The first day that his father died, only him, and a few generals knows that his father is dead.

Of course, his other brothers also know of this matter.

Only those trusted generals and trusted Ashana are given the knowledge and present at the tent when his father give him the title of the chief.

His father reminded him that the Khan spies would find out that he dies. But they must delay this knowledge as long as possible.

And now with the Khan suddenly stopping his army and not attacking the tribe, Chayun could not help but once again admired his father foresight.

His father had said that if the Kahn knows that he is dead, the Khan would not attack

Before, the Khan would quickly defeat all the forces and come with the momentum of wanting to swallow everything.

But now, suddenly the Khan had stopped attacking and seemingly fortifying themselves in a nearby hilly area with hundreds of camps along the plain

He knows

Right now, his father body is place on a different tent. He did not know what to do right now. Whether he should continue with the funeral or expedite the process.

His father gives him the authority to decide on this matter. If it could be done, a funeral procession would be better

It would unite the people hearts. The people of the tribes are all here.

"It would not need to be paraded or waited representative from the tribes to come" In normal cases, for Chagai tribe that is now big and have many tribes that pays them tribute and relies on them, the body would be preserved and would be paraded.

Of course, in some cases, there is no need for such a spectacle if the body is suspected to be rotten

Most of the time, even the large tribe would not do such a thing and would only bury the body in some hills and did not have to wait for these chiefs and clan leaders to come.

Some civilization would parade the body and the journey of these chief could take days or even weeks, if this chief that had died held their influence and familial relations far away from their tribe and settlements

But the Steppe knows that leaving the dead like that is not good.

It is not good for the dead and it is not good for the living. So, most of them would not leave the body to be paraded that long

Though, now considering that all of the chiefs and clans’ leaders of the tribe under Chagai are all here in this battlefield, a simple parade would not be unsuitable.

"Would it unite the people or make them worried?" Chayun sighed and then he looks back behind him

His expression turns wistful.

"In the past, I could turn to you for answers. I could make all the mistakes. Because I know you were there. Now, you are not here, and I am hesitating in every step" he mutters to himself. He is alone in the tent right now

And he had never felt so alone.

His father passing means that the tribe has lost its backbone.

He sighed

"My brothers all think that we have a chance. But the Khan methods......these people did not yet know. Maybe they do know but they do not believe it, maybe they do know but underestimate it. Maybe they do know......but they ignore it" thinking of this he could not help but sigh again

The more they are in such situation, the more they would want to cling to hope. That is always the case

Some of the young ones still feel confident and they all felt that even though the chief had died, they have created a strong tribe

Only Chayun knows that things are not as rosy.

If it’s his father, he might have a way. But if its him and his brother.... could they tide this over?

Just like Aeryon received report from his men that is attacking the Nergui and Ultar tribe, Chayun now also receive the news from Nergui and Ultar tribe

And it is not promising. The Nergui tribe is being attacked by Belarion and they could not send their men. Of course, they did send some men but the amount is not enough

But even though the Nergui tribe could not send large army to Chagai tribe, the fact is they are helping Chagai tribe by making sure that Belarion forces could not regroup with Aeryon forces.

If Belarion retreat right now and suddenly disappears from the Nergui territory, that is when Chayun would be worried.

Then in the Ultar region, Burchu and Mukhulai has now forced the Ultar tribe to a desperate situation.

There is a chance they could even destroy the Ultar tribe in one single battle. This was shocking to him and Chayun did not share the entirety of this situation with his tribe

Because this would only increase the panic.

From what Chayun understood, there is also internal problem of Ultar that led to such things.

If not how could Ultar one of the strongest and probably the strongest tribe among the three tribes in terms of military strength is forced to such a desperate situation?

Though Chayun knowing the Khan knows that the Khan probably also contributed to this matter

But the detail is not clear.

Not to mention, that Ultar himself semes reluctant to discuss the matter.

One thing is clear that Ultar tribe is in danger right now.

But they are too far for him to send any reinforcement right now. Not to mention they themselves are being encircled by Aeryon forces.

There are towers built around the hills and scouts being sent out but this did not make Chayun feel secure. Aeryon is now encircling the region

"The funeral"

Haish, and Chayun could not help but sigh.

All of these problem in a war and now his father is dead. If this was any other normal war, they would retreat back first and settle the matter of the funeral before attacking again.

But this is not a normal war and his father himself h declared there is no need to return home.

Some people wanted to be buried in their homes or in some places that held deep significance for them.

His father however did not have sentimentality for such feelings. If there is one thing in the world that his father had sentimentality for it would be the feeling for his tribe. For anything other than the tribe.... his father could sacrifice a lot of things

"The burial site must be picked"

A burial mound would be good for his father.

"I need to ask the Ashana to determine the kind of things to be buried with father"

There are some things that he needed to bury with his father.

As for sacrifice and companions in death, his great grandfather had long abolished such practice

There are still some tribes that practice it but it is not strictly enforced. Most of the times, it is not even observed that much

After all those who could have such honours are great leaders and great chief that could commands tens of thousands of men and before Aeryon, the few big tribe in the Southern Great Steppe did not have such a large influence like Aeryon and Dama had right now

Even if the chief like to boast, real achievement is known to everyone.

Not to mention, that population is important to a tribe, and most people in the tribe is related to each other

Who would like to see their relatives being sacrificed for other people death?

So even though there are still some tribes that practice it, it is not enforced and most of the time even when you are chosen as a sacrifice, there is still ways for one to be exempt from it

And the Ashana had long opposes such practice and most Ashana would share ways to the sacrifice on how to be exempt.

Everyone knows about it. Since that is the case, Chayun himself would not revive this practice.

Even though his father position and status right now qualify him to get such honour, there is no need to revive such a policy that would bring no use for him and his tribe right now

As for the horses.... they also did not need to be sacrificed. His father said if the tribe wanted to sacrifice his horse, then sacrifice it and let the people of the tribe eat the meat instead of wasting it on him

Of course, even though his father said these words, who would want to sacrifice the horse of his father?

Everyone could tell that it shows the chief determination not to have anyone sacrifice their life for his death and his desire not to revive the old custom is evident from his words.

"I should give the arrangement to the Ashana. I need to gather the generals and convene on how to attack Aeryon"

Before his father dies, his father had set him aside and speak to him personally and share some things.

So, there are things he must do and show to the world. Even though the Chagai tribe did not have any support from Nergui and Ultar, as long as those two could prevent the other forces of Aeryon from gathering with him, then there is still a chance to win this war

After all, the objective for the Cha Ner Ul alliance is not to win. But to endure and forces the Brolgadhr forces to retreat.

Chayun is thinking a lot of these matter when suddenly a messenger reported something.

The moment he heard the news Chayun eyes narrows

"It’s him" his tone is full of hesitation.

If it was his father.... he could understand. But him

And he could not help but chuckle

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