Kingdom of Schuper, Eastern Frontier, Bruges.

March 29th.

0:44 am.

The Kingdom of Schuper is an "absolutely neutral country" and will never take the initiative to launch foreign wars. At the same time, because it does not have the value of invasion at all, so according to common sense, neither the Britannian Empire nor the Frank Empire will send troops to attack the Kingdom of Schuper.

Despite this, as a country, the national defense force it should have should still have.

At any time, a large number of soldiers patrolled the walls of Bruges on the eastern border, monitoring the eastern horizon.

"ha……"

"Is it sleepy to yawn like this big?"

"Yes, I drank wine with someone all night yesterday, and now I'm so sleepy that I'm in a daze."

"You can take a nap now, I'll help you watch. When the superior comes, I'll wake you up."

"Ah, this idea is good, so I'll bother you. I'll take a nap first and then I'll invite you to drink."

Chats similar to this can be seen everywhere on the walls of Bruges.

The Kingdom of Shupel has been in peace for a long time, and no one is interested in attacking it, and it will not take the initiative to attack it. Since its founding, no rebellions have erupted in the country. Therefore, since the founding of the Kingdom of Shupel, the people have not seen much war.

One of the costs of living for a long time is that the soldiers are a little lazy in their daily training and tasks.

According to the military regulations of the Shupel army, when standing guard and patrolling on the city wall, you should be vigilant. Not to mention taking a nap secretly, even whispering is not allowed.

But the soldiers standing guard on the walls of Bruges were blatantly violating this military discipline. No one took this military discipline seriously.

Their ideas were surprisingly consistent: Anyway, the Kingdom of Schuper is so safe that no foreign enemies will attack them, so why do they have to work so much to stand guard and patrol?

Not only soldiers are the ones who hold this idea, but even many officers in the army hold the same idea.

So even when they saw these soldiers talking about gossip and doing things that had nothing to do with standing guard and patrol, most officers turned a blind eye, and at most they just scolded them.

A few officers even joined the ranks of soldiers and chatted enthusiastically with the soldiers.

"I'll tell you, my wife tried to make apple pie a few days ago. I really don't know how to describe the taste. How did she make apple pie snot smell...well?"

A soldier standing guard on the east wall of Bruges was chatting with several comrades beside him.

Before he could finish his words, his words suddenly stopped.

After making a strange "um" sound, he frowned and looked at the dark eastern horizon in the distance.

"What's wrong?"

The comrades beside him asked.

"...It seems something is wrong." He replied in a deep voice, "I seem to see something strange approaching here..."

The soldier has a very good vision.

Therefore, after hearing what he said, his comrades next to him immediately became nervous and asked anxiously:

"What did you see?"

I haven't seen clearly what it was close to the soldier of Bruges, and I haven't answered the question of this comrade.

Instead, he frowned deeper and walked a few steps forward so that he could get closer to the battlements of the city wall.

After approaching the battlements to the city wall, due to the closer distance, the soldier with excellent eyesight finally saw clearly what was approaching Bruges.

After seeing the specific appearance of this thing, the soldier's eyes widened, his pupils shrank, and after taking a deep breath, he screamed shrillly at the maximum volume he could achieve:

"Enemy attack! There are large-scale troops approaching!!"

As if to respond to the soldier's scream, after the soldier's scream fell, the sound of bowstrings trembling suddenly sounded in the dark wilderness outside the city.

Then, black locusts rose from the dark wilderness outside the city and covered Bruges' east wall.

In a blink of an eye, dense rain of arrows shot and injured many soldiers who had not yet reacted to what had happened.

The cry of pain and howlings came one after another on the east wall of Bruges.

After the first round of arrow rain fell, the second round of arrow rain came immediately, giving Shupel's soldiers on the city wall no chance to breathe.

Under the cover of arrow rain, long ladders were placed on the east wall of Bruges.

Then, a large number of soldiers wearing pointed helmets climbed the east wall of Bruges along the long ladders.

The army from the east, the soldiers wore the iconic pointed helmet on their heads - the identity of this sudden enemy army is self-evident.

After seeing the pointed helmets on the heads of these soldiers who climbed the city walls, many Schuper soldiers shouted:

"It's the Franks!"

"The Franks invaded us!"

"For, why did the Franks invade us?!"

...

They couldn't understand why the Frank Empire, which had a vast land and vast territory, launched an invasion of small countries like them, and wasted precious military power here.

Neither an officer nor a soldier can understand the answer to this question.

However - it's useless to think about this now, it's imperative to try to keep Bruges.

In addition to the large number of Frank soldiers mounted on the East City Wall, the city walls in other directions were also mounted on long ladders and attacked by the Frank army.

After a large number of Frank soldiers climbed the city wall, the Bruges defenders finally realized it and began to resist.

This resistance is destined to be an inconsistent resistance.

The soldiers who were involved in this battle were all elite soldiers in the Frankish Empire army.

How can the Shupel army, which has been in peace for a long time, be compared with the elite Frank soldiers who have experienced many battles?

Whether in terms of quantity or quality, the Schuper army is at an absolute disadvantage.

There were only 2,000 defenders in the city of Bruges, and the Franks besieged Bruges were coming like a tide. I had no idea how many troops the Franks had invested to attack Bruges.

In less than half an hour, the walls of Bruges were successively lost, and the defenders of Bruges had to retreat to the city and engage in street battles with the Franks.

The defenders of Bruges were just surviving. With the only remaining troops they have now, they have been wiped out. It was only a matter of time before Bruges fell into the hands of the Franks...

...

...

Bruges, outside the city, the first formation of the Frank army, the original formation.

Bazel, who was riding on a tall horse, looked at Bruges, who was shouting and killing in the distance with cold eyes without any emotion.

A general walked slowly to Bazer's side, carrying the war horse under his crotch, and reported to Bazer:

"General Ludendorf, the defenders in the city have been wiped out, and Bruges has been captured by our army."
Chapter completed!