The Dragon God Swordsman

45. The war began (7)

The cavalry led by Patih Purno quickly managed to hit the enemy reinforcements. The enemy troops who had just resisted the attack of thousands of arrows could not do much, now their formation was immediately messy and split due to the attack of the cavalry led by Patih Purno.

Patih Purno and his troops did not miss the opportunity he had planned carefully, the enemy troops that were in front of them were now easy targets from their spears. They easily finished off any enemy soldiers who were within the range of their attacks.

It was witnessed by the opposing soldiers who had not crossed the land that became a sea of horse corpses, they did not get a single attack from the opponent's arrows. But their comrades who were walking through the sea of horse corpses fared very badly. It was not uncommon for more than ten arrows to be stuck in the bodies of their comrades, a terrifying sight.

Not to mention the troops who were across the sea of horse corpses, they are now victims of the ferocity of the cavalry led by Patih Purno. His comrades tried to run away but it was all in vain, Patih Purno ordered that all his troops should finish off the remnants of the troops who had crossed the sea of horse corpses.

“They all slaughtered”

“I won't go there!”

“Hei!!! Our leader is ahead, quickly cross over we help our colleagues!”

“I still love my life, you see what happened there?!, They're all over! If we go forward, our next fate will not be far away with them”, a Patih from the reinforcements issued his opinion as the other trainers fought each other with the current situation. Hearing that explanation the other Patih then fell silent, the words of his colleague just now were true.

If they advanced not necessarily the troops in front managed to survive, it could be when they got in front of his comrades already finished off by the opponent. And not to mention in front of them a sea of corpses and horses that blocked their movement, if they were reckless to cross the sea of corpses then they would be within range of the opposing archers.

“Retreat!!! Quickly retreat!!”, a retreating cry echoed in the air aimed at the reinforcements. Their coach ordered that they should withdraw immediately, otherwise they would be the next target of the ferocity of the opposing cavalry. They could do nothing more, today they had to accept that they were defeated by the opposing forces.

Thousands of retreating reinforcements sent rebel forces cheering in excitement. They did not expect that today they won a victory considering the number of enemies was four times their number. The triumphant cheers echoed, the rebel forces bearing the names of Aryo and Patih Purno as their leaders who led them to victory today. Their pleasure cannot be contained, even from them to shed tears and embrace each other.

“Yeeaaahhhhhh!!!!!!”

“Don't stop running coward!!!”

“Number alone will not be enough to win against us!!!”

Aryo who heard the babble came from his soldiers immediately reprimanded the person, “It is still too early for you to be satisfied! The war is still going to take place later, I don't want you guys to be caught off guard by this temporary victory!!!”, Aryo's firm tone and loud manner of speech made his troops speechless.

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Patih Purno and his army had wiped out all the enemy reinforcements who had crossed the sea of horse corpses. There was nothing left of them, now the land around them was full of the corpses of soldiers both from the opposing side and the opposing side. The fishy smell of blood was so pungent in the air, but for the troops who had already crammed into many battles that fishy smell was common and did not affect them at all.

The horsemen led by Patih Purno lined up neatly facing forward, they continued to watch the backs of the enemy who continued to run away from their place. None of the enemies dared to look back, they were afraid that turning would be the target of the cavalry led by Patih Purno. With all his ability the enemy troops ran as fast as possible leaving the field today.

“We return to base, today will be a great blow to our enemy”, Patih Purno ordered to his troops. His troops answered in unison before turning towards the base, while he was still looking at the enemy troop that was running. Today's victory although it feels easy but the casualties of them are also not small, he must plan again a strategy for the next battle.

“Patih, why haven't we moved from this place?”, asked the soldier who carried the flag behind him, Patih Purno then turned towards the soldier, “Let's go back”, Patih Purno replied with a directed smile to the soldier making him choke on his own breath. Patih Purno who was famously firm and quite fierce in the lead now smiled peacefully at him, a rare sight.

Both are now racing their horses, but shortly afterwards Patih Purno stopped the pace of his horse when it was at the place where the mysterious man's corpse was. He then got off his horse and walked towards the corpse of his dueling opponent today, he crouched down and then lowered his head while praying to the god.

Today he had killed many opposing forces, perhaps hundreds or even thousands he had not counted. He prayed that the gods would understand his actions, because he felt that this was something that should be done against evil on the face of the earth.

After finishing praying Patih Purno then walked towards the corpse of a young man whose legs were tied by a mysterious man. With that bond easily she let go, she then carried the young man who was now lifeless. A feeling of sadness attacked him, war always made death the closest friend ever. What makes him sad is that young men who should live in peace must participate in the cruelty of war.

The two now continued on their way and soon they reached the gate of the rebel headquarters. Aryo, Subani and several soldiers were waiting there, while the rest of the army was in the base resting to recover their stamina. Subani who saw his partner carrying a corpse of a young man wearing red clothes then walked slowly to where Patih Purno was.

“Sorry to have made this young man a victim of today's war”, Patih Purno expressed his condolences for the death of one of the troops from Subani. Subani smiled as she stroked the young man's hair, “Thank you, he is still young but his spirit will not lose to us. Her spirit will live forever with me”, replied Subani.

Subani then carried the corpse of the young man and brought him inside, Aryo who saw it gave an order to one of his troops, “Bring some soldiers and prepare a funeral ceremony for the young man!”, he said, aryo's orders to his troops. His troops immediately carried out the order, it did not take long finally piles of dry wood is now neatly arranged in the middle of the rebel headquarters yard.