Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 152 The War Erupts
Senopati Welang captured the energy radiance of Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetle that came closer to the fortress and tens of senopati and tens of thousands of soldiers who chased after it. He then told the archers to prepare fire arrows, and also the stone-throwing troops to prepare with hundreds of stone-throwing carts ready to fire special rocks as big as coconuts that will explode and spread fire if it falls to the ground.
Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetle directly jumped into the wall of the fort then rushed towards the tower and prepared the senopati and his troops to welcome the enemy troops if they managed to break into the only gate of the fort.
Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang prepared the most cruel way, which is to burn alive anyone who managed to enter either by climbing the fort or breaking into the gate of the fort. The patih had abundant oil reserves that were also prepared on the fort walls, especially right above the entrance gate. The oil will be poured into the bodies of the soldiers who jostled into the fortress.
The Swargabhumi warriors were finally seen. Overly lustful and emotionally burned, the tens of thousands of soldiers were moved in the most careless manner. When they had reached the open arena, hundreds of steps away from the fort, the front row had to taste the traps that had been prepared by Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles.
The traps were not only holes with bamboo spears waiting at the base, but also poison balls that would break and spread when trampled by thousands of soldiers. Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetle was forced to also use such a way considering he lost far in terms of the number of troops.
The traps cost the lives of nearly ten thousand soldiers in the vanguard, and left the rest anxious about the terrible fate that befell them. Once the enemy troops were twenty feet away, Swargadwipa's archers rained down on the unprepared troops with flaming arrows, as well as thousands of ordinary arrows, followed by a flint strike that scattered the ranks of the enemy forces.
The long-range attack had killed at least half of the enemy troops who were lured to pursue Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles. But the other half of the army managed to cross all the obstacles. The Patih told his soldiers to burn the moat and when the enemy troops tried to swim across it.
The flames inside the trench cost a lot of casualties. But not a few enemy soldiers also finally chose to cross the trench with the only wooden bridge that was deliberately not drowned by Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetles to make the soldiers huddle in front of the door the gate.
As the number of soldiers gathered more and more and jostled, trying to break into the gate, Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetle ordered his troops to drop oil and burn the soldiers alive. Thousands of arrows and flint still rained down on the enemy soldiers. In an instant the number of enemy troops left less than ten thousand souls. They all ran backwards and stood out beyond the reach of arrows and flint. Then they ordered Senopati to retreat and return to their base.
Swargadwipa's troops cheered the victory of the first attack, but the Beetle Tiger Mahapatih could not even smile. He knew that later tonight there would most likely be an attack from special forces who were experts in infiltration and the next morning a larger number of troops would definitely come carrying all the equipment of the war distance far away they had to destroy the fortress.
After the victory, there was no celebration. Everyone was busy to add the number of ranged weapons because that was their only hope of fighting an unbalanced amount.
Usually, the warriors involved in the war will only look for a balanced opponent, namely fellow warriors who are in the enemy ranks. Their existence is easy to recognize because they do not wear warrior uniforms, but their respective martial college uniforms, no matter what flow.
But in this urgent matter, Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetle asked for help from all warriors who joined his army to finish off as many enemy troops as possible.
That night there was no attack from the enemy. But in the morning, before sunrise, two hundred thousand enemy soldiers had marched on the battlefield at a distance beyond the range of Swargadwipa's long-range weapons. They brought with them thousands of stone-throwing carts that would be used to pound the fort from a great distance.
All the traps on the battlefield had not been renewed so that the enemies could pass through the wide field full of corpses without significant obstacles. Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang only rely on archer troops, stone throwing trains and fire trenches to inhibit enemy movement.
Now Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetles can not play anymore. The huge number of enemy soldiers will definitely succeed in repelling Swargadwipa's forces and controlling the Blue Pearl city. But the patih's determination has been unanimous to reduce the number of enemy troops as much as possible with all the power he has.
On top of the Blue Pearl city tower, Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetles made a short speech to welcome the enemy attack. His hoarse and heavy voice echoed throughout the city.
“Today maybe we'll die. But our death is the nightmare of our enemies. Our death is love for the earth, for the family we leave behind, and for ourselves. Let us meet death with the blood and fear of our enemies.”
Cheers blared in the morning and were heard to the rear of the enemy. Before the sun shone its fingers of light, Swargabhumi's army had moved forward. The sound of fire rocks that hit the walls of the fort rumbled violently, but was accompanied by the screams of enemy troops who were torn by arrows, or hit by stones from the throwing train owned by Swargadwipa.
The long-range attack did not last long. Thousands of chariots owned by Swargabhumi continue to fire stones and finally can break down the fortress of Blue Pearl. Two hundred thousand soldiers who had been much better prepared than the previous troops were moving quickly towards Swargadwipa's forces. The pounding of the two hundred thousand foot troop that was running made the earth feel trembling.