Original subtitles

The Emperor is here.

Look at the banner. It bears His Majesty's name.

My father? You mean my father is fighting for Koryo?

Look, Your Majesty!

Isn't that the abdicated Emperor that I see in the distance?

Yes, it's Father!

Father...! Oh no!

Go! Attack! We must attack!

That's it. Slay those who defy my command!

Kill those who refuse to fight!

Fight! Or you will die! Attack!

Fine!

Do you still refuse to obey me?

Attack! Fight or you will die!

Fight!

That's right! That old man is no longer our king! Advance!

Oh my soldiers! Oh my good people

Have no fear! Come forth!

Those who surrender their weapons will live!

Drop your swords! Drop them!

No! Do not surrender your weapons! No!

- General Yu, - Yes, sire.

It's time! Initiate attack! Break the enemy!

Attack!

General, you must flee.

The soldiers have turned against us. We must go!

Yaesul, it's been a long time.

Park Sulhee...!

Yaesul, Bekjae has met its doom.

Your true master awaits you.

Amazing...Foster Father Kyun- hwon is driving out the enemy.

Yes, it is quite impressive.

He stifles the entire enemy force by his single oral command.

He has broken the brunt of the enemy's attack. It is incredible.

Indeed it is...

Throw down your weapons! Your Emperor is behind us!

Surrender and you will live!

Surrender! Drop your weapons!

Fight! Do not surrender!

How could this be happening!

Your Majesty, order the main troops to retreat.

We must regroup.

That's absurd! We haven't even begun to fight!

Heed the general's advice, Your Majesty.

The brunt of the attack has been broken.

No! This is only the beginning!

You must retreat! What we feared is coming true.

The troops are turning against us.

No, you are wrong! It is General Yaesul's error!

- Brothers, - Yes, Your Majesty.

Go forward and stop the enemy! We cannot retreat. Go!

Yes, Your Majesty!

Let's go!

we haven't even begun to fight. We cannot retreat! Never!

My god!

Stop running, you cowards! Come back here and fight!

Take this, Sangui!

General Sangui...!

Kim Chong! Your friend Yaesul has already surrendered.

Throw down your sword!

Escort the Emperor! Retreat to the second ligne!

Line up your troops! We must retreat!

Your Majesty!

This is ridiculous! Just what in the world is happening?

It is Father.

Our troops are surrendering upon sighting his banner.

Yes, this is all because of the abdicated emperor.

Our biggest fear is coming true.

He is offering Bekjae to Koryo.

He is destroying the kingdom he himself has built...

Let us go!

Line up the war prisoners! Move the dead bodies!

Yaesul,

and Kim Chong,

Yes, Your Majesty.

It is a shame.

How is it that you put yourself in this plight?

I know that you two were not a part of the rebellion.

You must have been brought here against your will.

Forgive us, Your Majesty.

We deserve to die.

- Emperor, - Yes, Sire.

these men are innocent. Show them mercy.

Rise. You are forgiven.

Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty.

Bekjae army has retreated.

We may have won the first battle, but they still have a large army.

What was your next strategy?

We were to retreat to Mt Hwang if the battle was not decided.

But none of us thought such maneuver would be necessary.

Mt. Hwang is closer from here than it is from the enemy.

We could get there before them and cut off their retreat route.

Yes. We must get there ahead and wait for them.

Allow us to do the job.

This is to be the final fight between Koryo and Bekjae.

- Brother Geumpil, - Yes, Your Majesty.

Put your army of foreign allies in the lead followed by 50 000

cavaliers.

Move them out quickly to Mt. Hwang and cut the enemy off.

Yes, Your Majesty.

It won't be hard to besige the demoralized enemy and extract

their capitulation.

Lead them out at once. We have no time to lose.

Pitch the camp! Quickly!

Line up the guards and set up the barricades!

Prepare for the enemy! Quickly!

It's already morning.

So this is Mt. Hwang. It is a large open field.

Yes.

The troops and demoralized.

They are reluctantly obeying my command.

I know. Nearly 20 000 soldiers have fled camp on the road.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

We are doomed! We are doomed

Doomed, you say?

A cavalry of 50 000 were already here waiting for us!

We are completely surrounded!

What? Koryo troops have us surrounded?

Yes.

You mean they got here ahead of us? A cavalry of 50 000?

Yes, Your Majesty.

You mean that the enemy has 50 000 cavaliers alone

when we barely have 30 000 men left?

Your Majesty, it is confirmed. Koryo army has us surrounded.

They are an army of 100 000 with 50 000 cavaliers and

50 000 foot soldiers

It doesn't look hopeful, Your Majesty.

Our retreat path has been cut off.

We either die here ffighting or surrender.

Surrender? I choose to die fighting!

It is impossible to fight.

Your Majesty, give us your command.

Your Majesty, we have lost...

This battle was a great risk and our very last option.

I already knew the sentiment of the soldiers and the people.

But I thought we had to fight to the end instead of watching

the kingdom crumble.

All is my error. I should've had the former emepror killed.

Instead of sending him to Geum-san Temple, we should've

beheaded him and taken military action immediately.

But it is water under the bridge. This battle is over.

It's all over, Your Majesty.

Then what do you suggest, Prime Minister? What do we do now?

There is no sense taking innocent lives.

We will plead for life and save those who might live.

Are you suggesting a surrender, Prime Minister?

It is His Majesty's decision.

Surrender? That is out of the question!

Bekjae will crumble!

Uncle, we are defeated. There is no Bekjae!

Your Majesty, what will you do? Surrender or suicide?

I saw this coming...

I saw the kingdom crumble when our soldiers ran and kneeled

before my father, the man we claimed senile and unfit.

Your Majesty...

Let us surrender.

Your Majesty...How did we come to this, Your Majesty?

You must remain composed wheter you win or lose.

As the emperor of Bekjae I command you. Surrender.

We will surrender the kingdom. Send an envoy to the Koryo camp.

Uncle, this is a job for you. We will follow right behind.

Your Majesty...!

You are the only man for this.

Summon all civil and military officers.

Instruct the troops to drop their weapons and take off their armor.

Prepare to surrender.

Your Majesty...! Your Majesty...!

Father...!

I, the Emperor of Bekjae Shin- guhm, relinquish control of my

state and ask that you accept my surrender.

Your surrender is accepted. The surrender is accepted!

Your grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty...

What are you waiting for, The enemy ringleaders

have kneeled before you. Punish them for their offences!

The Emperor has offered his state. Punishment is unjust.

Silence!

He did not offer his state! He gave it up because he failed!

He must be punished!

Spare our lives, Your Majesty.

We have already surrendered our state state. I beg you for mercy.

Mercy, Your Majesty. The war is already over.

You call yourselves princes of Bekjae?

How dare you plead for life like cowards in front of me!

Kill them, Emperor!

Father!

Kill them!

The are thieves. They stole my kingdom and caused it to crumble.

Kill them! Behead that bastard Shin-guhm first!

Be that as it may, the Emperor of Bekjae surrenders his state.

To take his life would be heartless.

Never in history has a king of any state been killed upon

voluntary surrender.

Is this true, Your Majesty.

Cruelty would injure your power to rule his people.

Nonsense! He his a thief!

He is a beast that killed his own brother and seized

his father's throne! Kill him! Kill him!

Sire...

Kill him!

Sire.

Kill him...

that is a decision that requires thought.

Please allow me some time.

- Generals of Koryo, - Yes, Your Majesty.

His Excellency is right. They yield reluctantly

because they have lost the war. Thus, they cannot go unpunished.

I order immediate execution of treasonous subject Neunghwan

for betraying hismaster and causing confusion and

destruction of Bekjae!

Bring Neunghwan forward!

Your Majesty, I could have taken my own life much sooner.

But I came to see you for the last time.

You built bekjae. And not it crumbles by your hands.

I betrayed you to save the kingdom, but this is the result.

I am here because I wanted to witness the final moment

of bekjae as you close its curtain.

Live long and healthy, Your majesty.

Take him away!

As well, I order execution of Neunghwan's accomplice

in the rebellion Neungyae and Padal.

I do not fear death.

But I am a warrior who aspired to leave my name in history.

It is a sorrow that my life ends in vain.

Your Majesty, live long and healthy.

Our only objective was preservation of Bekjae.

Take him away and kill him!

Let go! I will walk on my own two feet!

Spare our lives, Your Majesty. Spare our lives...

Let the emperor of Bekjae live. And bannish his two brothers

Yang-guhm and Yong- guhm to Jinju.

Thank you. Your grace is immeasurable, Your majesty.

Banish them? Do you intend to let them live, Empeor?

Forgive Shin-guhm? Forgive those beasts?

Those wretched beasts?

Sire! Sire!

No, Emperor, no... You must kill them...

Sire! What are you waiting for? Attend to His Excellency at once!

Take him inside!

Take these men away.

Yes, Your Majesty.

- Take them away! - Yes, General!

The demise of Shin-guhm and his brothers...

The historical records describe this moment like this:

"The king finally ordered Neunghwan's execution, and

Yang-guhm and Yong-guhm brothers were killed shortly after being

exiled to Jinju. As for Shin-guhm, he was exonerated and given a

government position, as they determined that his seizure

of the throne was done under duress against his own accord."

But his name is never gain mentioned in historical records.

It is believed that he, too, was quietly killed shortly

after his brother's death.

...What...happened?

What happened to Shin-guhm? Yang-guhm and Yong-guhm...

All is as you desired, Your Excellency.

As I desired?

Yes. They have been executed.

Where is Brother wang Guhn?

He is in former Bekjae's imperial city comforting its people.

He will soon return.

The imperial city?

Yes...How I miss my home Wansanju..Wansanju...

Your Excellency!

Wansanju...Wansanju...

Your Excellency! Your Excellency!

Kyun-hwon collapsed at the batlle of Mt Hwang and was moved to a

local temple where he died of ruptured carbuncle a few days

later. He was 70 years old. The Chronicle of three Kingdoms

record the date of his death as September 8th 936, but its

accuracy is questionable.

And so, Kyun-hwon, one of the heroes of Later Three Kingdoms

who as led a life of many vicissitudes, would meet his

tragic end.

Some say that his dying wish was to be buried

facing modern day Junju. Wheter or not this is true,

he was buried on the hills of Non- san overlooking Junju from afar.

Long live the king! Long live the king!

Your Majesty, you've realized the grand enterprise of unification.

I congratulate you.

I congratulate you, Your majesty.

Thank you. My gratitude to all.

At last the three Kingdoms is united.

We have realized the grand enterprise on our own.

Koryo is now the master of Three Kigdoms!

Long live the King! Long live the King!

Unification of Three Kingoms: After Wang Guhn routed Shin-guhm

on the fields of Mt. Hwang, he annexed the palace of Bekjae,

pacified its people and returned to the capital.

It was September of 936.

To memorize the unification, Mt. Hwang was renamed Mountain

of Heaven's Protection and Temple of great Foundation was built.

Wang Guhn and the Era of later Three kingdoms...

As we conclute this two-year Tv series, let us look back on the

history of Later Three Kingdoms.

Later Bekjae , Later Koguryo and Shilla are collectively know as

the Later Three Kingdoms. Later Bekjae was founded in 892 by a

man of peasant stock Kyun-hwon claming revival of Old Bekjae.

In his beginning, Kyun-hwon was a military officer of Shilla

assigned to defend the soutwestern coastal region.

At the time, Shilla was in state of chaos and thieves ran rampamt

When opportunity came, Kyun-hwon mobilized an army and conquered

Mujinju. Then he pushed forward to Wansanju where he founded a

new state. As the king of Bekjae, he established diplomatic

relations with Wuyue of China and greatly expanded his land.

He also invaded Surabul of Shilla in a brut assault killing King

Kyung-ae and placing King Kyung-soon on the throne.

And countless battles were fought against Wang Guhn in

the contention for mastery. However, he was a failure when

it came to managing his family. He tried to bypass the normal

line of succession and bequeath his throne to Geum-kang, a son

born of a concubine, but Shin-guhm and other sons of legitime wife

rebelled against him killing geum- kang and capturing the throne.

Placed under confinement in Geum- san Temple, Kyung-hwon soon escaped

and fled to koryo where he spearheaded the unification

mission and brought down the kingdom he had built himself.

Later Koguryo was founded by Goongyae, a monk who was also

a prince of Shilla born of a concubine.

In 904, Goongyae renamed his state majin and relocated the capital

fron Song-ak to Chulwon. Again in 911, he changed Majin to Taebong.

But once the state settled and became stronger, he began to rule

with unmitigated tyranny. In 918, Shin Seungkyum and four other

warriors drove him from the royal court in a military coup and

bought wang guhn forward as his successor at which time the state

was renamed Koryo and capital was moved back to Song-ak.

As for Shilla, King Kyun-soon was placed on the throne by Kyun-hwon,

but he surrenders to Koryo as the kingdom could not be revived.

The era of Three kingdoms was finally brought to an end by

Wang Guhn after 45 years of contention.

Unification of three Kingdoms... This maybe ancient hystory, but

it is very thought provoking when we compare this to the current

division inour nation. We cannot help but feel

national pride for our ancestors who achieved unification without

foreign assistance of intervention.

Unified Koryo - A new chapter begins in the history of the

empire to make its mark in the world forever.

Koryo - The rest of the world calls it Korea.

It was a name founded by Wang Guhn and a name that would

forever be etched in history.