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-Let the Empress know that General Xue Rengui is here. -Your Highness, General Xue Rengui to see you.

-Do come in. -Please enter.

Welcome.

-Have the non-Chinese warriors settled down? -Yes. Your Highness.

-I was able to appease them. -Good work.

But this incident has damaged your prestige and authority.

Prestige and authority...

Yes,

this will no doubt ho down as one of the most humiliating event in my life.

But I have only myself to blame.

Your Highness....

I underestimated Xian.

He`s been harboring a grudge, since I deposed him from the seat of the Crown Prince.

He defied me right in my face...

You can`t let Dae Joyoung die. It will calm the civil officials for now.

But you will only be raising their moral.

Leave it alone.

Their morale will be broken soon enough.

How, Your Highness?

Did you find the prepetrator that poisoned Dae Joyoung?

I have suspicion but no proof.

Li Kaigu is conducting an investigation, so truth will soon be revealed.

The Empress has agreed to send Dae Joyoung to Mt. Guifu.

-We worked together and brole the Empress`s will. -Yes, we certainly did.

And this time when Dae Joyoung is sent to Guifu, he must be eliminated.

Yes, of course. He will let loose along

with the other prisoners the moment he gets there.

You will order a human hunt right away?

Yes.

We will let the barbarians loose and start a massive hunt at the base of Mt.Guifu.

The hill of Guifu will reek of blood once again.

-Whose army will have the pleasure this time? -Mine.

You, General Li?

I can`t trust anyone but myself to eliminate Dae Joyoung. I will hunt him down myself and cur of his head.

Li Wen?

Li Wen is leading the human hunt in Mt. Guifu?

It appears that way.

-I`m just glad they did not order an execution. -Yes.

At least he has a chance of survival in Mt.Guifu.

Don`t be so sure.

To this date, no one has curvived the human hunt at Mt. Guifu.

-No one? -Not one.

They release their prey without any food or weapon.

Weaponless?

You mean they have to face the Tang soldiers with their bare hands?

Some say an execution is mor humane.

-Be that as it may, we can`t just sit back and watch. -No, we must find a way to save them.

There is no time, general.

First we need more information, topographical features of the mountain,

the size of the hunting party, the hunting protocal....

I want any and all information that might help.

And we need to get that information to Geneal Dae Joyoung somehow. That`s all we can do for the outside at this point.

Go.Get moving.

Your Grace,

You made it.

I`ll keep a lookout. Don`t take too long.

I heard the news.

Is mt. Guifu as dreadful as they say it is?

I`m looking into it.

Is there no hope of survival?

You may never see him again.

Go to the physician`s wing and see him.

And give him this.

It may help when he is out there being hunted.

Is there anything?

Is there anything we can do to help him?

I need you to listen to me very carefully. I may be leaving the palace.

It might be a while before I see you again. So don`t believe any bad rumors about me.

Believe only good ones. All right?

I won`t worry about you.

I know that you`re a strong woman who can get through anything. But what I do worry about is you worrying about me...

-about you hurting because of me.... -I won`t worry.

I won`t do anything you don`t want me to.

I am relieved to hear that.

What is it?

You can`t fight of the hunters without a weapon.

Then you know where I`m going?

I don`t if you don`t want me to...

Your Grace....

just promise me one thing.

Don`t die.

Don`t die....

I don`t care if I never see you again. Just keep youself safe...

That`s enough!

Take him!

Open up the cell!

-Joyoung! -General!

Biwu, Sudol, Mapal

-Joyoung, are you all right? -I`m all right.

You`re going through so much...

-It`s nothing compared to what you`re going through. -I can`t believe we`re all alive and together again!

-I won`t let them separate us ever again. -What`s going to happen to us now?

I heard there was an incident in the palace.

We`re going to be sent to Mt. Guifu again.

Mt. Guifu?

Are they sending us to the labor camp again?

This time, we`re not going there to work.

Then what? What are they going to do us?

Joyoung...?

This is a map of Mt.Guifu.

You can see the rough terrain at a quick glance.

This is the labore camp.

The prisoners will be released here, and they will be pursued immediately.

-They will no doubt run into the woods. -There are steep cliffs all around Mt. Guifu.

Tang soldierswill be waiting for them at the only safe exit like a tiger waiting with its mouth open.

Then there is no way they`re going to survive.

It will be up to General Dae Joyoung to find a way.

How about food?

Luckily it`s not winter, so they won`t starve to death.

They`re going to need weapons to fight off the hunters.

There are bamboo trees in the hills.

Bamboo trees?

Then they can make bamboo spears.

First they must survive the chase.

Then they must figure out a way to survive the wilderness.

My biggest concern is whether or not he will be able to unify the prisoners.

It`s a diverse group of Baekje, Shilla, Malgal, and Khitan soldiers.

If he fails to bring them together, the outcome will be disastrous.

Try to get some sleep, Joyoung. We have a long trip tomorrow.

We`ll get out of this somehow. Don`t worry so much, Joyoung.

Open up the cell!

-Get them out. -Yes, General!

What are you going to do to us?

-Out! Out! -What are you going to do?

-Take them away! -Let`s go!

-Li Wen took Dae Joyoung himself? -Yes, Your Highness.

They just left the palece.

Li Wen is the primary suspect in the poison incident.

It will impede our investigation if you allow him to leave.

-I am more suspicious of Xian than I am of Li Wen. -The Prince?

My instincts tell me that he`s the one.

But accusing him in haste will cause another upheaval in the court.

Yes, I know.

What pathetic state I`ve been reduced to.

I don`t know how I am going to get through this....

How long has he been missing?

-We heard him talking to himself just a few minutes ago. -Where is Chulin?

She went out to find him.

Books? He never reads. What kind of books are these?

-Books on art of war. -Art of War?

Prince Xian reads books about the art of war?

You will soon be reinstated as the Crown Prince. Won`t these weapons become absolete?

No,

I can`t let my guard down until I am on the throne as the Emperor.

If all else fails, these weapons will be my only option.

So keep it safely.

I undestand, Your Highness.

Look who is here, Chulin?

You must`ve followed me.

What are you doing here?

I was picking out a horse for a trip I`ll be taking.

A trip?

Li Wen has taken Dae Joyoung to Mt. Guifu.

It will be an exciting hunting trip. How could I miss it?

Go back to the East Palace.

Leave us.

I want to talk to Chulin aone.

There`s something I must discuss with you. What are you waiting for? Leave us!

You heard the prince.

My lady?

Wait for me outside.

What do you want?

Are you watching me for my mother?

I`m sure you know this already, but I hate the barbarians.

But you`re an exception.

You`re very brautiful for a woman of lowly birth.

There`s no one else here but you and me. How about it?

Why don`t you line yourself up with me?

My mother`s hay days are gone. I will ask you again.

Win my heart, and who knows if you might become an Empress like my mother someday?

What is the meaning of this?

You`re right.

There`s no one else here but you and me.

I may have been born lowly, but I don`t break laws and ignore morals

like the imperial house of Tang.

What?

Don`t trouble us by leaving the East Palace again.

You won`t tell your husband about this, will you?

I can`t figure him out.

Art of War, Astrology, Geography...

What`s certain is that he`s been acquiring wide knowledge.

He appears reckless and impulsive, but his actions are carefully calculated.

You mean he`s is the perpetrator like the Empress`s hunch?

It`s no longer important whether he is the perpetrater or not.

What do you mean?

Li Xian has become the only man in the world that can destroy the Empress.

-Accusing him of a crime will have little or no effect. -But the Empress ordered us to find the prepetrator.

Find a way to destroy Li Xian instead.

Destroy Li Xian?

I don`t know how you can do this either but Li Xian has the Empress backed up against a wall right now.

If you came to her rescue at a time like this...

There is nothing she wouldn`t do for us.

All eyes of the court are on Mt. Guifu right now where Li Wen will be hunting down Dae Joyoung.

This is your chance to go after Li Xian.

Move it!

Move it! Hustle!

Welcome back, General.

The hunt will begin at first light. Are the preparations complete?

Of coursem sir.

Leave Dae Joyoung and take the rest of the prisoners away.

Yes, sir. Take them away!

-What are you going to do to my brother? -Joyoung! What are you going to do with him?

Joyoung! Joyoung!

Tomorrow I will be your hunter and you will be my prey.

This will be your last drink as a man. so drink it.

I don`t pour drinks for dogs or crows.

You are a bold one.

Do you know what that drink was for?

It was for you endurance out there on the hunting ground.

What fun would it be to hunt the rabbits if the tiger is captured first?

Fun? Did you say fun?

You wish to play games with human lives?

Barbarians aren`t humans.

They are animals. Got that?

We will not die easily.

-Rage and desperation will keep us alive. -Oh, really?

Will rage and desperation shield you from swords and arrows?

You`re a criminal of high treason that should`ve died a long time ago.

I`m going to give you the most painful and gruesome death that anyone has ever seen.

what did they do to you?

I`m fine.

Uncle Dolbal is here.

What do you mean?

Over there.

-What are they doing here? -Listen to me carefully.

When the pursuit begins, the [risoners will head for the hills to hide.

But the higher they get, the closer they will be to hell.

We will drive them up to the top of the cliff and kill them all.

You will stop the pursuit at sundown and retreat.

We start over and track them the next day, but we must avoid the night.

To date, not one prisoner has made it out of Mt.Guifu alive.

But we must be careful this time.

There is a dangerous among them.

Sir, Dae Joyoung will be helpless in the mountain without a weapon.

Take you time and enjoy the hunt, general.

I want Dae Joyoung`s body retrieved when we`re done. We must take it back with us to Chang`an.

-Understood? -Yes, general!

What? Tomorrow?

They`re strating the hunt tomorrow?

If the word gets out now, there could be a huge riot.

We could all be killed before the hunt.

What do we have to do?

We will lead the Goguryeoan prisoners. I want each of you to lead your own prople.

Just remember two things.

Don`t climb up the hill.

That`s the reason why none of the prisoners before us survived

Secondly, you have to scatter and hide until dark.

The Chinese will retreat to their camp at sundown.

That`s when we`ll come out of hiding and rally at the rendezvous point. Get it?

Then what?

They might retreat at night, but they`ll come after us again in the morning.

We`ll have to hide again, and untimately, we will die.

You`re right.

We`re only extending our lives another day and nothing more.

But that`s all that we should be thinking about right now.

Fighting back, getting out, survival in the wolderness...

-Let`s worry about that when we know we have a life to worry about. -I`m afraid.

-I`m scared and afraid... -All of us were brought here

fighting the Tang Chinese for our country.

Don`t think of it as running from them. Think of it as a fight for your poeple and your country.

Get them! Get them all!

Oh no!

Stop! Stop where you are. We cannot climb any higher!

There is a cliff up ahead. We must scatter and hide!

What are you talking about? We need need to get over that hill to survive!

Did you hear what we said? You`ll die if you go this way!

Judging by your accident, you`re a Goguryeoan. We`re Baekjean!

I`m a Shillan. Stay out of our way.

This is no time to argue about our origin. You must trust us!

Get out of the way!

No! Stop!

No! You must trust me!

We have to get out of here!

Avoid the ridge and find the ravine! Go!

General!

General!

What happened?

The prisoners are headed straight for the cliff!

Oh?

Driving the heard is more important than capturing the heard. Make sure that none of the creatures slip away.

We will drive every one of them over the cliff!

Search for strays hiding in the area!

-What happened to the prisoners? -Everyone that went up the hill is dead.

What about those that headed for the ravine? What happened to them?

Not one of them showed up at the rendezvous point.

What? You mean they`re dead too?

i don`t think so.

-They are probably too afraid to come out of hiding. -You`re right.

They will come out one by one once their nerves have settled.

Mokchul, you made it!

Countless men are already dead. If they had only listen to you...

What`s done is done.

Those who are alive must trust and rely on each other.

We have no weapons.

And they will come after us in the morning. How will we fend them off with our bare hands?

One small dagger will not protect us.

There is a bamboo forest nearby. With this,

we can make as many bamboo spears as we need.

We may start this fight with one small dagger, but this will end with an all out battle. And victory will be ours.

I think we drove several hindred prisoners over the cliff.

-Countless prisoners were killed during the pursuit as well. -That means only one to two hundred of them are still alive.

One to two hundred....

-Dae Joyoung is among that one to two hundred men. -Don`t worry, sir.

They will all be dead ny tomorrow.

good work.

-Let us enjoy the victory with a drink! -Yes, General!

-You`re doing all this work alone... -Uncle.

we wouldn`t be alive if it weren`t for the information you gave us.

Don`t mention it.

Here, I didn`t have a chance to give it to you earlier. It`s a letter from your father.

He worked very hard to save you.

My dear son Joyoung,

I don`t know how we lost our homeland, and became wanderers of this dark and precarious world.

I miss you very much.

But I don`t want my son to stop his journey to get back to me.

wherether it be a field of thorn or a path of suffering, you must walk eith pride and certitude.

Joyoung, I won`t ask you to come back to me alive.

If it`s a righteous path,

I will be content to see you in heaven.

Don`t hold back and fight without regret from right where you are.

Tonight I`m going to brag to your mother about you... that your son was always proud.

Father...

It`s the prisoners! They`re hiding in here!

After them! Capture those prisoners!

What the heck?

It`s Dae Joyoung!

We found you at last!

They are defense less. Get them!

Not yet.. Not Yet...

A little more...

Let them come a little closer.

Now!

Retreat! Retreat!

Attack!

Collect the weapons!

What? you lost all of your men?

Forgive me general! General! Forgive me!

That`s impossible! They`re unarmed!

-How could armed soldiers be defeated by a bunch of unarmed thugs? -They had bamboo spears.

What? Bamboo spears?

-Get the troops ready at once! -But it will be dark soon.

I warned you!

I told you no to underestimate dae Joyoung!

Don`t get upset, sir. I give them cresit for trying, but killing them is a matter of time.

Damn! I am humiliated! I come out here to hunt, and I`m being hunted by the prey

I was right.

You are Dae Joyoung!

The leader of the Dongmyoungchun League and the man who defeated Wugol in a duel

Take a look.

For as long as they are bloking this ravine, there is no way we can get out of Mt. Guifu.

We have two choices: stay here

and hold out for as long as we can or attempt an escape.

Why did you come back?

Is it because if what you said to me that night?

The promise you made to get out of here together with the prisoners?

That`s right.

I will not leave them behind and get out of here alone.

The prisoners that went into hiding are coming out one by one!

Joyoung, let`s get out there.

Welcome!

You`re here! You`re here!

I`m glad you are alive.

We`ve got weapons. We will destribute them to you as well.

Do you intens to fight the Tang Chinese?

There is no way out of this mountain. We have to fight for our own lives.

we might last for a few days, but eventually they`ll get to all of us.

That`s right.

-And the longer this lasts, the more pain we will suffer. -No, you`re wrong.

We can beat them. There is hope for all of us.

You are Goguryeoans.

We Shillans can`t go along with this.

Neither can we the Beakjeans. so don`t tell us what to do.

Look, we`re all on the verge of being killed! Who cares about where we come from?

Blasted fools!

Let`s just leave them whether they live or die!

Go ahead and figth them. My men and I will find away to escape.

We will too.

we`re not going to fight a lost cause.

Wait! Wait a moment!

You`re right.

It may be foolish to go up against the huge army down there.

But if all of us, Goguryeoans, Baekjeans, Shillans, Magals, Turks

and the Khitans all come together and fight with united strength, we can defeat them.

Don`t try to coax us!

We`ll just fall apart like a ball of sand even if we try to unite.

-Let`s get back! -Let`s go!

Wait!

Look at my hand!

Look at this blood.

No matter where I was born of what color uniform I fought in, my blood is red and warm just like yours.

We have the same passion in our blood, the passion to survive.

We have the same blood and the same goal. What more do you need to come together?

I won`t stop you.

I don`t need cowards using our differences as an excuse to run.

The faint-of-hearts can go.

Go! All of you!

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