Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 712 - 100 Suppression (4th update, requesting subscription)

After the Blue Dragon Kingdom's fundamental policy toward occupied territories was publicly declared, rebellions erupted one after another, yet the Blue Dragon Kingdom's officials did not immediately respond.

Rather than suppressing all dissent with a thunderous force, only to engage in a prolonged battle of wits and strategies with these feudal old nobles, the Blue Dragon Kingdom's officials preferred to burst this abscess and then clean it up entirely.

As the saying goes, a blank sheet of paper is easier to paint on.

This world may not have such a famous saying, but the logic remains the same.

Therefore,

After issuing policies and laws in the early stages, the Blue Dragon Kingdom's officials did not take further actions, and the troops stationed around the cities remained entrenched within the cities to rest and train.

Some local Barons colluded with their subordinates Knights to launch rebellions, igniting warfare in the vast rural areas, yet the Blue Dragon Kingdom's officials acted as if they saw nothing.

Instead, they began slowly transforming the surrounding rural areas with the city as the center, seemingly forgetting the vast heartland plain regions.

Even as the rebellion intensified, the warfare continued to escalate, and the Blue Dragon Kingdom's officials still pretended not to see anything.

This further fueled the momentum of the rebel forces,

Some nobles even raised the banner of restoring the Kingdom, attracting and gathering substantial military forces for a time.

These forces were primarily composed of minor nobles, with remnants of high-ranking fugitives as leaders, and their call to restore the Kingdom attracted a large swath of civilians, commencing a grand expedition.

The entire heartland plain of the occupied area fell into continuous warfare.

Just as the rebel forces reached their peak, engulfing many civilians, and prepared to launch an attack on the city occupied by Dragon's Nest army, the Blue Dragon Kingdom finally moved.

During this period of indulgence, the remaining forces of old nobles were all swept in, and although a small minority might have been unwilling to join the rebellion, they could not resist the overwhelming force and had no choice but to be swept along and participate in the rebellion.

One might say that, during this period of indulgence,

The enemies became very clear.

Those small nobles and minor Lords scattered across the vast regions all gathered together with the momentum of the rebel forces, and the old noble class in the remote areas were all swept into this rebellion.

Then,

It was time to harvest the fruit.

The time was ripe.

When the rebel leaders gathered the old noble army, still discussing how to attack a major city occupied by the Dragon's Nest army to boost morale,

The attack came suddenly.

A series of alchemy missiles accurately targeted the rebel camp under the guidance of drones, creating massive explosions. Billowing flames soared, raising dust clouds, forming a huge mushroom cloud visible from several miles away.

Meanwhile,

New recruits in alchemy flying vehicles roared through the sky, dropping high-explosive alchemy bombs that annihilated the defeated rebels in a Sea of Fire.

Unknown to the rebels, the Dragon's Nest army had already gathered outside the mountains and forests and began a rapid advance to completely annihilate and capture the fleeing rebels.

These rebel forces primarily composed of minor noble Lords,

once again felt the incredible power of blitzkrieg!

The main rebel force entrenched in the camp was thoroughly wiped out after this battle, and the core of resistance among the minor noble Lords either died under the terrifying artillery attack or were exterminated and captured by the subsequent wave of advancing Dragon's Nest army.

One could say that, following the Blue Dragon Kingdom's period of indulgence, the rebel main force had gathered over eighty percent of the small noble Lords and similar old style noble officials.

This destructive war had already broken the backbone of resistance.

Though the remnants of warfare ripple across the plains, they can't provoke much larger turmoil.

Thus,

With the main rebel force suppressed, and numerous minor noble Lords, Knights, and coerced peasant civilians exterminated or captured, the grand reforms commenced.

Each group of grassroots officials, under the protection of teams of militia, delved into the rural areas, attacking and clearing the remaining minor noble Lords controlling regions, breaking castles, capturing resistance forces alive, while appeasing civilians and promoting the policies of the Blue Dragon Kingdom.

Those who resisted were completely attacked and exterminated.

Those who submitted were all confiscated.

Like a drop of ink spreading on rice paper, vast areas were quickly encompassed within.

Relying on Austin's dream network, the Blue Dragon Kingdom could cultivate large numbers of qualified grassroots officials within a short period, coupled with militia professionally led by retired Soldiers, large rural zones within the occupied territory were being absorbed and assimilated by the Blue Dragon Kingdom. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Though those small noble family Lords were very resentful of the losses to their interests, but after the rebel forces that gathered seventy to eighty percent of the small noble Lord class were exterminated, they lost their claws and posed little threat.

One could say that, because of that war, many minor noble Lords in rural villages were caught in that mire of warfare, and the stewards in villages did not return. Only the remaining minions sustained the rule, and power was still in a vacuum.

It must be said,

The prior indulgence towards the rebellion was indeed the most correct decision.

Precisely due to prior indulgence, allowing seventy to eighty percent of small noble Lords and similar old ruling class to gather together, then eradicated by the Dragon's Nest army in one fell swoop.

As a result,

Governance reaching rural areas, managing and ruling the grassroots populace, became simpler than ever before.

Though within those remote, closed mountain villages, the peasants who lived there for generations were wary of outsiders arriving, even subtly resisting them.

This was due to the demonization propagated by their masters.

In occasional places, it might still happen that these emaciated farmers would grab pitchforks to attack, as these low-level civilians living in information isolation, swayed by noble masters' propaganda, exhibited extreme resistance to the arrival of Blue Dragon Kingdom's officials, subtly rallying the burly men in the village, wanting to drive out all grassroots officials and militia.

These departed old nobles still brought significant trouble for the Blue Dragon Kingdom's governance entry.

However,

Resolving this trouble was also simple.

First, these grassroots officials, with the militia's help, immediately attacked the noble Lord's estate, then displayed the stored wheat and food outside the estate.

Announcing that in celebration of the village government's establishment, food would be freely distributed to everyone for three days.

At first,

The ignorant villagers dared not collect the food,

One sharp-tongued villager woman even mocked:

"How could bread fall from the sky? There is no such good thing; watch them. Taking food from those Demons, the outcome will surely be ugly. They might be beaten to death on the spot.

In the past, these masters amused themselves in this way."