Episode 6
Kill them all!
Hurry, Niu Gao!
Trouble! Trouble!
Hurry and put out the fire!
Put out the fire!!!!
Hurry! Put out the fire!
Put out the fire!!!
Hurry!
Hurry put out the fire!!!
First, try to experience this.
Come.
Like this.
Must be gentle. Forward.
Back, front.
Left, right.
Right. Borrow the strength to exert strength.
Up, down.
This is the inner strength
from your body, as a full extended bow, breaches as paw.
Energy that is reserved within your body.
This is united spiritual strength without substantial form,
circuitous strength that is swift from the slow form,
driven by instinct.
It happens with doom unexpectedly.
Hurry put out the fire!!!
Yue Fei, quick, get on the horse!
Go! Go!
Charge!
Yue Fei, don't worry about me!
Hurry and go!
General, get on!
Charge!
Charge! Charge!
General! General!
Old man! Old man!
Where can I find a doctor around here?
Generals.
Right now, there is devastation everywhere.
Where would you find doctor?
But there is a Yuntien temple.
There is a monk
who I heard whose skill is outstanding -- can bring back the dead.
Thank you.
Don't do it.
Yue Fei
You should escape.
Go to Zhong Zhe.
Let's take care of your wound. Then we will talk.
This is the second time
you've had to carry me.
The first time was at Wonglung.
General.
You must listen to me.
And let me finish.
Remember this, Jin has no intention of making peace.
Don't let the emperor carry on with false hope.
You hurry and go, and rely on Zhong Zhe.
Rely on Zhong Zhe.
He is an upright man.
Help defend against Jin.
General, don't speak.
Catch them, split up!
Don't worry about me.
Otherwise, neither of us will survive.
General, I will never let you down.
General!
Yue Fei! Yue Fei!
Remember!
General!!!!
Over there!
Hurry, there!
The things I asked you to accomplish,
how many did you get done?
Marshal, spare me! Marshal, spare me!
Marshal, about this subject, the Song people were not sincere.
As soon as they entered the room, they hurried, wanting to leave.
And Liu Ge, he brought weapons.
It is obvious that he is against us.
Shut up! Torbayehwu!
You useless thing!
- Marshall! - I let you go collect tribute.
You did not bring back a dime.
I am at fault! Marshal!
I know my wrong! Marshal!
You, rotten soul! We don't need a warrior like you!
Marshal, please spare me!
Marshal! Marshal! It is all my fault!
Please give me one more chance.
I will make up for my fault.
Marshal, please spare me!
Marshal, please give me one more chance.
Alright!!!
-Marshal! - I will believe you one more time!
Get up!
Yes
I tell you,
if you mess it up again,
I will mince you up and feed you to the dogs.
Yes, yes.
Marshal,
those Song,
they are much more cunning than we expected.
They are not only good at schemes,
but also good at disguising themselves.
Our soldiers can barely guard against them.
I already have something in mind.
Secretly go to Er-lung mountain.
- Er-Lung Mountain? - Right.
When you arrive, someone will contact you.
This time,
make sure you get it done!
Useless thing!!!!
Recall the prosperity of the Capital.
The magnificent size of the Royal Palace.
Mountains of treasures and a luxurious palace. Extraordinary Chinese orchestral music
playing endlessly from morning to night.
The people left once the prosperous Capital turned into bleakness.
Only the dreams of the past come around in the desert.
Where's my home and my country? I can only let the sound of a foreign flute
fly through the plum blossoms.
I was crowned when I was eighteen.
It has been more than twenty years,
watching the bloom fall apart, and seeing the luxury of the palace
fall into ruin right in front of our eyes.
Nothing is left now but bleakness and chill.
I look out and see all around
our narrowing national boundaries.
All the sweets and bitters
kept only to myself.
Only I can understand the full bitterness of all this.
Recently, the Jin are not being friendly.
How could we have known?
Right, your Majesty.
Your father said
that you
have fortune and vitality, have a gentle mind and filial piety,
seek after talented people, and have courage to listen to others.
Thus, can be called the true inherited Emperor.
But the masses only know that I'm weak in strength.
Who knows that I am strong in heart?
Your Majesty,
that is why we must fight the Jin to the death!
What our ancestors have left to us,
we cannot let it fall into their hands. I feel that...
Majesty, I have something to say,
but I am not sure if now is the appropriate time.
Go ahead!
At this moment,
is there anything that cannot be considered?
Your Majesty,
since the situation is dire,
and you are not in the position to remedy it, (have heart but no strength)
why not pass the chair to the Crown Prince?
Let him take over.
Minister Cai!
In the midst of war,
everyone can hear the horses and weapons outside the city at all hours.
If you let the Crown Prince become king,
what will the citizens think?
I should die!
Please get up!
I feel that both of you are trying hard for me;
trying hard for the Song.
Is there
no other way?
Your Majesty,
after the cataclysmic An Shi Rebellion,
Emperor Xuanzong ran away to Sichuan.
Suzong crowned himself as the Emperor.
Xuanzong had no way but to tacitly approve it.
After the Rebellion came to an end,
Xuanzong came back to the capital Chang'an.
But when Xuanzong came back,
his relationship with his son Suzong went bad.
Xuanzong died while under house arrest.
Your Majesty...
That's enough.
I understand what you are trying to tell me.
Although I didn't see what Cai said,
I feel as if I saw it in front of my own eyes.
I am not a good emperor.
I am not obsessed with the throne as well.
Leave
Act by what Cai said.
Yes, your Majesty.
Your Excellency, please wait a second, please.
Move, I must see crown prince today.
But his Highness has caught a cold and has been coughing for days.
Your Excellency, if you must come, I'm afraid you might catch the cold as well.
Your Highness! Crown Prince.
It is old Cai Jing, following the emperor's wish. I have something important to discuss.
Please, Your Highness. Consider it for all the citizens,
for the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
Don't act on impulse.
[Song Qinzong]
You, go outside and see if Cai has left.
Hurry up.
How is it?
Not gone yet.
This Cai Jing,
really wants to corner me into a dead end.
This...
Are you really so reluctant to become emperor?
I feel that it is a good idea.
Naïve!!!!
What do you know?
If that throne was so great, Father would not give it to me,
and plan on going south.
If I say, "yes",
I'll have to wait for the attack from the Jing.
They will take the throne, over my dead body.
But Your Highness...
Now the Emperor is willing to give you the throne.
You may be able to run from it for a while, but not your whole life.
Emperor
The iron army of the Jing is approaching our border.
It appears that war cannot be avoided.
Where is Cai Jing?
Where is he now?
Minister Cai is waiting outside the gate of the Crown Prince's Palace.
The Crown Prince's Palace?
Your Highness may have forgotten?
Cai is following your wish.
to invite the Crown Prince.
But the Prince used a cold as an excuse.
He is refusing to meet.
Cold?
I'm willing to give him the throne, and he's ill?
Emperor.
From my perspective,
it is not his body that has caught a cold,
but rather, his heart.
His heart?
He has no interest in becoming the future Emperor.
He's afraid of fighting with the Jing.
What nonsense.
Get my sedan-chair ready.
Here comes the Emperor.
What should we do now?
Long live the Emperor.
Kowtow for the Emperor.
Father Emperor has come personally. I should have waited here to welcome you.
However, [cough]
I have caught a cold,
and didn't want to pass it to Father.
Please forgive me, Father Emperor.
It doesn't matter.
I heard you've been ill for days,
and that you are not getting better,
so I have come to see you.
I appreciate your concern, Father.
Tong Guan
I'm here.
Who is the royal doctor attending to the Crown Prince?
These long days have passed.
Why isn't he getting better at all?
Emperor, I will send people to inquire now.
That will be not be necessary, Sir Tong.
Father Emperor, I've just had medicine. I believe I'll recover in a few days.
You've been ill for days, and didn't get better at all.
I've asked the royal doctor to prepare the herb soup for your cold.
Come, present the Crown Prince the medicine.
Let the prince drink the medicine soup while it's still warm.
Yes, your Highness.
Crown Prince, please drink the herb soup.
Drink it.
My royal son, how do you feel?
Yes, Father, I
feel a little...
warmth coming into my stomach.
I'm sure I will recover in a few days.
That's good.
As your Father, I feel assured.
See the Father Emperor out, in my great respect.
Long live the Emperor.
The old Emperor knew nothing but calligraphy and painting.
Now the new Emperor has been crowned.
But when things began to happen, he ran away with the officials.
To say it in a good way, it's called an inspection tour.
To say it in a bad way, it's called running away!
Who cares for the citizens' lives?
That's right, who cares for us!
That's enough.
Our Song Generals are loyal to their duties to guard our country.
They won't allow others to take it, not even an inch. Our Emperor will be with us.
He won't leave. You can go back in peace.
We won't go.
We won't go unless you burn the carriage of the Emperor. Do you dare?
Right, we dare you.
Burn it , burn it.
Do you dare?
We dare you.
Please go back.
Zongze, you...
You...
My fellow countrymen. There's no need to be afraid.
The Capital city has already been surrounded.
We also have an army of
two hundred thousand citizens.
All soldiers, regardless of their rank,
are fighting enemies with their lives.
I believe that soon you will see
the flags of Righteous Army flap around us.
Bravo!
General Zongze, presenting himself to Kang Wang Highness.
Kang Wang's coming is a blessing from God.
Forego the formalities General.
I have come to inspect the city and comfort the people,
only aiming to share the burden of this country and my royal family,
with my whole heart and strength.
But General Liu Ge failed to make peace with the enemies.
The situation is rather dangerous now.
I really wonder if our experienced General has any good solution.
That's exactly what I want to discuss with your Highness.
Report, Prime Minister Li Gang has arrived.
Invite him now.
Yes, your Highness.
This way, your Excellency.
Li Gang, presenting himself to Kang Wang Highness.
Forego the formalities.
Prime Minister, good timing.
I was discussing how to defend the capital with General Zongze.
I'm willing to follow the Prime Minister's command.
I wouldn't dare.
You two are the right-hand men of this government.
Enemies are approaching. Please speak frankly.
Then I will speak out with rudeness.
Didn't we agree
to divide the four suburbs of the capital into four parts,
and four directions (north, south, east, and west); each one with an elected military officer as its General.
Then build 24 strongholds,
and connect 16 counties by the two sides of the Yellow River,
as a fish-scale chain mountain stronghold,
so that the loyal and righteous civilian soldiers on the south and east side of the Yellow River would be connected?
I didn't see any of these actions taken.
All these actions you mention require money,
time and talented people.
The national treasury is bankrupt. How can we achieve your grand plan?
That's why
the iron army of the Jing is surrounding the capital so tightly,
as if there are no defenders for our country.
The national treasury is bankrupt. So much money
was spent on the rocks from Hangzhou to build a garden.
You, as Prime Minister, as if you couldn't tell what is the priority?
Shouldn't it be obvious?
Moving rocks and building the garden --
those were the Emperor's commands.
Loser.
You.
You two.
What do you suggest, Zongze?
Is there any good solution?
I won't dare to call it a good solution.
I want to place a ring in Xiangzhou,
and send out invitaions all around, to select talent for Song,
so they can go to the fields, and repay the country's kindness.
This is a divine symbol called "雷火噬嗑". (Thunder Burning Come Together to Defend)
That's bad luck -- looks like you will starve.
What should I do now?
Right.
There's a solution,
but it calls for a genuine heart.
Mister please guide me.
Your worries will slowly go away.
Wanggui! Brother!
Everyone has their own path in life... See you guys later. Later!
Mister!
Mister don't leave! We're not done here! Say things clearly!
Ah. Alright, alright. Take this. Do it yourselves.
Don't leave!
Wanggui! Wanggui!
And you are...
It's me, Zhangyong.
Oh, it's you!
Eh, big brother!
What are you acting as now? Did you do something bad again?
Something you haven't seen.
Let's go, over there.
Wah! Quickly!
Woah! There's a lot of people.
Brother look, it's so lively. Let's go in.
Let's go.
General, this is to honor you.
Go.
Thank you, General.
General.
You can go.
What do you guys do?
Reporting to Central General.
We're here to participate in the competition.
Did you bring the common practice money?
Common practice?
Sir, we really didn't know the rules of this event.
Please forgive us, General.
You didn't bring the money?
Come back in three days.
Three days? The competition starts tomorrow.
Three days? We'll miss the competition.
That's right, Sir.
Three of you, go away. The general already told you to come back three days later. Hurry and go.
Don't push us. Don't be mean.
Go.
What? Playing tough? You got a knife? Who doesn't?
All right. Enough. A good guy knows when to back away from a bad situation.
Fine.
Bullshit talent recruitment hall.
Recruit what talent?
Brother. Brother. Do we just leave like this? What can we do?
This is the common practice everywhere.
We'll do it this way. This money...
I will pay it.
But, we will split the reward money 80% and 20%.
I will take 80%, and you'll split the rest.
I'll say. Zhang Yong.
Who do you think you are?
Niu Ba Er. You really love to joke.
This is a great risk for me.
If I put up the money,
and you lose, my money is gone.
But, I have great confidence in you, my brother.
If he wins,
I'll get my money back and more.
You are very calculating.
How can you make money after I become an officer?
We grew up together. We trained together.
We're like real brothers.
If you become an officer, you will definitely take care of us.
It's because we're brothers,
that I can't show any favoritism.
Even if I were to become an officer,
don't think you'd gain anything from me.
No way.
Brother, are you leaving like this?
We need to come up with a way.
Our government is in danger.
They actually dared to ask for common practice money.
They deserve to be killed.
Rather than asking a tiger for its skin, we should go home and farm.
No, no. It would be a pity if you were to leave now.
Didn't we all agree to go look for Marshal Zong?
That's right. Let's go look for him.
First, let's find a place to stay.
Let's go.
Brother,
that looks like Marshall Zong's flag.
What are we waiting for?
Let's go stop the carriage, and cry out our grievances.
Zhang Yong.
What is there?
What are you doing?
We are here to see Marshall Zong.
Marshall Zong is not here. Junior General Zong is here.
Junior General?
I'll say. Who are you?
What's with who are you?
He is the nephew of our Marshall Zong.
Junior General Zong Xin.
This...
Why do you want to see Marshall Zong?
Nephew?
Reporting to General,
we made up our mind to serve the military.
But, we were rejected because we didn't have common practice money.
We hope Marshall will take up our plea.
What's going on?
Central General said that since we didn't bring the money,
we were told to come back three days later.
Are you telling the truth?
Of course. It's the truth.
They even took out their swords.
Detestable.
After three days, the competition will be over.
You'd miss it.
All of you, come with me. Let's go see Marshall Zong.
Marshall will distinguish right from wrong.
Thank you, General.
Marshall Zong.
Their martial skills are average. I already gave them a try.
They tried to bribe me, so I rejected them.
They are trying to fool you again.
Marshall, please judge me fairly.
Central General is making a false report because
we didn't pay the common practice money. Marshall, please investigate.
What rubbish!
General Wang.
Yes, sir.
They said I made a false report.
If Marshall won't believe me,
we can compete right in front of you now.
As soon as Marshall gives the order, I will fight him.
Yue Fei.
Do you know General Wang's nickname?
I don't know.
General Wang's nickname is Wang Three Moves.
The weapon he used is called Lock Hook Spear.
Many people can't even carry it.
Then, I'll use a weapon to compete with him.
Marshall Zong, in my opinion,
since they are both willing, just let them compete.
Each of them is sticking to his own story.
There is no way to know who is right and who is wrong.