Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 628 - 017: Defeat

Land has always been the foundation upon which the nobility build their standing.

In this medieval level feudal state social civilization, even though extraordinary power exists in this world, the significance of land to the nobility is no different from the concept during the medieval period of Austin's previous world.

If a noble title is to be passed on, land must always be placed first.

In the Central Earth World, as humans have lived here for so many years, all the land that could be cultivated has long been cultivated and turned into private property, and the greed of these nobles for land can only be suppressed deep in their hearts.

However,

when someone tells them that there is a vast expanse of already cultivated land somewhere, currently occupied by Beastmen, where Beastmen sit on large tracts of cultivated fields, holding extremely wealthy resources, how could these greedy nobles remain indifferent?

Greed drives these Southern Countries to unite and together send troops beyond the Kawa Great Forest.

Once they have cleared out the Beastmen inside the Kawa Great Forest, not only can they obtain a large amount of wealth, but after exterminating the Beastmen entirely, they can also gain a large expanse of cultivated land.

Such huge benefits, how could one not go crazy over them.

Especially those greedy nobles in high positions.

The grand army set out, almost treating the land beyond the Border Great Wall as a rich realm filled with gold coins and cheese, waiting for the army to arrive and cleanse it of all Beastmen, so they could plunder a large amount of spoils home.

Then,

there was no 'then.'

When the proud Alliance Commander had not even grasped the specifics of the Blue Dragon Kingdom and launched a three-pronged attack, planning to sweep through the Kawa Great Forest, smashing any stray Beastman forces outside the Forest Land, and deemed the path ahead to be bright.

A terrifying attack descended without warning.

Waves of alchemy fire cannons fell like a dense meteor shower from the sky, and before anyone in the advancing army could react, the horrifying explosions raised towering flames, eventually sweeping up an all-consuming fiery storm that engulfed the entire army.

Through precise calculation, the dense cannonballs rained directly upon the moving troops; the devastating force of the explosions was comparable to thousands of Flame Burst Techniques.

Each wave of alchemy cannonballs plowed open a thick layer of earth.

Simultaneously, after the bombardment ended, the cavalry army on the distant plains, already prepared in formation, began galloping uniformly; each knight donned in heavy armor, joining their fighting qi together to form impenetrable iron walls sweeping forward!

Boom boom boom!!!

The dense sound of iron hooves shook the earth violently, and the awe-inspiring momentum of the cavalry formed into a group was like a black tsunami devouring everything in its path, sweeping towards the already fragmented alliance army position torn apart by the bombardment.

Among the Southern Eight Great Dukedoms' allied army in the Central Earth World, only a few elites survived the earlier horrifying bombardment.

However,

the scattered survivors, unable even to form a position, faced the terrifyingly disciplined cavalry charge!

Without the slightest suspense, when confused soldiers staggered to their feet from the sea of fire from the bombardment, they were immediately submerged by the black iron-clad ocean.

Smoke billowed, corpses littered the land.

On the tragic battlefield, the earth had turned into scorched earth, and everything met by the cavalry was utterly defeated.

The entire allied army, upon encountering the enemy for the first time, was completely encircled and defeated within about a quarter of an hour without even managing to counterattack!

This was an extremely asymmetrical war.

The process went smoothly, without the slightest hitch.

Even before the war erupted, spies who had been lurking along the Border Great Wall had obtained the entire plan of the allied army, and when the three-pronged forces moved out from the upper, middle, and lower routes beyond the Border Great Wall, all their movements were monitored through magical instruments similar to radar.

The alliance still regarded the Dragon Nest Beastman Tribe army as disorderly and unorganized brutes who wield various bone-made weapons and charged forward.

In terms of intelligence, war weaponry, and war philosophy,

the coalition of the eight nations fell far behind the Blue Dragon Kingdom; the only superiority they had was probably their arrogance towards the Beastmen.

But who would have thought,

that what they initially believed to be like lambs easy to slaughter, the Beastman forces would turn into a giant dragon in the blink of an eye, smacking them into a pulp.

In reality, had the allied commander been just a little bit cautious, if the leader of the allied forces were not some useless who ultimately climbed into power through various shady political transactions, if they had gathered information on the Blue Dragon Kingdom before the war broke out, even if their war prowess lagged behind, they wouldn't have been so easily defeated by the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

In the Central Earth World, the relationships between nations are not like those of close brothers.

The eight countries in the southern region of the Central Earth World are particularly so; who knows how deep the hidden schemes and hatred between them are, it's just that because the interests in the Kawa Great Forest were too significant this time, these countries were forced to barely unite.

Yet precisely because of this,

when an unexpected event occurs in the alliance of these eight countries, whoever the incredibly powerful military force, capable of sweeping through any one of the duchies, would be handed over to becomes a big question.

During this period, who knows how many backdoor dealings and shady calculations there were.

Ultimately, some paper-tiger noble youth, relying on a strong family background, received the title of the alliance commander.

Then,

came this disastrous defeat.

In fact, before the war broke out, some insightful general figures had already realized the hidden terrifying war power of the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Some information had circulated during the attacks and cleansing prophecies of the Human-established forwarding points around the Kawa Great Forest by the Dragon Nest Legion.

From these bits of information, the insightful generals deduced the terrifying power under the Blue Dragon's command and had warned the alliance commander in person.

But unfortunately,

enlightened insightful individuals were always in the minority, and the entire army was caught in an eagerly anticipatory mood, who had the heart to listen to such fear-mongering advice?

Especially that haughty and arrogant alliance commander,

in his view, they were just Beastmen, at least once the grand army arrived, they could naturally wipe out these wild Beastmen like pulling weeds.

Thus,

for various reasons, the combined might of the eight dukedoms in the southern Central Earth World was utterly lost in such a manner.