Original subtitles

Adapted from the manhua of the same name, The Ravages of Time

The spear, who has it not harmed in the numerous battles

The halberd, its rise and fall is impermanent

The blade, incomparable in this garish world

The long lance, the man from Yan rages in these dark times

The imperial army kills people like grass mown

The warrior defeated is like a mountain toppled

Only when the arrow is used do you regret not having enough of it

The phoenix lost its nest, the azure dragon's horn is severed

Gazing at the Divine Land, nothing remains when you look back after a thousand years of rises and falls

While steering a small boat, create poems over wine describing heroes

Eternal worries blind one to the beauty locked deep in the palace

In every possible strategy, things constantly change and fade away

Past and present matters become topics for idle chatter and enter my dreams

Human life is but a fleeting moment as the times fly past

Translator's Note: the last line of the opening poem of Romance of the Three Kingdoms It is better to keep an open mind with respect to right and wrong or success and failure when evaluating historical developments

Is this Yuan Shao's head?

This is not a beautiful way to die

This is really not a beautiful way to die!

Episode 15 Those Meant to Live, Will Survive

Lu Bu

Compared to Shui Jing's Eight Enigmas

Feng Xian, you are still one step ahead of them

It is absurd that you, Brother Yuan Shao, would willingly lower yourself

to become a foot soldier, that is too wretched

What is unfortunate is that

we took action too late

What?

Yuan Shao is still alive?

Isn't he supposed to be dead?

Yuan Shao? Yuan Fang?

Aren't they supposed to be dead?

Young Master

Yuan Fang devised an exquisite plan that should have turned the tide

Pity that

Wen Chou ruined this plan

I…

I knew you were buying time early on

but I did not know for what purpose

So I decided to first play along with you

The officers under Yuan Shao's command are all loyal and brave

When they heard the news of Yuan Shao's death just now

these two charged towards me as if they had gone crazy

willing to die for Yuan Shao

However

you did not do that

Was it because you are not loyal enough or not brave enough?

I did not think it was due to either of that

So

I was convinced that you were doing this to distract my attention

to keep me away from Father

It was as I expected

When Yuan Fang presented the head

you immediately charged towards Father at full force

Considering your strength

an ordinary soldier would not be able to stop you, of course

Thus even Hua Xiong, who had been

standing guard at Father's side, was lured away

Then Father would not have any capable guards by his side

This would be the best opportunity for Yuan Fang to attack

General Lu! Great! Great! General Lu!

This guy is not human

Wen Chou

We are completely defeated

All of this was due to my oversight

Young Master

If you had not predicted my actions early on

tolerated humiliation to wait for an opportunity

this plan could not have been executed at all

We've done everything in our power

We lost today

but I, Yuan Fang, have no regrets

But I feel ashamed

I can't accept

this sort of ending

Perhaps

this is Heaven's will

I see a powerful hand

placed on the shoulder of someone he absolutely trusts

Among the cheers of the soldiers

I feel that

I have completely lost

Your situation does not seem very encouraging, Lord

You do not need to panic, Lord

We brothers are still here

Who's up there? Come out!

This voice is…

Oh, I almost forgot about this

Soldiers! Capture that guy!

Our army still has a group of soldiers who cannot be controlled

Is this person Yuan Fang, the one known as a genius?

How long are you going to lie here?

In times of adversity, it's even more necessary to remain calm

Composure is the foundation of being a military adviser

However

I now only have the will but not the strength to do anything

Isn't this the legendary...

General Lu! General Lu!

This person is...

Zhao Huo?

The murderer who killed Lord Xu and my father

That means that this person is the

leader of the Handicapped Warriors

Isn't this boy supposed to be dead?

All of this is truly perplexing

What's even more incredible is

that I see an expression of anger

This expression tells me that

Lu Bu has lost the composure that a general ought to have

No perfect strategy exists in this world

No one can devise a perfect plan that

takes every possibility into account

What happened to Second Young Master of the Sima family

who constantly claimed to be the reincarnation of

Guan Zhong and the second coming of Zhang Liang?

Pay no attention to a child's words

But even if

everything was miscalculated

I left one last killing move for you

That monster is finally here

Brother Huo

Huo, you came at the perfect time

Came at the perfect time?

Couldn't he have come a little earlier?

Don't panic

Maintain formation! Don't panic!

You are finally here

Even

Lu Bu is flustered

Zhong Da, the opportunity you mentioned has come

In the art of war, truths and falsehoods are interwoven

We use lies to fabricate truth

Ah Huo

The last killing move is…

Is Zhao Huo!

My target was

never Lu Bu from the start

Dong Zhuo

This is our first meeting

Brother Huo!

Watch your back!

After Xu Lin died, we have been searching for that one-eyed killer

I did not expect it to be just a diversion

Even more unexpected is the fact that you are the leader of

the Handicapped Warriors

I am curious about one matter

Why are you different from them?

It is said that the Handicapped Warriors consists of disabled people

But I cannot see how you are disabled

How can that be?

He…

took a powerful strike from Lu Bu

But that kid is actually fine

Were you born with no…

Correct, you're still worth teaching

Is he

human?

People say that Lu Bu isn't human

But I feel that

our crazy chief

is even less human than Lu Bu

Not human

Isn't that wine?

You idiot

This is an intestine-rupturing mustard oil

specially made by Fourth Uncle

Really?

I thought it was wine

You actually drank all of it

You'll be in a lot of pain

My entire body feels comfortably warm now

Death shouldn't be this comfortable, right?

Your damn body

is no different than a walking corpse

Zhong Da

What

exactly does pain feel like?

I really want to know...

What do you want to know?

I want to know if someone like you

is also afraid of death

Of course

Then this will greatly simplify matters

Your life

for everyone's lives here

What do you think?

This deal is very worth it, right?

It is indeed worth it but

I also really want to know something

What do you want to know?

If you remain here to restrain me

to allow the others to escape

then

how will you escape?

Second Brother, that kid is truly a monster

Big Brother is the best judge of someone's character

He is never wrong

A life for a life

Is this

what the Handicapped Warriors are about?

A life for a life is what the Handicapped Warriors are about

Thanks to Ah Huo

we were able to escape with our lives with these common people

That lunatic

Luckily, I am on the same side as that guy

I didn't expect Luoyang's water

and soil engineering to be this amazing

We just had to drain the water in the moat

So this is the so-called secret passage of the royal city

Aren't those few people…

Looks like you also suffered, Lord Yuan Shao

Not at all, this hardly qualifies as suffering

Meng Zi said that when the Heavens bestow

a heavy responsibility onto a man, they will first frustrate…

Uncle Yuan

It is you, very good

Fang'er, why did you bring the

Young Lady of the Sun family along as well?

The fire is about to reach this place

Let's go now

What is the matter? Did you youngsters quarrel again?

Now is not the time to be hostile

We'll decide after leaving this place with Lord Yuan

Get in the carriage and go sit with Fang'er

Uncle Yuan

I'll sit with you here

After not seeing you for two years,

you have grown more beautiful

Fang'er is very lucky

Are we going to let Yuan Shao go like that?

What a pity

And

the leader of the Handicapped Warriors also escaped

Zhao, I swear that I'll tear you apart

Where did these three strange people come from?

I really didn't expect them to willingly risk their lives to save

the leader of the Handicapped Warriors

By this time

they should have escaped the range of the Xiliang Army

Big Brother

That individual called Zhao is truly amazing

You really did not misjudge him

You have praised very few people in this world

as amazing, Third Brother

Just now, you said that

you are Liu Bei?

Do excuse me, I am just a nobody

Liu Bei, have you not thought about

the consequences of doing this?

The consequence is that

Yuan Shao and the people of Luoyang will survive

What about your own lives?

Will you be able to survive?

Since Big Brother dared to do this

he already has a way of escaping, of course

Really?

Actually, you all just need to…

We just have to leave this city with you as the hostage

In this way, not only can we escape from Luoyang

we can also take your life

It would be a great contribution to the realm

Then what are you all waiting for?

But

this strange brother of ours

doesn't seem to have that plan in mind

Liu Bei, tell me your plan

If you die, the realm will only become more chaotic

When the warlords lose their common goal

they will fight among themselves for conquest

The entire realm will be dragged into the endless disaster of war

If that happens

the suffering of the people could be a hundred times greater than now

For this reason, you are willing to give up

the chance to make an unprecedented achievement?

Correct, this is the very reason

that you will survive, Dong Zhuo

Liu Bei, oh Liu Bei

I almost want to spare you

I want to see how long you will

remain a nobody

I will not kill you so you should not kill me either

Returning kindness for kindness

is what a man of character would do

Also

without Lu Bu here

it will not be easy for you to kill me, right?

Remember this

No one that my son Lu Bu intends to kill

ever survives

Still alive

It has been very strange this year

We're only getting our first snow today

In the previous years

it will usually snow four or five times

before the ancestral worship festival

It's all Dong Zhuo's fault, he has gone against nature

and provoked the wrath of the Heavens

Watch your driving!

Be more careful!

Apologies, I'm sorry about that

You're bleeding again

Fang'er, are you all right?

I'm fine

It just hurts a little

Serves him right

Who are you referring to?

Be careful not to get yourself killed from reckless words

Sister Meng, did you get the bandages?

Coming

Who is she?

What a beauty

Bring the bandages here and help me stop the bleeding

I got it

Lie down and don't move

This is...

Lei, how are you doing?

It's nothing serious, just some bruises and a few internal

injuries

Chief, you can't feel pain but

taking into account all of your injuries, you're worse off than he is

It's no big deal

I'll get better after treatment and some sleep

I just finished bandaging it, why are you getting up?

Lie down

Who on earth is he?

How am supposed to eat when I'm lying down?

Where's that bread? Bring it here

Why is it you again?

A ghost!

Leave home, your father is safe

The stylus carves out the landscape, depicting the thousand mile journey home in every inch of the drawing

Part ways with your father, your wife is safe

The bride stays home alone, how many lines have been written in the letters over these ten years

Part ways with your wife, the children are safe

The sword leans propped up against the fence, facing a line of geese returning home

Men who have left home miss their families

If this parting cannot be overcome, you remain closed off to the vastness of the world

Men who have left home miss their families

One night of a reed pipe playing brings pain to the faces of the soldiers in the entire camp

Separation in life is painful for the soldiers on the ground

Separation in death is painful for the dead under the banners

Having no family is painful, no clothes can't be mended

Having no wife is painful, who will I be buried with?

Being childless is painful, there is no place to return to

Having no roots is even more painful

Leave home, your father is safe

The stylus carves out the landscape, depicting the thousand mile journey home in every inch of the drawing

Part ways with your father, your wife is safe

The bride stays home alone, how many lines have been written in the letters over these ten years

Part ways with your wife, the children are safe

The sword leans propped up against the fence, facing a line of geese returning home

Men who have left home miss their families

If this parting cannot be overcome, you remain closed off to the vastness of the world

Men who have left home miss their families

One night of a reed pipe playing brings pain to the faces of the soldiers in the entire camp

Separation in life is painful for the soldiers on the ground

Separation in death is painful for the dead under the banners

Having no family is painful, no clothes can't be mended

Having no wife is painful, who will I be buried with?

Being childless is painful, there is no place to return to

Having no roots is even more painful