In every Holy War, whenever the knight armies of the human race and the Devil Race faced off, battles of honor between knights were always the most spectacular and fiercest part of the war.
Since the first great battle between Great Xia and the Devil Race knights west of the Wei River, battles of honor between knights on both sides had taken place every day, with victories and defeats shared between them. Battles of honor were generally one-on-one contests between knights of the same rank. Every knight could earn Holy War merit for themselves through such battles, but at times, so long as both sides agreed, a lower-rank knight from one side could challenge a higher-rank knight from the other.
The latter kind of battle of honor occurred rarely, but every such battle became a classic passed down through the Holy War. In particular, if the lower-rank challenger won, they would be a hero beyond dispute. Such a battle could deal an immeasurable blow to the enemy's morale while greatly raising one's own side's morale. At the same time, this latter type of battle of honor could also determine many matters beyond the battle itself, carrying the nature of a wager. After all, without sufficient terms, it was almost impossible to ask a lower-rank knight to face a higher-rank knight as though going to their death.
Zhang Tie intended to stake his life on a battle of honor and carve out a bloody path for the hundreds of millions of Hua Clan civilians who were about to become cannon fodder on the battlefield.
In the eyes of clever people, this was not a clever course of action. It was even somewhat rash and heedless of the consequences. To certain knights whose hearts were hard as steel, it was also a