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Father!

Soldiers of Khitan, Open the gate and surrender!

Those who yield will be spared,

but those who resist will die!

Cast your eyes on your military leader Li Kaigu!

This is the fate of Khitan!

Surrender!

open the gate and surrender!

Yield, and you shall be spared!

Surrender now!

Blasted bastards! Shut your filthy mouths!

Archers, fire!

-What are you waiting for? -Fire! Fire the arrrows!

-Fire! -Shut up!

Fire now!

What are you waiting for?

Attack!

-Fire! Fire your arrows! -Get that bastard!

-Fire the arrows! -Shut up,I said!

We`ve resolved to fight to the death!

If you don`t wish to die in vain, move out and return to Tang!

Dae Joyoung, you`re not listening!

If death is what you want, you got your wish!

I`ll be back to turn this city to ashes!

-Let`s go! -Yes, general!

General Xue Rengui, it`s Li Jinzhong!

Regretfully, we`ve become enemies, but we have alot to talk about.

Don`t you agree?

Tomorrow, I will be at your camp!

Your Majesty!

-Father! -Grandfather!

Friend or foe treat me as you wish.

But let us talk man to man!

-We`r goingback to the camp! -Yes, sir!

General...!

This is much too dangerous.

Call of the talks.

Send a royal messenger instead. Your Majesty can`t leave the Fort.

We can`t delay their attack just by holding Li Wen hostage. ~Li Jinzhong:Khitan King~

If this is simply to delay thier attack, it may not be very effective. ~Mimosa~

I intend to negotiate a hostage exchange,

I`m going to give it a try.

If all it does is buy us some time, it will stil be worth it.

Your Majesty...

I will go to Xue Rengui. ~Chulin~

-You must stay here and protect the people, father. -No

we`re talking about Xue Rengui. I must go myself.

Then I shall go with you.

-You, General Dae? -That`s out of the question.

If you`re captured in the absence of General Li Kaigu, this war will be over.

Are you saying we can risk His Majesty`s capture, but we can`t risk General Dae`s capture? ~Sun Wanrong~

I will escort the King.

It is indeed unwise for General Dae Joyoung to go for Yingzhou`s safety. ~Li Geom~

Geom is right.

General Dae, you will stay here. Geom and I will go together.

-You`re putting your life in danger. -Yingzhou is in greater danger.

Where are General Dae Jungsang and the reinforcements?

There`s only three days to the fifteenth of the month. Are you sure they will be here on time? ~Shin Hong~

He`s been alerted about our situation, so he will be here.

We just have to hang in there until then.

We can wipe out the Tang army once the reinfocements arrive.

They better be coming, or else we`ll all be killed.

Have you been lied to all your life, fool?

What? Did you just call me"fool"? I`m a general!

-A general? -You!

Show some respect for your superiors!

That`s enough!

Stop behaving like children!

I will exit the city gatein the morning, so prepare accordingly.

Yes, Your Majesty!

~Tang Army, Command Post~

We should attack tonight.

-Li Jinzhong is coming. -Do you believe him?

He is a lowly barbarian but a King nonrtheless.

He won`t enter the enemy camp.

You don`t know Li Jinzhong like I do. He is not to be underestimated. ~Xue Rengui~

General!!

The Khitan King has arrived.

You see that? I told you he`d come.

I will see him myself.

No, please stay, general.

I will go and cut off his head.

What?

You want to kill a man who comes in peace to talk?

He will be executed once Yingzhou is conquered anyway, sir.

General Zhao is right, sir.

A talk is pointless at this point. Let us kill Li Jinzhong and attack Yingzhou tonight.

-Yes, general. -Silence!

I may kill him as an enemy on the battlefield, but I will not kill him as a guest visiting my home.

But sir!

Hongpei, let`s go.

Huh? Yes general.

Why is he making an easy task difficult?

I commend you for you courage coming to the enemy camp.

I worried in vain that I may not be welcome.

We could both be killed once the battle starts.

This might be the last time we caould have a heart to heart.

Let`s go inside.

What is the meaning of this?

Let me see my father.

Silence!

I don`t care it it`s only for a moment. I must see for myself that my father is alive.

We are at war! We can`t let you see the prisoner!

Get him out of here!

I`ve known you since I was a child, general.

I remember vividly

how you sat me down on your knee and told me to become a great warrior like my father.

You`ve known me all my life, General.

You must know how concerned I am about my father.

Let me see my father if only just once.

You`ve raised your grandson well.

-Take him to Li Kaigu. -General!

There`s nothing to be afraid of. They can`t hurt us.

Just let him see his father.

-General! -Father!

Geom, how did you get here? ~Li Kaigu~

Grandfather is talking to Xue Rengui.

-His Majesty is here? -Yes .

Your face.... you`ve become so frail.

Don`t worry about me.

I so ashamed to be in this pathetic situation when the country is in danger...

Don`t say thing like that.

You were captured protecting me and mother. It`s my fault, Father.

Geom, listen to me carefully. I may never see you or your mother in this life.

Don`t say that.

Grandfather is working to get you out.

Xue Rengui will never trade me for Li Wen.

Isn`t that why you`re here?

We will get you out, Father.

If I am killed and Yingzhou falls,

you must to stay alive to protect your mother.

Father!

And if you find yourself in desperate danger.

take your mother and go to General Dae Joyoung.

He and I have long been enemies....

but he will protect you and your mother with his life.

How can you say that?

You, mother and I, the three of us will live together.

This isn`t like you.

You`re stronger than this!

I can`t deny the reality.

The reality is cruel for Khitan and our family.....

Father....

Deliver my last words to your mother.

You were once my dear friend, but you became an enemy the moment you ignored my faithful warning.

and declared a new state.

I, too, thought of you as a life long friend.

But I couldn`t betray the earnest desires of my people for our frienship.

What`s the point of digging up the past? So, why did you request this talk?

It would be a tremendous glory if we won this war against Xue Rengui.

Even if we lost, we would find some comfort in that

it was Xue Rengui that brought us down.

I, too, am prepared to risk my life

and my pride for this fight

if my rival is one and only Li Jinzhong, the warrior who swept the prairies of the northeast.

Then let`s start the fight over.

What do you mean?

I will give you Li Wen, give us Li Kaigu.

A hostage exchange...

Both Li Wen and Li Kaigu are invaluable members of each others army.

The Xue Rengui I know would not fear my proposal.

I have no other motive. I simply can`t let my subordinate die.

I reject the proposal.

But General Li Wen will die!

He failed to protect himself and became a hostage!

I will make no attempt to save him.

General!

Must you reject my proposal?

Yes, I must. Now leave us.

Hang a white flag of surrender at the east gate by noon tomorrow,

or we launch a full force attack.

Never.

You will never see a white flag of surrender.

The Khan of Khitan is leaving!

-Escort him to the gate! -Yes, general.

Never.

Grandfather!

-Did you see your father? -Yes, he hasn`t been harmed.

-How about the negotiation? -It has failed.

Geom, they`re going to launch an attack tomorrow afternoon.

Let`s go. We must alert the warriors.

Kill Li Jinzhong! Kill them all!

He`s dead.

-Bury the bodies. -Yes, general!

Wait,

It`s not Li Jinzhong!

We`ve been tricked! They knew we were coming after them!

They couldn`t have gone far.

-Search the area! -Yes, sir!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Grandfather!

I`m fine. Don`t worry about me.

-Get on my back. -No, I can walk.

-How did you know they would come after me? -General Dae Joyoung warned me of the danger.

We`re not safe yet. We must keep moving.

-Your Majesty! -Grandfather!

Your Majesty!

-Your Majesty, what happened? -Grandfather!

-Were you attack? -Yes, general.

We`re alive thanks to your warning.

-How about the negotiation? -It failed.

We`re running out of time.

They`re going to attack tomorrow.

~East Gate, Yingzhou Fort~

Our efforts to delay their attack have been futile.

And we don`t know when the 30,000 reinforcement troops will arrive.

All we can do now is to protect Yingzhou with our lives.

Remember.

The enemy has converged all of their troops here at the east gate.

Tens of thousands of enemy troops will come at us at once.

If the Khitans and Goguryeoans don`t work together, there is no way we can stop them.

General Sun and I will lead the defense.

You will command the troops according to the command post signals. Is that understtod?

Yes, general!

Now return to your positions!

-The battle has begun! -Yes, general!

general!

General!

Did they hang the white flag on the gate?

They`ve lined up their men along the parapet and entered battle position.

-Dae Joyoung has taken command? -Yes, general.

And once Dae Joyoung is crushed, you will become an unrivaled warrior of the northeast, ~Hongpei~

The generals.

They`re standing by awaiting your command.

Sound the battled drums.

I will spearhead this battle myself!

Yes, general!

Mother!

why won`t you ask me about father?

You`ve seen him.

That`s good enough for me.

I know how you feel. ~Li Geom~

You`re afraid something may happen to him.

There was something he wanted me to tell you.

Deliver my last words to your mother.

Even in death.... I will protect her forever...

like I always have since we were children.

And he made me promise that I would protect you as well.

Your Father lived his life for me.

We must win this war.

Now is my turn to protect your father.

Yes, Mother. We will win.

They placed all of their soldier at the east gate as well.

Is that Dae Joyoung over there?

Yes, general.

It has to be him next to the raven flag.

We will not run no matter how large your army.

Come get us, Xue Rengui!

Brave warriors of Tang, attack the enemy!

Attack! Attack!

Sound the drums and bugles!

Attack!!!!!!

General!

General! It`s a raid!

-We`ve been attacked by the enemy! -A raid?

They`re right there hiding behind that wall! What are you talking about?

There`re tens of thousands of soldiers bearing the three legged raven flags!

What are you talking about, you twit?

Get a hold of yourself, fool! Dae Joyoung is right before us!

General!!

The auxiliary force at the camp has been annihilated! A huge army bearing the raven flag are headed this way!

What? The raven flags?

Who is commanding this army?

It`s Dae Jungsang, sir!

Dae Jungsang?

Dae Jungsang ahowed up with an army?

General, how could this be happening?

Stay here.

I will go ride out and stop them.

Dae Joyoung is in front of us and Dae Jungsang is behind us!

Darn!

We must wipe them out and burn the camp!

Wipe out the enemy! Destroy the enemy camp!

What is that?

Joyoung!

Joyoung, what is happening?

-The Tang camp is in flames. -Over there!

-I see the raven flags fluttering in the distance! -What? The raven Flags?

I don`t see anything!

-General Gaepilsamun can see two miles away. -What are you? A dog?

How do you see so well?

I`m the Wolf....The Wolf of Mt.Madu!

It`s the raven flag all right! there`s no doubt about it!

General! General!

A report from the scouts.

The reinforcement troops have arrived!

The reinforcement troops?

We`re saved. The Khitans are saved@

Heaven is with us!

We won`t let them fight alone.

Relay my order to the troops! Go out of the city and fight!

Yes, sir!

Hongpei, what`s happening behind us?

General, they`re opening the city gate!

What? The gate?

My men and I will hold them back. You must take the troops and retreat!

This can`t be happening!

We`re forced to retreat with Yingzhou right in fron of us!

Dae Joyoung, I had him right in my hands!

There`s no time, sir! We`ll be trapped and annihilated if we don`t get out of here now!

Retreat!

Retreat twenty miles south of Yingzhou!

Retreat! Retreat!

What could be happening?

If they had attacked Yingzhou, we should be out of here by now, and the city in flames.

I heard battle cries this afternoon.

I`m sure there was a battle.

Could the Khitans have won the battle?

That`s impossible. The Khitans were overwhelmingly outnumbered.

But it`s certain the city has not fallen.

General Xue Rengui couldn`t have lost the battle.....

-Father! -General!

Grandfather!

Dan, you`re here.

You made it, father, and two daysahead of schedule.

I`m glad we made it on time to save Yingzhou.

-Where are the rest of the soldiers? -We set up camp outside the city.

They can defend the city better from outside.

This is a fortunate turn.

General, you don`t know how happy we are to see you again.

Have you fared well? How are the refugees?

Yes, they are well, thanks to General Dae Joyoung.

I bid you greetings, general.

It`s good to see you, lad.

The others have entered the palace on account of His Majesty`s illness.

Illness?

He has pushed himself too hard the last few days.

You must get some rest as well, Jungsang.

We`ve been traveling day and night without rest for six days.

-Father... -No, I don`t feel tired at all.

Let us go inside. We have much to talk about.

What is the cause of his illness?

Diagnosis will require further observation, but first he needs to rest his mind and body.

Rest his mind and body?

-The country is at war for heavens sakes! -Thank you.

-You may go now. -Yes...

We`ve put out the fire for now thanks to the reinforcements, but soon our fear will come true. ~Shin Hong~

Our fears?

Our military has been placed under Dae Joyoung`s command.

And now that Dae Jungsang is here with a powerful army, Dae Joyoung is like a tiger with wings.

This is dreadful... ~Sun Wanrong~

Dae Joyoung could swallow this country whole.

The Dae Joyoung I know would never do that.

People change with the circumstance.

General Li Kaigu is not here, and now His Majesty has taken ill.

Anyone in his shoes could become greedy.

How did we come to this?

This is most deplorable!

Xue Rengui has taken a good hit, but the Tang army still poses a huge threat to us.

I`ve been conserned all the way here. ~Dae Jungsang~

Protecting Yingzhou is in deed important, but what`s the use if we lose all of our soldiers in the process?

-We can`t sacrifice our soldiers for Khitan. -We`ve done enough for them.

Let`s take the refugees and leave now.

I`m with Sudol on this.

Why should we bust our butt fighting the Tang Chinese for the Khitans?

Didn`t you hear anything?

We said if Yingzhou falls, Mt.Dongmo won`t be safe either. ~Geumlan~

You did? When?

-Yes, someone did say that, I think. -When?

Losing Yingzhou to the Tang Chinese would be just as devastating to us as losing our army.

Then we need to defeat the Tang army without sacrificing our army. ~Jang Sanhae~

One could only hope to achieve that.

The reality is there is no guarantee of victory even if we make every possible effort.

We`ve already pulled out all the stops.

We`ve crossed the point of no return, so there is only onr thing we can do now.

-Fight to the end? -Yes.

We must win the war with least possible casualtis, and take our people back to Mt.Dongmo.

I think that is the best solution. ~Mimosa~

But if I could suggest another option...

we could take Yingzhou whole.

You mean drive out the Khitans?

We can`t trust the Khitan completely.

If in the future they should betray us and join hands with Tang, Mt.Dongmo will be in great danger.

If we remove this uncertainty, only then will we be truly safe....

That discussion is for another day.

We must keep it in mind to be prepared.

Xue Renguis is before us.

We will talk about that another day.

Of course, general.

~Jungan Fortress, Tang Territory~

How can you say this?

Just two days ago, I was told Yingzhou was near its fall.

And today you say we were defeated? Explain this!

It appears Dae Jungsang came to assist the Khitans with and army of Goguryeon and Mohe tribes soldiers.

What? To aid them? ~Emperor Wu Zetian~

-You mean they have reinforcements? -Yes, Your Majesty.

It`s an army of thirty thousand.

Thirty thousand?

The former Goguryeoan force has grown that strong?

We were shocked as well. Dae Joyoung has built frightening strength.

While we were preoccupied with the Khitans and the Turks.

I can`t have this. I won`t have this!

There`s enough nuisance as it is with the Turks and the Khitans, and now the Goguryeoans...!

This is an extraordinary matter that requires extraordinary action.

Extraordinary action?

We`re holding the son of Turkic Khan Muchuo prisoner right now.

-First we must release him. -Yes, Your Majesty.

There will be chaos in the state if the Turks rise up against us right now.

Are you duggesting that we comply with their outrageous request?

We don`t have to give them everything they want immediately, but we can`t afford to make an enemy of the Turks.

The Prime Minister is right, Your Majesty. First we must appease the Turks.

This is wretched!

The Emperor of Tang having to pander to the lowly barbarians! How did this situation come to this?

Our infinite regrets, Your Majesty.

Escort Yeom!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Have the Turkic envoys moved from the palace jail to the guest chambers.

Treat them as important guest until further instruntion.

As you wish, Your Majesty.

I will show them soon enough.

Whether it`s the Turks, Khitans or Goguryeoans, they will soon be at my feet begging for their lives.

~Northwest Front, Turkic Camp~

Tonyuku at your service, Khan.

Have you heard anything else from my son Inel and Bilgae in Chang`an?

I`m afraid I haven`t, sir.

Call all of the Turkic leaders together,

and request military assistance from all of our allies! ~Muchuo~

Khan, are we going to war?

Zetian has trampled my pride and offended the dignity of the Turks!

This is the extent of my mercy.

I will punish the Tang Chinese if it`s the last thing I do!

Go,

and let the world know my resolve!

Yes, Khan!

How dare she put my son in confinement!

I will take the wench`s head....!

Why him?

Dae Jungsang, why him?

Of all men, why does he have to get in my way?

General, please don`t do this.

Wine! Bring me more wine!

You`re aleady quite drunk, sir.

Hongpei, are you slighting me as well?

Slighting you? Of course not.

Then obey me, fool!

Bring me my wine!

General!

Li Kaigu, you wanted to see me?

You`re quite drunk.

Yes, I drank because I`m mad as hell!

What do you want with me?

I`ve come to tell you why the Tang army can`t win this war.

Why we can`t win?

I see that being locked up gave you a smart mouth!

You`re fighting for your personal glory, but we the Khitans and Dae Joyoung`s men are fighting to protect our families.

Families?

Families you say?

I`ve got a family.

Your army can never prevail over desperate fight for survival.

Li Kaigu!

I kept you alive because you were once my trusted subordinate,

but now you give me no reason for mercy!

I`m going to have to take your head for little solace!

Do you understand? Little bastard!

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