Way of Overlord
Chapter 214: The Incident of the Nine Horses

Chapter 214: The Incident of the Nine Horses

The third victory is the victory of diplomacy.

Aeryon send his message of attacking the Yan city to many tribes.

He sent it to Utgard, to Chagai, to Haltur tribe, to the Burak tribe, to the other western tribes and even as far as the Altai and Timur tribe.

But out of all these tribes....only three answer the call.

The Sordkazan, the Esbizuk and the Khagai.

These three tribes by answering the call not only gain great prestige and reputation but also implies their intent to compete in this chaotic era.

Each of those three tribes all have the ability to stand toe to toe with Brolgadhr tribe.

And even though there was no formal alliance between them, the moment the three tribes answer his call, to the rest of the Southern Steppe, these three are connected by blood

They fought together and share bounty with each other.

Maybe later they would fight each other but for now, they would surely meet with each other more often and might even cooperate with each other.

The four tribes that attack Nurshira also recognize each other strength and when warriors recognize each other strength, they would respect each other.

Respect is very important in the Marynku culture just like in Yan culture.

The method of their respect and the way they convey it might be different from Yan, but the importance they put in such matter is the same

One day, when two tribes are at war with each other, who would the other tribes helps or aid when both of them ask for help?

The one they respect usually is the one they aided unless there is a conflict of interest

This is the victory of diplomacy.

And that is not the only benefit when the three tribes accept the call.

When the three tribes accept the summon by Aeryon, to the rest of the Southern Great Steppe, Aeryon has reached a great power and influence.

His words could move three tribes and each of the three tribes that listens to him, are all rising and powerful tribe

Esbizuk in the East, Sordkazan that is conquering the small tribes and clans and the famous Khagai tribe that fend off the invasion of the Western Zhou.

The chief and those who are at high position of course knows that there is give and take and compromise and considerations for the other three tribes to listen to Aeryon call.

And it is not like they were subordinates of Aeryon.

But that is only known to those of high position.

To the common warriors and the common people of the Great Steppe, what they see and hear was Aeryon of the Brolgadhr tribe commands the three tribes, break the city of Yan, bringing back tens of thousands of slaves, tens of thousands of golds and tens of thousand of horses and Tayak.

The prestige of such a person could recruit many warriors all over the Great Steppe. Great Warriors choose their master and choose who they are loyal to.

And who would not choose a strong master?

Yan ministers chooses their king based on the code of conduct of Great teacher, benevolence and integrity.

But the great warriors of the Great Steppe choose their lords based on the lord strength and characters

They could be weak chief and weak person but if they have the strength of characters, never giving up, honest with their men, then it is still a lord worth serving.

And if there is a lord that have the strength of character, the strength of a great warrior, the breadth of mind of great conquerors, who would not want to vote for such person?

They would rush to sell tehri service to such a lord and create history with such a lord.

This is Aeryon three victories and this is the sign to the other chiefs, to the clan leaders that the Brolgadhr rise is inevitable

And if even outside clans and chiefs could see this, how could the clans in the Brolgadhr tribe could not see it?

They see it. And so, they desire more.

The lands of the Brolgadhr is expanding, who will be bestowed such lands? The tens of thousands of warriors who would lead it?

When the Southern Great Steppe is united, who would be given great titles and great wealth?

Should they fight for this later? Of course not. Later is too late. They should fight it now

And the thieves that stole the nine horses basically gives the tribes that was affected a reason, a justification to test the elders of the Brolgadhr tribe.

The thieves stolen nine horses.

It should have been that big of a deal

But these nine horses belong to different clans and tribes.

And there lies the problems

These clans were small clans. Some are strong clan. As for the horses that belongs to the other tribes, those tribes are the tribes that was either destroyed or subjugated and assimilated into the Brolgadhr tribe

And even though they are now are part of the Brolgadhr tribe, they still rely on their former tribe members and this incident is like a chance for them to see the how the people of Brolgadhr treated them

Aeryon always spout how they are equal in his tribe and he would treat them like his own tribe members and these people wanted to see that promise

And even though the Elders was entrusted with the tribes, the one that would make the decision is Rukari.

Aeryon entrusted Rukari with the position. Because he trusted Rukari and because the Elders also have always been listening to Rukari words.

Elders have their own circle. In some tribes, the Elders are more powerful than the chief and at times could even infringe on the matter of the tribes.

Of course, such problem did not exist in Aeryon tribe.

Because all of the Elders of the Brolgadhr is the relative of Aeryon.

And even though there are now Council of Elders which also included the chief of the tribes and clans that was defeated by Aeryon, they did not hold much power in the Council of Elders.

The power of decision still lies mainly in the Elders of Brolgadhr. And the one holding the most sway in the Elders council, is Rukari, Aeryon uncle

Rukari when he first heard the incident dd not think of it as a big of a problem.

The horses was stolen on the morning.

And Rukari did send people to search around the vicinity of the Brolgadhr area and they did find traces but the search is not that detailed or vigorous.

Because compared to the thousands of horses that they now have, what is nine horses? It is but a drop in the ocean

Who would have though even before the sun could turn to afternoon, five people came to the Elder Tent and make this matter bigger than it should?

These five people are the owner of those nine horses. And each of them are from different clans and tribes.

It is then that Rukari felt that this incident is not so much as a small matter but a big matter. If Aeryon was here, he probably have his own method of handling this

But Rukari is not Aeryon and the method Aeryon could do is not the method that Rukari could do.

Rukari was forced to give a quick judgment on this matter.

And knowing that this matter has become big, Rukari summoned the people who were chasing the thieves and only then he knows that even though the one that stolen these nine horses are only a few dozen people, it is estimated that they are the famous robber of horses in the Steppe, the Black Wind bandits.

They are given this title because they wear dark clothes and dark bandana on top of their heads

They robbed horses, people and resources and they targeted small and large tribes. They would then sell these horses either to other tribes or other nations. The one that came to rob the horse might be one of the branches of the Black Wind bandits

The real Black Wind bandits is said to be on the northern side of the Great Steppe near the Roma borders.

They have many branches and all of them is scattered all around the Great Steppe. Rukari is not worried that the Black Wind bandit in the north would come down to the South

Because each and every Black Wind bandit branch is independent of each other.

The strongest is the one in the North.

As for the others, they simply are subordinates of the main sect.

Yes, they could be considered a sect.

The Black Wind bandit in the Southern Great Steppe is not that powerful.

They could not establish a foothold because nobody let them.

Anytime it seems that they have an influence, the other tribes would cooperate each other to make sure that they are eradicated before they could become the behemoth there were in the Northern Great Steppe.

Only in chaos they could develop and for most of the years before Aeryon returns back to the Southern Great Steppe, there is not much chaos other than the occasional skirmishes between neighbouring and feuding tribes.

The few Black Wind bandits also active during those times.

From what Rukari got from the scouts, these Black Wind bandit branch is not that powerful and if Rukari mobilize a few hundred people, they could easily wipe out this branch before they move toward other parts of the Steppe

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