Way of Overlord-Chapter 437: Declaration to the Sky

Aeryon was in Brolgadhr tribe when he got the news of declaration of Khan by Dama.

And when he reads the report about the event in the east, he got up from his seat suddenly and he laugh so boisterous that a tear drops his eyes and he exclaimed

"There is a great strategist in the East! Katakura aid his lord beautifully!"

Aeryon admire heroes and great men.

Aeryon laugh because he is impressed.

Dama move shows to the world that he too had the ambition to the conquer the Southern Great Steppe. If he did not have such intention why claim to be Khan?

It is also to promote to the heroes and warriors of the Steppe like putting your signboard high up in the air.

Brolgadhr tribe is not the only tribe that you could bet on.

Here, in the East, you could bet on him too. If you win the bet, a few generation filled with wealth and power is yours!

Aeryon himself decided to upgrade his title.

Mayeux also scour old books of the Ashana and he too found the Khan title.

It is used a few times during the Older Empire.

Khanate is the polity ruled by Khan, Khagan, Khatun or Khanum

Aeryon upon hearing this laugh so hard that he cried. No one knows why he laugh so hard that he cried

Only some people said that the Kan was surprised of the title and he shouted

"Who would have thought it to be the same? So similar! So similar!" the Kan repeated the words So similar tow times

And then Aeryon declared that he would claim himself Khan on the middle of the summer.

Then after that he would fight for the world.

This is what he declares to the Steppe.

One could guess when summer came, another storm would spread all over the Southern Great Steppe. And it might be the final storm that would decide the ownership of the Southern Great Steppe

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On the east right now, there is a movement to reorganize and rebuild it

Esbizuk tribe create five khanates to reorganize the region

The Lushar region is near the Esbizuk region.

It is the road toward the north. On its east is the Yindu mountain and forest region of Yindu

It is also the closest to Esbizuk, the capital region of Esbizuk khanate

It is designated to supply food and horses to the armies. They are closer to the forest region where some of the people in Lushar would plant stuff near the forest regions.

It is fertile there and there is a river there and even have fishes for the people there to capture.

Lushar itself before turned into a region is one of the richest tribe in terms of food resources

Of course, at that time Lusahr tribe shares these resources with the small clans and tribes.

Now, however, all the small tribe in Lushar region is united under one banner and those who are not united is the enemy

The distribution favoured the Esbizuk khanate.

An Esbizuk noble oversees livestock quotas and taxes in this region. This taxes is in terms of resources instead of gold, silver and copper.

Then there is the Kyara khanate

Kyara region is now transformed into a trade region and it is one of the wisest decision that Dama had made.

It is the most easternmost part now, bordering the forest and mountainous path

It not only borders Yindu but also Yan which made it a perfect place for a trade region that connects two empires

The purpose of this trade region is to control trade routes, gain tribute from traders travelling to and from Yan dynasty or Yindu to Yan or merchants from the west wanting to use the eastern road to Yindu.

In this region Dama uses one of his relatives to control the area.

One of his relative is a merchant noble.

So, he sent him here to manage trade while the Kyara locals would be used for their knowledge of routes and traded

There is a key settlement in the Kyara region called Lachur.

Katakura ordered the settlement to be fortified sending five thousand men there to turn it into a fortified settlements

This settlement is then transformed into a trading post

On the western edge of Esbizuk region, there is Tuvar and Zuldar khanate.

Tuvar took the role as the border watch. fгeewebnovёl.com

The region with Zuldar as backup region is to act as the first line of defense and offense against the western incursion. For now, any western incursion probably would not happen considering they border Korun on the western border

Everyone knows that Korun tribe is just a buffer tribe that separates the large Brolgadhr tribe and the now rising large tribe of Esbizuk.

If any of these two tribes attack Korun, that mean the clash between the largest tribe in the central and lower south of the Southern Great Steppe and the largest tribe in the east would begin

The Tuvar region also acts and function as a recruitment ground for warriors, horse archers and raiders that wanted to join the Esbizuk tribe

One of Dama general is put there to control Tuvar

The locals are forced to provide warriors and tribute when the moment comes. Until then, they have to govern the area to make sure the capital needs are satisfied.

The key settlements of Tuvar is Thar and it is fortified with wooden palisade and towers. This place would be developed to be ready for the next battle

Then there is that two region.

Sordkazan and Estkazan. These two regions out of the other regions that Dama conquered is the most complicated and harder to rule

This region is full of people still long for their old ruler.

The tribal chief of these two tribes is at least not as cruel as Dama. Dama when he first swept all across the region of these two places, he kills and raze.

And it did not help that the warriors that are loyal to the Kazan lineage spreads even more terrible rumours about Dama.

This did not help Dama reputation and only a few days after Dama take Estkazan there were rebellions there and a day later a rebellion break out in the Sordkazan region.

A warrior tries to retake back some of the villages and settlement to mount a counterattack and ask the Sordkazan chief to come back.

These rebellions failed but one could see that even though the Kazan chief of these two regiosn did not do that much for their vassal tribes, the fact that they did not do much is more attractive to them than Dama who is trying to change and put all power into his tribe hand

And so, a week, after that rebellion, Dama declared the renaming of these two regions.

The chief of Sordkazan when he heard the matter was so dishearten that he returns back to his tent and for a day did not come out.

Some people heard that he was crying in his tent and the entire Sordkazan tribe was despondent

When he did come out, he gather his warriors, goes to the hill and in front of his warriors and his elders, the Ashana and the people of his tribe, he swore to the Skyfather, that he would use all of his power to avenge this humiliation

When he declared this, all of his warriors shouted to the sky that even the sky seems to thundered.

A region name has always changes in the past.

It is only in the past hundred years that some tribe has become entrenched in certain area and after a hundred years now even Kazan believe that the area that they rule is theirs.

In a way this is an awakening of a concept of a country

As for the theatrics of Karnain, he might be trying to rally the support of his warriors, his elders and his people after repeated losses.

Gathering the hearts and focus the tribe to a common enemy. The defeat of Sordkazan is not a defeat of military arms but a defeat by scheme and strategy

Karnain could not stomach this kind of defeat and Sordkazan warriors also is not convinced.

Any other chief would have fought back but those chief that would fought back would be slowly grinded by Esbizuk military and their ending would be defeat

Karnain even though he knows his warrior wanted to continue to fight and hold the area, he made a decisive action to retreat.

So, while he lose the land, he did not lose the people.

He is the rare chief who knows when to attack, when to retreat, when to take losses and when to advance for victory.

This kind of leader is the most dangerous.

He could endure what others could not. And in history the kind of leader that is like this is always poised for greatness

Aeryon when he heard about the kind of things that Sordkazan chief had done, likened him to Tokugawa Ieyasu in his heart

Even now, when he is at Kazan land, there is many loyalist of his in the Sordkazan land. Any Kazan people would see him as the rightful defender of the Kazan legacy.

The fact that he could still uses such methods like making proclamation to the sky is testament to Karnain use of politics and the ability to see the people hearts.

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