Chapter 559: Eternal Army
And then there is another kind of people in Aeryon army
Some have advantage like Burchu and Mukhulai.
Burchu is a talent Aeryon himself acknowledges and the moment he enter Aeryon service, he is given great power and position which also means great responsibility and great trust from Aeryon
Mukhulai get his position relying on his great feat and ability.
Some people have abilities that should be promoted. Aeryon does put fairness at a high pedestal but there is no need to idealize fairness in appointing people
Aeryon is now in the developing stage right now
He needs many great talents under him.
Sometimes, an exception could be made. If he could not even make such an exception, the talents of the world would be chilled by his treatment of talented men
But Aeryon wanted to create something like the Tiger And Leopard Cavalry.
He have many units that is specialized in speed.
He had little that could act as a shock tank and a defensive unit.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is not really a defensive unit but Aeryon believe he had to create one.
The most common cavalry he have is the light cavalry. Almost all warriors group that join him falls under this category.
Speed and agility, equipped with bows and arrows, lances, swords and saber.
This kind of cavalry allowing them to engage in skirmishes, flanking maneuvers, and hit and run tactics. It is most effective against the people of Yan once they are lured into an open space.
Then Aeryon have what he called the Medium Cavalry.
Heavier armors and weapons, most of its soldiers are strong which they needed to be because they wear heavier armors and even their weapons.
Some even uses large hammers, lances and maces for quarter close combat.
Aeryon usually used them to exploit openings created by the light cavalry or sometimes to deliver a decisive charge
And all of this could not be separated by the fact that the Marynku horses is hardy.
They were small compared to some horses on other regions but they are hardy, capable of travelling long distance with minimal provisions and grazing as they went.
And also because of the practice of having multiple horses that each warrior of the Steppe had the habit of cultivating
Aeryon look at Mayeux and did not ask anything more. Asking anything more would just be embarrassing him
"I need to ramp up the production of armors"
Aeryon wanted to but other than getting raw materials from the system, he did not have any other way to increase the production of armor.
After all, as far as he knows, the system never gifted him any armor. Always the raw materials.
Not the finished product.
Maybe, someday, there would be such reward from the system
But for now, most of the reward he get are all in raw materials or resources
Aeryon is not complaining.
All of it is useful. If not for the things he got from the system there is many measures Aeryon had made could not be made into reality
Hence, he still have to rely on the blacksmith of this world
The blacksmith of the Steppe did not really master the method of blacksmithing of Yan
It is not like education is a big thing in the Steppe.
It is like trying to make rice with the rice husk but no one knows how to make the rice. Each time they make the rice it is either too wet or too hard.
"I needed more time" Aeryon thought to himself. But he sighed. Just because he wanted more time, did not mean the world would give him more time
"I want on the day of my coronation, those people would see ten thousand horse riders ride in ordered ranks, banners high, circling the city in a great military parade. I want my men to instill the fear of the gods on them!"
"An eternal army of iron! So that our allies is firm in their trust in us and our enemies tremble and have nightmares of us in their nightly dreams!
"HAH!" the commanders and generals in the tent shouted.
Mayeux then come in front and spoke about the tributes.
The one hundred men leaders is tasked to set up a team that would be tasked with gathering tribute to be distributed after the coronation
There is a lot of silk that they have taken from Nurshira and bought from those raiders of the south and it is one of the things that would be distributed. Fine horses, weapons and plunder bounties
"A Khan gives and men give back twice. Each gift that the Khan give is a chain that binds" Mayeux said
Aeryon while listening to Mayeux also remember that he would have to remember to order the forging of ceremonial weapons to be given to the men Aeryon would appoint as leader of ten thousand men
Aeryon had given these titles before. But there was no formal ceremony. Because at that time, time is not on their side. And many things did not have ceremonies or rituals. Today, one could be just a simple warrior.
And in the evening, you could become a leader of one thousand men
It is the time of Aeryon building his foundation. At this time, it is not weird a new order would appear and it is time for ambitious men to make their achievement and wins honors, fame and glory
Aeryon is now giving his commander and general the objective they needed to do for this month.
Aeryon had already said all of the things that needed to be said. Mayeux came forward and summarized all of the points.
The more complicated the task, the more it should be made simpler
Divide the task and even a hard task become simple
"The coronation would happen in a few weeks. Such a day should not be marked by any problems" Mayeux reminded and everyone nodded at this.
At the same time, they must train the new recruit. This summer, they would make a move toward the west.
Everyone knows without saying it. Maybe, after the coronation is completed, Aeryon would call for the attack toward the West.
There is this faint feeling like that is what about to happen.
Most people in this meeting is nodding and is thinking about their task
And this scene is common.
There is someone in this meeting that did not say much but has always been nodding since the beginning.
But if you look at his eyes, you could see there is slyness in his eyes.
This is a warrior that is close to the standing position of the Tuoba clan
This person is from the Murong clan. Tuoba and Murong. These two clans are not really pure Great Steppe clan and Great Steppe tribes.
They are more of the Hu people of the Yan dynasty. Nurshira was broken and some Hu people choose to carve a land for themselves in the land of Yan
But some return home and choose to attach themselves to the overlord of the grassland.
One of such people is the current chief of the Murong clan and Murong people.
Murong Muhoba
Who is the Murong clan? This clan that have some ties with the Yan nobles in Nurshira built also retains contact with many of the tribes of the grassland.
Weirdly enough, the Murong clan, who is more of Hu people is closer to the Yan people and the Yan dynasty.
Aeryon accepted Murong Muhoba because one night when he was asleep, he dreams of something. He did not remember what the dream was about. But he knew he dreams something. And when he woke up, there is a piece of history of ancient China revealed to him
It was like the knowledge was always there in the back of his mind.
And somehow the dream accesses this knowledge
This is another mystery of himself that he did not really get or understand.
But he does not have time to explore this matter and could only put the investigation to his own mind and this weird feeling to the shelf in his mind
He remembers that there was also a Murong clan in his world.
Murong or Muren refers to an ethnic Xianbei tribe who are attested from the time of Tanshihuai.
And there is different strands of evidence that exist linking the Murong to the Mongol nomadic confederation
This Murong clan, would later form the Former Yan, Later Yan, Western Yan, Southern Yan dynasties as well as Tuyuhun who were all founded by Murong people
And Murong is also a surname, predominantly used by people of Xianbei descent.
In this world, there is a difference but not much.
The Murong people exist.
And Aeryon was curious of what would the Murong people of this world would do
So, when someone from the Tuoba and Murong clan wanted to join him, he had a premonition like destiny on his hand
Of course, if the Murong and Tuoba people were dead weight, even if their names are famous in his mind, he would not accept these people
But these Murong and Tuoba people were great archers. Of course, not all of them are archers that reach the type of genius and terrifying. But each of them are just a tad more excellent than common archer.
And that is enough for him
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