Age of Adventure - Chapter 383 Warlords Rising Up

The Karak had hoped that Veranis could send reinforcement and even sent letters to the generals of Veranis when they saw themselves being decimated by the forces of Vanheim and Savillia.

But the generals were all busy doing their own thing so right now Vanheim is taking the eastern side of Karak and the Savillia kingdom is taking over the western side of Karak while the generals of Veranis is fighting against each other to establish their kingdom

‘General Muyan’ Aero said and he got up from his chair a bit as he added a chess piece and put the chess piece on the northern border of Greater Veranis map.

He also took the pencil and draw line son the map separating the region controlled by the general from the Greater Veranis.

He then writes on the middle of that part of the map “Tian kingdom”

‘Another partition’ and he sighed

Aero knows that even if he succeeds in stopping United Kingdom of Veva from taking Duvar, he still need time after that to settle Greater Veranis

No, it could not be said that it is Greater Veranis anymore. Since Veranis had once again been split apart. Of course, Aero could not keep fighting without stopping. While he could do that, his army could not

He did not want to keep battling without stop and risk mutiny. Even his soldiers wanted to go home after this.

The gains are already enough. They already had managed to weaken Veranis to such a point and if the momentum in Karak stay, they would also gain a lot of the territory in Karak.

The winner of this war is already Vanheim. Aero only wanted the win to be more thorough.

If they could protect Duvar even after just taking the capital of Veranis, then the path to unifying the world would not be long since Vanheim would prove itself to be a formidable enemy that is not easily to be taken down

As such, after he finishes the matter in Duvar, regardless whether he win or loses, he would still have to return back to Vanheim and take back his position as the Chancellor.

From there, it would be easier for him to plan. Aero had never wanted to put himself in the spotlight unless it was needed.

This time it was needed. It was crucial that he participated in the battle and participated it directly

Aero had read about General Muyan.

Muyan is one of the distant relative of the King of the Tian kingdom in the past.

Most of the Tian dynasty direct relation were killed but Muyan had surrendered to Alexander at that time and Alexander himself was impressed by Muyan ability in leading soldiers so he was spared.

When the Greater Veranis was formed, Alexander promoted him.

But Philip could not trust Muyan because he has direct relations with the king of a fallen kingdom

Phillip was the one that send Muyan on the northern border of Veranis to guard it from enemies.

But that is just a façade and everyone knows it

Everyone in the court knows that there would be no enemies on the northern border since it neighbors Karak which at that time is also allied with them and is the vassal kingdom of the Empire.

It is clear that Philip sent him there not to use his talent, but to let him rot there and to test him whether he harbor treasonous thoughts

Of course, the northern region of Veranis also neighbors with Savillia kingdom but Savillia would never poke adorn the Greater Veranis since to do that they had to pass Duvar which is the region of the Empire.

The Empire would not let Savillia attack it allies without reason. And the Empire might even use that attack as provocation for war.

Savillia at that time only think about their survival and did not want to be swallowed by Veva.

They would not add the Empire in the east to their list of enemies. Aero could tell, that this Muyan is a very patient man

He did not show any treacherous behavior and guarded the northern border loyally and did not have any complain.

As he is a man of Tian, many more people in the region is more comfortable with being under the supervision of a Tian man.

This of course also something that is under the calculation of Philip at that time.

Tian dynasty is quite different in culture from the people of Veranis and the people of Vilajeri continent at large.

It is said that they come from a mythical continent of Yitien where their culture is a lot different

In their history, they were said to come from someplace called the Xia dynasty. They took refuge in the Vilajeri continent from something.

No one could deduce from what period of time that these people are present in Vilajeri continent but they are the minority race in the continent.

Lizhu Gerard is also said to come from Yitien but since there is no hard proof, many people believe that it is just an attempt by the Tian dynasty to bask in the glory of Lizhu Gerard.

Whatever the case, Muyan had expanded his soldiers using the people of Tian, recruiting them to the border army slowly replacing the soldiers of the kingdom with Tian people

His reason is also impeccable.

Each time that the Capital wishes for reinforcement fighting some mountain men, he would send the people of Veranis to the capital while slowly filling the vacancy with Tian people

From this Aero could tell, that this general, had long have the intention to rebel against the King of Greater Veranis

He was swapping the soldiers of the Capital with men that he could trust.

But it is clear that Philip also sense the danger as the detailed report from the Six Council also mentioned that King Philip then sent a few commanders and vice generals to the border.

And these vice generals and commander is loyal to Veranis and could not be fire unless it is from a royal decree

And that has worked for years.

But after the death of King Philip and Alexander rose to the throne, Alexander was consumed with the desire to fight against the Vanheim empire to forge his way eastward.

Alexander however is not like his father. But he does have practicality. Muyan is a talented general.

But he also had many talented generals around him. There is no need for him to recall a general from the northern border to the capital which would only alert the Vanheim Empire at the time

Instead, he marches to Vanheim border and take toward the Plain, not knowing he had just left his kingdom to many people that wanted to break it

Muyan did not immediately rebel.

That is for sure a good part in his plan.

He looks first at where the wind is blowing. After all, in the first few month of the clash between Veranis and Vanheim, Veranis was winning.

If by some chance, Alexander could win and Muyan is caught with his pants down, he would not be able to do anything except accepting his death.

He waited patiently for the wind to blows in his favor.

When the news arrived at the border that Aero of the East had killed the King in the Plains, Muyan executed his plans.

He had the wind blowing in his favor.

The central region is now being the focus of attention while he in the north suddenly found himself having a lot of power of determining of how things would play out.

Suddenly, these borders generals are now an uncertain factor that would decide the rise and fall of Greater Veranis

He could go toward the north and help the forces of Karak. And he could also go to the east and stop the advance of Aero.

But he did not do all of these.

Unlike some of the other border general that wanted to reclaim the capital and declared themselves King of Greater Veranis, Muyan chose the safe route.

He quickly schemed with his vice commander and killed all the captains and generals from the capital that was sent to oversee him.

He then gathers his army to take the surrounding villages and cities of the north region and then establish back the Tian kingdom, coronating himself as the King.

Muyan know that the mater of the center region could not be stopped.

But he also did not know that when the general in the central region saw that no border general is about to answer the call to protect the kingdom, the generals, the city lords and the nobles of the central region decided to thrown in the towel and capitulated to Aero.

It is a domino effect.

The decision that Muyan made had made Aero occupation of Veranis easier.

To the generals of Veranis, the fact that Muyan decision to kill the messenger of the capital and sat himself back as he reestablished back the old kingdom of Tian in the north is something that is more unacceptable to them than Vanheim conquering them

And there is another reason that such surrender is easily given to Aero forces

The reason is because Aero had promised these generals, these city lords and nobles that everything could go as usual.

Those who surrender would retain their old position and would be given preferential treatment in the next appointment

Of course, Aero did not prosome them the moon.

The more he speaks the truth, the more that these people could believe him. He did not promise them that he would not fire them from their position.

But he does say that he would give preferential treatment for the few early years of the occupation so that they could adjust themselves to the system of the Empire

This benefits and the fact that Vanheim forces that was led by Aero did not really wanted to destroy Veranis to the ground, unless forced, assure the nobles and the generals and they finally surrender.

To them, Aero and the Emperor of Vanheim is a ruler they could accept.

The Empire is large and powerful. But they could not accept Muyan betrayal and his desire to reestablish back the Tian dynasty

And if they fought and manage to force Aero to retreat, then Veranis is still in danger from those traitor generals on the borders.

The general of the central region could not help but feel sad when they hear that Muyan had drawn the border and reestablish Tian.

Because this is a sign that Greater Veranis is now split up again

It did not even reach ten years of the formation of Greater Veranis before the Greater Veranis envisioned by Philip were once again split apart

Muyan decision is understandable in Aero point of view

Muyan might not care about the center region but it is because of his action Vanheim now have a strong hold on the region and would continue exercising that hold in the future.

Aero had already think of how to best utilize the central region of Veranis to slowly chip the strength of those generals and the chaotic situation on the south and north of Veranis.

As for Muyan……

But when Aero think back about it, he could understand Muyan choice.

He could go to the Capital and render great merit but considering he is a Tian person; he would never get the recognition he wanted.

The people of Veranis would never trust him.

As such, why bother?

Instead of becoming the loyal general, it is better to be a king.

There is also the fact if he left the north and other generals wanted to do the same thing he did, which is to take the north and establish a kingdom, he then would lose both.

As such, he stays in the north and let the matter of the central region to solve by itself

That is one of the reason why Aero had managed to take Veranis capital very fast.

Right now Muyan, this ambitious general is now looking to take over the many cities in the north and solidifying his grip on the north.

Aero felt that this Muyan is a very talented person and very dangerous. He could remain patient for years before he executed his plan at the right moment.

Aero is interested to know how he would make his move next.

It is without doubt that his territory in the north would suffer many problems. There is the Savillia kingdom on his north and the Vanheim Empire on his south and east.

Aero is curious of how he would extract himself out of that situation where he would be surrounded by enemies.

Considering of how he created such a scheme, Aero hope that Muyan would not be stupid enough to pit his strength against the Empire military arm force.

If Quentin wanted to take the whole greater Veranis, this Muyan is someone that he should take down.

But that would not be easy to do with Quentin himself is trying to stabilize the region of Veranis.

As for the southern border of the Veranis, there is also a rebellion against Veranis and there is without doubt that region would also split itself apart from Greater Veranis

Aero himself did not expect such situation when he marched through the forest on the border of Veranis and enter the central region of Veranis.

He had expected that the full force of Veranis army from the south, north and west would come after him

Of course, Aero was still confident he could win considering that most of the soldiers that is in central region were in that battle in the Ethylred Plain.

As such, he had planned to quickly take down cities after cities and quickly pierce through the defense of the defending forces and take the capital with lightning speed.

What he didn’t expect was that the central region was left hanging with the north and south region of Veranis did not move and instead busy carving up land to split apart from Greater Veranis.

That had save time and the estimate that he had made about taking the capital which is supposed to be at least a week was shorten to four days.

The north was not the only problem. The south also has its own share of problem and from what Aero had read, the situation is even more chaotic.

Aero once again took another chess piece.

He then put it on top of the map on the southern region of the map of Veranis and like before, he draws a border between the central region and the southern region

And he wrote Gerad Stratocracy. Tian dynasty was established back in the north. And as such, the old kingdom of Gerad had also rises from the ashes.

There are many powerful generals in the southern borders. But unlike the case of Muyan where he was sent there, these generals that is now congregating on the south, is not originally the border general of the south

Most of them come from the central region and taken position on the central region. Gerad Stratocracy is a kingdom that is filled with military talent.

The only reason they could not expand well, was because of their small size of a kingdom and their oppression by Niovar in the past.

As such Philip did not use the same method as he did with Muyan. Most of the talented general of the Stratocracy was put in position where he could have his eyes on them

These generals should have protected the central region or at least stopped Aero unstoppable march toward the Capital

But instead, when they heard that Muyan established the kingdom of Tian on the north, these generals quickly abandoned their post and went to the south

And most of them share the same desire. They all wanted to reestablish the Gerad Stratocracy.

One could imagine the chaos that happened when all of these warlords is duking with each other. Of course, right now, there are still in cooperation mode.

However, one of the most influential group of southern general is probably the best bets for the reestablishment of the Gerad Stratocracy and that is the Erciyes army

It is a peculiar army led by a talented young general of the former military chief of the Stratocracy.