Way of Overlord

Nobles are not idiots

When the first resistance of the common people become unstoppable, it is not that they didn’t know

But some chooses a dignified way out, assimilating with the people, giving away some power while some are stubborn and wanted to protect their privileges and not content in giving anything away and so they were swept by the power of history.

Aeryon did not want to repeat this mistake.

He did not want to create an invincible army that only know how to raze and plunder city

Though the problem of the Mongol army is not because they plunder and raze cities. It is because the entree machine is a war machine.

And once it stopped, it would be a reckoning of the system. There are people that benefited from the system of war that the Mongols had done.

And so, when it stopped, this interest group also changed and create an inertia in a system

Some might even say that the division of the regions slow down the disintegration of the Mongol empire

It is the same problem, like the Qin dynasty. But in the Qin dynasty it is not that are prescient. The Qin dynasty themselves did not know what to do with the peace.

They have conquered the seven kingdoms and they should have stop. Instead, they continue. And continuing means the decline from the peak

Six kings of Qin created a foundation and it was hollowed out by one megalomaniac Emperor.

The sins of the Qin dynasty is not in Huhai, but in the First Emperor.

Then in the Han dynasty, there was Liu Che, the Emperor Wu of Han.

He kills so many aborigines and people and conquered and razed tribes simply because of his ambition and how many Han men dies, how many families were broken up for this imperial ambition

The land is vast but the people suffers.

He squandered all the riches that his ancestors had stored up and sacrifice lives of people saying that it would benefit the future generation

The thing is no one knows the future. He had created a country full of orphans and widows. He also nurture enemies that would surely hate the Han.

Everything has cause and effect.

The Hu knows they could not trust such a warmongering race of people beside them.

They would take your land, encroach it, settle their people and wrote in their history book that it was part of their land five thousand years ago as the descendant of the yellow dragon or some shit

A momentary pride traded for the fall of the dynasty. And when Liu Xiu regain the empire , the empire is now ruled with the aristocratic families.

Emperor Guangwu of Han foundation is just a patchwork and it could not withstand the systemic failure and in two hundred years the destiny of the Han had wavered.

And all of the sins of their ancestors finally culminated in the Five Avenging races of Hu. These Hu people has been slaughter and killed by the Han people simply because they are of a different race

They raided the Han but didn’t the Han encroach their lands? And so, the Han world suffer their own retribution

Aeryon think about this and think about the era he is living in.

In this era, there is many things that he could not stop.

If he came here without nothing at all, that he have no base, no resources, then relying on his own power, he would not be able to secure such position

And he would not have the confidence to not plunder cities.

Sometimes plundering cities is not about the resources alone. Sometime, it is about inciting fear and anxiety in the enemies

There is many things that Aeryon could do that Genghis Khan could not do. But there are things that Genghis Khan could do and he could not and that is taking women all over the Steppe

He did not have any desire to have thousands of women serving him and he also did not want to treat these women as weeds on the roadside

Not to mention the waste of women.

The Steppe needs population growth. If he took all the women and sleep with them, in a few generations, it would be relatives marrying each other

He did not want to create another Hapsburg in this world with his own bloodline

As for women that they captured Aeryon is more keen to married them off to his officers and young men

Not to mention that they would be grateful, it would also increase the population as time goes by

And Aeryon sighed

There is a peaceful way of ending this matter

He thought for a moment and then closed his eyes.

Then opening his eyes, he said

"I know of this matter. I will speak to her tomorrow"

’My Khan..."

"I KNOW!" Aeryon suddenly shouted and Mayeux was startled and then he sighed a lowered down his head

"Dismiss yourself"

Mayeux nodded and walk out of the tent. Inside the tent Aeryon sighed

"She could only be persuaded by interest" Saying this Aeryon sighed again

...

The morning in the Brolgadhr is different from the morning of everywhere in the Steppe today

There is a city there. And it is a city that is now in celebration. Even though the news of victory had been announced before, it is not the same today

Today, many of the soldiers are returning home

There are merchants in the streets and there are herders selling Tayak and goats

Horse merchants shouting to gain attention, merchants from different parts of the Steppe come to the cities. There is even a few Yindu and Yan merchants in the markets.

The soldiers have been rewarded and now they Aare returning home. Some stays stationed in the city and some are garrisoned and some are doing a clean-up on the rebels and the bandits but some have taken the vacation and return home

There is gold and silver, rewarded for their services

And many of these soldiers, some of them would be teenagers in the modern era had never seen money this much given to them.

Most of them barter and they never seen gold and silver before.

But they know the value of such. And now after fighting a war, they are rewarded and they return to their tribe flaunting their newfound wealth

Some return to their tribe and slaughtered Tayak and celebrate with their family and clan. Some showered them with Ayrag and brought them to the harlot tents to engage in carnal frivolity

Some basked in the glory by retelling their daring attack

It was like there was a second celebration of victory.

Aeryon on the other hand is riding toward the plains. Right now, Aeryon is just sitting on his horse and his eyes is looking at one direction

He is looking at the east

His eyes could not see the Esbizuk tribe but it almost felt like he could see it.

He sighed

And then he sighed again

He closes his eyes and then opens it back up, he breathed in and breathed out but the feeling in his heart could not be untangled

The more he thinks, the more he felt conflicted

He shakes his head and then keep watching the scenery, probably hooping that the scenery would give him an answer.

The sun had already rises and he has seen the dawn of this steep for almost a year now

And even after a year, he is still not sick and tired of it

Right now, he forgets about all of those things he has been thinking about. He forgets about the schemes and the plots. He forgets about those memories she could not recall and he forgot about who he is and what he is

For now, he is just enjoying the wind, the sun and the scent of gras in the morning

Nature in its purest form

And he has been sitting on his horseback since then. He watches the sun rises, watches the grass sways left and right and he still could not resolve the feeling in his heart

"The tribe needs recuperation"

He is not saying this to anyone

There is no one around him

He is saying to himself. Almost like he is trying to convince himself right at this moment

Then he looks at the distance. There is roads, there is small wooden bridges between streams.

But this bridges are made by the people and not made by the tribe. Because the stream of water is not that wide and it is not that deep

It is almost like cosmetics. It is not in the main road. There is a tree nearby the stream, a tall sturdy tree, with lush leaves and strong branches and on the branches there is a swing and a few Steppe children could be seen taking turns playing the swings with the elders nearby watching over them

And in the distance, there is warbands all over the plains. Some are coming to the city and some are going out of the city

Aeryon look at this and he could not help but frown

The martial environment of the Steppe has become even more stronger this year. Aeryon believe this is because of his involvement.

He had created a war machine in Brolgadhr and with each victory it is like this war machine is becoming stronger and stronger. Well-oiled with many young men wanting to make a name for themselves and win eternal glory

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