The danger of Order of the Dragon is that their units, they may not have as many numbers, but they pound-for-pound will beat you up. Spreading them wide is the way to beat them. But if they don't have to spread wide and just take a big central fight, more often than not, they will come out on top.

Two Gilded Horsemen are enough to deal with the English King.

It takes the English king five hits to kill a gilded worker.

If you have a scout, you can make it four hits to kill a gilded worker with the English king.

The King is always such a nice unit to have on these hybrid maps because you can just put him inside of a transport ship and carry him over to your opponent's side and then you'll immediately have a unit to contest your opponent. On the other hand though, Order of the Dragon only need a single spearman to contest the King just because their spearman are really good.