Round up the troops and prepare to leave for battle.
We`re leaving at daybreak to catch Li Kaigu!
-Yes, general! -Let`s go!
Generals wanted to try to her death?
This is Yingzhou territory. They wouldn`t dare point their swords at us so far away from home.
If you give them an inch they`ll take a mile.
We should`ve been firm with them from the start and we wouldn`t be dealing with this insolence.
I know.
I assure you I will put a dagger on Muchuo`s heart someday.
If we leave Xue Rengui to bring Li Kaigu down, he could steal credit for conquering Yingzhou.
Give me your command, Khan.
I will bring back Xue Rengui and Li Wen`s head.
No,
we have no reason to make an enemy of Tang after establishing marital ties with them. ~Muchuo:Turkic Khan~
We`ll let them hound hunt down the rabbit for now.
You will allow Xue Rengui to capture Li Kaigu?
Yes, and then if the hound doesn`t behave, we`ll just kill it.
Tang China has used us like hunting dogs so it seems appropriate that we return the favor.
We will deal with Tang last once the north is pacified.
Until then, we will keep our fangs hidden,
We don`t have a chance against Xue Rengui in this condition.
We`re going to have to evade this fight.
-General.... -Issue the retreat order, general.
-Yes, general. -General..
We have no where to retreat to! We`ve lost everything!
There is no place on earth left for us!
But there is a storm coming, and first we must take cover. Let`s get moving, sir.
We`re back.
Did you find a place we can hide?
There is a small abandoned fort back across the Lioa River. ~Zhao Renshi~ ~Ma Renjie~
It`s small, but it is well built fort at the foremost frontline of Gogureo.
But it`s across the river. That`s Dae joyoung`s territory.
We`re in this mess because of him. We can`t go back into Liaodong.
If we`re reluctant, Xue Rengui will be reluctant to go into Liaodong as well. ~Shin Hong~
But sir...
Xue Rengui is at our heels. We must cross the Liao Rive now.
This is pathetic... ~Li Kaigu~
First Dae Joyoung was after us, and now we`re running from Xue Rengui.
You`re back.
-General Geom is anxiously waiting for you. -Let`s go.
-I`m back, sir. -Report.
-What did you find out abou my father? -The general...is alive.
-Are you certain? -Yes.
-but their is a problem. -A problem?
Go on.
Did something happen to him?
He reassembled the scattered troops to attack Yingzhou, but now he`s being pursued by Xue Rengui.
Pursued?
He`s got nowhere to go.
Where would he run to?
-What? Li Kaigu us alive? -Yes, general.
We won`t know the details until the scouts arrive, but he is definitely alive.
They`re just remnents of the defeated troops. We don`t need to fear Li Kaigu anymore.
You`re right.
Li Kaigu is powerless right now. But that could change ~Mimosa~
if he has someone from our side working for him.
Someone from our side?
Who would help that blasted bastard from our side?
Do you mean Geom?
I saw him sending one of his men to Yingzhou with my own eyes. ~Geumlan~
If Li Kaigu is alive, it`s only natural Geom would help his father.
This is a simple matter.
Just arrest Geom and Chulin and our problem will be over. ~Gaepilsamun~
Countless Khitans are here in Liaodong with us. We can`t arrest them in haste. ~Gulsabiwu~
But we can`t keep a tiger in our house either.
We`re at a critical juncture of our life long mission.
We can`t let years of our effort end invain with a small mistake.
Then what will you do?
Mimosa, I want you to handle the matter that concerns Geom.
If they pose a slightest threat to us, we have no choice but to oust them.
Understand, sir.
General,
What brings you here at this late hours?
I couldn`t find you at your quarters.
Is this about Geom?
-I can`t allow this to go on. -We talked about this already.
Until Geom renounces Khitan on his own and accepts Goguryeo into his heart, ~Dae Jungsang:Joyoung`s Father~
we cannot reveal the fact that he is Joyoung`s son.
But Joyoung might end up killing his own son.
We must reveal the truth before it`s too late.
If it`s too hard for you to tell him, let me tell him.
It`s your call, sir.
What are you going to do?
I want you to stay out of this.
I will speak to Joyoung soon enough. I should be the one to tell him.
That will be best.
We must hurry.
We must be out of the city before daybreak.
Stay here for while.
-Where are you going? -This won`t take long.
I can`t abandond the man who raised me.
Forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye, Father...
General.
Where are you going at this hour?
Why are tears welled up in you eyes?
You`re hiding something from me. What is it?
What are you trying to hide from me?
Move it!
-untie me! -Blasted bastards!
We took you in when you had no where to go, and you plot against us?
-Lock them up. -Yes, sir.
-Take them! -Yes, sir.
-General it`s Mimosa. -Wait outside.
-Joyoung. -I`m talking to Geom.
I believe firmly that you wouldn`t try to get out of this with a lie.
Now tell me.
Where were you going at this time of the night?
I was going to see my father.
And then?
Where you going to join Li Kaigu and attack Ansi Fort?
You have taken in my mother and my people. ~Li Geom:Chulin`s Son~
I swear to heaven above that I would never betray you trust first.
You tried to leave withou saying a word to me.
By that you`ve already betrayed my trust.
My father is being pursued by Xue Rengui.
He is injured, and with a mere hundreds renment of soldiers,
he cannot contend with the massive Tang army.
How could a son ignore the father in danger?
I will remember all that you`ve done for me.
And when the time comes, I will return that favor twofold.
So please let me go.
I don`t need you to return the favor but know this.
you are my enemy, the moment you set foot outside this city.
Your father has deep animosity toward me. I, too, cannot forgive your father.
for forcibly trying to take my people`s land.
Now make you decision. Will you stay,
or will you leave and make an enemy of me?
Please ...let me go.
This is my destiny.
I`m sorry, general.....
Are you outside?
Take Geom to the city gate.
General!
This is your decision, so let there be no regrets.
Now leave.
If you let Geom go like this, he will come back to hurt us.
It`s not too late, sir. Order Geom killed.
I may kill him if we meet again as enemies but I cannot kill a son leaving to find his father.
-But sir..... -Let me have my way this time.
Don`t go!
You can`t go.
You`re...
You`re....
Geom!
Call Geom at once! Geom!
Your Highness, what`s wrong?
Geom...he`s gone! He`s left the city! ~Chulin~
What do you mean?
look at this letter.
He can`t go there.
He will be walking into his own death!
Your Highness, please be calm.
Call the guards at once. You must bring back Geom!
Yes, Your Highness.
-Their moral has fallen quite a bit. -Naturally.
We fought off their full force attack over ten times.
We`ve done significant damage. Let`s fight them of till the end!
Li Kaigu is still! Li Kaigu. I didn`t expect such fierce resistance.
It`s nothing more than a last desperate struggle. They will fall soon enough.
Li Kaigu that bastard!
What`s the problem?
Why is Li Wen have such a hard time with that tiny fort?
It`s a fortress that used to defend outermost border of Goguryeo it`s nearly impenetrable, sir.
That`s it.
I`m going to command this battle myself. Get ready!
Sir, we`ve already suffered substantial casualties.
-We should wait a while. -What will that accomplish?
-Li Kaigu isn`t going to walk out on his own. -they should be running out of food by now.
What? Running out of food?
Yes, they probably didn`t have time to prepare food supplies.
They won`t last very long on emty stomachs.
Fine, let`s wait a while.
They`re running out of food....
Is there something wrong, sir? Why are you putting down your spoon?
How much food is left in the city?
We have enough to get by, sir. Please finish your meal.
Take the food back.
Is there something wrong?
I cannot eat while the others are going hungry.
What do you mean, sir? The others are going hungry?
There`re rocks in the rice. ~Li Kaigu~
It`s obvious they had to scrap the bottom of the rice sack.
From now on.
I will eat with the soldiers and starve with the soldiers.
general, you have to eat to fight off the enemy outside the fort. ~Shin Hong~
-The soldiers trust me and followed me into this place. -That`s all the more reason you have to stay strong.
General,
-General. -What is it?
-Well, I... -Muchuo...
Muchuo has arrived with a huge army.
Muchuo?
Muchuo is here from Yingzhou? The Turkic Khan Muchuo?
Welcome, Khan.
On what business did you travel all this way?
I was concerned by your delay,so I brought my army to speed things up.
We have the enemy cornered.
You wasted your time.
-Where is General Xue Rengui? -He is waiting for you inside.
-Subong. -Yes, sir.
-Follow me. -Such insolence!
The Khan has traveled all this way and Genreal Xue Rengui isn`t here to greet him?
General Xue represents our great empire. He will not deign to greet your Khan.
What? That punk!
Stop!
That`s enough.
Lead us.
Why did you bring the prisoner here?
I have my reasons.
Take me to General Xue Rengui.
You mobilized a huge army and came out here because you think I can`t beat a lousy remnant army.
But isn`t it true that you`re having difficulties?
Difficulties?
Look, I`m just waiting for the bastards to surrender. ~Xue Rengui~
We Turkis do not wait for our prey to come to us. ~Muchuo:Turkic Khan~
We will fight them our way from now, so sit this one out.
Sit it out?
Are you giving me orders?
Destroying Khitan has been our mission from the start. ~Inel:Muchuo`s son~
Silence!
We take orders from no one except Emperor Wu Zetian! ~Li Wen~
Be that as it may, we the Turks will deal with Li Kaigu.
So don`t fight us!
That, that....!
Why the heck are they here?
General, something doesn`t add up here.
What do you mean something doesn`t add up? They`re here to catch Li Kaigu. ~Hongpie~
Could there be another reason?
-Set up camp here and organize the troops. -Yes, Khan!
We`ve crossed the Liao River and entered Liaodong at last, Khan!
Liaoxi is already ours so all we have to do is conquer is Liaodong.
We must study the lay of the land thoroughly.
Of course.
We will dispatch scouts throughout the region.
Once Li Kaigu is eliminated.
I, Muchuo, will go up against Dae Joyoung for domination of the land.
Perhaps they weren`t mine to begin with.
Chulin and Geom...
This was a military affair.
Why did you have to save me when Dae Joyoung struck me down?
General...
If I had died, this wretched reality would not be mine.
You mustn`t be weak.
I have nothing left.
I`ve lost my country and my army....
And my loving wife and son.
have been taken by my archenemy.
I am to blame for all of this....
All is my failure...
I feel so pathetic I can`t stand it...
General...
-General, -Why aren`t you sleeping?
-You can leave me now. -What do you mean, sir?
I`m going into the fort to join my father.
General!
You will not survive if you go in there.
But I can`t stand on the sideline and watch my father die.
We have to find another way to save General Li Kaigu.
But I`m powerless to save my father. ~Li Geom:Chulin`s son~
Making his final hours less lonely is the only thing I can do for him.
Thank you for all of your hard work.
Now go and find a new life for yourselves.
I`m going with you, general.
So am I.
I will be with you to the end.
This is the tiny fort you`ve failed to conquer?
Then why don`t you give it a try, Khan?
-Men! -Yes, Khan!
This is usesless.
-I will not order them to surrender! -Shut your mouth!
Do as I say or your head is coming off!
What are they doing with him?
General, it`s His Majesty the King!
Bastards!
They`re trying to crush our soldiers spirit!
General, look over there!
It can`t be...!
It`s Prince Geom!
Open the gate!
Get out there and protect them!
Open the gate! Archers foward!
Close the gate!
Father, I bid you greetings.
What are you doing here?
I`m your son. Where could I be?
-But this fort is.... -There is only three of us,
but we are reinforcement troops here to help you.
Reinforcement troops?
Yes.
I promise you we will get out of here alive.
Your Majesty, this is him.
-Are you a Khitan? -Yes, Your Majesty.
-Can you write? -Yes.
Listen carefully to my words and write it down in a letter. ~Sun Wanrong:2nd King of Khitan~
Take the letter straight to Ansi Fort.
Ansi Fort?
You will find Chulin at the municipal square of Ansi. Give her the letter.
-Yes, Your Majesty. -Remember.
The fate of Khitan is in your hands.
How is your mother?
She is well thanks to General Dae Joyoung.
Don`t think about anything else. Think only about getting out of here.
You shouldn`t have come.
This is no place for you.
I needed to see you.
There is nothing that can keep father and son apart.
I will never leave your side again , Father.
Let`s go!
Who is this basted fool?
We arrested him because he was acting suspicious but we found this on him.
It`s a letter.
-Sudol, do you know how to read? -Be quiet.
-Biwu, I need to talk to you. -What`s wrong?
What is this?
You knew the thruth about Geom from the start.
There was always something strange about the way you treated him.
You knew who his father was from the start!
What now?
Both Li Kaigu and Geom will die unless we do something. Joyoung`s son is going to die!
I will take care of this so stay out of it.
How could this be?
The boy Li Kaigu raised is Joyoung`s son!
The Khitans are settling down nicely.
Let go of all the troubles and try to relax while you are here with us.
Thank you.
By chance have you heard anything about General Li Kaigu?
I have no way of knowing what`s going on in the world. ~Chulin~
If you`ve heard anything...
I heard he was being pursued by the Turks, but that`s all I know. ~Sukyoung:Dae Joyoung`s wife~
My son has gone after his father.
I`m terribly afraid something awful might happen to them...
I will do everything I can do to help.
Thank you.
Thank you, Princess Sukyoung.
What brings you here?
I was about to ask you the same question. What brings you here?
I`m sure you`re not hiding anything from me.
Go on. Why are you here?
General?
I...will tell you everything when the time comes.
It`s from Sun Wanrong.
Geom is in moral danger along with Li Kaigu.
Read the letter and make your decision.
I don`t want Joyoung`s son dying either.
My dear Chulin,
Li Kaigu and Geom must be saved, if only for the revival of Khitan.
There is only one way to save them,
and it is by revealing the truth about Geom`s birth to Dae Joyoung.
The only one who can content with Muchuo now is Dae Joyoung.
Once he learns that Geom is his son,
Dae joyoung will rally his army and come to his rescue. It`s all up to you now, Chulin.
The fate of Khitan is in your hands.
Begin!
Sun Wanrong has something to say to you Khitans!
Warriors of Khitan, listen to me carefully. ~Sun Wanrong:2nd King of Khitan~
Yingzhou may have fallen, but Khitan will not die!
It can`t be!
Hang on there
Dae Joyoung is coming from Ansi Fort to save you!
What the heck is he saying?
Do whatever it takes to survive!
Dae Joyoung`s army is coming!
Stay alive, and pay the Turks back for the fall of Yingzhou!
-That bastard! -Take Muchuo`s head
-and comfort tje soul of the departed King! -That...that...!
Khitan will be revived! Khitan will live forever!
Shut your mouth!
-Your Majesty! -Your Majesty....!
I will break down that gate myself! All forces attack!
Attack!
Come, Muchuo!
We will wipe you out!
Taepyoung, are you there?
Yes, Your Highness.
I want you to do something for me.
-Your Highness... -What is it?
Your Highness.
Why did you wish to see me at this time of the night?
Feel free to say whatever you need to say.
General Li Kaigu is besieged by the Turkic army.
Geom is with him.
Please help them. I will never forget the favor.
I sympathize with you sincerely but I cannot help them.
Then just my son.... please save my son Geom.
I don`t want Geom dead either, but I can`t send out my army for this.
I beg you. Please....
I`m sorry.
General.
would you let him die like this if Geom were your own son?
No father in the world would let his son die knowing that he could be saved!
What are you saying?
Geom is my son... and..he is your son.
Chulin!
Don`t you understand? Geom is your child.
He is General Dae Joyoung`s son!
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