more than 50 meters farther than the angular bow. ”

"No, the arrow feathers of the longbow are specially made, and the length of the shaft needs to be at least 90 centimeters, and the length of the arrow feathers should not be less than 15 centimeters, which is too difficult to find. Horn bows have very low requirements for arrow feathers, can be found in most cities, and can even be made on your own. Oh...... By the way, I still need 4,000 small crossbows, if I don't have so many, how much can I collect?"

"What!?" Chi Changyun stood up, angry with a look: "What do you want?!" With Chimen's 500-year-old martial arts, he has a deep hatred for the crossbow, if Chi Aotian can't give a satisfactory answer, Chi Changyun ......

"In the bloody battle of the Broken Ice Port, the Phanos Legion had already been applied on a large scale in the first sneak attack...... Many soldiers of the small mercenary group ......" Chi Aotian guessed his brother's reaction, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of helplessness.

"......" Chi Changyun was speechless, in the war, if one side takes the lead in using the crossbow, it will definitely be charged with a great crime, and the commander may even be convicted by the military department of this kingdom. Moreover, if someone uses crossbow arrows, the other side has the right to use any means in the war, even including the slaughter of civilians. Chi Changyun understands the harm of crossbow arrows to ordinary soldiers, and only crossbow arrows can compete with crossbow arrows.

Subsequently, Chi Changyun personally went down to arrange the required items.

In the afternoon of the next day, all the members of the Vulture Swordsman Battalion arrived, and more than 100 teenagers stayed up all night crying, their eyes red. The teenagers were so excited to see Chi Aotian that they cried and laughed, no one said anything, but everyone's expressions were enough to express their determination to avenge Chi Hanfeng.

There have never been soldiers who have never died in a hundred battles in war, looking at the young men from the Ice and Snow Continent following him for more than 3,000 miles, Chi Aotian said a few words to everyone coldly, and arranged for everyone to rest - Chi Aotian is this temper, and his subordinates still know it quite well, if he is too enthusiastic, then it is not Chi Aotian but the head of the regiment.

The next night, the armor that Chi Changyun made for the Black Dragon Knights came out - all the black armor was embroidered with white edges, even the black dragon banner fluttering in the wind was embroidered with white edges more than a foot wide, and the armor specially driven out for the soldiers of the small mercenary group and the elven archers was mainly white.

Early in the morning of the third day, Chi Aotian and Chi Changyun came to the west of Tongyun Pass again, and the soldiers on the school field were less than half, and the Earth Dragon Knight, Trainee Knight, Vulture Swordsman, Vulture Archer, and the Guards were arranged in turn, and at a glance, the evil spirit increased a lot.

"War, people die. In this war, if you fight alone, more people will die. Those who are willing to go on the expedition set off, those who are unwilling to stay, and there is no shame. Chi Aotian didn't have any expression on his face, said lightly, paused for a moment, and waved his hand to go.

In the winter of the 5th year of the magic calendar, the warriors who set off with Chi Aotian were as follows: 2,035 people from the Black Dragon Knights Squadron, 2,803 trainee knights from the Heavy Knight Brigade of the Black Dragon Knights, 332 people from the Black Dragon Knights' Guards, 195 people from the Vulture Swordsman Battalion of the Little Mercenary Group, and 403 Vulture Elf Archers from the Little Mercenary Group.

Together with His Excellency Chi Aotian himself, there are a total of 5,679 people.

This expedition left a very heavy mark in the history of the Eminole Continent, some historians said: "Blood fills the lake, corpses fill the canyon"; and there is also a wild history that says: "When the rebels arrive, no matter the women, children, the old or the weak, eight or nine out of ten of the dead." "After the army led by Chi Aotian, many residents of the Huayu Plain no longer eat pork and dog meat - too many people died, pigs and dogs eat meat all day long - eating human flesh, all fat and oily, even when they see a living person, their eyes will become red.

This unprecedented war even led to a head-on clash between the three gods.

In the official history, the Northern Expedition of the Black Dragon Knights is called: "Black Dragon Fury Expedition", in the wild history, this expedition has many names, and it is not listed one by one for the sake of the reputation of the king of Chi Aotian.