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♫ Nowhere to escape. ♫

♫ No bough to alight. ♫

♫ Retrograde with smile. ♫

♫ Never give in. ♫

♫ Forget about the youth. ♫

♫ I’ve never been afraid of loneliness. ♫

♫ I also shed the tears of regret. ♫

♫ But my heart is still fiery-hot. ♫

♫ To the distance. ♫

♫ The miserable past is like a dagger. ♫

♫ Though my wings are broken, ♫

♫ I will keep flying. ♫

♫ Following the light, ♫

♫ I’ll forget you. ♫

♫ The memory shaped my stubbornness. ♫

♫ By virtue of the light in the dark night, ♫

♫ I’ll return it with a long ballad. ♫

♫ The river of life is under my feet. ♫

♫ I don’t regret my craziness. ♫

The Long Ballad

Episode 37

I came to Mobei to find gromwell.

Because the plague has hit Eagle Division.

But meanwhile, Khan’s Tent has blocked all the access to gromwell.

What does this mean?

It means that Khan’s Tent has abandoned Eagle Division.

What we should do now is to form an alliance.

Whether Eagle Division’ll live or die

is none of our business.

The man saw me, apparently.

He also recognized me.

But why did he seem so calm?

That was because he saw the leaders of Monan and Mobei

with the military counsellor of Eagle Division.

He must’ve seen that as a sign of

political collusion beween you and Eagle Division.

If we let him go back, I’m afraid you’ll be facing your doom.

No.

As long as we tie you up

and let the messenger hand you over to Khan’s Tent,

we’ll be able to prove our innocence.

Fine.

You can tie me up.

Together with your mother and your daughter.

Father.

What are you going to do?

I’m gonna kill him.

Stop there.

What? You want to stop me?

This is Mobei.

You, King of Monan, are in no place to give orders here.

Yes.

Go!

Get out of the way!

Stop!

Stop! Stop!

King, we’ve brought back his body.

Get rid of it.

I don’t want to see him ever again.

Yes.

You’ve killed the messenger.

You can’t hush a thing like this up.

That’s all because of you.

Me?

You think they wouldn’t conscript your people if I were not here?

That they wouldn’t take Zhenzhu and your mother as hostage?

That Khan’s Tent would show you mercy?

It’s not just you.

Eagle Division has always been loyal to Khan’s Tent,

risking their lives.

And look where we end up.

Enough.

We’re dying anyway.

Tujia, let’s go home.

Father! Father!

But it’s not necessarily a dead end.

Didn’t I just say that we could form an alliance?

That’s easy for you to say.

You haven’t even tried. Why are you so certain that we’ll fail?

Please let my people go.

As long as Eagle Division has gromwell and be safe,

I’ll persuade Ashile Sun

to form an alliance between you and Eagle Division.

What if you’re just lying to us?

Then I’ll stay here and tell you how to defend against Khan’s Tent.

King, please let my people leave with gromwell.

Changge offered to be held hostage.

She can’t come out.

So I’m here to see you off instead.

The gromwell you want has been loaded.

She wants you to lead the convoy

and carry gromwell back to Eagle Division.

Me?

I can’t.

Why can’t you?

She thinks you can.

Don’t you believe in yourself?

Senior Qin will help you.

But Changge offered to be held hostage here.

It worries me.

She only did so to assure the King of Mobei.

Khan’s Tent has issued the order of forced conscription in Monan and Mobei.

They also want to take us as hostages.

They’ve pushed us too far.

Father and King of Mobei intend to lead a revolt.

The top priority now

is to persuade Eagle Division into forming an alliance

against Khan’s Tent.

That’s the only way to keep Changge safe.

So you must take the message back immediately.

Ms. Mi, since Young Master has got this plan,

we need to go back as soon as possible.

Let’s set off now.

Kid, goodbye then.

Let’s go.

Don’t worry.

I’m always as good as my word.

They’ll leave here unchallenged.

Now you can tell us how to defend against Ashile Tribe.

No more tolerance nor infighting.

Monan and Mobei are the biggest tribes over the whole area.

As long as you unite together,

you won’t have to fear Ashile Tribe anymore.

You want me to work with him?

Not a chance.

This is not a time for rash actions.

If you have zero intention of forming an alliance,

you wouldn’t have dashed out to get that messenger.

What if Mobei is willing to give back your ancestral homeland?

I didn’t say that.

It’s not too late for you to say so.

Only if you dismiss the old grievance

will you fight side by side in the future.

Have you ever thought about

the consequences of failure?

The game is never really set.

I regret it now.

At least Monan would survive if we just give in.

Zhenzhu once told me that her father is the bravest men in the world.

My father is the invincible, undefeatble God of War.

He would never fear Ashile Tribe.

He’ll lead the bravest warriors in Monan and conquer Khan’s Tent.

Am I right, father?

If you say so.

With all that going on, when you can’t even protect your own families,

are you really going to keep giving in?

Tolerance is no way to avoid conflicts.

The war is threatening.

Are you really going to turn a blind eye to it?

I’ll return your ancestral homeland to you.

Monan has an army of 20000.

How about you?

Less than 30000.

More than that.

We need to gain more allies.

If the whole desert area unite together,

we’ll be having an army of more than 50000.

Princess.

What happened?

Mobei and Monan rose up against us.

Adong was killed.

The ones we sent to keep an eye on Li Changge

has sent the message back that Eagle Division has got gromwell.

Mobei sent a special convoy for it.

They’re heading back to Eagle Division now.

Li Changge persuaded Mobei to unite with Monan.

How surprising.

I guess Eagle Division will also rebel against us.

I should’ve killed her at that time.

Oh,

when will Sher and Tu Kashe be back?

I followed your order.

I sent a secret order in Great Khan’s name

to Bear Division and Wolf Division and deployed them along the border.

They should’ve been back by now.

Summon Bear Division to Khan’s Tent now.

As for Sher, he doesn’t have to know about it now.

Yes.

Well, that Mimi Guli might come in handy now.

Where are you going at this hour, Princess?

I’m still a little worried.

Before Sher and Tu Kashe come back,

I want to make sure that Yanli can’t talk.

Water.

Help.

Water.

Why are you here?

Where’s Jinse?

I haven’t seen her for ages.

I’m afraid you can’t see her ever again.

What happened to her?

She’s dead.

You killed her.

I’ll be the only one

who’s there for you.

What are you trying to do?

You once said that

you’ll get justice for me and Sui Family.

Does that still count?

Because of your promise, I took the risk

and removed the hidden peril for you.

Or, how did you think you came into power?

That... That’s all because you took the liberty.

It was you who killed my brother.

It had nothing to do with me.

No one really cares about the truth.

What matters is

it is you, Ashile Chuobi,

who is on the throne now.

You’re trying to...

Now that you’re seriously ill,

I’ll do what you ought to do

on your behalf.

You want to kill me.

Like what you did to my brother.

Ashile Tribe won’t... won’t let you get away.

That’s none of your concern.

Don’t worry. I know what to do with Eagle Division and Bear Division.

What... What about Wolf Division?

You want to support Sher?

He... he’s just a callow youth.

Ashile Tribe won’t obey him.

And that’s why

I won’t kill you now.

I’m gonna keep you alive

so that you’ll call the shots for me.

I... I will tell Sher.

I’ll let him know that his mother is such a monster.

I suggest that you stop struggling.

The more you intake,

the more severe your poisoning will get.

It must be so hard for you

to be controlled by others

and not at liberty.

Help...

Don’t say things that you shouldn’t have.

From now on,

I’ll be your mouth.

What do we do now?

I can’t force the medicine down his throat.

If we can’t bring down his fever,

I’m afraid he wouldn’t be able to survive tonight.

And even if we save him from death, he might lose his minds.

So he still has a chance of surviving

as long as we can bring down his fever tonight, right?

What are you going to do?

Mu Jin! Mu Jin!

Mu Jin.

Finally, you’re awake.

Where am I?

I feel so cold. So cold.

Mu Jin, we can’t bring down your fever.

So I must cool you down now.

Just hang on.

Changge will be here soon.

Together with Mimi.

Mimi will lead the convoy back here with gromwell.

Mimi,

I like her so much.

Sun,

promise me

that you’ll take care of her.

What are you talking about?

Stay alive.

Take care of her yourself.

You hear me?

Do you remember that once when we were kids, we went hunting

and got caught in a snowstorm?

We were so cold and thirsty.

We almost died in that snowy cave.

It was you who told me to hang in there.

You said someone would come rescue us.

In the end, someone did came.

Yes.

I didn’t lie to you at that time.

And I won’t this time, okay?

I’m sure you can survive this.

Listen to me,

just hang in there.

Don’t fall asleep.

I lost my mother and father when I was little.

I was brought up in the slave camp.

If you hadn’t saved me,

I’m afraid I might’ve been dead a long time ago.

Why are you saying these things?

If it wasn’t for you, I must’ve died 1000 times.

Mu Jin, come on,

sober up. Don’t fall asleep.

Mu Jin!

Sober up!

Mu Jin!

Mu Jin!

Don’t you fall asleep, Mu Jin!

I know perfectly well

that I can’t survive this time.

Mu Jin!

Mu Jin!

Mu Jin! Come on!

Mu Jin!

Mu Jin!

Don’t sleep, Mu Jin!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Stop!

If we continue on our journey,

our horses would die of tiredness.

Let’s take a rest here for two hours

and grab a bite.

Well, I’ll go gather some wood and make a fire.

Okay.

Destroy the gromwell and Buzhen can live.

Hand me the water.

Here, take it.

On guard.

Wolves.

Xu Feng, Shiba, you two protect Ms. Mi and the gromwell.

You guys leave first.

- Yes. - Yes.

The rest of us, cover for them with me.

Senior Qin, Yes!

Watch out!

Come on.

Go!

Shiba!

Stop!

Here you are.

I... I...

Young Master believes in you.

So do I.

- But I can’t... - You can!

I’ll hold the pursuers with Shiba.

Mu Jin is waiting for you.

Go now!

Go!

Go!

Are you okay?

Let’s go.

Stop!

Destroy the gromwell and Buzhen can live.

I promise

I’ll take gromwell back.

Mimi,

I like you.

No.

I can’t lose Mu Jin.

No!

Go!

You’re awake.

Don’t move.

You lost much blood.

Help me up.

Slowly. Watch out.

I had a hard job getting you all wrapped up.

Don’t rip it open.

I didn’t mean to touch you.

But I couldn’t leave you by the road and watch by.

I know you wouldn’t want to,

but just think of me as a cushion and lean on me for a while.

Senior Qin is on his way to chase after Mimi.

They should be arriving at Eagle Division now.

I made a straw matress for you.

It’ll be more comfortable when you’re riding horse later.

Then we should set out now.

Let me put it on first.

Did you hurt your legs?

No.

They’re just numb.

Sun,

Taoist Sun has done all he can.

Don’t make things difficult for him.

Shut up.

Don’t start with that negative talk.

Sun,

help me up.

I want to see the sunrise one more time.

Sun,

there’s something I want to tell you.

I’m afraid I won’t have the chance to say it later.

You’re my only friend

my whole life.

Don’t sacrifice yourself for nothing.

For all these years,

you’ve been repaying Great Khan’s kindness.

But it’s all over now.

I’m sorry that I’ve failed you, bro.

But from now on, you’re all they got for Eagle Division.

There is just one more thing.

I want you to take care of Mimi Guli.

She really had a hard time.

If you die, I won’t take care of her.

You will.

You’re just being stubborn.

You’re firm in your speech and soft in your heart.

I know you so well.

Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Mu Jin...

Go!

Go!

Taoist.

Absence seizure leads to death.

Look at him.

Do you think he still has consciousness?

But you said gromwell would save him.

And where is it?

♫ We drifted apart ♫

♫ The sand fell through the fingers ♫

Mu Jin, I didn’t promise you anything.

You hear me?

You’re supposed to take care of her yourself!

You hear me?

Mu Jin!

♫ Those were the days ♫

♫ we spent together ♫

We’re back!

We’ve got gromwell back!

Get out of the way! Out of the way!

♫ I was left behind ♫

♫ I’ll move on with smile ♫

♫ along the rest of the way ♫

♫ My tears turned into sand ♫

Mu Jin!

Mu Jin.

Don’t scare me.

♫ I miss you so bad ♫

Wake up, Mu Jin.

Don’t scare me like that.

♫ I wonder ♫

You’re an asshole!

You promised you’d wait till I get back!

Wake up! Wake up!

Stop crying.

He still has one breath left.

Go make medicine for him now!

Come on!

Get out of the way!

♫ I’m always haunted ♫

♫ by the memories we had ♫

♫ The journey we shared ♫

♫ I can’t ask for more than that ♫

♫ I turned away ♫

♫ not daring to look back ♫

♫ Forget it. Have you forgotten ♫

♫ How can I ever forget? ♫

♫ I remember your silhouette ♫

♫ See you again in my next life ♫

♫ Even if a handful of sand is all I have ♫

♫ I’d be able to ♫

♫ share a moment with you ♫

You’re so ill and weak.

Be a lamb and take your medicine.

Don’t force yourself to speak.

By the way, Khan,

I’ve got a good news for you.

We’ll move our capital.

I’ve given the order on your behalf.

Lei Meng begs an audience with Great Khan.

Come on in.

Khatun.

Don’t mind him.

Just say it.

I’m sorry.

They brought back gromwell.

Then I guess we can’t count on Mimi Guli.

Then shall we kill Buzhen?

The best timing to kill someone

is something you need to think about.

Khan, don’t worry.

I won’t kill you now.

To deal with Eagle Division, we can’t just wager on Mimi Guli alone.

I will think of something else.

Have you decided on the troop sent to Mobei?

Bear Division has just arrived here.

Tu Kashe is waiting outside Khan’s Tent right now.

Khan,

would you like to meet Tu Kashe?

Khan, Khatun, this is Tu Khashe.

Tegin Tu Kashe, you can stand up.

Thank you, Khatun.

This is the edict written by Great Khan himself.

I’m just a woman.

I’m in no place to read that.

Take a look yourself.

Yes, Khatun.

Khan,

I’ve always been waiting for a historic victory.

This time, I’ll put down the rebellion in Mobei.

I won’t let you down, Khan.

Khan,

you can count on me.

Tegin Tu Kashe will go all out to fulfill this task.

Tegin Tu Kashe,

it’s time for Khan to take medicine.

Then if you’ll excuse me.

Khan, take care.

You want to seek help?

Tegin Tu Kashe can’t wait to fight the war

so that he could take credit for Bear Division.

He’s in no mood

to read your facial expressions.

He’s not Ashile Sun.

You miss your son?

What a pity.

You might not be able to see him ever agin.

Senior Qin, where’s Changge?

And why are Xu Feng and Shiba not here, either?

We were under attack on our way here.

Shiba was wounded.

She and Xu Feng will be arriving here soon.

As for Young Master...

What happened to her?

Young Master offered to be held hostage

so that we could take gromwell back successfully.

She stayed in Mobei.

Why?

Khan’s Tent delivered conscription notices in Mobei and Monan.

They also wanted to hold the two kings’ mother and daughter in custody.

Instead of giving in to oppression, it’s better to form an alliance.

Young Master promised King of Mobei

that she’d persuade you into forming this joint force.

She offered to be held hostage.

That was why King of Mobei would let us go.

I see.

Well...

I understand your concerns about fighting against Khan.

You can discuss it with Young Master when you see her.

Come on.

Does it still hurt? Your hand?

Does it taste good?

Yeah.

I remember every word you said that day before you left.

Forget about it.

No way.

A promise is a promise.

You can’t take it back.

Sun.

I’ll go to decoct the herb soup for you.

Alright.

You can come in now.

I suppose you were in a haste when you put the bandage on.

It did stop the bleeding.

But still, it was rouly done.

I must’ve hurt you a bit when I changed your dressing, right?

No. Thank you.

You’re welcome.

If you need any help, feel free to tell me.

No need to be courteous.

We Eagle Division owe a lot to you.

Thank you, Auntie.

Have some rest.

I have some errands to run.

Okay.

- Thank you. - You’re welcome.

Does it still hurt?

Much better now.

Well, then.

Come here.

Come on.

Sit.

Why don’t you wrap it up?

I haven’t had time to do so.

Let me help you.

Does it hurt?

No.

I’ll be gentle.

Alright.

I’ve applied medicine for you.

But... you haven’t even had my wound dressed.

Well...

Just... Just do it yourself.

We’ve just caught our breath for a while.

And now they want us to march against the desert tribes.

What do you think?

Changge is in Mobei now.

If I don’t go there,

someone else will.

"Bear Division will fight with us", they say.

As I see it,

they’re only sending Bear Division to spy on you.

I guess we have to play it by ear now.

Mu Jin,

you’ve just recovered from the plague.

You’d better not go to Mobei.

Come on, brotherhood means a lot to me.

I’ll always be by your side, my friend.

Come to think of it,

Changge’s proposal is not entirely infeasible.

What advice?

Khan’s Tent is no longer what it used to be.

Yeah, you should’ve thought of some way out.

Great Khan was indeed kind to you.

But now you owe him nothing.

Khatun.

Tegin Tu Kashe, you can stand up now.

Thank you, Khatun.

Khatun, may I ask why you’d summon me here at this hour?

Great Khan has a secret order for you.

Now, Great Khan is seriously ill.

You’ve seen that.

Everything seems to be calm and smooth in Khan’s Tent today.

But actually, there is more at stake here.

It’s facing both inside turmoil and foreign invasion.

I know about the "foreign invasion".

But what do you mean by "inside turmoil"?

I’m just a woman.

I know nothing about military affairs inside Khan’s Tent.

But I once heard Great Khan say that

among Bear, Eagle and Wolf Division,

Eagle Division is the strongest one.

Too bad they swear loyalty to Ashile Sun,

not Khan Yanli.

Indeed.

If it wasn’t for me, Ashile Sun must’ve revolted a long time ago.

Now Great Khan’s seriously ill.

No one is in charge of the Khan’s Tent.

I’m worried that if Eagle Division rises in rebellion...

Khatun, don’t worry.

If so, I will definitely confront him till the end.

No, no, that won’t work.

Tegin,

if you confront him, you’ll suffer heavy casualties.

So you’re saying...

Khan sent me to give his order that

this time when you quell the disturbances in Mobei,

you could simply rely on Eagle Division and just reap the benefits.

Got it.

Then...

I’m leaving now.

I understand now.

Princess, you’re trying to have Tu Kashe kill Ashile Sun.

That is a great trick, indeed.

Ashile Sun has always been the mortal enemy to Tu Kashe.

All I’m doing is to make use of that.

It’s just...

What’s your most concern?

Tu Kashe is crude and rash.

I’m afraid he’ll ruin our plan eventually.

Send some assassins to keep an eye on him.

If he fails,

I want you to order those assassins to get rid of Ashile Sun.

Make sure he’s dead.

I’ll get on with it now.

Shesheti Tribe Chumuwei Tribe Huluwu Tribe

What are these?

These places circled in red ink are the ones that are willing to

make friends with your father and King of Mobei.

Now those tribes have sent out their troops on the way here.

They’ll arrive in Mobei in two days.

There may be about 30000 soldiers.

Plus the soldiers we have.

That’ll amount to over 80000.

That’s a lot.

So we’ll win for sure.

Not necessarily.

Why?

We’ve got so many people.

Why can’t we defeat them?

If there’re only two tribes involved, it’ll be easier to deploy.

But this time so many tribes are involved.

This is a newly raised regiment without much adjustment.

We can’t be sure about its fighting capacity,

When you’re on the battlefield, the outcome of the war

is based more on the tactics used and its morale.

If it’s founded on quicksand, the size won’t make any difference.

If you can’t do the job, just let me be the leader.

I don’t mind leading the whole regiment alone.

No way.

You want to command the whole army?

Do you want to take this opportunity and plot against Monan?

We’re in the midst of a war.

Stop fighting.

He started it.

Report!

King, Ashile Tribe... Ashile Tribe is mounting an attack.

Which one?

The troops leading the charge hang out the flags of Eagle and Bear Division.

Eagle Division?

Eagle Division is here.

That’d make things much easier now.

♫ The heart gradually responds, ♫

♫ gradually revives, ♫

♫ gradually swims towards you. ♫

♫ Before bidding farewell, ♫

♫ we expect an encounter. ♫

♫ Entwist your figure, ♫

♫ and lock it into my tender dream. ♫

♫ Before the daybreak, ♫

♫ through the obsession of love, ♫

♫ the longing flows. ♫

♫ There’s always a moment ♫

♫ which burns down the wastelands in my heart. ♫

♫ There’s always solicitude ♫

♫ which freezes everything between you and me. ♫

♫ Meet each other in different time. ♫

♫ Encourage each other in different worlds. ♫

♫ My longings become a cocoon, ♫

♫ layer after layer. ♫

♫ It turns into eternity. ♫

♫ The cocoon in the dark night. ♫

♫ There’s always a moment ♫

♫ which burns down the wastelands in my heart. ♫

♫ There’s always solicitude ♫

♫ which freezes everything between you and me. ♫

♫ Meet each other in different time. ♫

♫ Encourage each other in different worlds. ♫

♫ My longings become a cocoon, ♫

♫ layer after layer. ♫

♫ It turns into eternity. ♫

♫ The cocoon in the dark night. ♫

♫ It is sleepless. ♫

The Long Ballad