Elia's Quest - Dragons (Campaign 3, Mission 4)

I personally played on Recruit difficulty, version 2.1. 183 dragons joined me. And by the way, it doesn't matter who goes to them – I had Railag following them. As for making it back to your Castle, it's not a 3-4 day journey; there's a portal right next to the dragons that leads directly to your Castle, so it's not a problem.
And at the end, when the enemy sees how many dragons you've acquired, he turns around and moves to the left corner of the map, and there, the path to him is indeed 3 days long. But he doesn't run away; he obediently waits for his fate in that dead end.

I played on Veteran difficulty, and 143 little dragons joined me! I was amazed by that number. I've never had so many dragons under my command before. I also used this Manual to help me. In the last week, when that Tralsai appeared, I had to reload my saves many times to make it in time to visit the last two upgrade locations with Ilay, and in the end, that jerk didn't even attack my Castle:D I had to chase after him too.

And here's the army I attacked him with: D

Me - 448 Assassins - Computer - 712 Assassins
Me - 339 Furies - Computer - 340 Furies
Me - 368 Minotaurs - Computer - 230 Minotaurs
Me - 138 Lizards - Computer - 100 Lizards
Me - 170 Black Dragons :)) - Computer - 0 :D

I defeated that ... jerk in 2 turns. He did manage to cast Armageddon, and that was his last word