Chapter 769: Issel's Vacation
Britannia Empire, East, Eastern Front (Rhine Front).
Issel is in a good mood today.
Some time ago, Issel submitted an application to the central government for a one-and-a-half-month vacation.
And today, the central government's reply arrived.
The central government's reply was very brief - approved.
Although the reply was short, it was enough to make Issel feel happy.
Issel hasn't had a vacation for a long time. He is either in the imperial capital or in the eastern Rhine Front to deter the Frankish Empire.
The central government may have considered that Issel has not had a vacation for a long time, and the Frankish Empire has been very peaceful in recent years, so it approved Issel's one-and-a-half-month vacation.
It is very troublesome to apply for a long vacation from a knight of Issel's level.
Not only do you need to specify how long you want your vacation to be.
You also need to specify where you plan to go and what you plan to do during this vacation.
Whether you go to the imperial capital to have tea with old friends or go back to your hometown to reunite with your relatives, you have to specify them one by one.
Then the central officials will decide whether to approve your vacation based on the length of the vacation you apply for, where you are going, what you are going to do, and the current national situation.
And even if you are approved for vacation, if there is an emergency and your strength is needed, your vacation will be terminated immediately.
This is also one of the purposes of asking you to write down where you are going during the vacation, because it is convenient to quickly find your location in an emergency and pull you back to the front line.
It is relatively easy for ordinary knights to apply for long vacations, but it is difficult for a national pillar like Issel to apply for vacations.
So when Issel got the approval of the central government, he was surprised that he was successful.
When Issel was packing his luggage, an old guard who had followed him for many years said to Issel with a smile:
"It's great, Sir Issel, the vacation application has finally been approved."
"Yes." Issel also sighed, "It's been a long time since I had such a long vacation. I almost forgot when I last had such a long vacation."
"For such a long vacation, we have to thank the Frank Empire." The old guard continued, "Thanks to the Frank Empire for being well-behaved in recent years, Sir Issel can get a long vacation so easily."
"Yes, yes. Thanks to the Frank Empire."
After that, Issel raised his head and looked out the window and to the east.
From here to the east is the largest and most famous river on the continent - the Rhine.
And further east of the Rhine is the Frank Empire, which has been at war with the Britannian Empire for hundreds of years and is the mortal enemy of the Britannian Empire.
The Britannian Empire and the Frank Empire divided the border with this Rhine.
East of the Rhine is the territory of the Frankish Empire.
West of the Rhine is the territory of the Britannian Empire.
Because the Britannian Empire's defense line against the Frankish Empire was built according to the direction of the Rhine, the Britannians have always called the Eastern Front the Rhine Front.
But the Rhine Front is just a common name after all. The official name of this front is still the Eastern Front, not the Rhine Front.
The Britannian Empire has fought with the Frankish Empire for hundreds of years and maintained a state of war for hundreds of years. The people of both countries call this long war the "Hundred Years' War".
Everyone hopes to defeat the enemy as soon as possible to end this long war.
But because the size of the Britannian Empire and the Frankish Empire is not much different, neither can do anything to the other, and the two countries are deadlocked on the east and west banks of the Rhine.
For some reason, the Frankish Empire has been surprisingly quiet in recent years.
Unlike the Britannian Empire in recent years, there have been big moves every year. In these years, the Frankish Empire has been as quiet as a shy boy who came to the "happy place that can make boys grow into men overnight" for the first time to have fun, quietly huddled aside, and didn't even know how to move his hands and feet.
In these years, the Frankish Empire has not made any major moves except sending Allen and 4,000 armored paladins to assist the Carolingian Kingdom three years ago (this battle supported by the Frankish Empire was Su Cheng's famous battle - the rescue battle of the Kingdom of Rund).
The two sides of the Rhine River have been quiet and peaceful for many years.
Thanks to the Frankish Empire's peace in these years, the central government of the Britannia Empire felt that even if Issel was not in charge of the front line, there would be no problems, so they boldly approved Issel's long vacation.
It was also because of the Frankish Empire's peace in these years that Issel boldly applied for a long vacation from the central government.
Since the death of his deputy leader of the Gabriel Knights, Nicholas, in the rescue battle of the Kingdom of Lund three years ago, the deputy leader of the Gabriel Knights has been replaced by another veteran, the Four Imperial Knights Edwin Boblan.
Edwin originally belonged to the Raziel Knights. Not long after Nicholas' death, he was transferred to the Gabriel Knights and became the new deputy leader of the Gabriel Knights.
Edwin is also a very capable veteran. During the long vacation of Iser, the Rhine Front was handed over to him.
With Edwin in charge, plus the Rhine Front that he has managed for many years and has long been impregnable, even if the Frank Empire took advantage of his vacation to launch a large-scale attack, it would not be able to break through the Rhine Front - Iser is very confident about this.
After looking away from the window, Iser continued to pack his luggage.
And his old guard asked again:
"Your Excellency Iser, where do you plan to go during this holiday? Are you going back to your hometown in the west?"
"No, I won't go back to my hometown in the west." Isel smiled. "I plan to go to the north, to Avalon Fortress, to meet my daughter whom I haven't seen for a long time."
"By the way, let's explore this girl's words and see when she wants to get married. Really, at such an old age, she doesn't find a good man to marry soon. I really don't know what she is thinking. ”
"Miss Alyssa... Sir Iser, you and Miss Alyssa have indeed not seen each other for a long time."
"We haven't seen each other for a long time." Iser corrected, "I don't know how the war is going in the north."
Due to the delay in message transmission, the Rhine Front has still not received the battle report of the "Great Northern Victory".
"I plan to go to Avalon Fortress quietly this time."
Iser's old face showed a naughty smile like a child.
"Don't tell Alyssa in advance - I'm going to Avalon Fortress to find her about this matter."
"Well, that's right. I've already imagined Alyssa's surprised expression when she saw me in Avalon Fortress."
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at this time--
Britannia Empire, Northern Territory, Avalon Fortress, Su Cheng's home.
Alyssa happened to be at home, and Alyssa, who was playing with Carol and Theresa, suddenly sneezed.
"What's wrong?" Carol asked Alyssa, "Are you cold?"
"...I don't think so." Alyssa rubbed her nose, "For some reason, I suddenly had a bad feeling in my heart."
The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world
The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world