King's Dream
As the ruler of the Three Kingdoms,
I will drive out the Tang soldiers from the Three Kingdoms to
achieve unification and true peace.
I hope you will abide by my wishes with your loyalty.
Your cause to end battles and save the people of the Three Kingdoms
will impress the heavens and help the people stand on their feet.
We are sure we will achieve a victory against the Tang army.
I trust your loyalty.
But we can't fight the Tang army's 1 million soldiers with our soldiers alone.
This battle will decide the existence not only of Silla, but of all Three Kingdoms.
I will unite the generals and officials who surrendered from Goguryeo and Baekje
and anybody who wants to fight against Tang.
We will drive out the Tang army and unite the Three Kingdoms.
King Munmu gave official positions to Yeongae Somun's brother, Jeongto,
and to An Seung, an offspring of king Bojang's concubine,
to declare that Silla was the country that conquering Goguryeo.
He sent soldiers to Liaodong and helped the Goguryeo rebels fight Tang soldiers.
He fought the emperor of Tang's colonial policies.
The fight between Silla and Tang over the territories of
Goguryeo and Baekje couldn't be avoided.
Garrison farm near Garimseong, Baekje
I am here with the king of Silla's order to reclaim this land.
This is Silla territory. Tang soldiers will be prohibited.
Anyone who disobeys this royal order will be killed.
The Tang army will not be fed with crops grown on Silla territory.
Trample all over the field!
Yes, sir!
What?
Silla soldiers dared to kill my soldier and trample all over our field?
Get my horse ready.
I will make them pay for this.
Why are Silla soldiers entering the Ungjin jurisdiction?
Ungjin jurisdiction?
Since when was Sabi a colony of Tang?
What?
The former Baekje territory was conquered by the king of Silla.
The crops grown here belong to the people of the Three Kingdoms.
Why are Tang soldiers acting like they own this land?
The king of Silla ordered that we reclaim the land and give it to the people.
If you don't want to be attacked, take your soldiers and return to Tang!
You dare to stand up to the Tang soldiers who were here with an imperial order?
I will kill those traitors.
Attack!
Shoot arrows!
Kill all the Tang soldiers!
Retreat!
Tang palace
The king of Silla dared to attack my soldiers in Ungjin?
I sent an army to help them conquer Baekje and Goguryeo.
Is this how the king of Silla repays me?
There must be a mistake.
The king of Silla would not betray your trust like this.
Please send a letter and find out before you take action.
If the king of Silla doesn't bow to me, I will raise an army and conquer Silla.
Your Majesty.
The king of Silla sent a letter.
The former king of Silla formed an alliance for the cause of unifying the Three Kingdoms.
You promised to leave the peace of the Three Kingdoms to the Three Kingdoms.
Why are you betraying that cause and stationing soldiers in the former
Goguryeo and Baekje territories?
Are you destroying the alliance and declaring it as Tang territory?
The fall of Baekje and Goguryeo was the result of the loyalty and sacrifices of Silla soldiers.
For the past 10 years, the Tang soldiers ate military rations provided by Silla.
They might be Tang people in appearance, but their flesh and blood are from Silla.
Why are you giving all the credit of this victory to the Tang generals and
showing contempt for Kim Yusin and the loyal servants of Silla?
Let me make this clear.
If the emperor of Tang betrays the cause of the alliance by
trying to make the Three Kingdoms colonies of Tang,
I will fight any battle to drive the Tang army out of the Three Kingdoms!
He's just a king of a small border nation. How dare he?
I will send an army to conquer Silla right away.
He is trying to maintain the trust of hte Silla-Tang alliance.
Why do you misconstrue his intentions?
Please reconsider.
Quiet!
Take him away and punish him for showing contempt.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Maintain the trust of the alliance!
Please calm down.
You can't do that to an envoy who brings a royal letter.
Please show your generosity.
The king of Silla declared treason.
I don't want to see you either. Leave.
I said leave!
I will not forgive the king of Silla.
We received a report that the emperor of Tang is going to send 40,000 Tang
and Mohe soldiers to Pyeongyang.
What happened to Yangdo?
He was flogged and put in prison.
If the Goguryeo rebels are annihilated before we drive our Liu Renyuan's army,
we could be surrounded by the Tang soldiers coming from north of Hangang and Sabi.
You should send an army to Goguryeo to save the Goguryeo rebels.
I will do that.
The king of Silla isn't asking for forgiveness.
He sent an army to help the Goguryeo rebels.
He is admitting to treason.
I will strip him of his position and dethrone him.
I am making you the king of Silla.
You will go to Seorabeol and suppress Kim Beopmin and his followers.
Fulfill your loyal duties to me.
Your Majesty.
How am I to turn my back on my brother and take his place as the king?
Please cancel that order.
The former emperor liked the former king of Silla.
I am allowing you to carry on ancestral rites for the royal family of Silla.
If you refuse, I will conquer Silla and make the royal family of Silla extinct.
What will you do?
Will you refuse my order and watch Silla fall?
Or will you obey my order and preserve the royal family of Silla?
You are the only person I can ask. What should I do?
You must protect the pride of the royal family of Silla.
If you obey that order,
you will be recorded in history as a traitor who
betrayed the people of the Three Kingdoms.
But if Silla is defeated by Tang,
the descendants of the Three Kingdoms will be servants of the emperor of Tang.
Why are you wavering?
Do you want to sit on the throne?
How can you say that?
I am begging you.
Please don't forget the former king's wish for unification!
Yangdo.
Why did you do that?
You must trust His Majesty.
Trust the loyalty of the daedaegakgan and the Silla court.
Trust the people of Three Kingdoms who want unification.
Yangdo... Yangdo...
Yangdo!
The emperor of Tang stripped me of my position and made Inmun king?
He is breaking off the alliance and declaring war against us.
Yangdo took his life to try to stop Inmun from going to battle,
but Inmun is headed to Gibeolpo right now.
I'd like to be alone. Leave me.
Inmun, why are you trying to betray father's cause and
be a dog for the emperor of Tang?
Sabiseong
Your Majesty, you came a long way.
The emperor said to advance to Seorabeol with you.
After the soldiers in Pyeongyang defeat the Goguryeo rebels,
we should advance to Seorabeol with them.
You can take Wolseong and receive Kim Beopmin's surrender.
Does the Silla court know that I am here as the king of Silla?
There are many Silla spies here in Ungjin. They must know.
Silla might send assassins, so don't let your guard down.
The emperor of Tang dares to disgrace the king of Silla?
I will kill all of you and show you the dignity of the king of Silla.
Attack!
Retreat!
After them! Do not let anyone live!
Do not retreat!
Attack!
I was defeated because I let my guard down.
General!
We will clear a retreat route. You have to get out of here.
No. I will fight here.
Get out of here with the Hwarangs.
I can't do that.
We will fight with you.
Are you disobeying a general's order?
I went from a border area fortress lord to a general because of the daedaegakgan.
I wish for nothing more.
You must survive and help His Majesty unify the Three Kingdoms.
General...
Go! Now!
Loyal soldiers of Silla!
Kill all the Tang soldiers!
Long live His Majesty.
Hurray for unification!
What?
Dong Tacheon was defeated?
General Dong died in battle. Wonsul and a few dozen soldiers returned.
You disobeyed His Majesty's order to achieve a victory.
Why did you return alive?
The general and the other soldiers died bravely.
Why didn't you fight with them? Why did you run?
Please punish me severely.
You disobeyed a royal order and broke the Hwarang rule of never retreating.
You disgraced me and our family to save your life.
I will kill you for being so disloyal.
Father!
He was ordered by general Dong to return. Please forgive him.
Your son, Bangul, gave his life to lead our army to a victory at Hwangsanbeol.
Why should I forgive my mediocre son?
Yusin...
Are you prepared?
Father, please spare his life.
This defeat isn't his fault alone.
Give him a chance to repent and be loyal to his country.
Get out of my way!
Why are you going against my wish?
If you side with a brother who disobeyed a royal order and broke Hwarang rules,
I will kill you first.
Father...
I'm at fault, too, for not teaching him properly.
Kill me instead.
I will receive his punishment.
If that's what you really want, I will kill both of you for being disloyal.
Uncle! Stop!
What are you doing?
This is a family matter. Let me take care of it.
Uncle, Wonsul is my family, too.
Your Majesty.
If you punish Wonsul,
we will have to punish all the generals and soldiers who were defeated.
I am ordering you to lower that sword.
I am not going to punish Wonsul.
Thank you.
I am sure he won't forget this and achieve a greater merit.
I am only sparing your life because I can't disobey His Majesty.
But I am going to disown you.
You are no longer my son. I will never see you again.
Father!
Is it true that Inmun was made the king of Silla?
I couldn't convince the emperor of Tang and I caused you concern.
It's all because I'm lacking.
What are you going to do about your brother?
I haven't been able to decide yet.
I don't think I can watch the two of you fighting for power.
I was going to beg you to reconcile with your brother.
Your Highness.
But I changed my mind when I heard Yusin disowned Wonsul.
All parents want the best for their children.
Any parent would die in place of their children.
I'm sure Yusin feels the same way, too.
But he disowned his son and advised you to maintain the cause.
I know what his intentions are.
If Inmun is betraying the cause of unification of the Three Kingdoms,
kill him and punish him for it.
If that is the way to achieve the former king's cause and
save the people of the Three Kingdoms, don't waver and make a decision.
I'm sure that's what the former king would want.
Mother...
Forgive your disloyal son.
It's not your fault.
It's all my fault.
I'm going to repent for this at a temple for the rest of my life.
Mother...
Inmun...
You were always bright and upright.
Father loved you and was very proud of you.
Why did you become a loyal dog of the emperor of Tang and
attempt to destroy father's cause?
Did you want to sit on the throne?
Do you truly believe you can be the king of Silla in a gown given by the emperor?
Tang is a powerful country that can send a million soldiers right now.
If you try to fight Tang, Seorabeol will be taken and
you will be the king of a fallen country like Uija or Bojang.
I want to preserve the royal family of Silla
and I don't want the people of Silla to become servants of the emperor of Tang.
That is why I accepted it.
Is that so?
Yes.
That is why our father formed an alliance
and asked Tang for help to conquer Baekje and Goguryeo.
If that is why he formed the alliance,
he will always be remembered as the king who involved Tang to
conquer Goguryeo and Baekje, then served up the Three Kingdoms.
What?
Father wanted the people of the Three Kingdoms to be free of battle
and live in a world of peace.
That is why he formed the alliance to conquer Goguryeo and Baekje.
But he knew that when Goguryeo and Baekje were conquered,
the emperor would reveal his ambitions
to conquer Silla and make the Three Kingdoms colonies of Tang.
Father wanted peace for the Three Kingdoms more than anything else, but
he knew that peace could only be protected with blood that was shed by fighting Tang.
Don't you know that is why he wanted us to unite with
the people of Goguryeo and Baekje to stand up to the emperor of Tang?
He said he would endure any humiliation if he could save even one person.
How can you trample all over his intentions like this?
If I bow to the emperor of Tang now, I might be able to sit on the throne,
but the emperor of Tang will reveal further ambitions to make Silla a colony.
The only way to stop him from that is for the people of
the Three Kingdoms to fight together.
That was father's will and I am going to abide by it.
That is what father's true lifelong cause was.
Are we really going to have to fight?
We might have been born of the same father,
but I am a ruler of the Three Kingdoms and you're just a servant of the emperor.
Go and tell the emperor.
As long as there is still a single person of the Three Kingdoms alive,
I am going to fight.
That is father's will, uncle's will and the will of the people of the Three Kingdoms.
Kim Inmun.
Kim Chunchu's second son.
After the Silla-Tang alliance was formed, he attended the Tang court seven times.
He achieved great merit in the battles for unification.
But after Goguryeo was conquered,
he was made the king of Silla by the emperor of Tang
and became hostile against his brother.
He returned to Changan and died at the age of sixty-six in 694.
Father.
His Majesty declared that the cause exceeds family relationships.
The court and people will not waver because
the emperor of Tang made Inmun the king of Silla.
Samgwang, who is that general who is bowing to me?
Who are you talking about?
My guardian soldiers are leaving.
My life must be over.
What are you talking about?
Father! Are you alright?
Father!
I was born with the sign of the Seven Stars.
If I didn't meet the former king and discover my cause,
I would have been the leader of traitors.
I am honored I lived long and can leave my name.
Unify the Three Kingdoms and provide a peaceful world for the people.
I give you my word.
I was blessed to have a wise wife like you.
Thank you.
It was an honor for me to serve a hero like you.
Proud generals.
The emperor of Tang will send soldiers.
They will come through Gibeolpo and Maesoseong.
Be prepared.
Samgwang.
Support His Majesty so he can unify the Three Kingdoms.
Yes, father.
I have to rest now.
Uncle...
Father...
Daedaegakgan!
- Father! - Uncle...
Yusin...
Uncle...
Yusin!
Yusin...
- Yusin... - Father...
Daedaegakgan.
Uncle...
On lunar July 1, 673,
Kim Yusin, the hero of Silla, died at the age of seventy-nine.
He was born as a descendant of the royal family of Gaya.
He became a Hwarang at the age of fifteen.
He went on to become the pungwolju and was revered for his patriotism.
He shared the cause of unifying the Three Kingdoms with Kim Chunchu
and spent his life working to achieve that cause.
since the victory at Nangbiseong,
he never lost a battle against Baekje and Goguryeo.
He was a great general with a high reputation even in Tang.
He was the general who contributed the most to conquering Baekje and Goguryeo.
He was also the person who led the Silla court at the time.
King Munmu buried him at Geumsanwon and raised a monument for his merits.
162 years after his death, he was posthumously named king Heungmu.
~Tang palace~ In September, 675
emperor Gaozong sent 200,000 soldiers to attack Silla.
The final battle for the rule of the Three Kingdoms began.
The Silla army fought the 200,000 Tang army led by Li Jinxing at Maesoseong.
They achieved a great victory and seized 30,000 horses.
According to records, Wonsul achieved great merit in this battle.
In the following year, 676,
the naval forces of Tang led by Xue Rengui entered Gibeolpo
and the Silla army had to fight again.
The Silla army achieved a victory in all twenty-two battles.
They killed 4,000 Tang soldiers and the victory was inclining toward Silla.
Emperor Gaozong moved the governing office in Pyeongyang to Liaodong.
He had to accept Silla's rule over Goguryeo and Baekje territory.
The Silla army and the people of Goguryeo and Baekje united to drive out the Tang army.
It was a historic moment when the Three Kingdoms become one as Silla.
Former kings of Silla.
Patriotic heroes who gave your lives for unification.
In order to achieve the former king's cause to save the people of the Three Kingdoms,
I led loyal generals and soldiers and drove out the Tang army.
I swear to prevent the people from suffering in battle and
to melt weapons to make farming tools for a peaceful reign.
Please watch over the royal family of Silla and the people of the Three Kingdoms.
Hurray for unification!
Hurray for His Majesty!
Hurray! Hurray!
I asked the emperor of Tang for help to conquer Goguryeo and Baekje
to save the people of the Three Kingdoms.
I am honorable to the heavens.
You established a foundation for the unification of the Three Kingdoms.
You united the people who were divided for centuries.
You showed the Central Plain the pride of the Three Kingdoms.
The people of the Three Kingdoms will praise you as a great king.
If my cause can be carried on forever,
the Central Plain, Wae and all the countries in the world will serve the Three Kingdoms.
That is why I wanted to achieve the cause of unification.
That is the world I dreamed of.
Kim Chunchu, King Muyeol.
He was recorded as the great king who established a foundation for
Unified Silla and the unification of the people of the Three Kingdoms.
His son, king Munmu, drove out the Tang army from the Three Kingdoms.
He left a will to protect the country and was buried at sea at Daewangam.
Kim Yusin served king Muyeol and king Munmu and
achieved unification of the Three Kingdoms.
He is revered as one of the greatest generals in Korean history.
He was posthumously named king Heungmu.