Way of Overlord

Actually, Yan dynasty could have done many policies that would have pacified the people of the Songnu and the Sirong tribe.

If they were allowed to assimilate without changing too much of the Songnu and Sirong tribe and without having to acknowledge the superiority of the Yan people then they could have become a strong force that the Yan could use to fight against the tribe of the Steppe

But the Yan people believe any race that is not Yan would have different hearts than them. And they could not trust outsider at all.

And it is precisely because they could not trust outsider, that they could not win the loyalty of these tribes.

They always lamented that the people of the jungles and mountain could not be loyal but they never examined themselves and think why does the people of those tribes, that are not Yan could not be loyal to them

How could you be loyal to a government that will always treat you like an outsider, and give you insulting names

And they did not have to worry about such thing when they join Aeryon. Aeryon himself cultivate loyalty.

But the loyalty that he cultivated is not toward the Steppe. It is toward him. To a person. Because the Steppe while it is home, the people of the Steppe has always been a nomadic and home is wherever they stop.

So, he cultivates loyalty towards him

Those who could fight would be absorbed into the army and those who could not could always help the construction or the many other ongoing project going on all over the tribes area

Brolgadhr is getting stronger. And to those who could see the signs, the sign is clear. Brolgadhr is preparing something