Estan did hate the bandits, but he didn't want to use all the soldiers of the viscount.

He wanted to press directly to Fort Musen, before the Merlin family could react.

Estan had studied the battle in which Allen captured Fort Golden Spike, and he basically won by a surprise sneak attack, and his specific strength was not much.

And according to the information he obtained, Allen should not be in the territory now, and most of the soldiers in the territory have been withdrawn, even if they can't sneak attack, the Gemeng family can annex the Merlin territory by relying on their strength.

However, just in case, Estan specially hired a third-level mage in the academy in Gray Wing City to prepare for Allen's sudden appearance.

Although the academy mages are theoretically not involved in the struggle between the nobles, they can be condescending if the price is right.

As for the rest, it was up to the nine knights of the Gemon family to settle it.

Of course, Estan did not intend to use the Viscounty's 800 soldiers to take Fort Mussen from the front, after all, even if it was a victory, it would be a disastrous victory.

He didn't even plan to show himself in front of Fort Mussen, but first went to the villages in Merlin's domain to raid everything he could.

When the people and property in the territory are about to be ransacked, the enemy will naturally come out of Fort Mussen to fight Estan.

Even if the Merlin family had been in the nest, Estan would have been able to trap them to death.

"Lord Viscount, on what grounds did our army enter Merlin Territory?"

"Why?"

The war between the nobles is like this, it is obviously a simple plunder, but it is still necessary to find a reason.

"The robbers who attacked the Gemon family have entered the Silver Pine Hills, and we must recover all the lost possessions!"

At Estan's command, the soldiers of the Gemeng family quickly advanced towards the Silver Pine Hills, and settled in the village of the Silver Pine Hills before dark.

However, the vanguard of the Gemon family had just stepped into the Silver Pine Hills when dozens of sharp arrows flew in, and the soldiers fell to the ground screaming!

"Hidden!"

The leading captain is Bot's nephew Kissen, but he doesn't rely on relationships, and he still has basic military qualities.

"Shoot back!

However, Kisson shouted for a long time that his team did not shoot arrows, and the captain was furious,

"What about our archers?why don't you fight back?!"

The deputy was a little embarrassed, "Our archers don't have enough range, and two of the archers were shot through as soon as they showed up......"

This made Kison even more angry, and he wanted to scold, but he held back before the swear words came out.

"Bring the shield!"

The deputy hurriedly handed over a large square shield, and Kison took it in front of him, crouched behind and moved forward quickly with broken steps,

"Follow me!"

The other soldiers hurriedly followed the example of the captain and rushed forward along the edge of the hill with their shields in their hands, but because they were all medium-sized round shields in their hands, they let out a few screams in an instant.

"Diagonally, diagonally, closely, fast!"

Kisson was also extremely depressed, the quality of these soldiers was too low, and the speed was terrible slow.

But he ignored the point, he himself is a fourth-level swordsman, and the best of these soldiers is the early second-level one, coupled with the enemy's tricky archery, it is reasonable to be shot.

Fortunately, the vanguard was not all waste, and more than a dozen of the soldiers who rushed up followed.

By the time they rushed forward, the enemy had vanished, and Kisson looked back at his ranks, thirteen killed, six seriously wounded, and eight lightly wounded.

This number is not too high, but it is a disadvantage, which makes Kisson very aggrieved.

"Where's the scout?!"

A dozen archers were lying in ambush here, unbeknownst to him, and Kieson must reward them with some whips.

"The reconnaissance team has not returned......" the deputy replied cautiously.

Kieson was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say, and then reported the matter.

Estan was a little surprised after hearing the news, and it seems that the Merlin family is ready.

"Lord Viscount, do you want me to send someone to find out the enemy?"

Estan shook his head.

After all, the Silver Pine Hills are the territory of the Merlin family, and no one is more familiar with it than them, and it is not easy to find the enemy.

What's more, Estan felt that this was obviously a trap, and that the main goal of the large army could not be changed, and if only a few teams were sent to search, it was likely to be eaten by the other party.

"Let the team be on guard and keep going!"

Estan is the master, and he says that if he doesn't pursue Bot, he can't make a claim, but in case of accidents, he adds two reconnaissance teams on both sides, so that even if he is killed, he can have a little noise.

Whether it's a trap or not, Bot doesn't think the other party will give up.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the enemy archers to come again, only this time at the tail of the ranks.

Bot quickly rushed over with nine light horses, but unfortunately the other party's speed was faster, and there was no shadow for a long time.

Nine more ordinary soldiers died.

Estan was a little angry, but more convinced that it was a trap.

In order to save the overall situation, he chose to continue to march towards the village, ignoring the attackers.

Even if they came a few more times, they would only lose a few dozen soldiers, and Estan could still bear these losses.

This was repeated until the army saw what the village looked like, and the enemy attacked a total of four times, and Estan lost forty-eight soldiers, much less than expected.

But he always felt that something was not right, but the village was in front of him and there was no room for too much thought.

"Bote, order, attack!"

Without any hesitation, the war began, and Kisson rushed into the village with six vanguard squads, followed by a brigade of 100 men, which was enough to completely crush the small village.

However, the imaginary cries of killing did not appear, and the army rushed into the village without any resistance.

Estan sneered, it seems that Alan is indeed not in the territory, and the troops are not enough to even plan to garrison the village, so he can only send a dozen archers to harass him.

"Order the army to arrest all those who are hiding in their homes and send them to the territory for hard labor!"

The soldiers were not polite to the farmer, and at the Viscount's command, they went from house to house and kicked the door open.

However, to everyone's surprise, there was no one in all the houses.

No, I don't even have a dog.

"Lord Viscount, there is no one in the village ......"

Both's face was a little ugly, and it turned out to be an empty village when he rushed over so bumpy......

Estan was also on the verge of going berserk, he thought it was a trap, but he didn't expect that the other party was delaying time and removing everyone.

"It's okay, let the army enter the village to rest first. ”

Estan grimaced, "I don't believe Fort Mussen can fit all of Merlin in it!"

The words were so, but Bott still had something strange in his heart, but since the Viscount had said so, he was helpless.

"What does it smell like?"

As soon as he stepped into the village, a familiar and somewhat pungent smell rushed into Estan and immediately stopped him.

Boke sniffed suspiciously, and his face changed greatly in the next second, "It's fire oil, withdraw, withdraw quickly!"

At this moment, several rockets suddenly flew out of the jungle outside the village and landed on various grass piles in the respective villages.

A moment later, the flames rose into the sky and quickly spread throughout the village!

The soldiers in the village rushed out, but many more remained inside......

With Bock's help, Estan ran out of the village in embarrassment, staring at the fire in the village, unable to suppress the anger in his heart any longer, and punched the tree trunk!

"Alan, I want you dead!"