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-What brings you? -troops were deploy from outside the city.

Were you aware, Father?

They must be stopped if they were deployed without proper authorization.

I will go after them.

That won`t be necessary.

I order the deployment.

For what purpose, tactician?

I ordered the troops to patrol the boundaries and inspect the tribes.

But there were thousands of soldiers. Why would you need such a large army for patrol purposes?

I`m sure the tactician has his reasons. Now leave us.

-Leave us I said. -Yes, sir.

Are you sure they were fully armed with combat gear?

Yes, sir.

They appeared to be heading out for battle.

Joyoung, look at those flags. It`s definitely a Tang army.

I`m preplexed.

-A Tang army stationed at the Liao River? -I don`t think were station anywhere near here.

We`re ready to go.

You will be safe once you cross the river.

They`re ten times the size of your army. ~Dae Jungsang~

Can you hold them back until we`re safely across?

The lives of our people are at stake. We won`t let you down.

-I will see you at Ansi Fort. -I know you will.

-Don`t worry about us. -I won`t.

General, let us go.

There is no time to delay.

-Mapa, take care of them. -I will, general.

General!

Sir, they`re pulling out as we expected.

-How many armed guards are with them? -A about a hundred.

A hundred? A hundred...

Take a detachment of one thousand troops, and go around the hill. You`ll be able to annihilate the before they reach the river.

Yes, sir!

You stay and watch their camp.

If they catch on to us and make a move. we will strike full force!

Yes, sir!

Jungsang, I think we should stop.

What`s wrong?

There`re tracks of a large army. It`s fresh.

They could behiding nearby.

-How far along are the refugees ahead of us? -Bang gae is leading them down the hill now.

Father?

It`s the enemy!

Run! Take cover!

It`s the enemy! Take cover!

-We`re surrounded by Tang soldiers! -We`ve come too far to give up now!

The Liao River is before our eyes! Goguryeo is right before us!

It`s a pity you`ll never make it back. What are you waiting for? Kill them!

We`ve got you covered. Run! Jeok, take your mother and run!

Mother! Come with me!

Mother!

Where are these arrows coming from Who is attacking us?

Genera. over there!

-It`s General Gulsabiwu and Geumlan! -They`re here for us!

We`re saved!

How dare you march into Goguryeo soil and attempt to hurt our people!

Wipe them out completely!

Kill them!

Retreat!!

Biwu!

-Joyoung! -You`ve come.

I never dreamed you would come for us!

We came as soon as the tactician`s message arrived.

The tactician`s message?

I had sent him a message before we left Yingzhou as a precautionary measure. ~Mimosa~

Very good.

Your good judgment saved us all.

It`s the two generals that saved us by arriving just in time.

-Where are the refugees? -They safely crossed the river.

They will wait for us there until we join them. ~Gulsabiwu~ ~Geumlan~

Why keep them waiting? ~Heuk Sudol~

Let`s go after those Tang bastards now and wipe them out!

General!!

General, the Tang army broke camp and began to retreat.

Give us your order, sir. We`ll obliterate them.

Gulsabiwu and Heul Sudol, go after them.

With pleasure.

Blasted bastards... I won`t let them get away.

If you capture their leader, bring him back alive.

Alive?

We still don`t know if they are really Tang Chines. We need to comfirm their identity, so bring him back alive if possible.

Got it.

-Sudol, let`s go! -Aye!

The rest of us will cross the Liao River and join the refugees. Prepare the troops.

Yes, general!

If they`re Khitan soldiers, this is a serious matter.

Yes, it is, sir.

Are these the soldiers?

Why did you take the troops out in secrecy, and what did you do?

Your Highness....

I want an explanation, Tactician Shin.

General Li awaits them inside.

You will have to take this up with him later. Let us go.

Gulsabiwu?

He showed up to save them?

We have no excuse. Give us death for our failure.

Give us death, general!

Did Dae Joyoung catch your identity? ~Li Kaigu~

We shook them off our tail, so they couldn`t know who we are. ~zhao Renshi~

All I can say is that those Goguryeoans are luky.

Return to your posts. Soon you will be given a new assignment.

They are back in Ansi Fort with their people, so Dae Joyoung will start building a new world. ~Shin Hong~

I will not be a speactator.

Let us begin as well. -Yes, general.

Remember that from this point on, every small victory and defeat will contribute

-to the final outcome in the vie for mastery of the land. -Yes....

Not Dae Joyoung but I, Li Kaigu, will be the final victor.

General, do you remember us?

Many years ago, we fought agains the Tang army under your command.

I was a gate guard back them.

I was one of your dispatch riders.

I was in the cavalry in charge of supplies.

Do you remember us? General?

Of course I remember you. How could I forget you men?

How did you get so old?

What happen to your youth?

How did you get so old and gray?

General....! General...!

Seeing you men I suddenly realize what long and difficult journey it has been coming back.

Thank you. Thank you for being alive.

Who would remember the glorious history of Goguryeo if you were not here?

Who would tell our children that this Ansi Fort was once the passionate heart of Liaodong?

I can`t believe we are here together again! Thank you for being here.

General....!

Now we will divide our duties.

Each of us will have to do work of not ten but a hundred men in order to get organized.

General Gulsabiwu and Heuk Sudol will be in charge of recruting soldiers and organizing an army.

Yes, sir.

General Gaepilsamun and Tungso will handle the breeding and rearing of livestock and warhorses.

Farm animals will be bred and distribute to the people.

-Yes, sir! -That is our expertise!

Master Jang and General Mu Yeom, we`d like you to oversee the farming.

Nothing will be more important to the people.

You got it.

If we fail to work together at this critical time, the people will not be able to lay their root in Liaodong.

Let us approach these public service like fighting a battle and give everything you`ve got.

Yes, general!

The people`s lives are getting better everyday.

Did you hear that, general?

Joyoung is being transformed from a protector of the people to their care taker.

He treaded the battlefields and now he is overseeing the vast land of Liaodong as well.

Aren`t you proud?

-Announce the general. -Yes, sir.

Your Majesty, General Li Kaigu to see you.

-See him in. -Yes, Your Majesty.

Please enter.

Your Majesty, Dae Joyoung is making all kinds of preparations to take the remaining Goguryeoans back.

Yes,

I heard he`s cultivation land and focusing on taking care of his people.

We will not lose any more Khitan citizens to Dae Joyoung.

You mean you`re not going to release the Goguryoeans? ~Sun Wanrong:Second King of Khitan~

Exactly, Your Majesty.

The departed King clearly specified in his will to have them released!

His Majesty is deceased. The future is for the living.

Fellows!

I am going to make this state a great Kingdom.

Isn`t that, the departed King`s true last wish?

And to do that, we must destroy Dae Joyoung and take Liaodong.

So please do not speak of releasing the Goguryoans any further.

How can you say this?

First we will double our military force by conscription.

Then we will launch a massive public works project to turn Yingzhou into an impregnable fortress.

-What? A massive public works project? -Yes, Your Majesty.

We will construct a long defense wall like the Great Wall around us.

Are you blind to our current state of economy?

We have a more pressing external crisis.

First we must pull up our shield and sharpen our weapons before we tend to our people.

Public opposition will be fierce.

Don`t worry.

The public works will be done by the Goguryeoan refugees.

Goguryeoan refugees?

Who knows when they might attempt a mass escape to Yingzhou?

We can watch them if we put them in labor camps,

so it serves a double purpose.

It is for the future of Khitan. I insist that you approve.

~Chang`an, Tang~

Never! ~Chang`an, Tang~

I don`t care if it is to destroy Dae Joyoung and the Khitans.

I will not make martial ties with barbaric Turk Muchuo! That would be self-deprecating to say the very least!

I opposed as well, Your Majesty. But it`s General Xue Rengui ~Yang Xiaowie~

who is trying to persuade the ministers.

-General Xue Rengui? -Yes, Your Majesty.

They already chose Prince Li Dan`s son Li Hou to wed the Turkic princess.

What? They made a decision without my permission?

General Xue has been wielding his power in the court since Your Majesty has been ill.

-There is no one who can stand up against him. -I, too, was unable to break his will.

Please forgive me, Your Majesty.

-Escord Yeom, summon General Xue at once! -Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty....

-Get it out of my sight! -Your Majesty...

Have the incompetent Imperial physician put to death. and order a new physician to concort a new potion to cure my ailment.

He, too, will be put to death if I am not cured in a matter of days!

Yes, Your Majesty.

How dare General Xue Rengui attempt to break my will.

I now only have the two of you whom I can trust.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

-Escort Yeom, what brings you? -It`s Her Majesty....

-Does she wish to see me? -Yes, general.

Is Yang Xiaowei at Her Majesty`s chambers?

Well...I....

You don`t need to answer that. I will find out when I get there.

Yang Xiaowei will no doubt attempt to interfere.

I`m going to make this happen even if it kills me. ~Xue Rengui~

Using the Turks is the only way to destroy Dae Joyoung and Li Kaigu.

Let`s go.

We can`t put the burden on General Xue Rengui alone. ~LI Wen~

Let us all go to Her Majesty together and express our intent.

Didn`t you hear me.

We must appeal to Her Majesty together.

This is so frustrating!

More colore.

-Not a hint of malady must show throug. -Yes, Your Majesty.

If I am ill, the world will look upon me with less regards.

That includes my retainers.

If the master shows signs of weakness, they could show their claws anytime.

No....

Wu Zetian cannot show sign of weakness.

-Pain my lips brighter red. -Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, General Xue Rengui.

Send him in.

Your Majesty, Xue Rengui at your service.

I had trusted you, Xue Rengui.

I firmly believe that you of all men would never disrespect me.

Your Majesty,

this union with the Turks is only to destroy Dae Joyoung and Li Kaigu.

Pay no heed to Yang Xiaowei`s guileful mischief-making.

Mischief-making?

-You say Yang Xiaowei is making mischief? -Yes, Your Majesty.

He is a conniving man who seeks only to gain influence in the curt by conspiring against his peers.

Is that so?

Then answer this question.

Is it true that you sought to send Prince Li Hou to the Turks without my permission as a pawn?

Answermy question.

Did you seek to eastablish marital ties between the imperial house of Tang and the Turks?

Yes, Your Majesty. It is true.

Are you patronizing me?

How dare you seek to make me an in law to that barbarian Muchuo!

Are you out of your mind?

Your Majesty.

I did indeed seek to send a pawn to the Turks,

but he is a fake prince.

A fake prince?

Not Li Hou but someone else?

There`re so many princes in this imperial house that sometimes even I get confused.

What could Muchuo possibly know?

A fake prince?

That`s quite clever and funny.

A nuptial between Muchou`s daughter and a phony prince?

I don`t know how long it`s been since I laughed like this. All we have to do is fool them until Turks destroys Khitan.

That`s right, Your Majesty.

After that, I will destroy the Turks, so Your Majesty`s honor will remain untarnished.

Very well.

I will leave you to handle this matter as you see fit.

Your grace is infinite, Your Majesty.

General Li Wen, I will give you a detachment of soldiers. Take the phony prince and go to the Turks.

Soldiers, sir?

We can`t leave it up to Muchou alone to destroy the Khitan for us.

I understand, sir.

I will take the head of Khitan King myself, sir.

Yes, yes, that`s the spirit.

Hongpei, go and get prepared for a little trip.

Where are we going, sir?

-You and I are going to Liaodong. -But why, sir?

Are you going to see Dae Joyoung?

There is something I must do before the Turks hit Khitan.

-It`s too dangerous, sir. -That`s right, general.

-You could get hurt. -Don`t worry.

-I know what I`m doing. -General...!

There`s something no one in this world can do except me, Xue Rengui.

Only me....

You made a wise choice tending to the people first.

A rich and powerful government can still have poverty among the people.

But I believe where people prosper, the government cannot be poor.

You couldn`t be more right.

-Joyoung, are you in? -It`s father.

Please come in, father.

-What brings you here? -We will soon be leaving for Yingzhou.

The first group of refugees has settle down now, so there is no reason for us to delay.

I`m checking the situation in Yingzhou. Perhaps you should wait awhile.

We`ve already looked into it.

They built up their army considerably through force conscription.

Force labor is what concerns us.

Force labor?

I know they launched a huge public works project. But is there a problem?

They filled their labor camps with our refugees.

From women to elderly, dicrimination is extreme.

The refugees have already suffered enough.

We must go to Yingzhou as quickly as possible and bring them back.

It could be dangerous going to Yingzhou now.

There was Li Jinzhong`s last will, so they won`t be able to flatly refuse our request.

-But father, -Don`t worry.

We will observe the situation and act with caution.

But strengthen our military as much as possible while we are gone just in case.

Yes, father.

Arrest anyone who resist!

Get them all out!

Batard!

Arrest those who resist!

Stop the escapees!

-Don`t let them leave Khitan boundaries! -Get them!

Get up!

Go to Liaodong.... and tell General Dae Joyoung...

what`s happening here...

Father, please get up!

-Father! -Go...Go!

Kill them all!

General! General! General!

What happened? Who did this to you?

Well...

Someone answer me! Who did this to you?

Who did this? Who?

-We must tend to the injured first. -I will find out what happened.

-Take the general inside. -Yes, sir.

General, please get back inside.

Here, here,

let`s get these people some food and medical attention!

Gaepil, let`s get moving!

What in heaven`s name happened in Yingzhou?

The situation is a lot worse than we thought. ~Mimosa~

Explain. What are they doing to our people?

It`s not forced labor. It`s slavery. ~Geumlan~

They are separating the families and putting them in concentration camps.

Countless people are dying daily trying to escape Yingzhou.

Li Kaigu has de facto control of Khitan right now. ~Heuk Sudol~ ~Gulsabiwu~

This whole show is being run by Li Kaigu and Shin Hong. ~Heuk Sudol~ ~Gulsabiwu~

Blasted bastards!

Does this mean they`re not going to release the refugees? ~Geapilsamun~ ~Tungso~

Do you have to ask?

-It`s obvious! -Tungso!

I`m terribly concerned about father. I hope he is safe... ~Sukyoung: Dae Joyoung`s wife~

No! We cannot let them do this!

Send our men to Yingzhou at once and get a detailed report!

Aye, sir!

-Get moving! -Out of the way!

Get moving!

Move! Hustle!

This is more serious then we thought. They`re treating the refugees like criminals.

Something`s gone terribly wrong.

General!

-General! -Did you find out?

Yes, general.

Don`t worry, sir. He`s a Goguryeoan.

I need to see Sun Wanrong. ~Dae Jungsang~

Can you manage to get me in without being seeing by Li Kaigu and Shin Hong?

Of course, sir.

I will set up for you to enter the palace tonight. ~Jang Sanhae~

Dolbal and I will go alone.

Check the public works sight where the refugees are being taken.

Yes, sir . Let`s us go.

What is it?

I cannot watch the Goguryeoan being abuse any longer. ~Li Geom:Chulin`s son~

They are serving civic duty that all Khitan citizens have to serve. ~Chulin~

They would not be killed like this if they were regarded as Khitan citizens.

You have to stop this, Mother.

You`re the only one who can stop father`s rampage.

Once General Dae Joyoung finds out about this, our alliance will be over.

Your fahter will take care of that matter.

I don`t want you to mind the Goguryeoans anymore.

Father has changed. He`s not the man I used to respect.

How can you say this?

I know you feel the same way, Mother.

I will not have you speak ill of your father. I will not tolerate it!

Have you forgotten Grandfather`s wish as well, Mother?

Geom! Geom!

Yingzhou will be transformed into an impregnable fortress omce this project is complete.

This would not have been possible without the Goguryeoan refugees. ~Li Kaigu~

I have many more public works projects planed for the future. After all we are building national strength. ~Shin Hong~

Good work, Sir Shin.

-Let`s drink to your great accomplishment. -Don`t over drink, sir.

You have an important guest to see tonight.

A guest?

Good work.

What do you think, sir? Isn`t he an important guest?

I`m here to see the king.

I have no business with you. Take me to the King at once!

Lock them up in the guest quarters for now.

-Yes, sir. -How dare you!

Your Highness!

-Did you find Geom? -Yes, Your Highness.

He`s at a tavern in the city.

Thank heavens! I was so afraid...

What were you doing last night?

-How could you not know that he did not return? -Forgive me, Your Highness....

General Li will be furious if he finds out.

I will go and bring him back myself. Lead on.

-I will go and bring him back myself. Lead on. -Yes Your Highness.

Mercy!

-Bastard! -Please! I beg you, sire!

Please! I beg you! I beg you, sire!

Shut up, you wench! How dare you lie to me!

What the heck?

What is this about?

This Goguryeoan wench was trying to escape, so I`m teaching her a lesson.

Please don`t kill me.... I`m sorry...

-Shut up! -Stop!

She`s a helpless woman. Let her go.

We have to kill one about now to keep these Goguryeoans under control, sir.

That`s enough!

-She`s a worthless little wench! -I said stop!

Go back to your home.

Thank you, sire! Thank you!

Hey!

General,

he`s dead!

Soldier, wake up!

Wake up, soldier!

Geom!

What`s going on?

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