Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 674 - 062: The Grand Plan

The political turmoil in the Southern Countries runs deep with entanglements of interests and grievances between nations, causing the planned coalition forces to remain unformed until now.

During this time,

The Blue Dragon Kingdom's army has only been holding fast to the Border Great Wall, gradually deploying troops to encroach on nearby territories, establish towns, gather refugees, and create an image of pioneering development.

Apart from the local conflicts between nobles and lords, overall stability has been maintained.

However,

This does not mean that the Blue Dragon Kingdom has no plans regarding the Southern Countries.

Not only is this not the case,

but from the very beginning, the Blue Dragon Kingdom's military has been implementing a grand plan!

Maintaining this overall peace with the Southern Countries is not only a preparation for the grand plan but also a very important step within it.

A grand scheme targeting the entire southern region of the Central Earth World!

Once the plan succeeds, it will create a significant rift in the southern part of the Central Earth World, providing the Blue Dragon Kingdom with an exceptional opportunity for rapid expansion.

Simultaneously, this plan can divert attention from Austin, who is poised to participate in certain events from behind the scenes.

The origin of the grand plan,

Is rooted in a very realistic problem encountered by the Blue Dragon Kingdom in its expansion process.

That is,

The population count.

After gathering a large number of refugees over a year, the total population of the Blue Dragon Kingdom has reached nine million, steadily approaching ten million.

However,

This number is still far inferior compared to the Central Earth World!

Among the eight Southern countries with borders overlapping somewhat with the Border Great Wall, even the Eloga Duchy, which has the harshest climate and is mostly desert, has a population of over seven million.

This is already the country with the smallest population among the eight nations bordering the extreme south of the Central Earth World.

The one with the largest population is the rival of the desert nation Eloga, the Olan Duchy, which spans eighteen million square kilometers, comparable to two Hua Countries from Austin's past life, and most of it is fertile plains and river areas, reaching a population of over thirty million!

The combined population of the entire eight Southern countries exceeds one hundred million.

This enormous population is already more than ten times that of the entire Blue Dragon Kingdom!

Moreover, among the vast eight Southern countries, there are countless mercenaries, adventurers, thieves, and numerous Legendary Realm strongmen.

Once the Blue Dragon Kingdom confronts them, if the Southern eight countries unite against such a formidable enemy,

even with Austin's advantages, the Blue Dragon Kingdom is bound to suffer significant losses.

For this reason,

from the beginning,

even before destroying the eight-country coalition and breaching the Border Great Wall, the Blue Dragon Kingdom's general staff had spent years investigating, revising, and finally formulating a plan for conquest and invasion.

When the Border Great Wall was breached, the Southern eight countries each merely sent a few small forces to probe, but did nothing more.

All the counselors of the Blue Dragon Kingdom knew, the opportunity had come!

The Blue Dragon Kingdom's subsequent reactions and actions are closely related to this invasion plan.

The army holds firm at the Border Great Wall to reduce an aggressive stance and avoid giving the Southern Countries too much despair, which could cause them to set aside all differences and unite against them.

Sending spies and special forces to disrupt the relations between the Southern Countries also prevents the formation of alliances while gathering intelligence, drawing maps, investigating enemy generals, and army divisions.

Dispatching small-scale teams to breach noble castles near the Border Great Wall ensures that it does not provoke the Southern Countries excessively while clearing all eyes and ears nearby, storing weapons and equipment, building logistics bases for future deployments.

Even gathering refugees carries the same strategic purpose!

Which is,

The human heart!

Unquestionably, the Blue Dragon Kingdom's efforts to gather refugees and organize them in post-disaster reconstruction have slowly spread over time.

Currently, among the refugee waves heading south,

not only destitute refugees seek a new life in the Blue Dragon Kingdom, but even farming families like Bill's, who are not yet at their wits' end but face extreme hardship, start migrating.

Because in the Southern Blue Dragon Kingdom, even a slave can have a bowl of white glutinous rice.

The Southern Countries have sensed the crisis within it,

but they are unaware of its true danger!

Which is the human heart!

In Austin's previous life, the rabbit once drove the Party of Fruit to the sea in just three years by dividing the land among peasants.

The most fundamental reason was the human heart!

Even if you have an army of a million, what's the use on the other side saying:

"Son, the land has been divided at home!"

In an instant, the morale crumbles.

The Party of Fruit's million-strong army dwindled until it was entirely exhausted, forced to flee to the sea with remnant troops, relying on the Lighthouse Country's aircraft carriers and nuclear deterrence to survive.

The rabbit grew stronger with every battle,

eventually waving the vivid red flags, painting the entire Central Plains fiery red.

In this world,

although the process is different, the principle is the same.

The Southern Countries, especially the upper echelon nobles and kings of the Frandi Duchy, Golden Eagle Duchy, and Olan Duchy, which share the most borders with the Great Wall, are entirely oblivious to the fact that,

due to the Blue Dragon Kingdom's infiltration, the hearts and minds of those at the bottom have entirely collapsed, with countless struggling poor laborers and peasants gazing toward the South.

"I heard things are quite good down south..."

"I heard you can have a full meal daily if you work in that country..."

"If only those southern lords would come over, that would be great..."

These are the words most frequently spoken by the lower-class people in the Southern Countries during this time.

Many peasants lack the courage to flee to the South,

but the legendary Blue Dragon Kingdom in the South fills them with boundless hope.

In an era plagued by continuous disasters, this hope is further magnified.

In this world,

the nobles naturally consider themselves superior and fundamentally different from the commoners, so they never lower themselves to listen to the concerns and demands of the so-called inferiors.

As such, what these arrogant noble ruling classes fail to realize is that,

the grassroots' hearts and minds are crumbling.

Just like the ground beneath their feet, it is becoming as soft as sand, sinking and collapsing slowly!