Father!
No! No!
Father!
I'm sorry about Yongchun.
We need to get to Daeyaseong.
If we stall any longer, more people will die and the fortress will be taken.
We can't go to Daeyaseong.
We can't put this place in danger because of Daeyaseong.
Bidam!
Don't you hear his grief?
Control yourself.
Anyone who resists the court's order
will be killed.
Outside Daeyaseong
The person taking the lead is the Daeyaseong lord.
The young general is Kim Chunchu's son.
- Capture them. - Yes, Your Majesty.
We should retreat.
Grandfather probably got out by now.
Retreat back to the fortress!
- Retreat! - Retreat!
Retreat!
I will go to Daeyaseong right now.
I will kill the king of Baekje and get revenge for my father!
Chunchu! I know how you feel.
I will go by myself. Stay here and calm down.
How can a person who can't fulfill his filial duties
achieve unification of the Three Kingdoms?
I will lead the army.
Chunchu!
I said you can't go to Daeyaseong.
Why do you want to move the army for personal revenge?
Move.
I will kill anyone who stops me.
What?
- Arrest him right away. - Yes, sir.
Do you really intend to resist the court?
I am not resisting the court.
I am resisting you for using the court as an excuse to alienate us.
You will regret this.
I will have greater regret it I don't save Daeyaseong.
Lock him up until we return.
Yes, sir.
Your Majesty, Kim Yusin's army is headed this way.
What? Kim Yusin's iron soldiers?
Attack!
Shoot arrows! Attack!
Attack!
We don't have any arrows.
They'll break through the gate soon.
Let's camp out in the fortress and fight to our deaths.
Get out of the fortress now.
What are you talking about?
I will not be a coward and leave by myself.
I will die here if I have to.
Go and get reinforcements.
I'll be waiting for you.
Do as he says.
What about the baby?
The baby went ot Heaven without even opening his eyes.
What?
Gotaso.
Don't grieve too much.
We can have another baby,
but if we lose Daeyaseong, we won't be able to recover it.
Bring father and uncle.
The fate of Daeyaseong lies in your hands.
Gotaso!
The gate is open!
Go now.
Escort him.
You should do as he says.
I will bring reinforcements.
Protect Daeyaseong and my sister until I return.
I promise.
Battle formations!
Defend the fortress!
Cheongwang!
It's an ambush.
One of us has to get through and bring reinforcements.
Cheongwang!
Are you alright?
It's no big deal. Daeyaseong is in imminent danger.
How far away are father and uncle?
We came ahead to check out the situation.
Let's get out of here.
Stop!
You are the leader of the enemy, but you have great spirit.
You are indeed Kim Chunchu's son-in-law.
I will spare your life if you surrender.
Do not insult a general of Silla.
I am in rage that I couldn't protect Daeyaseong and my people from you.
Is your loyalty more important than your wife's life?
Do not disgrace my father's reputation!
The Daeyaseong lord and the people of Daeyaseong will not kneel to Baekje.
Honey! Why...
Honey!
Fight to protect the honor of Silla.
I had a great husband like you. I have no regrets.
I hope we will meet again in the next world.
Honey! Honey!
I will not disappoint you.
Master!
What is the situation at Daeyaseong?
Daeyaseong has been taken.
Everyone fought to the end and died.
What?
What about Gotaso and Beopmin?
The fortress lord's wife took her own life.
Beopmin left the fortress before it was taken.
His injuries are being treated.
This can't be.
I have to see for myself.
Chunchu!
We have to get to Daeyaseong.
I have to see for myself that Gotaso is dead!
No, Chunchu.
They will be waiting in ambush.
I will kill you if you don't move.
Chunchu!
I'd rather die by your sword than lose you.
The Daeyaseong lord and soldiers were annihilated?
You said it was an impregnable fortress. How can it be taken?
The soldiers fought amongst themselves because of the fortress lord's tyranny.
You praised his courage before. Now you're saying he was tyrannical?
How am I to trust you?
Your Majesty!
Kim Yusin locked Bidam up in prison.
His resistance to the court has to be related to the fortress being taken.
Defense minister, go to Gohoseong and investigate thoroughly.
Anyone involved in the fall of the fortress will be punished severely.
Why did you come by yourself?
I came for the corpses of Yongchun, the Daeyaseong lord and his wife.
Let us take the corpses for a proper burial.
You might have been enemies, but they are dead.
Let them fulfill their duties as children and as a father.
I'm sure you will show your generosity.
I will have a funeral for the soldiers of Daeyaseong and comfort their souls.
Yongchun's corpse will be returned.
But I can't let you take the corpses of the Daeyaseong lord and his wife.
What? Why not?
The Daeyaseong lord resisted to the end.
I will take their heads back to Sabi to show the authority of Baekje royalty.
Is it because of your personal grudge against Chunchu?
He deceived me and the Baekje court with false pretense for friendly relations.
He will have to live with this pain forever.
Listen!
You will regret this.
I will recover Daeyaseong and take Sabiseong.
I will repay you for this humiliation.
Don't forget that.
Sir...
Sir... Sir...
What brings you here?
Is it true that you locked Bidam up
and resisted the court's order by sending iron soldiers to Daeyaseong?
I only tried to correct an improper order and save Daeyaseong from danger.
Is it your great cause to persecute a court official and send an army
to save your niece?
Yongchun gave his life to save these people.
I went to fight to save Daeyaseong.
How is that a crime?
Her Majesty will be the judge of that.
Surrender your weapons and follow me to Seorabeol.
Kim Chunchu will also be dealt with after his father's funeral.
What did I tell you? I said you'd regret it.
Why did you lock up a court official and move your army?
The Daeyaseong lord and soldiers were loyal servants of yours.
If nobody helped them and the fortress is lost,
who will give their lives to fight enemies?
If the court gives an order to crush the loyalty of loyal servants and people,
I will have no choice but to stand up to them.
How dare you?
How can you be so disloyal?
Daeyaseong was taken because the public turned against
the Daeyaseong lord's tyranny.
He coveted the wife of a general under his command.
Do not insult a loyal servant!
If the Daeyaseong lord was tyrannical,
the soldiers and people under his command would not have fought to their deaths.
Whatever the account, losing an impregnable fortress like Daeyaseong
means the lord didn't fulfill his duties.
No matter how loyal your intentions were,
locking me up and sending soldiers against the court's order is
a crime that cannot be forgiven.
If everyone disobeyed the royal family and court out of loyalty,
what would make them different from traitors who commit treason?
Daeyaseong didn't fall because the Daeyaseong lord was incapable.
It's because the court was hostile and divided.
Take a good look at yourselves.
While you embraced people who bribed you and
alienated opposing forces by conspiring against them,
the loyal soldiers and people of the border area died shedding blood.
I don't care if you execute me for rebelling against the court.
But you will have to save those loyal people and
use them as pillars of this nation!
Defense minister, you investigated this matter.
I will abide by your decision.
According to my investigation, it was right of Kim Yusin to fight.
I ordered the army not be sent without knowing all the details.
It is my fault and the court's fault.
I will take full responsibility for the loss of Daeyaseong.
I would like to step down as defense minister. Please allow it.
How can it be your fault?
It is my fault for not being able to lead the court properly.
The crimes of Kim Chunchu and Kim Yusin will be overlooked.
There are suspicions that Kim Chunchu colluded with the king of Baekje.
That's absurd!
If he did, his father and children would not have been slaughtered like that.
The court will come up with plans to recover Daeyaseong and
defend against Baekje.
Yongchun protected me and gave me strength.
It feels like a piece of my heart was cut out.
Your pain must be so much greater.
Please forgive him.
He hasn't eaten or slept for days. He can't recognize anyone right now.
He lost his father and his daughter.
I can understand.
Take good care of him.
I'm worried about him.
Chunchu is strong.
When the time comes, he will get over his grief and get back on his feet.
How dare you come here?
Leave right now.
I came to pay condolence.
- Look here! - Beopmin!
Stand back.
If you continue to resist against me, you will suffer extreme pain.
You can reach out at any time.
I will raise an army and get revenge for you.
We don't need your help!
I will kill the king of Baekje and serve his head to
my grandfather and sister.
After I get revenge against Baekje, you had better be ready.
Father, we lost Daeyaseong because I am lacking.
I allowed you and Gotaso to be killed by Baekje soldiers.
I can't even protect my father and children.
How can I save the people of the Three Kingdoms?
How can someone who can't even unify the court
talk about unification of the Three Kingdoms?
How can someone controlled by the court
get the kings of Goguryeo and Baekje to surrender?
I am so ashamed of my inferiority.
Father!
Chunchu!
It is the way of life for a person to die.
How long are you going to hover with grief and blame yourself?
If you give up your cause just like that, you don't qualify to be my son.
Think about Gotaso.
She took her own life, so you would not be disgraced.
If you don't want my death and her death to go to waste,
fight the people who challenge your great cause!
That is the way to make our deaths honorable.
Chunchu, rise.
Rise.
Rise!
Father.
Father!
Father.
In 642, after Daeyaseong fell to Baekje,
in Goguryeo, Yeongae Somun overthrew King Yeongnyu who sought
policies for friendly relations with Tang.
Yeongae Somun killed all the court officials who supported Tang and
ruthlessly killed King Yeongnyu.
He crowned King Bojang and
yielded absolute power as the mangniji. [Mangniji: Highest position of Goguryeo]
After Yeongae Somun gained actual power of the Goguryeo court,
Silla, Baekje and even Tang because sensitive to
the political situation in Goguryeo.
Silla palace Yeongae Somun organized a coup in Goguryeo.
He even announced that he was prepared to fight against Tang.
If Goguryeo and Baekje join forces and attack Danghangseong,
how are we to stop them?
Baekje's plans to attack Danghangseong will have been affected by
the coup in Goguryeo.
We should send an envoy to Pyeongyang before Baekje and
seek friendly relations with Goguryeo.
If there is no other way, I will do that.
[Amnyangju: Today's Gyeongsan] I will appoint Kim Yusin as the governor of Amnyangju
to prepare against attacks by enemies.
Kim Yusin has 10,000 iron soldiers.
If you appoint him to Amnyangju,
the royal family and court could be in danger.
If Goguryeo and Baekje attack at once,
we won't be able to defend our country with just the soldiers of the border area.
I will send Kim Yusin's soldiers wherever they are needed.
Abide by my wishes.
I said there won't be any lessons for a while. Why did you come?
Hang in there.
When we grow up, we will recover Daeyaseong.
We will repay Kim Yongchun for giving his life for the people.
Hang in there.
Thank you for saying that.
I will get over my grief beause of your admirable intentions.
What did I tell you? I told you he would get back on his feet.
I'm glad you pulled yourself together.
I'm sure it was hard for you.
After putting measures to defend Danghangseong into place,
I will recover Daeyaseong and get revenge for you.
Your Majesty, blood only calls for more blood.
My father and daughter won't come back to life even if
we recover Daeyaseong.
Chunchu...
When I lost my father and daughter, the whole world went dark.
I was breathing, but I didn't feel alive.
The people of the Three Kingdoms are living every day with such pain.
If we can't stop battle in the Three Kingdoms,
this suffering will last for generations.
Send me to Goguryeo.
I will meet Yeongae Somun.
I will plan measures regarding the dispute over Danghangseong and
discuss the future of the Three Kingdoms.
I cannot send you.
Yeongae Somun killed the king of Goguryeo.
I cannot put your life in his hands.
I don't want to lose you.
If you really care for me,
use my life as a shield to prevent battle in the Three Kingdoms.
That is what I want. Please allow it.
Yeongae Somun is a great man.
He put a puppet on the throne and he's controlling the Goguryeo court.
I hear he sleeps in his helmet and armor holding nine swords and with his eyes open.
He's probably not as great as all the rumors.
If I was him, I would have slaughtered the king and the court and
taken the throne myself.
Why are you uttering such a traitorous mind?
I'm just kidding. There's no need to get upset.
A court official should watch what he says even if he's kidding.
Will you go to Goguryeo as an envoy?
[Chiljungseong: Fortress near today's Paju] You took Goguryeo's Chiljungseong years ago.
I wonder how Yeongae Somun will react when he sees you.
What?
Please calm down.
Make recommendations as to who would make a good envoy.
It's a mission to hang a bell around a cat's neck.
Making a recommendation won't be good.
The envoy might never return. Who is going to volunteer?
Chunchu would like to see you.
Show him in.
Come in.
What brings you here?
I came to ask that I be sent to Goguryeo as an envoy.
You're not a court official. You want to be an envoy?
Her Majesty said she would allow it if the court agreed.
You took Goguryeo's Nangbiseong before
Nangbiseong: Today's northern Gyeonggi
You will not be able to win Yeongae Somun over.
I'm not going to win him over.
I'm going to discuss peaceful relations of the Three Kingdoms.
You are always talking about cause.
Why do you want to discuss the future of the Three Kingdoms
with a person who committed treason by killing his king?
He didn't take the throne.
He only changed the court for his cause. How can that be called treason?
A rebellion under the guise of a cause could be considered loyalty.
That is why I still have hope that you will unite for the prosperity of Silla.
You are volunteering to enter the mouth of a tiger.
Who could stop you?
The court will agree unanimously.
Your injuries haven't healed completely.
I'm alright.
If I trained more diligently, I could have protected Daeyaseong.
I will not let our enemies take Silla territory ever again.
Why didn't you come to see me since you returned from Daeyaseong?
My heart is torn from waiting for you.
I am a defeated general who lost Daeyaseong.
How could I face you?
I heard you were injured. Are you alright?
Let me see.
I'm alright.
The injury is severe.
My injury will heal.
But the guilt of not saving my sister and brother-in-law will never be forgotten.
Don't ever leave me again.
Protect me.
I'm worried I will lose you.
I will not lose any more people I love.
I will protect you.
If I leave, I don't know when I will be able to return.
There is never a day of comfort.
How can Buddha be so indifferent?
Peace of the Three Kingdoms is a long and rough journey because
it has to be achieved by people, not Buddha.
Beopmin and Inmun will have to follow in my footsteps some day.
I will gladly follow in your footsteps.
Are you really going to Pyeongyang?
Yes.
I'm going to ask Yeongae Somun for peace of the Three Kingdoms.
I can't let you go there by yourself.
I will go with you.
I am taking Inmun and the pungwolju.
Why are you taking him and not me?
You must help uncle and protect Her Majesty.
There is something I'm going to ask before I leave.
You must not clash with Bidam.
And don't go to the gibang.
The cause can become blurred if a man indulges in carnal pleasures.
Remember what I said.
I promise you.
Silla-Goguryeo border
If I don't return in two months, I will probably be dead.
We are one.
If you die, I die.
I will not let you die.
If anything happens to you,
I will kill Yeongae Somun and bring Janghangseong down.
Achieve peace of the Three Kingdoms and return safely.
[Goguryeo palace] Silla envoy Kim Chunchu would like to see you.
I am here with the Silla queen's order to ask for peace of the Three Kingdoms.
How dare a loyal dog of Silla come here seeking peace?
I will cut off your head right now and send it back to Silla.
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