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-General, the reconnaissance team has just returend. -What`s the report?
The refugees have reached the foot of Chunmunryeong.
They will begin ascending tonight. Prepare the troops for deployment... ~Li Wen~
Yes, general. Let`s go.
Any word from General Li Kaigu?
They`re marching day and night. They will arive soon.
Dae Joyoung got there sooner that we anticipated.
We needed to cut him off and sealed the passage to Chunmunryeong.
~Dae Joyoung`s Camp~
We can stop Li Wen`s cavalry somehow
But the problem is the Tang main forces that will soon arrive.
Once we`ve taken the people to safetu we can use Chunmunryeong as our sheild to stop them.
Simply stopping them will not be enough.
We need to obliterate them in order to build a new state.
Wipe them out instead of chasing them away? ~Dae Jungsang~
Tang has mustered their entire military strength to stop us from building our own state.
If we can annihilate them, we will be safe from their aggressopm for at least a decade/
And that will be our chance to declare a new state and establish our founding.
But with our limited resources it`ll be a difficult task to achieve.
Nonetheless it has to be done.
We`ve endured great sacrifices on the way to avoid a direct confrontaion, so we could lure them here to Chunmunryeong.
Then what do we have to do?
There is a strategy I have devised on the way.
The enemy army is many times larger than ours, but we have an impenetrable natural fortress Chunmunryeong on our side.
That`s what we will use.
Explain.
Many years ago you achieved an incredible victory in Mt.Guifu where no one had previously survived.
Mt. Guifu?
Yes, we will build a wall of defense along Chunmunryeong by digging
up pitfalls and setting traps throughout the hill like you did in Mt.Guifu.
Yes, I`ll never forget what we achieved in Mt.Guifu.
Prisoners from different origins came together and displayed amazing strength.
We have soldiers of all oringin in our army including Baekje, Shilla, Khitan, Turkic, and Mohe tribes. ~Gulsabiwu~
And there are experts craftmen from different regions among the civilians as well. ~Sukyoung:Dae Joyoung`s Wife~
If we acquire their help it won`t be difficult to prepare the mountain.
But there is one problem.
We need time to prepare the mountins. ~Geumland~
If they attacke while the work is in process, we will suffer even greater loss.
Yes, that`s our biggest problem.
We will figure out a way somehow.
In the meantime, I`d like you to take the people and lead them across Chunmunryeong, father.
Sure, I`ll do that.
The people?
They`re standing by awaiting for your order. ~Jang Sanhae~
We will begin ascending at sundown. But there`s something we must do first.
Sift out engineers and craftme among the people carpenters, masonry workers, round up everyone with any kind of bulding skills.
Yes, sir. But may I ask why?
Do you think they can hold the enemy back while we do the work?
It`s not going to be easy when Li Kaigu`s army arrives.
Joyoung said he`d figure out a way so we just have to trust him.
There is only one way.
Go on.
We have to form another mobile brigade and block their access to Chunmunryeong.
We lost General Heuk Sudol and Gaepilsamun using the same approach.
The peole are safely ascending Chunmunryoeng right now thanks to them.
A mobile brigate won`t be able to hold them back long. ~Li Geom:Chulin`s Son~
If they die, we will send another mobile brigate. And if they die we will send another.
We have to buy time with minimun use of military strength in order to succeed.
We cannot achieve this without sacrifice. This is the only way to minimize casualties.
I don`t disagree with you.But who do we leave behind to die this time?
I will stay.
My master General Gaepilsamun is dead. ~Tungso~
General,
Give me a chance to exact revenge.
Who will lead the Turks if you die?
I`m not leaving here with my archenemy before my eyes.
I will stay.
Give me a detachment of five thousand, I`ll hold the enemy back until the works is done.
This is the most critical point of our mission.
If anyone can do this it`s General Gulsabiwu.
This is as dangerous as it is important.
I wouldn`t be here if I weren`t prepared to die.
I will stay as well.
I`ll stay behind and help General Gulsabiwu lead the brigade.
No.
A moblie brigade is a small elite force going into the battlefield prepared to die. It doesn`t require two generals.
General Gulsabiwu and I have worked togethere once before successfully subjugating Liaodong Fort.
No! You are not coming with me.
Winning is the only thing you should be thinking about right now.
-Winning and surviving is the only. -I will not hear this!
Joyoung, I`m staying behind alone. Give me your permission.
What is your opinion, Mimosa?
Gulsabiwu and Geumlan have been successful working together as a team.
It might be a good idea to put them together this time as well.
General, it`s your decision.
-I want you out of the mobile brigade. -The genral has already issude the order.
Our most competent warriors have died one after another. Do you want to end up dead too?
-You will be in equal danger. -But I`m...
You`re not invincible either.
This is different from all the other missions in the past. This is a suicide mission.
I take offense to this!
Are you telling me to curl up and hide because this is dangerous?
-General Geumlan. -It`s already been decided.
Don`t waste you energy fighting me and think of a way to beat the enemy.
We are going to Chunmunryeong, Mother, You should get ready.
You don`t look well. Are you all right?
She didn`t sleep at all last night.
I`m all right. It`s just a headache. ~Chulin~
Leave us alone for a while.
Yes, Your Highness.
Father will soon be arriving with a massive Tang army.
Someone is bound to lose this battle and someone is bound to die. Is this what you fear?
I`m going on the battlefield to fight as well.
-Mother.... -Our time is coming.
Once General Dae Joyoung declares a new state, we will get our chance to resurrect Khitna as well.
And for that I will fight to the death.
-Everyone is busily getteing ready to leave, sir. -I know but we can`t part without a drink.
Here, drink up.
You have never left my side without my order since you were just a young girl.
But you volunteered for this dangerous mission that could possibly be your last. ~Mimosa~
I felt leading this mission to succees is the final act of loyalty I could carry out for you, master. ~Geumlan~
You are not wrong.
If our great dream can be realized by your death there would be no
death more valiable and worht while. But your eyes...
those are not the eyes of Warrior Geumlan I know.
-Those are the eyes of a woman. -What do you mean?
Eyes of a warrior going off to battle are not soft and gentle like yours. Those are not daunting eyes but eyes of a woman captured by a love.
-You`re mistaken, sir. -Is it Gulsabiwu?
Master?
-Is he the man that turned you into a woman? -I am a warrior going off to a battle, sir.
If love makes you stronger and helps you to win it doesn`t matter.
But you must stop the enemy from getting through until we are ready for them no matter what it takes is that clear?
Answer me. Is that clear?
Yes, sir.
I will cary out your order without fail, sir.
If you`re going to leave me, leave me alive... That`s the last thing I ask of you.
You`re a man who has mastered the princeple of the universe. How could you not understand me?
You`re cruel....
You`re so heartless and cold...
What are you doing out here?
General Dae is ascending the mountain. Hustle.
-Don`t forget that we are right bahind you. -We won`t. You should go now.
Don`t worry.
I will send Geumland back safely as soon as the mission is complete.
Li Wen will attack immediately when he sees us ascending the mountain.
Place your men on their path now.
You must win the firt fight to make the subsequent battles easier.
Got it.
Mimosa, wait.
Thanks for the tip.
I almost forgot one thing.
Geumlan belongs to you now. You are her master now, not me.
General, we must go. We must put the troops in position.
Let`s go.
General!
General, come quickly!
What is it?
Dae Joyoung is ascending the moutain.
What?
You can see thousands of lights going up the hills like a long snake.
Come see for yourself, sir.
Prepare the troops. We will strike immediately.
Yes, sir!
Here we go, Dae Joyoung....
I will deliver a fatal blow before Li Kaigu arrives.
What is this sound?
-I will go find out. -That`s unnecessary.
Li Wen`s men are being ambushed by General Gulsabiwu`s army.
We can`t be distracted. Let us move on.
Resume the march.!!
You made it. We heard war cries last night.
Gulsabiwu has led the first battle against Li Wen to victory.
That`s a relief to hear.
Where are the people?
-We sent them on their way to Mt.Dongmo. -I`m most thankful that the people are safe.
But their lives will still be in danger if we fail to stop the enemy here
-Yes, I know. -General.
These are craftmen that stayed behind to help us.
Gentlemen, we are going to set up camp throughout these mountains and fortify the hills with traps and pitfalls.
Remember.
Each of your work could be more useful to us than a thousand soldiers.
-Just tell us what to do general. -We will spare no efforts for you, sir.
Give us your order!!!
Thank you. Thank you all.
Maste Jang, I`d like you to direct these men.
Sure.
-You should take the women and continue on to Mt.Dongmo. -No, we`ve decided to stay with you.
-It`s dangerous here. -It`s dangerous everywhere.
We will stay behind and take care of the men.
Don`t worry about us.
There`s more than one way to fight the enemy.
I will stay behind with the Khitan army.
-But the leader of the Tang army we will be up against is... -It doesn`t matter who the enemy is.
I will protect my peopl.
We are standing on Chunmunryeong at last.
There is no turning back or giving up for us.
We will fight. And we will win.
Our history will begin right here on Chunmunryeong!
~Chang`an, Tang~
Announce us to Her Majesty at once.
Your Majesty, the high ministers ae here to see you.
-Send them in. -Enter.
Your Majesty, Dae Joyoung has reached Chunmunryeong with the refugees despite all of our efforts to stop them.
What?
-Dae Joyoung has reached Chunmunryeong? -Yes, Your Majesty, the report was just received.
We`re talking about tens of thousands of refugees. What was Li Kaigu doing all this time? ~Emperor Wu Zetian~
Dae Joyoung`s mobile brigade blocked our punitve army. ~Wei Sheng~ ~Li Meng~
So the great army was thwarted bu one tiny mobile brigade?
Just as you feared, Dae Joyoung is not an easy opponent.
Did you just figured out? I warned you about this repeatedly!
But do not fear, Your Majesty ~Di Renjie~
They may be on Chunmunryeong but they will not be able to stop the great army that is many time their size.
Gibberish.
How can you say this when Dae Joyoung is still out there?
Forgive me, Your Majesty...
I don`t feel good about this. I don`t feel good at all.
How many soldiers can we deploy to Chunmunryeong?
Deploy more soldiers, Your Majesty?
Are you losing you hearing in your old age?
What kind of army can we assemble to reinforce the punitive expediton?
Your Majesty, the remaining force of arms in this empire is hardly able to keep Muchuo of Liaobei at bay. We have no troops to assemble.
No troops to assemble?
No, Your Majesty. Please understand.
Please understand, Your Majesty.
No troops to deploy...
The if Li Kaigu fails, we will lose the whole northeast region to Dae Joyoung.
And we will have no choice but to sit there and allow Dae Joyoung to build a new state!
Your Majesty, I assure you that will not be allowed to happen.
It better not. That would be a nightmare of all nightmares. It cannot ba allowed to happen.
We will win.
Li Kaigu will defeat Dae Joyoung for us and I will come out on top.
This is a pathetic sight.
Their resistance is fiendish.
I can`t stand this rage and humiliation. I should be fighting Dae Joyoung. ~Li Wen~
But I can`t defeat his lackey Gulsabiwu and Geumlan.
-They have suffered great losses as well. -That`s right, sir. Knock and the door shal be open.
Knock until when?
Until all of the soldiers are dead and I`m standing alone.
General...
I need Gulsabiwu`s head before Li Kaigu arrives at the very least.
Regroup. We`re going to hit them again.
Yes, general.
Resilient bastard.... Those repulsively hell-bent bastards...
I brought some herbs for the wound.
It`s almost down to the bone. You should`ve been more careful. ~Gulsabiwu~
I didn`t see one coming from the back.
Warriors live with death riding on our backs. Always watch your back.
This is going to leave a lasting scar.
Later....
If I die first, would you look at this scar and remember me?
You won`t die. Don`t say things like that.
How is? Do you think you can swing your sword?
I`m fine.
We`ve lost more than half of our men. When do we retreat?
I don`t know.
If there are no orders, we fight until we die.
So go back and help them righ the mountain if the injury gets infected.
We`re almost finished with the work.
We`ve got Gulsabiwu and Geumland to thank for this.
The Shillans` woodwork impresses me every time.
How about the Baekjeans? It`s masterful how they handle rocks.
The Khitans have done good work as well.
We only did odd jobs here and there.
We achieved amazing work in a very short amount of time because we worked together as a team.
General!!
-There`s an urgent report. -What is it?
Li Kaigu`s main force army has arrived.
How many of them are there?
There`re roughly two hundred thousand soldiers, sir.
-Call Gulsabiwu and Geumland back immediately. -Yes, sir! Let`s go!
We would be in trouble if they catch on to us. Wrap up what you can and stop the rest of the work.
Got it.
Tactician, put the troops in their positions and prepare for action.
Yes, general.
The real fight starts now.
Come. We will wipe you out!
What happened?
What do you mean?
The entire camp reeks of blood from injured men. ~Li Kaigu~
How is it possible that I don`t see any uninjured soldiers?
I have no excuse to offer.
It`s been one disaster after another from the start.
If they sent a mobile brigade,
that means their main army have been on that mountain for quite some time now. ~Shin Hong~
Do you know what they have been up to?
We`ve been too busy dealing with Gulsabiwu to worry about Dae Joyoung.
General!
Gulsabiwu is retreating back into Chunmunryeong with his men.
What? Retreating?
-You mean they left the passage to Chunmunryeong open? -Yes, general.
It`s an expected respons to our arrival.
But they cleard the road for our attack!
Let us strike immediately. ~Zhao Renshi~
No.
Knowing Dae Joyoung,
I`m sure he anticipated our arrival and prepared a defense.
That`s right. He would not be restting if he ascended Chunmunryeong.
Send out a reconnaissance team. We will prepare for aggression,
but we will not take action until we know what we`re up against.
Yes. sir.
Now that the main army is here there is no way we can lose no matter what they prepared in defense.
I never said we were going to lose.
General Xue Rengui will soon be joining us with generou supplies. So we have abolutely no reason to hurry.
Welcome back. Good work, both of you.
We left the entrance to Chunmunryeong ungarded. Is that all right?
Li Kaigu will send a reconnassance team first. He won`t attack for at least three or four days.
-Call the warriors together. -Yes, general.
Let us go inside.
There are many paths into Chunmunryeong but only three paths here.
Here and through this ravine are large enough for an army to get through.
Gulsabiwu and Geumland will take this hill into the ravine.
Tungso and Mapa will take this path between the ridgeline,
-and the Khithan army will take the mountain pass behind us. -That would be ill-advised.
The mountain pass is an important access from which the enemy`s movement can go completely undetected.
-We cannot rely on the Khitans alone to cover that area. -What are you saying?
Are you questioning our capability? ~Li Geom~ ~Chulin~
What would you do if you come face to face with Li Kaigu?
Can you kill him?
Our defense line will crumble if any one of the three entrances is breached.
If you`re driven by ambition alone, perhaps it is not a good idea.
We will do what we have to.
The Khitan soldiers are prepared to fight to the death. They will not fall back under any curcumtances.
As I said, the Khitans cover the mountain pass.
General?
We`re dealing with an enemy many times more powerful than we are.
Slightest mistrust will bring detremental results.
Do your very best.
We will, general.
Father, Uncle Dolbal and I will lead the main army. Master Jang, take the craftmen to safety for us.
You got it.
Are we ready for this?
I feel uneasy about trusting the Khitans to cover an entire mountain.
As long as they are here with us, Khitans are our people as well.
Distrust will bring greater danger to us than anything else.
Don`t worry, Father I have a strategy worked out that will ensure our victory.
What is that strategy?
In less than a month, winter will come.
There is no way the enemy can endure the harsh winter with the supplies they brought with them.
Then?
Yes.
We will hold them back for a while and launch a powerful attack once the winter sets in and their supplies run dry.
Cold and hunger is indeed a great enemy.
That`s what eventually caused Li Shimin`s demise in Ansi Fort.
And the road here to Chunmunryeong is longer and more treacherous than Liaodong.
Not one of them will be sent back home alive.
General, here he is.
Are you the medical officer?
Yes, sir.
It`s General Hongpei.
He was running a high fever for the past few days and now he`s having diarrhea several times a day.
The symptoms sound like it could be pestilence.
Pestilence? You mean it`s contagious disease?
That is my opinion, sir.
Of all diseases to, why such a wretched disease? ~Xue Rengui~
He should either be quarantined or....
Or what?
Or he put to death and buried deep in the ground.
What?
All right. You may go now.
Yes, sir!
Pestilence?
This is just awful!
General, aren`t you going to get some sleep, sir?
Yes, you go ahead, Hongpei.
Come next to me. I kept a spot warm for you. ~Honpei~
Huh? No, no.
Don`t worry about me and go to sleep.
All right, general.
Poor bastard...
Pestilence?
I`ve got no time to deal with this. That kid always gives me trouble.
The thing I go through for this kid. Oh, my legs...
General, I can`t believe you built special carriage for me. I`m moved to tears.
I worried all night about how I was going get back on the road, but this is so comfortable.
Thank you, general.
Don`t talk so much. You`re spitting on me.
Sir, I`m getting stomach cramps again. I think you better let me out.
Oh, just do it in your pants!
But general! Oh, my stomach!
Father!
Father, I think they`re preparing to attack.
There are lights everywhere in their camp and they`re sounding the drums.
General.
It will be tonight or tomorrow morning.
We should send the signal now to the warriors blocking their path.
General Xue Jitou and Zhao Renshi will command the first brigade.
General Li Wen will command the second brigade,
and I will command the third brigade myself with general Dohyeop and Mogae.
Remember.
All we need to do is to penetrate one of the three passages, and the victory will be ours.
We can bring Chunmunryeong down. Do you understand?
Yes, sir!
Come, Li Kaigu. I will kill you all.
With you blood, I will comfort Heuk Sudol and Gaepilsamun`s soul
and the souls of countless brothers that have died in your hands! Come. All of you!
Subs By:robster38