Swordsman Choose a Appeal
episode 13 Confused. bag four.
Raka Senggani immediately underwent practice to restore all his knowledge that had disappeared, he felt calm now because the speech of Panembahan Lawu who was very sareh advised him.
Meanwhile in Kotaraja Demak itself, Prince Sabrang Lor was calling the palace officials, he would immediately announce the departure of his troops to Lor's.
Among those present there is also Tumennggung Bahu Reksa. As a high official of the kingdom of Demak and a confidant of Prince Sabrang Lor as well as Sultan Demak himself, Tumenggung Bahu Reksa became the choice among many of the palace officials Demak.
Prince Sabrang Lor told the palace officials to immediately prepare everything.
Even for the matters of supply Prince Sabrang Lor very much pay attention to him. Tumenggung Angga Yudha as the person in charge expressed his readiness.
Even Tumenggung Angga Yudha mentioned that if today the Demak fleet is in flight, the supplies are ready to be brought.
Not to forget also Tumennggung Angga Yudha asked when the departure of the troops. And by Prince Sabrang Lor it was answered that the blessing of the Demak Fleet was after the completion of his Jung Ship which was again in the final completion stage and the possibility of completion of no more than two full moons.
So according to Prince Sabrang Lor, the departing force will be no more than two full moons.
The people who were there whispered whispering after listening to the words of Kanjeng Adipati Unus.
The two full moon time according to them is a very short time especially in this case a lot of preparation that is still not finished, among the somewhat confused is Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa, which is not yet finished, he remembered the state of his adopted son, Raka Senggani is still in a state of recovering from his condition.
Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa hoped many of his adopted children, especially to lead the troops from Pajang.
Because the Demak Fleet this time will indeed bring quite a lot of troops with the number of warships that will be reduced to hundreds.
So that each ship will be filled with soldiers who amount to hundreds or even thousands of people.
Indeed the Demak Fleet on departure this time will be assisted by the Kingdom of Kacirebonan. Also a fleet from Palembang. But Demak himself will go down in full force. It means that all the territory under the power of the Kingdom will also be plunged including the Duchy of Pajang.
While at this time one of his Senopati is still in a state that is not ready, it will certainly reduce the confidence of the troops who will depart from Pajang.
Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa ventured to ask that to Prince Sabrang Lor.
" Kanjeng Prince, is the time of departure can not be delayed anymore,?" tanya Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa.
Prince Sabrang Lor stared intently at Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa. He really believes in the advantages of one of his subordinates, namely Tumenggung Bahu Reksa.
Because during the first attack if he did not hear the advice of his, of course, all the troops in the flight were to go home just name it.
" What is the meaning of Kakang Tumenggung's speech,?" prince Sabrang Lor asked.
Tumenggung Reksa's shoulder so wrong to answer the question from his Junjungan, he felt something was wrong with his speech earlier, he said, no soldier should question something his Lord has decided.
But if for good , there is no harm, because the departing one is a human child, not an animal or animal , that is the thought of Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa.
He then answered the question of Prince Sabrang Lor, who,
" The point of the servant is whether indeed the readiness of the entire army is worthy to be dispatched, is it not too hasty,?" her word.
While stepping one - one Prince Sabrang Lor looked at one by one his subordinates.
" That's what all of you are here for, because if there's something you're not ready for or there's something you're lacking to mention 'so we can solve the problem, here," said Duke Unus who holds the title Prince Sabrang Lor.
Tumenggung Reksa's Shoulder immediately replied to his speech, saying that,
" Pardon the servant before his Prince Kanjeng, that the troops that will depart this time in very large numbers, of course we must prepare all here or in Jepara, Jepara, but until now there has been no troops from the subordinate territory that is here,!" terang Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa.
The people who were there justified the speech from Tumenggung Bahu Reksa. They had not seen any troops from the vassal region.
The absence of arrival from the subordinate territory will certainly complicate the deployment of the departure of the troops.
And in this case, Prince Sabrang Lor seemed to be struck directly, because he did not take that into account.
If he puts all these troops in Kotaraja Demak will certainly make its own difficulties there and if you have to divide it , which region is suitable .
One of Tumenggung Wreda named Tumenggung Jaya Kusuma gave his opinion to quickly divide the troops in two places,
Kotaraja Demak and the city of Jepara, suitable for the deployment of the troops.
So it will be easier to move it if it will leave later.
While Tumenggung Bahu Reksa advised to immediately invite the troops from the subordinate areas among him, from Pajang , Jipang , Matahun and even some other areas such as Pati.
He hoped that in less than two full moons all of them could be present in the designated place. And there will be no collisions of these different groups of soldiers.
Tumenggung Bahu Reksa also added again, in order for the existence of a cipher warrior who can be a link with the Kacirebonan sultanate as well as the Palembang region so that when attacking will be able to unite in expelling the foreign nation from Tanah Melayu and Sunda Kelapa.
Still according to Tumenggung Bahu Reksa and Tumenggung Jaya Kusuma, excellent preparation will determine the results that will be obtained.
Especially at this time, Demak was indeed in full strength to be able to repel that invader.
So that rushed preparation and lack of planning will make the attack fail.
And added also from Tumenggung Bahu Reksa, one of the Senopati from Pajang is currently still in a bad state and will certainly interfere with the ability of the Pajang Army to be sent it , not to mention troops from the Matahun area, Jipang , Pati, and others. Because there have been no reports from them, until the readiness of the troops in Demak was not fully completed.
Finally Prince Sabrang Lor received all the proposals from his subordinates, he rewinded the schedule of attacks to Lor until all the troops could gather in Kotaraja Demak and Jepara City.
After the meeting, Prince Sabrang Lor specifically called Tumenggung Bahu Reksa and Tumenggung Jaya Kusuma to come to his residence.
At his residence Prince Sabrang Lor immediately thanked the two.
He also inquired about the speech Tumenggung Bahu Reksa about Pajang or precisely the leader of the Pajang team.
Tumenggung Bahu Reksa then told the state of Senopati Brastha Abipraya who had experienced a disturbance due to having been cheated by the ruler of Mount Merapi, namely Mpu Loh Brusang.
Prince Sabrang Lor was surprised to hear, he did not expect that the young friends of his sons, especially Raden Abdullah Wangsa, who really liked Senopati Pajang.
In fact, he still wants to see Senopati Brastha Abipraya come to Kotaraja Demak to be the opponent of his sons.
Therefore Tumenggung Shoulder Reksa asked him to postpone the first raid on Lor until everything was complete. Make the strength of Demak's army is really ready.
Prince Sabrang Lor did have a high spirit to immediately carry out the raid, but sometimes forgot some rather trivial things. So the result will certainly be less satisfactory as during the first attack, almost all troops died on the battlefield, he said, luckily some Senopati who escorted her suggested to return even though the Jung Ship was boarded by Prince Sabrang Lor was not able to be destroyed by enemy forces, but more than two thirds of the warships of Demak shipwrecked at sea due to destroyed by the enemy.
So this time Prince Sabrang Lor trusted all the words of his subordinates. To delay a while to more mature his preparations.
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Meanwhile at Kedawung Academy, the proximity of Jati Andara with Kembang Kedawung made the young men who admired the beauty of Savitri became envious, and that was a young man who had just returned from the East.
He is a young man who is quite famous in Kademangan Kedawung, including having a lot of property and his parents are still reluctant by Ki Demang Kedawung himself.
His name is Garwita. The son of Ki Sangakeling was friends with Gandhik, the leader of the Kademangan Kedawung bodyguard.
One day Garwita conveyed her feelings to her friend.
" Oh yes, Dhik, do you not feel strange with the attitude of the Andara, it seems he feels himself a powerful person in this world," he said.
Gandhik who understood and understood the attitude of his friend just smiled in response.
Garwita who felt his speech ignored by Gandhik immediately connect his words again,
" Is indeed the soul of the young men in Kedawung is as small as menir now after I left for some time, can - can there be someone else who became the ruler here without anyone daring to oppose him, he said, even now he has managed to captivate the heart of Ki Demang family including his son, Hehh,"
Garwita reached her hand, and paced back and forth walking near Gandhik.
While the leader of the bodyguard from Kademangan Kedawung immediately replied to him,
" Maybe you have only arrived here for a few days, and do not know the problem of why the Ki Demang family is close to the Andara Teak" said Gandhik.
Garwita stopped and looked at his friend's face and said,
" What did he do with Ki Demang's family, anyway,?" ask Garwita in a loud tone.
Gandhik then answered the question,
" Four people including Jati Andara who rescued the daughter of Ki Demang from the hands of Ki Jarong who was in Mount Pandan, so that Ki Demang is very indebted to them even he did intend to match Savitrj with Jati Andara," explained Gandhik.
" Hahhh, is your speech really Dhik,?" ask Garwita surprised.
" Yes, indeed Ki Demang hopes to be different from Bekel Kenanga village, he really likes Jati Andara who besides being handsome also be very polite" said Gandhik again.
" Feel from where, because he did have an intention with Ki Demang's daughter, so that makes her have to behave like that, so, but I still want to try out his abilities whether he really deserves to be the son-in-law of Ki Demang," he said.
" Hehh, undo your intention is Wita, later you will regret, because they do have a high enough ability in terms of silatnya," explained Gandhik
" You don't take me for granted, Dhik, you think I'm like you guys who don't have the guts, face two people you can't afford" Garwita said.
He did intend to try out the ability of Jati Andara because according to his village youth Kenanga was not appropriate in Kedawung especially close to Kembang Kedawung it.
While Gandhik was unrelenting, he advised not to do it because it was a futile deed, if the friend does have the ability of silat better he gave a lesson to his friends so that Kademangan Kedawung stronger .
But Garwita did not criticize him, he still insisted that he would do so in order to teach a lesson to the youth of Kenanga village named Jati Andara.
Eventually the two people who have been friends since childhood separated, and Garwita immediately returned to his home, he will prepare his plan to try out the abilities of Jati Andara.
He immediately picked up a sword hanging on the wall of his house.
He drew his sword, and saw a sword that had two eyes and was sharp enough.
Hehh, he has not felt the sharpness of my sword, if he has managed to touch his skin then he knows who Garwita really is, said the young man in his heart.
After putting the sword back into the sheath, Garwita immediately passed from there, he left his house and headed to a corner of the road that became the boundary between Kenanga Village and Kademangan Kedawung.
In his heart, he promised to test the ability of the young man.
He did hear a remark from his friend Gandhik that two young men of Kenanga village will pass on the road before night to provide training to the youth of Kademangan Kedawung.
Garwita was waiting there to complete her curiosity to Jati Andara.
Actually, he hated Ki Bekel's son because of the young man's closeness with Kembang Kedawung, Savitri, so Garwita tend to forget Japra Witangsa, who was always both coming to the Academy.