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Your Majesty, we have looked everywhere for you.

General! We've found him! His Majesty is here!

His Majesty? You have found him?

Yes, General!

Your majesty...!

Your Majesty, you're alive.

General Bok, General Park, you are safe.

We have searched everywhere for you.

We are truly ashamed for failing to serve you well.

No. I am ashamed for the pathetic state I am in.

Your Majesty, Bekjae army has retreated.

Yes, I have been told.

Your reserve army will soon find us.

They are coming this way as we speak. Let us go.

Yes.

- General Park. - Yes, General.

go ahead of us.

Inform the reserve army that we have His Majesty.

Yes, General.

We have managed to escape Bekjae's ironclad blockade.

You can preserve the regime now, Your Majesty.

Do not say such words. I am truly ashamed for being alive.

My brother Shin Seungkyum is dead.

General Kim Lak, Chun Yigap and Uigap... they are all dead.

My error has cost the lives of then thousand soldiers.

Don't blame yourself, Your Majesty.

This kingdom has a future because you have survived.

It is most fortunate for Koryo.

No. I've exchanged my brothers' lives for mine...

My grief is beyong words.

We are in Mt. Gong at last.

All is quiet. The war must have ended long ago.

I hope everyone is safe...

General Park Sukyung, it's you.

Yes. I ran into your scouts as I was coming to find you.

Is His Majesty safe? How are the other generals?

I regret to inform you all ten thousand soldiers have

been annihilated.

Annihilated?

How about His Majesty?

His Majesty has survived at the sacrifice of General

Shin Seungkyum and others.

General Bok and Park are accompanying him out of the

mountain now. I came ahead to lead you to them.

I cannot believe that an army of ten thousand has been wiped out!

General Hong, please go in advance and protect His majesty.

Aye. Men, follow my lead! We must protect the emperor!

Yes, General.

Let us go, General Park!

Completely destroyed? How could this be true?

All ten thousand soldiers are dead.

Your Majesty, the reserve army will soon be with us.

Last night seems like a dream...

Do they call this place Mt. Gong Eastwater?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Too many have lost their lives...

My warriors...my brothers...Too many...

Your Majesty, a group of armed men are approaching.

It is your reserve army. That looks like General Hong.

General Hong Yu reporting, YourMajesty.

Set your mind at rest now. General Bae and I are here.

You are safe, Your Majesty.

Thank you.

But it is all over. It is all over...

General Hong, please prepare a fresh vesture for His Majesty.

Yes, General. Commander, find the royal armor!

Yes, General!

General Bae is not far behind.

Let us take you to a comfortable place.

A comfortable place?

I cannot leave this moutain like this.

I must find brother Seungkyum's remains.

And the remains of General Kim Lak and Chun Uigap and

Yigap as well. I will not leave without them.

Let us return to the battlefield.

Yes. I will instruct General Bae to meet us there.

But first you must change your attire.

My men will soon bring you your royal vesture.

They are dead. They are all dead...

Where could my brother be? My dear brother...

Give these men proper burials. And find my brother and the

warriors who sacrificed their lives for mine.

Yes, Your Majesty. The order has been issued.

Now, please enter the temporary camp.

Yes, Your Majesty.

General Shin Seungkyum is in the royal armor!

He will be easy to spot! Find him! he must be found!

General, we have found General Kim Lak!

General...

Transport the remains.

Yes.

General! General!

General!

I came here to wipe away the disgrace of Jomul Fort

and added another disgrace. God has forsaken me...

No, Your Majesty. It is a temporary setback.

All is my fault. I was blinded by fervor for revenge.

But you are alive, You Majesty.

There will be a day for retribution.

Do not be disheartened, Your Majesty.

Mobilize a stronger army upon return to the capital

and strike Bekjae again.

We can avenge the sorrow of today.

Your Majesty, the remains of General Kim and the Chun brothers

have been recovered, but General Shin is nowhere to be found.

He went into the battle on my horse wearing the armor of the

Emperor, you must find him! You must!

You Majesty, the royal armor may be the problem.

The enemy believed that he was you, so they would have

taken his head and stripped him of his clothes.

Then there might be another way to identify him.

Another way?

Yes, Your Majesty. General Shin had told us about a birthmark

of seven stars of the Big Dipper on his left ankle.

That's right. He did mention that.

Then why do you hesitate?

Find the man with the birthmark on the ankle.

I can recognize him without a face if you find those

birthmarks. Find him! Find him at once!

He must be found! He must!

Look for the birthmark! Seven stars on the left ankle!

Find a body stripped of armor!

Find the man with a birthmark on his left akle!

Hustle! Check the left ankles!

Koryo army was destroyed on their way to give us aid.

Only the strong survive. Koryo is no match for Bekjae.

But they were destroyed trying to help us.

That's right. Koryo is indeed our ally.

They were loyal and fulfilled their obligations as our ally.

Bekjae has raised our imprial city, commited all acts of

barbarity and looted our possessions.

It is proven once again that Koryo is our only friend.

But they failed their mission andwere completely destroyed.

We must recognize the King of Bekjae for allowing Shilla to

preserve our regime.

We do not need them to preserve our regime.

They have killed our king and drove our queen to suicide.

Who sits on our throne was not their business to interfere.

You mustn't say such words, Crown Prince.

It is the king of Bekjae who placed your father on the throne.

- Lord Yu Yum, - Yes, Your Majesty.

I am not proud to have been elevated to this seat by the

king of Bkejae, and I have never coveted the throne.

Preservation of the state was or concern, not the

surname of our king.

Your Majesty...!

But the invasion of Bekjae has weakened our regime even more.

They have robed us of our last pride and reason for existence.

Hence my conclusion is drawn: Bekjae is clearly our foe,

and I will never let this atrocity be repeated.

- Royal Guards! - Yes!

Those who sullied his regime and defied his king cannot be

forgiven. Though their dirty hands have made me a king,

I've decided to preserve the honor of the kingdom.

Take Yu Yum and Kim Ungkyum into custody!

Your Majesty, you cannot do this to us!

Your Majesty!

What are you waiting for?

Arrest these criminals and execute them in the morning!

Take them away at once!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You cannot do this!

Take them away!

You can't do this to us!

Hear me, subjects.

Yes.

Bekjae's brutal plundering has debased this already

weakened government. But Koryo is different.

Our only hope is to rely on Koryo. Do not forget this.

Yes, Your Majesty.

And I order a grand funeral for King Kyungae.

Make certain that the ceremony lacks nothing.

In addiction, we will send an envoy of condolences to

Koryo for the devastating loss they have suffered.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

General Shin Seungkyum has been found.

His remains are on its way.

Is this true? Has he been found?

There is no mistake. It is my brother.

I recognize you though you are without a face.

This is my brother. Brother...

You've returned...

You charged into the field of slaughter in my place

and returned like this...!

Look at him.

This headless body is not Shin Seungkyum but I.

It is I who should have returned headless...

Your Majesty...

My brother and my warriors died in my place to preserve

the regime of Koryo.

Unification of the Three Kingdoms was their final wish.

I will not let their deaths be in vain.

From this day forward, I vow to devote my life to avenging

their sorrow and fulfilling their cherished yearning.

Mark my words.

We will go back. Take the remains back to the capital.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Prepare to move out! We are returning to the capital!

My brother... My warriors...

Wang Gunh's greatest defeat...

Battle of Mt. Gong Eastwater was the most harrowing battle in the

hstory of Later Three Kingdoms wich resulted i the death of

10 000 Koryo troops. Mt. Gong is surrounded by modern day Daegu,

Youngchun, Goonwei and Kasan. With Biro Peak as the axis,

its ridgeline extends 10 miles east and west.

It was originally called Mt. Gong, or Mt. Eastwater, but

it is renamed Mt. Pal-Gong (Eight Merit), for the eight

merit subjects that died in this battle.

Traces of this famous battle still remain in this region in

a form of geographical titles. Mt. Wang, the hill where Wang

Guhn hid himself and escaped; One Man Rock, the spot in

Ymbul Temple where Wang Guhn had encountered a monk; Lower

and Upper Dissolution Hill, the two battlefiels that Wang Guhn

was defeated; The creek of Death, where they say the water was

completely covered with arrows; Village of Lost King, where a

wood gatherer helped Wang Guhn without knowing his identity;

Warrior Hill, Hidden Temple, and other still existing names paint

a clear picture of this battle. Wang Guhn was thoroughly defeated.

Meanwhile, on his return to the capital, victorious Kyun-hwon

cut off the path of Koryo's pursuit by burning all grain

fields in Sung-ju and ordered a counteroffensife on Koryo's naval

force that had landed in the south coast.

Father has torched the imperial capital of Shilla and replaced

its king. And now he returns after destroying Koryo's army.

At last the era of Bekjae domination has begun!

We must drive out the Koryo army that landed at the south

coast without fail.

Yes. Father always returns triumphant from his battles,

but we have failed too many times.

I know. We've lost both Daeya and Yongju Fort.

We are lucky that we've been sent away on this mission.

Imagine father's fury if we were at the capital upon his return.

He punishes us only even when Geumkang is equally culpable.

He'd have a fit with us if we remained in the capital.

How did we brothers come to be treated this way?

We are nearing the imperial capital.

Yes.

What wonderful few days I had.

Despite the last disappointment, they were glorious days still.

It was an unforgettable battle for me as well.

The battle of Mt. Gong will be remembered in history forever.

Shin Seungkyum's deat in place of his king will not be easily

forgotten. I was moved by his loyalty though he was our enemy.

So was I. Wang Guhn is a lucky man. Many subjects are loyal,

but not all can sacrifice his life for his master.

That is quite true, Your Majesty.

The king of Koryo seems to have established good human relations.

Yes. But then again, that is life. What is history anyway?

It is the record of human relations against another.

In any case, Wang Guhn is a lucky man.

He should be back in Song-ak by now...

Yes, that is likely.

I'd love to see the look on his face right now.

I bet the mood in Koryo is like that of a funeral.

His Majesty will soon arrive.

Then we must receive him at the gate.

All 10 000 of his soldiers have perished.

I do not know how to begin to console him.

Our sworn brother Shin Seungkyum has died in action.

His Majesty must be crushed.

The advance guards told us that General Shin and the

warriors fought most bravely and sacrificed their livers.

Albeit warriors are supposed to die on the battlefield,

the battle of Mt. Gong truly rips my heart...

What we need is inspiration right now. We can't dwell

on past defeat. We must give His Majesty courage.

In that respect, Lord Kim Soonshik's unanticipated

visit is a blessing.

How did we fail so miserabily? How?

Your Majesty, we share your anguish.

The will of god has brought you back safely.

We've been informed about the battle in Mt. Gong.

I can only imagine what you have been through...

Yes, it was truly a difficult battle.

Your Majesty, we are truly relieved by your safe return.

Heaven is watching out for you and this kingdom.

Thank you.

Welcome back, Your Majesty.

Your majesty, forgive us for not being able to come to your aid.

The last few days have been truly agonizing.

Forgive us, Your majesty. Forgive us for our failure.

Stop.

I've let my men die and returned alone alive.

I am truly ashamed.

Your majesty...

Your Majesty, I, Kim Soonshik, bid you humble greetings.

Oh, Lord Kim, this is an unexpected surprise.

I am glad you have come.

Please forgive me for my belated courtesy.

I came as soon as I heard of your regretful misfortune.

Thus far, I have been a source of aggravation to you.

Now I honor my father master Huhwal's wish and pledge my

eternal loyalty.

Thank you. This is a wonderful surprise.

Myungju is an important region.

I feel revived of sdtrength now that you vow loyalty to me.

Thank you.

You grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty.

Let us enter.

Lord Kim Soonshil of Myungju... He's been portrayed in number

of important parts of this historical drama.

He had played a critical role in Goongyae's founding of Koryo.

Unlike his father Huhwal who supported Wang Guhn,

he had shunned Wang Guhn after Guhn's revolution.

Past attempts by Huhwal to assuage their relationship

had failed, but Kim has pledging his loyalty to Wang Guhn at last.

To the disheartened king, this was an unexpected gift.

Kim held considerable influence at the time.

Hence Wang Guhn expressed his gratitude by bestowing him the

royal surname of Wang.

Hear me, subjects.

Yes.

I am solely responsible for the defeat at Mt. Gong.

My judgement was marred by thirst for revenge.

I have killed ten thousand men and returned alive alone.

I am truly ashamed to be alive.

My sworn brother Seungkyum gave me this life in exhange for his.

And I am here because General Kim Lak, Chun Yigap, Uigap and many

others sacrificed their lives.

Do not be contrite, Your Majesty.

It was their duty to protect you.

Yes. Their heroic deaths hold the cherished yearning of high

enterprise and immortality of this kingdom.

Fulfill their desire, Your Majesty.

Indeed, Your Majesty. Please stop blaming yourself.

It is your duty and ours to fulfill the wishes of

the departed.

I know. Though I've suffered crushing defeat, I cannot dwell

on grief because I know their wish too well.

I will rise up again. And I will avenge this disgrace!

Do not forget my resolve.

Your grace is immeasurable.

I will deploy and strengthen our military and return to the

battlefield. But before we reenter the war, I will honor

and memorialize the perished heroes.

Console their spirits and let history remember them forever.

Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty.

Commission a craftsman to create a gold sculpture of

General Shin's head.

I will bestow posthumous titles to the perished heroes and allow

their descendants to preserve positions of honor and glory.

Furthemore, I will build a shrine where they died

and pray for their souls to rest in peace.

Begin this work without delay.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Upon returning from Mt. Gong, Wang Guhn fought back his

grief and rage and declared his will to fight again.

He bestowed a posthumous title of 'Valiant Warrior' to Shin

Seungkyum, and burried him at the site that was chosen for Wang

Guhn's own burial in modern day Choonchun.

Shin's brother and his son were granted government positions and

the Temple of Enlightenment of Wonder was built where Shin had

perished. In addition, he was later honored with posthumous

position titled 'Blue Tiger Guard of Founding Country,

Superior Regional Defender and Royal Protector'.

Kim Lak was also given the title 'Valiant Warrior', and later

added 'Highest Merit Subject of Unification of three Kingdoms'

to his name. It is said that a figure in his likeness made out

of dry grass and was placed among the line of subjects at

each memorial service. Chun Yigap was named 'Loyal Gentle Warrior'

and his brother Chun Uigap was titled 'Loyal Passionate Warrior'.

And later they were each granted posthumous position of First

Minister and Magistrate and Prime Secretary of Military

and Civil Affairs'.

Bother, may you rest in peace...

I will fulfill your cherished yearning.

I will, Brother...