Chapter 996 (1/2)

Shupel Kingdom, eastern border, Bruges.

March 29th.

0:44 a.m.

Schupper kingdom is an ”absolutely neutral country” and will never take the initiative to launch a foreign war. At the same time, because it has no value of aggression, according to common sense, neither the British Empire nor the Frankish empire will send troops to attack schupper kingdom.

Nevertheless, as a country, there should be national defense forces.

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

”Ha...”

”Is it sleepy to yawn so much?”

”Yes, I drank with someone all night yesterday. Now I'm so sleepy that I'm in a trance.”

”You can take a nap now. I'll watch it for you. When the officer comes, I'll wake you up.”

”Ah, that's a good idea. I'll trouble you. I'll take a nap first, and then I'll buy you a drink.”

Gossip like this can be seen everywhere on the walls of Bruges.

Schupper Kingdom has been peaceful for a long time, no one is interested in attacking it, and it will not take the initiative to attack other countries. Up to the founding of the people's Republic of China, there have been few rebellions in China. Therefore, since the founding of schupper Kingdom, the people have not seen much war.

One of the costs of Chengping for a long time is that the soldiers are a little slack in their usual training and tasks.

According to the regulations of schuper's army, when standing guard and patrolling on the city wall, we should keep twelve points of vigilance, not to mention taking a nap secretly, even whispering is not allowed.

The soldiers standing guard on the wall of Bruges were blatantly violating this military discipline. No one pays attention to this regulation.

Their ideas are surprisingly consistent: anyway, schupper kingdom is so safe that no foreign enemies will attack them. Why do they bother to stand guard and patrol?

The people who hold this idea are not only soldiers, but also many officers in the army.

So even when they see these soldiers gossiping and doing things that have nothing to do with guarding and patrolling, most officers turn a blind eye, or at most just give a loud reprimand.

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

”I tell you, my wife tried to make apple pie the other day. I really don't know how to describe the taste. How on earth did she make apple pie smell like snot... Huh? ”

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

Before he had finished, his words suddenly stopped.

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

”What's the matter?”

The comrades in arms beside him asked.

”... there seems to be something wrong.” He replied in a deep voice, ”I seem to see something strange near here...”

The soldier's eyesight is notoriously good.

Therefore, after hearing what he said, his comrades in arms immediately became nervous and asked in a hurry:

”What do you see?”

The soldier, who had not yet seen what was close to Bruges, did not answer the question of his comrade in arms.

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

After approaching the battlements of the city wall, the soldier with excellent eyesight finally saw what was approaching Bruges because of the closer distance.

After seeing the specific appearance of this thing, the soldier's eyes suddenly widened and his pupils narrowed. After taking a deep breath, he screamed bitterly at the highest volume he could reach: