By:robster38
Obey my order!
We will take our troops and attack the Tang army at once!
The fate of the new Goguryeo is at stake.
You may be my brother,
but I can`t obey this order!
Wait, Biwu! Biwu!
Wait right here. I`ll bring him back. What`s going on?
Just listen to me for a second! biwu!
Don`t do this.
You heard him. He`s not in his right mind!
But we can`t defy his order.
You`d obey him knowing that he`s wrong?
You`re more wrong to disobey Joyoung.
We swore to live and die together.
If we can`t trust each other over something like this, what`s the point of our brotherhood?
Biwu, nothing`s certain right now.
Let`s trust Joyoung on this. All right?
Darn it!
Chulin.
Father...
Tomorrow you will die. (Li Jinzhong:Khitan Leader)
Won`t you tell them what you know?
I don`t deserve to be your daughter (Chulin:Khan`d daughter)
I`ve already committed an unforgivable crime against the tribe.
Let me die now so I don`t bring you anymore harm.
We entered the conquest of Goguryeo with a great dream.
And after many peaks and valleys, we got to where we are.
Soon we will win Yingzhou
and build a permanent home for our people. But who knows the future?
Things may change
and we may end up wandering the praries forever
But Chulin,
there is one thing that will never change.
It`s the fact that you`re my daughter.
I have nothing to forgive or punish you for.
But it will crush me to see you die before you have the chance to bloom.
Father....
If we can just find out what Dae Joyoung s planning to do, I will never lose you again.
So please, Chulin,
tell them what you know.
Forgive me, father...
Why? Why won`t you tell them?
-No. -Father!
Chulin has gone to the enemy camp.
It would be suicide to proceed with this operation.
We can`t approve this operation either
We must call back the Shilla army drom Mt.Baekbing immediately. (Yi Kiwu) (On Samun)
But we don`t have an alternative plan to defeat them.
That`s right.
We have to give it a shot despite what transpired
Whatever we do, we have to decide now.
If the Tang army should attack Han Fort first.. (Jang Sanhae)
I have on question for the minister of military. (Gom Mojam)
What will you do if we proceed with this operation and it turns out that the enemy knows our plan.
Then my detachment of 20,000 will turn into a suicide brigade.
-A suicide brigade? -Yes.
Take His Majesty and the people and leave Han Fort while my brigade is holding the enemy back.
We will fight to the death until you`ve safely crossed the border into Shilla.
We will be able to save the people if nothing else.
Give us your permission. (Gulsabiwu)(Heuk Sudol)
We`re prepared to fight to the death.
I don`t trust the Khitan woman Chulin.
But don`t have a slightest doubt about your loyalty.
We will proceed with the operation as planned.
General On Samun and Yi Kiwu will maintain a defense in Han Fort.
General Dae Jungsang, Dolbal and Mu Yeom will join Kim Chan and his army at Mt.Baekbing.
This is a very difficult mission.
Even if the plan has not been evposed
Luring the enemy to Mt.Baekbing will not be an easy task.
-General Dae Joyoung, -*Yes, sir!
set out immediately.
Remember that the success and failure of this operation is in your hands.
I will not let you down, General.
Don`t defy my order!
Then you`d allow them to kill Chulin?
She brought this on herself.
I can`t sacrifice the entire tribe to save Chulin!
Don`t take any hasty action. Don`t force me to kill you first.
-Go and look in on Chulin. -Yes, Khan.
It`s not too late.
Tell me what Dae Joyoung is up to (Li Wen)
and you`ll walk out of here alive.
Don`t waste your time.
I know you`re a tough little wench, but let`s see how long you can stand this.
What are you waiting for?
General! We`re under attack!
What? Are you telling me they made the first move?
Yes,It`s Dae Joyoung!
The adjacent forts must have been abandoned to prepate for this preemotive strike.
A preemptive strike? Yes...
They didn`t have enough soldiers to defend those forts trying to launch a preemptive attack against an army four times their size.
Pull the soldiery together and preempt our attack...
Is that the secret plan you`re keeping from us?
-What should I do with this wench? -Nothing for now.
We`ll kill her later in front of Xue Rengui after we`ve crushed the Goguryeoans.
A preemptive attack....
It`s Dae Joyung all right.
Prepare the troops!
We will go out of the city and push them all the way back to Han Fort!
Yes, sir!
Joyoung look over there.
That blasted bastard must be Li Wen.
Is this all? I thought there were 50,000of them.
I think their main force of arm is in the rear.
Let us finish them off,General!
Well well there he is Dae Joyoung himself
It`s been a while. Remember me?
Of course.
I came all the way here from Tang for your head!
That`s some spirit.
But this is as far as you go.
Come any further
and your children will have to travel all the way here to pay homage to your grave.
What? My grave?
Blasted fool....
Who do you think you are coming here messing with us? Step up.
I`ll give you a good butt spanking.
Who will take that bastards head for me.
Give us the honor, sir!
Stay back. We`ll take care of this.
I this all you`ve got? They`re supposed to be the best in the force!
I beg your patience, sir. What are you waiting for?
-Take that bastard`s head. -Never mind!
I will deal with this myself Dae Joyoung your head is mine!
-General! -Attack! Kill them all!
Attack!
Take the lady inside.
-We are going out to battle. (Li Kaigu)
Don`t go!
Don`t go Kaigu.
Our Khitan advance guards led every battle in this expedition.
You should sit this battle out.
What?
Dae Joyoung is before my eyes and you want mr to sit it out?
They have made a preemptive attack against an army of 200,000. 9Shin Hong)
It makes no sence.
It doesn`t matter if it makes any sence or not if I don`t fight,
-Li Wen will take all the credit for this expedition. -That wouldn`t be as bad as a complete annihilation.
A complete annihilation?
-You mean we`re all going to die? -How is that possible?
There`re only twenty thousand of them.
Complete annihilation of an army of twoo hundred thousand?
There has to be a scheme here that could destroy us all.
General, you must trust me on this.
You cannot set foot outside this fort until we know what they are up to.
Kill Dae Joyoung!
I want Dae Joyoung`s head!
Joyoung they are pouring down on us!
We have to retreat now or we all be killed!
This should do it. Retreat retreat!
Retreat! Retreat!
Fall back!
General, the Goguryeoan`s are retreating!
I will not let them get away! We wtll follow them to hell so alert your men!
-Yes, sir. -Dae Joyoung your head is mine!
Li Wen is winning successive battles against Dae Joyoung?
Yes, General! That is rhe report.
How about Li Kaigu?
Why haven`t I heard a single report of victory from him?
I`m told the Khitan army is defending Baeksu Fort.
What are you talking about? Defending the fort?
I told him to bring Dae Joyoung`s head. (Xue Rengui)
and he hasn`t even gone out to fight?
My brothersuspects that Dae Joyoung has set up some sort of trap. (Shin Sung)
He`s hiding in the fort because he`s afraid of Dae Joyoung`s teap?
I was told Dae Joyoung only has 20,000 men in his army (Hongpei)
That`s only one tenth of the size of our force. What is he afraid of?
Dae Joyoung is not to be underestimated.
He has outwitted us time and time again. (Sa bugu) (Bu Kiwon)
That`s right, sir. If Li Kaigu is lying low, there has to be a good reason for it.
Give him the benefit of the doubt and see how this ends.
I`m damned if we win and damned if we lose....
Oh, my head hurts!
So how many battles did they fight anyway?
They fought four times and won four times, sir.
Dae Joyoung may be smart, but he`s overwhemingly outnumbered.
A trap... Even if there is a trap...
How can they defeat an enemy of that size?
We have suffered repeated defeat. All of our soldiers will be killed off
before they reach Mt.Baekbing.
All according to plan, Your Majesty. Olease rest assured.
I cannot bear this anxiety.
What if the Tang army stops their pursuit and attacks Han Fort?
Your Majesty, you must stay strong.
We only have a several thousand soldiers left here in Han Fort.
There is no way
General On Samun and Yi Kiwu can fight off the Tang army.
Your Majesty....
General, how do you feel about leaving Han Fort and going to Shilla?
-What do you mean? -It`s not too late.
We will be safe once we cross the boarder into Shilla.
You are the sovereign King of Goguryeo!
If you rely on Shilla for everything who will your people have to rely on?
Fine...
Our troops will reach Mt.Baekbing in just a few days.
We must focus on gathering our strength and defeating the enemy right now.
I said fine! I`ve heard enough, General!
This is going to be an exciting match. (Mimosa)
The fight between the hunter and the hunted. No, I should say lurer and the lured.
You mean they are purposely losing their battles?
This will come to an end soon enough. And we will know for certain then.
But damages to Goguryeo won`t be small either.
It`s harder to deliberately lose than it is to win.
Pus is gethering inhis knee joint caused by an infection.
His leg will have to be amputated if left untreated.
We have no way of treating him.
General,
Don`t give up.
You`ll be able to get up and walk again soon.
General.....!
I have required too much sacrifice from you
-Forgive me. -General!
No, General! We will fight and die with you, general!
Don`t give up on us general.
Our famolies are waiting for us. We will win this fight!
-General..! -General...!
-You`re going to crash if you don`t take it easy. We`ve already lost thousands of our men.
I can`t take it easy.
I don`t care if this is the last fight. Let`s fight for real for once!
I can`t stand to watch our men die holding back on purpose!
Are you insane?
Then everyone that died so far would`ve died for nothing!
I`m just fustrated,
I think I will go innsane if we keep this up!
We`re almost there.
At the rate this is going,
we will have them trapped in Mt. Baekbing in a couple of days.
They`ll come at us again as soon as they`ve regrouped.
Gulsabiwu, I want you to lead the battle this time and Heuk Sudol will suport from the rear.
Don`t overtake or retreat without my order.
-Aye, Brother! -All right.
Let`s hold ourselves back a little while longer. It tears me apart to see my men die.
But this is the only way to destroy them all at one time.
Hold back for now and let your rage exploed at Mt. Baekbing.
Aye,Brother!
Soldiers are fired up by our repeated victories.
It`s a matter of time before the enemy is completely wiped out.
Slippery bastard...
Dae Joyoung slips away every time we get him in our hands.
-Is Li Kaigu still a no-show? -Yes, General.
I ordered a full offensive.
But Li Kaigu and the Khitan army defies my order and staved behined.
I will teach them a lesson once I return.
Take a look.
These are the locations where they battle so far. Here,here, and right here.
Does anything strike you as suspicious?
They`re getting further and further away from Han Fort! (Li Kaigu)
That`s right.
With each defeat, they`re running futher away from Han Fort. (Shin Hong)
You mean they are intentionally luring our troops away?
No! I couln`t be...!
There is no doubt. It`s a child! I`m with a child!
-Khan, we`re back. -Report the situation.
It looks like the end is near for Dae Joyoung and his army.
What makes you say this?
Dae Joyoung is climbing up Mt.Naekbing right now chased bu the Tang army.
-Mt.Baekbing? -Yes,Khan,
I`m told Mt.Baekbing is inescapable once you`re in.
Dae Joyoung is a rat in a trap.
Mt.Baekbing? Mt.Baekbing....
What is it, Sir Shin?
Why didn`t I see this before?
Pardon?
An inescapable trap.
What if the Tang army is the rat in a trap instead of Dae Joyoung?
How is that so?
How could the Tang army be the rat in a trap?
We can`t account for the whereabouts of Shilla army, the allied army that came from seorabol to help Goguryeo.
You mean the Shilla army is in Mt. Baekbing?
A baby...!
I have his child inside me!
I have to go back.
I can`t let my child grow up without a father.
-....What`s going on? -It`s Mt.Baekbing.
Dae Joyoung is luring the Tang army to Mt.Baekbing!
A part of me had hoped that you really didn`t know about his plans
But you...
Are we prepared to leave for battle? Yes, sir!
I can`t let Dae Joyoung win this now that I lnow what he`s up to.
His fight with me, Li Kaigu is not over!
You`ll die!
All of you will die if you go.
You, the Khitan soldiers, none of you will make it out of the ravine.
Don`t go, Kaigu.
Who are you really trying to protect?
-Me or... -Kaigu!
Keep a close eye on Chulin. Don`t let her leave your sight.
I won`t ,sir.
General, Dae Joyoung`s army is entering the ravine!
-And the Tang Chinese? -They`re following right behined.
The time has come at last.
Take your positions and await my command.
Yes, general!
All we have left to do now is to wipe out the Tang army.
General, I don`t have a good feeling about this.
Why not?
That is a ravine up ahead.
Why would Dae Joyoung choose to enter the ravine?
He did not choose to enter it. We`ve chased him into it!
It will soon be dark.
I think we should stay the night.
and send out a reconnaisance team in the morning before we proceed.
Dae Joyoung will be trapped in the ravine. We are in no hurry.
I agree.
Relay the command. We will camp here for the night.
Yes, sir.
Mt.Baekbing...
They`ve stooped the pursuit.
I think they`re going to stay put for the night.
They must`ve caught on to or plam. What if they turn back?
We can`t let them turn back. We will rate them tonight.
Send a messenger to General Kim Chan.
We will lure the enemy into the ravine tonight.
A flaming arrow will signal that our troops are safely out of the ravine.
Got it.
Sudol, this ravine is just as dangerous to us as it is to the enemy. Don`t fail to remind them.
-I got it! -Don`t worry.
My father and general Dolbal is ther with them.
They will work with General Kim Chan and make sure we are safe.
This will all be over tonight.
Unlike the battles before, we can`t hold anuthing back on this raid.
This is it. we can`t fail.
We have to lure the enemy into the ravine.
-Relay my order to the troops! -Yes, sir!
Nearly ten thousand soldiers have died luring the enemyto this point.
We must lead this operation to success
and wipe out the Tang army if only to honor their sacrifice.
But of course.
The Shilla army of 20,000 will obliterate the Tang srmy. (Kim Chan: Shilla General)
This battle will go down in history as a greates victory of Shilla!
What`s most important is that we protect the lives of Goguryeoan soldiers
that will be trapped in the ravine with the enemy.
They recomfirmed the arrangement with a messange that a flaming arrow will signal their safe exit.
Don`t worry!
I`m getting sick of hearing the same thing over and over!
We can`t emphasize enough about this.
We will be following the pursuit closely.
Don`t commence attack without our go-ahead. (Dae Jungsang:Dae Joyoung`s Father)
Look, General Dae, we`ve gone out of our way to help Goguryeo.
We`re doing enough saving your country from ruins. We will not cater to your every demand!
Be clear on this.
We`re protecting Han Fort to protect Shilla from Tang Chinese.
Save us from ruins? That`s ridiculous!
I am in command here regardless, so don`t tell me what to do.
I will not let you dictate what I do and not do!
His tone has me worried.
If he doesn`t time the attack right there will be a disaster.
We`re about to fight a fateful battle Shilla will not betray our alliance.
It`s not Shilla I don`t trust it`s Kim Chan.
There`s nothing we can do now except to keep our eyes wide open
and stay on top of the battle at every second.
It`s a raid!
Attack!
What? A raid?
-Dae Joyoung has attacked? -Yes, general.
The advance guards are getting crushed!
He`s determined to taunt me to the end! Fine.I will finish him off tonight!
We will wipe out the remaining Goguryeoans right now! Relay my order to the troops!
A battle in this pitch darkness, sir?
I want Dae Joyoung`s head before day break. Relay my order at once!
Yes, General!
Where is the signal fire?
Be pationt. They will send the signal.
We`re going to lose them if we wait too long!
General! General!
General, Tang and Goguryeo armies are engaged in a battle in the ravine!
Our troops are having difficulty shaking the Chinese off their trail.
We don`t have a choice,
We will wait until the morning to attack.
The Tang army would have fled by the morning!
But we can`t fire our arrows and roll rocks down into the ravine when we can`t see anything.
Why not?
The enemy soldiers are swarming down there in the ravine!
General, how can you say this?
Our men are down there among them!
We are here to defeat the Tang army and acquire victory.
Protecting the Goguryeoan soldiers is not our objective!
General Kim Chan!
I am in command here! don`t give mr orders!
You can`t attack now. You will kill our soldiers as well!
Shut your mouth!
Guards arrest these man!
How dare you!
I will not let you kill our soldiers to satisfy your thirst for fame!
Order your men to stand down or else!
My jib is to destroy the enemy and protect Han Fort!
And if Goguryeoan soldiers get in the way,
-they have to die! -Silence!
I will not let you do this!
Kill them!
Jungsang!
General, we have to get out of here! Now!
Go! General, Go!
What are you waiting for?
Don`t let them get away alive! Go after them and kill them!
Yes, sir! Let`s go!
General, the ravine is swarming with Tang soldiers. You must order the attack now!
-Yes,it`s time! -Follow me!
Commence attack!
What is happening? What`s this falling from the sky?
General, we are been attack! We must get out of this ravine!
Protect the general! We must get out of here!
General,we can`t find the exit with flames all around us!
This can`t be happening! Dae Joyoung tricked us again!
Dae Joyoung! Dae Joyoung you bastard!
We haven`t begun to clear out and they`ve started to attack! Din`t you tell them to wait for our signal?
Of course I did.
If they attack now our men will die!
We must stop them! We must stop the attack!
-We must stop them! -You`ll die too, if you go back!
-No, I must stop the attack! -Joyoung!
-I must stop them! -Joyoung we have to get out of here!
They are dying!
My Goguryeoan soldiers are dying before my eyes!
-Joyoung -Stop the attack now!
Stop the attack now!!!!
By:robster38