Seems the south road isn't safe.
Tomorrow we'll head north.
I don't want to kill anyone else.
Brother,
what happened today...
wasn't your fault.
A soldier should only kill on the battlefield.
It's violent times; you had no choice.
I know your compassion.
But you have god-given martial skills...
so you can fight evil and guard the Way.
I'm foolhardy, nothing more.
Sister-in-law,
keep this dagger...
just in case.
But you've saved so many lives.
I've taken even more.
It's nearly dawn. Get some rest for the journey.
They're in the brotherhood. Let's go.
Han Fu,
remember me?
Brother Guan.
You're well, I hope?
She's Liu Bei's new wife.
Brother, have you prospered?
Not nearly as much as you have.
Every work site in Luoyang I see...
is full of your men.
It's thanks to that bastard Dong Zhuo.
He burned the city, left it in ruins.
Brother Han, do you practice your old arts?
I'm no longer involved in that world.
That's a shame.
You're known to all...
as the master of blades, spears and secret weapons.
Indeed... I amassed terrible karma.
And so I lost my family, my home.
If it wasn't for Brother Guan...
I'd also have lost more than one arm.
In crisis, who can remain uninvolved?
I'll be frank.
I'm returning to Liu Bei.
Why don't you and your men come too?
No.
I followed you both for ten-odd years.
I've no desire to fight left at all.
Well, I can't force you.
What I'd like is to borrow a boat...
to take the two of us to Liu Bei.
Brother, why keep fighting?
Hasn't there been enough death?
In the past we fought...
in order to achieve peace.
Under Lord Cao, we've risen from the ashes.
It's been tough...
but it's still a good life.
You're Cao Cao's man now?
I'm an ordinary man.
What Lord Cao wants from me...
is for me to live my life well.
Won't you let me pass?
Brother Guan,
I'm no match for you.
But imperial orders must be obeyed.
Brother Guan,
Why didn't you duck?
You knew it was a poison needle.
Because we're sworn brothers.
You're not my adversary.
I've let you do this.
But that's...
the end.
Why didn't you duck?
We're sworn brothers.
How could I kill you myself?
Meng Tan!
Brother,
I'll kill him.
Kill him... kill him... kill him...
Brother.
Let's go.
Get him.
Get him!
Brother!
Sister-in-law...
I'm alright.
With this blade I'll kill you...
and avenge Han Fu.
Kill me if you must.
But let her go.
Brother...
Who are you?
Who comes every day to stare at me?
General...
Who are you?
General, you' re awake.
I' m the head monk here,
Pu Jing.
Thank you, you saved my life.
Please, General, have a seat.
All I've done is apply medicine.
These ten-odd days...
Miss Qilan kept watch day and night,
chanting sutras, praying...
for Buddha to protect you.
That's true compassion.
The poison penetrated your bones.
I'm not very skilled.
I couldn't clear it completely.
I fear cold wet weather will always...
cause you muscle and bone pain.
I'm grateful to be alive.
To live, one must live well.
Not... in everlasting pain.
I'm not so enlightened.
Just good at causing myself trouble.
Yet...
sometimes, trouble looks for you.
What can be done about that?
The general has left.
He asked me to escort you to Liu Bei.
Where's he going?
He didn't say.
He did ask about the north road.
I suspect... he wants to...
divert any pursuing troops...
to assure us safe passage to Ruyang.
So you're Guan Yunchang
And you, Bian Xi, who butchered 50,000 at Bingzhou?
50,000 lowlife.
Rebels, no great loss.
You were once a rebel yourself.
I was hungry; rebellion didn't solve that.
See how well-fed I am now?
I saw my error and reformed.
You're no different.
Yes I am.
I never killed to eat.
Wrong.
You're just like me.
Attack!
Yuan Shao has 100,000 troops at Guandu,
and 100 warships at Hetao.
The troops are in line formation.
Seems he'll attack in force, like a lion on a rabbit.
Yuan Shao's a brute who wishes he was a lion.
We'll split up, attack guerrilla style.
Even lions can't grow three heads and six limbs.
Where's Liu Bei's camp?
Ruyang, with only 10,000 troops.
Then why is Guan heading north?
Kong Xiu of Dongling, Meng Dan and Hanfu of Luoyang,
Bian Xi of Yishui Pass...
all died by Guan's blade.
Can someone tell me why?
They were obeying orders to stop the traitor.
Orders? Whose orders?
My only order was to let him go.
Is this error or insubordination?
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Sir, I gave the order.
It was me... I gave the order...
You're all kneeling. What's going on?
Is it rebellion? It feels like one.
M'Lord, it's not against you.
It's just that Guan is invincible. He can't be set free.
You're on your knees - rebelling too?
War's immanent. If you want a culprit...
then execute me and me alone.
And that'd be enough?
Sir, the minister doesn't deserve death.
'Better I do wrong than be wronged'
Those were your words.
What's this I said?
'Better I do wrong than be wronged'.
True. I said that.
Get up, all of you.
You're right. I'm wrong.
Guan Yunchang said we're a heartless group.
He was right.
Give me your hand.
If I can't manage my men, how can I govern?
It's because... we have heart.
Where's the local government office?
It's closed.
I heard the governor here is corrupt...
and a master of evil-doing.
Has he scared all the people away?
No.
Calamity is upon us.
They've fled.
I'm after him, not you.
Same thing.
What's your connection with him?
I was his assistant.
I assassinated him a month ago.
The emperor was kind enough...
to appoint me, Wang Zhi, in his place.
Did you evacuate the town?
I heard General Guan was heading north,
killing generals, leaving a trail of corpses.
I won't see my people suffer like that.
I'm so bold as to try and stop him.
You're a good official.
Forget it.
Good swordplay.
It's not the play, it's the sword.
The sword's good, but you lack strength.
I know.
Forget it. You're tired.
No I'm not.
Is it worth throwing away your life for this?
To detain you even briefly...
yes.
You think I'd harm the people?
These days, who can you trust?
Cao Cao said he'd let me go.
Then he ordered me killed.
Who is it who can't be trusted?
Imperial law decides what's right.
If I broke the law, I'd gladly be punished.
Wang Zhi,
When this is all over...
I'll return to Xingyang...
to be judged by your law.
Don't bother. It'll never be over.
Two days ago, a monk and a lady...
were fleeing to Ruyang.
I led my troops to the Nanyang road...
and invited them to Xingyang.
Where are they?
I sent word of their hiding place to Xudu.
Why not turn yourself in there?
Better hurry.
Otherwise...
they might just starve to death.
Where are they?
Tell me, or I won't spare you.
It's no use.
It's all your fault.
Shush. Hurry.
My name is Guan Yunchang.
I'm looking for a lady and a monk.
Have you seen them?
He killed Sir Wang.
Let go of my boy.
Devil... That's him...
Kill him... Kill him...
Avenge Sir Wang...
Kill him...
Avenge Sir Wang...
Kill him...
Wang Zhi wasn't the murderous type.
We found Miss Qilan at a hostel outside town.
You can go.
Open up. I said, open up!
Stop, stop.
No one's to be killed.
They're all Wang Zhi's people.
No matter what I did,
they wouldn't say where Miss Qilan was.
Not until Lord Cao arrived anyway.
They'll all die today.
General Guan,
If we don't kill these people,
and this gets out...
your name... will stink.
And the stench will last forever.
Kill anyone and die by my hand.
Forget being a hero, then.
You'll throw away your reputation.
I said, kill anyone and die by my hand.
As Lord Guan doesn't want anyone killed,
Iet them go.
But breathe one word about this...
and I mean one word...
and I'll destroy you and your families.
Thank you.
Brother Guan,
You take the role of the hero.
I'll play the lesser man.
Luoyang had been hell.
But daylight has returned.
Lord Cao's beneficence is boundless.
Pity that outside Luoyang it's still hell.
Hell is just a one way of looking at it.
Heaven or hell - it's in your eyes.
I'd like to see heaven everywhere.
Seems I was born into the wrong age.
If you desire something too much...
you create your own hell.
It would be easier not to desire at all.
Hell contains its own heaven, and heaven its hell.
The measure of your desire is up to you.
Then I shall desire less.
The horses are fed. Thank you, sir, for saving us.
I'll take my leave.
Thank you for your teaching.
Thank you very much.
Farewell.
Sit.
In your eyes, am I heaven or hell?
Both come from people's imagination.
When you first asked me to stay...
you asked me to kill people.
How many deaths are enough?
You, Guan Yunchang, are a great hero.
In such times, can a hero avoid killing?
How many, exactly?
Yuan Shao has 200,000 troops; kill 20,000.
It'll destroy them. It'll be a rout.
And after that?
How will peace come?
We'll win over the House of Sun,
stabilize the Western frontier.
And then?
And then...
the realm united, all can rest.
I think... peace will reign.
Can you guarantee it?
No.
You can't rely on people,
only law and discipline.
But if the people...
Iack righteousness, how can there be law?
With so much enmity, how can there be righteousness?
Won't 20,000 deaths spark even more enmity?
It's the smallest possible price.
What if l... assassinated Yuan Shao?
Good. You'll have saved 20,000 lives.
Where is Yuan Shao?
You agree to work for me?
I've not agreed to anything.
After killing Yuan, I'll live an ordinary life.
I don't believe it.
A hero can never return to ordinary life.
Besides, Liu Bei will be furious.
Better for you to go with me to Xudu.
Liu Bei is charitable and pragmatic.
He'd accept a fait accompli.
If...
I stayed, I'd have no purpose.
I'd rather go home and farm.
Well?
Alright. It's a promise.
Sir, is Guan Yunchang really staying?
A good horse won't graze in old pasture. Why?
Because it's not fresh.
Exactly.
Liu Bei's time is past.
I, Cao Cao...
am fresher goods.
Sister-in-law.
Up ahead is the Yellow River ferry crossing.
I'll take my leave.
Brother, Brother.
Sister-in-law.
Brother.
'A journey of 1000 miles, then a farewell.'
Cao Cao drugged you that day, but not me.
Your true feelings...
are clear to me.
In Ruyang, I'll ask Liu Bei...
to betroth me to you instead.
Don't be silly.
You're already his, how can you say such a thing?
You're the one I want.
The risks you've taken for me...
are engraved in my mind.
What you did years ago - why didn't you tell me?
Don't say...
you've never loved me?
If you love me too...
Liu Bei will grant us our desire.
Come with me now.
And if I don't...
will you still love me?
Farewell.
You mustn't help Cao Cao.
Put down that blade.
If I didn't love you, would you be Liu Bei's enemy?
You misunderstand.
Only if Liu Bei rules will there be peace.
A man like Cao Cao can only make things worse.
All I want is to do some good.
Do I really have no choice but to kill?
It seems that I don't.
Please tell Brother Liu...
that Guan Yunchang is dead.
I am so sorry.
Don't be sorry.
Please don't worry.
I won't let Brother Liu down.
Take care.
M'Lord, want to see what's going on?
Even a hero can be defeated by a beauty.
No rush.
Protect Lord Cao.
Did you order this?
Was it you?
Kill him.
I gave the order.
Cao Cao,
Iet Guan Yunchang go...
and the world will never know peace.
You don't think I'd dare kill him?
Then do it.
Otherwise, from today...
the world... will never know peace.
Alright.
I'll kill him for sure.
Your Majesty, we should go.
That won't be possible.
You have to kill me, do you?
One can't disobey the emperor.
One can't disobey the emperor?
Even at the expense of your own life?
My life isn't in my hands.
You're no different.
Brother, don't make this hard.
Out of my way. Who blocks me dies.
Touch him and die by my hand.
Brother Guan, stop fighting.
You're an evil ruler.
'One can't disobey'?
I'll kill you, you evil ruler.
Hold it.
I have Heaven's mandate. You can't kill me.
You have the mandate, I have the Way.
Guan Yunchang,
you can't kill the emperor.
Otherwise...
it'll unleash complete chaos.
Even more people will die, understand?
For a woman...
who didn't love you...
you pit yourself against the world.
She was your sister-in-law.
Another man's woman.
Alive, what could she do for you?
I promise, once there's peace...
I'll kill this evil ruler myself.
And I'm a man of my word.
Cao Cao,
This world...
can't be pacified by you.
Sister-in-law,
Iet's go.
For seven years,
Guan Yunchang fought alongside Liu Bei...
against the rival kingdoms of Wei and Wu.
China became a living hell.
20 years later, Wei and Wu attacked Guan's army.
Awaiting reinforcements...
they fought to the last man.
Guan was captured and killed...
and his head sent to Cao Cao.
Today, I want everyone to know...
it was wolves in sheep's clothing who killed Guan Yunchang.
You mean Sun Quan of Wu?
He was just the one who acted.
There's also Liu Bei and Kong Ming.
I want everyone to know...
It was they... who killed Guan Yu.
Now, more warfare is inevitable.
Of course. Without Guan Yunchang,
the victor...
is hard to predict.
I never imagined that even dead...
he could be used by you.
I never said I was a lamb.
Cao Cao buried Guan's head with ceremony...
hoping to incite war between Shu and Wu.
Wu gave Guan's body a regal funeral
and built a temple to him.
But the alliance was shattered.
After honoring Guan Yunchang...
Liu attacked Wu once more.
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