1 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,800 Subtitles by MBC 2 00:00:13,930 --> 00:00:19,880 I'll ask you again. What brings you here at this hour? 3 00:00:22,530 --> 00:00:25,620 The Overlord has returned to his residence. 4 00:00:27,590 --> 00:00:30,570 With the Mongols gone, that makes sense. 5 00:00:31,580 --> 00:00:35,510 But I'm still curious... 6 00:00:37,580 --> 00:00:46,500 Why were you so insistent that the Overlord move into the Guard Corps? 7 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,590 What's your point exactly? 8 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,590 He only got sick when he moved to the Corps. 9 00:00:53,590 --> 00:00:58,500 Why is that? He's perfectly healthy. 10 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,570 There's no existing conditions. 11 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:08,570 So why is he so sick? Where did it come from? 12 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,590 Is he that sick? 13 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,530 Kim Jun... 14 00:01:14,490 --> 00:01:18,610 What is it, Yangbaek? 15 00:01:20,540 --> 00:01:25,600 Why did you insist the Overlord move into the Corps? 16 00:01:26,540 --> 00:01:28,510 That's why you're here? 17 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,510 You suspect me now, too? 18 00:01:39,510 --> 00:01:44,520 The Mongols attacked. Kangdo was cut off. 19 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:47,510 The nation was burning. 20 00:01:49,510 --> 00:01:53,500 The Corps is the heart of Koryo. 21 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,530 The Overlord should be at its center. So I insisted. 22 00:01:59,570 --> 00:02:04,600 What's the difference, the Corps or his residence? 23 00:02:05,510 --> 00:02:10,610 One is his own home, the other the home of Koryo. 24 00:02:11,490 --> 00:02:13,510 Kim Jun! 25 00:02:14,620 --> 00:02:19,530 You know as well as I do... 26 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:25,610 The Overlord is worthless as a leader. 27 00:02:31,490 --> 00:02:33,570 You know that, do you? 28 00:02:33,580 --> 00:02:40,480 So what is the real reason you wanted him at the Corps? 29 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:45,590 That's the old Yangbaek. Thank you for your candor. 30 00:02:46,540 --> 00:02:51,590 He's not worthless as a leader, he's destructive. 31 00:02:55,550 --> 00:03:00,550 So you... attacked him? 32 00:03:02,590 --> 00:03:04,530 Is that it? 33 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:13,510 I'll ask you again. Did you attack him? 34 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:17,540 Is this an interrogation? 35 00:03:17,580 --> 00:03:25,580 I can't help but ask. 36 00:03:25,590 --> 00:03:28,570 Kim Jun, you called on the Overlord some time ago. 37 00:03:28,580 --> 00:03:31,620 His men were dismissed. 38 00:03:32,490 --> 00:03:35,490 What did you talk about? 39 00:03:38,610 --> 00:03:40,590 You want to know? 40 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,540 That's why I'm here. 41 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,580 He was killing people... 42 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,490 ruining the country... 43 00:03:50,510 --> 00:03:52,560 and destroying the Corps. 44 00:03:54,620 --> 00:03:56,610 And so? 45 00:03:57,580 --> 00:04:02,620 I said we should die together, if he can't hold it together. 46 00:04:03,510 --> 00:04:06,560 What? You dared to say that? 47 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,500 Yangbaek, we're friends. 48 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,620 But, you betrayed the late Overlord. 49 00:04:18,490 --> 00:04:21,500 You were to look after Her Grace. 50 00:04:21,570 --> 00:04:25,550 But you delivered the poison yourself. 51 00:04:26,550 --> 00:04:32,500 I am loyal to the Overlord. That's all I know. 52 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,490 There's loyalty and there's moral duty. 53 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,480 Blind obedience is for slaves, dogs. 54 00:04:39,550 --> 00:04:44,560 Fine. I'm a slave, a dog. 55 00:04:49,510 --> 00:04:52,570 We're at an impasse. 56 00:04:52,590 --> 00:04:55,540 I'm warning you. 57 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:01,510 The next time we meet, I'll kill you... 58 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:06,540 if the Overlord is hurt. 59 00:05:08,620 --> 00:05:15,600 When that time comes I'll have a score to settle with you, too. 60 00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:20,500 Our friendship is over... 61 00:05:20,550 --> 00:05:26,620 I hope it can be mended. 62 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,510 I thought as much. 63 00:05:38,580 --> 00:05:42,600 You and the old retainers are against the Overlord. 64 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:48,540 Remember this... 65 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:56,610 Sooner or later, one of us will die. 66 00:06:18,570 --> 00:06:22,480 If it's not palsy, then what? Some internal injury? 67 00:06:22,530 --> 00:06:30,600 Your pardon. His condition is difficult to diagnose. 68 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,600 First we will use acupuncture and medicine... 69 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,500 Go away. 70 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:47,500 You can't treat what you can't diagnose. 71 00:06:47,530 --> 00:06:55,570 But if you can't use your limbs. It may be related to a head injury? 72 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:58,520 Go away. 73 00:06:58,540 --> 00:07:00,600 You're guessing. 74 00:07:00,610 --> 00:07:07,500 This is wrong, that's wrong, I might as well diagnose myself. 75 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,510 Go. 76 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:12,580 Off you go. 77 00:07:21,610 --> 00:07:27,550 I guess the joke is on me. 78 00:07:28,530 --> 00:07:33,540 I'm a living ghost. 79 00:07:34,550 --> 00:07:43,500 I can't move. I dirty my drawers. What a crock. 80 00:07:43,540 --> 00:07:48,530 Try to relax. Pushing yourself won't help. 81 00:07:48,610 --> 00:07:53,590 We'll find you the best doctors and the best medicines. 82 00:07:54,510 --> 00:08:03,610 I'm dizzy. I close my eyes and I'm surrounded by ghosts. 83 00:08:05,500 --> 00:08:09,540 I saw my stepmother this morning. 84 00:08:10,530 --> 00:08:15,580 Bleeding... chasing me. 85 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:24,480 Oh Seungjok was there, Uncle Jong... 86 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,520 even Kim Kyongson. 87 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,500 And my father... 88 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,600 Overlord! 89 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,490 Sir, that's just delirium. 90 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,580 We have the people looking for mountain ginseng across the country. 91 00:08:45,580 --> 00:08:49,540 What good will that do? 92 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:53,540 Leave me. 93 00:08:53,590 --> 00:08:56,490 Yes, sir. 94 00:09:08,540 --> 00:09:09,610 Choe Ui... 95 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:15,540 Yes, Father. 96 00:09:16,530 --> 00:09:21,620 I brought this on myself... 97 00:09:22,580 --> 00:09:26,590 for the people I killed. 98 00:09:28,590 --> 00:09:35,490 I felt illegitimate for being my father's bastard... 99 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:41,570 I felt like everyone was pointing at me... 100 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,570 so I killed them. 101 00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:49,490 Ui... 102 00:09:49,530 --> 00:09:52,520 You're illegitimate, too. 103 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:59,530 But don't let it ruin you like it did me. 104 00:10:00,540 --> 00:10:06,730 Kim Jun told me Tsao Tsao was a eunuch's son... 105 00:10:06,730 --> 00:10:10,910 and he became China's greatest warlord. 106 00:10:15,550 --> 00:10:22,570 Something is wrong, I can feel it. 107 00:10:23,530 --> 00:10:25,520 Father... 108 00:10:25,590 --> 00:10:30,580 It appears that the Overlord is paralyzed. 109 00:10:32,490 --> 00:10:37,630 As much as I hate to say it, his illness is degenerative. 110 00:10:38,590 --> 00:10:42,520 - It's true. - What should we do? 111 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:46,600 No one can know how serious this is. 112 00:10:48,530 --> 00:10:52,550 His guards have already surrounded his residence. 113 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,480 No one is allowed in or out. 114 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,490 Understood? 115 00:10:59,510 --> 00:11:07,540 Of course. If people found out, things could get out of hand in a hurry. 116 00:11:07,610 --> 00:11:09,610 Exactly. 117 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:18,620 We'll lose public support. The chancellors will start getting ideas. 118 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,590 You need to control the court. 119 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,540 Need you ask? 120 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:33,560 I will keep the personal guard on full alert. 121 00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:38,530 This calls for it. Understood? 122 00:11:39,590 --> 00:11:44,480 We have to be prepared. 123 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:47,620 Quite right, Viscount. Quite right indeed. 124 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:56,560 If we're not prepared, it could mean all of our necks. 125 00:12:12,610 --> 00:12:16,580 - Put everything in its place. - Yes Ma'am. 126 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:21,550 This is no good. 127 00:12:21,580 --> 00:12:25,620 At least those Mongol barbarians are gone. 128 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:33,490 The whole country starving, the roads to the capital are blocked... 129 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,590 Keeping the Overlord fed in style was no picnic, I can tell you. 130 00:12:38,490 --> 00:12:40,520 Now we can breathe. 131 00:12:40,530 --> 00:12:42,570 Too true. 132 00:12:42,630 --> 00:12:49,500 They moved the Overlord so fast. Is something wrong? 133 00:12:50,490 --> 00:12:55,520 Who knows? Maybe he wanted to go home. 134 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,610 Puni, sit. 135 00:13:06,630 --> 00:13:08,620 You're wrong. 136 00:13:10,530 --> 00:13:11,620 What? 137 00:13:13,540 --> 00:13:21,510 They are saying he is sick with something and he's not getting better. 138 00:13:21,590 --> 00:13:24,480 What are you saying? 139 00:13:24,550 --> 00:13:27,550 Is it serious? 140 00:13:27,580 --> 00:13:32,620 Quiet. Loose lips will get you in trouble. 141 00:13:33,510 --> 00:13:36,540 But he's definitely sick. 142 00:13:36,570 --> 00:13:38,580 That's why he went home. 143 00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:41,490 Oh, dear. 144 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:46,620 How the mighty have fallen. You can't ignore heaven forever. 145 00:13:47,590 --> 00:13:50,540 Do you have lives to spare? 146 00:13:50,570 --> 00:13:54,480 I've been dead a long time now. 147 00:13:56,550 --> 00:13:59,600 Make way! Make way! 148 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,620 The Mongols have returned! The Mongols are coming! 149 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,590 They have crossed the Yalu! 150 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:11,520 Make way! 151 00:14:12,490 --> 00:14:18,620 July 22 1254, just six months since Yaku withdrew his troops... 152 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:24,520 the Mongols crossed the Yalu again. 153 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:34,490 This was the Mongols sixth invasion, led by Jalairtai... 154 00:14:34,550 --> 00:14:38,580 the cruelest of all Mongol commanders. 155 00:14:38,620 --> 00:14:44,480 The reason for the invasion was the death of their commissioner, Yi Hyon. 156 00:14:44,510 --> 00:14:50,480 The Koryo Emperor was ordered to return to Kaegyeong. 157 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:56,500 And the people of Koryo were ordered to shave their heads. 158 00:14:56,540 --> 00:15:00,550 They reached Kaegyeong within a month. 159 00:15:00,570 --> 00:15:05,530 And immediately prepared to launch an attack on Kanghwa. 160 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:09,930 They cut off the capital, razed the peninsula... 161 00:15:09,930 --> 00:15:12,620 and demanded total surrender. 162 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:14,570 Hong Bokwon... 163 00:15:14,590 --> 00:15:16,550 Yes, sir. 164 00:15:16,590 --> 00:15:24,530 What a nasty country. All the commanders that have come here... 165 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:32,570 Especially the great conqueror, Yeku. 166 00:15:32,580 --> 00:15:36,550 Don't I know it? I was with him. 167 00:15:36,570 --> 00:15:42,480 Yeku died in the end. 168 00:15:42,540 --> 00:15:44,560 A great waste. 169 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,540 How big is Kanghwa Island anyway? 170 00:15:49,590 --> 00:15:52,560 It houses the entire capital of Koryo? 171 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,560 Yes, sir. 172 00:15:54,590 --> 00:15:59,530 This Choe Hang is running the military now. 173 00:15:59,580 --> 00:16:05,550 The Choes have been running Koryo for 60 years now. 174 00:16:05,620 --> 00:16:10,550 Nasty pieces of work, the lot of them. 175 00:16:11,590 --> 00:16:15,500 That's nothing to me. 176 00:16:15,530 --> 00:16:19,500 I'll do what my predecessors failed to do. 177 00:16:19,570 --> 00:16:25,580 I'll root out Koryo once and for all. 178 00:16:25,620 --> 00:16:27,540 Hear me. 179 00:16:27,550 --> 00:16:29,490 Yes, sir. 180 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:34,510 We're cutting off Kanghwa until they surrender. 181 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:42,510 Not so much as an ant will get through. 182 00:16:42,590 --> 00:16:44,530 Yes, sir. 183 00:16:47,490 --> 00:16:51,500 We'll strangle the Koryo scum. 184 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:52,570 Yes, sir. 185 00:16:53,540 --> 00:16:55,620 March to the south. 186 00:16:56,490 --> 00:16:57,530 Sir. 187 00:16:57,550 --> 00:17:02,500 We have our orders. We move South. Move out! 188 00:17:02,540 --> 00:17:03,580 Sir. 189 00:17:06,580 --> 00:17:08,560 The Mongols are back. 190 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:14,560 They've bypassed Chungju and are riding on Sangju. 191 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:19,600 If they take Sangju, Taegu is right there, and Cholla not far beyond. 192 00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:21,590 This is serious. 193 00:17:21,620 --> 00:17:24,540 We must send envoys at once. 194 00:17:25,540 --> 00:17:28,550 It's Koryo's only hope now. 195 00:17:28,620 --> 00:17:31,500 We'll send a detachment to talk peace. 196 00:17:31,580 --> 00:17:34,550 And another to mobilize for war. 197 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:40,500 After so many wars, we have nothing to fight them with. 198 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:45,610 Our troops and our people have reached their limit. 199 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,550 We must strengthen our forces. 200 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:56,610 They're too strong. We must hear their terms. 201 00:17:57,500 --> 00:18:00,600 We'll finally have to keep our word. 202 00:18:00,620 --> 00:18:03,550 What word is that? 203 00:18:03,580 --> 00:18:07,600 Send our elderly Emperor to the Mongols? 204 00:18:08,510 --> 00:18:11,490 Shave our heads? 205 00:18:12,510 --> 00:18:15,580 We may as well surrender. 206 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,490 But we have no way to fight them. 207 00:18:19,590 --> 00:18:24,540 Our people are scattered. We have no country without them. 208 00:18:24,590 --> 00:18:27,520 We'll have one if we surrender? 209 00:18:27,620 --> 00:18:33,530 But they said it will be over if we leave Kanghwa. 210 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,620 And what does that mean? How will it be over? 211 00:18:38,500 --> 00:18:42,520 It will leave us with no country, and a Mongol hair-style! 212 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:46,490 Three decades of war have exhausted us. 213 00:18:46,550 --> 00:18:52,560 They have conquered entire continents. 214 00:18:52,580 --> 00:18:54,560 We can't win. 215 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,600 Nor have we lost. 216 00:18:58,590 --> 00:19:01,570 We've fought bravely for 30 years. 217 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,540 They can't beat us. We just have to endure it. 218 00:19:06,580 --> 00:19:11,620 But for how long? We have to face facts. 219 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:18,490 I don't want to bow to the Mongols either. 220 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,620 Kangdo is under siege. 221 00:19:22,570 --> 00:19:27,590 They enslave our people at leisure. 222 00:19:28,570 --> 00:19:30,570 What about that? 223 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,620 Didn't we tell them to hide? 224 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:47,490 Coastal islands, mountains, but they were too stupid to listen. 225 00:19:47,550 --> 00:19:48,620 Exactly! 226 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:57,530 If you'll pardon my saying, Kanghwa has only had 6 months breathing room. 227 00:19:57,590 --> 00:20:00,500 Now we're cut off again. 228 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,590 We'll be starving again before long. 229 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:08,610 Somehow, some way, we have to get goods into Kangdo. 230 00:20:09,570 --> 00:20:14,540 Give me a detachment and I'll find a way. 231 00:20:14,570 --> 00:20:19,610 How can you? They've blocked off every road. 232 00:20:20,540 --> 00:20:24,510 The key road in is located at Onsu. 233 00:20:24,540 --> 00:20:29,490 It connects to the shipping route into Kangdo. 234 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,480 I'll keep the route open. 235 00:20:35,610 --> 00:20:42,500 Thank you, Yi Chon. You have command of the patrols. 236 00:20:42,550 --> 00:20:45,490 I'll open a way. 237 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,610 We've had our say. 238 00:20:49,570 --> 00:20:52,580 We understand each other. 239 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:56,780 But, in accordance with the Overlord's wishes... 240 00:20:56,780 --> 00:20:58,600 and as Director General, I must refuse. 241 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,570 Surrender would be permanent. 242 00:21:01,610 --> 00:21:13,490 His Majesty and our people are exhausted, it's true. 243 00:21:14,580 --> 00:21:18,580 But we must endure. 244 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:23,510 We will continue to send envoys, and to fight. 245 00:21:26,570 --> 00:21:29,600 Jalairtai is across the channel. 246 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,570 Lord Choe On can meet with him. 247 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,600 Right away. I'll do what I can. 248 00:21:47,530 --> 00:21:52,490 The military council is in session? 249 00:21:53,510 --> 00:22:00,480 Yes, Sire. The Mongols have surrounded Kangdo. 250 00:22:00,490 --> 00:22:02,600 They're discussing strategy now. 251 00:22:03,570 --> 00:22:13,550 I felt I was alive again when I crossed the channel. 252 00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:19,490 What kind of life is this? 253 00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:23,560 Kaegyeong is so much more spacious. 254 00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:34,510 Will I ever see the endless beauty of it again? 255 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:40,570 Don't say that. The Guard Corps has reached its limit. 256 00:22:41,530 --> 00:22:44,630 The Overlord has been ill for some time now. 257 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:51,540 He'll just be replaced by another. 258 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,520 But his son is a fool. 259 00:22:55,610 --> 00:22:59,480 He's nothing to worry about. 260 00:23:00,530 --> 00:23:08,610 Don't you say that. He may be a fool, but those around him are not. 261 00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:19,580 I'm tired. I've worn the crown for 40 years. 262 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:30,550 30 of which, we've been at war. 263 00:23:33,550 --> 00:23:37,530 The Mongols can't be defeated. 264 00:23:37,570 --> 00:23:43,580 I'd just as soon bow to them. 265 00:23:50,530 --> 00:23:55,620 How my people must hate me... 266 00:23:57,510 --> 00:23:59,530 Sire... 267 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:10,510 Kill them! Burn them all! 268 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:33,500 Kill those who run away! Burn every house! 269 00:24:40,510 --> 00:24:46,580 Young, old, male, female... enslave them all! 270 00:25:02,610 --> 00:25:08,620 Have our troops have razed the villages and taken prisoners? 271 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:14,600 Yes, sir. About 200,000 at this point. 272 00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:18,590 200,000? 273 00:25:19,610 --> 00:25:26,530 Our lands will be flooded with Koryo slaves! 200,000? 274 00:25:27,550 --> 00:25:31,610 That's plenty. How many Koryo scum are there? 275 00:25:32,510 --> 00:25:36,520 Three million, I believe. 276 00:25:36,540 --> 00:25:38,570 Three? 277 00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:49,620 Yes, that's how we'll root them out, oh yes... 278 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,550 And what about Kanghwa? 279 00:25:52,570 --> 00:25:56,530 We can't be sure, but they must be starving. 280 00:25:56,620 --> 00:26:02,520 We've blockaded all the supply routes. 281 00:26:03,530 --> 00:26:05,580 Excellent. 282 00:26:07,490 --> 00:26:12,490 Oh, and a Koryo envoy is here. 283 00:26:13,620 --> 00:26:18,520 Really? Here to beg, no doubt. 284 00:26:18,550 --> 00:26:20,480 Send him in. 285 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,530 Sir. The Koryo envoy. 286 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,560 Choe On of Koryo. 287 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,600 Yeah. What do you want? 288 00:26:42,620 --> 00:26:46,610 Is your King surrendering? 289 00:26:47,490 --> 00:26:51,610 - Is that likely, sir? - What? Then why are you here? 290 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,560 His Majesty is concerned for his people. 291 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:00,500 He wants to put an end to this unnecessary war. 292 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,580 Surrender is your only option. 293 00:27:04,550 --> 00:27:09,560 Leave Kanghwa and return to Kaegyeong immediately. 294 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:15,570 It is difficult to meet all of your demands. 295 00:27:16,630 --> 00:27:20,490 Your order that we shave our heads. 296 00:27:20,510 --> 00:27:27,570 And that our elderly Emperor go to the Mongol court. 297 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:33,480 Is there anything you can actually do? 298 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:38,560 The Duke of Angyong went in His Majesty's place before. 299 00:27:39,540 --> 00:27:42,570 Perhaps he could do so again? 300 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,530 Pulling that once wasn't enough for you? 301 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:53,540 If your little King is too old, send the Crown Prince. 302 00:27:54,590 --> 00:27:58,580 Not just the Crown Prince, sir. No, no. 303 00:27:59,510 --> 00:28:05,580 The King doesn't run Koryo, a military regime does. 304 00:28:06,540 --> 00:28:12,610 Summon the head of the Guard Corps, Choe Hang. 305 00:28:13,490 --> 00:28:14,570 Choe Hang? 306 00:28:14,590 --> 00:28:16,530 Yes, sir. 307 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:24,500 Right. Well? Will the Crown Prince and this Choe Hang visit our Khan? 308 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,550 If so, we'll consider it. 309 00:28:28,580 --> 00:28:32,540 The Overlord is quite ill. 310 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:37,490 He's what? Is everyone in Koryo sick? 311 00:28:38,490 --> 00:28:40,570 Choe Hang goes or else. 312 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:45,520 Yes sir, I will make your demands known. 313 00:28:47,580 --> 00:28:53,480 Please free our people. 314 00:28:53,530 --> 00:28:59,500 That's an act of barbarians, not a great nation, such as yours. 315 00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:02,500 He said go! 316 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:08,480 If you don't like it, then surrender already. 317 00:29:08,510 --> 00:29:13,630 Idiotic Koryo scum. Well, off with you! 318 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,560 Go on, Koryo scum! 319 00:29:32,620 --> 00:29:34,620 Hong Bokwon... 320 00:29:36,590 --> 00:29:38,600 Yes, sir. 321 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:44,580 Aren't you from Koryo? Is that any way to treat your homeland? 322 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:51,510 Well, they're still morons. 323 00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:57,490 Anyway, you understand Kanghwa better than anyone. 324 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:02,610 Have our spies scout Kangdo for us. 325 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,540 Need you ask? I'm already on it. 326 00:30:10,460 --> 00:30:14,490 Lord Choe called on Jalairtai in the Mongol camp? 327 00:30:16,430 --> 00:30:20,620 They demand we move to Kaegyeong and the Prince... 328 00:30:20,620 --> 00:30:23,410 and the Overlord go to their court. 329 00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:26,480 What will you do? 330 00:30:28,380 --> 00:30:32,480 There's no avoiding our present situation. 331 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:37,390 But is it possible in the Overlord's condition? 332 00:30:37,420 --> 00:30:39,390 It will be difficult, yes. 333 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,510 We need to buy time to get through the current crisis. 334 00:30:46,510 --> 00:30:52,380 You didn't say anything in the council meeting. 335 00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:55,480 I wanted a word with you in private. 336 00:30:58,380 --> 00:31:03,480 It seems to me the Corps will have a new Overlord soon. 337 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:10,400 How long do you plan to stay in Kangdo? 338 00:31:10,510 --> 00:31:12,510 How long? 339 00:31:13,530 --> 00:31:17,410 Until Koryo is free. 340 00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:21,470 It's been 6 months since His Majesty's son went to the Mongol court. 341 00:31:21,490 --> 00:31:24,380 What does that mean? 342 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:31,480 Isn't it the same as the Imperial House acknowledging subserviance to the Mongols? 343 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:34,480 It was a means to stave off war. 344 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:37,420 But we've already bowed to them. 345 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,450 Things have changed. 346 00:31:41,510 --> 00:31:44,430 Let's end this useless war. 347 00:31:44,450 --> 00:31:48,390 Who knows how much worse it will get? 348 00:31:50,380 --> 00:31:51,500 We're equal to it. 349 00:31:52,380 --> 00:31:55,450 Pride is no reason to fight a war. 350 00:31:57,380 --> 00:32:02,420 You asked how long I would support you. The time has come. 351 00:32:02,490 --> 00:32:04,470 Let's save our people. 352 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,380 I have a different view. 353 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:13,470 I told you before. Kangdo is the only way we can save Koryo. 354 00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:17,460 There's no difference between Kangdo and Kaegyeong at this point. 355 00:32:17,490 --> 00:32:20,510 - We're all tired. - Everyone is. 356 00:32:22,470 --> 00:32:28,430 It's a question of spirit. Going to Kaeygyeong will be the end of Koryo. 357 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:29,520 No it won't. 358 00:32:30,410 --> 00:32:33,380 Staying here is hopeless. 359 00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:38,400 Endless war and no end to our trials. 360 00:32:38,460 --> 00:32:40,420 What did our people ever do? 361 00:32:41,450 --> 00:32:44,420 They were cursed being born here. 362 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,430 Two hundred thousand of them have been taken. 363 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,480 Our people are enslaved. 364 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,380 It's worse than it's ever been. 365 00:32:54,470 --> 00:32:57,400 I was a slave once. 366 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,380 I know that misery. 367 00:33:01,390 --> 00:33:08,500 The 200,000 are important, yes, but we must think of the rest of the country. 368 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:13,440 We came to Kangdo to prevent all of Koryo being enslaved. 369 00:33:13,460 --> 00:33:15,520 Do you understand, Lord Yi? 370 00:33:21,430 --> 00:33:23,410 Viscount Kim... 371 00:33:24,390 --> 00:33:28,490 I thought you were the future of Koryo. 372 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:34,380 Now I see that I was wrong. 373 00:33:36,420 --> 00:33:41,470 As hard as it is, there is hope for tomorrow. 374 00:33:42,490 --> 00:33:46,470 Hope for you, Kim Jun. 375 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:51,440 Think it over. 376 00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:02,500 The elite memebers of the personal guard. 377 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,460 Carefully selected per your orders. 378 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:09,380 Our lord is very ill. 379 00:34:10,510 --> 00:34:15,430 If you fail in your duties, you fail him. 380 00:34:15,450 --> 00:34:17,390 Yes, sir. 381 00:34:18,380 --> 00:34:22,420 Viscount Choe believes the Overlord's enemies are everywhere. 382 00:34:22,460 --> 00:34:25,470 The elite guards are at your service, sir. 383 00:34:26,410 --> 00:34:28,410 Don't let your guard down. 384 00:34:28,470 --> 00:34:32,450 Be ready to mobilize at a moment's notice. 385 00:34:32,510 --> 00:34:35,510 - Understood? - Yes, sir. 386 00:34:50,510 --> 00:34:55,420 Father, what should I do? Please get up. 387 00:34:56,510 --> 00:34:59,410 I was wrong. 388 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:05,430 Everything has a price. 389 00:35:06,510 --> 00:35:10,510 Mine... is death. 390 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:19,490 I should have listened to Kim Jun. 391 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,510 The Mongols sent for me? 392 00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:35,390 Yes, Overlord. Lord Choe says it is one of their conditions. 393 00:35:35,460 --> 00:35:42,390 If you and the Crown Prince go to their court, the war will be over. 394 00:35:43,430 --> 00:35:46,440 What did you say? 395 00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:50,520 Kim Jun is running the Guard Corps now. 396 00:35:51,430 --> 00:35:56,380 He says to promise what we must and formulate a plan later. 397 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,490 Leave it to him. 398 00:35:59,410 --> 00:36:04,420 Don't interfere with his plans. 399 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,420 Follow his orders. 400 00:36:09,470 --> 00:36:17,390 The Mongols have no one to match him. 401 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,400 And...Ui... 402 00:36:30,470 --> 00:36:32,490 Yes, Father. 403 00:36:33,420 --> 00:36:39,520 My stepmother came to me again last night. 404 00:36:40,530 --> 00:36:45,450 She won't let me go. 405 00:36:46,380 --> 00:36:50,410 I'll be leaving you soon. 406 00:36:50,470 --> 00:36:53,470 Overlord, how can you say that? 407 00:36:54,410 --> 00:36:56,410 You'll recover soon. 408 00:36:56,470 --> 00:37:01,410 No, it's over. My time has come. 409 00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:06,440 Viscount Choe... 410 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:08,430 Yes, sir. 411 00:37:13,430 --> 00:37:18,390 My son... look after my son. 412 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:23,460 They'll look after his studies. 413 00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:30,480 You look after his safety. 414 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:32,520 Can you do that? 415 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:35,420 Need you ask? 416 00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:38,420 You may rest assured. 417 00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:45,410 But we are at war. You must recover, sir. 418 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,500 You must. 419 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,470 I'm finished... finished... 420 00:37:55,410 --> 00:37:57,380 Sir! Sir! 421 00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,500 Father! 422 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,530 I thought you were the future of Koryo. 423 00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:13,470 Now I see that I was wrong. 424 00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:19,460 As hard as it is, there is hope for tomorrow. 425 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,490 Hope for you, Kim Jun. 426 00:38:22,390 --> 00:38:25,500 Think it over. 427 00:38:30,420 --> 00:38:34,440 Lord Yi, I know better. 428 00:38:35,430 --> 00:38:38,510 You have always wanted to leave Kangdo. 429 00:38:39,450 --> 00:38:42,490 You can't see past the Imperial House. 430 00:38:43,490 --> 00:38:47,520 That is not the way for Koryo. 431 00:38:53,470 --> 00:38:57,460 They agreed to our terms? 432 00:38:57,500 --> 00:38:59,500 Yes, sir. 433 00:39:01,380 --> 00:39:07,500 It's almost too easy. Koryo must be pretty desperate. 434 00:39:08,420 --> 00:39:10,440 Why shouldn't they be? 435 00:39:10,460 --> 00:39:14,530 They hardly have any country left. 436 00:39:15,390 --> 00:39:17,510 We capture everyone we see. 437 00:39:18,510 --> 00:39:22,400 The Crown Prince? When will he arrive? 438 00:39:22,450 --> 00:39:26,380 Sir, as soon as he can prepar for the journey. 439 00:39:26,460 --> 00:39:31,490 Things are difficult here now. 440 00:39:31,510 --> 00:39:35,470 As soon as you withdraw, we will meet your terms. 441 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,470 Don't trust them. 442 00:39:37,490 --> 00:39:43,390 We leave, they will disobey again. Then where are we? 443 00:39:43,420 --> 00:39:46,490 Choe Hang is ill. Can he make it? 444 00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:50,450 As soon as he is better. 445 00:39:50,490 --> 00:39:52,500 Don't trust that, either. 446 00:39:53,420 --> 00:40:00,510 After he gets better, one stomach ache and they'll say he's too ill to go. 447 00:40:01,420 --> 00:40:05,450 All right, go tell them this... 448 00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:07,500 Never mind the other terms. 449 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,400 Never mind shaving your heads. 450 00:40:11,490 --> 00:40:17,480 But you must leave Kangdo, as a sign of good faith. 451 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:20,520 This is your last warning. 452 00:40:21,390 --> 00:40:22,520 But, sir... 453 00:40:23,390 --> 00:40:26,480 Silence, Hong Bokwon. 454 00:40:26,510 --> 00:40:29,400 Yes, yes sir. 455 00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:34,380 We won't wait long. 456 00:40:34,490 --> 00:40:37,460 You have one last chance. 457 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:42,400 We'll withdraw to the Yalu and see what you do. 458 00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:46,480 I give you three months. 459 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,380 Are we clear? 460 00:40:50,450 --> 00:40:55,450 Yes, sir. I will inform His Majesty's court. 461 00:40:56,410 --> 00:40:59,500 Sir, this is a mistake. 462 00:41:00,410 --> 00:41:01,520 Go. 463 00:41:11,450 --> 00:41:12,510 Hong Bokwon... 464 00:41:15,410 --> 00:41:16,500 Sir. 465 00:41:16,510 --> 00:41:20,480 We invaded without sufficient rest. 466 00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:24,390 We must form a line for the duration. 467 00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:30,500 Koryo has no food, nothing. 468 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:37,510 Winter is coming. We must rest and send for provisions. 469 00:41:38,410 --> 00:41:42,390 If we don't, we'll starve and freeze to death. 470 00:41:42,490 --> 00:41:45,490 Yes, sir. 471 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:55,390 Must you go to the Mongol court? 472 00:41:55,450 --> 00:42:00,390 Yes, Sire. That was the Guard Corps' answer. 473 00:42:01,390 --> 00:42:05,440 It's what is best for Koryo. 474 00:42:07,410 --> 00:42:10,420 But they're barbarians... 475 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,500 I want to go. 476 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,400 To see for myself what they're like. 477 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:26,470 And how we managed to fight them off for so long. 478 00:42:32,390 --> 00:42:38,520 I'm not long for this life. 479 00:42:39,420 --> 00:42:45,490 I'm weaker by the day. 480 00:42:49,380 --> 00:42:54,380 Will I see you again if you go? 481 00:42:55,410 --> 00:43:01,480 Try not to worry. My going is for the best. 482 00:43:02,460 --> 00:43:07,400 How can I make plans if I don't? 483 00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,420 Plans? 484 00:43:09,490 --> 00:43:12,620 To see for myself if I should work with the Mongols 485 00:43:12,620 --> 00:43:17,520 or fight alongside the Guard Corps. 486 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:23,430 To plan for the future of Koryo. 487 00:43:29,410 --> 00:43:36,400 I've waited a long time to hear that. 488 00:43:38,380 --> 00:43:46,410 Each day drags us down, but you have dared to dream. 489 00:43:48,500 --> 00:43:53,490 I'm proud of you. Very proud. 490 00:43:54,510 --> 00:43:57,400 The Overlord must be very ill. 491 00:43:57,490 --> 00:44:00,510 We haven't seen him for some time now. 492 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:07,430 The Imperial House must prepare for the future. 493 00:44:13,510 --> 00:44:19,380 No, don't. Don't come after me. Why are you... 494 00:44:19,410 --> 00:44:21,460 - I was wrong. - Father. 495 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:26,500 - I was wrong. Forgive me. - Father. 496 00:44:28,380 --> 00:44:30,390 Go away... 497 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:48,410 Be on your guard. 498 00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:51,420 Watch every gate. 499 00:44:51,490 --> 00:44:55,520 Report any suspicious activity immediately. 500 00:44:56,420 --> 00:44:57,490 Sir! 501 00:45:06,460 --> 00:45:10,480 The Overlord may not last the day. 502 00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,420 Your orders? 503 00:45:14,450 --> 00:45:18,510 Rather than place guards, we should mobilize the men and take Kim Jun. 504 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,450 He's our main cause for concern. 505 00:45:22,470 --> 00:45:24,390 He's right. 506 00:45:24,410 --> 00:45:26,520 The men are ready. 507 00:45:27,470 --> 00:45:32,400 Don't rush it. We're still at war. 508 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,480 We can't afford a civil war. 509 00:45:44,470 --> 00:45:46,510 Kim Jun is dead either way. 510 00:45:48,420 --> 00:45:53,410 No one can stand against the personal guard. 511 00:45:55,490 --> 00:45:57,510 Stand guard. 512 00:46:01,510 --> 00:46:05,450 Sir, the Overlord may not last the night. 513 00:46:05,510 --> 00:46:08,440 Our man on the inside confirmed as much. 514 00:46:08,460 --> 00:46:11,400 Choe Yangbaek is mobilizing his men. 515 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,440 We should be ready. 516 00:46:14,410 --> 00:46:18,450 He's right. You two met the other night. 517 00:46:18,500 --> 00:46:20,520 I don't think it was a good meeting. 518 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,430 Muster the men. 519 00:46:26,420 --> 00:46:27,520 For battle? 520 00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,520 Just in case. 521 00:46:33,390 --> 00:46:34,480 Yes, sir. 522 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,400 You go to Pak Songbi. 523 00:46:37,470 --> 00:46:39,470 You, the Ministry of War. 524 00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:41,480 Yes, sir. 525 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:49,440 Are any of the personal guards loyal to us? 526 00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:53,380 Of course. They don't all follow Choe Yangbaek. 527 00:46:53,420 --> 00:47:00,380 Many of them served Song Kilyu and Yi Kongju for years. 528 00:47:00,460 --> 00:47:02,450 I understand. 529 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:07,460 But double check which of them we can count on. 530 00:47:08,390 --> 00:47:09,450 Of course. 531 00:47:11,530 --> 00:47:15,490 The time has come at last. 532 00:47:16,460 --> 00:47:18,520 At last... 533 00:47:21,500 --> 00:47:22,510 Overlord. 534 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,510 Yangbaek... 535 00:47:28,420 --> 00:47:30,420 Overlord. 536 00:47:30,510 --> 00:47:37,470 I want... to see Kim Jun... 537 00:47:37,490 --> 00:47:43,410 one last time. 538 00:47:46,380 --> 00:47:52,520 No, sir. He is the one that made you this way. 539 00:47:55,390 --> 00:47:58,430 I know that. 540 00:47:58,510 --> 00:48:06,400 But still... one last time. 541 00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:17,470 I want to ask for his... forgiveness... 542 00:48:19,510 --> 00:48:23,400 To ask... 543 00:48:23,420 --> 00:48:25,460 - Sir. - Overlord. 544 00:48:25,490 --> 00:48:29,420 ...forgiveness. 545 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,470 Sir! 546 00:48:32,530 --> 00:48:35,470 Overlord! 547 00:48:38,420 --> 00:48:40,380 Father. 548 00:48:40,420 --> 00:48:43,400 - Overlord... - Overlord! 549 00:48:43,470 --> 00:48:45,470 - Sir. - Overlord. 550 00:48:47,470 --> 00:48:50,470 - Sir... - Father! 551 00:48:51,430 --> 00:48:55,390 - Overlord! - Sir! 552 00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,500 Father... 553 00:49:00,790 --> 00:49:03,830 Sir... 554 00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:22,380 No one can know he's dead. 555 00:49:22,500 --> 00:49:28,470 Muster the men on the Overlord's orders. 556 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:34,440 Any unauthorized troops will be arrested for treason. 557 00:49:36,500 --> 00:49:41,400 All high-ranking officials are ordered to the Overlord's residence. 558 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,440 That way they can't act. 559 00:49:47,410 --> 00:49:52,480 Kim Jun, Pak Songbi, Yi Kongju, all of them. 560 00:49:53,380 --> 00:49:55,510 The chancellors, too. 561 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:06,520 We will induct the new Overlord. 562 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,420 Muster the guard. 563 00:50:10,500 --> 00:50:18,400 Declare martial law and guard the Overlord's residence. 564 00:50:18,510 --> 00:50:22,520 Disarm anyone that enters. 565 00:50:23,450 --> 00:50:24,510 Sir. 566 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:38,400 What is this? 567 00:50:42,390 --> 00:50:47,410 The Overlord has sent for all the high-ranking officials? 568 00:50:47,470 --> 00:50:51,410 Jalairtai has agreed to our terms. 569 00:50:51,450 --> 00:50:53,520 Why declare martial law? 570 00:50:54,420 --> 00:50:58,460 I met your man earlier. He said to muster the men. 571 00:50:59,430 --> 00:51:01,450 Why? 572 00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:05,420 Surely not... 573 00:51:06,470 --> 00:51:13,490 Yes. The Overlord is dead. 574 00:51:15,500 --> 00:51:18,390 Choe Hang? 575 00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:23,410 I see. So that's it. 576 00:51:24,420 --> 00:51:28,390 But who imposed martial law? 577 00:51:28,450 --> 00:51:30,500 Choe Yangbaek. 578 00:51:31,460 --> 00:51:34,480 Then we must comply. 579 00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:37,420 He is following orders. 580 00:51:37,470 --> 00:51:41,390 That's why he sent for the high-ranking officials. 581 00:51:41,420 --> 00:51:43,410 We must be ready. 582 00:51:43,490 --> 00:51:47,440 One mistake and blood will flow. 583 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,500 Choe Yangbaek knows our strength. 584 00:51:54,490 --> 00:52:00,390 We have to be prepared for the worst. 585 00:52:00,490 --> 00:52:02,500 Not that it's likely. 586 00:52:03,390 --> 00:52:05,380 Right. 587 00:53:07,460 --> 00:53:09,420 Hear me. 588 00:53:10,380 --> 00:53:16,470 The Overlord commanded me to serve his successor. 589 00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:25,430 Late last night he finally lost his life to his illness. 590 00:53:26,420 --> 00:53:35,520 According to tradition, his son Choe Ui has been named Overlord. 591 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:37,800 Any objections? 592 00:53:41,420 --> 00:53:48,420 Tradition is tradition. Why would we object? 593 00:53:49,410 --> 00:53:56,490 Just so. The Overlord is dead. Long live the Overlord. 594 00:53:57,470 --> 00:54:02,430 As of today Choe Ui rules the Guard Corps. 595 00:54:05,380 --> 00:54:07,440 We are still at war. 596 00:54:07,510 --> 00:54:13,420 Any foolishness is punishable by martial law. 597 00:54:17,500 --> 00:54:20,480 Overlord, if you please... 598 00:54:33,430 --> 00:54:38,470 I am Choe Ui. I accept my father's position. 599 00:54:39,470 --> 00:54:42,410 I expect your support. 600 00:54:46,410 --> 00:54:49,490 Well? You heard the Overlord. 601 00:54:50,450 --> 00:54:52,500 Pay your respects. 602 00:54:58,380 --> 00:55:00,480 Hail Koryo. 603 00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:04,520 Hail Koryo. 604 00:55:05,460 --> 00:55:08,470 Hail Koryo. 605 00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:13,430 In 1257 Choe Hang died. 606 00:55:13,530 --> 00:55:19,420 He enjoyed a brief truce with the Mongols during his 8 years as Overlord. 607 00:55:20,390 --> 00:55:23,420 Choe Hang was a tyrant. 608 00:55:23,460 --> 00:55:28,380 He ignored national affairs and murdered court officials. 609 00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:36,510 Just prior to Choe Hang's death, Jalairtai captured 206,800 Koryo citizens. 610 00:55:37,380 --> 00:55:43,390 Within a year of Choe Ui taking office... 611 00:55:43,420 --> 00:55:47,490 the House of Choe would fall. 612 00:56:08,410 --> 00:56:10,440 Song Kilyu has been censured? 613 00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:16,400 Yes. We have a report from Kyongsang. 614 00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:20,850 It seems he took extreme measures... 615 00:56:20,850 --> 00:56:24,410 to move the populace during the last invasion. 616 00:56:24,420 --> 00:56:25,500 He did? 617 00:56:26,420 --> 00:56:31,470 I know you, Viscount. Think of the times we live in. 618 00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:35,380 Choe Ui has only just taken over. 619 00:56:35,470 --> 00:56:39,380 The real power lies with Lord Son and Lord Ryu. 620 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:44,380 This censure will mean Song Kilyu's death. 621 00:56:46,410 --> 00:56:49,440 Thank you. You're right. 622 00:56:49,490 --> 00:56:53,490 They mean to remove all the old retainers. 623 00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:59,410 Thank you again. You have saved Song Kilyu. 624 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:03,410 But we can't hide this for long. 625 00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:06,410 It will be in the Imperial reports as well. 626 00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:09,530 We have to act quickly. 627 00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:22,430 We can't ignore this any longer. 628 00:57:22,470 --> 00:57:27,430 Lord Ryu would find a way to kill Song Kilyu, with or without this. 629 00:57:27,460 --> 00:57:30,480 And we will be next. 630 00:57:31,490 --> 00:57:35,400 We have to muster the men. We're out of time. 631 00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:40,400 I agree. The longer we wait, the worse it gets. 632 00:57:41,410 --> 00:57:45,460 Choe Yangbaek will strike soon, that much is certain. 633 00:57:46,430 --> 00:57:48,390 It's not Choe Ui. 634 00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:55,490 Lord Son, Lord Ryu and Choe Yangbaek are using him to seize power. 635 00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:58,800 But they don't have it yet. 636 00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:01,320 But there's a problem. 637 00:58:01,330 --> 00:58:02,420 What? 638 00:58:03,310 --> 00:58:09,420 You and Im Yon and his men have organized the men. 639 00:58:10,310 --> 00:58:12,290 The problem is the court. 640 00:58:12,330 --> 00:58:16,330 They won't go along with a coup. 641 00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:18,380 What else can we do? 642 00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:24,300 We all love Koryo more than our own lives. 643 00:58:26,380 --> 00:58:31,390 Reform will call for drastic measures. 644 00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:33,370 Such as? 645 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:36,380 The House of Choe will fall. 646 00:58:36,420 --> 00:58:39,410 Without it, the Corps is meaningless. 647 00:58:42,330 --> 00:58:46,390 We should do away with the Guard Corps. 648 00:58:47,380 --> 00:58:49,200 Do away? 649 00:58:49,300 --> 00:58:51,380 Do away? 650 00:58:56,310 --> 00:59:00,370 This is our chance to join forces with the throne. 651 00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:05,300 For the military and the court to work as one. 652 00:59:05,380 --> 00:59:09,280 For the good of all the people. 653 00:59:09,340 --> 00:59:13,290 You mean to restore the Monarchy? 654 00:59:13,350 --> 00:59:18,300 It's long overdue, and it will not hurt the fighting spirit of the military. 655 00:59:18,410 --> 00:59:21,310 I propose a revolution. 656 00:59:22,300 --> 00:59:27,350 A new Koryo, a new Guard Corps. 657 00:59:31,340 --> 00:59:34,350 Are your men ready? 658 00:59:40,330 --> 00:59:42,350 We're with you. 659 00:59:44,420 --> 00:59:49,380 Then we will need the chancellors' cooperation. 660 00:59:50,330 --> 00:59:52,380 We need their support. 661 00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:57,310 Ryu Kyong and Choe On are the heart of the court. 662 00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,400 We need their help. 663 01:00:25,420 --> 01:00:28,280 We've got Song Kilyu. 664 01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:32,400 We wanted him gone anyway, and this censure will help us to do it. 665 01:00:33,310 --> 01:00:36,380 He's trapped, like a rat. 666 01:00:37,340 --> 01:00:41,300 But Kim Jun may act quickly. 667 01:00:42,330 --> 01:00:45,400 We have to act faster. 668 01:00:46,300 --> 01:00:55,340 If we've figured it out, the Guard Corps has, too. 669 01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:08,350 Sir, trouble! 670 01:01:09,370 --> 01:01:12,360 Viscount Kim Jun is on the move. 671 01:01:12,390 --> 01:01:15,310 Come again? Moving what? 672 01:01:15,340 --> 01:01:17,290 His men, sir. 673 01:01:17,360 --> 01:01:18,400 What? 674 01:01:20,370 --> 01:01:23,280 The ministry troops are deploying. 675 01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:26,410 Pak Songbi and Yi Kongju are already on the move. 676 01:01:28,290 --> 01:01:31,300 This is why I had you on full alert. 677 01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:33,350 Muster the men. 678 01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:35,290 Yes, sir. 679 01:01:39,310 --> 01:01:42,370 Prepare for battle. Put your men on alert. 680 01:01:42,390 --> 01:01:46,340 - Sir. - Kim Jun is acting fast. 681 01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:52,370 But he's no match for us. 682 01:01:52,390 --> 01:01:56,290 Find them now. Locate the enemy. 683 01:01:56,310 --> 01:01:58,360 Yes, sir. 684 01:02:02,370 --> 01:02:04,290 Kim Jun... 685 01:02:06,390 --> 01:02:09,320 Kim Jun... 686 01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:35,310 Hear me... 687 01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:46,400 We have devoted our lives to the service of Koryo and the Corps... 688 01:02:48,310 --> 01:02:56,420 But a tyrant has hurt our people, persecuted our Emperor... 689 01:02:57,390 --> 01:03:00,300 and led Koryo to war and ruin. 690 01:03:02,410 --> 01:03:11,310 Today we choose to save Koryo, to save her people. 691 01:03:17,420 --> 01:03:23,280 Death to the traitors! Move out! 692 01:03:24,290 --> 01:03:25,310 Move out! 693 01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:27,290 Move out! 694 01:03:27,370 --> 01:03:28,420 Move out! 695 01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:30,410 Move out! 696 01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:48,280 Subtitles by MBC 697 01:03:54,300 --> 01:03:55,300 Let's go! 698 01:03:55,300 --> 01:03:57,800 Kim Jun started a rebellion. 699 01:03:57,800 --> 01:03:59,600 It will be suppressed soon. 700 01:03:59,800 --> 01:04:01,600 Don't sacrifice innocent soldiers. 701 01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:02,800 It's still not too late. 702 01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:05,080 Please respect the honor of a warrior. 703 01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:07,800 The era of unconditional loyalty is over. 704 01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:09,800 How could you ask for our loyalty? 705 01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:11,500 The King has passed away. 706 01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:14,100 The throne cannot be unoccupied at any time. 707 01:04:14,100 --> 01:04:15,800 Get ready to bring in the queen. 708 01:04:16,300 --> 01:04:18,600 You mean, you want to switch the lineage? 709 01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:22,800 Rather than a weak King, don't we need a King who can protect this nation?