Way of Overlord

" I thought you would try to kill me" Aeryon suddenly said.

Any other person would have flinched. But Chayun look at Aeryon like Aeryon is talking about the weather

"I did think of it"

Aeryon smiles

"Then why didn’t you do it?"

Chayun close his eyes of r a moment and then he sighed

"My father leave me two choice. Two plans"

Aeryon eyes narrows

"If you don’t mind me asking, what is the plan?" If anyone heard the conversation between these two, they would probably be shocked.

If there was any soldier of the Khan in the tent, they would not wait until Chadha finished speaking. They would already arrest such person who wanted to kill their Khan.

But what is shocking is that Aeryon knows someone wants to kill him and that person is just standing two feet away from him but he does not even seem angry.

Instead, he seems even mildly impressed by the desire of the person who wanted to kill him

If this was any other chief, most of the would already shouted for guards and have Chadha captured and killed

Kindness is a weakness.

But to Aeryon this is not kindness.

This is some kind of arrogance.

The arrogance of people who already have the winning cards

Confidence

Chadha notices this.

But he himself is one of a kind chief. If his assassination attempt is not known, they could still talk with decency.

Most people when their assassination attempt is revealed, would not have taken it this calmly.

At most they would run or beg for mercy. But Chayun did not do any of this. Instead, he is sitting there, talking about his desire to kill the Khan in front of his face

It might not seem like much but how many people would dare do something like this.

Some people said Chayun is not the bravest among the sons of Chadha.

Aeryon would say to those people, they judged wrong

Aeryon could not help but chuckle

"When it is about the Chagai tribe, I could never get it right. What a joy!" he thought to himself.

Chuckling while in a nervous situation would usually break whatever tension or whatever composure and changes the pace but it is like a gentle breeze to the heart of Chayun

Aeryon then slowly calms himself.

Seeing that Aeryon is calm, Chayun then said

"My father tell me that if he died, he predicted that you, the Khan would slow down your advances and focus on Nergui and Ultar. Instead of attacking fiercely like you did before, you would sow discords among the Nergui and Ultar tribe"

Chayun paused for a moment

Aeryon smiles and nodded

Aeryon would not go into detail but if the Nergui and Ultar and Chagai tribe still determine to help each other even after Chadha dead, Aeryon has many ways of making sure those two tribes be suspicious against each other.

Fortunately, just like he predicted, the moment Chadha dead, the glue that kept the alliance together crumble completely.

Chayun seeing Aeryon nodded continues

"You would not even focus on the Chagai tribe. Because you know it is useless to sow discord. Or to be more accurate it would be unnecessary for you to sow discord in Chagai when all you need to do is dismantle the other two"

Aeryon smiles at this

"Your father predicted right"

"He also predicted that the moment he died, you would show him respect. And if you show him respect, then this tribe could entrust itself to you"

Aeryon eyes narrows

"Why did your father decide so?"

"If you only uses the method of weakening the other two and slowing your advance, my father said, that all of Chagai warriors would abandon all other settlements, and gather all tens of thousands of warriors of the west to one place"

"And then take a gamble whether you could defeat all the heroes of the west or we force you to back down. Whether you win the war in the west or lose, it did not matter. In any of this scenario, my father predicted you would lose"

Hearing this Aeryon eyes turns sharp

"And what is the basis?"

"if you win, my father said, we as the sons of Chagai must ride north or further west and ask for the help of the western tribes and bade for our opportunity to rise again. We would harass you in the west and would always be against you. We would not let your tribe be at peace"

Aeryon hearing this could not help but have a grim expression on his face. This is what he feared the most.

Once a tribe have such degree of animosity towards another, this kind of tactic could be employed.

This kind of tactic could not be employed by small tribes.

And it did not happen in the other tribes he conquered.

But that was because they were small, they were rewarded and punished evenly and this tribe either surrendered or subdued.

At times, Aeryon even had to show them the harshness of life by levying punishment.

However, Chagai tribe is different.

Because it is big and because there is many interest and many intertwining relationship between the Chagai tribe and the other western tribes.

If Chadha lives longer and even have more time to consolidate the alliance, in a few years the west would even be united and the so-called western regime probably could be realized.

This is a qualified statesman.

It is a pity that only when forced would Chadha shows such brilliance.

If they were not on different side, Aeryon would very much inclined to come visit him and persuade him to join him

But if the Chadha follow this kind of plan outlined by his father, the leadership is intact and the people are united, then what Chayun is saying is something that is likely to happen

Chayun notice Aeryon expression but he did not feel anything. He did not feel fear or satisfaction.

After all, in the end, he chose this method.

He just wanted Aeryon to know what is the price of attacking the tribe and razing it down.

His father had told him, Aeryon is different from other chief. There is many traits of him that is very different from his contemporary.

But the most different trait that Aeryon has....is that he is very....generous.

Yes, generous. This kind of trait is usually associated with weakness.

But his father said, generosity when used virtuously become a strength.

People abhor generosity and view it as weakens but which great warriors and which great ministers does not wish to serve generous leaders?

Aeryon is very generous.

Because he could forgive.

His capacity to forgive people is unmatched. He could even forgive the sworn enemies of his tribe.

He could have slaughtered all of Xewa and Ghar tribe to the last men and children. But he did not.

And the day he did not do that, he already forged a path of unification. What he is aiming is the unification of land, of people, of race and more importantly the hearts.

Those who wanted to unify the hearts of men, first need to win the hearts of men. His father once said that the people of Yan could never truly wins the hearts of the people of the Steppe and they could not win the hearts of people that is not Yan

To them, not of their race, not the same heart. That alone shows they could not accept others. Of course, they would always have a way to justify this.

And yes, it is true one would always favoured those who are the same and close. And at times it is even necessary

His father did not say that one could not favoured others in governments. but fairness is the hardest thing to do.

But if one could not achieve fairness with subordinate, at least one should be fair with the people.

If the ministers is wary of the rulers, at least the people should love the ruler.

Yan dynasty problem today stems from the backlash of the things they did.

If Aeryon knew that Chadha had such thoughts, he would surely be delighted.

Because he himself knew that all empires are like this.

their decline always come after their peak.

Simply because to reach their peak, all empires extract from the people.

Either they extract from their people or other people.

But this would have a backlash. The backlash would not be immediate.

But decades after.

When the Five Barbarians came to the central plains and slaughtered the Han, isn’t it because a backlash of things?

Oppression, suppression, disdain, contempt all of it will find a way to come back and when it rebounds back, it would come a momentum that is unstoppable.

Everything has cause and effect. Ass kicking does not just come down from the heaven without reason.

But Aeryon does not know what Chadha thought. But he knows Chadha is a visionary. The fact even before his death, he could predict what he would do....what a formidable enemy.

"Your father....is truly a wise man" Aeryon suddenly mutters.

Chayun did not smile but his eyes is looking at Aeryon.

It is because he knows this, he dares says all of this.

Because the Khan....is generous.

He is even more generous to his enemies than he is to his own people

Chayun continues

"My father has contacted many western tribes. As long as we could convince the western tribes to fight against you, then it would be a quagmire for your forces. Come winter, and your men would be dissatisfied. We Steppe people prefers fast victory."

"I could still crush you" At this Chayun smiles

"Then what about the east? The north? And those restless forces inside your own tribe?"

Chayun smiles

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