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I want to

ask you a favour for our son.

Your Majesty, please leave him a word of advice.

Are you afraid that I won't come back?

How dare you?

Tell him.

His father is a man who prioritises

the country's affairs over everything.

Greetings, King of Han.

Greetings, King of Han.

Greetings, King of Han.

Greetings, King of Han.

Greetings, King of Han.

Greetings, King of Han.

Here.

Tidy this place up.

His Highness is going to meet someone.

Both of you get out of here!

Yes.

Why did you tell them this?

Then what should we do?

Your old comrades

know that you are

freed from captivity.

They're here to pay respect to you.

I can't be shooing them off, right?

Besides,

you're already being rude by refusing to go out.

From now on,

don't see any visitors.

Hide if we can.

Your Highness.

Why are you acting weirdly?

Don't be so paranoid.

Last night you were drunk

and talked nonsense.

You've frightened me badly.

What's wrong?

You're free from captivity now.

You were granted with so many things.

How can you explain this then?

Besides, everyone is saying that

Your Highness is venerable and highly respected.

Even the Emperor

has to pay you some respect.

This kid is fortunate.

The Oirat invaded our country

and ruined my plot.

Your Highness.

For the sake of our children,

please don't get yourself into trouble again.

Enough.

From now on, every visitor who pays a visit,

remember their names

and tell me later.

Report! The Three Thousand Division is on its move.

Report!

Oirat's army is just

a thousand steps away from our army.

The vanguards are preparing for war.

Report!

The Oirat's vanguards are surrounded by our army.

Your Majesty.

Our army has besieged the Oirat's vanguards.

Your Majesty, please give your instructions.

Don't let them go.

Kill them all.

Force their army's main force to step out.

Yes.

Yes.

I'll lead the Middle Army to attack.

If we don't attack it now

we'll lose to them.

Sound the bugle.

Order the vanguards to come back.

Sound the bugle.

Withdraw the troops.

We'll retreat for fifty miles.

Your Majesty.

Where do you think this sneaky Mahamud

hides his

main forces?

Now, the ministers in Imperial Court

have submitted the documents

to ask Your Majesty to withdraw the troops.

We've been fighting against

the enemy for a long time.

Our country's resources has been depleted.

Recently, the Imperial Court has some disturbance too.

Write a letter on behalf of me.

Then, send the letter to Tatar

and Arughtai.

Inform them that

this war

I'm fighting for the trades.

As long as they don't interfere with the trades

and doesn't rob at the border,

I will call back my troops immediately.

We can trade among each other in the future.

They can trade their horses

and fur to anything.

Isn't this better?

There's no letter for Mahamud Khan.

Seems like Your Majesty

is not going to let him go.

Mahamud is different from the others.

I've questioned the guards at Xifengkou,

The Oirat isn't very skilful at their

Scaling Ladder Battering Ram Tactic,

but they are making small achievements.

Besides,

according to the Northern Imperial Police secret report,

Mahamud has spent a large amount of money

to bribe the blacksmiths from our Firearms Bureau,

and purchase the raw iron.

They are plotting to build firearms and cannons.

This old man is becoming clever.

As long as he's not dead,

our border will never be peaceful.

At last, this sneaky old man

crawl out from the hole.

Arughtai,

Uriyangqa and Tatars,

they've moved to the

both wings of our army.

The path to

the Great Wall is blocked.

Our supply can't be sent here too.

The time has not yet come,

he will not appear.

Your Majesty.

The emissary of the Oirat is here.

Please arise. State your purpose.

On behalf of Mahamud Khan,

I challenge war to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

-This is absurd. -This is so arrogant.

They're so rude.

This is so arrogant.

Okay.

How does he want to fight?

I heard that the Three Thousand Division

is skilled at cavalry tactic.

Mahamud Khan is obliged to lead his Middle Army

to fight with the Three Thousand Division.

If we lost,

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty can do anything to us.

If Mahamud Khan wins

Your Majesty, for your whole life,

you are not allowed to step out of the Great Wall.

This is so rude.

This is sheer effrontery!

How is that reasonable?

Nonsense indeed!

How dare you!

This is too much.

Mahamud Khan wants to

settle this once and for all.

Okay.

I heard that Mahamud Khan's

Middle Army has 8000 soldiers.

They are all great warriors.

I'll pick 8000 soldiers from my

Three Thousand Division.

And I'll personally lead the army to fight.

How is it?

This can't be done.

Your Majesty.

Why make such a bet?

We can easily

wipe them out with firearms.

Go back and tell Mahamud

I'll see him on the battlefield.

Your Majesty.

I'll replace you and fight tomorrow.

Please reconsider this, Your Majesty.

Please reconsider this, Your Majesty.

For tomorrow's war,

Fan Zhong or Zhang Yi Chen can be used to substitute you.

Your Majesty,

you don't need to go to this extend.

We have Divine Machine Division,

and we have cannons.

To put our strengths aside,

just to fight for the emperor's pride.

Your Majesty,

isn't that too impulsive?

Since when Yu Qin's word

carries no edges at all?

You should just say that I'm being foolish.

Yes.

Cannons and firearms can defeat the enemy.

But the more the people die,

the harder it is to appease the people outside the border.

My grandfather went on five expeditions,

but none of it return with merit.

That is all because of this.

Besides, not to forget

that this doesn't match with

our intention for tradings.

Mahamud regards himself

for having a unbeatable cavalry.

Okay.

I want to defeat him in cavalry,

and get rid of his wild delusions.

By this way,

the rest of the tribes will surrender without war.

Your emperor

isn't someone prideful who loves taking credit.

Grandfather.

Father.

Please have a good look on

tomorrow's battle.

I fight for the both of you.

I won't lose to them.

I won't lose to you either.

Please bless Zhongyuan.

Dear God,

please protect me.

Defeat the Ming's army.

Cross the Great Wall.

Let me have a glance at today's military report.

There's no military report anymore.

Tomorrow is the final war.

If there's an error,

in a blink of an eye, there'll be a tempestuous wave.

His Majesty has made up his mind.

Let's leave it all to God.

The greatness of the Ming's army!

The greatness of the General!

The greatness of the Ming's army!

Long live the Emperor!

The greatness of the Ming's army!

Long live the Emperor!

Soldiers.

Today,

under the military flag of Ming Dynasty.

Under the sun and moon,

we will fight with the main forces of our enemy.

The land under our feet.

Since Emperor Taizong's

five northern expeditions,

three generations of soldiers splattered their heroic blood here.

At this moment,

they're high above,

watching us.

The enemies in front of us

are holding the bends.

Even in their dreams

they're dreaming to destroy our bones

and bury them in their ranch

to fertilise their land.

They've ruined our houses.

They've trampled on our land.

They did these

a hundred years ago.

Now they're here again.

I don't care whether you're afraid or not.

We are left with no choice.

If you retreat,

our ancestors

will cry underneath the ground.

Because their worthless offspring

due to their cowardice,

lost their land which they've

traded with their fresh blood.

Once you retreat,

your wives, children and elders,

they will become slaves.

For the rest of their life, they'll be bullied and suffer.

Before sunset,

a lot of people will die.

This is my last order to you.

If you see me

falling down from the horse.

Don't grieve.

Don't stop fighting.

Follow the military flag closely.

Hold your spear and sway your sword.

Fight till you die.

The sun and the moon are always here!

The Ming Dynasty is always here!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

The Consort has given birth to a baby.

God bless the mother and son, they're both safe and sound.

Inform the Empress Dowager.

There will be a reward for sure.

Let's go!

Let's go!

Snatch his flag!

Kill!

Hurry!

Your Majesty.

I'm leading the Tatar,

Uriyangqa,

Arughtai

to surrender to Your Majesty!

We hope Your Majesty will permit us to do so.

I accept your surrender.

May the Great Wall and beyond

will be like a family.

There will be no more war.

Long live the Emperor!

Long live the Emperor!

Long live the Emperor!

Long live the Emperor!

Long live!

Long live!

Did you find it?

It's all here.

I've searched through

Mahamud's camp and dug the ground deep.

The things inside,

Your Majesty should see it

after you recover.

Your Majesty.

Why are you seriously injured?

Don't tell anyone

about my injury.

Only you and Fan Zong can know about this.

Inform Yang Shi Qi

to prepare some herbs,

tents and cattle,

to reward the tribes.

You'll have to make a trip

to personally pass those to the shepherds.

Inform them about

the purpose of the trades.

Otherwise,

this war will bring no use.

Your Majesty.

Your lungs must be injured.

Stop talking.

Your Majesty.

I'll follow your order.

All the matters out there,

I'll leave it to you.

Arrival of His Majesty.

Kneel.

Long live the Emperor!

Summon the Minister of Rites, Yu Qian, to read the ritual.

The fifth year during Xuande's reign,

3rd September,

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhan Ji,

is holding a heartfelt ritual,

to remember the deceased

and the spirit of Ming's generals. The Emperor states

This war has been going on for a long time.

It was the enemy who initiated the battle.

At the end of the day, it was an act of the demon,

the cruelty and the chaos.

I've acquired God's words,

and we faced our enemy at the desert.

With our great, courageous soldiers,

we've win against the enemy!

With the strength of the brave, we've defeated the outrageous invaders.

The sound of bamboos breaking

indicates that the apes have lost their habitat.

The men and soldiers

are the best of the nine provinces.

The ministers and generals

are all heroes of the four seas.

Some of you might have lost your home,

lost your lives,

or are injured by swords.

It has been a long night.

Those who are alive are courageous.

Those who are dead will be remembered forever.

I've came back with victory today.

Peace will shine upon the world.

The spirits are still here,

they'll listen to our prayers.

Follow my flag and the footsteps of my troops,

we'll go back to our homeland.

With the separation of relations,

and the sacrifice of the families.

Don't be a ghost at the foreign land,

and don't let the spirits wander at the foreign land.

I'll take the initiative

to place them in the temples.

Blessings to the rest of the families as well,

every year they'll be provided with food and clothes.

And every month, they'll be given salary.

I'll grant rewards

to comfort all of you.

Those who are alive will be invulnerable.

Those who have deceased will be brought to justice.

This is to show my sincerity.

To show respect to the ritual.

Alas, with all griefs and sorrow!

Long live the Emperor!

Bring along the soldiers' remains.

Send them back to their hometown and comfort their families.

We came together.

We'll go back together too.

Let's go home!

Let's go home!

Let's go home!

Let's go home!

Let's go to the west plateau.

Only thirteen of us are left.

Thirteen sets of armours.

Thirteen sabers.

We can conquer the world again with these.

Congratulations, Your Highness.

The Empress has delivered a prince.

Both of them are safe.

Congratulations, Your Highness.

Write this in the military reports to inform His Majesty that

his two sons are waiting for him at home.

The grassland's weather is cold.

Tell him to come home as soon as possible.

Yes.

Grandfather.

Father.

I'm home.

This war,

I've won.

For no reason,

recently I dreamt

lesser and lesser of you.

I miss you both.

Now, I have sons too.

When they grow older,

I'll bring them here to bow to you.

Please bless them

like you've blessed me.

Mother.

Mother.

I'm here to bow to you.

You didn't get hurt, right?

They only told me after the war that

you led the battle in person.

I almost fainted hearing that.

A lot of people were protecting me.

I'm fine.

If I knew that you would

put your own life at stake,

I won't sent you off.

How did you promise me

when you left?

When grandfather led the military expedition,

he led the army too.

At last, I...

That was your grandfather, not you!

He didn't have a mother

waiting for him at home.

I'm sorry, mother.

I promise you,

I won't do

dangerous things anymore.

We've won this battle.

We're going to have peace for a few decades.

I'll stay

by your side and

be a filial son.

If you didn't keep your promise again,

I'll go to the battlefield

to drag you back.

Okay.

Have you seen your sons yet?

When I returned, I visited the temple right away,

then only I come to you.

I haven't seen them yet.

Hurry up!

What kind of father are you?

Aren't you afraid of the complaints?

The first month party for

both children are not held yet.

Today onwards,

everything has to be

put aside.

Choose a nice day.

We'll celebrate this

together with joy.

The first month party are not held yet.

What happened?

Gao Xu.

Your second uncle.

His former followers,

at this period of time,

they feel sorry for not speaking up.

They've came to me.

Did they talk bad things about me?

It's my fault.

I've admitted in front of him about

his accusation

at grandfather's funeral.

The day when you've admitted to him,

there were a lot of people out there.

The words are spreading.

At first,

I wanted to inform you later.

But you already knew about this, right?

I've returned.

We'll come out with a plan soon.

Arrival of His Majesty!

Your Majesty has returned!

Why didn't someone notify me?

It's okay.

I've been moving faster than the army.

Due to this,

the Empress Dowager has lectured me.

This is my son.

Your Majesty, have a look at him.

His eye features look like me.

I've just told Yu Er that

his father has won the war.

He is going to study and learn martial arts too.

He'll follow Your Majesty to rule the country.

Have you seen Ruo Wei's baby?

I've seen her baby at the Empress Dowager's place.

Her baby is bigger,

healthier and fitter.

The Empress Dowager told me that

the first month party for both babies

are not held yet.

She wants me to pick a date.

We'll discuss about this together.

We have a blissful celebration.

As you wish.

Your Majesty.

The Consort is here.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

I am fine.

I'll have a look at our baby first.

Come.

Let me have a look at you,

are you

a potential warrior?

He's still so small,

how can you tell?

Follow after me.

Okay.

Come.

Sit tight.

Look at my son.

He's looking like a real emperor.

Your Majesty.

Don't make a joke like this.

My son,

your mother has a bad temper.

Does she scare you?

You're sleepy.

The Empress is loyal.

I think you're the one who's loyal to me.

The Empress Dowager has an order.

Your Majesty shall pick a day,

so that we can

celebrate both babies's

first month party together.

Your Majesty, have you done picking?

I already have it in my mind.

When the date is fixed,

we'll have our own

private celebration together.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

I am fine.

If there's anything, tell me about it tomorrow.

Okay?

Come.

Bring the baby back to the palace first.

That's my grandnephew.

What's the secret report? Submit it to me.

Your Majesty.

My secret report

can't be written in words.

It's all my fault.

The Empress, King of Han...

You said the Empress and King of Han...

Is there any way to make King of Han

disappear from this world?

Grandfather.

What should I do then?

Quick!

Let's go.

Second uncle's family members

are spreading rumours.

I've tolerated their actions.

His followers in the Royal Court

have submitted memorials

to condemn me as an useless Emperor,

I didn't penalised them.

Not even a single one.

I've tolerated their actions, once again.

Search.

He wasn't comfortable with the lock-up,

so I lifted the ban.

I went out to

fight for the country.

This should makes him

gains his conscience, right?