Battle Before The Citadel

The Boneguard Commander, the new element to contend with in this follow-up, is the only potentially frustrating mob to tackle, but became very manageable with the following approach:

Charge one of the commanders in the very back (south) end of the group, and immediately continue all the way up the stairs if you pull multiple mobs in the attempt. You'll exit combat, but not be in danger of losing the mount from exiting the questing area. Then you can reapproach from a safer position.

Once you've got his attention, slowly draw him up the stairs with you (to avoid the possibility of him pulling the other commander into the fray).

Keep him in melee range with three stacks of defend, and take advantage of shield breaker when he attempts to back away, then just keep pulling him slowly back with you.

Once he's isolated from the other commanders, lieutenants and those pesky scouts, he's no more difficult to defeat than any of the aspirants back at the tournament.

For the record, this version of the quest is specifically for Horde death knights. Unlike other characters, who receive their Champion dailies from the [faction=1106], death knights work for the [faction=1098]. The other versions of the quest, which all share the same name, are:

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• for Alliance Death Knights
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• for other Horde
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• for other Alliance
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Aside from faction and specific quest NPCs, the different versions are identical. The division makes sense in game, but it means strategies and comments end up spread across the Wowhead database. If the advice for this particular version doesn't work for you, you may want to take a look at the others.

For still more information, there's also the related daily "At The Enemy's Gates", which is the equivalent for Valiants. It too is divided into different quests, one for each city:

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• Darnassus
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• Exodar
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• Gnomeregan
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• Ironforge
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• Orgrimmar
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• Sen'jin
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• Silvermoon
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• Stormwind
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• Thunder Bluff
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• Undercity
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Keep in mind that as of 3.2, there is no overlap in mobs between the Champion and Valiant quests. Champions kill the [npc=34127], while Valiants kill the [npc=33438], [npc=33550], and [npc=33429]. They're just in the same general area.

Just throwing this out there... If you're a hunter, make sure you don't have on Aspect of the Viper. O_o I didn't think those abilities affected you when you were fighting with a lance, but they do...they do.