Chapter 969: Surprise Attack on Shuper

Kingdom of Schupper, Eastern Border, Bruges.

March 29th.

0:44 am.

The Kingdom of Shuper is an "absolutely neutral country" and will never take the initiative to initiate a foreign war. At the same time, because it does not have the value of aggression at all, so according to common sense, neither the Britannian Empire nor the Frankish Empire will Send troops to attack the Shuper Kingdom.

Even so, as a country, we should still have the necessary national defense capabilities.

At any time, there are a large number of soldiers patrolling the city walls of Bruges on the eastern border, monitoring the eastern horizon.

"ha……"

"You yawn so loudly, do you feel sleepy?"

"Yeah, I drank with someone all night yesterday, and now I'm so sleepy that I'm in a trance."

"You can take a nap now. I'll keep an eye on you. When the commander comes, I'll wake you up."

"Ah, that's a good idea. If you'd like to bother me, I'll take a nap first, and then I'll treat you to a drink."

Chatter similar to this can be heard everywhere on the city walls of Bruges.

The Shuper Kingdom has enjoyed peace for a long time, and no one is interested in attacking it, and it will not take the initiative to attack other countries. Since the founding of the country, there have not been a few rebellions in the country. Therefore, since the founding of the Shuper Kingdom, the citizens have not seen much war.

One of the costs of prolonged peace is that the soldiers have become a little slack in their usual training and tasks.

According to the military regulations of the Schupper Army, one should be extremely vigilant when standing guard or patrolling on the city wall. Let alone taking a nap secretly, even whispering is not allowed.

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

They all had the same idea: Anyway, the Shuper Kingdom is so safe and no foreign enemies will attack them, so why do they still spend so much time standing guard and patrolling?

Soldiers are not the only ones who hold this idea. Many officers in the army also hold the same idea.

So even if I saw these soldiers gossiping and doing things that had nothing to do with standing guard or patrolling,

Most of the officers turned a blind eye, or at most just reprimanded.

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

"Let me tell you, my wife tried making apple pie a few days ago. I really don't know how to describe the taste. How did she make the apple pie taste like snot... huh?"

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

Before he finished speaking, his words suddenly stopped.

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

"What's wrong?"

The comrades beside him asked aloud.

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

The soldier's eyesight was notoriously good.

So after hearing what he said, the comrades beside him immediately became nervous and asked anxiously:

"What did you see?"

The soldier, who had not yet seen what was approaching Bruges, did not answer his comrade's question.

Instead, he frowned even deeper and took a few steps forward to get closer to the battlements of the city wall.

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

After seeing the specific appearance of this thing clearly, the soldier's eyes suddenly widened and his pupils shrank. After taking a deep breath, he screamed as loudly as he could:

"Enemy attack! A large-scale army is approaching!!"

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

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

In an instant, a dense rain of arrows killed and wounded many soldiers who had not yet realized what had happened.

Shouts of pain and miserable howls echoed one after another on the east wall of Bruges.

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

Under the cover of the rain of arrows, long ladders were erected on the east wall of Bruges.

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

The army came from the east, and the soldiers wore the iconic pointed helmets on their heads - the identity of this suddenly attacking enemy army was self-evident.

After seeing the pointed helmets on the heads of these soldiers who climbed the city wall, many soldiers of the Shupel Army shouted:

"It's the Franks!"

"The Franks have invaded us!"

"Why, why would the Franks invade us?!"

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They couldn't understand why the Frankish Empire, with its vast territory and abundant resources, launched an invasion against a small country like theirs? Waste valuable military power here.

Neither officers nor soldiers could figure out the answer to this question.

However - there is no use thinking about this now, the top priority is to work hard to defend Bruges.

In addition to the large number of Frank Army soldiers who were mounted on the east wall, long ladders were also put up on the walls in other directions and were attacked by the Frank Army.

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

This resistance is destined to be an unjust resistance.

The soldiers who participated in this battle were all elite soldiers of the Frankish Imperial Army.

How can Schupper's army, which has been in peace for a long time, compare with the elite soldiers of the Frank army who have experienced hundreds of battles in terms of individual combat power?

Regardless of quantity or quality, Schupper's army is at an absolute disadvantage.

There were only 2,000 defenders in the city of Bruges, and the Frankish army besieging Bruges came like a tide. It was unknown how many troops the Frankish army invested in attacking Bruges.

In less than half an hour, the city walls of Bruges fell one after another. The defenders of Bruges could only retreat into the city and engage in street fighting with the Franks.

The defenders of Bruges are just hanging on for dear life. With their few remaining troops, it is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out and Bruges falls into the hands of the Franks...

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Bruges, outside the city, the 1st formation of the Frank Army, the main formation.

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

A general, riding a war horse, walked slowly to Bazel's side and reported to Bazel:

"General Ludendorff, all the defenders in the city have been wiped out, and Bruges has been captured by our army."

"Yes." Bazel nodded, and then gave a loud order to the generals surrounding him, "Dedicate 1,000 men to guard Bruges, and the rest will continue to march! Within 7 days - Schuper will be destroyed. !”

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