Way of Overlord
Chapter 362: News of Victory

Chapter 362: News of Victory

These cities and large settlement is usually around the route of the Empatarah river. Some of them is close to resources.

But most of the other small tribes is nomadic in nature.

But if someone treated them well, they would give lands and treated them generously. They would not turn on their guest.

But Nie Yi did that.

He was treated like a family.

Nie Yi betrayal shows to the people of the Great Steppe that the people of Yan could even betray people who treated them best for interest and title.

These are men who are worse than beast.

There is no virtue of gratitude, no desire to repay good deeds, profit and fame is their only requirement.

This kind of person is a person that would throw the entire tribe into a ditch just to save himself.

This kind of person, if he was born in the Great Steppe into a tribe, even if it is the largest and strongest tribe in the Steppe, such a person would be shunned in the harsh life of the Steppe.

This started the conflict again between the Great Steppe people and intensified even more after Nurshira is taken away.

Settlement was built and the land of the people of the Great Steppe was taken from them

It wasn’t until this moment, that the concept of land become a bit more clear to the people of the Great Steppe, especially the people of the Great Steppe that fled from the land of abundance that is Nurshira.

But it is because of this region, that Yan empire managed to stop the people of the Great Steppe from going south.

Nurshira is the land of the Great Steppe.

And Mayeux said that taking Nurshira could make one eligible to fight for the Central Plains.

But there is a probability and it is not easy.

However, Aeryon knows it is possible.

Dugu Yi and Xu Bailong did it.

When Dugu Yi get Xu Bailong he soars across all the Yan empire and he never loses.

The moment Xu Bailong died, Dugu Yi lost repeatedly and was forced to separate into four parts of the world.

And on the second generation, even though Aeryon did not remember the story that much, it is clear that from the story, that Dugu Yi legacy ended in the second generation

So, when Aeryon heard that more and more tribes and small clans attacked Nurshira and created chaos, he did not feel it is a bad thing.

Maybe it would stop Xu Bailong in choosing Nurshira and stop Dugu Yi from returning to Beizhou.

As for what these small clans and group of warriors do after they finished looting , raiding and sacking the cities in the northern region, they would eventually go to his city.

And what they do is they trade with his tribe

Some of them wanted weapons. And Aeryon wanted more yan slaves.

Those who have special skills would be recruited. Even more so, if they are craftsman.

But he never uses Yan people as soldiers that leads the front.

At least not yet. That is too much of a risk and Aeryon himself has a limit of trusting the Yan people

The Yan people in the north is not that loyal toward the central government and most of them have never seen the emperor and their loyalty toward the Yan dynasty is not that strong.

They are more loyal to the noble family that shelter and feed them than the emperor in the capital. The emperor and the nobles shares the world.

That is what happened when Jiang Xiu revive back the Yan dynasty from Wang Mang usurpation.

But it also causes the problems of the powerful families in the Yan dynasty

Some people did not even know the name of the Emperor or but they know even the names of all the young master of the influential family in their region.

But Aeryon shook his head.

"Yan is a problem. But the north is even more of a problem"

Aeryon has been sending people to the north even from before.

And he just got some report from the people in the north.

There is great chaos in the north. And the tribes on the north is allying with the Almani people to attack Roma.

And not only Roma.

Any small kingdom in the north is being attacked furiously by the Steppe people. There must be a reason for this.

But the spy did not make such conclusion or analysis about this matter.

They simply sent news of what is happening in the north. The north itself is very far from the south.

And these spy are not trained spy.

Instead, all of the things these spy tell him could be easily be told if they goes to the north. But the fact is Aeryon did not have time to go to the north right now.

Aeryon just fear that maybe some of his speculation might be true.

Aeryon shook all of these disturbing thoughts from his mind.

He trains until he sweated forcing himself to train even for a second more and when the sun set, he call his horse and returns.

When he returns he went straight to the boiled bath.

He feel it very good in reinvigorating his body. Aeryon also have many servants. But Aeryon himself did not treat them badly.

Tonight, he decided to take it easy. But when he decided to take an early sleep, Mayeux rushed into his tent

"My lord" Aeryon was shocked seeing Mayeux in such a dishevelled state. But looking at Mayeux face, Aeryon could see Mayeux is smiling and is happy

"What happened?" Aeryon ask

Mayeux looks at him and with a smile he said,

"Ota has defeated Yurmuk and advanced the front" Aeryon did not understand what Mayeux is trying to say

"Who is Yurmuk?" And then Mayeux explains to him what had happened.

Only now that Aeryon knows that Ota had suddenly break through Bolghar defense on the southern front.

From the north, Ota came and break through the area, defeating the famous warriors Yurmuk.

And defeating Yurmuk actually means something. Mayeux had to explain to him why this person is important.

It seems that Yurmuk is so powerful that he defeated ten of the greatest warriors of the Bolghar tribe.

It is because of this strength that Bolgharu the chief of the Bolghar tribe appointed him as a Great Warrior and give him five thousand men to fight against the Khagai forces.

And then went he went south to repel Ota, more and more forces of the Bolghar gathers around him.

The Khagai forces send all kinds of army to stop him but defeated easily by Yurmuk.

But then, this almost invincible warrior was cut down by Ota.

The morale shattered, and wherever Ota pointed his glaive, he would march unimpeded.

It is only because of the reputational and strength of Yurmuk that the morale rises to the peak. The higher you are, the more tragic the fall.

And that is what happen to Yurmuk and his forces.

Ota defeated them, and the effect of that defeat is like an avalanche crushing all things.

There is no one confident enough to fight against Ota among the defensive forces in the southern front. Hence, the current situation become possible.

Ota mowed down all opposition, defeating dozens of tribe just by advancing forward.

Aeryon nodded and smile

"If not for the late night, I would assemble my men, my warriors and we would feast" Aeryon said as he laugh.

Before he was just thinking that he would need more time before the west is taken. But with Ota victory, Aeryon could already see the west in his hand.

Then the entire Southern Great Steppe would fall under him. West, East, Central, North, his sword would then point to all direction of the Great Steppe

"The unification of the Steppe would happen in my lifetime, Mayeux!" Aeryon hold Mayeux arms, his eyes shining bright, full with ambition and determination, the smile on his face reflect his turbulent happy emotions.

Mayeux himself, even in his dishevelled state shares the same excitement as his lord

He nodded, words did not come out from his mouth, but his eyes has already reflected everything in his heart.

Just like his lord, he is happy.

Aeryon and Mayeux biggest concern was that they could not unify the Great Steppe in their lifetime.

Because the Great Steppe is big and vast.

Even in the great Steppe empire of the past, full control of the Great Steppe was not achieved.

The distance is a challenge but most of all, there is tis lack of unity. The death of a powerful Emperor of the Steppe, would then lead to disintegration of the Steppe tribes.

It is even faster than any other settled empires. The empire of a nomad people is quite different than the empire of settled people.

And sometimes even before the death of the Emperor of the Steppe, the sigh of division could already be seen.

Aeryon and Mayeux both fear that they could not unify the Steppe in their lifetime. And if they both die, who would finish their ambition.

Aeryon shares his ambition., his true ambition only toward a few people. And no one wanted to fulfil that ambition more than Mayeux.

And the base of that ambition, was conquering the west as fast as possible, then taking on the other tribes before moving to the east.

Conquer the Southern Great Steppe, consolidate the Southern Great Steppe and then moves toward the entire Great Steppe.

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