Time is the factor. And it is also the factor here
Aeryon could no longer delay for time. Summer came early these years which made Aeryon is quite sure of his conjecture before.
"If my conjecture is true, maybe I should change my plan and the whole scheme toward the north"
He sighed.
"if the northern scheme changed, then the affairs if the East also had to be changed."
He already made his decision and he needs to test the East.
"This move is a helpless move" he mutters to himself.
He believes by now, the surprise that he wanted to give his commanders is already in the city
But next year, if it is as he expected, then he would rethink his plan.
For now, he would go ahead with his current plan.
After all, the current plan did not interfere with his own grand plan
And his thought clearly goes back to the West.
He did not abandon the grand plan that he and Mayeux created. He had never stopped thinking about the West.
Pacify the West first, and then took down the East.