Prince Without Crown

Choosing core soldiers

"Gusti Prince.., the two servants have carried out the orders of Gusti. And now look out there! We have purchased ten thousand horses, ten thousand armor, and ten thousand swords from some of the most famous masters of Galuh's kingdom. Because they love this country so much, they instead give us an extra with each of them a thousand. This includes horses, armor and other warrior equipment" said Tumenggung Paksi along with Raden Danu.

"Didn't you leave a little for Raden Danu? It was the property of his father-in-law Gusti Prabu Setra Kencana,"

"It's okay, Gusti. Servant willing. Provided that all the people of Setra Kencana free from colonialism. Because, if our country is still occupied, the hope for the royal family who still survived to return to his country will never be realized" said Raden Danu. He gave up all the treasure buried under the banyan tree was spent on the equipment of the soldiers who will soon face a great war.

"I thank you, Raden Danu. Later if we can get rid of the threat, you can lead back the kingdom of Setra Kencana replace Gusti Prabu Setra Kencana," said Prince Indra Mahesa while holding both shoulders Raden Danu.

"Hamba dare not, Prince. Just make Setra Kencana into a duchy. We will be happy to be under the auspices of the Sri Kemuning kingdom. It was one of our expressions of gratitude for the struggle Gusti put in,"

"alright. Now, let's look at the whole outfit. I want to hold a test match between all the soldiers in the Duchy of Gedangan. There were twenty thousand soldiers. Half of which we will leave in this Duchy of Gedangan to defend the fort, the other half will lead to the teak valley. Come!" Take Prince Indra Mahesa.

"Come, Gusti!" They said they immediately got out of the camp.

After they came out of the tent, now Senopati Arya Prana, Tumenggung Paksi and Adipati Rakai sky immediately gather all the soldiers.

Now, in the fort had gathered two armies, each consisting of ten thousand people in a group and facing each other.

"Listen, my soldiers! I want to wage a war of war and will judge any of you who have the right to enter the core army. Do not use real weapons except archers. Wrap your spear eyes with a thick cloth so as not to injure your opponent. Use a sword made of wood!"

"With this, the war begins!" Shouted Prince Indra Mahesa.

Once the command word has come down, now between them directly choose their respective opponents.

For the spear-armed troops, then their opponents were soldiers armed with spears. For soldiers who are armed with swords, then the opponent is a soldier who is armed with a sword as well. For archer soldiers, then they do the target archery match appropriately.

On the other hand, about four thousand cavalrymen began to show their skill in controlling their horsemen by passing through the river, the hill then returned to the fortress.

Various obstacles and obstacles continue to come to test the prowess of this horseman.

Many have made it through the obstacles. However, not a few have failed. In fact, it is not uncommon for them to be injured because they cannot avoid the exams they face.

From the top of the highest reconnaissance tower, prince Indra Mahesa seemed accompanied by Senopati Arya Prana judging anyone among them who deserves to be elected. And it turns out, the young soldiers dominated the selected troops to be included in the teak valley.

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In the meantime, we leave behind the match test exercise conducted by Prince Indra Mahesa to choose the core troops he will bring to the teak valley. Now, let's look at the situation at the camp belonging to the troops from Paku Bumi.

By nightfall, by, The entire Paku Bumi army had withdrawn from the forest outskirts which was about ten miles from the edge of the defensive fort in the Duchy of Gedangan and now they had arrived at the royal city of Setra Kencana.

Jaya Pradana is really very angry with this situation to the point that she screams hysterically because she does not know who to vent her anger to.

None of the soldiers he assigned to keep the palace were safe. Everything was lying in a lifeless state, even some were charred in flames.

"Nationaaaat! Which demon did all this?" His screams blaring.

No one dared to raise their head, let alone answer. They were all just bowed down in fear of the wrath of the iron-fisted despot.

"Raka Pati! Prepare the whole army! We are not resting in this palace. Immediately return to the kingdom of Sri Kemuning then continue the journey to the teak valley!" Said Raja Jaya Pradana giving orders.

For what else they stopped at the former royal palace of Setra Kencana.

Nothing else can be used for shelter because everything has become dust.

The residents in the former city of this king have also stopped somewhere. Maybe they fled into the forest once they knew the large army led by King Jaya Pradana entered the king's city, so they had to get out of the way to survive.

"Sendiko dawuh Gusti Prabu!" Raka Pati said, then he also shouted to order that they ended their rest and immediately set out to travel that night also to the kingdom of Sri Kemuning.

Many of the soldiers objected to this order. After a tiring day on the way, it turned out that once they arrived in the city of the king of the kingdom of Setra Kencana, they were told to continue the journey. This made them feel that the war this time was really draining.

"I'd rather be tired in battle than tired on the way. This is really stupid in my opinion" one of the soldiers whispered to his friend.

"Saturday..! Watch your talk! Later if anyone hears, your tongue can be cut off!" Tegus his best friend.

"Just this time I saw them like they were scared to face the troops from another kingdom. All this time, they've been so confident,"

"Perhaps this is because Gusti Patih Raka Pati failed to trap the soldiers of the kingdom of Galuh and also what befell Pratisara himself" replied the soldier.

"It looks like this time we're facing a pretty tough opponent,"

"Ah... Nevermind! Let's get ready to resume our journey. Later if Gusti Prabu Jaya Pradana sees us lazing, we can be killed here," said the soldier then rose from his seat.

Preceded by the cavalry guarding a carriage pulled by four horses, the group began to leave the former royal palace Setra Kencana which only remains rubble.

Seriate...