1 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:13,280 A Co-Production by: Imagica, Tokuma Shoten Toko Tokuma, Daiei Video New Century Producers 2 00:00:39,180 --> 00:00:44,580 Executive Production: Yasuyoshi Tokuma 3 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:53,880 Production Supervision: Gohei Kogure, Kazuo Haruna 4 00:01:14,780 --> 00:01:21,280 Production: Atsushi Takeda, Yuzo Irie 5 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:27,480 Original Novel: Yasushi Inoue 6 00:01:31,130 --> 00:01:37,630 Screenplay: Takeshi Yoshida, Jun'ya Sato 7 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,830 With Toshiyuki Nishida as Zhu Wangli 8 00:01:46,430 --> 00:01:52,480 Koichi Sato as Zhao Xingde 9 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:04,980 Anna Nakagawa as Tsurpia 10 00:02:17,430 --> 00:02:22,080 Yoshiko Mita as The Woman of Xi Xia 11 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:26,580 Takahiro Tamura as Tsao Yanhui 12 00:02:27,930 --> 00:02:33,580 Tsunehiko Watase as Li Yuanhao 13 00:02:34,430 --> 00:02:39,780 Directed by: Jun'ya Sato 14 00:03:37,430 --> 00:03:47,730 THE SILK ROAD 15 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,529 Zhao Xingde. Elaborate a countermeasure to deal... 16 00:04:12,530 --> 00:04:16,780 with he Xi Xia, which threaten our Song Dynasty from the West. 17 00:04:17,130 --> 00:04:19,120 The Xi Xia... 18 00:04:19,630 --> 00:04:24,130 declare subordination to us on the surface, 19 00:04:25,140 --> 00:04:28,680 while plotting their independence in secret. 20 00:04:28,780 --> 00:04:31,380 I'm asking you for a countermeasure for that! 21 00:04:33,660 --> 00:04:36,520 I say we should build a guarding wall. 22 00:04:36,930 --> 00:04:39,780 We could build a large castle in the neighboring grassy plains. 23 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:41,760 The situation has evolved past that! 24 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,150 Take a look at this map. 25 00:04:48,730 --> 00:04:54,660 At present, at the Hexi Corridor region, the Uyghur Kingdom and Tibetan Empire are holding their ground against us, 26 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:57,730 and on top of that, Xi Xia has been inching closer to us. 27 00:04:58,230 --> 00:05:03,580 The only city we, the Chinese, rule, is the far off city of Dunhuang! 28 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:07,280 Make your argument. 29 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,220 What kind of country is Xi Xia? 30 00:05:10,580 --> 00:05:14,680 How can we make them swear allegiance to us, Song? 31 00:05:16,130 --> 00:05:20,840 I can't believe the question they gave me was a countermeasure for the Xi Xia situation. 32 00:05:21,230 --> 00:05:28,130 Isn't Xi Xia just a small country of savages and nomads? 33 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:34,380 The next Imperial Examination is in three years... I'm in Hell. 34 00:05:35,580 --> 00:05:38,280 I've had enough with these Imperial Examinations! 35 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:41,857 There's no way students from the countryside like us can pass that easily! 36 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:46,620 And currently there's 200,000 people waiting to become government officers. 37 00:05:47,030 --> 00:05:52,080 Even if we did pass the examination, we'd have to wait for several years to take office! 38 00:05:52,230 --> 00:05:54,980 But our parents and relatives back home... 39 00:05:55,230 --> 00:06:00,430 are waiting with baited breath for us to pass the Imperial Examination! 40 00:06:00,830 --> 00:06:04,116 I made up my mind. I'll give up the Imperial Examination, and go to Dunhuang. 41 00:06:04,140 --> 00:06:08,060 Have you gone mad? What are you going to do in Dunhuang? 42 00:06:08,380 --> 00:06:12,130 There's an incredible amount of caves in Dunhuang, 43 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:19,220 and they are filled to the brim with amazing treasures. The governor of Dunhuang is building a new cave, now. 44 00:06:19,330 --> 00:06:22,980 I heard he's recruiting ten people from the capital to work there. 45 00:06:23,380 --> 00:06:27,280 I'm going there, and I'll leave my paintings on the walls of Dunhuang! 46 00:06:27,430 --> 00:06:31,246 It's just three years. Let's wait and do our best until the next Imperial Examination! 47 00:06:31,270 --> 00:06:35,330 No, thank you! I won't waste my youth like this any longer! 48 00:06:37,270 --> 00:06:40,080 I'm going to Dunhuang! I'm fed up with this city! 49 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,270 Move! Out of the way! 50 00:06:45,730 --> 00:06:49,980 - Let me go! - It's a woman from Xi Xia! 51 00:06:50,630 --> 00:06:53,230 Weren't you just going to show me merchandise?! 52 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,500 I'd rather die than work by selling my body to men I don't know! 53 00:06:57,530 --> 00:06:58,630 Come here! 54 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,450 If you don't obey, I'll kill you! 55 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,100 How about it? 56 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:23,780 Now, no man will want to buy me! 57 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,180 If that's the case, I'll sell you for cheap right now! 58 00:07:33,130 --> 00:07:36,480 Does anyone want to buy her?! It's a real Xi Xian woman! 59 00:07:36,550 --> 00:07:39,320 I'll sell her for the price of one pig! 60 00:07:39,350 --> 00:07:41,400 It's the deal of a lifetime! 61 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:45,030 Her face got hurt, but her body still can be of use! 62 00:07:45,050 --> 00:07:47,340 That's right, yeah! Buy her! 63 00:07:50,150 --> 00:07:52,500 I told you I will not sell my body! 64 00:07:56,150 --> 00:07:58,930 Excuse me! I'll buy! I'll buy her! 65 00:07:59,130 --> 00:08:02,230 I won't do what you want just because you bought me! 66 00:08:03,130 --> 00:08:04,650 Everyone else, go away! 67 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,350 You're from Xi Xia, right? 68 00:08:23,730 --> 00:08:27,480 I was tricked by an Uyghur merchant, and brought over from Xingqing. 69 00:08:27,580 --> 00:08:30,350 Xingqing? And where's that? 70 00:08:30,750 --> 00:08:34,600 It's the capital of Xi Xia! It means "castle of jewels". 71 00:08:35,390 --> 00:08:37,530 Is it that beautiful a castle? 72 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,130 It is beautiful. 73 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,930 Like a mirage in the desert. 74 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,750 A mirage in the desert, huh? 75 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,400 You're free to do what you want now. 76 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,200 Wait! 77 00:08:58,900 --> 00:09:02,000 Here! Please accept this! 78 00:09:02,580 --> 00:09:06,600 That's the only thing I have that can be called "precious". 79 00:09:10,730 --> 00:09:13,830 I can't enter Xingqing without it, but... 80 00:09:14,030 --> 00:09:16,420 I probably won't go back there. 81 00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:20,530 It's a Xi Xia travel permit. 82 00:09:20,750 --> 00:09:22,380 A Xi Xia travel permit? 83 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:25,380 These are Xi Xian characters? 84 00:09:26,150 --> 00:09:29,730 Xi Xia has its own characters too? What's written here? 85 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,420 My place of birth and my name. But I can't read it, either. 86 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,100 - They were just created. - Who created them? 87 00:09:38,380 --> 00:09:41,830 Our king. He built the country, and created the characters! 88 00:09:42,130 --> 00:09:45,480 Since our country was just built, everything there is new! 89 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,480 This country is beginning to rot, 90 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:52,900 but you're not rotten. 91 00:09:53,130 --> 00:09:55,900 I see a star on your face! 92 00:09:57,150 --> 00:09:59,850 A star that shines on the desert. 93 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:05,900 It's the star of destiny, that burns out in the desert. 94 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:13,350 This country is beginning to rot. 95 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:18,350 Xi Xia is a newly built country. It's full of life! 96 00:10:24,980 --> 00:10:31,230 5000 years ago, a trade route between Asia and Europe was established. 97 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,130 It was called the Silk Road. 98 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,779 Central China and the Silk Road... 99 00:10:39,780 --> 00:10:46,700 are connected by a region flanked by the Gobi Desert and the Qilian Mountains, called the Hexi Corridor. 100 00:10:49,730 --> 00:10:54,550 In the Hexi Corridor, there were five oasis cities. 101 00:10:55,900 --> 00:10:58,700 They were Liangzhou, Ganzhou, 102 00:10:58,730 --> 00:11:03,650 Suzhou, Guazhou and Dunhuang. 103 00:11:05,630 --> 00:11:11,080 No matter what Dynasty or people tried to rule over the Hexi Corridor, 104 00:11:11,180 --> 00:11:15,980 desert merchants would come and go through these oasis cities, 105 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:18,780 and engage in trade. 106 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,650 Zhao Xingde. 107 00:11:35,130 --> 00:11:38,380 We ride to Lianzhou tomorrow. There, we part. 108 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:42,130 I'm taking these painters to Dunhuang. 109 00:11:42,930 --> 00:11:46,950 Give me water. I need water, please. 110 00:11:47,130 --> 00:11:48,030 Give me water. 111 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,599 What, did you drink your share already? 112 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,400 Come on, please! Just a little bit! Just a sip! 113 00:11:54,530 --> 00:11:57,580 I only have enough for myself, too. 114 00:11:58,590 --> 00:12:02,590 How long is it from Lianzhou to Xingqing? 115 00:12:03,380 --> 00:12:06,730 It takes just one day, just one day. 116 00:12:09,610 --> 00:12:12,350 Water! I found water! 117 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,680 That fool! Go back and drag him back! 118 00:12:27,620 --> 00:12:29,610 Water, water! 119 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:34,130 You fool, this is poisonous! 120 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,280 - I need water! - You'll die if you drink it! 121 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:38,750 Water... 122 00:12:39,580 --> 00:12:42,130 Don't you get it that you'll die? 123 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,049 - Boss! - What's wrong? 124 00:12:45,050 --> 00:12:47,050 There's something over there! 125 00:13:29,690 --> 00:13:31,680 Let's go! 126 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:45,030 Get all the camels! 127 00:13:45,250 --> 00:13:49,030 Don't leave anything behind. 128 00:13:49,150 --> 00:13:52,330 You're like vultures. How can you do this? 129 00:13:53,050 --> 00:13:54,550 Vultures, huh? 130 00:13:55,030 --> 00:13:57,130 Who do you think I am? 131 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,680 I'm Wei Chinguang. 132 00:14:00,730 --> 00:14:05,400 We were kings of Khotan until Li came. 133 00:14:05,830 --> 00:14:13,050 Then, we came to live in this desert. It's our home now. 134 00:14:13,950 --> 00:14:18,150 We take whatever we want. 135 00:14:18,730 --> 00:14:21,700 Steal what we need. 136 00:14:22,130 --> 00:14:25,300 You've never lived like that! What do you know? 137 00:14:25,750 --> 00:14:27,700 Let's get on with it. 138 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,579 Water, please. 139 00:14:37,580 --> 00:14:41,430 Water, give me water. 140 00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:46,000 Please, someone, water. 141 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:52,100 Let's go, everyone! 142 00:14:59,650 --> 00:15:03,050 Here. Water. 143 00:15:04,350 --> 00:15:07,200 Take care of the camels. 144 00:15:10,180 --> 00:15:12,000 Water, here. 145 00:15:16,790 --> 00:15:18,780 Hey! Hey! 146 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,450 Only fools give water away. 147 00:15:32,050 --> 00:15:36,250 It's you that I'm talking to. You big fool! 148 00:15:37,130 --> 00:15:38,680 Let's go. 149 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,430 Hey, hurry up, we'll go without you. 150 00:15:59,650 --> 00:16:01,630 The Xi Xians! 151 00:16:10,450 --> 00:16:12,480 Come, follow me! 152 00:16:49,430 --> 00:16:53,630 Captain, we've rounded up 15 men today. 153 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:01,180 Go on, stop! 154 00:17:01,630 --> 00:17:04,780 No looting or raping. 155 00:17:04,850 --> 00:17:07,870 A Khotan caravan... we let them go. 156 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:11,380 They're Chinese. They're not Xi Xian. 157 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:13,780 Are you all Chinese? 158 00:17:14,330 --> 00:17:15,880 What's it to you? 159 00:17:15,910 --> 00:17:18,300 We're Chinese, too. 160 00:17:19,630 --> 00:17:23,330 Sure, that's why you're here! 161 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,580 Is this the Song Army, then? 162 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:28,910 The Xi Xian Army! 163 00:17:29,650 --> 00:17:33,550 We've got Tibetans and Uyghurs, too. 164 00:17:34,330 --> 00:17:37,730 We're the Chinese unit. 165 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,980 I see. You're prisoners, or mercenaries. 166 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:48,100 Hey, young one, and what has the Song government done for us? 167 00:17:48,940 --> 00:17:53,180 We're here because we couldn't live there. 168 00:17:53,430 --> 00:17:55,300 Just remember this! 169 00:17:55,450 --> 00:18:00,450 In this desert, it doesn't matter where you came from. Only the strong win. 170 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,230 To live, you have to fight! 171 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:21,080 Listen up! On the other side, there's a Uyghur battalion! 172 00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:25,500 You, on the front line! If you don't want to die, charge them! 173 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:40,300 Again! 174 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,400 One more time! 175 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,799 - The Uyghur! - It's an ambush! 176 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,750 It's the Uyghur! 177 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:24,000 Captain! 178 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:41,180 Help! Help! 179 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,600 Mao Zhen, Mao Zhen! Mao Zhen! 180 00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:25,900 Hey, hang in there. Here's water. 181 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:36,280 You, there. What's your name? 182 00:22:37,430 --> 00:22:38,950 Zhao Xingde. 183 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,900 Xingde, you're my orderly from today. 184 00:22:44,380 --> 00:22:46,730 Stay close. 185 00:22:47,530 --> 00:22:52,430 - I'm not a soldier. - But you fought well. 186 00:22:53,850 --> 00:22:55,220 Stay close. 187 00:22:55,630 --> 00:22:59,230 Forgive me! Spare me, I beg you! 188 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:00,850 - Help me! - Captain! 189 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,950 - I beg you! - He was supposed to be standing watch! 190 00:23:04,030 --> 00:23:07,180 - Spare me, please! - This bastard. 191 00:23:07,330 --> 00:23:09,279 He fell asleep and we were attacked. 192 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:13,650 Forgive me! Spare me, I beg you! 193 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,240 Is this true? 194 00:23:15,270 --> 00:23:19,499 Please spare me, I beg of you! 195 00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,150 Is this true?! 196 00:23:31,180 --> 00:23:33,530 Please wait, wait! 197 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:45,800 - He was my friend. - Huh? 198 00:23:46,630 --> 00:23:48,200 My friend... 199 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,530 Friend? 200 00:23:53,250 --> 00:23:58,030 Because of your friend, many men died! 201 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,180 Will Mao Zhen be okay? His wounds are serious. 202 00:24:22,380 --> 00:24:25,280 It's Li Yuanhao! The Crown Prince of Xi Xia. 203 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:29,330 Fall in, fall in! 204 00:24:36,830 --> 00:24:38,050 Bow! 205 00:25:13,850 --> 00:25:15,330 Forward! 206 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,280 Li was interested in this. 207 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,370 What is that? Is it a talisman? 208 00:25:27,630 --> 00:25:29,830 It has my name on it. 209 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,950 Your name? What good is that? 210 00:25:32,980 --> 00:25:35,150 You of noble birth, maybe? 211 00:25:35,230 --> 00:25:37,050 Some kind of prince? 212 00:25:38,350 --> 00:25:41,200 So I won't be nameless. 213 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,400 What did you say? 214 00:25:45,050 --> 00:25:47,880 I don't want to be a nameless corpse. 215 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,880 Xingde, you got your brush? 216 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,880 - In my bag. - Where is it? 217 00:25:58,530 --> 00:26:02,000 Write up last night's Uyghur attack. 218 00:26:02,130 --> 00:26:05,630 In Xi Xian. It's going to Li Yuanhao. 219 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,050 I don't know Xi Xian. 220 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,800 But you're educated. 221 00:26:12,330 --> 00:26:16,180 Xi Xian is completely different from Chinese. 222 00:26:22,750 --> 00:26:26,450 But if I study, I'll learn to write it in no time! 223 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:30,900 Captain, I left Kaifeng to learn Xi Xian. 224 00:26:31,050 --> 00:26:33,730 Let me go to Xi Xia. 225 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,650 Xingde, write my name right there. 226 00:26:44,030 --> 00:26:45,650 Zhu Wangli. 227 00:26:45,730 --> 00:26:51,230 Zhu for 'scarlet', Wang is 'king', and Li is 'manners'. That's what my parents used to say. 228 00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:58,050 - Zhu for 'scarlet'? - Yes. 229 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,050 Look! This is my name! 230 00:27:10,530 --> 00:27:14,250 Do it for me too. I'm Wu Xuan. 231 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,449 - Me, too. Wang Jiafu. - I don't know the characters. 232 00:27:17,450 --> 00:27:24,450 Xingde, I'll build a monument for me and my men someday. 233 00:27:24,930 --> 00:27:27,490 - A monument? - Yes. 234 00:27:28,130 --> 00:27:32,950 As proof that, we Chinese, lived and fought here. 235 00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:39,300 With every one of our names on it, too. 236 00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:23,700 Fortune smiles upon us. The victory is ours! 237 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:28,150 The Chinese troops will win! 238 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,380 The Uyghur Unit! 239 00:28:32,150 --> 00:28:33,780 The Tibet Unit! 240 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:40,750 Tomorrow, we attack Ganzhou, the Uyghur fort. 241 00:28:41,030 --> 00:28:45,380 Tomorrow we must attack Ganzhou. 242 00:28:46,980 --> 00:28:52,900 The purpose of our campaign is to secure trade routes! 243 00:28:53,610 --> 00:28:57,650 The purpose of attacking Ganzhou is to secure trade routes. 244 00:28:57,750 --> 00:29:01,680 It is necessary to control the main road of trade with the western region. 245 00:29:04,180 --> 00:29:07,590 Gather the injured! If they can walk... 246 00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:11,050 or ride a horse, move them to the back with the projectile squad! 247 00:29:11,380 --> 00:29:16,350 Gather those with heavy injuries, who can't walk or ride, and dispose of them! 248 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:28,930 - What do you mean, "dispose"? - I'm telling you to put them down. 249 00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:31,749 We have to kill them? They're our comrades! 250 00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:33,080 Do not cry! 251 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,640 We are about to spend ten days in the middle of the desert. 252 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,879 Do you think someone with injures so heavy they can't ride will be able to keep up? 253 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,180 That's no reason to kill our comrades! 254 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:51,480 You think they'll be happy to be left here if they can't move? How many days you think they'll survive? 255 00:29:53,670 --> 00:29:56,579 If they are going to suffer and end up dying terribly, 256 00:29:56,580 --> 00:29:59,540 isn't it kinder to send them to the afterlife by your hands? 257 00:30:15,690 --> 00:30:17,680 What do we do? 258 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:20,500 Bring the food and water, please. 259 00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:51,550 Line up! 260 00:30:54,580 --> 00:30:57,630 What happened? What's going on? 261 00:30:59,730 --> 00:31:05,680 Mao Zhen, we're headed off to the next battle, now. 262 00:31:06,930 --> 00:31:10,180 We're leaving you food and water. 263 00:31:11,630 --> 00:31:15,449 Please, don't leave me here! Take me with you! 264 00:31:15,450 --> 00:31:18,380 Set off! 265 00:31:22,650 --> 00:31:25,930 There's nothing we can do for you! 266 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:31,760 I want to go to Dunhuang! Take me to Dunhuang with you! 267 00:31:31,830 --> 00:31:34,006 That's wrong, Mao Zhen! Listen to me! You're wrong! 268 00:31:34,030 --> 00:31:37,380 We're not going to Dunhuang! We're going to war! 269 00:31:37,430 --> 00:31:40,699 We'll be back soon. We'll come back for you, so wait for us! 270 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:42,380 You're lying! 271 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,499 - Xingde, help me out! - We were supposed to go there together! 272 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:49,880 - Are you just going to let me die?! - Xingde! Xingde! 273 00:31:50,030 --> 00:31:53,130 - Xingde, help... - If you're going to abandon me here... 274 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,599 - Please, just kill me! - Mao Zhen! Mao Zhen! 275 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,780 - Kill me! - Xingde! 276 00:31:58,950 --> 00:32:02,050 - Kill me! - Xingde! 277 00:32:04,830 --> 00:32:07,580 - Xingde! - Kill me! 278 00:32:09,630 --> 00:32:11,350 Xingde! 279 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,790 I hate this! It's hell! 280 00:32:34,630 --> 00:32:36,080 Don't leave me here! 281 00:34:55,180 --> 00:34:57,050 Ready! 282 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,530 Charge! 283 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:28,950 Fire! 284 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,900 Charge! 285 00:38:18,580 --> 00:38:20,830 Order out the horse lancers. 286 00:38:58,250 --> 00:39:03,750 Charge! Attack! 287 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:05,680 Attack! 288 00:40:04,030 --> 00:40:09,830 The Ganzhou Fortress 289 00:40:24,430 --> 00:40:26,270 - Xingde. - Yes? 290 00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:28,580 - Go send a smoke signal. - Yes. 291 00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:07,340 Kill me! 292 00:41:08,250 --> 00:41:09,330 Who are you? 293 00:41:12,780 --> 00:41:16,330 Kill me! Go on. 294 00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:19,230 Who are you? 295 00:41:22,350 --> 00:41:28,000 I am Tsurpia, daughter of Yaglakar, the Uyghur ruler of Ganzhou. 296 00:41:32,350 --> 00:41:34,600 An Uyghur princess. 297 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,750 The king is dead. It's better you stay here. 298 00:41:44,250 --> 00:41:45,850 Kill me! 299 00:41:51,730 --> 00:41:53,980 Why don't you kill me? 300 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,390 I'll save you. 301 00:42:12,550 --> 00:42:15,400 I want to save you. Here. 302 00:42:16,980 --> 00:42:18,680 Hide here. 303 00:42:22,980 --> 00:42:25,130 Quickly, quickly! 304 00:43:34,850 --> 00:43:37,480 I found a good place to hide. Let's go. 305 00:43:42,850 --> 00:43:44,800 You can't stay here. 306 00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:47,900 Why would a Xi Xian save my life? 307 00:43:48,350 --> 00:43:51,080 I'm not Xi Xian, I'm Chinese. 308 00:43:52,510 --> 00:43:56,030 I see, so you're a mercenary. 309 00:43:57,050 --> 00:44:00,500 You intend to collect a reward. 310 00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:03,830 Who is there? 311 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:06,650 Come out! 312 00:45:22,830 --> 00:45:26,730 Why? Why did you save me? 313 00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,830 I couldn't let you die. 314 00:46:12,650 --> 00:46:18,430 Xingde, write up a battle report. Make it exciting. 315 00:46:18,930 --> 00:46:22,610 Say we killed 300, no, 500 troops. 316 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:29,130 Or that we got the Uyghur king. 317 00:46:29,550 --> 00:46:30,880 I understand. 318 00:46:30,900 --> 00:46:34,299 Write it tonight. Tomorrow's another battle. 319 00:46:34,300 --> 00:46:35,500 Tomorrow again? 320 00:46:48,730 --> 00:46:54,980 Tomorrow, I ride to battle. Here is some food. 321 00:46:59,380 --> 00:47:02,100 Are you fighting the Uyghur? 322 00:47:36,730 --> 00:47:38,700 This tastes bad. 323 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,720 What is this meat? 324 00:47:44,830 --> 00:47:47,930 It's horse, it's all I could get. 325 00:47:50,330 --> 00:47:55,350 You're making me eat horse? I am a princess of Uyghur. 326 00:48:08,900 --> 00:48:12,650 If it doesn't suit you, then... 327 00:48:13,430 --> 00:48:15,830 you can go where you want. 328 00:48:24,030 --> 00:48:27,050 You're leaving for battle tomorrow? 329 00:48:28,830 --> 00:48:30,430 Yes. 330 00:48:31,330 --> 00:48:35,740 Then, it must be done. I need your help tonight. 331 00:48:37,180 --> 00:48:38,950 For what? 332 00:48:40,500 --> 00:48:44,730 My father's head is by the wall. 333 00:48:46,130 --> 00:48:47,980 I can't leave it like that. 334 00:48:49,450 --> 00:48:51,850 I must get it and bury it. 335 00:50:59,030 --> 00:51:00,650 Xingde! 336 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:04,650 This is serious. 337 00:51:18,930 --> 00:51:20,850 Does it hurt? 338 00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:48,549 Did you call me, sir? 339 00:51:48,550 --> 00:51:51,480 So, there you are. How's your wound? 340 00:51:52,550 --> 00:51:55,200 - Almost well. - Good. 341 00:51:56,130 --> 00:51:59,650 Tomorrow, we leave for the Xi Xian capital. 342 00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:01,650 To Xingqing? 343 00:52:01,780 --> 00:52:06,600 And we need someone who knows Xi Xian. 344 00:52:06,830 --> 00:52:11,100 I remembered you wanted to study it. 345 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:13,580 So, go to Xingqing and study. 346 00:52:13,650 --> 00:52:16,529 But tomorrow is... 347 00:52:16,530 --> 00:52:19,229 What is it? You don't want to go? 348 00:52:19,230 --> 00:52:22,100 Yes, sir. I want to go. 349 00:52:22,550 --> 00:52:25,150 - But... - It's an order. From Li. 350 00:52:25,950 --> 00:52:27,990 And from me too. 351 00:52:28,930 --> 00:52:32,450 You said you would save me. 352 00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:34,250 And I believed you. 353 00:52:37,530 --> 00:52:40,000 Now you go to Xingqing. 354 00:52:41,030 --> 00:52:43,150 You have deceived me. 355 00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:48,980 I've long wanted to learn about Xi Xia. 356 00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:53,580 So you're going to Xi Xia? 357 00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,130 You choose Xi Xia instead of me? 358 00:53:04,250 --> 00:53:06,380 I want to choose you. 359 00:53:06,780 --> 00:53:09,430 - But that... - I'm only a soldier. 360 00:53:12,950 --> 00:53:18,580 I couldn't help you much, even if I stayed. 361 00:53:23,950 --> 00:53:25,580 Let's both go. 362 00:53:26,030 --> 00:53:29,680 With you, I would go anywhere. 363 00:53:34,030 --> 00:53:39,800 We'll go to Dunhuang. My grandmother married there. 364 00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:47,650 It would take a month, across the desert. We might not even get there. 365 00:53:48,180 --> 00:53:51,300 I was prepared to die here. 366 00:53:52,300 --> 00:53:57,030 If I'm with you, it doesn't matter where I die. 367 00:54:24,500 --> 00:54:26,580 Now I know why. 368 00:54:28,380 --> 00:54:30,480 Why I saved you. 369 00:54:31,550 --> 00:54:36,150 I, too... I know why now. 370 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,300 Halt! 371 00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:54,700 We are two officers under official orders. 372 00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:56,280 Open the gate. 373 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:39,200 I don't know where we are. Can this be right? 374 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:19,550 Are you all right? 375 00:58:08,130 --> 00:58:10,000 Back off! 376 00:58:11,500 --> 00:58:13,180 Xingde! 377 00:58:18,350 --> 00:58:19,550 Desertion! 378 00:58:19,700 --> 00:58:21,230 Kill me, then. 379 00:58:22,580 --> 00:58:24,680 I'm ready. 380 00:58:25,630 --> 00:58:31,330 But I have one favor I must ask you. 381 00:58:33,700 --> 00:58:36,500 What is it? Speak. 382 00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:42,600 Come with me. 383 00:58:45,650 --> 00:58:47,700 - Bring some water. - Yes. 384 00:59:04,450 --> 00:59:05,900 Here. 385 00:59:08,420 --> 00:59:11,410 Slowly, now, slowly. 386 00:59:38,780 --> 00:59:40,500 A woman, huh? 387 00:59:45,250 --> 00:59:49,030 - She's an Uyghur princess. - What? 388 00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:52,450 A princess? 389 00:59:53,450 --> 00:59:54,900 Xingde. 390 00:59:56,380 --> 00:59:57,850 He is the Chinese commander. 391 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:04,700 We lost our way. We've returned to Ganzhou. 392 01:00:21,330 --> 01:00:26,400 I beg you, please save her. As for me, I don't care. 393 01:00:37,780 --> 01:00:40,500 If I refuse, you'll kill me? 394 01:00:53,930 --> 01:00:56,450 She does that to men. 395 01:00:59,550 --> 01:01:01,900 She makes them insane. 396 01:01:03,750 --> 01:01:07,750 I'll not touch her. I'll have no part of it. 397 01:01:09,150 --> 01:01:14,950 Captain! You can hide her, help her. 398 01:01:22,630 --> 01:01:26,550 I beg you. I beg you to save her. 399 01:01:32,150 --> 01:01:34,560 And you'll go to Xingqing? 400 01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:40,380 I will, if I must. But only if you promise to save her. 401 01:01:40,650 --> 01:01:42,780 I'll go, too. 402 01:01:46,100 --> 01:01:47,950 You can't go there! 403 01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:52,130 If the Xi Xians find you, they will kill you. 404 01:01:56,030 --> 01:01:59,880 All right. I'll look after her. 405 01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:04,180 Thank you. 406 01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:09,590 Within six months, 407 01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:15,700 no, a year, I will learn Xi Xian and return to you. 408 01:02:17,830 --> 01:02:19,600 I will come back. 409 01:02:21,230 --> 01:02:23,230 So please wait for me. 410 01:02:56,650 --> 01:02:59,640 Here is a token of your promise. 411 01:03:01,950 --> 01:03:03,650 One year. 412 01:03:06,660 --> 01:03:08,250 Just one year. 413 01:03:11,100 --> 01:03:12,650 Idiots. 414 01:03:15,150 --> 01:03:17,280 Fools, the both of you. 415 01:03:45,950 --> 01:03:52,680 The journey from Ganzhou to Xingqing took nearly one month. 416 01:03:55,150 --> 01:03:59,050 Xingqing Capital of Xi Xian 417 01:04:01,330 --> 01:04:04,710 Xi Xian characters are quite practical. 418 01:04:05,430 --> 01:04:11,850 For example, this one is pronounced 'ni-ghii'. It means 'night'. 419 01:04:13,050 --> 01:04:16,930 This is 'leh'. It means 'see'. 420 01:04:16,980 --> 01:04:24,780 'Night' and 'see' put together make up 'mi-eh' which means 'dream'. 421 01:04:29,030 --> 01:04:33,550 'Man' and 'ear' combined mean 'to hear'. 422 01:04:37,030 --> 01:04:41,900 'Water' and 'dirt' combined mean 'mud'. 423 01:04:47,600 --> 01:04:51,550 It will soon have been a year. 424 01:04:54,300 --> 01:05:00,800 In the 7th year of the Tiansheng era, Tsao Yanhui, governor of Dunhuang, arrives at Xingqing. 425 01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:09,500 Upon learning that Liangzhou and Ganzhou were seized by Xi Xia, 426 01:05:09,650 --> 01:05:16,550 Yanhui traveled across 100 kilometers of desert to come to Xi Xia to pay his respects. 427 01:05:16,900 --> 01:05:17,900 Stand up! 428 01:05:23,080 --> 01:05:24,580 Kneel! 429 01:05:28,430 --> 01:05:30,950 - Keep studying. - Stand up. 430 01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:39,050 This man is the director of this school, Yeli Renrong. 431 01:05:39,580 --> 01:05:41,800 He created the Xi Xian characters. 432 01:05:42,500 --> 01:05:47,200 That is the governor of Dunhuang, Lord Tsao Yanhui. 433 01:05:55,430 --> 01:05:56,430 Sit down. 434 01:05:59,830 --> 01:06:07,580 Lord Yanhui came all the way from Dunhuang to pay his respects for our country. 435 01:06:09,840 --> 01:06:12,200 These are Xi Xian characters? 436 01:06:15,850 --> 01:06:18,650 They are quite beautiful characters. 437 01:06:21,730 --> 01:06:25,330 What is your name? 438 01:06:27,930 --> 01:06:30,180 I'm Xingde. 439 01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:37,230 I read the report you wrote. It was a splendid text, and so was your penmanship. 440 01:06:40,030 --> 01:06:41,600 Xingde. 441 01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:46,280 What do you think of my writing in Song language? 442 01:06:47,780 --> 01:06:49,580 It's very good, sir. 443 01:06:51,050 --> 01:06:54,880 Why do you think I learned the language of Song? 444 01:06:58,890 --> 01:07:02,850 Because the culture of Song was more advanced than that of Xi Xia, 445 01:07:03,350 --> 01:07:05,800 and they were a stronger country than Xi Xia. 446 01:07:08,780 --> 01:07:10,340 But it's different now! 447 01:07:11,750 --> 01:07:16,600 Xi Xia has its own culture, and its own language! 448 01:07:18,650 --> 01:07:23,250 Xingde, between Xi Xian and the language of Song, 449 01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:27,430 which is better? Which one is correct? 450 01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:32,976 I think there's no "better" or "worse" language. 451 01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:36,560 That's absolutely correct! There's no "better" or "worse" language! 452 01:07:36,930 --> 01:07:42,750 The powerless learn the language of the powerful, that's all there is to it! 453 01:07:44,930 --> 01:07:47,950 If Xi Xia conquers Song, 454 01:07:48,050 --> 01:07:54,430 the people of Song will all have to struggle to learn the language of Xi Xia! And our characters too. 455 01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:00,630 Don't you think that's the case, Lord Yanhui? 456 01:08:01,380 --> 01:08:03,330 It's true. 457 01:08:06,850 --> 01:08:13,500 Lord Li Yuanhao, when these men are done learning Xi Xian, 458 01:08:14,300 --> 01:08:16,960 could you lend them to me? 459 01:08:19,330 --> 01:08:23,150 Do you intend to start learning Xi Xian right away? 460 01:08:23,180 --> 01:08:25,500 That is also true. 461 01:08:25,930 --> 01:08:31,080 But, as I'm sure you are aware, Dunhuang is where Western and Eastern cultures first meet. 462 01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:35,630 We also have many invaluable sacred Buddhist sutras. 463 01:08:35,780 --> 01:08:41,850 I wish to translate a few of them to Xi Xian, and dedicate them to Your Highness. 464 01:08:42,550 --> 01:08:44,550 I see. 465 01:08:44,850 --> 01:08:50,130 And while that work is in progress, Xi Xia and Dunhuang would be in a truce. 466 01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:52,990 As expected of you, Lord Yanhui. 467 01:08:53,200 --> 01:08:56,580 - You are a man of perspective. - Oh, not at all. 468 01:08:59,850 --> 01:09:05,450 I just heard Your Highness was also interested in the ways of Buddha. 469 01:09:06,020 --> 01:09:07,630 Renrong. 470 01:09:10,480 --> 01:09:15,380 He wants you to compile a Xi Xian-Chinese dictionary. 471 01:09:15,550 --> 01:09:17,000 But... 472 01:09:17,680 --> 01:09:20,550 I don't know Xi Xian well enough to do that. 473 01:09:20,600 --> 01:09:24,600 I am not Xi Xian. My ancestors were Khitan people. 474 01:09:24,700 --> 01:09:28,980 Yet, I created these characters. You can do it. 475 01:09:29,030 --> 01:09:34,100 But I must return to Ganzhou soon. I have no time for this. 476 01:09:34,330 --> 01:09:37,000 This is an order from the Crown Prince. 477 01:09:37,180 --> 01:09:39,000 You must do it! 478 01:09:55,530 --> 01:10:02,430 A year passes and yet another is about to pass. 479 01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:14,330 Well done! 480 01:10:15,630 --> 01:10:18,230 Li Yuanhao is here now. 481 01:10:18,450 --> 01:10:22,450 When it is bound, you will take it to him. 482 01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:36,680 Halt. Dismount. 483 01:10:50,650 --> 01:10:53,300 Line up, line up! 484 01:11:41,830 --> 01:11:44,140 What's the matter, Xingde? 485 01:11:45,380 --> 01:11:47,680 Ah, nothing. 486 01:12:00,980 --> 01:12:02,750 Xingde! 487 01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:05,049 Wu Xuan! 488 01:12:05,050 --> 01:12:06,930 It's been so long! 489 01:12:09,030 --> 01:12:10,230 And the Captain? 490 01:12:13,150 --> 01:12:14,730 Captain. 491 01:12:15,980 --> 01:12:17,630 I've returned! 492 01:12:17,700 --> 01:12:20,950 Xingde, you're really grown up. 493 01:12:23,550 --> 01:12:28,300 Say, where is Tsurpia? Where is she? 494 01:12:31,220 --> 01:12:35,830 Tsurpia is dead. The dead do not return. Don't ask. 495 01:12:37,230 --> 01:12:41,550 That is a lie. I saw her. 496 01:12:41,580 --> 01:12:44,330 I said she was dead. Do you not understand? 497 01:12:44,750 --> 01:12:47,800 Nonsense, I saw her myself! 498 01:12:47,850 --> 01:12:51,210 Xingde, another word and you'll regret it. 499 01:12:51,730 --> 01:12:56,580 No! She was with Li Yuanhao. Why was she with him? 500 01:12:57,580 --> 01:13:01,530 Xingde, Tsurpia is dead! She's dead! 501 01:13:01,780 --> 01:13:05,130 She's dead, she's dead! 502 01:13:05,650 --> 01:13:07,550 - She is dead! - What are you doing? 503 01:13:07,730 --> 01:13:09,130 Xingde! 504 01:13:13,230 --> 01:13:16,250 Why? What happened? 505 01:13:17,580 --> 01:13:21,250 Why did you come back? You fool! 506 01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:29,270 You left her alone for two years. 507 01:13:31,380 --> 01:13:33,270 Why come back now? 508 01:13:35,650 --> 01:13:39,400 I hid her as long as I could. 509 01:13:40,230 --> 01:13:43,980 However, Li Yuanhao found her. 510 01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:52,400 Said he'd kill five Uyghur a day until she agreed. 511 01:13:56,550 --> 01:13:59,300 Forget her. 512 01:14:01,680 --> 01:14:03,600 She is dead. 513 01:14:12,100 --> 01:14:16,350 Well done. We appreciate your work. 514 01:14:16,550 --> 01:14:18,780 The pleasure is ours, sir. 515 01:14:19,250 --> 01:14:23,100 Tomorrow, I wed the Uyghur princess. 516 01:14:31,630 --> 01:14:35,730 You will transcribe the announcement. 517 01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:38,680 Renrong will do it in Xi Xian, 518 01:14:39,350 --> 01:14:42,800 and Xingde will do it in Chinese. 519 01:14:46,730 --> 01:14:47,730 You may begin. 520 01:14:59,830 --> 01:15:04,430 I, Tsurpia, daughter of Yaglakar, 521 01:15:06,380 --> 01:15:11,800 King of Ganzhou and sole successor to the throne, 522 01:15:14,330 --> 01:15:20,350 make this announcement to the people of Ganzhou. 523 01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:23,800 I... 524 01:15:27,150 --> 01:15:35,850 will wed Lia Yuanhao, the Crown Prince of Xi Xian. 525 01:15:51,980 --> 01:15:54,500 With this wedding... 526 01:15:55,700 --> 01:16:00,680 our country will become one with Xi Xia. 527 01:16:05,100 --> 01:16:09,930 My people! From here onward, you'll wake, plow the fields, 528 01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:15,480 fight, and strive to be loyal, as people of Xi Xia! 529 01:16:16,600 --> 01:16:21,600 My people, I ask that you celebrate this wedding with song and dance! 530 01:19:07,180 --> 01:19:08,200 Don't do it! 531 01:19:12,880 --> 01:19:16,330 Stop her! Somebody hold her! 532 01:19:21,880 --> 01:19:25,950 Silence! Everyone, keep quiet! 533 01:19:26,530 --> 01:19:29,400 Be calm, be calm! 534 01:19:31,480 --> 01:19:36,830 The princess has offered herself in sacrifice... 535 01:19:37,330 --> 01:19:39,640 for our victory over the Tibetans! 536 01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:47,380 Men, raise your voices to praise this courageous death! 537 01:19:51,800 --> 01:19:53,830 Raise your voices! 538 01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:17,030 Retreat! Retreat! Pull back! 539 01:20:19,180 --> 01:20:22,850 After them! Charge! 540 01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:31,280 - I'll kill them! - Go back! 541 01:20:31,330 --> 01:20:32,330 Xingde! 542 01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:33,400 Go! 543 01:20:46,180 --> 01:20:49,880 Go back quickly! Pull back! 544 01:21:12,950 --> 01:21:17,300 You woke up, finally. You've slept for three days. 545 01:21:19,880 --> 01:21:24,330 - Did we win? - Yes, we won again. 546 01:21:26,580 --> 01:21:30,950 Yuanhao's conquered Suzhou, but now... 547 01:21:31,380 --> 01:21:34,980 he wants Qintang, the major Tibet city. 548 01:21:35,770 --> 01:21:38,330 But you stay here. 549 01:21:38,830 --> 01:21:41,380 No, I'll... 550 01:21:43,630 --> 01:21:45,350 You're not going anywhere. 551 01:21:46,750 --> 01:21:51,780 Who needs a soldier who wants to die? 552 01:21:52,250 --> 01:21:56,030 Then, kill me and go on. 553 01:21:56,880 --> 01:22:00,730 You said killing the wounded is a kindness. 554 01:22:03,500 --> 01:22:09,650 I don't want you dead. There's something we must do together. 555 01:22:12,230 --> 01:22:15,980 Not me. I've nothing left. 556 01:22:16,700 --> 01:22:18,800 He's here, Captain. 557 01:22:23,030 --> 01:22:25,830 Well, it's Zhao Xingde. 558 01:22:25,900 --> 01:22:27,980 Know each other? 559 01:22:30,230 --> 01:22:33,380 I want you to take him to Dunhuang. 560 01:22:35,380 --> 01:22:38,350 We can't move him for at least ten days. 561 01:22:38,430 --> 01:22:43,980 And that would mean more food, more weapons. 562 01:22:44,030 --> 01:22:47,300 You'll get what you need. 563 01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:51,650 But if you don't get him to Dunhuang alive, 564 01:22:52,180 --> 01:22:54,550 I'll have your head. 565 01:23:17,870 --> 01:23:23,950 Xingde, the governor of Dunhuang asked for six people who could speak and write Xi Xian, 566 01:23:24,230 --> 01:23:28,330 but we could only find three. I want you to join them! 567 01:23:28,850 --> 01:23:31,160 We'll talk about that after we get to Dunhuang. 568 01:23:54,020 --> 01:23:55,350 Those are people's bones! 569 01:23:56,180 --> 01:23:59,000 In the desert, bones work like guideposts. 570 01:24:00,330 --> 01:24:02,500 In the desert, the Sun is your enemy. 571 01:24:03,630 --> 01:24:05,880 It burns living beings to death. 572 01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:08,910 Kindness drives people to death... 573 01:24:10,350 --> 01:24:13,000 We have a heart only so we can suffer. 574 01:24:27,180 --> 01:24:30,630 Xingde, where did that come from? 575 01:24:32,230 --> 01:24:34,100 - It was a present. - From whom? 576 01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:36,430 It's not important. 577 01:24:38,050 --> 01:24:41,280 That jewel is a Moonlight Gem, which you can only get at Houtan. 578 01:24:42,180 --> 01:24:44,920 It's an exceptionally high-class Moonlight Gem! 579 01:24:45,630 --> 01:24:48,800 I want it. Give it to me. 580 01:24:49,250 --> 01:24:50,530 No way. 581 01:24:52,700 --> 01:24:55,540 - I won't give it to anyone! - There should be another one. 582 01:24:56,600 --> 01:24:57,960 Who has it? 583 01:25:00,050 --> 01:25:03,850 This jewel is always a set of two. 584 01:25:05,500 --> 01:25:10,950 I'll give up on yours, but tell me who has the other one. 585 01:25:16,300 --> 01:25:18,400 These jewels are the only ones... 586 01:25:19,250 --> 01:25:23,130 worthy of me, Wei Chinguang, King of Khotan. 587 01:25:24,680 --> 01:25:28,650 Who is it? Who has it?! 588 01:25:32,350 --> 01:25:35,430 Dead. That person is inside a grave. 589 01:25:39,600 --> 01:25:42,330 Do you wish to die too, Xingde? 590 01:25:45,020 --> 01:25:46,730 Give it to me. 591 01:25:48,150 --> 01:25:50,450 I said I won't give it to anyone. 592 01:25:52,020 --> 01:25:55,250 Xingde, what are you doing? Lunch is ready. 593 01:26:02,430 --> 01:26:06,150 - Dunhuang? - Hope it's not a mirage? 594 01:26:06,300 --> 01:26:08,180 No, that is Dunhuang. 595 01:27:19,100 --> 01:27:21,380 Halt! 596 01:27:23,180 --> 01:27:24,380 We're here. 597 01:27:29,350 --> 01:27:33,830 You have come far, your services are appreciated. 598 01:27:38,330 --> 01:27:40,530 Now, rise. 599 01:27:44,730 --> 01:27:50,130 As you have seen, Dunhuang is a peaceful city. 600 01:27:50,950 --> 01:27:57,430 East and West combining have made this city. 601 01:27:57,830 --> 01:28:00,750 They travel here, then travel on. 602 01:28:01,650 --> 01:28:06,300 It is my duty to guard this peaceful place. 603 01:28:07,480 --> 01:28:12,800 Now, I want you to translate our sutras into Xi Xian. 604 01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:16,680 We will thus remain close to Xi Xian. 605 01:28:17,950 --> 01:28:20,830 As long as the ties remain close, 606 01:28:20,900 --> 01:28:24,850 the peace will be preserved. Do your best. 607 01:28:25,500 --> 01:28:28,350 These are treasures from Persia. 608 01:28:33,030 --> 01:28:35,880 These are from the Kushan Empire. 609 01:28:40,650 --> 01:28:44,160 These came from Sughd. 610 01:28:45,150 --> 01:28:51,000 It took me 30 years to collect all this, and I don't know how much money it cost me. 611 01:28:51,900 --> 01:28:55,730 In here, I keep everything from the Buddhist sutras on the top, 612 01:28:55,800 --> 01:28:59,300 to the popular songs sung by camel keepers, in the bottom. 613 01:28:59,780 --> 01:29:02,080 It's not just Buddhist teachings. 614 01:29:02,230 --> 01:29:07,500 Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Hinduism and Islamism... 615 01:29:07,580 --> 01:29:11,340 Here I have sacred texts from every country, from the East and the West. 616 01:29:11,500 --> 01:29:15,930 I also have literature classics, law, science, and history books, 617 01:29:16,230 --> 01:29:21,130 and even trial records. Everything which expresses human wisdom and knowledge! 618 01:29:21,650 --> 01:29:26,550 I have gathered them all. All of it belongs to me. 619 01:29:27,950 --> 01:29:31,900 These people are copying sutras and doing translation, 620 01:29:32,080 --> 01:29:35,750 but I'll ask you to work in here too. 621 01:29:36,750 --> 01:29:42,630 And there's one more thing in my Dunhuang that I am very proud of. 622 01:29:45,580 --> 01:29:48,250 I'll accompany you there tomorrow. 623 01:29:52,260 --> 01:29:55,650 Yuanghao himself rode to attack the Tibetans. 624 01:29:56,200 --> 01:29:59,850 Our unit attacked Taixing. Casualities: 300 dead. 625 01:30:00,880 --> 01:30:04,930 If we live, we will meet in Dunhuang. 626 01:30:22,180 --> 01:30:28,030 There, in the green area, those are the Mogao caves. 627 01:30:32,300 --> 01:30:38,730 For 700 years, under the Liangs, the Sui, the Tang, 628 01:30:38,980 --> 01:30:43,700 countless men from various countries... 629 01:30:44,580 --> 01:30:49,650 have carved these 1000 caves as offerings to Buddha. 630 01:31:09,130 --> 01:31:14,750 But why here, in the middle of the desert? 631 01:31:26,730 --> 01:31:28,930 That's Maitreya, the Bodhisattva. 632 01:31:29,250 --> 01:31:33,130 It dates back 600 years, 633 01:31:34,650 --> 01:31:37,360 and is markedly influenced by the West. 634 01:31:58,680 --> 01:32:02,200 This dates back to the Northern Wei dynasty, 500 years ago. 635 01:32:04,650 --> 01:32:07,390 The Northern Wei paintings are very powerful. 636 01:32:26,420 --> 01:32:30,410 This is a Tang dynasty masterpiece, made 300 years ago. 637 01:32:31,700 --> 01:32:33,580 What's this? 638 01:32:34,830 --> 01:32:36,930 This feeling that makes my soul shake? 639 01:32:46,680 --> 01:32:49,150 This is also from the Tang dynasty. 640 01:32:51,500 --> 01:32:55,600 The painting on the wall shows various peoples... 641 01:32:55,880 --> 01:32:58,800 mourning the death of Buddha. 642 01:33:02,050 --> 01:33:04,420 I'm not a monk, 643 01:33:05,080 --> 01:33:08,520 but being in here makes me feel like I'm somehow in Buddha's world. 644 01:33:43,180 --> 01:33:48,080 This is my own cave, which I'm building right now. 645 01:33:59,700 --> 01:34:01,530 What happened? 646 01:34:03,510 --> 01:34:05,030 Please, forgive me! 647 01:34:06,630 --> 01:34:11,510 Because these men got the proportion of clay and paint wrong, 648 01:34:11,830 --> 01:34:16,680 the decoration...! The decoration ended up crumbling! 649 01:34:19,830 --> 01:34:21,520 You fools! 650 01:34:22,880 --> 01:34:26,900 What have you done? That's my cave! 651 01:34:27,130 --> 01:34:31,380 It was supposed to be the most beautiful, the most elegant! 652 01:34:31,430 --> 01:34:34,530 I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! 653 01:34:35,730 --> 01:34:38,500 It's my fault, I'm sorry! 654 01:34:39,080 --> 01:34:41,450 I'm sorry, I'm so...! 655 01:35:16,930 --> 01:35:18,580 Zhi Min... 656 01:35:20,300 --> 01:35:22,580 Aren't you Luo Zhi Min? 657 01:35:31,250 --> 01:35:32,800 You are still alive! 658 01:35:34,130 --> 01:35:35,950 I was worried about you! 659 01:35:46,230 --> 01:35:47,230 How is your arm? 660 01:35:53,950 --> 01:35:56,150 I was also on the verge of dying. 661 01:35:58,580 --> 01:36:00,080 I even thought I wanted to die. 662 01:36:07,280 --> 01:36:09,030 Do you still hate me? 663 01:36:11,250 --> 01:36:13,280 You won't forgive me for killing Mao Zhen? 664 01:36:15,400 --> 01:36:17,850 What should I have done? Tell me! 665 01:36:20,330 --> 01:36:22,620 In the middle of that hellish desert... 666 01:36:23,750 --> 01:36:25,880 - What could I...? - Don't bother. 667 01:36:26,680 --> 01:36:31,950 That man had his throat cut in a battle, and he cannot speak. 668 01:36:34,300 --> 01:36:37,930 The only thing he has to save him is painting pictures of Buddha. 669 01:36:49,050 --> 01:36:55,580 It seems like you've had many awfully unpleasant experiences up until now, right, Xingde? 670 01:36:57,250 --> 01:37:00,240 Why don't you try studying the teachings of Buddha? 671 01:37:01,300 --> 01:37:04,450 "Other people do not cause suffering." 672 01:37:04,800 --> 01:37:08,850 "The cause of one's suffering is one's own heart." 673 01:37:09,730 --> 01:37:12,700 That's what Buddha says. 674 01:39:32,950 --> 01:39:34,280 Xingde! 675 01:39:35,330 --> 01:39:38,100 It's me, Captain! 676 01:39:53,200 --> 01:39:54,900 I've come back alive. 677 01:39:57,300 --> 01:40:00,100 - Must have been a hard fight. - Yes. 678 01:40:00,600 --> 01:40:02,600 Very hard. 679 01:40:04,100 --> 01:40:05,880 Is your wound healed? 680 01:40:08,380 --> 01:40:09,530 Yes, it has. 681 01:40:14,400 --> 01:40:16,450 The time has come. 682 01:40:16,930 --> 01:40:19,930 Time? For what? 683 01:40:24,080 --> 01:40:25,080 Messengers! 684 01:40:32,980 --> 01:40:34,890 To the Governor of Dunhuang... 685 01:40:35,580 --> 01:40:39,870 by order of Yuanhao... The Chinese Xi Xian Unit... 686 01:40:40,630 --> 01:40:43,700 will be stationed at Dunhuang. 687 01:40:44,100 --> 01:40:46,930 Open your gates. Greet us. 688 01:40:46,980 --> 01:40:48,400 - Go tell him this. - Yes! 689 01:40:59,530 --> 01:41:02,890 These are orders from Li Yuanhao. 690 01:41:03,650 --> 01:41:06,700 Xingde, translate it to him. 691 01:41:15,730 --> 01:41:20,550 All laws of Dunhuang, as well as the language and customs... 692 01:41:21,100 --> 01:41:27,540 are to be changed to those of Xi Xia. Those who do not conform to that, will suffer capital punishment. 693 01:41:29,550 --> 01:41:37,150 The governor, Tsao Yanhui, is to be stripped of all his titles, and shall become a commoner. 694 01:41:38,730 --> 01:41:43,280 Me? A commoner? 695 01:41:44,980 --> 01:41:47,100 Read it yourself. 696 01:41:49,630 --> 01:41:52,350 I cannot read Xi Xian. 697 01:41:53,630 --> 01:41:59,680 But Li Yuanhao promised me last year... 698 01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:04,780 if we promised to be loyal, I could be governor. 699 01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:07,430 And Dunhuang would be mine! 700 01:42:09,850 --> 01:42:16,330 At that time, he needed you to fight the Uyghur and the Tibetans. 701 01:42:16,630 --> 01:42:18,600 Now, it's different. 702 01:42:18,680 --> 01:42:22,000 You and Dunhuang are in the way. 703 01:42:24,230 --> 01:42:25,730 But why? 704 01:42:29,020 --> 01:42:34,280 After taking Uyghur and Tibet, he's going to fight the Song. 705 01:42:35,630 --> 01:42:40,400 To finance himself, he must control the trade routes. 706 01:42:41,030 --> 01:42:43,600 So he doesn't need you. 707 01:42:43,980 --> 01:42:50,350 Nor a Chinese city. You'd simply be a danger, so you are eliminated. 708 01:42:52,150 --> 01:42:57,350 Lord Li Yuanhao said he would follow the teachings of Buddha. 709 01:42:59,600 --> 01:43:01,499 That's why I trusted him... 710 01:43:01,500 --> 01:43:02,550 That's ridiculous! 711 01:43:03,630 --> 01:43:08,010 He's a man who killed his own mother and his wife in cold blood! 712 01:43:08,780 --> 01:43:11,440 Have you heard about what he did in the Tibetan war? 713 01:43:11,500 --> 01:43:16,040 While he pretended to negotiate a peace treaty, the Xi Xia army approached, 714 01:43:16,200 --> 01:43:20,630 and massacred every single one of their men! I also participated in that massacre. 715 01:43:26,730 --> 01:43:28,680 We will die. 716 01:43:34,400 --> 01:43:37,100 And Dunhuang... 717 01:43:39,130 --> 01:43:41,250 will it perish too? 718 01:43:41,630 --> 01:43:45,930 Even sheep bite the butcher. 719 01:43:46,630 --> 01:43:49,700 Have you considered fighting? 720 01:43:50,800 --> 01:43:56,730 Yuanhao marches into Dunhuang tomorrow. He comes with only 2000 troops. 721 01:43:57,500 --> 01:44:00,030 There will be no better chance. 722 01:44:00,250 --> 01:44:06,300 But if we kill him, there is the whole Xi Xian army. 723 01:44:08,680 --> 01:44:13,330 It's a disorderly crowd of mercenaries. 724 01:44:13,630 --> 01:44:17,120 It's got Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Chinese. 725 01:44:18,280 --> 01:44:21,480 Kill Yuanhao, and it comes apart! 726 01:44:23,050 --> 01:44:25,480 They will join us. 727 01:44:28,530 --> 01:44:32,500 I did not hear one word of this. 728 01:44:33,030 --> 01:44:34,300 Halt! 729 01:44:37,630 --> 01:44:42,700 We're on the same boat here. We sink or we don't. 730 01:44:43,900 --> 01:44:48,400 Dunhuang will fall if we don't kill him. 731 01:44:51,600 --> 01:44:57,580 If we are going to die anyway, then we should try! 732 01:45:01,500 --> 01:45:05,980 Xingde, that setting sun is Li Yuanhao. 733 01:45:07,000 --> 01:45:08,850 It will soon vanish. 734 01:45:11,280 --> 01:45:13,150 Do you remember... 735 01:45:13,600 --> 01:45:18,140 what you said when we first met? The powerful survive. 736 01:45:18,750 --> 01:45:23,580 Yes, to survive is to fight. 737 01:45:25,980 --> 01:45:29,850 We survived, but what have we gained? 738 01:45:31,380 --> 01:45:34,980 - Huh? - Nothing, I've only lost. 739 01:45:39,150 --> 01:45:45,000 Xingde, there is something I must tell you. 740 01:45:54,450 --> 01:45:55,700 This is... 741 01:45:56,080 --> 01:45:58,980 Yes, I took it from Tsurpia. 742 01:45:59,230 --> 01:46:00,830 But why? 743 01:46:01,400 --> 01:46:03,550 I came to love her. 744 01:46:05,580 --> 01:46:07,700 Did she love you? 745 01:46:10,530 --> 01:46:12,680 I didn't care what she felt. 746 01:46:15,400 --> 01:46:20,550 I still loved her. But Li Yuanhao... 747 01:46:23,730 --> 01:46:26,220 He killed Tsurpia! 748 01:46:26,900 --> 01:46:31,900 So I decided to one day kill Li Yuanhao. 749 01:46:37,350 --> 01:46:39,250 You told me to stay alive. 750 01:46:39,930 --> 01:46:45,000 That we had a job to do. Was this it? 751 01:46:50,500 --> 01:46:56,200 If you do not want to join me, then just watch me. 752 01:46:58,700 --> 01:47:02,950 Try to stop me and I'll kill you. 753 01:47:06,900 --> 01:47:09,630 I was the one who saved her. 754 01:47:10,880 --> 01:47:13,290 I took her to you. 755 01:47:14,750 --> 01:47:17,780 I could not keep my promise. 756 01:47:18,100 --> 01:47:20,930 I returned late. I should not have. 757 01:47:22,830 --> 01:47:24,680 I can't let you fight alone. 758 01:48:33,450 --> 01:48:34,950 Xingde! 759 01:48:41,030 --> 01:48:45,380 If the governor betrays us, then kill him. 760 01:49:11,080 --> 01:49:13,630 Coming. Here they come! 761 01:49:16,200 --> 01:49:18,400 Captain, they are coming! 762 01:51:03,280 --> 01:51:05,080 Halt! 763 01:52:24,830 --> 01:52:26,550 Governor. 764 01:52:40,700 --> 01:52:42,630 This is a plot! A plot! 765 01:52:44,950 --> 01:52:47,080 Shoot! Shoot! 766 01:53:06,450 --> 01:53:07,900 Close the gate! 767 01:53:15,430 --> 01:53:18,530 Back off, back off! Li Yuanhao! 768 01:53:18,550 --> 01:53:22,400 Li Yuanhao, I'm going to kill you. Come here! 769 01:53:36,980 --> 01:53:38,200 Step aside! 770 01:53:38,280 --> 01:53:42,880 Close the gate! Li Yuanhao! 771 01:53:43,700 --> 01:53:47,700 Li Yuanhao is mine! Li Yuanhao is mine! 772 01:54:03,680 --> 01:54:07,830 Don't let Li Yuanhao escape! Don't let him go! 773 01:54:26,400 --> 01:54:29,600 Move the bodies! Open the gate! 774 01:54:57,000 --> 01:55:01,330 Out of the way! Out of the way! 775 01:55:03,530 --> 01:55:05,430 Li Yuanhao! 776 01:55:06,150 --> 01:55:08,350 Li Yuanhao! 777 01:55:09,850 --> 01:55:13,280 Captain, don't go any further. 778 01:55:13,580 --> 01:55:16,880 Please, stop! Please, stop! 779 01:56:35,850 --> 01:56:37,300 Xingde. 780 01:56:41,780 --> 01:56:43,860 Why are you here? 781 01:56:45,080 --> 01:56:49,680 If you'd stayed in Song, you would have had a fortunate life. Why did you come to the desert? 782 01:56:50,200 --> 01:56:51,730 I don't know. 783 01:56:53,150 --> 01:56:54,680 No... 784 01:56:56,680 --> 01:57:01,900 I came to look for something worth risking my life for. 785 01:57:02,600 --> 01:57:06,780 - Did you find it? - I had my hands full just living each moment. 786 01:57:10,530 --> 01:57:12,300 Xingde. 787 01:57:12,780 --> 01:57:18,100 You actually think that killing Li Yuanhao isn't worth it. 788 01:57:20,130 --> 01:57:21,380 Am I right? 789 01:57:25,530 --> 01:57:28,200 The enemy! The enemy is here! 790 01:57:33,550 --> 01:57:35,890 Shoot! Don't let them come near! 791 01:57:36,130 --> 01:57:40,920 Shoot them! Kill them! Kill them all! Shoot! 792 01:57:49,030 --> 01:57:52,100 Xingde, I'll kill Li Yuanhao. 793 01:57:52,830 --> 01:57:57,300 You erect a monument for me. Now, go put out the fire. 794 01:57:58,530 --> 01:58:01,530 - To the West Gate! - Can't get there from here. 795 01:58:01,550 --> 01:58:02,650 Go to the West Gate! 796 01:58:12,850 --> 01:58:14,450 Hit the city gate! 797 01:58:47,300 --> 01:58:48,980 Zhi Min! 798 01:58:49,650 --> 01:58:51,180 Zhi Min! 799 01:58:54,750 --> 01:58:57,150 Zhi Min! Zhi Min! 800 01:59:00,300 --> 01:59:04,000 Hey, Zhi Min! Zhi Min! Zhi Min! 801 01:59:04,300 --> 01:59:06,000 Zhi Min! 802 01:59:08,830 --> 01:59:12,250 Don't let it turn to ash... 803 01:59:13,780 --> 01:59:15,880 Don't let it... 804 01:59:26,280 --> 01:59:29,030 Come on, hurry up! 805 01:59:29,180 --> 01:59:33,580 Hurry up. The enemy is coming. The house is burning up. 806 01:59:33,880 --> 01:59:36,799 These! Take these! Please, take these with you! 807 01:59:36,800 --> 01:59:37,580 What's that? 808 01:59:37,581 --> 01:59:40,700 Sutras! These are the precious sutras that Lord Yanhui collected! 809 01:59:40,750 --> 01:59:42,506 There's no place for that garbage here! 810 01:59:42,530 --> 01:59:45,180 I beg you! Even if it's just these few! 811 01:59:45,200 --> 01:59:46,380 Silence! 812 01:59:54,350 --> 01:59:55,600 Watch out. 813 01:59:57,380 --> 02:00:01,579 Someone, help out! The Buddhist sutras will all turn to ash! 814 02:00:01,580 --> 02:00:05,247 It's not just the Buddhist ones! There's centuries of human writings in there! 815 02:00:05,430 --> 02:00:08,680 It's a mountain of books! Please, help out! 816 02:00:09,080 --> 02:00:13,680 They are mine. It took me entire decades to collect them. 817 02:00:14,080 --> 02:00:18,080 They are mine and I won't give them to anyone! 818 02:00:20,930 --> 02:00:24,480 Mine, only mine! 819 02:00:26,280 --> 02:00:32,500 They will burn here, along with me! 820 02:00:32,780 --> 02:00:33,780 No! 821 02:00:36,400 --> 02:00:39,700 They are not yours alone. 822 02:00:40,560 --> 02:00:44,250 These belong to no one. To no single person. 823 02:00:44,630 --> 02:00:47,110 They are mine alone! 824 02:00:50,200 --> 02:00:55,430 They will perish, everything. To think that I should die... 825 02:00:55,580 --> 02:00:59,750 while my treasures remain would be unbearable. 826 02:01:02,230 --> 02:01:07,900 When I die, then everything else must perish, too. 827 02:01:16,430 --> 02:01:17,900 Governor! 828 02:01:19,300 --> 02:01:22,280 All will perish! All! 829 02:01:27,550 --> 02:01:31,130 Hurry, the flames are at the library. 830 02:01:36,230 --> 02:01:37,980 Carry them out! 831 02:01:40,700 --> 02:01:43,830 All of them! Every single one! 832 02:02:29,080 --> 02:02:32,190 Xingde, what are you doing here? 833 02:02:32,220 --> 02:02:35,800 - Please, give me twenty horses. - What do you want them for? 834 02:02:36,830 --> 02:02:39,580 To hide the sutras somewhere safe. 835 02:02:40,280 --> 02:02:42,330 Is that worth dying for? 836 02:02:43,100 --> 02:02:46,400 I don't know. But I must do it. 837 02:02:48,730 --> 02:02:52,550 Buy the horses with this, then. 838 02:02:52,830 --> 02:02:56,430 We have none to spare. But get out of here soon. 839 02:02:59,680 --> 02:03:01,630 I'll go look. 840 02:03:08,750 --> 02:03:11,450 Whose are these? Sell them to me. 841 02:03:11,780 --> 02:03:13,480 So, it's Xingde again! 842 02:03:14,850 --> 02:03:17,050 What are you doing? 843 02:03:17,150 --> 02:03:20,330 Wei Chinguang, I need 20 camels. 844 02:03:20,530 --> 02:03:22,750 Camels, 20 of them? 845 02:03:25,270 --> 02:03:28,240 What are you carrying? 846 02:03:28,780 --> 02:03:30,600 Yanhui's treasures. 847 02:03:31,750 --> 02:03:35,350 Treasures? Twenty camel loads? 848 02:03:35,650 --> 02:03:38,980 Yes, where can we hide them? 849 02:03:42,980 --> 02:03:44,100 They've come! 850 02:03:44,130 --> 02:03:46,230 - I don't think they would. - Hurry up! 851 02:03:47,000 --> 02:03:50,730 Load the most valuable first. 852 02:03:54,450 --> 02:03:55,880 They've come. 853 02:03:57,900 --> 02:04:02,850 Shall we let them come or charge? 854 02:04:03,280 --> 02:04:06,580 Either way we lose. 855 02:04:08,300 --> 02:04:12,310 Let's not make the city suffer more. 856 02:04:15,280 --> 02:04:17,290 Xingde! Xingde! 857 02:04:17,830 --> 02:04:20,180 The city is surrounded. 858 02:04:20,430 --> 02:04:21,800 There's no escape? 859 02:04:22,000 --> 02:04:26,250 We'll charge soon. Then, you escape by the West Gate. 860 02:04:27,340 --> 02:04:29,000 I... 861 02:04:29,340 --> 02:04:30,880 Xingde. 862 02:04:33,550 --> 02:04:38,330 Bury this with the rest. It is our monument. 863 02:04:49,150 --> 02:04:50,280 This is the end? 864 02:04:53,600 --> 02:04:54,900 Farewell. 865 02:06:29,850 --> 02:06:31,800 Hurry. 866 02:06:46,350 --> 02:06:48,880 Just a bit further. 867 02:07:23,280 --> 02:07:25,600 Unload. 868 02:07:28,100 --> 02:07:31,400 Xingde, come with me. 869 02:07:42,650 --> 02:07:46,490 At the back is a small grotto. 870 02:07:47,000 --> 02:07:49,530 Nobody will know. 871 02:08:00,280 --> 02:08:01,900 Here it is. 872 02:08:25,750 --> 02:08:28,950 Dunhuang must be deserted now. 873 02:08:29,100 --> 02:08:32,250 - I'll go have a look. - Yes! 874 02:08:32,730 --> 02:08:36,050 Let's carry them in. 875 02:08:54,700 --> 02:08:55,950 Let's go. 876 02:09:00,250 --> 02:09:01,750 Charge! 877 02:09:06,130 --> 02:09:08,610 Charge! Charge! 878 02:09:09,830 --> 02:09:13,530 Charge! 879 02:09:24,130 --> 02:09:25,880 Follow me! 880 02:09:27,100 --> 02:09:29,930 Captain Wangli! 881 02:10:27,550 --> 02:10:31,650 - Wang Lixiong! Wang Lixiong! - Here, sir! 882 02:10:33,530 --> 02:10:35,500 Let's get Yuanhao! 883 02:10:36,280 --> 02:10:38,330 Let's go! 884 02:10:56,000 --> 02:10:58,850 There's little left. Hang in there. 885 02:11:46,650 --> 02:11:49,880 Li Yuanhao! 886 02:11:51,850 --> 02:11:56,150 You will not mark your name in history. 887 02:12:32,280 --> 02:12:34,280 Wait. 888 02:12:51,080 --> 02:12:54,980 Put this in, too. 889 02:13:07,200 --> 02:13:09,050 Thank you. 890 02:14:06,000 --> 02:14:08,400 We charged three times, 891 02:14:09,430 --> 02:14:12,430 but we could not reach him. 892 02:14:13,350 --> 02:14:17,050 We have no more strength. 893 02:14:17,700 --> 02:14:21,380 We must give up. 894 02:14:25,600 --> 02:14:27,380 Don't come near! 895 02:14:29,500 --> 02:14:33,430 For some time, I have thought that this... 896 02:14:33,780 --> 02:14:36,100 is a worthy way to die. 897 02:15:19,630 --> 02:15:21,150 Yang Jun! 898 02:15:23,100 --> 02:15:25,350 We hid them all! 899 02:15:26,830 --> 02:15:29,960 Now, no one will find them. 900 02:15:30,500 --> 02:15:32,080 You killed them? 901 02:15:32,730 --> 02:15:39,680 You promised to give me that necklace. 902 02:15:40,380 --> 02:15:42,680 Why did you do it? 903 02:15:47,500 --> 02:15:51,550 They would have known the location. 904 02:15:52,950 --> 02:15:59,150 And you will die, too, unless you give me the necklace. 905 02:16:00,750 --> 02:16:03,650 You fool. What have you done? 906 02:16:06,830 --> 02:16:09,250 This was no treasure. 907 02:16:10,480 --> 02:16:14,200 What? What did you say? 908 02:16:16,300 --> 02:16:20,180 It was no treasure... just paper. 909 02:16:20,630 --> 02:16:22,040 Paper? 910 02:16:22,530 --> 02:16:24,030 I don't believe it! 911 02:16:24,830 --> 02:16:30,080 Yes, to you, sutras and books are just paper. 912 02:16:31,780 --> 02:16:34,050 You deceived me! 913 02:17:04,930 --> 02:17:08,080 Give me the necklace! Give me it! 914 02:17:15,830 --> 02:17:18,250 Let go! The horses! 915 02:17:20,250 --> 02:17:22,700 Let go! 916 02:19:41,930 --> 02:19:45,450 Thus, after 900 years passed, 917 02:19:51,180 --> 02:19:54,030 on the last year of the 19th century, 918 02:19:54,130 --> 02:19:57,550 over 40,000 thousand buried books, 919 02:19:57,600 --> 02:20:01,260 sutras and paintings, were discovered. 920 02:20:03,400 --> 02:20:08,750 However, neglecting the wishes of those who buried them, 921 02:20:08,800 --> 02:20:14,050 most of those findings were taken away by expedition teams from Russia, England, France and Japan. 922 02:20:14,280 --> 02:20:20,550 The ones that were left in China amount to just short of 10,000 items. 923 02:20:21,480 --> 02:20:25,450 However, the finding of those buried treasures... 924 02:20:25,500 --> 02:20:30,080 was called the most important cultural anthropological discovery of the century. 925 02:20:30,750 --> 02:20:36,930 It was such a discovery that it led to the establishment of a new field of study, called Dunhuangology. 926 02:20:39,380 --> 02:20:44,700 Regarding those involved in the burying of these treasures, who lost their lives, 927 02:20:45,000 --> 02:20:47,330 history has nothing to say. 928 02:20:50,250 --> 02:21:03,300 Cave 272 (Northern Liang) Painting of Musical Performance at the Celestial Palace 929 02:21:03,800 --> 02:21:17,800 Cave 275 (Northern Liang) Statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya Crossing Legs 930 02:21:18,300 --> 02:21:31,450 Cave 249 (Western Wei) Painting of a King Asura 931 02:21:32,180 --> 02:21:45,630 Cave 249 (Western Wei) Painting of Siddhartha Giving a Lecture 932 02:21:46,180 --> 02:21:59,780 Cave 254 (Northern Wei) Painting of a Demon Summons 933 02:22:00,600 --> 02:22:14,180 Cave 158 (Middle Tang) Painting of the Suffering of Buddhist Monks 934 02:22:14,980 --> 02:22:28,450 Cave 158 (Middle Tang) Painting of the Suffering of the Princes of Each Country 935 02:22:45,350 --> 02:22:54,580 Cave 112 (Middle Tang) Painting of Entertainer Playing Pipa