The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

47. The War Started V

“The iron horse force is advancing!!”, Patih Purno shouted to his horsemen.

The iron horse army was initially hidden by Patih Purno, the reason for which was to lure opponents to continue to pursue the rebel forces that were moving backwards.

Seeing no cavalry from his opponent made the Adipura kingdom troops and their alliance continue to advance because they thought there would be no obstacles waiting for them.

In fact it was all wrong, they were confronted by the bitter fact that their enemy was someone who was a tactician. The thousands of iron horse troops were hidden and released just in time.

Many of the soldiers of the Adipura kingdom were surprised where the cavalry came from, "How did they hide such a large army!?", the mysterious man who was most shocked by the events that were happening.

He bit his lips, saw that his troops were behind already many dead he was about to retreat. But the word retreat if it is too late to say because the rebel cavalry is now almost in their direction.

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Patih Purno came forward with his troops to face their opponent's cavalry, as their close range without command of his horsemen split into three directions.

This strategy is used to flank the opposing riding team, although it looks trivial but this strategy in fact works.

A meeting between the equestrian forces of the two warring sides was inevitable. The horses collided, the weapons clashed, and the victimized warrior continuously fell to the ground along with his horse.

Not a few troops from both sides had to die, cries of struggle and pain and pain again echoed filling the air. The atmosphere was no less great than the previous fight, with the riding skills of his troops Patih Purno managed to bulldoze anyone he met.

His spear quickly pierced and slashed at his opponent, while his opponent seemed to struggle in the face of flanking attacks from his army. His horse continued to advance without anyone to hold it, this was because the horse he rode was the best horse that was devoted to being taken to the battlefield.

In the atmosphere of war Patih Purno approached someone who came with his horse. Patih Purno saw the arrival of the man, but what surprised him was a rope tied to his horse and the other end of the rope tied the legs of the young man in red clothes with a glove around his waist.

Patih Purno's eyes glared at the person carrying the young man's body, he became enraged by the indecent deeds shown by the person in front of him now. Patih Purno sighed softly, finally he knew the reason for the quarrel of his two colleagues just now.

“It is fitting that they stopped earlier, it turns out that one of the troops that Subani brought had been the victim of this man's cruelty”, Batin Patih Purno spoke.

That person was none other than the mysterious man, he had come to meet Patih Purno intending to duel with him. With a sword covered in blood he challenged Patih Purno.

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“I must admit you are very good at organizing strategies, it is fitting that Minister Balda reminded us that in this war will be in trouble. But I never trembled, seeing a strong person I naturally wanted to fight him!", the mysterious man brandished his sword towards Patih Purno was.

Patih Purno responded with a smile, "I'd be happy to serve a big-mouthed person like you", Patih Purno tried to provoke the emotions of his opponent, "I'll make sure that your mouth will ask for forgiveness later"

"We'll see in a moment, none of this will go your way again!”, continued the mysterious man.

“What makes you so sure that our plan will fail?”, Patih Purno raised his eyebrows.

“The troops that are behind us with a large number will come and will help in a moment, it is only a matter of time that all your plans will be destroyed!”, will help you, the mysterious man grumbled to his opponent for being so annoyed.

“We can prove whether your words are true or imaginary”, Patih Purno smiled meaningfully, "Actually I am not worried about the troops behind you. Since I had prepared a surprise for them", Purno's pity face put on a triumphant smile now.

The mysterious man became astonished by the attitude of his opponent, sometimes this person was serious but also suddenly acted as if he was an entertainer. Not finished with the astonishment he experienced, Patih Purno then drove his horse towards the mysterious man.

Without waiting for a long time finally the exchange of attacks between the two occurred, with the spear he held Patih Purno attacking aggressively. While his opponent fended off his attacks using a sword, the two continued to fight regardless of the circumstances around.

The soldiers clashed with their respective opponents, not caring about the surrounding comrades who had fallen. Soldiers who are victims are constantly falling, cuts or stab wounds gaping wide and continue to bleed fresh.

Not a few soldiers who died from blood loss due to the injuries they experienced, because the chaos of war made their own friends could not help them.

It had been quite a long duel between Patih Purno and the mysterious man took place. The two continued to exchange attacks with a murderous appetite fixed on their respective opponents.

Patih Purno with his spear skills managed to dominate the attack, the attack pattern he launched was so complicated and dangerous. Just a little bit of making a gap quickly the spear would target that gap.

The mysterious man with his battle experience as a swordsman was actually able to match his opponent's attacks, although his current opponent dominated the attack but he was able to defend with the ability he had.

But not for some time his opponent's attacks become complicated for him to withstand, because the range of his opponent's long spear makes the fight finally unbalanced and results in sideways weight.

“Where are the relief forces that are behind?”, the inner mysterious man speaks. It had been quite a while since the fight between them had taken place but help had not come.

Seeing his opponent who was like he was thinking about something and unconsciously made a gap finally made Patih Purno take advantage of the opportunity. He then raised the tempo of his attack to be even faster and was now eyeing towards his opponent's vital point.

“Founder!”, mysterious man swears due to a surprise attack from his opponent.

It was only a second too late that he fended off and dodged then his life would definitely drift today. He held onto his ear which continued to bleed due to the attack from his opponent.

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