Chapter 868 Allen and Ebel

Like the Eastern Army, the Western Army was also divided into two parts: the vanguard and the main force.

Willy, the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, handed the vanguard to Allen for command.

Compared with the Eastern Army, the battle on the Western Army side was much smoother.

So far, the Western Army has not encountered any battle that can be called a battle, and has not even encountered a city that dares to fight to the end.

Wherever the Western Army passes, all the cities surrender.

Because the battle was so smooth, many knights of the Western Army joked that they did not seem to be here to fight, but more like an armed parade.

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Holy Xilan Empire, Northwest, United Corps Western Army, Vanguard Camp.

It is late at night.

All unnecessary lights have been turned off in the Western Army Vanguard Camp.

Although it is late, Allen is still looking at the map in his tent.

In this campaign, Allen, with Willy's authorization and Su Cheng's tacit consent, was tasked with leading the vanguard troops to clear the way for the main force of the Western Route Army.

Because he needed to lead the vanguard troops to clear the way for the main force, he had to read the map more frequently than anyone else.

If he, as the commander of the vanguard troops, actually took the wrong road, it would become a joke that could be circulated across the continent for many years.

Perhaps because of sitting for a long time, Allen gradually felt his waist and neck were sore.

While rubbing his sore neck, Allen said helplessly in his heart:

- As I get older, my body is really starting to become useless. I just sat for a while and my neck and waist started to ache.

- This year is the 293rd year of the Britannian Empire.

- If converted to the Frankish Empire, it should be the 311th year of the Frankish Empire.

——This year is already the 311th year of the Frankish Empire... I'm 47 years old this year...

——It's been 4 years since I came to the Britannia Empire...

——I don't know how Nifa and Adam are doing...

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"Hmm? Commander, are you going out?"

The guard in charge of guarding outside the tent asked Allen.

"Yes, that's right." Allen smiled at the guard, "I've been sitting for too long, my waist and neck are a little uncomfortable, so I plan to go out for a walk."

"Is that so, does the commander need us to follow?"

"No, no." Allen waved his hand, "You just continue to stand guard here, I'll be back soon."

"Yes!" The guard saluted Allen in the Britannia Empire, "Then-Commander, take care!"

"Yes. I'll be back soon."

As the commander of the vanguard, Allen naturally has such small privileges as free entry and exit of the barracks.

Alan wrapped the cloak tightly around his body to keep warm and walked out of the camp.

He chose a small hill outside the camp.

It was a sunny night with a full moon.

Alan climbed the hill and looked up at the full moon above his head.

It was quiet around the hill, and there were some dark and quiet shadows on the ground.

Looking at the full moon above his head, Alan couldn't help but miss his wife and children far away in the Frank Empire again.

——I don't know how Nifa and Adam are doing now...

——Have they eaten well and rested well...

Just as Alan looked up at the full moon above his head and missed his wife and children far away in his homeland,

a strange voice suddenly sounded beside him:

"Hey, long time no see. General Alan, ah, no, now I should call you Knight Alan."

As soon as the male voice fell, Alan's pupils shrank suddenly because of surprise.

This male voice that suddenly sounded was the accent of his hometown that he hadn't heard for a long time - Frankish.

Alan turned his head sharply.

At the end of his sight, there was a man in a brown cloak.

Blond hair, blue eyes, ordinary looks, neither fat nor thin, neither tall nor short.

After seeing the man's appearance, Alan couldn't help but open his mouth in shock.

"E, Eberl?"

"It's been a long time, Alan."

Aberl gave Alan a standard Frankish Empire military salute.

"Ebel!" Allen asked Ebel in Frank, "Why are you here?!"

Ebel did not answer Allen's question immediately, but with a weird smile on his face, he said in a yin and yang tone:

"Is it because you stayed in the Britannia Empire for too long? Allen, your Frankish has deteriorated a lot, and you have started to have a strange accent."

Alan ignored what Ebel said just now, but asked Ebel again with a sullen face:

"Ebel, why are you here?"

"Don't be so cold, Allen." Ebel shrugged with a frivolous look, "Why do you look so unwelcome to me?"

"...The strongest spy of the Frank Empire who is absolutely loyal to the emperor suddenly came to the door. Whether it is a friend or an enemy, they will feel scared, right?"

"The strongest spy... Hahaha, I am getting older now. In a few years, I may no longer be able to bear the title of 'strongest'."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and talk about business."

"Alan, I came all the way to find you to tell you a good news and a bad news, and give you a good thing by the way."

"What?" Alan asked in confusion.

"Let me give you this good thing first, you will definitely like it."

After that, Ebel approached Alan and reached into his cloak to take something.

When Ebel took his hand out of the cloak, there was already a roll of paper in his hand.

It was a portrait.

"Alan, this is a portrait of your wife, Nifa Lanner, and your son, Adam Jones, that I asked a famous painter to draw not long ago,"

As soon as Ebel finished speaking, Alan's eyes widened in surprise, and then he snatched the portrait from Ebel's hand.

The portrait was a half-length portrait of two people.

The two people in the painting had faces that made Alan feel familiar and strange at the same time.

This was the face of his wife and children who had been away for 4 years.

The painter who painted this portrait had superb skills and painted the faces of his wife and children vividly.

Compared with 4 years ago, his wife Nifa has hardly changed, except for some wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and mouth.

And his son Adam has changed a lot. Not only has he become taller, but his facial features also look more mature and manly.

This portrait is really a good thing for Allen.

Looking at the faces of the two people in the portrait, Allen's eyes can't help but become moist.

"Isn't this thing good?" Ebel smiled.

"Then-" The smile on Ebel's face slowly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His expression gradually became cold and terrifying.

"Let's talk about the good news and bad news that I should tell you."

"Let's start with the bad news."

"Alan, His Majesty is very dissatisfied with you now."