Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 170 The Swargabhumi Movement Towards Swargadwipa
Fourteen days after Jalu and Niken gave a surprise attack to Hamapadayana and his soldiers, help from the Swargabhumi kingdom finally arrived. The assistance of the force was in the form of an additional one million soldiers, a hundred thousand horses, a thousand elephants, foodstuffs, food, as well as a large number of war equipment, one of which is the latest model stone throwing train that can throw stones twice the size of a watermelon with a distance of a hundred palm trees.
With a rock throwing train of such strength, Swargabhumi troops can destroy the enemy fortress from a very long distance and safe from enemy arrow attacks. Hamapadayana was very pleased with the arrival of the aid because thus he could move towards the kingdom of swargadwipa as soon as possible. But on the other hand, Hamapadayana is also dizzy to place such a large number of troops in the city of Blue Pearls.
The entire city building was definitely not enough to accommodate all the soldiers who had just arrived. In fact, buildings and buildings or houses on the outskirts of the city are also not untouched. The rest of the soldiers who did not get a building to rest would set up tents on the open ground. In a short period of time, the beautiful city turned into a miserable slum.
All residents of the town of Mutiara Biru were evacuated in villages close to the town of Mutiara Biru before the war. But once the city fell into enemy hands, many villagers in the vicinity chose to evacuate independently. Although the villagers will still be left alive, but the enemy forces will still blackmail them. Not infrequently the soldiers did arbitrarily such as forcibly taking livestock, produce, or even forcibly taking village women to be satisfied with lust. Such is the behavior of colonial soldiers in any country.
The only place that the Swargabhumi troops dared not touch was the Sky lantern college. Although most of the students and members of the college have joined the army of Mahapatih Siung Tiger Beetle, but Ki Cakra Jagad and some of his senior students still live there.
On the second day after the army's assistance came, the, some Senopati Swargabhumi who did not know and did not ask the mahapatih Hamapadayana first suddenly came to the college with a group of soldiers under their command. Of course their arrival was with the intention of seizing the college building that was there that could hold at least four thousand people.
Ten senopati and five thousand Swargabhumi soldiers were sassy to break through the gate of the college and into the courtyard of the college. What they did of course managed to make Ki Cakra Jagad wrathful. He who belongs to the senior ranks of the white swordsman who is known for his patience is ultimately very sick of the behavior of the Swargabhumi soldiers.
The impact, in one attack, the ten stupid and careless Swargabhumi senopati died. The two thousand soldiers they had brought died as well. While the rest were given a chance to live and had to take away all the bodies in the college.
Of course, the senopati department will not be pinned to just anyone. Senopati are always much more powerful than the soldiers. Senopati basically has the ability of a warrior class and has a certain devotion. It was just that what they were up against was a heavyweight hero who would even make twenty black flow swordsmen with half-stealth magic preferring not to face it.
The incident certainly made Mahapatih Hamapadayana angry, but he did not want to take the risk to sue Ki Cakra Jagad for the death of his careless men. Thus, he considered the event never happened. Fortunately, Ki Cakra Jagad still holds firm to the agreement of senior warriors of his class both in the eastern and western regions to not interfere in the problem of war, but the warriors are entitled to give a fight if what is rightfully touched.
Mahapatih Hamapadayana will move towards the royal city of Swargabhumi in a few days. The number of troops of that size will actually make the trip more time-consuming. Mahapatih Hamapadayana prefers not to pass through other cities that have each prepared soldiers ready to die to not let the city they guard fall without resistance.
Mahapatih Hamapadayana thought that it was very bad to attack every city in Swargadwipa, because once they managed to control the kingdom of Swargadwipa, automatically the cities that the kingdom sheltered will fall into the power of Swargabhumi.
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On the eve of the day of Swargabhumi's departure for swargadwipa, two Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles have arrived in the town of Dhyana to give an update on the strength and movement of the opponent.
“Yes, wrestling patih. They will move directly through the forest path, without passing through the existing cities before the royal city.” Answer the spy soldier. The soldier then gave various detailed explanations of the puzzles with equipment and plans while the movement of Swargabhumi warriors.
“Alright then. Thank you very much for your report. Now go back to your position and tell me if there's anything important to me. After this, I will leave for Swargadwipa, so you or the others can find me there.” Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang.
After a brief meeting with his trusted spy soldier, Mahapatih Siung Tigers immediately met Jalu and Niken and called some senopati who served in the city of Dhyana. They're holding an emergency meeting. The Patih opened the conversation after everyone he called had come.
“I invite you to tell me that today I will also leave for the kingdom of Swargadwipa. The enemy forces are already on the move and the numbers are larger than I expected. So, all the soldiers in this city will be led back by Jalu.” Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang.
“How many enemy troops, uncle?” ask Jalu.
“About one million five hundred thousand soldiers equipped with the best combat equipment they have. I had to report this directly to Emperor Srengenge Ireng and devise another plan to thwart the attack. Such a large number would have been easy to master Swargadwipa if we had mismanaged the war strategy. Moreover, if my thinking is correct, there will be a third wave of troops who come to provide assistance if their forces this time have not succeeded in controlling Swargadwipa. War will last very long.” Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang.
“Oh, gods, how much is the power of the enemy?” said Jalu.
“Don't be small. A lot of it can be a weakness. After all, the number of powerful warriors supporting Swargadwipa is still in balance with that of Swargabhumi. We are just outnumbered by soldiers and combat equipment. That'sthat's all. Don't worry, I still have a myriad of plans to surprise them.” Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang said with a smile to calm the hearts of his subordinates, although he himself did not know what plan he would make.
“Alright, uncle. I'll have control of the power here. Then when will we move to attack the enemy from behind?” ask Jalu.
“I'll send a spy to you, Jalu. Once I send you the news, you can move and keep your distance from the enemy forces. You will only attack if they have broken through the seventh fortress.” Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang.
After that brief meeting, Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetle which was only accompanied by senopati Welang immediately left for the royal city of Swargadwipa. The two left the city of Dhyana unnoticed by many, which meant that the death of the Patih was secret, although the secret would not last long.
Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles and Senopati Welang travel without horses. Precisely by relying on their inner strength and the science of lightening their bodies, both of them could be much faster than the fastest horse that ran endlessly from the city of Dhyana to the royal city of Swargadwipa.