Way of Overlord
Chapter 232: Bottom Line

Chapter 232: Bottom Line

Aeryon immediately understand .

He come close to the map and look again; this time it was like he could see the invisible lines crafted by Mayeux.

Sitting in his tent, strategizing in one’s tent can win battles thousands of miles away, determining the future direction of the world

"Bolghar would attack Burka, Burka is vulnerable, because Burka send aid to Haltur. Chagai tribe is occupied with attacking Burka tribe so we do not need to worry that they would encroach our territory

Chagai tribe borders with the area of the Kanun, Khulun and Duhai tribe. Kanun tribe and Khulun tribe is assimilated with the Brolgadhr tribe, Duhai tribe is a vassal tribe and they are all connected to Brolgadhr tribe now.

Aeryon orders is now long and large.

But now, Aeryon doesn’t have to worry about the Chagai tribe would attack them if they focus their forces toward the west.

As for the Nergui tribe that borders Khulun, unless the Nergui tribe make an agreement with Wustkazan they could not come down from the north to pose any threat.

Because Wustkazan and the other tribes near them might take advantage of this to strike the Nergui tribe.

Cha-Ner-Ul alliance is also feared nowadays so they could not think of themselves as an underdog and not be targeted by other people.

Aeryon is probably not the only chief that is worried about that alliance. Their eastern side is still secure because of Utgard tribe

"There is really nothing stopping us from taking the West!" Aeryon suddenly realized and his eyes shines even brighter.

All of the fatigue, all of the confusion is swept away.

His ambition is always there but he also knows he needs to have patience.

But at the same time eh was also anxious as the time is ticking.

The others could not see the danger.

But he could see it

And seeing it, of course, he could not stop his anxiousness

He needs to be patient but he also must not be slow.

But now, today, Mayeux come to his tent and said that next year, his tribe would be able to rule the west of the lower Southern Great Steppe.

So, how could he now not be excited.

The desire to go outside and fight the world right now is burning in his heart right now

"An interconnected plan" Aeryon then told Mayeux what he thought and Mayeux nodded

"Yes, that is why Khagai must attack Bolghar. As long as they could fight Bolghar, we could aid. The best part is that we don’t even have to use our main force"

Aeryon nodded agreeing. This could be left toward the Khagai tribe. Aeryon had seen Valgrun and his men fight and that is a very disciplined army.

And Valgrun told him that most western border tribes are like this. Those who are weak would be eliminated by the Western Zhou. So, most of the western border tribes are very powerful

Aeryon eyes look toward the map and he also notices that he could use the Zlata and Duhai tribe to even support Khagai if it’s got to heated

"However, we must worry about other intervention" Mayeux said and this raises an alarm in Aeryon heart

"what do you mean?"

"This battle would not be solved in one day or a week. Bolghar tribe area is vast and they would have resistance. Not to mention the assurance that they could command."

Aeryon agreed with this. This would not be like the battle before where Aeryon could quickly subdue those small tribes.

There is a reason why Aeryon method works in the earlier part of the conquest.

That is because Aeryon choose the tribe carefully.

He choose tribes that are small or not powerful so he could easily overwhelm them, quickly assimilated them and absorb them under his banner

The longer the tribe existed in the Great Steppe means the longer the legacy, the larger the land, the harder it is for Aeryon to implement certain methods

And Mayeux pointed to another tribe on the map and Aeryon understood what Mayeux is saying. There is still the Tare tribe and Aoshi tribe.

If Bolghar is attacked, then they are honour bound to help him, repel Khagai and even in the extreme situation destroy Khagai tribe.

Mayeux could see the doubt of Aeryon right now.

And Mayeux quickly assuage him of his fears

"But they could not destroy Khagai this time. Even if the worst-case scenario happens and the Khagai tribe loses, they would not go to the extent of destroying the Khagai tribe"

"Why?"

"Because if they do that, then they would clash with us"

"But we are already clashing with them if we aid Khagai tribe"

But Mayeux shook his head.

"No, we do not. Right now, we have an alliance with the Khagai tribe., Valgrun might have swear his allegiance to you my Kan but this is something the world doesn’t know"

"All they know is that the chief of the Khagai tribe when he went to the raid of Nurshira was so impressed with my Kan that he struck an alliance with our tribe. Allegiance to you and alliance to you is different in degree"

Mayeux paused for a second before saying

"Alliance means one acted according to one interest while at the same time not harming the partner of the alliance. Sometimes an alliance even benefited each other"

"But allegiance to you take a different meaning. It means Khagai would act according to our orders. This information is only known to us both. To the world, what they see is what we want them to see"

’If Khagai tribe attack Bolghar, to the other tribes, this is Valgrun decision of wanting to expand. When he ask for or aid, as we are in an alliance of course we need to send men. What we do is not reproachable. The matters and agreement of the western border tribes is not something we should worry about"

He paused for a second and then said

"Why are you so sure that he Khagai tribe would not be destroyed? I have met Valgrun and this man impressed me. He knows the current trend and he knows he did not have much time. He is ambitious but also someone who could see insight to the future. He like Durka believe in me. I have no problem stabbing the back of my enemy. And I could break alliance if it would benefit our tribe and the Great Steppe. But.....there are things I must protect" he sighed and he paused for a second before saying

" I would not accept it if Khagai tribe is destroyed because of our machinations" Mayeux shakes his head

"It would not happen like that"

"what we do is above-board. But in the case if Khagai tribe loses, the tribes of western border would not force Khagai to an annihilation"

"because then they would provoke us. In the west we are not as strong as them but that does not mean the western border tribes are invincible"

Smiling, Mayeux added

"If they began coming out from the area of the borders, how could they fight us? We are ruling a large land and large lands means a lot of people. There is many warriors and people, clans and tribes under us. As long as you order it, we could still overwhelm the western border tribes"

Hearing this Aeryon frowns.

He would like it thing did not go that route.

He of course knows that with the army he have now, he could still overwhelm a large amount of tribe.

But there is danger in every side of his border. They are all waiting for that moment.

Aeryon knows this and he doubts that Mayeux doesn’t know this.

The only reason this danger does not manifest itself is because Aeryon tribe is strong and the defense is not lacking.

He have enough reserve force to deter any tribe from attacking his tribe.

But if he fights with the western tribe borders, judging from the strong alliance between the western border tribe, he needs to use all of his tribe power to win this war.

Because if he enters with all of his army, this is no longer just a battle between two tribes but a battle between Brolgadhr and the western border tribes.

And they might even use Ashana to their advantage by denouncing him and summons other tribes to defends them.

Any tribe that wanted to attack him would then have justification to attack him.

Cha-Ner-Ul alliance would probably even turns against him and attack his tribe and his area.

"It would be a whole blasted mess." Just thinking about the aftermath is giving Aeryon headache.

If he did things like that, it would be like detonating a bomb in the center of this conflict and the mess would be so big that it would ripple though the entire Southern Great Steppe.

If the impact is beneficial to him, of course, Aeryon would not hesitate to do it.

But because he knows that if he did it, it would not be beneficial at all to his tribe and to his plans.

Not only that, even if he won the war, then his ambition to rule the Great Steppe probably would be delayed by a decade

The reason he predicting this is because he knows that in this hypothetical scenario if he took too long defeating the western tribes border, there is too many disadvantages for him.

Even if he defeated the western tribe borders, then there is the fact that who would replace the western tribe borders to geld back the Western Zhou?

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