Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 711 - 099: Rebellion (Third Update, Seeking Subscription)

Despite having made multiple preparations, pouring the entire nation's power into arranging defenses at the border, swiftly putting aside disputes of interest with surrounding countries, and forming alliances for attack and defense, faced with this unprecedented great enemy.

Yet even so,

every person in the ruling class of the neighboring countries bordering the Blue Dragon Kingdom still felt immense fear in their hearts.

Even minstrels could hear about what happened on the battlefield, and with the nationwide effort to gather intelligence, these ruling elites naturally knew even more inside information.

Not to mention those city-conquering, mountain-clearing alchemy weapons,

just the Dragon's Nest army itself, with its elite soldiers, was enough to rival their core Royal Knight Order, not to mention that the army also had no shortage of Legendary Level powerhouses,

and especially considering the Blue Dragon Kingdom's backing, that being beyond all imagination!

The battle at the Frandy Royal City, the kings and great nobles of the surrounding countries naturally would not ignore gathering intelligence on it.

Then,

the intelligence sent them into shock, even more overwhelming than the fright caused by the Dragon's Nest army's lightning assault that extinguished the Three Great Dukedoms.

The chaotic battle of more than ten legendary powerhouses,

and at the last moment, the sky-tearing, overshadowing giant claw that descended from the void capturing the King of Fire Bruno, were enough to make them quiver.

Not mentioning the elite Dragon's Nest army,

just the legendary existence within them was enough to trouble their nations.

Legendary,

truly has the power to stand against a nation alone!

During these days, every move of the Blue Dragon Kingdom almost made their hearts skip a beat, forcing them to seek assistance everywhere, even from other kingdoms of the Central Earth World.

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The panic of the ruling classes of those surrounding countries, the Blue Dragon Kingdom could not feel it.

In this period,

the entire domestic attention was focused on absorbing and assimilating the territories and people of the recently annexed three duchies, even the post-war public opinion campaigns were mere insignificant actions of the propaganda department in the face of the urgent issues.

With the territory and population several times that of the Blue Dragon Kingdom,

a multitude of small nobles and small lords ruled within, which undoubtedly posed a significant challenge to the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

But once this problem was solved, and the vast land and population were fully absorbed and assimilated, the national power of the Blue Dragon Kingdom would undoubtedly soar in a short time.

To tackle this assimilation hurdle in a short period,

it nearly involved the mobilization of the entire nation's power.

First, the military,

after the Dragon's Nest army broke into the Frandy Royal City, bringing the war to a close, they did not immediately retreat back behind the Border Great Wall but instead stationed themselves in batches in various important cities and borders.

With the powerful Dragon's Nest army stationed there, this famous army that extinguished three kingdoms within half a month acted like a stabilizing force, intimidating surrounding regions from causing trouble.

The presence of the army,

maintained overall stability in the surrounding environment, preventing the many small nobles and small lords in the area from stirring up major unrest.

Next,

the second step was the preliminary measures in the cultural propaganda aspect.

Firstly, under the leadership of the cultural department, newspapers in the Blue Dragon Kingdom successively reported the miserable lives under the state and feudal noble lords, with heartbreaking images in print impacting the hearts of people.

Meanwhile, both radio and television continuously exposed the darkness of the feudal lord era,

and, without needing much embellishment,

just reporting according to the actual situation, with those peasants depicted in photos, wearing tattered clothes, sallow and emaciated, with numb gazes like refugees, was enough to uncover past tragic memories of the citizens.

Under the guidance of the cultural propaganda department,

an atmosphere of reform emerged throughout the kingdom, gaining momentum in saving the people in dire straits, boosting the morale of everyone in the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

At the same time, this propaganda could also dilute the resistance spirit among the populace in the vast areas requiring assimilation.

When all preliminary preparations were generally completed,

the grand reconstruction began,

the Blue Dragon Kingdom officially announced through newspapers, radio, television, and other media channels the fundamental policies regarding the occupied territories.

According to the fundamental national policy of the Blue Dragon Kingdom, land is state-owned, so those rural overlords and small nobles in village areas, besides being able to retain a limited part of their fields, most of the farmland, including mountains, forests, and rivers, would be reclaimed by the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

This straightforward and ruthless policy naturally sparked almost universal resistance among the established beneficiary classes.

Land is the lifeblood of maintaining their noble family rule.

The reclamation policy by the Blue Dragon Kingdom was essentially severing their roots.

During this period, local small nobles and lords banded together, inciting their people to take up arms and rebel, igniting conflicts across occupied areas.

Looking far and wide, the extensive occupied zones of the Three Great Dukedoms had scarcely any peaceful regions.

It seemed like the silent murmur of a dynasty on the brink, with turmoil and chaos everywhere.

Those numerous small noble lords unwilling to lose their benefits, mixed with opportunists, and covert restoration attackers, sparked one rebellion after another.

Although they dared not attack the cities stationed by the Dragon's Nest army, in the vast rural areas, they rapidly gathered large rebellious forces.

Of course,

some small nobles and lords clearly saw that the general trend was unstoppable, proactively aligning with the new rulers of the Blue Dragon Kingdom, intending to surrender most of their land and yield.

After all, if such events occurred in other countries, their outcomes as a defeated nation would not be very different.

The victors, to reward their subordinates, would naturally award occupied territories to those who had contributed in battle, while those rulers as the defeated nation would be purged, with victors using the relinquished lands to reward those who performed meritoriously in the great war.

Every war between nations sees the rise of many new nobles and the decline of many old ones. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

This is most normal; being able to preserve family lives and some wealth is already the best outcome.

But few can clearly see the situation.

Few can restrain their greed.

People always have a fluke mentality.

What if the number of rebels increases to the point that the Blue Dragon Kingdom gives in?

Therefore,

the rebellion escalated, with the fires of war ignited by ambitious restorers creating a spark as potentially vast as a prairie fire, spreading across large regions, bringing a formidable challenge to the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

But soon, when that rebellion escalated further and reached its peak,

those satisfied old-style rebellion nobles were suddenly struck a deadly blow!