Tirta Jayakusuma: Sak Dumuk Cough Sak Nyari Bumi
Suffering Due to War

The night is getting late and the atmosphere in the banjar and around Pucakwangi padukuhan began to be quiet.

Only the sound of barking coyotes and night animals come from the forests around Pucakwangi.

Some jokes Tirta, Bayu and Adnan can rest when then heard the sound of crying of a girl who called her father's name.

"Dad.dad..don't go daddy! Don't leave Ningsih father!" There was the sound of crying girls in one corner of the banjar.

Tirta, Bayu and Adnan as well as White Bango who kept following these youths who had since gone around and only a few Jenak rested immediately got up and headed towards the sound of crying.

When later found a girl who was holding the body of a man.

A man who was about thirty years old was lying on the deck of a banjar with a pandan mat.

And on top of his chest, a little girl was hugging and kept calling and shaking this man's body.

Actually, Tirta had tried his hardest to save this man but the injuries were very severe.

There was a huge scratch on his chest that continued to drain fresh blood.

While at the temple has also been injured due to the impact of blunt objects.

In his hand was the poor man's wrist.

There was no pulse, with the inner energy that had reached perfection, Tirta tried to give help, but as it had been, his inner energy was like entering a vast ocean without edges. Just disappear.

His inner strength was unable to save this man.

He could only take a deep breath.

"God has other wills against this man," Tirta's mind.

On the elus of this little girl's long hair gently.

"Your father has returned to the creator of Nduk.It will not be in vain to sacrifice your father" whispered Tirta.

"You must be strong! You must be strong Nduk," continued Tirta trying to comfort this little girl.

"Hoo, hu hu... Yes brother.but I have no one else." whispered this little girl.

This girl was crying too.

"Don't be sad Nduk. You still have us, still have friends and friends, there is still Ki Jagabaya, there is still Ki Demang. Or there is still Mbakyu Rara Wulan who will protect you and take care of you," said Tirta Jaya Kusuma trying to ease the cry of this little girl.

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Dawn began to dawn and Tirta, Bayu and Adnan had been called by Ki Tumenggung Sawungging to the banjar page which turned out to be several small group leaders had been present in this place.

While the warriors of Pati had prepared on their horses.

"Ki Rangga Jagadenta, choose your best troops.

We're moving towards Lowo Cave!" Ki Tumenggung Sawunggaling.

"We must immediately destroy the begal group that has been ridden by the Mataram soldiers! Before they turn into a larger army and will endanger us in the Duchy of Pati Pesantenan.

"I don't want any Mataram warriors in my territory!" Said Ki Tumenggung Sawunggaling with a furious tone!

"There is no need for us to bring an army that many of us only need strong soldiers to be able to destroy the begal that nest in the Lowo Cave.

"Actually I came to this place to look at the situation on the border of Gamping mountain, the slopes of this kendeng." Ki Tumenggung.

"Duke Pragolo has ordered me to make a line of defense along the Gamping mountains to prevent and hinder the movement of Mataram soldiers who are likely to invade from the direction of this Gamping Mountain.

"We will make a defense in Gunung Gamping to block the pace of Mataram forces who are likely to pass through this region if they will really attack the Duchy of Pati," explained Ki Tumenggung.

Ki Rangga Jagadenta then has prepared young men who are judged to have a fairly prominent discipline.

There were fifty people who were finally selected to follow the movement of Ki Tumenggung Sawunggaling, including Tirta, Bayu and Adnan and Lokajaya and Bango Putih.

When the sun was as high as the spear then the combined forces of the Pati Duchy led by Tumenggung Sawunggaling and the soldiers of the Pucak Wangi Kademangan bodyguards led by Ki Rangga Jagadenta began to move southward in where the Lowo Cave which is the fortress of the begal alas kumpang is located.

The roar of these cavalry had stirred up dust throughout their journey.

Some time this troop has passed Oro-oro Ombo and then passed through the rocky road leading to the slopes of Mount Gamping.

When they had reached the outskirts of the forest where a few hundred spears were in front of them, they immediately saw a cave with the mouth of a cave covered by a rock large enough to be the existence of Guo Lowo used by the Begal pedestal Kumpang is at a glance disguised and will not be expected by people who just cross this place without paying more attention to this place.

Tirta Bayu and Adnan and white Bango some time ago have been trailing these begal so he still remembered the location of the Cave Lowo.

When this warrior warrior had arrived in front of the Lowo Cave.

It turns out that there was no human in Lowo's cave.

"Hmm .. They've escaped!" Ki Tumenggung Sawunggaling growled by clenching his fists.

There are only traces that show that this place has been used by the begals.

While the fireplace in the cave and outside the cave still embers fire.

"It seems they have not long left this place Ki Tumenggung!" Ki Rangga Jagadenta.

"True Jagadenta! It seems they just left this place."

"We're going after them Ki Rangga Jagadenta."

"They're just on foot, so I don't think they'll be too far from this place" continued Ki Tumenggung Sawungginging.

Ki Tumenggung then ordered his horsemen to walk first by following the direction that the begals had been heading from the pullback pad.

With the movement of hundreds of people it would be easy to follow in their footsteps.

They have left real traces. Grass that collapsed grass and branches that are broken because it is passed by hundreds of people at once.

And they did not think that the Pati Kademangan army would continue to hunt for their existence.

"They seem to be walking down the slopes of the Gamping mountains to the east of Ki tumenggung!"  Report a soldier who was on the front line who followed the trail left by the Alas Kumpang.

"Keep following in the footsteps of that soldier!" Ki Tumenggung.

Back this cavalry has moved quickly following the tracks left by these robbers.

Meanwhile, the chosen army of Kademangan Pucakwangi was far behind from the cavalry, but there were liaisons that connected the two armies at all times.

The selected team from Kademangan Pucakwangi was led by Ki Sarno and also Ki Suro who was considered quite experienced by Lokajaya and also Lowo Ijo, Si Gemblung and Codot aka Lowo Cilik.

And it turns out that the daughter of Ki Tumenggung Sawungganing named Pandan Arum prefers to be among the young soldiers of Kademangan Pucakwangi.

This girl felt even happier to be among the youths.

After all she was a nimble and newly grown girl who still needed the attention of the young men.

And one thing, this girl was very happy with the flattery and praise and the amazed views that were directed towards her.

But what makes his heart a little disturbed and disturbed is the attitude of the young man named Lowo Ijo.

The young man who had an extraordinary attraction turned out to be indifferent to his existence.

But the attitude of this young man also seems to have been clouded by the attitude of other young men who continue to connect and try to attract attention like honey bees gathered on the petals of a palanquin.

"I'll kill all the robbers and scum off the top of the Throw! Even the leader of the begal named Tohsidono or Begal Alas Kumpangan, if he fights manly, if he fights, not hiding behind the backs of those robbers must be dead on my spear!" Said Lokajaya who walked hand in hand with the daughter girl from Ki Tumenggung Sawunggaling.

This girl was listening with a look of great admiration and amazement! After all he had indeed seen how Loka Jaya fought against those begals.

Although this girl has a pretty great training that she has learned from her father, but she admits that the young man next to her is really a very great young man, very strong!

"Hmm, if you were that great you should not have let the soldiers in your group be killed just like that!" Suddenly there was a voice coming from behind this young man.

Surprised Lokajaya heard it.

"Huh... That's the fault of those fast-smelling soldiers! They were just young men just learning to hold a machete! Ki Jagadenta should have trained them even harder!" Reject Loka Jaya who seems not to like this word.

And when he found out that what said like this was Si Lowo Gemblung, how wonderful Loka Jaya.

All this time the obstacle in achieving his wishes and his goal was among the weak guard troops were these three young men.

"Hmm, you big boy! What are you guys doing?"

"You're just wasting your free energy fighting like children! "

"War is to kill or be killed, not as you only beat your opponents without killing them, so you have also weighed in with the many wounded captives." Reply Lokajaya.

What Loka Jaya says has a point.

In this case Tirta jaya Kusuma or Lowo Ijo did more injuries to his opponents without killing them.