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[horses neighing]

[men grunting]

[horse neighs sharply][man grunts]

[bird caws]

Ah! [groans]

[yells]

[soldiers chanting]

[speaks Mandarin]

[groaning]

[shouts][horse neighs]

[speaks Mandarin]

[shouts]

[shouting in Mandarin]

[all shouting in Mandarin]

[shouts in Mandarin]

[shouts in Mandarin]

[speaks Mandarin]

[soldiers shouting]

[speaks Mandarin]

[speaks Mandarin]

[shouts in Mandarin]

[shouts in Mandarin]

[both grunting]

[speaks Mandarin]

[speaks Mandarin]

[both grunting]

[both grunting]

[groans]

[soldiers laughing]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[soldiers laughing]

[speaks Mandarin]

[woman singing Mandarin]

[children singing Mandarin]

[singing Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaks Mandarin] Yin Po.

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[men grunting]

[shouting in Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaks Mandarin]

[shouts in Mandarin][chattering]

[chanting]

[shouting in Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[both grunting]

[grunting]

[shouting in Mandarin]

[speaking Mandarin]

[dramatic music playing]

Legion!

We stop!

What do you think, General?

What is our current condition?

Close to 800 soldiers.

Three thousands bows and crossbows altogether.

Horses are thirsty and near exhaustion.

Yes.

If we're gonna have a chance, we need to take them as soon as possible.

Lucius.

Lucius.

Lucius.

Yes, I'm here.

Falco says that you are going to take the city.

Yes, but their captain is very weak, and he doesn't look too bright,

so it won't take long.

Let's have a drink.

I'll wait for your good news when you return.

We're at a new city, place to rest.

[speaks Mandarin]

[speaks Mandarin]

[speaks Mandarin]

[shouting]

[shouts in Mandarin]

Halt!

I'm Lucius, Commanding General Black Eagle Corps, Roman Empire.

Huo An.

General, is there any way no fight?

No.

Go there.

No.

[both grunting]

General Lucius is fighting like a real demigod today.

I don't think there's a man alive that could stand against our mighty general.

[both grunting]

[shouting in Mandarin]

Look out! Sandstorm!

It's a sandstorm!

[whimpers]

General!

[speaking Mandarin]

Hey! Hey, stop!

- What? - Stop! Listen!

Sandstorm coming. Stop fighting.

Drop your weapon.

I'll let you in.

Or we bury here together.

The boy, too.

We need food and water for my men.

Medicine for a child.

And I need a place to think.

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Lucius!

- Lucius. - Here. Here.

I'm here.

Did you win the battle against the Chinese warrior?

He won.

Yes! I knew you'd win.

Because you said the Chinese captain is terrible,

and he even looked stupid.

[screaming]

[soldiers grunting][Publius cries]

Go! Go!

[Publius continues crying]

- You drink? - Of course.

You ever meet a soldier who doesn't drink?

Strong.

Yes, it's lovely.

[sighs]

Where you go tomorrow?

This is a question I've been thinking about constantly.

In Rome,

we are trained to obey, to serve, since we are very young.

When you finally get the opportunity to chose your own path,

you realize there's nowhere to go.

Do Chinese soldiers feel the same way?

No, we're different.

Why?

You train kill people.

We train to save people.

I make Silk Road peace.

Peace is a dream.

I just wanna look at it. I've never seen a Chinese sword.

What's the Chinese word for revenge?

What?

Someone hurts you or your family,

you kill them. Revenge.

Vengeance is...

Vengeance. Fuùchóu.

Fuùchóu.

Why you want fuùchóu?

This is not your business.

Anything happen in Silk Road

is my business.

Fuùchóu makes more hate.

Today, we meet. We are friend.

I want to help you.

When we leave tomorrow, I may never see you again.

You make a friend today. You lose one tomorrow.

Is it worth it?

[footsteps approaching]

- Soldier: - Huo An!

[speaking Mandarin]

This one's always upset.

We can rebuild the city, and within 15 days.

[speaking Mandarin]

That's a lot of big stone.

Difficult to move up.

You have plenty of gravel outside the city.

Gravel. Do you understand?

Oh.

[speaking Mandarin]

He trusts you.

Thank you.

You must promise me one thing in return.

Find men to guide my deputies to the Parthian Empire.

[speaking Mandarin]

Soldiers: Hya! Hya! Hya! Hya!

Hya!

♪

[chanting]

[speaking Mandarin]

Man: Hey! Stop it!

[speaks Mandarin] Man: Stop it!

[laughs]

Good. Go.

See? Much easier.

Everything's on schedule.

[chanting]

[chanting]

[grunting]

Pull!

[shouting]

Move off to the left!

[man yells]

Tell me, what kind of city is this?

From where you're standing now, you can see the entire, famous Silk Road,

that great artery of trade and culture

that connects the West to the great kingdoms of the East.

When the sun sets,

the entire Silk Road, even the city walls, become very, very warm.

I want to touch the city wall.

I can see it.

I can see them all.

I can see our own city gate.

And the place you taught me how to use a sword.

[speaking Mandarin]

[chuckles]

[grunting]

[crowd cheering]

[grunting continues]

[soldiers chanting]

[speaks Mandarin]

[chanting continues]

Positions!

[crowd cheers]

[grunting]

[chanting]

[chanting ends]

[crowd shouting]

[both grunting]

[crowd cheers]

Yah!

[grunting]

[speaking Mandarin]

[groaning]

[crowd cheers]

Hey!

Thank you for the match.

[yelling]

[laughs] That was a great fight!

[yelling]

Wait. Check again.

[speaking Mandarin]

Falco: Excellent, Young Master.

[groans softly]

♪

[cheering]

[sighs]

[speaking Mandarin]

You like their music?

[drums beating, people chanting]

[singing in Mandarin]

[cheering]

I wanna sing! I wanna sing!

[cheering]

Shh!

Shh, shh.

[cheering stops]

[singing in Latin]

[all singing in Latin]

Lucius: I served under Consul Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives.

He moved his troops to the Parthian Empire.

Formed an alliance with the Queen,

who is the sister of our Lady Crassus.

Consul Marcus's elder son, Tiberius, is a vicious and treacherous man.

The Consul was planning on naming his youngest son Publius

to be his heir and successor.

He entrusted me to keep the child alive.

The young lord started having problems with his eyes.

The Parthian queen kindly sent medicine to heal his vision.

Tiberius laced it with poison,

blinding his brother so he could never become Consul.

He then killed his father.

I had no choice

but to take my soldiers and the child,

become a fugitive.

Until I reached the Wild Geese Gate...

I've been a man without a country,

marked for death.

The deputy I sent to the Parthian Empire

is meant to restore the peace treaty.

and to prove Tiberius's vicious intentions.

I'm orphan.

Hun raids.

My parents killed by enemy.

Me and my sister run away.

[girl crying] And she cried.

I used my hand

cover her mouth.

She die.

General Huo save my life.

He said, "War destroy family.

"Only peace can save Silk Road."

We are same.

Soldier: General!

Dessamiss has returned.

Ah!

[grunting]

We will meet him.

All: Yes, General!

Lucius, no.

Huo An.

If you stand with us, you will be butchered.

The city we built is a dream.

It only lasts 15 days.

I cannot be further in your debt.

Think, if Tiberius want to catch you,

why he need 100,000 men?

He can take over the entire Silk Road, even China.

I think Tiberius working with the Chief.

It's our duty to protect Silk Road.

I can borrow a soldier from my friend Yin Po.

Hopefully, we can stop them.

Hya!

Hya, Hya!

Publius: Captain Huo?

Falco?

Young Master.

On behalf of the Roman Empire,

I commission you for centurion of the legion.

♪

[silently]

[shouting in Mandarin]

[grunting]

[groaning]

[kid crying]

[yelling]

[groans]

[yelling][grunting]

[kids yelling]

Oh!

[grunts]

[grunts]

[groans]

[speaking Mandarin]

[glass shattering]

Man: Ah!

[groans]

[horses approaching]

Where is Huo An?

- Lucius! - General!

[crying] Lucius!

[crying continues]

Publius: Lucius!

Lucius!

Lucius, don't worry about me!

Go! Leave! Go!

[groans]

Go!

I order you to go!

Go! Please go!

[Publius cries]

[groaning]

Welcome home.

So nice to have you hanging around again.

Everyone in Rome,

including my father,

thought you were the finest warrior in the Empire.

[chuckles]

No, no.

I think of you more as a chess piece.

Think about it, Lucius.

If I hadn't purposely let you escape...

Purposely.

Do you really think you and Publius would get this far?

Who could blame me for pursuing you?

I mean,

thank you for the perfect excuse to bring my troops here.

I had already plotted this with Huo's subordinate, Yin Po.

Yin Po gave me the customs clearance document

and the Commander's seal.

As soon as my army settles in at the borders,

the entire Silk Road region

belongs to the Roman Empire.

Spare the child.

He's no further threat to your ambitions.

Show mercy.

Let me tell you.

No one felt the pain

more than I did

when I had to blind my own brother.

I beg of you.

Spare him.

He's committed no crime.

Of course he's committed a crime!

His crime...

Is that he took the place in your heart that belonged to me.

[Publius cries]

You will never

hurt my young master ever again!

Falco will take you home.

[Publius continues crying]

Don't be afraid.

It's all right.

With my brother dead,

there really is no more cause for conflict between you and I.

I will tell you a secret.

Lately...

When I look at my reflection...

I see you.

Ah!

[spitting]

Right.

It does get boring

when everything is so predictable.

[speaking Mandarin]

Our great General Tiberius

has enacted a plan to unify the Silk Road.

♪

Tiberius: I already asked him to acquiesce.

He said no.

All of the 36 nations have acquiesced.

You are the last.

We need you to do one thing.

[speaking Mandarin]

[people shouting]

[all shouting]

♪

[speaking Mandarin]

[shouting in Mandarin]

[all shouting]

All: Huo An! It's Huo An! It's Huo An!

[chuckles lightly]

Well, I'm not sure why, but I've always liked those who hated me.

Now, Huo An, pledge your allegiance to me,

and I will let you live.

How can you be so blind? Dare to speak about truth.

I am Huo An, Wushu han in the Silk Road.

I am the one who should be a chief.

[speaking Mandarin]

How can you give Yin Po the chief position?

You think he will hand over the border to you

just so he can be a chief?

So you're saying there's a problem with Yin Po?

General, Yin Po will arrive soon.

How many men is he bringing with him?

At least 10,000 soldiers.

And weapons?

All fully-armed.

[speaking Mandarin]

Gold, give us. Go home.

[shouting Mandarin]

Move!

[speaking Mandarin]

General Tiberius.

Yin Po.

I have completed all of your instructions.

As long as you give me the Prefecture Chief's seal,

in exchange, I will surrender the Commander's Seal.

How well do you know Huo An?

Understand?

All: Mm-hm.

Now.

- Hey! - Stop!

[all groaning]

Hey, Huo An, give us the key!

They're coming! Faster!

[shouting in Mandarin]

[soldiers shouting]

Now! Kill them all!

[groans]

Raise arms!

[soldiers shout]

Yes, General.

Sound the attack!

We have no reason to initiate this fight.

Kill him,

and the Prefecture Chief title belongs to you.

[grunts]

Good throw.

Ah!

[both grunting]

Ah!

♪

[all shouting]

[groaning]

General, the jail has been breached.

Huo An.

Well, send more people there.

[grunting]

Soldier: Open the gate!

[grunting]

Huo An, is that you?

Yes.

Huo An.

Huo An.

It's you.

You have no business in Roman family quarrels.

This is not your business.

It's my duty.

Listen to me.

Huo An!

Listen to me. Listen.

The city we built,

a city without fear, terror, humiliation.

When they raze that city,

rebuild it.

Whoever shares that city with me

is forever my friend.

[groaning]

[grunts]

[panting]

Huo An.

Huo An.

First Centurion,

I entrust my troops to you.

Go, or they will die here with you.

Go! Now!

Huo An.

Take me home.

[speaking Mandarin]

♪

Here they come!

[all shout]

Archers!

[groaning]

- Get back! - Pull back!

Come on!

Pull it back! Pull it back!

Get back! Come on! Come on!

Stone!

Stones!

Grab the stones!

Yeah!

[men shouting]

Forward!

Yeah!

[groaning]

[groaning]

[all shouting]

Go!

[groans]

- Go! - Go!

Get out of here!

Soldiers, let's leave!

Regroup, all men!

They're coming! Positions!

To the right! Hold the line!

Company hold!

Statius, we are all Romans.

Surrender!

A true Roman never surrenders!

[all shouting]

To arms!

Form ranks!

Form ranks! Form ranks!

Use the shield. Slide the rock. Yes, sir!

Slide the rock!

[groaning]

Ah!

[groaning]

Follow me! Quick!

Go! Go! Go!

[gasping, panting]

- Take the hill! - The hill!

The hill!

General, Huo An.

[soldiers shouting]

My god, they're like locusts!

We're trapped!

Well, brother, we die together!

Die together!

[all shouting]

[laughing]

[birds screeching]

[all shouting]

[drums beating]

[shouts in Mandarin]

[all shouting]

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♪

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♪

[chanting]

Away!

Away!

Yah!

[all groaning and grunting]

[grunting]

About face!

Yeah!

[shouts in Mandarin]

Move down!

[men shouting]

Engage!

[groans]

Ah!

Ah!

Oh!

♪

Ah!

[all continue grunting and groaning]

[bird screeching]

Ah, ah!

[grunting]

[gasping, panting]

[speaks Mandarin]

Parthians.

♪

Disengage the army.

Tiberius,

the criminal who killed Crassus and blinded Publius,

stands here before you.

This is an outrage!

Look, I just wanna say...

Consul Crassus and I signed this peace treaty

so as to guarantee the safety of your brother.

Because your father knew of your evil plan.

So let me ask you on behalf of your father and brother,

what was on your mind

when you ended their lives?

It's never too late to turn back.

Give me your sword.

[groans]

What?

A real hero remains accountable until the end.

Right.

I did it.

Let's resolve this.

If I made a mistake in this game of chess,

it'd be that I looked down upon you.

No.

You looked down on human.

Why are you so eager to end your story?

Not for me. For my friend.

Lucius.

[chuckles]

What a good friend you are!

But this is a Roman matter.

You have no right to challenge me to a duel.

Master Publius made Huo An as a Roman warrior!

General Lucius placed us under his command!

He's one of us now!

[all shouting]

Let's resolve this.

You and I.

Well, then,

we shall give you a proper burial.

[both grunting and groaning]

Hm.

[groans]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[gasping, panting]

Come on!

[both continue grunting and groaning]

[groans]

You're wearing the headband of a dead man.

I'd say that's a bad omen.

[yells]

[gasps, choking]

[groans]

[groaning]

[speaking Mandarin]

All: Huo An! Huo An! Huo An!

[all shouting]

All: Huo An! Huo An!

The show is over!

[groans]

Don't worry.

You'll be with him soon enough.

Huo An!

Ah!

[gasps]

Ah!

[shouting]

[Tiberius gasps]

Power is a conceit

which reveals our limitations.

[coughs]

Tiberius: A real hero

remains accountable

till the end.

[Huo An groans]

[groans]

[groans]

[gasping lyrics indistinctly]

[soldiers singing in Latin]

♪

Soldiers, salute!

[singing in Latin continues]

[all singing in Latin]

[woman singing]

You make a friend today. You lose one tomorrow.

Lucius: Is it worth it?

[woman continues singing]

♪

[vocalizing]

[singing in foreign language]