Episode 1
Since Northern Song was established,
it has been a trouble in Liao's mind.
After the rise of the Jurchen
he made a treaty with them
to join forces against the Liao.
Rumors said that the Liao's Emperor Tianzuo
took 70,000 horse warriors
want to attack Jin.
Little did they know that when their soldiers were passing through the River Huntong
something was happening behind them.
Emperor Tianzuo had no choice but to turn the troops around to catch Yelu Zhangnu
The leader of Jin, Wanyan Aguda
Follow the benefits chase at behind
He attacked from two sides,
and completely defeated Liao.
Thousands of people died or were wounded.
Then, the news passed to Bianjing
Prime Minister Cai Jing,
Sir Tong Guan
Give a plan to Emperor
"Why don't we ask
the strong Jin to obliterate Liao?"
After that Emperor let Tong Guan as general
Bring 150 thousand army go to Beijing
After a fierce fight,
Our army were defeated,
and could not reclaim their posts.
Tong Guan sent his subordinate general, Liu Ge,
together with another soldier. They fought their way through
to ask Jin for assistance.
Who are you?
I, Liu Ge from Hebei, came especially to see the marshal and discuss things of great importance with him.
I, Liu Ge from Hebei,
Greeting to Marshal Nianhan.
I, Liu Ge from Hebei,
Greeting to Marshal Nianhan.
Han Chang
Who make noise at there
Marshal
Song people have come.
He said he comes from Hebei.
Song people?
Why do Song people come to see me?
Are they here to give me money?
Marshal
You are drunk
You said I'm drunk?
You think I am drunk because of this?
Then how about you try some of it?
Try it!
Marshal.
I came here to discuss important things with you.
If you don't drink, what is there to discuss!
Guards,
send them off!
General cannot drink due to his injury.
Allow me to take his place
Who do you think you are?
Do You think you have a right to say anything?
I am Yue Fei, the soldier.
Han Chang!
Tell me,
why are you here?
Our soldiers are trapped in Yao province
so on behalf of Lord Tong Guan,
we are here to ask you to send your troops
to save us in the time of need.
Didn't you have 150,000 soldiers ?
And yet mere thousands of Liao' soldiers
already shaved your eyebrow?
Marshal, we have been surrounded
Please hurry and send troops for the rescue
We, Jin
and you, Song
have a sworn alliance,
because we thought you have some greatness.
That you were just
an injured wolf.
But now, it seems
you are just a lamb
that is about to be eaten.
Are you scared?
We, men of Song, have no fear!
I can have you killed.
Are you scared now?
We are not scared!
Good!
Marshal!
Please spare him!
General!
Let him be.
Let the world see,
how Jin treats its allies.
Yue Fei,
you are being stupid!
Marshal!
We have come to ask for help,
because the citizens you state are about to be slaughtered,
and not because we are scared.
As a soldier,
as we enter the killing field
we face being wrapped in a horse's hide after death, and never think of returning alive.
Then drink this bowl of liquor/spirit.
Good!
Marshal!
You, Jin, have this custom.
We, Song, also have a custom.
What custom?
Our custom is "to return the favor".
You gave me me a foot of respect,
I'll give you a yard of it.
Yue Fei, don't offend him!
Let him be.
Stand down.
Marshal!
He cannot make it
from that far.
Farewell.
Marshal!
Are you going to send troops?
Big brother!
Just then you were really prestigious!
General!
Give us your command!
Yue Fei, Wang Gui.
Yes, sir!
You both hurry back to the city.
Report to the King.
Ask for assistance from the Emperor.
General!
What about you?
I have decided to fight to the death.
I'll stand if the city stands.
I'll collapse if the city collapses.
In this difficult moment,
if we leave now, it would be the same as deserting.
We will not become deserters.
You are following my command to ask for help. You are not deserting.
Yue Fei will follow you to death.
Wang Gui also will follow you to death.
We will follow the General to death.
Good!
Yue Fei!
You are responsible for retrieving our flag.
Everyone else, follow me
to the city to protect Tong Guan.
Yes, sir!
Charge!!!
We cannot hold up anymore.
Take Tong Guan and escape.
Yes.
Big brother,
Where is Commander Liu?
General! General! General!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
- Wang Gui! - I am ok.
I am fine.
General Tung!
Charge!
Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw!
Withdraw!
Withdraw. Hurry.
Commander Cai!
I offer you a toast!
Come, come, come.
Bottom up!
General Tung,
I am not capable.
I have no ability to command troops.
I should die.
How did you escape?
I was under the protection of my subordinates.
We were surrounded, but able to charge out.
Later, Jin came to assist us,
and chased Liao away.
Now,
Yan, Yun, the sixteen provinces are
under Jin's control.
Prepare the chariot carriage.
We are going to the palace.
General Tung took troops to invade Yanjing.
The Liao army had 100,000 men.
They fought to the death,
for many days in violent battle.
Many died.
But thanks to the excellent command of General Tung,
the Liao army joined forces with soldiers from the Qin,
and defeated the Liao,
who ran in all directions.
And in one move, the sixteen Yanyun provinces were reclaimed.
However,
the sixteen provinces are still in the hands of the Jin.
If we want to take them back,
I'm afraid we will have to use a large amount of gold to purchase them,
because the Jin are not simple people.
My ancestors
unsuccessfully tried to use gold to purchase the Yanyun sixteen provinces.
This time, no matter how high the price,
we must fulfill the hopes of my ancestors,
and our people.
Yes. Yes.
But, your Majesty,
right now our treasury is not very full.
The army fees--
That's enough.
Whenever I hear of these matters, I just want to go to sleep.
How about this?
Why don't you take full control of this matter?
Your Majesty, don't worry.
This old subject will definitely handle the matter well.
Truthfully, such matters take a lot of effort and thought.
Your Majesty's health
is the true fortune of the nation.
Your Majesty has the four seas as a home,
and peace as your solace.
Life is perfect.
The one that knows me
is Mo Ruoqing.
Your Majesty, thank you for your generosity.
General.
I had no idea
I could still be alive.
This time, if it weren't for you
I'd be playing chess with the devil (he'd be dead).
General, you've fought one to one hundred on the battlefield, and killed countless enemies.
If you hadn't blocked that sword for me,
I'd be the one playing chess with the devil.
Yue Fei,
this was your first time killing enemies on the battlefield.
How do you feel?
When I stabbed the spear into the chest of my enemy,
I saw the despair in his eyes.
I felt that the spear in my hand,
weighed 10,000 pounds.
I truly do not wish to kill any more people.
Yue Fei,
the battlefield is always like this.
If you do not die,
then I shall perish.
This is an eventful autumn season.
It is the perfect time for you young people.
To show your prowess.
Ever since the enemy invasion,
there have been many rare warriors.
Therefore,
the frontier areas suffer attacks,
so our country is unstable at the core.
Yue Fei,
I hope that
the next time we go to battle, the one leading us
is you.
General, your words are too much.
I will definitely work my hardest.
Good!
Very good!
The Liao territory
has been surrounded by my troops for many months.
However, the terrains are dangerous, so it is hard to invade.
My troops cannot enter at the moment.
Your Majesty,
Lidan's main forces
have been conquered.
The remaining soldiers are weak or injured,
and are completely powerless.
They have no strength remaining.
The energy of the Liao is depleted.
Our victory is near!
How about the Song army?
Song army?
The Song army is even more pathetic.
That Tong Guan
claimed to have led 150,000 troops to surround and attack Yanjing.
But to steal more glory,
they would not allow the Liao to surrender.
They wanted to forcefully invade Yanjing.
Liao's General Xiaogan had no choice but to
lead his army to fight back.
But who would have thought that in the midst of battle,
the glorious Song army would be completely defeated by a couple thousand weak Liao soldiers.
Our army intervened.
We covered dozens of miles.
In the end, it was thanks to the timely arrival of our Jin troops
that the Liao army was defeated.
The boastful Song are actually weak,
with poorly trained soldiers.
Now they have a pathetic Emperor and army.
Their Emperor's mind
is filled with poems and songs, flowers, birds, fish, bugs (subjects of poetry).
What does he know about war,
or leading a country?
Those troops he's feeding
can only help him lift rocks.
Your Majesty,
in my opinion,
the Liao have few days remaining.
After we defeat the Liao,
we can direct our attentions against the Song.
Your Majesty,
The Liao Emperor
and Liao people
refuse to surrender.
There is no way to invade right now.
What should we do?
If we cannot attack,
tell the Song to find a way to urge them to surrender.
When they come down from the mountains themselves, we will attack.
Your Majesty is wise.
The mainland is large and great.
If we want to expand,
we will need the aid of the Song.
Zhen Han.
You are in charge of assimilating the strong lads and soldiers of the Yanyun 16 provinces into our army.
Find all resources and bring them under our control.
Yes!
I will help you.
It's fine brother.
Ah, it tickles brother.
Come on.
That tickles, Brother.
Ha. Wang Gui is ticklish.
Those who are ticklish also fear their wives.
The woman I marry...
If I don't treasure her, who will?
Sir Han, what wind blew you here?
General Liu,
what--
It's nothing.
Please sit.
What wind you ask?
An evil wind.
What is troubling you?
The Prime Minister told me to go Bianjing.
To discuss the surrender matter with Wang Boyan.
Surrender?
You mean the Liao army?
Yes.
The Jin people want us to go to Jia Mt,
and persuade Emperor Tianzuo to surrender.
Why would they ask you to go?
It's hard to say in one sentence.
Many years ago,
I was very close to Emperor Tianzuo.
They know about this past connection,
which would help me persuade Emperor Tianzuo.
Who would think?
That was four years ago!
Now we have allied with the Jin to fight the Liao.
We've become enemies.
What should I do?!
This is the Prime Minister's order.
You cannot disobey.
You have to make this trip.
But when the time comes,
clear up the matter with Wang Boyan,
and ask him to tell the Cheng Xiang.
I'm sure he will understand your troubles.
Hopefully so.
General Liu,
I have come with another request.
The road from Xiangzhou to Bianjing,
is dangerous,
with many bandits and thieves.
I hope that General Liu
will lend me some of your troops to protect me on this trip.
Of course.
I will send the best warriors to protect you.
Then I thank you,
General Liu.
Xiao E, this is what your master gave you.
You must keep it safe.
This must be very precious.
The master saw your fortunes,
so he gave it to you.
Others have offered thousands of pieces of silver for it, but he would not give it to them.
You must keep it safe.
Get out of my way!
Everyone get out of my way!
Follow me!
Get out!
Follow me!
What should we do?
Capture them!
Xiao Hui! Xiao Hui!
Mother! Mother!
- Mother! - Xiao Hui!
Get away!
- Mother! - Don't move.
Mother!
Get inside!
Mother!
Don't move!
Let me go!
This is a sacred place. Please do not commit violent acts here.
Attack.
Amituofo (a Buddhist chant)
Get away!
Kao Shanxiong!
You cannot escape.
Come out and surrender.
Then we will not kill you.
Sir Han.
Something's happened inside.
I don't want to be a soldier anymore.
If I'm captured I'll die anyway.
If you make any move,
I'll kill them!
Excuse me, sir.
What's happening inside?
A few deserting soldiers kidnapped two women.
Big brother
I don't want to die!
Don't kill me!
I don't want to die.
Don't kill me.
Release the arrows!
It's no use even with hostages.
Every time we see one of you, we will kill one of you.
Archers, prepare!
There are so many archers!
What should we do?
Get away.
What should we do?
Big brother?
Decide quickly!
Stop yelling!
Big brother!
Think of a plan!
Let me think!
Go over there.
They're running away!
Follow them!
Move away.
Let's go.
Quickly.
There has been such a horrible occurrence.
Sir, I investigated.
These deserting soldiers have been acting up around this area for many days.
However, the local government office is cowardly and scared of trouble, so they had one eye open and one eye closed (ignored it).
Sir Han, please resolve this treachery against Ms. Li.
Ms. Li
Although, I have been retired for many years,
I still have connections in the government.
In this matter, the law was broken.
Don't worry.
Leave this matter to me.
I will definitely make the criminals pay the price.
Thank you for you generosity.
Please rise.
Ms. Li.
Since you are going to Bianjing to see your relatives,
why don't you just go with me?
That way, we can look after
each other on the road.
Thank you Sir Han.
Your welcome.
We shall leave tomorrow morning.
Wang Gui.
Brother.
It is late.
Set up camp here with Sir Han.
Yes.
I'll go look ahead.
Brother.
Be careful.
Okay.
Let's go.
Report!
Brother. - What is it?
We've figured it all out.
They have 11 people total,
8 horse, and 3 carts.
Let's do it.
Where are they now?
Luan Caogang. They're preparing to spend the night.
Luo Caogang?
Luan Caogang.
They know how to pick a spot.
They know that the uphill path is harder to attack.
Brother, are we attacking tonight or not?
Don't rush.
Meat at the edge of the mouth isn't going anywhere. (They can't flee.)
We'll let them go for the night.
Okay.
Settle our brothers.
And prepare everything.
We leave tomorrow morning. - Yes!
My lord. -Brother,
you've returned.
Lord Han.
How was it? Was there trouble?
There was nothing. We'll leave tomorrow morning.
Please rest well.
Okay.
- Brother - Let's go.
How did it go?
Brother.
What did you find?
Say it!
As expected, there were bandits ahead.
Really?
But to go through here, there is only one path.
How many people do they have?
Three?
Brother, you don't have to do anything tomorrow.
I'll take care of it.
Thirty.
Thirty? Then what should we do?
Brother, say something!
You have to think of a plan.
Brother.
You've got to think of a plan for what we should do!
I'm hungry.
Hungry? I'll go get you some food.
Think of a plan quickly while I go get some food.
Attack!
Yeah!
Attack!
Let's go in.
- Follow me! - Yes!
I am warrior Yuefei.
Under the government's orders, I am escorting Sir Han into the city.
Please make way.
Without paying a fee, don't think about passing.
Kill him!