Episode 14
Brave warriors of Goryeo Fort,
now we will go outside and fight.
warriors of Goguryeo care not where they die!
we will be remembered as last warriors
who protected Goryeo Fort,
and there would be no death more honorable!
Now the Tang spy will be executed!
observe and remember the enemy's death!
father... !
open the gate!
I come from Ansi Castle!
open the gate! Open the gate!
stop!
open the gate!
who is General Dae Jungsang?
I am Dae Jungsang!
my name is Gulsabiwu.
I come at the order of General Yang Manchun!
you're a lucky bastard.
- I want to speak to General Dae. - Be quiet!
this is just a short delay.
you'll be executed soon enough.
wait! listen to me!
wait! please hear me out!
it's an order of retreat.
but it's too late.
I realized that as I came in. the fort is under siege.
that's not all.
Dae Jungsang: Dae Joyoung's father there is nothing to eat inside the fort.
our only option is to open the gate
and fight the enemy.
then why didn't you go back to Ansi?
My mission is to deliver General Yang's order.
may it be to a raging inferno, I could not turn back.
you have my gratitude.
I feel as though I've gained an army of thousand men.
but sir,
I must urge you to postpone this raid.
the enemy camp was put on alert
as I broke through their siege line to come here.
A raid is meaningless without the element of surprise.
but we can't last much longer...
Khitan camp
I said you must bring back that boy's head.
but you've come back empty-handed!
He slipped away.
slipped away? you men he got away alive?
yes, sir.
then you leave me no choice.
take him outside and kill him!
kill him?
you're taking this too far. Li Jinzhong: a Khitan tribal leader
Khan, this man defied the martial law
when he defied my order.
furthermore,
he has undermined the military discipline with his failure.
he must be killed and made an example.
Sun Wanrong: Li Jinzhong's brother-in-law But general!
what are you waiting for? get him out of here!
yes, sir!
you'll have to kill me first.
I am at fault for his failure. Chulin: Li Jinzhong's daughter
Commander Li is not responsible.
explain what happened.
I let the prisoner go
because he had saved my life.
he saved your live?
I owed my life to a worthless prisoner.
it was a humiliation I could not bear.
I had to give him mercy and return the debt
even if that meant defying the martial law.
I had to because I am the daughter of Khitan Khan.
an order was defied nonetheless!
I will apologize for that.
Chulin is not just my daughter
but my subordinate as well.
I must hold her in high regard for
putting her honor above her life.
Goryeo Fort is already as good as ours.
one escaped spy will not change
the outcome of the battle.
I agree, Khan.
Soon they will open the gates and come pouring out of the fort.
there wil be an all-out battle,
so get yourselves prepared.
you asked for me?
I was coming over to kill you anyway.
- Kill him! - you can use me!
- I'll help anyway I can. - stop.
what did you just say?
I am a Tang spy.
I have information about the internal affairs of the Tang camp.
I will tell him everything I know.
General
I'll see him. send him in.
send him in!
what are you waiting for? talk!
it is honorable to die fighting to the end.
but if there's a way to save your men,
that is the option you must choose.
what-what's this rubbish?
I have a plan to safely get your soldiers out of this fort.
a plan?
how dare you!
you're a Tang spy! how dare you talk this rubbish!
I am not a Tang spy.
I've come from Pyongyang Fort of Goguryeo.
you must believe me, general.
who are you?
why did you come to Goryeo Fort?
Father, I am Joyoung...
answer my question. who are you?
mother was killed because of me...
how could such impious son flagrantly call you father?
I am His Excellency the Supreme Commander's servant.
There I was called Gaedong.
I was told that the greatest warrior of Goguryeo
was here in Goryeo Fort.
I have come here to meet General Dae Jungsang
because I aspire to become
the greatest warrior of Goguryeo as well.
- the greatest warrior of Goguryeo? - yes.
I aspire to become a great warrior like you.
that's all that I seek, general.
He is indeed a Tang spy.
this is a ploy to draw us out of the fort!
get him out of here and kill him at once!
yes, sir! Get him out!
I am not a spy. you must believe me.
general! general!
you must believe me!
general! general!
general, who was that man?
he is a Tang spy.
so, did you survey the base?
wait, please! you must believe me!
I'm not a spy! I'm not a spy!
it's him.
he's the man who saved general Yeon Gaesomun
at the martial arts contest.
What...
tell us the plan.
you said you had a plan to get us out of the fort.
Goryeo Fort is surrounded by the enemy.
there is only one way to get out of here.
General! general!
the Tang army is moving into a battle formation!
Khitan camp
I oppose.
the advantage is ours in every aspect.
preemptive attack is unsuitable.
I agree with Chulin.
is it really necessary for us to attack first at this point?
Yang Manchun's messenger has entered Goryeo Fort.
why would he go inside knowing he would be killed?
it's certain he is here to deliver a rescue plan.
what rescue plan could they possibly have?
attacking them now would only help them.
this is so frustrating!
Commander Li, what is your opinion?
I disagree with Chunlin.
the spy that slipped through my fingers
is in the fort as well.
I was told that he is Yeon Gaesomun's
loyal henchman who saved Yeon's life.
Yang Manchun's messenger
and Yeon Gaesomun's henchman are both inside Goryeo Fort.
there is no telling what they are doing inside.
then are you for preemptive attack?
if they open the gates themselves and come out to fight us,
they would fight to the death with great determination.
it might be wiser to take the brunt of the enemy
with a preemptive strike.
Commander Li knows what he's talking about!
you read my mine exactly!
Goryeo fort if we cross over the great wall into China,
indeed we can return to Goguryeo alive.
but the Tang army is about to attack.
that's right, sir.
if they come after us,
we will be wiped out before we can cross the Great wall.
that is why I called this meeting to find a solution to that dilemma.
feel free to speak out your ideas.
the soldiers outside this fort
are not Tang Chinese but Khitans.
I know because
I was held prisoner in their camp.
why are the Khitans helping Tang?
they were promised Yingzhou in return for their assistance.
- Yingzhou? - yes.
the Khitans are in this only for land.
the important thing to remember is
that they are not a Tang army yet.
that's absurd!
if they are fighting for Tang, they are a Tang army.
how many Tang soldiers are among them?
there're only two as far as I know.
- only two? - yes, sir,
a general named Xue Rengui and his subordinate commander.
Xue Rengui?
did you say Xue Rengui?
he had come to Pyongyang as an envoy once.
I am sure of it.
Xue Rengui... Xue Rengui... ?
do you know him?
general--
I will go to the enemy camp myself
and settle this with their leader.
no!
it's too dangerous. you cannot go!
how dare you!
this is not your place to intervene!
if you must go, let me go with you.
I have been there.
I can be of help.
I will go as well.
give me a chance to serve you, general.
- commander Oh, - yes, general.
when we leave for the enemy camp,
I want you to take the troops out of the fort through the south gate.
yes, sir.
have the remaining men make dummy soldiers out of hay.
make as many as the soldiers that have slipped out
and put uniforms on them.
- is that understood? - yes, sir!
we will leave shortly. Get to work!
yes, sir!
it won't be long.
Goryeo fort will be reduced to ashes.
that boy will die, too,
despite the great length you went to save him.
I was just paying back a deb for saving my life.
whether he lives or dies is not my concern now.
Commander! commander!
Commander,
a man claiming to be the lord of Goryeo Fort is here.
are you sure he said he was the lord of Goryeo Fort?
yes, sir. Over there.
what? the lord?
the lord of Goryeo Fort is here in the flesh?
he is right outside requesting to talk to you.
the lord of the fort is here in person.
we will soon be in a position to have to kill each other.
tell him that he is luckly that his head is intact
- and sent him off! - out of the way!
there are rules and proper conducts even in war.
how dare you barge in here!
making a guest wait outside isn't
exactly good manners either.
what are you waiting for?
- get these men out of here! - wait!
who might this be!
do you know this man?
I do indeed!
Dae Jungsang... !
who could forget the greatest warrior of Goguryeo!
to think that we would meet again here of all places!
fate is playing tricks on us!
but then, I suppose there aren't many
who can protect a remote and isolated fort like Goryeo Fort.
yes, only Dae Jungsang can do the job.
who would've ever thought
I'd meet my divine rival again here of all places?
we each had our chance to end each other's lives.
I will never forget how you
and Yeon Gaesomun chased us like mad devils
as I crossed the Liaoze with my Emperor.
His majesty's cries,
as he shed blood tears and held back his pain, Xue Rengui
still ring loudly in my ears!
he got his comeuppance.
Tang invaded Goguryeo.
Dae Jungsang: Dae Joyoung's father it was divine retribution.
what? Comeuppance?
divine retribution?
but Tang still has not learned its lesson.
to think Tang would launch yet another invasion!
I am just amazed by its foolish fixation and greed.
silence!
I can never forget the humiliation!
I will reduce your fort to ashes and
wipe out every one of your men!
I will vent all of my rage and grief!
what are you waiting for?
get these bastards out of here and
commence attack on Goryeo Fort!
general,
he has yet to tell us why he is here.
there is nothing to listen to, Khan.
if Dae Jungsang is the lord of Goryeo Fort,
we cannot delay our attack!
I am not here to see a warrior of Tang.
I am here to see the Khan of Khitan!
what?
what do you want with me?
I was told that you were promised Yingzhou
for helping Tang defeat us.
how did you get this information?
Khitan tribes have wandered the plains for centuries.
you need Goguryeo's permission, not Tang's.
how is that so?
take a look at Goryeo Fort.
Goguryeo's advance base that
faces the Great Wall is Goryeo Fort!
it stand tall proving that all territory south of the Great Wall
including Yingzhou belongs to Goguryeo!
silence!
I will not hear this absurdity!
I'm sure the Khan remembers the events of twenty years ago.
Li Shimin's massive Tang army suffered
a treacherous defeat against Goguryeo.
what was left of the Tang army fled through Yingzhou.
our troops chased after them over the Great Wall
and we treated the entire region of Zhuojun!
what are you waiting for, Khan?
order your men to kill this man now
and attack Goryeo Fort!
it's not too late.
slay the guileful pawns ofTang!
the only way to acquire Yingzhou
is by joining hands with Goguryeo!
Khan, don't listen to him!
order your men to launch an attack now!
if you care about the future of the Khitan tribes,
slay this man!
Khan!
I gave you an order! seize them!
yes, general!
stop! everyone!
I have not made my final decision!
Khan,
you agreed to help Tang destroy Goguryeo!
you have yet to provide me with Empress We Zetian's guarantee.
Khan!
I do not favor one country over another.
all I care about is the interest of my people.
three days... you have three days to make up your mind
and report your decision.
''report''?
you are trapped with nowhere to go!
there's nothing to decide and nothing to report
Goryeo Fort is not to be taken lightly.
be aware that it is a stronghold of strongholds that
stood tall for the past twenty years
againts the Great Wall of China and protected the north!
Khan, I will say this one last time.
kill that man immidiately.
he must not be returned alive.
you will regret it if you ignore my advice!
- Commander Li, - yes, Khan.
escort these men to the fort.
didn't you hear me?
as you wish, Khan.
quickly! quickly!
straighten out that helmet!
Dae Jungsang is up to something.
Dae Jungsang...
I'm certain something's going on in that fort!
general, Goryeo Fort is a secondary matter now.
we could be killed if we are unluckly!
Khitan wouldn't choose Goguryeo over us.
they have called a meeting without us.
what? a meeting?
perhaps we should leave and go back.
go back where?
back to Tang or to Goryeo,
anywhere would safer than here right now.
I was born and raised in a Khitan camp.
these people are like my family.
if I'm rejected here,
where would I go?
I would be mortified
if Khitan chose Goguryeo over us.
I'd bite my tongue and kill myself!
Tang is indeed a powerful country.
but Goguryeo is one and only country that does not fear Tang.
that's why Goguryeo can't be ignored. Li Jinzhong: a Khitan tribal leader
it is a strong country that Tang fears.
but Khan,
what if we help Goryeo Fort Sun Wanrong: Li Jinzhong's brother-in-law
and Goguryeo loses the war?
that would be the end of Khitan.
father, I disagree with Uncle Wanrong.
go on.
Yingzhou was originally Khitan territory. Chulin: Li Jinzhong's daughter
it is the Chinese that harassed us
and drove us out.
Chulin,
helping Goguryeo won't give us Yingzhou.
Yingzhou is not a territory to be given.
it's a territory to be captured.
and to do that, we must join hand with Goguryeo
and drive out our common enemy Tang.
Chulin has a point. Li Kaigu
our enemy has always been the dynasties
inside the Great Wall.
Khan, that's in the past.
we must look at the reality.
we are changing the fate of Khitan with this decision.
Li Kaigu, what's your choise?
if we choose Goguryeo,
we would be hastening our own demise.
I don't understand why we are having this discussion.
make an enemy ofTang and join hands with Goguryeo?
we would be ignoring reality and swimming against the tide.
I don't dispute that Tang is more powerful than Goguryeo.
but what's important to us is confidence and trust.
what's the use ifTang betray us?
what makes you think we can trust Goguryeo?
haven't we suffered enough persecution from Tang?
stop. That's enough!
the fate of Khitan rides on this matter.
I will make a decision after careful deliberation.
you are dismissed.
why are you doing this to me?
you've never been like this before.
you were always on my side.
you trusted me with everything!
that's a question I want to ask.
you've never been like this.
you were always rational and accurate.
but now you're emotional and irrational.
you've lost your judgement!
is it because of him?
that necklace around your neck...
is this because of that boy from Goguryeo?
even if I've developed feelings for that man,
it's not your business.
if it concerns the tribe,
it is my business.
I will succeed my father someday
and become the Khan of this tribe.
do you think you'll be able to get in my way then?
you've always been my biggest ally since I was a child.
and I hope you still are
since I trust you more than anyone.
Commander Li,
general Xue would like to have a word with you alone.
have a seat.
so, how was the meeting?
Commander Li, with exception to you,
nothing about this tribe pleases me.
what should I do?
I want to open myself up,
but there is no one with your strength of character.
how do you think Khan will decide?
will he kill me and join hands with Dae Jungsang?
I know nothing.
your tribe is trying to break the alliance with Tang.
you're letting Dae Jungsang trick you
into making an irreversible mistake.
why did you wish to see me?
please... Please save me.
I'm in a predicament worse than Goryeo Fort!
if Khitan betrays me, I have no where to turn to.
I will be killed!
you people still don't know Goguryeo!
Dae Jungsang is manipulating you.
this happened back at Ansi Castle as well.
Yang Manchun requested a meeting
with the Emperor to buy time.
His Majesty fell for his trick and
delayed our offensive for three days.
that is why we were defeated--
because of those three days!
those three days cost us the whole war!
if we had attacked Ansi as planned,
history would have been changed.
this is the same situation.
if you kill me and break the alliance with Tang,
Khitan will be on the road to extincion!
Commander Li, help me.
if anyone can help me it's you.
I promise you I will return the favor somehow.
we cannot let them render Khitan extinct!
what can I do?
will you help me?
will you save me?
it's to protect the tribe.
tell me what you want me to do.
it's simple.
assemble an army and attack Goryeo Fort.
there is no clearer way to distinguish friend and foe.
Goryeo Fort preparations are complete, sir.
the scarecrow soldiers are in place as well.
we will take the remaining troops
out through the south gate tonight.
Dae Jungsang: Dae Joyoung's father if we move according to Gaedong's plan,
we should be able to get through the barriers without difficulty.
how will we get back to Gorguyeo Gulsabiwu
once we cross the Great Wall?
on the southern coast of Shangdong,
there is a place called Bekje Fort.
it's a village where displaced citizens of
fallen Bekje have come together.
we can easily go from there to Goguryeo by sea.
Bekje Fort...
it is a village presumed to have been located in Deungzhou
of Shandong Peninsula occupied by the displaced citizens of Bekje.
they are said to have been exceptional shipwrights
and made their living building awrship ot large merchant ships.
meanwhile,
Li Jing's Tang army had reached Yalu river
going around Liaodong.
in response, Yeon Gaesomun placed
Namseung in command of Goguryeo army
to stop the Tang army's southward advance.
the focus of attention converged on Yalu river
where main forces of Tang and Goguryeo
were about to collide in a battle
that would decide the fate of the two kingdoms.
Ansi Castle the Tang army has reached Yalu river.
if we fail to cut off their supply line,
Yang Manchun: Lord of Ansi Fort we lose all chances of defeating them!
Namseung and his main force units are contending with them, sir.
we can't defeat the Tang army with a frontal attack.
cutting off their supply line is our only chance. Go Sagae
we're combing through the entire Liaodong region.
but we still don't know how they are getting their supplies.
if it isn't by land, it is by sea.
by ships, sir?
if our men cannot find them on land,
they have to be using the sea route.
our navy has crumbled and the seas are exposed.
what are we supposed to do, general?
they are storing their supplies somewhere inland.
we must locate their storage facility.
excellency!
- excellency! I've returned, sir. - what did you learn?
they still have not located the enemy supply line.
oh dear, this is dreadful!
general Yang will be stuck in Liaodong
unless their supply line is cut off.
Yeon Gaesomun: Supreme Commander of military affairs I'm concerned about the mood in the court.
they were against Namseng being assigned
to command of the main force units from the start. Jang Sanhae
they're already starting to place blame.
place blame for what? Ji Myongcheon
the war hasn't even begun!
in a word, it's distrust.
distrust?
I don't blame them for being nervous.
where are the civil officials now?
they are at the royal hall.
Namseng is not to be underestimated.
the officials do not know him,
so it's natural for them to doubt his abilities.
but the fight hasn't even begun.
you can't judge a book by its cover.
Namseng will surprise them all.
your majesty,
minister Yeon cannot protect the Yalu Bu Kiwon
without aid from Liaodong.
if he is defeated at the Yalu, Gae Jin
Pyongyang will be wiped out as well.
they are Pyongyang's main force unites.
they will not be easily defeated.
but the Tang army is fierce.
we must be prepared for the worst. Sun Keom
King Bojang: 28th King of Goguryeo it is against logic to give command of the main force units
to second minister Yeon Namseng.
he must be replaced with a more experienced leader, Your majesty.
I trust the Supreme Commander's decision.
you have been heard, so leave us.
Your majesty,
we the lords of the five Puyo clans
are doing our best as well.
not only are we doing multiple duties,
many of us have offered much of our fortune.
I beg you to recognize that
it is our patriotism and loyalty that compels us.
I heard you! now leave.
your majesty, Lady Sukyoung seeks your audience.
enter.
come in.
I heard the discussion from outside.
there is one thing that the officials of the court
must be made known.
Lady Sukyoung: King Bojang's niece general Yeon Namseung and the soldiers of Pyongyang
are at the Yalu river to stop the Tang army.
how can you be certain of defeat
when they have yet to fight a single battle?
fight this war from where you are
by upholding your own duties.
the lords of the court must first shake off
your fear and defeatism.
general, the Tang army is marching to the fort!
there is no time.
we must leave the fort at once!
if they pursue us now, all of us will be killed.
- Commander Oh, - yes, general.
take the remaining troops and slip out of the fort.
- I will stay behind. - general!
getting over the Great Wall does not guarantee the troops safety.
you must personally lead them in order
to get them bcak to Goguryeo.
but you can't do this job alone.
scarecrow soldiers are in place.
they will not be quick to attack at least until daybreak.
general, I will stay with him.
allow me the honor as well.
all of my men's lives are on your soldiers.
hold them back until the first light.
and come back to us alive.
what is the meaning of this?
it's the Khan's order. call your men off!
everyone is concerned about the future of the tribe.
but it's all talk and no one is doing anything about it.
Kaigu--
I chose war to resolve my concern.
it's for the future of the tribe.
it's the Khan's order. call them off!
I'm approaching the enemy!
await my command!
I'm the advance guard of Khitan army Li Kaigu!
Lord of Goryeo Fort, come forward!
don't shoot!
we've been tricked!
these are not soldiers! they're dummies!
commence attack!