Ogura rebels, and kills his father and Aeryon instead of sitting in his city, had even try to rescue his father-in-law, winning him the reputation of benevolence, and magnanimity of the ancient heroes of the Steppe.

If Garron had been alive instead, judging by Garron actions in the past, those two would break off one way or another.

There would not have been such a beautiful story of jhow Aeryon tries to save his father-in-law, instead, it would be the battle between families.

But what happened was that Garron dies in a coup and before he had died, he had sent a letter of help

Aeryon disregarding the opposition of his men bring his soldiers to try to save Garron, winning him the goodwill of all loyalist of Garron and with his status as the son in law of Utgard, one day, when he does bring his army to bring down Ogura, the Utgard who would never have surrender to any other chief, would surely surrender to Aeryon.

Utgard had their own plans and desires.

If not, how could Garron was so reluctant to help Aeryon inn his campaign. If Garron really intended to surrender to Brolgadhr, he would have said it before.

The fact he never said it shows that Garron while he admires his son in law, he had never had the idea to submit under his son in law.

But now Garron is dead.

Ogura is nothing but a warrior, impatient and rash, unable to understand the intricacies of things and unable to understand the trend.

Given time, maybe he could stabilize his position, but Aeryon and Katakura would also never give him time.

The way Ogura took the seat is not legitimate and so, he would find obstacle at every turns.

Caring about face and unable to bend and endure....that is not the mark of a great man

And now......when Aeryon goes to the west, the biggest threat of the west has always been Chadha.

Katakura had sent many scouts and give money to many merchants to gain information about the Cha Ner Ul Alliance.

And after compiling all of the information about the west, about the Alliance, he came to the conclusion, that while Nergui is great at poison, Ultar is full of brae warriors, the true threat has always ben the Chagai tribe.

Or to be more accurate, it is Chadha.

That chief has a vision.

He has the vision to recognize that Aeryon would try to unify the Southern Great Steppe and take measures before it happens.

And then, he also has an idea to split the region into two. The western regime and the eastern regime

This is a plan that could ensure his tribe and his family to have one hundred years of prosperity and power

If it happens like this....then the east would be the clash between Esbizuk and Brolgadhr.

At that time, if Aeryon could not break the west, Aeryon would be forced to attack all the tribes on his north and on his west.

And then inevitably, if Aeryon move east, the Brolgadhr and the Esbizuk would clash.

Once they clashed, it would be a battle that would determine who controls the east.

Whether Brolgadhr wins or loses, whether Esbizuk wins or losses, it didn’t matter to the west.

At that time, Chagai did not need to do anything. They did not even need to interfere in the war.

They just have to watch and wait.

In such a scenario, even if Brolgadhr and Esbizuk both survive the war, the war would have depleted their forces and make them vulnerable.

At that time, the initiative would have fallen into the Cha Ner Ul Alliance.

At that time, Chagai might change their policy and plan from "separating the Southern great Steppe into two" to "pacifying the Steppe with three tribes"

Katakura had study Chadha plans the moment he heard that Chadha has such a policy. The more he studies, the more he admires Chadha.

This is a man after his own heart.

the vision is vast and Chadha probably created this policy after taking into consideration of the current situation of the Steppe

But now....that genius who created such policy is dead.

"Heaven does truly adore the young Khan of Brolgadhr" This is the only thing Katakura could say as he sighed.

"Chadha is dead....Belarion is attacking Nergui tribe, Mukhulai and Burchu attack Ultar.

There is also the Zlata and Duhai reinforcement that attack from their northern front pushing to the centre regions.

Khagai is silent now but they could enter at any moment and attack from their eastern front.

But the five main fronts have now converged. Only three fronts mattered now"

Sighing Katakura could not help but shakes his head

"Chagai tribe is powerful but they are surrounded in all sides"

"Chadha has created a favourable position for his tribe but his team mates are too incompetent. If Chadha is still here, this teammate could be controlled, without him there is no one with enough power and influence to controls those two chiefs."

This is the problem.

Chadha could order those two and have two chief listens to him because he is the oldest and also because those two respected Chadha.

They are also families.

Of course, at first only Chagai tribe has these familial relations .

Chadha has familial relations with both Ultar and Nergui and after the alliance was met further marriages was discussed.

But while Chagai could act freely and without worries toward their two allies, the same could not be said for Nergui and Ultar.

It could not be said that the chief of those two tribes is entirely incompetent.

If they are truly incompetent, they would not have embarked on Chadha vision.

When Chadha tell them of his vision, they must have also seen something and choose to believe in Chadha

The problem has always been about the trust between Nergui and Ultar tribe. Chagai could remain unaffected because the Chagai tribe have never warred with those tribes

But Ultar and Nergui has been locked in constant rivalry of decades.

How many grudges and feuds are there to calculate?

Too many.

Does Ultar and Nergui did not know that they have to prioritize certain things?

They know....but they could not do it because complete trust could not be established.

If this familial relation is maintained for a few decades and both tribes have assimilated with each other, then maybe....Ultar and Nergui new generation could forgive old feuds and grudges

But the alliance is only one year old. There is still too many baggage.

"And that is why it could work without Chadha. It takes times. And the chief of Brolgadhr would not give them time"

"If Nergui could have ignore all of their damage and rush toward the Chagai tribe, if they could have even sent reinforcement to Ultar, then Chadha plans of splitting the world into two could have been realized. Short sighted people, pig like friends. With allies like this, who even need enemies?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Katakura sighing his eyes looking at the ceiling of his tent and shake his head

"The only one with the vision and the only one who is clear eyed...Chadha. Even if his sons all have great talents, they could not reverse this. The west....has fallen"

The battle in the west did not yet end.

But Katakura, far away in the east had already determined that the west has fallen.

He also got the reports that Aeryon went to the funeral of Chadha and give him their respect.

No one attacked Aeryon at that time and Aeryon himself did not use the death of the chief as a sign to attack.

If it is in Esbizuk, Aeryon dares to show his face to Dama funeral, Katakura would have already shot him to death

But knowing Aeryon, if its Dama that is dead, he would not dare to come.

At first, when Katakura investigated this, he did not think much of it but when he investigated further, he felt that something is wrong.

It is almost like some kind of rehearsed ritual.

Is the new chief of the Chagai tribe is a timid person....or is he more scheming than one would have thought?

"I need more time. And more information. But the matter of the west...." he sighed

"Too far"

This is a weakness that could not easily be bridged by the eastern tribes.

Chagai, Ultar, Nergui, and the other western tribes...is so far removed from the east that to get news from them is not cost effective.

But Katakura and other part of the Southern Great Steppe need to know what happens in the west.

Because only then they could create some kind of countermeasures of how to deal with Brolgadhr tribe

"I would have wanted to attack west. But it is not easy. The Khan of Brolgadhr really create a chaotic rear but this chaotic rear is actually advantageous to him in some way"

"Now, he would be taking the west"

"If he digested the west and manage to win the submission of the tribes of the west....then the kind of forces that Aeryon could muster....would not just be tens of thousands"

"It would be on the hundreds of thousands. These hundreds of thousands, if they are resting under one banner....they could attack the Western Zhou and could even invade the Yan"

"Hundreds of thousands of men....this is a force that could bring chills in anyone hearts."

Of course, the prerequisite for this force to be created and established is that the west need to be pacified first.

They need to follow Aeryon and need to acknowledge Aeryon power over them and only then this powerful force could be mobilized.

In other words, the power of the west need to be digested first.

"Now it would be a battle of time"

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