The Fate of Adipura Kingdom

50. The War Begins VIII

The remaining soldiers approached the position of Patih, their view of his deputy now a view of great hatred.

One of them approached, saying, "This is for my colleague you killed just now!", he launched a slash right at Patih's shoulder.

"Aaaargggghggkkk...."

Because there was no power Patih it could only be silent, but when the sword of the soldier who was nearby hit his shoulder a spontaneous groan of pain came out of his mouth.

The pain was caused by the sword that hit him sticking into his shoulder, the soldier who did so deliberately did not pull the sword. He was very satisfied to hear the screams of pain from Patih.

Then one of the remaining soldiers also did not want to stay still, he advanced forward and prepared to slash at that Patih.

"This is for my brother you chopped off his head!", he then stuck out his sword like the previous soldier.

"Aarggkkh..."

Patih's shout became slow, the blood that continued to flow like a river made his consciousness almost disappear, his body convulsed violently because of a very sick wound.

Not wanting to let the Patih die another soldier immediately made a stabbing move right behind Patih's neck. His sharp sword ended by penetrating out of the Patih jakun.

With the final attack finally Patih the deputy leader of their troops had to die after. Because their business was done, they immediately dropped the sword and then kneeled back and raised their hands in surrender.

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The iron horse army was finally able to defeat the opposing cavalry, now only dozens of people left from the opponent's forces are still alive because they surrendered first.

Patih Purno immediately gave orders that the rest of the troops be tied up and made prisoners of war. The soldiers riding on the other side were silent only when they were tied up by an army of iron horses. They want to live longer even though they have to lose but at least they have fought.

As the hostage process was nearing completion, it appeared that from afar the enemy reinforcements came flocking towards where the iron horse troops were. The troops advanced quickly and even seemed rushed, they shouted loudly preparing for the fight against the enemy.

Patih Purno regrouped his troops to prepare for the upcoming opponent. The battle of fellow cavalry from both sides had reduced his army by a quarter.

Even with the number of troops far from the enemy forces in fact the troops led by Patih Purno were able to win their battle.

"Immediately raise our banner flag!"

"Good coach"

Patih Purno was in the front row accompanied by one of his chosen soldiers on the side carrying a flag. This flag is useful as a message sender for the army of archers led by old men who are in the fortress.

The roar of steps that met the dusty ground was heard in every ear of the rebel forces. His enemies ran as fast as they could towards the battlefield with an overwhelming amount, the sea of enemies managed to make a tremor on the ground where they stood.

The opposing forces this time intend to make the rebel forces become afraid to see their numbers are at least more than the troops who first fought. But all that was in vain, the rebel forces were already so eager in the face of the war that they regarded as a war against this evil.

“In a moment, soon”, Patih Purno's mind continues to say those words repeatedly.

“How's Patih? Is it time?”, asked the soldier because the opposing army is already within range of their archer troops.

“Still not yet, wait for them to go deeper! They had to pass through the sea of corpses and horses!”, Patih Purno explained his point, “Wait a minute, just briefly”, just, Patih Purno spoke to his soldiers but his gaze was not diverted from the enemy troops moving towards them.

The enemy troops continued to advance forward, and, although it was difficult because the road was covered by a sea of corpses of his colleagues and their horses but half of them managed to pass through it and the other half was still stammered in walking through the sea of corpses.

When half the enemy troops have passed through the sea of corpses, Patih Purno then exclaimed to his soldiers, “Send a message immediately!!!”, Patih Purno's orders.

The soldier then made a movement to wave the flag 3 times, the movement he repeated until there was a reply that the message had been received by their archer troops.

The old man who saw the message understood that he had to act as he should. He ordered his troops, “Friends are ready! Release!", orders the old man.

When the command was given flew dozens of arrows sized like a soldier's spear, the large arrow shot rapidly towards the opposing aid forces.

Not a few of the opposing forces were surprised by the large arrows, even the shock was also shown by the rebel forces. They looked towards the top of the fortress and found that there were about thirteen tools that they had just seen this time.

It was a weapon carried by the royal army of Benggawan when they first arrived at the fort. This weapon is a secret weapon that was recently obtained by the kingdom of Bengal through their cooperation with an empire whose people have narrow-eyed characteristics.

This tool is able to glide an arrow the size of a spear of an adult soldier with a very long distance. And the assembly and use is relatively easy so that makes the king of Pawan interested in this tool.

The narrow-eyed imperial people called this tool 'balista', there are dozens of this tool that has been accepted by the kingdom of Benggawan and become their secret weapon.

Eventually this weapon was issued by the king of Pawan to help the rebel forces against their enemies.

"Let go three times!”, the old man's orders and immediately executed his troops.

Quickly the large arrows flew through the air in large numbers, but not only was the shock saved from the attack. There was a slight surprise that Patih Purno had inserted in the large arrow.

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Seeing the cavalry on their side who had lost did not scare the reinforcements from the enemy. They still ran forward to face the horsemen led by Patih Purno who lined up neatly against their steps to advance forward.

"Don't stop! Quick move!", orders Patih who was assigned to lead the forces of Adipura kingdom reinforcements.

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