Way of Overlord-Chapter 652: Duty and Obligation

It is just that because of the communal style of the Steppe, everyone shares the same teacher, and everyone teaches the other how to survive

After all, the lone wolf dies, the pack survives

But for Saron and Khunbish, their relationship pf the disciple and teacher is like the relationship of teacher and disciple in Yan and Zhou

The things that Saron teaches Khunbish is not the same kind of thing he teaches his men and the tribe

What Saron pass down is the method of fighting he possess and the insight he has about strategy and battle.

And Khunbish and Saron is also influenced with many of the cultures of Zhou. Saron teaches Khunbish the etiquette of Zhou and Khunbish learns it and where there is etiquette, there is propriety.

And where there is propriety, there is bonds

Duty, obligations, things you do for the people you love would make you happy. Those who do things for themselves rarely feels happy.

Because their happiness is tied to desire. And desire.....has no end. Hence, the pursuit of happiness for self is like an ephemeral illusion.

But what you do for other lives on.

Between Saron and Khunbish there is a bond that is as strong as the bond between sworn brothers and families.

Khunbish was there when Saron already determine that he would pit his most elite warrior against Belarion when dawn came and the battle came to be fought

That was the plan.

The plan clearly did not follow their desire.

Belarion crush the front line like it was nothing and right now the southern side of the battlefield is broken

Even though Saron is sending men to fill that gap, it could not easily be close. Belarion would not allow Saron to close it

As for Saron, unfortunately, he was on the northern side.

Even though Khunbish knows this, he could not help but want Saron to interfere in the southern side. If there is anyone who could stop Belarion, that would be Saron.

It would be his teacher

But who could have thought all of this would happen? No one could have thought oif it and it is precisely because of that, this thing happened

As for his teacher, he was there to do something.

Khunbish does not know what.

Because usually Saron would be in the central camp.

Today, however, he was not.

And because of that, all of this come to pass.

After sending him to raid, then great general suddenly goes to the northern camp.

However, that decision has now caused, Saron army not being led by Saron, and some others could not come to their leaders.

Belarion cut off all of them and force them to fight with the army they have whether that army is their army or not

Yes, this is the weakness of Nergui tribe.

It has some reforms and some semblance of a unified army but mostly every commander and every captain, all have their own men.

Saron could only show his great strength when he is paired with his men. This is because the general knows the soldier, and the soldier knows the general.

They fit each other after working and killing with each other for a long time. That is what makes them lethal, powerful and unbeatable.

A tiger leading a group of sheep could make the sheep become tiger. But a sheep leading tigers, would make even tigers lost its fangs and claws.

The same goes for Khunbish.

Khunbish men is known to be good at raids.

And there are some other forces that are good at stealth.

While some others are good at shock attack.

And some others at ambushing. Every commander, every captain has their own specialties and their own quirks

This made them formidable when they are commanding their men.

When they command their men, the loyalty they have against each other could not be wavered.

They all know each other, and everyone is like family.

But once they are separated, a commander of a different army could not effectively command an army of a different commander.

They can but they did not know how the army under them operate.

A heavy cavalry commander commanding a light cavalry unit, not only the tactic is different, but the feeling is also different

Khunbish is worried about this.

Of course, he did not know if Aeryon listen to this he would applaud this kind of division.

Unified command is good and all that but in the modern world, warfare is not about fielding a large army.

With technology, certain modes of war is not applicable. If you fielded a ten thousand men in a formation, all it needs to do to destroy you would be a drone strike in the centre

Modern warfare has drones and the division they created is also elite division that is created to tackle this kind of thing, and every elite division have their objective

Clear order and command

Nergui tribe master this accidentally. There are division for heavy attack, there is division for light attack, for stealth, and so on and so forth

The only difference is that they did not know how to systematize it and how to take advantage of it.

The reason why Aeryon did not create such unit is because in this world, the technology did not yet reach a level where Aeryon need to think to create an assault division with fire power

Right now, doing the formation fielding a large army, doing what Genghis Khan had done when he conquered the Steppe is more than enough

The method is already there, and he just need to tweak it.

For him to begin dabbling in modern tactics when there is no modern weaponry, is like using a hammer to try to nail air.

It would not work because you are fighting an illusory battle. But Khunbish could not know that there is wisdom in the way Nergui tribe does their fighting

It is just a pity that the way they do their fighting is unsatisfactory and they could not capitalize on it

Right now, Khunbish is outside his tent, and he is in pain, but he could not help but keep watching the battle

He looks at his left and right and the more he sees the more he frowns and the more he felt helpless.

His face is contorted. The herbs that is now lathered around his hand and his wound is doing its job and he could feel he is healing.

"This is enough"

"I must stop them" Khunbish then goes to the stable. One of his guards saw this and grab Khunbish

Khunbish was about to reprimand the guard when he saw someone else coming towards him

And he sighed

"Andawan, where are you going?"

Khunbish look at the guard. He sighed and then the guard release him

"This man is your men?"

Jabali his Andawan, his sworn brother is coming towards him

Jabali look at Khunbish, then he looks at the battle in the distance and then he sighed.

"You are injured. Stay here. Do not let me worry about you"

Khunbish look at the battlefield in the distance. The fire, the screams, the shouts, the clanging of shield and arms, all of it sound so clear to him and he could not help but shake his head

The men of Nergui are being slaughtered and killed right now.

He could not have expected this kind of fighting power from the Brolgadhr. He had always heard that the Brolgadhr fighting power is one of a kind

Buit it isn’t until now, he understood why the Brolgadhr tribe has never been defeated since it began its conquest in the Steppe. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

With such an armoured army, a ragtag tribe could not do anything.

The only way to repel them is to crush them thoroughly. And for that to happen, they must use many men. And many warriors. Even one more would help.

"I need to go"

"Listen to me, Khunbish. Saron could handle it. There is no need for you to do things beyond your capability. You are a raiding army. You do not have heavy cavalry. If you enter, it would be like trying to stop a rolling stone by throwing eggs at it"

Jabali sighed and waves his hand and the men and the guards retreated

Jabali come closer to Khunbish and pull him away from the horse stable and basically push him away leading him back to his tent

Khunbish only moves a few steps before he pull himself away.

"Andawan!"

"Haish!"

"Belarion is tearing apart the formation. In half an hour he would break through to the settlement. And then once Karaldyk is taken, how could the main force in the Nergui settlement could stood still. Either the chief had to come here and relieve the siege or mount a decisive battle against Belarion to regain this place"

But Jabali shakes his head

"It is not your duty. You have done yours. Now, it is the affairs of those of High and of those who holds power"

Jabali look at his sworn brother and sighed

His face expression itself is hard, and one could see from the eyebags that he is also worried

Then he shakes his head

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