Genocide can be a hassle, as the population is rarely cooperative, and the gains are never enough to cover the expenses of such vast project. Fortunatly, the human cruelty is nearly infinte, and this hasn't stopped many powerfull leaders and sharp mind to spend countless time and effort on such a despicable purpose.

Here is a list of usefull tactics that have been used through history, or that have been invented by that wicked mind of mine. You can use them both for genocide or to simply break them as a people.

As mentionned by Youstay Igo, you could find some sickness they are vulnerable to, and use it against them. You have many ways to do this

This one has been mentionned by many other answer, so I won't detail it. Even if torturing some prisonners is not that effective against the rest of the population, this cannot make them any good, so carry on. It could even be used as a distraction to boost your own troops moral.

In the opium wars, chinese forces were significantly weakened by the use of opiods, wich were illegally imported from british colonies (this was, as you can guess, the starting point of the war). Getting Wussname to widely use some sort of adictive drug may reveal tricky, but very usefull once you succeed. You may achieve this by using some third party, so they do not suspect the provenance of the drug : manipulate a travelling merchant, a friendly country of your ennemy, or send troops equiped with the drug to a suicide assault. They may found the drug on your soliders body and try it.

Gerilla warfare

Youstay Igo mentionned that too. Ambush, traps, landmine and gunpowder are your friends on this one. Use also your dragons to make raids on their cities with incendiary bombs. Beware thought, as this is their country, they know it better than you do. I'd suggest you burn forests rather than trying to use them for an ambush that could be easily scouted and usedagainst you.

EDIT : I almost forgot, but this will also grant you the unobtainium. But you may discover that having some instantaneous communication is far more precious than better weaponery. Also, as Conan said, there is nothing in life better than crushing your ennemy.

Genocide can be a hassle, as the population is rarely cooperative, and the gains are never enough to cover the expenses of such vast project. Fortunately, the human cruelty is nearly infinite, and this hasn't stopped many powerful leaders and sharp mind to spend countless time and effort on such a despicable purpose.

Here is a list of useful tactics that have been used through history, or that have been invented by that wicked mind of mine. You can use them both for genocide or to simply break them as a people.

As mentioned by Youstay Igo, you could find some sickness they are vulnerable to, and use it against them. You have many ways to do this

This one has been mentioned by many other answer, so I won't detail it. Even if torturing some prisoners is not that effective against the rest of the population, this cannot make them any good, so carry on. It could even be used as a distraction to boost your own troops moral.

In the opium wars, Chinese forces were significantly weakened by the use of opiods, which were illegally imported from British colonies (this was, as you can guess, the starting point of the war). Getting Wussname to widely use some sort of addictive drug may reveal tricky, but very useful once you succeed. You may achieve this by using some third party, so they do not suspect the provenance of the drug : manipulate a travelling merchant, a friendly country of your enemy, or send troops equipped with the drug to a suicide assault. They may found the drug on your soldiers body and try it.

Guerrilla warfare

Youstay Igo mentioned that too. Ambush, traps, landmine and gunpowder are your friends on this one. Use also your dragons to make raids on their cities with incendiary bombs. Beware thought, as this is their country, they know it better than you do. I'd suggest you burn forests rather than trying to use them for an ambush that could be easily scouted and used against you.

EDIT : I almost forgot, but this will also grant you the unobtainium. But you may discover that having some instantaneous communication is far more precious than better weaponry. Also, as Conan said, there is nothing in life better than crushing your enemy.

EDIT : I almost forgot, but this will also grant you the unobtainium. But you may discover that having some instantaneous communication is far more precious than better weaponery. Also, as Conan said, there is nothing in life better than crushing your ennemy.