Chapter 299: The Situation in the Northland
The siege battle that took place at the Iron Fortress was just a microcosm of the Red Dragon Legion's all-out attack on the Northlands.
Warwick led the army through the Great Rift Valley and rushed towards the heart of Braavos.
The news of the destruction of the Iron Fortress and the annihilation of the garrison also spread throughout the Northland a few days later.
Even the Northland Alliance didn't expect that without the Dragon King personally participating in the battle, the Iron Fortress Fortress, which has always been known as a natural danger, didn't last even a week.
This scene is similar to the original breach of Dorne Fortress.
The Red Dragons led by Warwick successfully tore a hole in the defense line that the Northland Alliance had spent nine years building, and it was like rain falling into a calm lake, which immediately provoked a chain reaction.
Not to be outdone, the major leaders of the Red Dragon Clan led their armies to attack cities one after another in the vast northern land, and the powerful Red Dragon Legion blossomed on almost all fronts on the entire battlefield.
The Northland Alliance thought that it would be able to hold off the charge of the monster army with its defensive line, but it did not expect that the first wave of the offensive would lead to a massive rout, and this result was simply unbelievable.
Because, in the past nine years, the rulers of various countries have vigorously preached how strong the fortress is, how strong the army is, even if the number of the Red Dragon Legion doubles, it will never be breached.
I didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly.
And this also proves from the side that the combat effectiveness of the Red Dragon Legion far exceeds the upper limit of the assessment of the Northland Alliance, and for a while, the entire Northland people are panicked and the society is uneasy.
The total number of casualties at the major stations exceeded 100,000, and tens of thousands of troops were scattered, which was not a small number.
And being able to resist the invasion of the Dragon Empire as the vanguard is naturally the elite of the soldiers, and their death in battle can greatly hurt the vitality of the Northland Alliance.
For a time, all kinds of rumors of "the collapse of the Northland Alliance", "natural disasters are coming", and "the army of the Northland Alliance is a rice bucket" spread in the streets and alleys, and the pressure from the monster army shrouded the entire Northland Alliance in bloody black terror.
What "the elite army is a lie" and "not as useful as tens of thousands of pigs" simply sprayed the army of the Northland Alliance to nothing.
People are afraid that one day they will see the legendary Red Dragon Legion soldiers coming to the city, and they are even more afraid that those ferocious monsters will be as cruel and cruel as the legend says, doing all kinds of evil and feeding on people.
Some people have even packed their bags and are ready to drag their families to settle in the rear without war, and this phenomenon is by no means rare.
On the other hand, in the face of the ferocious offensive of the Red Dragon Legion, the Northland Alliance reacted equally quickly.
Although they suffered one defeat after another at the beginning, the high-ranking rulers did not give up, and they never thought that they would be able to gain an advantage in this war.
The Northland Alliance hastened to shrink its defensive line, mobilize its troops, regroup, and re-resist the invasion of the Red Dragon Legion at new levels.
In nine years, the Northland Alliance spent a lot of money and countless national resources to almost turn this land into an iron bucket.
All the steep terrain, mountains, and large cities were built according to the specifications of the fortress.
I am afraid that if the first line of defense cannot stop the attack of the Red Dragon Legion, I will not be driven straight into by the army of the Flame Dragon Mother like the former Kingdom of Dorne, and by the time the Dorne Royal Court reacts, half of the country has already fallen.
Now, even in the face of a rout on all fronts, the Northland Alliance can turn the war into a tug-of-war or guerrilla war.
Because, many military experts have already concluded from the previous wars of the Red Dragon Legion that the army of the Dragon Empire likes to fight blitzkrieg, and even if it attacks the fortress of the city-state, it will not send troops to garrison, and will attack the next target non-stop.
And the Northland is too vast, with a total of nearly fifty counties and hundreds of city-states, and it is a little unrealistic to occupy the huge Northland with only 300,000 monster troops.
As a result, there is plenty of room to maneuver around with small armies and red dragon legions to seize captured cities.
It can even mobilize the local people, or issue a large number of mercenary adventurers to participate in this war.
As long as the Red Dragon Legion can be dragged into the rhythm of the Northland Alliance and the battle line stretched, it will be able to rely on the strong national strength of the Northland countries to drag down the support of the Dragon Teng Empire, win the final victory in this war, and maybe even counterattack the Dragon Teng Empire.
If you think about it, this is indeed a useful way to do it when you know that you can't go head-to-head with the Red Dragon Legion.
But the premise is that the Red Dragon Legion is in a hurry, and the next city-state will throw away one.
If the Red Dragon Legion advances steadily, the final outcome will be like boiling a frog in warm water, doomed to failure.
Of course, it's too early to say this, and the Red Dragons have only broken through the first line of defense so far, stepping iron hooves into the territory of the Northland Alliance.
The vast majority of humanity still holds out hope that the kingdom's army will expel the evil monsters from the country and restore peace to human society.
In the face of alien invasions, humans are often able to stand up their backbones and fight the evil forces to the end, wanting them to open the city and surrender, and from then on as the slaves of monsters, ruled by the brutal Red Dragon Emperor, it is obviously impossible.
And what Ize has to do is to break their backbones and use the attitude of a conqueror to completely crush the belief that humanity will win, so that they will not be able to resist the mentality, and the current results of the Red Dragon Legion are far from meeting this requirement.
From this point of view, Ezer Targaryen is indeed an out-and-out tyrant, and he does not hesitate to burn the flames of war all over the North for his desire to rule.
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Gold Coast, King's Heights, Dragon Palace.
The news of the Red Dragon Legion's successive victories in major stations has long been known to the Red Dragon Emperor. He even clearly grasped the movements of each war, including the deployment of enemy forces, tactics, and so on.
Hua Luo became the intelligence leader of the Red Dragon Clan, and after drinking the dragon's blood, he became a druid, able to command all kinds of birds and find out news for him.
It is not surprising that the Red Dragon Legion has achieved such a big advantage on the battlefield, Ize, there are no legendary professionals in the human army yet, and the geographical advantage alone cannot block the monsters' charge in the front.
However, as the Red Dragon Legion deepens, the pace of advancement will definitely slow down gradually.
He had read the information collected by the Dark Scale Organization, the civilians of the Northland countries had been brainwashed by the high-level rulers for many years, preaching the brutality and inhumanity of the Red Dragon Legion, and the Red Dragon Emperor was the doomsday disaster, and these ignorant people resolutely resisted the rule of the Dragon Empire.
Even if the Dark Scale Organization publicized the true national conditions of the Dragon Empire, it would only be considered by humans that this was the conspiracy of the Red Dragon Emperor, that guy was more cunning than the devil.
In this case, Ize can only choose to forcibly open the gate of the Northland by means of war, and the negotiations are useless.
"Hualuo, let the clan leaders step up their siege of the city and plunder the land, and don't give the human army any respite."