Way of Overlord

this war machine he created is just the beginning. And he did not want to make it full of high intensity

Then people still need rest and it need time to digest and to make sure the consolidation could be done. Khagai tribe for example need to know that the Brolgadhr tribe has the potential to swallow the Southern Greta Steppe

Valgrun of Khagai is old and that is why he could trust him.

He could no longer fight for supremacy and relying on prowess even if he could create chaos in the west he could not create an enduring legacy

The three great tribes of the west, the Chagai, Nergui and Ultar has been subdued and if they could be truly be persuaded to join his ambition, then he would have a very reliable ally

Aeryon ideal situation would be that the Southern Great Steppe retains most of their strength.

Aeryon had already read the report by Belarion, Burchu and Mukhulai and what he could glean from those reports was that the three tribes all have their strength.

And if this strength could be used to benefit the tribe, then that would be the best.

If he had continue fighting these three tribes in the west and did not make such a deal, even if he wins, then he would have lost any men and the victory today would probably feel pretty hollow.

Aeryon wanted to save his men.

He did not forget why he started this war. yes, there is that desire of wanting to create an immortal achievement but the core reason was simply to make sure that the Steppe has the ability to defend itself when the princes of Yan attacks and kidnaps the people of the Steppe

In the war between the Jiang, Xiahou and Sun family, the one who suffers are the people of Yan and the tribes around it. Yes, some tribes also take advantage to raid the Yan dynasty but of course they would

The Yan people might think that the "barbarians" attacking them when they were weak is cowardly but that is just tehri slogan. Even they knew that to attack when the enemy is weak and not when the enemy is strong.

It is just that double standard of them. When they attack weakened opponent, it is a calculated strategy of ingenuity and wit

When others do it, they are cowardly and cunning

Aeryon wanted to preserve the strength of the Steppe and built the Steppe to a height he knows the Steppe could reach

Of course, he would like it if he could crush every opposition. But Chadha really create something.

Without him, there would be no such fierce resistance. But Aeryon also knows every action ahs consequences.

Chadha knew where the winds blows and is wise enough to create such a countermeasure. If he is alive, Aeryon is sure he would have suffers terribly in the west. He believes he would not lose, but there is a great chance he could be repelled.

This is apparent to him when he read the report of the method of the Nergui and Ultar tribe. If only they had someone to unite them, then his entry into the regions under the influence of the Chagai tribe would not have been easy.

But there is no "what-if" in this world. There is only this reality

In the report Belarion and Burchu and Mukhulai report extensively of the method of Ultar and Nergui. Their weaknesses and their strength

As for Chagai, Aeryon was the open acing them and he knows best the strength of this tribe

If not for the fact that there were so many unfortunate things that happens to them, Chagai could very well be able to repel his army.

Of course, Aeryon still have the advantage of men and judging from the situation as long as he coordinate the attack of Belarion and Burchu and Mukhulai , while he would be repelled, the war between them would not end with the victory of the Cha Ner Ul Alliance.

However, now that the deal is struck and the three tribes basically bowed in submission, Aeryon has now basically in the eyes of other gained the western region.

The others are merely a rabble. And if Khagai fall in line then the other tribes either have to surrender or be forced to surrender.

It is only a matter of time.

Aeryon sometimes could not believe it.

At that time, he thought it would take him decades if not years to conquer the Southern Great Steppe.

He never thought that when a certain strength snowballed, and when it has the right momentum and follow that momentum, it sweeps everything away like it was nothing

And that is what happens to him.

With each victory he forges an army that is invincible.

They have the mentality of an invincible army.

First they won against Nurshira.

And once they first win that, they thought to themselves, those so called Yan soldier always boasted like they could kill four Steppe men relying only one person. Turns out they are not that different

This is building confidence. Some of his men were quite scared at the prospect of fighting the main army of Nurshira.

In the beginning at least. They thought they were going to get cut down

Instead, it was the Steppe warrior that is cutting them down.

That victory broke the invincibility image of the Yan soldiers.

And then when they return back to the tribe and fight against unarmoured tribes using sharp weapons and sturdy armours, and win against every warrior and conquers every tribe that they are commanded to....this idea that they are strong take roots. And once it takes roots, that is the beginning of the creation of this invincible army

And once that momentum is there, wherever Aeryon pointed, the tribes falls and the knees be bent, heads be bowed

All of this victory and Aeryon dream of conquering the Southern great Steppe is no longer just some slogan and words

It is on the verge of completion

There is dozens of tribes coming to the city, the generals and warriors returns to their tribe with great powers, tens of thousands of horses surges out all over the west and north, the banners of his clan flutters and wherever they went, they conquer.

Salt and grain is taken from Yan and from merchants, Tayak and goats are slaughtered, the jingling sound coming from the bells on the camels’ neck, the hollering of merchants, the prosperity of a newly formed kingdom

Yan is still asleep, Roma is killing itself, Yindu is in their own civil war and Western Zhou are dividing itself.

There is no better situation and time for Aeryon to unify the Steppe.

As long as he could conquer the Southern Greta Steppe, consolidate it for two years, he would then have the confidence to march all over the Great Steppe and conquered it in three years

This is his five year plan. Take the Southern great Steppe as the springboard for his hegemony

He never thought he could conquer the great Steppe in his lifetime.

The reason is simply because the Great Steppe is too large compared to the Great Steppe in his world

But he also had learned something.

The tribe in the Steppe right now is not like tribal steppe in the Song dynasty. It is like the tribal steppe tribes during the Han but also not quite.

They are not yet unified.

To be more accurate they have long not be unified.

And not being united made them weak. As long as someone could unite other tribe and take the otter tribes with a unified force, then there is nothing to stop them

The reason why the empire fail when they try to conquer the Steppe and he did not is simply because of one reason

And that is, he is of the Steppe.

Yes, because he is of the son of the Steppe.

Not only that, he is one of the descendant of the old nobility of this Steppe.

Even though that means nothing in this era and age of the Steppe, the fact is that he is not an outsider.

That is why the Steppe tribes did not and could not unify against him like they would have if he were an external invaders

It is not like these empire never try proxy war like supporting one of the chief to unite the tribes and then pushed them to the limelight

They tried

Though, it is not like the people of Steppe are idiots

And after countless decades of being lied to by these empires, these chief and its people have great aversion to people of Yan, people of Zhou and people of Roma

Yindu even though they are somewhat neogothic with the Steppe lands and the Steppe people, these two civilization contact is very minimal in terms of diplomatic relations and even feud.

The reason is because of the mountainous range between them that cut off the land of the Steppe to Yindu and Yindu to the Steppe.

No rulers of Yindu had ever dream of trying to take the Steppe especially if they did so, the tribes of the east would surely notice considering there is only few places they could climb down or pass through.

The logistical challenge is enough to make anyone have a headache

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