minangkabau military anciently

, Starting from Sriwijaya .. in the past year Sriwijaya Palembang formed in 683 AD in Kedukan Hill stated "Dapunta Hyang of Minanga Tamwan bring an army of two laksa (twenty thousand) towards pelimpang (Palembang) and make wanua (city)" Minanga this according to the Palembang is the area Pasemah with Siguntang hill Mahameru, some historians palembang said the Palembang sndiri who perform military expeditions rather than vice versa, but the archaeologists (purbacaraka distinguished historian of Java, Westenenk Dutch historian) states that that meant "Minanga" is the area between meetings Kampar river left and right border area of ​​West Sumatra, Riau and North Sumatra .. and it is not possible inscription enforced in place the beginnings of a military expedition trip but must place the success of the expedition TSB ..Minanga it was formerly East Minangkabau region during Dapunta Hyang perform military expedition to Palembang means MINANGKABAU AND MALAY PEOPLE DO EXPEDITION MILITARY RIAU to subdue Palembang and there make the kingdom, which is labeled "SRIWIJAYA"Now we're into the history of Majapahit, thn 1275 warrior Java Singosari do Pamalayu expedition and have fellowship Military with Malay and melawatlah two daughter Malays to Java, Dara Petak and Dara Orange origin kingdom Darmasraya Malay Minangkabau to be chosen by the rulers of Java so Permaisuri sake binding fraternity, Dara Orange dipersunting Raden wijaya and used as the main consort, born Jayanegara as the king of Majapahit reply to the second, he is a mulatto blood Javanese and Malay Minangkabau .. meaning there kING OF DENGUE MAJAPAHIT JAVA mELAYU MINANGKABAU and when it began to expand military Majapahit control every aspect of sep area Pahang dompo, Borneo, pasai, Palembang, Bali, Celebes, Irian, east- .. Who did? That Gajah Mada bent "Palapa Oath" with soldiers of Java, Madura and with the help MANGGALAYUDHA ADITIYAWARMAN YG JAVA MINANGKABAU with rows of Malay, Minangkabau and Palembang help expand the power of Java kesegenap around the country .. it means: CONTRIBUTIONS fighter MINANGKABAU MILITARY TO PARTICIPATE contributes to widespread POWER oF JAVA mAJAPAHIT this .. which is not known to most people who think majapahit only on the efforts of Java alone without the help of ready-anyone .. Even when there was a rebellion Sadeng and Kuti in Javanese, Malay and Minangkabau origin soldiers were deployed to quell sdg soldier majapahit already could not cope with .. Aditiawarman return home to the ancestral land that is Minangkabau and established a new kingdom that Pagarruyung. But Majapahit start trying harder gripping Pagarruyung Minangkabau PARTNER WHICH IS THE FIRST AND ALLIED which originally led by Aditiawarman major meritorious for further majapahit what happened? Majapahit war with Minangkabau and conduct military invasion Pagarruyung Minang years 1300an so and intercepted area near Sawahlunto Sijunjung RESULTS SOLDIER MAJAPAHIT JAVA RUINED PERISH, the area was so rotten by the bodies of soldiers Java eventually named PADANG SIBUSUK (Aditiawarman already dead when the war occurred). . DOES THE MILITARY INVASION OF TOTAL FAIL MAJAPAHIT MINANG ground ..Well, start arriving foreign sailors namely Portuguese, Dutch, English and French to the Archipelago .. Minangkabau who spirited gob started getting competition from org-org trade foreign .. including desert began to glance the Dutch VOC and VOC 1665M year with the help org Bugis Mkssar take military action in the field, and challenged by the Minang Pauh with support pelaut2 Aceh .. Netherlands succeeded in Padang but what happened. What can preferably results Dutch colony in Hawaii? No, that appear even WARS CONTINUE OVER 1 CENTURY WITH PENDEKAR-PENDEKAR Pauh, KOTO CENTRAL, PARIAMAN, Painan AND AIRBAGIS .. medium scale war that happened more than 25 times dr yr 1665 until 1789 in order to retake the field, Pariaman, Painan from the Dutch VOC .. this effort failed-and failed weve succeeded but it shows there SPIRIT oF WAR DURING THE HEIGHT oF orang2 MINANG VOC RULES ..Then disperse replaced VOC Dutch East Indies 18th century .. Padri Islamic fanatics to power in the interior Minang since yrs 1803M, and this make Kerj.Belanda envy and allied with the Indigenous carried out attacks on military bases Padri yr 1821, war broke out which lasted for 24 yrs until 1845, the castle was the strongest defense Bonjol Padri has fallen yrs 1837M, so instead of 16 yrs 24 yrs war went tp which is ONE OF tHE MOST SERIOUS wAR FOR EXPANSION OF POWER IN tHE NETHERLANDS FOR NUSANTARA ..There are three battlefield tool on the Netherlands and could destroy the military power of the Indies, namely1; Aceh war of 1873-1904 yr even to the fall of the Dutch from Japan.2; Dr yrs Java War in 1825 until 1830, which killed 15ribu casualties on the part of the Netherlands.3; Padri War in Minangkabau that so-and-so and lose-win also need to muster full power for 24 yrs new Dutch finally managed to master completely. Wartime vicar, the Dutch need to deploy European troops (Army of the Netherlands itself, a former soldier napoleon in Java, the British soldiers former subordinate Rafless, mercenaries dr Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgian, etc.), the men of Africa (Ghana and Africa south) and plus petarung2 of mainland Java (row Sentot), sailors and Bugis warrior, Ambon, Madura, Animism Batak and the Minang indigenous allies on the part of the Dutch Medium Islamic cleric row Tuanku Imam Bonjol assisted by indigenous people aligned to Padri, and sailors Acehnese, Batak Mandailing row Islam under the leadership of Tuanku Rao, Riau Malay lineup led by Tuanku Tambusai and part of the line Sentot Javanese origin tendentious to Padri ..The Netherlands need to muster 25-35rb both regular troops, mix and Native Indonesians and five generals need to lose in order to subdueMinangkabau is Kom Gen. Van Den Bosch (the cultivation), Lt. Gen. Riesz (warlord Diponegoro), Major Gen. Clearens (who caught Diponegoro) and Gen. major Coghius (commander of the Army's highest Indies) and Jend major Hendriks..Barulah Gen. major Coghius hands, the Dutch captured the fort Bonjol yr 1837, and the war still continues dlm small scale until 1845 with Major Gen. Hendriks, as leader of the Military .. That fighter-fighter MINANG permissibility SHOW HAS OVER 24 YEAR wAR ALTHOUGH COMBINED STRENGTH tO FACE EUROPE, AFRICA INDIGENOUS AND ARCHIPELAGO .. 24 YEAR WAR WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE OF ABSENCEPOTENTIAL WAR PEOPLE MINANG?While VOC rule in South Sulawesi, Makassar Bugis land due to VOC victory helped White Palakka ruled the Kingdom of Goa Sultan Hasanuddin yr in 1669, and began shipping diaspora and seafaring Bugis out of GOA enacting them like sailors in a sea of ​​angry and fierce Bugis seafarers archipelago .. mkssr has so creepy warrior dilautan archipelago, including in Peninsular Malaysia, Bugis seafarers looking for new areas to be controlled, and know bugis aggression has been challenged Minangkabau people ..Peninsula, precisely in Johor violent clashes between Bugis and Malay Minang, also in Selangor, Terengganu, Pahang, Penang island country Nine and terrible warrior who is so feared Bugis successfully cleared by Minang people from nine countries and Pulau Penang, but the region of Johor, Terengganu and Pahang, Bugis in control .. feud MinangkabauBugis in mastering the peninsula makes the two tribes are carpenters war in Sumatra and Malaysia during the 17th century and 18M5-6 tribes in this archipelago that is known artisans mid-century War of Java that continuously churns 6M century civil war, a war of aggression, war defending the region plus the confrontation with the Netherlands, and Aceh which is the aggressor war in Malaya peninsula also the beaches of Sumatra against Dutch and Portuguese, Bugis warrior with the sailors who sailed the ocean scary archipelago, Ambon belligerent and violent with the part of the Netherlands. Next Madura with membership of War special who makes them is a mercenary force Indies Dutch and Minangkabau that since the era of Sriwijaya is a fighter-fighter martial in use by the Sriwijaya, People Majapahit when the expansion of the archipelago, Acehnese during stormed the Portuguese in Malacca, Sultan Hasannuddin while defending GOA in a joint alliance Bugis GOA-Malay, also the war in Palembang when Sultan Badarruddin war with Holland yr 1825 and relied on the combined soldiers Palembang and warriors Minang in the river musi, including war Pasemah in South Sumatra when Tuanku Imam Perdipo with rows of Padri minang and locals Pasemah maintain, and resistance Singamangaraja on the ground with the help of fighters Minang Hobo cooperation with Aceh and Aceh War where Minang descent Aceh Aceh-Minang hero Teuku Umar and Cut Nyak Dien mouth bleed Minang ..Now the days of the struggle for independence .. Looks Minang people who are involved a lot of political struggle, namely Hatta, Sjahrir, Tan Malaka and H Agus Salim seen no armed struggle Minang people who do. What does not exist at all in Minangkabau war of independence? People cuman carried out diplomatic war of words Minang fighters, but history does not write anything ttg armed struggle in West Sumatra why? THE ANSWER IS POLITICAL STRATEGY OF POWER CENTRAL JAVA ..Minangkabau historical facts are no less an armed struggle with the struggle of the mouth of the diplomatic Politis .. during the Dutch Military Aggression I date 21 June 1947, the Indonesian army in minangkabau fact successfully block the rate of expansion of territory on three fronts at once, namely in the area outside the city of Padang Flat Head, Siguntur Pesisir Selatan and Lubuk Alung in Padang Pariaman .. instead of date June 27 1947 FLAT HEAD iN CEMENT FACTORY NEAR PADANG, DUTCH aRMY tO EXPERIENCE THE DESTRUCTION MASSIF and forced to return to the desert city with remnants of the ..WHY THE MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT MINANG is not recorded in the history books General Student us ???? Why would defeat the Dutch event in 1947 at the hands of Ambarawa yrs Jend Sudirman used rote history lesson in the book ??? Why is the city's history Pahlawan Surabaya so fluttering ??? THE ANSWER IS THE CENTER OF POWER IN JAVA NOT WANT TO REGIONAL Especially MINANGKABAU LOOK OUTSTANDING IN THE MILITARY HISTORY ..Dutch military aggression reply to the second is the date 18 December 1948 and fell Jogja within 4 hours dlm a raid system blitzkriek (the invasion of lightning), and in western Sumatra that the center of the capital of Sumatra, Bukittinggi who invaded on the date the same and the system assault the same (blitzkriek) has fallen into the hands of Dutch 24th Des, 1948, meaning that bukittinggi MAINTAINED 4 DAYS LONGER by Bull XI division commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Dahlan Djambek, compared to the State Capital Diponegoro Jogja that there are divisions that famous with Lieutenant Colonel Suharto there. ..Jogja Fell only 4 hours a lightning raid by air and land, while Singapore fell in four days with a desperate attempt Netherlands by land and air in terms of weaponry though far less than the machines Belanda..apa War is not an achievement anymore ??? ?? Why not be a rote school children? The answer POWERS IN JAVA CENTER DOES NOT WANT TO LOOK WEAK AREA THAN THE MILITARY HISTORY DLM then left alone these hard facts ..Then Sukarno, Hatta and Sjahrir were captured and sent to Rantau Prapat near Toba Samosir .. Why why stricken northern Sumatra? The answer because in the area around Lake Toba Prapat dam is safe from insurgent attacks Republic, which means also no significant guerrilla resistance in northern Sumatra by fighters Medan surrounding .. more sense that there is no significant resistance in northern Sumatra .. Why the Batak warlord? The film looks at the Batak Nagabonar so fierce battle with Dutch .. hard fact is that the militants on the ground of their fellow vagabond busy war, instead of fighting against the Dutch. Rows of major Malao major row with bejo and Ras Saragih also horde dragon fly in North Sumatra mutual assault and squander their fellow bullets, so it becomes easy to cope with insurgents Dutch Batak .. And even more strange that many people Batak generals who were appointed during Sukarno and Suharto, who Gen. AH Nasution diantarnya 5 with similar Sudirman and Soeharto himself, then TB Simatupang full jend, Maraden Pangabean and Feisal Tanjung jend full ..Beda with in western Sumatra that Sumatra's capital at that time, guerrilla struggle so incessant since aggression II Netherlands on December 18, 1948 until the end of October 1949, the armed struggle here makes the Dutch feel FAINT, why the unity of the Minang people so solit with determination retain Emergency Government ( EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT OF tHE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA) which is centered in the area of ​​Koto Alam 50 State Government RI .. meanwhile been arrested Netherlands. Then the Minang Military Division IX bull so hard dlm attempt to disrupt the formation of the Dutch in Minangkabau and the Netherlands was not able to make the State Puppet in Minangkabau as in other areas, in Java, there are state and country pasundan East Java. In Sumatra: Medan State of East Sumatra with its head, the state with the South Sumatra capital of Palembang. But in Minangkabau Netherlands failed miserably because the guerrilla struggle was so intense and political efforts fail implemented .. Is not this military achievement? Why ngak memorized the book of the general history of our students? The answer: POWERS IN JAVA CENTER DOES NOT WANT TO SEEM POWERED BY MILITARY THAN MINANGKABAU ..Then comes the period of independence, Government of Sukarno in prisoners Dutch greeted the people than the Government Emergency Emergency Government in Guerilla armed, agreement Roem-Royen resulted in the return of government Jogja and Emergency Government underestimated, and the Division of tough Minang the Division IX Bull disbanded because of fear Centre in Minangkabau if the military is too strong Minang later .. From Military 23ribu Minang now depreciated so only 4000 soldiers dlm 4 battalion alone, then AH Nasution decided Minangkabau under military field who are not able to fight with their neighbors the Netherlands except war and placed under Medan in Division Bukit Barisan. Minang people who fought a bitter and make a lot of deaths in the Netherlands instead placed under Medan which could only battle with fellow Batak .. WHAT'S NOT OUTRAGEOUSLY ?????Then came the 1958 PRRI movement as a result of dissatisfaction over the decision of the Central Government Soekarno remember that authoritarian without military services Minang maintain Emergency Government (Emergency) during soekarno in Dutch prisoners .. Moreover, Bung Hatta yrs resigned in 1956 due to the attitude of the totalitarian dictator Sukarno who tend , also the rise of the CPI that jelas2 been stabbed RI from its rear with the PKI rebellion in Madiun, then make the Military Minang so back up and challenge the rule in order to dissolve the Cabinet Juanda Soekarno-ridden Communists and Hatta were asked to return to the government ..Minang military actually did not seriously challenge the Centre,PRRI statement over the movement of moral and political bluster than an armed uprising .. Year 1958 was born Ultimatum PRRI by sjafruddin prawiranegara and Ahmad Hussein as leader of the army who was mad at Soekarno, because when an emergency Government Emergency Government during the guerrilla war fought in 1949 yrs with blood, sweat and pain aggression Netherlands, while Soekarno fun singing in Dutch prisoners and are not willing to sweat bear arms ..PRRI finally reacted with the Sukarno government sent troops from the center of the army as much 7500-10000 Diponegoro military, Siliwangi, Brawijaya and elite special Banteng Raiders also Marines Marines AL to Minangkabau with 5-7 Warship Combat Aircraft also Dutch heritage with Colonel Ahmad Yani as leader combat Operations August 17 with a password .. meaning ultimatums or rather "snapping" PRRI will be answered with the invasion of the land, sea and air with all the military equipment Center.WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LAND WHICH MINANG? A split occurred and doubts what Minang people will fight the army Centre or what? Combat is compatriots during the Dutch invasion of West Sumatra .. Most troops then withdrew from the PRRI and in favor of the Centre, including the police chief of West Sumatra's Central Java pro .. Being who is ready for war even resign because not bear to kill fellow Indonesia. Gulf troops enter Central bayur left without any gunfire at all of the PRRI, because there is no moral justification for killing soldiers RI .. Padang and Bukittinggi, too, emptied the rebels and troops entered the center with without any resistance at all ..So WHAT PEOPLE IN CAP MINANG DARE NOT WAR ??? Not!!!The lack tegaan so that's the reason that the withdrawal of the rebel armies meandered Minangkabau .. PRRI Army did not have the heart to kill a fellow soldier because PRRI National is a movement that rush (prematurely) without any moral truth for what war? Shed blood for what ?? Why break up the unity of the National Military? What is the point of tearing the unity of the Republic? PRRI rebels finally relented and the rest of western Sumatra controlled the center without any significant resistance .. This is a hard fact not waffle relay !!! And this rebellion resulting in degeneration of political and military spirit Minang people until now

MILITER MINANGKABAU

 , dimulai dari Sriwijaya.. semasa Sriwijaya terbentuk di Palembang tahun 683 M di kedukan Bukit tertera “Dapunta Hyang dari Minanga Tamwan membawa bala tentara dua laksa( dua puluh ribu orang) menuju pelimpang( Palembang) dan membuat wanua( kota)”� Minanga ini menurut orang Palembang adalah daerah pasemah dgn bukit siguntang mahameru , sebagian sejarahwan palembang mengatakan orang palembang sndiri yg melakukan ekspedisi militer bukan sebaliknya, tetapi para arkeolog ( purbacaraka yg sejarahwan Jawa, westenenk sejarawan Belanda)menyatakan bahwa yg dimaksud “MINANGA” adalah daerah antara pertemuan sungai Kampar kiri dan kanan didaerah perbatasan Sumbar, Riau dan Sumut..  Dan tidak mungkin Prasasti ditegakkan ditempat awal mula sebuah ekspedisi perjalanan Militer tetapi mesti ditempat keberhasilan ekspedisi tsb..

Minanga itu adalah daerah Minangkabau Timur dulunya semasa Dapunta  Hyang melakukan ekspedisi militer ke palembang� artinya ORANG MINANGKABAU DAN MELAYU RIAU MELAKUKAN EKSPEDISI MILITER untuk menundukkan Palembang dan membikin kerajaan disana, itulah yg dinamakan ” SRIWIJAYA”�

Sekarang kita ke sejarah Majapahit, thn 1275 M prajurit Jawa Singosari melakukan Ekspedisi pamalayu dan mengadakan persekutuan Militer dgn Melayu, lalu melawatlah dua orang Putri Melayu ke Jawa yaitu Dara Petak dan Dara Jingga asal kerajaan Darmasraya Melayu Minangkabau untuk dipilih oleh Penguasa Jawa jadi Permaisuri demi mengikat persaudaraan, Dara Jingga dipersunting Raden wijaya dan dijadikan permaisuri utama, lahirlah Jayanegara selaku raja majapahit yg ke 2, dia adalah blasteran darah jawa dan melayu Minangkabau.. artinya ada RAJA JAWA MAJAPAHIT BERDARAH MELAYU MINANGKABAU dan kala itu Majapahit mulai melakukan ekspansi militer keberbagai daerah sep Pahang , dompo, borneo, pasai, Palembang, Bali, Celebes, irian, timor.. Siapa yg melakukan? Yaitu Gajah Mada yg bertekad ” Sumpah Palapa”dgn prajurit Jawa, Madura dan  dgn bantuan MANGGALAYUDHA ADITIYAWARMAN YG JAWA MINANGKABAU dgn barisan-barisan Melayu, Minangkabau dan Palembang membantu jawa meluaskan kekuasaan kesegenap penjuru Nusantara.. artinya: KONTRIBUSI PETARUNG MILITER MINANGKABAU IKUT MEMBERI ANDIL BAGI MELUASNYA KEKUASAAN MAJAPAHIT JAWA.. ini yg tidak diketahui kebanyakan orang yg mengira majapahit hanyalah atas usaha orang Jawa semata tanpa bantuan siap-siapa.. Bahkan ketika terjadi pemberontakan Sadeng dan Kuti di Jawa ,prajurit asal melayu dan Minangkabau dikerahkan untuk menumpas sdg prajurit majapahit sudah tidak sanggup mengatasi..  Aditiawarman kembali pulang ke tanah leluhur yaitu Minangkabau dan mendirikan kerajaan baru yaitu PAGARRUYUNG . Tetapi Majapahit mulai berusaha mencengkram lebih keras Pagarruyung  Minangkabau YG AWALNYA ADALAH PARTNER DAN SEKUTU yg semula dipimpin oleh Aditiawarman yg berjasa besar bagi majapahit � selanjutnya apa yg terjadi? Majapahit perang dgn Minangkabau dan melakukan invasi militer ke Pagarruyung Minang tahun 1300an sekian dan dihadang didaerah dekat sawahlunto sijunjung , HASILNYA PRAJURIT MAJAPAHIT JAWA HANCUR BINASA, daerah itu begitu busuknya oleh mayat prajurit Jawa akhirnya dinamakan PADANG SIBUSUK (Aditiawarman sudah lama meninggal kala perang terjadi).. ARTINYA INVASI MILITER MAJAPAHIT GAGAL TOTAL DITANAH MINANG..

Nah, mulailah berdatangan pelaut-pelaut asing yaitu Portugis, Belanda,  Inggris dan Prancis ke wilayah Nusantara.. Minangkabau yg berjiwa  pelayar mulai mendapat saingan dagang dari org-org asing.. termasuk padang mulai dilirik VOC Belanda, dan tahun 1665M VOC dgn bantuan org Bugis Mkssar melakukan tindakan militer di padang , dan ditantang oleh orang Pauh Minang dgn sokongan pelaut2 Aceh.. Belanda berhasil di Padang tetapi apa yg terjadi. Apa Belanda enakan dapat hasil jajahan di Padang? Tidak , yg muncul malahan PERANG TERUS MENERUS SELAMA LEBIH 1 ABAD DGN PENDEKAR-PENDEKAR PAUH , KOTO TENGAH, PARIAMAN, PAINAN DAN AIRBAGIS.. perang skala menengah itu terjadi lebih dari 25 kali dr thn 1665 hingga 1789 demi merebut kembali padang, Pariaman, painan dari tangan Belanda VOC.. Usaha ini gagal-berhasil lalu gagal emang tapi hal ini menunjukkan ada SEMANGAT PERANG TINGGI DARI ORANG2 MINANG SELAMA VOC BERKUASA..

Lalu VOC bubar diganti Hindia Belanda abad ke 18.. Paderi Islam fanatik berkuasa di pedalaman Minang sejak thn 1803M,dan ini membikin Kerj.Belanda iri dan bersekutu dgn kaum Adat dilakukan serangan pada basis militer Paderi thn 1821, pecahlah perang yg berlangsung selama 24 thn hingga 1845 , sedang benteng Bonjol pertahanan terkuat Paderi telah jatuh thn 1837M, jadi bukan 16 thn perang berlangsung tp 24 thn yg merupakan SALAH SATU PERANG PALING BERAT BAGI BELANDA SELAMA PERLUASAN KEKUASAAN DI NUSANTARA..

Ada 3 medan perang yg berat bagi Belanda dan bisa menghancurkan kekuatan Militer Hindia Belanda yaitu

1; Perang Aceh dari thn 1873-1904 bahkan hingga kejatuhan Belanda dari jepang.

2; Perang Jawa dr thn 1825 hingga 1830, yg memakan korban 15ribu tewas dipihak Belanda.

3; Perang Paderi di Minangkabau yg dgn susah payah dan kalah- menang juga perlu kerahkan kekuatan penuh selama 24 thn akhirnya belanda baru berhasil kuasai seluruhnya. Semasa perang paderi, belanda perlu mengerahkan tentara Eropa (Tentara belanda sendiri, bekas serdadu napoleon di Jawa, serdadu Inggris bekas bawahan rafless, serdadu bayaran dr Jerman, Prancis, Luxemburg, belgia dll), serdadu Africa( Ghana dan Africa selatan) dan plus petarung2 dari daratan Jawa( barisan Sentot), Pelaut dan warrior Bugis, Ambon, Madura, Batak Animisme dan kaum Adat minang sekutu belanda� Sedang dipihak paderi Islam barisan Tuanku Imam Bonjol dibantu oleh kaum adat berpihak ke Paderi, lalu pelaut Aceh, barisan Batak mandailing Islam dibawah kepemimpinan Tuanku Rao, barisan Riau melayu dipimpin Tuanku Tambusai dan sebagian dari barisan Sentot asal jawa yg berpihak ke Paderi..

Belanda perlu kerahkan 25-35rb pasukan baik reguler, campuran dan  pribumi nusantara dan perlu menurunkan 5 jenderalnya demi menundukkan
Minangkabau yaitu Kom Jend Van Den Bosch( si tanam paksa), Letnan Jend Riesz (jagoan perang Diponegoro), Jend Major Clearens ( yg nangkap Diponegoro) dan Jend major Coghius( panglima paling tinggi Angkatan Darat Hindia Belanda) dan Jend major Hendriks..Barulah ditangan Jend major Coghius ,Belanda berhasil merebut benteng Bonjol thn 1837, dan perang masih berlanjut dlm skala kecil hingga 1845 dgn Jend Major Hendriks selaku pimpinan Militer..  Artinya PETARUNG-PETARUNG MINANG TELAH MEMPERLIHATKAN KEBOLEHAN PERANG SELAMA 24 THN WALAU MENGHADAPI KEKUATAN GABUNGAN EROPA, AFRIKA DAN PRIBUMI NUSANTARA.. APAKAH 24 THN PERANG ADALAH BUKTI TIDAK ADANYA
POTENSI PERANG ORANG MINANG?

Disaat VOC berkuasa di Sulawesi Selatan tanahnya Bugis makassar akibat kemenangan VOC dibantu Arung Palakka menguasai kerajaan Goa Sultan Hasanuddin thn 1669, dan mulailah diaspora dan pelayaran pelaut-pelaut Bugis keluar dari GOA yg menjadikan mereka seperti pelaut kalap dan garang di lautan Nusantara.. Pelaut Bugis mkssr telah jadi warrior yg menakutkan dilautan Nusantara, termasuk di Semenanjung malaysia, Pelaut Bugis mencari daerah baru untuk dikuasai, dan ketahuilah agressi bugis ini mendapat tantangan dari Orang-orang Minangkabau..

Disemenanjung, tepatnya di Johor terjadi bentrokan keras antara Bugis dan Melayu Minang, juga di selangor, trengganu, Pahang , negeri Sembilan dan pulau Penang� warrior mengerikan Bugis yg begitu ditakuti berhasil dibersihkan oleh orang Minang dari negeri sembilan dan Pulau Penang, tetapi wilayah Johor, trengganu dan Pahang, Bugis pegang kendali.. Perseteruan Minangkabau�Bugis dalam menguasai semenanjung menjadikan dua suku bangsa ini adalah tukang-tukang perang di Sumatera dan Malaysia selama abad ke 17 dan 18M

Ada 5-6 suku bangsa di Nusantara ini yg dikenal tukang-tukang perang diabad pertengahan yaitu Jawa yg terus bergolak sejak abad ke 6M dalam perang saudara, perang agresi, perang pertahanan wilayah plus konfrontasi dgn Belanda, lalu Aceh yg adalah agressor perang di semenanjung malaya juga pantai-pantai Sumatera melawan Belanda dan Portugis, Bugis dgn pelaut-pelaut warrior menakutkan yg melayari lautan Nusantara, lalu  Ambon yg berperang dgn beringas dipihak Belanda.  Berikutnya Madura dgn keahlian Perang istimewa yg bikin mereka adalah pasukan bayaran Hindia belanda dan Minangkabau yg sejak era Sriwijaya adalah petarung-petarung beladiri yg dipakai oleh orang Sriwijaya, Orang Majapahit saat perluasan wilayah Nusantara, Orang Aceh semasa menyerbu Portugis di Malaka, Sultan Hasannuddin ketika mempertahankan GOA dalam gabungan aliansi Bugis GOA-Melayu, juga Perang di Palembang ketika Sultan Badarruddin perang dgn Belanda thn 1825 dan mengandalkan gabungan prajurit palembang dan pendekar perantau Minang di sungai musi, termasuk perang Pasemah di SumSel ketika Tuanku Imam Perdipo dgn barisan Paderi minang dan penduduk setempat mempertahankan Pasemah, dan perlawanan Sisingamangaraja di tanah batak dgn bantuan petarung Minang kerja sama dgn Aceh, dan Perang aceh dimana perantau Minang keturunan Aceh-Minang pahlawan Aceh Teuku Umar dan Cut Nyak Dhien yg berdarah Minang..

Sekarang dimasa perjuangan kemerdekaan.. Terlihat orang Minang banyak yg telibat perjuangan politik yaitu Hatta, Syahrir, Tan Malaka dan H Agus Salim� terlihat tidak ada perjuangan bersenjata yg dilakukan orang Minang.  Apa tidak ada  samasekali perang kemerdekaan di Minangkabau? Orang cuman tahu perang mulut diplomatik dilakukan pejuang Minang , tetapi sejarah tidak menuliskan apa-apa ttg perjuangan bersenjata di Sumatera Barat kenapa? JAWABANNYA ADALAH STRATEGI POLITIK PUSAT KEKUASAAN JAWA ..

Fakta sejarah di Minangkabau adalah perjuangan bersenjata tidak kalah dgn perjuangan mulut diplomatik Politis.. semasa Agresi Militer Belanda I  tgl 21 juni 1947, tentara RI di minangkabau malahan berhasil menghadang laju perluasan wilayah di tiga front sekaligus yaitu di Padang luar kota daerah Kepala Datar, Siguntur Pesisir Selatan dan Lubuk Alung di Padang pariaman.. malahan tgl 27juni 1947 DI KEPALA DATAR DEKAT PABRIK SEMEN PADANG , TENTARA BELANDA MENGALAMI KEHANCURAN MASSIF dan terpaksa kembali ke kota padang dgn sisa-sisa kekuatan..

KENAPA  PRESTASI MILITER ORANG MINANG ini tidak tercatat dalam buku pelajaran sejarah Umum Pelajar kita???? Kenapa peristiwa kekalahan Belanda di Ambarawa thn 1947 di tangan Jend Sudirman dijadikan hafalan dlm buku pelajaran sejarah??? Kenapa sejarah kota Pahlawan Surabaya begitu berkibar-kibar??? JAWABANNYA ADALAH SENTRA KEKUASAAN DI JAWA TIDAK INGIN DAERAH TERKHUSUS MINANGKABAU TERLIHAT MENONJOL DALAM SEJARAH MILITER..

Agresi militer Belanda yg ke II adalah tgl 18 desember 1948 dan jatuhlah Jogja dalam tempo 4 jam saja dlm sebuah penyerbuan sistem blitzkriek( serbuan kilat), dan di Sumatera barat yg pusat ibukota Sumatera, Bukittinggi yg diserbu pada tgl yg sama dan sistem serbu yg sama( blitzkriek) baru jatuh ke tangan belanda tgl 24 Des 1948, artinya bukittinggi DIPERTAHANKAN 4 HARI LEBIH LAMA oleh divisi XI Banteng dikomandoi letkol Dahlan Djambek, dibanding Ibukota Negara Jogja yg terdapat divisi Diponegoro yg kesohor dgn  Letkol Soeharto ada disana. ..Jogja jatuh hanya 4 jam penyerbuan kilat lewat udara dan darat, sedang Bukittinggi jatuh 4 hari dgn upaya mati-matian Belanda lewat darat dan udara padahal segi persenjataan kalah jauh dibanding mesin-mesin Perang Belanda..apa ini bukan prestasi lagi????? Kenapa tidak dijadikan hafalan anak sekolah? JAWABNYA SENTRA KEKUASAAN DI JAWA TIDAK INGIN TERLIHAT LEMAH DLM SEJARAH MILITER DIBANDING DAERAH� maka didiamkan saja fakta keras ini..

Lalu Soekarno, Hatta dan syahrir tertawan dan dikirim ke Rantau Prapat dekat Toba Samosir.. Kenapa kok kedaerah Sumatera utara? Jawabnya sebab di daerah sekitar danau Toba dam Prapat aman dari serangan gerilyawan Republik, yg berarti juga tidak ada perlawanan gerilya berarti di Sumatera utara oleh Pejuang-pejuang Medan sekitarnya.. arti lainnya bahwa tidak ada perlawanan berarti di Sumatera utara.. Lho kan orang Batak jago perang? Di Film NagaBonar terlihat orang Batak begitu garang berperang dgn Belanda.. fakta keras adalah bahwa gerilyawan di tanah batak sibuk perang sesama mereka, bukannya berjuang melawan Belanda. Barisan mayor Malao dgn barisan mayor bejo dan Saragih Ras juga Gerombolan Naga terbang di Sumatera Utara saling serbu dan menghambur-hamburkan peluru sesama mereka, sehingga Belanda menjadi gampang mengatasi gerilyawan Batak.. Dan yg lebih aneh lagi malahan banyak orang Batak yg diangkat jadi jenderal semasa Soekarno dan Soeharto, diantarnya AH Nasution yg Jend bintang 5 setara dgn Sudirman dan Soeharto sendiri, lalu TB Simatupang jend penuh, Maraden Pangabean dan Feisal Tanjung jend penuh..

Beda dgn di Sumatera barat yg ibukota Sumatera kala itu, perjuangan gerilya begitu gencarnya sejak agresi ke II Belanda tgl 18 Des 1948 itu hingga akhir oktober 1949, perjuangan bersenjata disini bikin belanda merasa PUTUS ASA, sebabnya kesatuan orang Minang begitu solit dgn tekad mempertahankan PDRI ( PEMERINTAHAN DARURAT REPUBLIK INDONESIA) yg berpusat di daerah Koto Alam 50 Kota.. sementara itu Pemerintahan RI sudah ditawan Belanda. Maka Militer Minang Divisi IX Banteng begitu keras dlm berupaya mengacaukan formasi belanda di Minangkabau dan Belanda tidak mampu membikin Negara Boneka di Minangkabau sebagaimana di daerah lain, di Jawa terdapat Negara pasundan dan negara Jawa Timur. Di Sumatera: Negara Sumatera Timur dgn Medan pusatnya, negara Sumatera Selatan dgn Palembang ibukotanya. Akan tetapi di Minangkabau Belanda gagal total sebab perjuangan Gerilya begitu gencar dan upaya Politik gagal diterapkan.. Apa ini bukan Prestasi militer? Kenapa ngak dihafalkan dibuku sejarah umum pelajar kita? Jawabnya: SENTRA KEKUASAAN DI JAWA TIDAK INGIN TERLIHAT TIDAK BERDAYA SECARA MILITER DIBANDING MINANGKABAU..

Lalu datang masa kemerdekaan, Pemerintahan Soekarno dalam tawanan Belanda lebih disambut rakyat daripada Pemerintahan darurat PDRI dalam Gerilya bersenjata, perjanjian Roem-Royen menghasilkan dikembalikannya pemerintahan Jogja dan PDRI dipandang sebelah mata, lalu Divisi tangguh Minang yaitu Divisi IX Banteng dibubarkan sebab karena ketakutan Pusat pada Minangkabau jika Militer Minang terlalu kuat nantinya.. Dari 23ribu Militer Minang sekarang disusutkan jadi hanya 4000 tentara dlm 4 batalyon saja ,lalu AH Nasution memutuskan Minangkabau dibawah Militer Medan yg tidak mampu berperang dgn Belanda kecuali perang sesama mereka dan ditempatkan dibawah Medan dalam Divisi Bukit Barisan. Orang Minang yg bertempur pahit getir dan bikin banyak korban tewas di pihak Belanda malahan ditempatkan dibawah Medan yg cuma bisa perang dgn sesama Batak.. APA INI BUKAN PENGHINAAN?????

Maka muncullah Gerakan PRRI tahun 1958 sebagai akibat dari ketidak puasan atas keputusan Pemerintahan Pusat Soekarno yg otoriter tanpa ingat jasa Militer Minang mempertahankan Pemerintahan Darurat( PDRI) semasa soekarno dalam tawanan Belanda.. Apalagi Bung Hatta mengundurkan diri thn 1956 akibat sikap Soekarno yg cenderung Diktator totaliter, juga bangkitnya PKI yg jelas2 pernah menikam RI dari Belakang dgn pemberontakan PKI di madiun, maka membikin Militer Minang jadi kembali bangkit dan menantang pemerintahan Soekarno supaya membubarkan Kabinet Djuanda yg sarat orang-orang Komunis dan Hatta diminta kembali ke Pemerintahan..

Militer Minang sebetulnya tidak sungguh-sungguh dalam menantang Pusat,
pernyataan PRRI lebih kepada gerakan moral dan gertakan Politik dibanding pemberontakan bersenjata.. Thn 1958 itu lahirlah Ultimatum PRRI oleh Syafruddin Prawiranegara dan Ahmad Hussein selaku pimpinan Militer yg marah pada Soekarno, sebab ketika Pemerintahan darurat PDRI semasa perang gerilya thn 1949 bertempur dgn darah, keringat dan rasa sakit menghadapi agresi Belanda, sementara Soekarno asyik bernyanyi-nyanyi dalam tawanan Belanda dan tidak bersedia berkeringat memanggul senjata ..

Akhirnya PRRI direaksi Pemerintahan Soekarno dgn mengirim Tentara dari pusat sebanyak 7500-10000 tentara dari Kodam Diponegoro, Siliwangi, Brawijaya dan elit Banteng Raiders juga KKO khusus Marinir AL ke Minangkabau dgn 5-7 Kapal Perang juga Pesawat Tempur peninggalan Belanda dgn Kolonel Ahmad Yani selaku pimpinan tempur dgn sandi Operasi 17 Agustus.. artinya ultimatum atau tepatnya “gertakan”PRRI akan dijawab dgn serbuan dari darat, laut dan udara dgn segala  peralatan militer Pusat.

APA YG TERJADI DI TANAH MINANG ?  Terjadi perpecahan dan keragu-raguan apa orang Minang akan perangi tentara Pusat atau gimana? Yang diperangi adalah rekan seperjuangan semasa invasi Belanda.. Sebagian tentara Sumatera Barat lantas mengundurkan diri dari PRRI dan berpihak pada Pusat, termasuk Kepala Kepolisian Sumbar berpihak pada Pusat di Jawa .. Sedang yg siap perang malahan mundur sebab tidak tega membunuh sesama orang Indonesia. Teluk bayur dibiarkan dimasuki tentara Pusat tanpa ada letusan senjata sama sekali dari pihak PRRI, sebab tidak ada pembenaran moril untuk membunuh tentara RI.. Padang dan Bukittinggi juga demikian, dikosongkan pihak pemberontak dan dimasuki Tentara pusat dgn tanpa ada perlawanan sama sekali..

APA LANTAS ORANG MINANG DI CAP TIDAK BERANI PERANG???  Bukan!!!
Ketidak tegaan itulah yg jadi alasan mundurnya tentara pemberontak kepedalaman Minangkabau.. Tentara PRRI  tidak tega membunuh sesama tentara Nasional sebab PRRI adalah gerakan yg terburu-buru (prematur)tanpa ada kebenaran moril untuk apa perang? Untuk apa menumpahkan darah?? Buat apa memecah kesatuan Militer Nasional? Apa gunanya merobek kesatuan Republik? Akhirnya pemberontak PRRI mengalah dan seluruh sumatera barat dikuasai pusat tanpa ada perlawanan berarti.. Inilah fakta keras bukan omongan estafet !!! Dan pemberontakan ini menghasilkan kemunduran spirit Politik dan Militer orang Minang hingga kini.