Episode 16
We welcomed you into our home and you steal from us?
I cannot forgive you.
Take him!
- Tie him up! - Yes, sir!
We could be construed as part of this.
He'll be killed when we're done questioning him.
He was potential trouble.
This is a good thing.
Let us go back inside, Grandfather.
You don't have to worry.
We won't be harmed no matter what he says.
I took care of everything.
You coward!
Mimosa
- Grandfather! - Did you think I wouldn't know?
You're the one who snitched on Gaedong!
I didn't raise you this way.
How could you be so low?
I have done nothing wrong.
I wanted to help him.
That's why I had him stay with us.
And what did you do?
They would get us into trouble with the Tang authorities
if we helped them.
It was a difficult decision,
but I had to protect us.
But this was not the right way to deal with this.
The right way would've been to get rid of him right away.
You always put the safety of this city first
before anything else.
But you've developed a soft-spot for this man Gaedong.
Why?
Why would you take this kind of risk for a stranger?
There is an aura of special energy surrounding him.
It is an extraordinary force I have never been close to before.
What is this energy?
Who can fathom the secrets of Heavens?
But I took it as special fortune that
I should meet him in my lifetime.
I believe it to have a reason.
This is where it ends, Grandfather.
He's gone now.
What do you want!
Kill them!
This place will be swarming with Tang soldiers very soon.
Everyone, split up.
Lie low and out of sight until further notice.
Yes, sir!
General Dae is waiting for you.
Let's hurry.
You could've been killed.
Bekje Fort is under watchful eyes of the Tang court.
we have to be even more careful from now on.
Yes, general.
Sir, a supply ship came into port this afternoon.
A supply ship?
Apparently it broke down shortly
after setting out of Dengzhou.
It will undergo repairs here in Bekje Fort
and continue on its way.
How many soldiers are guarding the ship?
Since they are carring the supply, the yare not so many.
General, this is our chance to appropriate a ship.
A supply ship...
ATang military supply ship...
Ansi Castle
It's a sweeping victory!
The Goguryeo army won the battle, general.
Namseng won the battle?
ATang detachement that crossed the river
was annihilated.
Only about a hundred men got away alive.
I guess the Supreme Commander's decision was right.
Namseng has saved this country!
Yang Manchun: Lord of Ansi Fort
Are we any closer to locating the Tang supply depot?
We are still in the dark.
General Namseng thinks you should advance south.
What do you mean?
If the supply line can't be located,
Liaodong should join us
for a collaborative attack on the Tang army.
The enemy army is considerably larger than ours.
And you're talking about going up
against their main army led by Li Jing.
We must cut off their supply line first
before fighting them head on.
That's if you want to win this war.
Namseng is already beginning to underestimate the enemy.
This is not good news.
Your Grace!
The entire city is overjoyed by the news of victory.
- Really? - Yes, Your Grace.
Oh, he kept his promise!
Promise?
Yes, a promise.
Only the best and the bravest man of Goguryeo
deserve your hand in marriage.
And when this war is over,
the world will know who that is.
I dare say that will be me.
Your Grace, Your Grace,
what are you thinking about?
It's nothing.
I'm just delighted with the news.
Yes,
I will marry the best and the bravest man of this country.
But we have yet to see who that is.
Destroy the Tang army and send us news of victory.
The hero that saves this country
is indeed the man I seek.
General!
So what's going on in the enemy camp?
All is quiet across the river.
They won't be quick to cross the river again.
Tang camp at Yalu River
There is a way to turn this war around in a single battle.
Go on. Speak your idea.
Tang lost the last battle
because they were outfoxed.
To even the score,
you must beat them at their own game.
Bet them at their own game?
Yes, general,
beat them at their own game.
What do you mean?
Explain to us in a language we can understand.
First we must move out from our current position.
We must do this without being detected
by both Goguryeo and Tang armies.
And then? Then what?
The injured are treated, weapons are repaired
and the camp is in order, sir.
Good work.
But the battle has just begun.
We must keep alert
and not let a small victory make us smug.
Absolutely, general.
General On,
I want you to take your troops and go to the ravine again.
But sir,
the dead bodies ofTang soldiers
are piled up in the ravine.
What's more, now they know our strategy.
We could retreat into the woods
if and when they attack.
The Tang army is still far larger than ours,
and they're feeling anxious to boot.
You never know what they will try next,
so be prepared for anything.
Yes, sir!
Tang camp at Yalu River
Allow us to take the suicide squad.
Allow us, general!
We will attack with all of our might
and find the means of triumph.
General--
First we must get past this trauma.
We must restore the troop's morale that has hit bottom.
Fear of the Goguryeo army must first be rid of.
Pang Xiaotai
Su Dingfang
- Send him in - Yes, sir!
I come at General Xue Rengui's order.
Xue Rengui?
Why did he send you
after running away from the Goguryeo army?
- We did not run away. - Silence!
He moved his troops out in the middle of the night.
What would you call that?
You ordered us to return to Yingzhou prior to the attack.
- How dare you talk back to a superior! - Settle down!
Why did Xue Rengui send you?
Answer my question!
I was ordered to tell you to cross the river immediately
and launch an attack on Namseng's army.
Launch an attack?
Is he aware of our current situation?
Yes, sir.
General, Xue Rengui is an ignorant brute
who knows nothing about war.
Dismiss this man, sir.
If we attack,
Namseng will retreat into the woods again.
Yes, sir, he is aware.
He is?
- And he wants us to launch an attack? - But this time,
Namseng will not be able to retreat into the woods.
How is that so?
General Xue is already in the woods
with the Khitan army waiting for them.
You mean Xue has set up an ambush in the woods?
That's correct, sir.
We can pay them back exactly the same way, sir.
Xue Rengui... Xue Rengui... !
Order the army to attack immediately, general.
Goguryeo camp at Yalu River
General!
Sir, the Tang army has launched an attack.
Just as expected.
The two generals will take turns holding them back.
I will take the main unit and wait for them in the woods.
Yes, general! Let's go!
Be careful.
Goguryeo army is approaching closer.
General Sun Wanrong is covering the entrance,
and Chulin and Hongpei
are covering the left and right flanks.
The Tang army is right behind them,
so they will be wiped out once the enter the ravine.
Beat them at their own game.
Their own game...
He is brilliant.
Commander Li Kaigu.
Not only is he brave but intelligent as well.
You are lucky to have him.
Come. Come, Namseng,
into the tiger's mouth!
Come! Walk right in, you fool!
What is it, sir?
I don't see the dead bodies from the last battle.
Perhaps the animals got to them.
What happened to the backup troops?
Generals On and Yi are luring the Tang army.
We must quickly move the troops in place for an ambush.
Archers, now! Attack!
Attack!
Fire!
It's an ambush! Do not panic!
Fire! Wipe out the enemy!
Don't let them get away! Kill them all!
General On!
Stop the troops!
We cannot go into the ravine!
What do you mean? The Tang army is right behind us!
It's a trap! We've been tricked!
Tricked? How?
Our main unit is trapped in the ravine!
They will be wiped out!
Wiped out?
General Namseng, where is General Namseng?
General, where are you? It's Heuk Sudol!
Where are you, general?
Have you seen the general?
Where is General Namseng?
Talk to me!
It's Heuk Sudol!
Where are you, general?
General! General, are you alive?
Are you watching, Your Majesty?
Kill them all!
September 661...
Records about this battle at the Yalu River
can be found in the Chronicles ofThree Kingdoms.
It tells us that 30,000 soldiers led
by Yeon Namseng perished in the battle
and the remaining troops surrendered to Tang forces.
This defeat would place Goguryeo in serious peril.
The Tang supply ship will leave
for Goguryeo tomorrow morning.
Tonight is our only chance, general.
- Have you alerted the soldiers? - Yes, sir.
I've gone over all possible scenarios
with them in advance.
They have tightened the security.
- We must be very careful. - But sir,
there is no one among us who knows the sea.
We can steal a ship but who will navigate?
That is in fact our biggest problems.
We will just have to set sail ourselves if we can't find help.
No, we can't.
All of us will be buried at sea without a crew of mariners.
There is a way.
There are many excellent mariners in Bekje Fort.
We can ask the village chief to assemble a crew for us.
He won't help us now.
I will talk to him.
You, Gaedong?
At this point, there is no other way.
No! Please!
Let go, woman!
What's going on?
All baby girls in this city are taken from their parents.
Where do they take the babies to?
No one knows where.
But once the baby is taken,
she is gone forever.
My goodness!
But why just girls?
It's a scheme to render Bekje population extinct.
Soon only men will inhabit this town.
And when they die off,
all traces of Bekje will die with them.
Wicked bastards!
Mimosa
Let's go.
We could be spotted.
Commander Mu, Gulsabiwu,
Disarm the guards at the rear of the ship.
- Move quickly! - Yes, sir!
I've come to see the chief.
Get out of here now if you value your life!
Please. Let me speak to the chief.
- I said get out of here! - Send him in!
Come inside.
We will appropriate the Tang supply ship tonight.
But we have no way of navigating the ship.
That is why I have come to you once again.
Find us a crew of seamen.
We will not grant your outrageous request.
Grandfather, if seamen disappear,
their families will be captured and slaughtered.
I am not simply making a request.
I'm proposing an alliance.
An alliance?
An alliance between Goguryeo and Bekje.
Bekje is a country that no longer exist.
But its people still live.
It must be revived if only for those survivors.
Help us,
and we will help you revive Bekje.
This is absurd!
At this present time,
survival is our first and only concern.
We can't help you, so leave us alone.
You are our last hope.
And I will not give up.
Who goes there!
Who are you?
Like you said,
Bekje will never be revived if Goguryeo falls.
But we must protect our people.
They've come far to preserve their lives
and we cannot endanger them.
This is not being alive.
Bekje Fort has no hope of any future.
You're walking and breathing but that is all.
we're waiting for our chance right now.
When the right time comes,
we will start our fight to revive Bekje.
That's just a grandiloquent excuse.
If I had to live as a well-fed slave,
I'do do the right thing and die fighting
to protect the spirit of my country!
We must first develop our strength
in order to revive Bekje.
We are in no position to help anyone right now.
That's enough!
- Mimosa, - Yes, Grandfather.
We came here to preserve our lives
after losing our country,
but these men want to return to their war-ridden country
and give up their lives.
There is a right time to fight.
If we lose this opportunity,
Bekje will be lost forever
and we will be forced to live as Chinese.
I could not die if I allowed that to happen.
But Grandfather,
they might be able to steal the ship,
but it's impossible to assemble a crew
to sail it right now.
Their plan has already failed.
This would only get us in trouble.
Let's get out there.
Let's first see if they were able to appropriate the ship.
Grandfather--
- Guards! Guards! - Sir!
I must go to the government office.
Who is the patrol commander on duty tonight?
- Commander Sung, sir. - Good.
I'll see him first before going to the government office.
- Lead the way. - Yes, sir!
Thank you, esteemed elder.
Goguryeo and Bekje are brothers by blood.
It is only right that we help each other.
Is it possible to assemble a crew before daybreak?
I wish you had come to me with this sooner.
Take your men back to your hiding place in the hills.
We must work out another plan when a crew is assembled.
You mean... we must give up this ship?
I'm afraid there is no other way.
General! Over there!
Mimosa! How come?
What have you done!
You cannot kill each other!
They have come to capture us!
- Please step aside! - No! You mustn't fight them!
Put down your weapons and surrender!
Those who resist will be killed!
Mimosa, what have you done?
How could you do this?
- How could you bring these men? - Be quiet!
Your grandson saved your life.
Mimosa, how could you!
There was no other way.
It's impossible to assemble a sailing a crew overnight
So this is the idea I came up with.
They may be in Tang uniforms,
but they are young men of Bekje.
How else could I assemble dozens of men
in a moment's notice?
They're experienced seamen.
Take them and return to Goguryeo.
What... ? What are you talking about?
Take us!
We will fight for Bekje and Goguryeo!
Take us!
Tang military supply depots
are marked red on this map.
The map you almost stole from us last time was a fake.
Goguryeo lost the second battle
in a treacherous defeat at the Yalu River.
Is this true?
Yes.
The Tang army is marching to Pyongyang as we speak.
Make good use of that map,
and turn the tide of the war.
It's a valuable item
that has the power change everything.
Thank you.
Someday we will meet again.
And when we do, remember this day.
I will remember.
My gratitude for the esteemed elder and you, Mimosa,
will not be forgotten.
Thank you, esteemed elder.
Thank you.
We have failed you, Your Majesty!
- Give us death! - Give us death, Your Majesty!
King Bojang: 28th King of Goguryeo
What happened to Namseng?
What happened to the malefactor of disloyalty Namseng?
Your Excellency,
General Namseng preserved
the military command and morale to the end.
We are the cause of this defeat.
Yes, Excellency.
General Namseng fought for the country
with all of his might.
It is we, it is we who failed him.
No, Supreme Commander.
Rise.
It was a difficult fight from the start.
But General Yeon Namseng and warriors of Pyongyang
surprised us all with the first victory.
glory will be to Yeon Namseng and these brave warriors
who kicked off this war with a first victory.
- Your Majesty... - I could not agree more.
We must not dwell on the past
and prepare for what is ahead.
Yes, Your Majesty.
While the warriors were fighting at the front,
the lords of the court,
have contemplated many different provisionary measures.
Provisionary measures?
What didi yo have in mind?
ATang envoy had come to us once proposing marriage
between the two royal houses.
We can accept that proposal.
- A royal marriage? - Yes, Your Majesty.
Let us send Lady Sukyoung to Tang
and propose peace.
That is absurd!
Propose peace during a war?
That's tantamount to capitulation!
We're talking about a peace proposal,
not capitulation!
Silence!
You're talking about giving away a princess as tribute!
It may ease the suffering of the people
and preserves the royal house.
Think about it before you oppose.
Silence, I said!
From this moment forward,
I, Yeon Gaesomun, will protect Pyongyang!
Anyone who speaks of this cowardice proposal again
will answer to me!
Your Majesty!
The Tang army has reached Sasu!
Sasu?
That means they're just a stone's throw away!
Those bastards,
those bastards have already reached Sasu?
Yes, Your Excellency!
Tang camp at Sasu
Yang Manchun is determined to find our supply depots.
Shouldn't something be done, sir?
You don't have to worry about that.
He will never find out supply depots.
How can you be so certain, general?
It's somewhere around Paesu,
but even we do not know its exact location.
If they set one foot in the area,
they will be ambushed by our waylayers.
When do we begin the attack on Pyongyang?
Our military supplies are due to arrive very soon.
We will commence attack once we have the supplies.
Goguryeo will soon be history.
None of this would have been possible
if it weren't for the sweeping victory at the Yalu.
That's right!
If we win this war,
it would be because of you, General Xue Rengui!
Didn't you say I was infested with lice?
Just a few days ago, you thought I was trash!
Are you going to start that again?
I told you I was sorry.
You, Xue Rengui, are a true hero of Tang!
Right, men?
I'm not the hero.
The Khitan soldiers are the real heroes here.
The honor belongs to General Li Jinzhong.
No,
General Xue deserves the credit
for his exceptional leadership.
I did not do much.
General Li has a brilliant warrior
named Li Kaigu under him.
- Li Kaigu? - Yes.
We were victorious at the Yalu
because we were able to beat the enemy at their own game.
He is the man who devised that brilliant strategy.
Impressive!
You have a good man under you.
Thank you, general.
Li Kaigu
Pyongyang Fort is just across this river.
When I was a little girl,
I once asked you to catch me a flying bird.
And you rode to the end of the prairie
and caught the bird for me.
I don't think I can ever ask you
to do things like that for me anymore.
This war has made you a great hero
that I can't even come close to.
You saved my father
and saved our entire tribe.
I'm very thankful and proud of you.
But a part of me is afraid.
Afraid of losing a friend
who rode to the end of the prairie for me...
Chulin,
you are the one who will succeed your fatherand lead our tribe.
And my lifelong duty is
to protect the Khan with undying loyalty.
That means my life is yours until the day I die.
That is my destiny.
Once Goguryeo falls,
we will have land.
It won't be long.
Soon the world will be ours.
Chulin...
The wind is cold. Let's get back now.
We were defeated at the Yalu,
so the Tang army should be threatening
Pyongyang Fort about now.
The rumor in Bekje Fort is that General Yang Manchun's efforts
to locate the Tang military supply depots have been futile.
Let us look at this map.
There are several red markings.
These are the locations of the Tang military supply depots.
All of them are spread out along the Paesu.
It's because they can easily access the river
to distribute the supplies.
Our mission will now be to raid
and burn these enemy supply depots.
As long as Bekje Fort crew is navigating this ship,
Now it is up to us to save Goguryeo!