Pendekar Batari Mahadewi: The Journey to Find Your Self
Episode 189 The Enemy Squad Has Arrived
Some magic warriors who had the science of lightening high-level bodies had arrived at the Blue Pearl city. They were emissaries of Mahapatih Siung Tigers Beetles assigned to inform Jalu about the movement of all Swargabhumi troops towards the city.
Jalu, Niken, Pradipa and all the senopati in the town of Mutiara Biru immediately held an emergency meeting.
“We only have less than ten days before Swargabhumi's troops arrive in this city. This unexpected development was truly shocking. Regarding this incident, does anyone want to express an opinion?” ask Jalu to everyone in one of the rooms in the city hall that is usually used to hold meetings.
“We have many options. If we want to avoid war, we can leave the city as soon as possible and leave it empty. But if my calculations are not wrong, the army should have ratih Tigers Kumbang can overtake Swargabhumi.” Pradipa.
“Can you detail your calculations?” ask Jalu.
“Swargabhumi forces are running out of food. They are also very tired and depressed with everything they experience. It is certain that the Tiger of Beetles can catch up with Swargabhumi's entourage.” said Pradipa.
“What is your other opinion?” ask Jalu.
“We stay afloat, raden. Don't leave this town empty. We can still dispel in various ways to hold back Swargabhumi's forces from entering this city. Consideration is that the squads of the Fatty Tiger arrived on time.” Senopati said Jatala, one of the senior senopati Swargadwipa who participated in the Jalu troop group.
“How can we hold them?” tanya Jalu is still exploring the opinions of her subordinates before she decides on the action to be taken.
“We will make a wide and deep trench in the eastern part of the outer city fortress. We plant bamboo or spiky wood in it, then we cover the surface. Then we wasted the stone-throwing chariot and the archer army outside the fort. Once Swargabhumi's army is seen and within range of our arrows, then we will immediately attack them all.” Kata Jatala who has often known various types of defense during his service in Swargadwipa.
“We can also accumulate dry twigs and bushes that we have smeared oil in the eastern forest that will be passed by Swargabhumi troops. Once they have entered the forest, we burn the branches. We will lose some of our forest, but the result will be very commensurate with the losses that will be borne by the enemy.” Connect Taring Bumi, one of Jalu's subordinate senopati.
“But they can escape from that fire and move backwards.” Brajamukti.
“That's exactly one of the advantages. They will wait for the fire to go out or at least they will try to put out the fire and it will take a long time. Especially now is the dry season, so the forest will be easily burned.” The Taring Earth.
“For sure. The forest was not very vast and the fire would go nowhere but to consume the forest. We can replant those exhausted trees later. After the forest was exhausted, they could only continue their journey. Once they're within range of the arrows and the throwing carts we have, we can attack them.” Said Taring Earth so excited.
“That's right, when they've hit back with arrows and throw stones, we retreat. We take our train as much as we can to get inside the fort. Then let them go forward and get mired in the trenches. After that, we rain them back with arrows if they can escape from the trench.” said Jatala.
“Should have been Swargabhumi's troops would have put a throwing cart lined up at the front of the line and fired rocks to break down our fort. It would be nice if the trench was even further away from the reach of the enemy's throwing cart. If we're lucky, those chariots will fall into the trenches, but if we don't, they'll fall into the trenches, then the trains are just barking uselessly because the train will definitely not be able to cross the moat and the ejection from the train across the trench will not reach our fortress.” Pradipa.
“We must also leave our throwing carts on the inside of the fort, just in case we can't transport our train outside. So, our throwing cart outside is just a lure. Even if we leave it to save ourselves, we still have more inside the fort. To be sure, the enemy will not be able to break into our fortress. They would climb the wall or break down the gate as the only way to enter this city. We center the attack at that point.” said Jalu.
After the meeting was over, Jalu ordered most of the warriors he had to stand guard in the east of the forest and make sure no Swargabhumi troops came to scout, let alone know about the making of the trench. The rest, thousands of troops were deployed to collect dry twigs and bushes, stacking them in such a way in the forest to burn the forest.
Jalu mobilized his entire army to make a wide and deep trench along the eastern part of the Blue Pearl fort that will be used as a return path for Swargabhumi troops to the Blue Pearl.
On the fifth day after the manufacture of the trench was carried out, the assistance of troops from several cities around the blue Pearl had arrived. Their number is quite large so that all the soldiers Jalu has are sixty thousand soldiers. Jalu deployed them all to make a trench as quickly as possible before the enemy troops came.
By the seventh day, the entire trench had been completed and the surface was covered in such a way that the trench was invisible. The woods were lined with foliage and the ground would have collapsed if at least ten warriors stood at the same point. It was certain that the trench would collapse if Swargabhumi's forces flocked through it.
The entire work outside the fort was finished. Furthermore, Jalu deployed his troops to organize the defense on the inside of the fort. On the ninth day, the entire preparation was finished. The rest, Jalu can only pray that the entourage of Mahapatih Siung Tigers Kumbang could soon overtake Swargabhumi troops.
Meanwhile, Swargabhumi's forces were really going through the hardest times. They must move as quickly as possible along with the hunger and fatigue that eat away at their bodies. Swargabhumi's army was getting closer and within a day to catch up to them all.
The most exhausting thing experienced by Swargabhumi troops was the large amount of equipment they brought. At first the equipment of war was the hope for victory. But at that time, all of the war equipment had instead become a burden. Secretly, Swargabhumi's troops regretted having to return to the Blue Pearl under such conditions. They do not yet know that the city has fallen into the hands of Jalu and his army. Swargabhumi's troops dreamed that when they arrived at the Blue Pearl, they could gather strength and pound Swargadwipa's approaching troops.