Like people say, earn your keep.
I say you don't have to go to the battlefield anymore.
Shouldn't you let someone else be commander?
Sire, I never had this intention.
Sire, I have been following you in all campaigns,
I've made my contributions.
Alright...
Since we've captured Qin Qiong alive,
go interrogate him for me.
Yes.
What?
Yuchi Gong has taken Generalissimo?
He managed that?
Lord Qin, I did it to help.
Brother He, you know me, right?
Lord Qin, I know Brother Yaojin,
he only knows three axe moves...
If I had four moves under my belt,
I would have captured Yuchi Gong.
Yu'er...
Lord Qin, greetings.
At ease.
Please, brothers, find a way to get Shubao back.
Yes...
Lord Qin...
I know what happened...
You really can't blame our Old Cheng.
He just has three axe moves under his belt,
but he goes into battle despite that,
you have to give him credit for that, right?
So you really can't blame him, right?
Right? Yes...
Cuiyun is so worried,with his three moves...
Take it easy...
Brother Yaojin, don't blame yourself.
What we should all do now is figure out a way to get Shubao back.
Right...
Just say it, how many men does Tang have in Shanxi?
Don't make me use the stick! Tell me!
Alright, the stick.
Tell me!
Yuchi Gong, what are you doing?
Put that down.
You're siding with the enemy?
I captured him.
I didn't do it for you to humiliate him.
This is not the way to treat a hero.
You rascals!
If I had known, I would have set him free.
What if I won't?
You won't? Then I'll do it.
You will? You...
Thank you for your help.
General, run...
Lord Qin... General Cheng...
Still awake? Yes.
General Cheng, what is it?
Brother Qiong was taken to Baibi Pass,
his life and death is still unknown, I can't go to sleep.
That worries me too.
You have a plan?
General Cheng, how about we go to Baibi Pass to check it out?
That's what I was thinking too.
Then let's not waste time, let's go!
Good!
General Qin, we're out of the pass.
You're safe. I bid you goodbye here.
Just run...
But what about you?
You got me out, how can you answer for it?
I can't stand rascals like Song Jingang.
A man has to stand tall.
It's despicable to strike when someone's down.
If you want to prove yourself, do it on the battlefield.
Don't worry about me.
I'll report it to Sire.
General Qin, just run.
When the soldiers are here,
it won't be easy for you or I to get away.
Thank you, General Yuchi, until we meet again.
Ta ke ca re.
Blackie, watch me finish you off today.
Halt!
Brother Qiong, what's going on?
No time to explain now.
General Yuchi got me out.
Chase!
Soldiers are here, run!
Let me handle them.
General, where has the fugitive gone?
I just fought with them.
They ran over there.
Chase... Yes.
General Yuchi, thank you for helping us.
It's for justice.
A man should be upright,
instead of striking when someone's down, or taking advantage in number,
It's not what a hero should do.
To win fair, do it on the battlefield.
You're Li Shimin, Lord Qin?
That's right.
When I left the blacksmith workshop to join the army,
I wanted to offer my service to you.
Who'd have known?
We're now on the opposite sides.
Where did you go for recruitment?
Shuozhou County in Taiyuan.
No wonder. We three brothers split up.
I manned the one in Taiyuan.
You must have gone to the one manned by my eldest and youngest brothers.
It's already in the past.
You had a reputation.
I was given the short shrift and so I suspected you were overrated.
But today I saw that though you're Lord Qin,
you would risk your life to go into the enemy camp to rescue Qin Qiong.
You care about your men,
you would risk anything for them.
You have my admiration.
You saved Generalissimo Qin,
and you let us go.
It'll put you in a difficult situation.
If anything happens to you,
it's our fault.
Why don't you come back with us? We can...
Thank you for your kindness.
Liu Wuzhou has been kind to me,
I've already offered him my service,
I'll do my best to serve him.
Let us meet tomorrow on the battlefield.
Heroes, take ca re.
Ta ke ca re.
What nerve! Yuchi Gong let the captive go?
How audacious of him!
Indeed he was.
He has turned arrogant and respects no one.
He took Qin Qiong from jail and handed him to Li Shiman.
I went to stop hin": but was injured.
Where is he now? Right here.
He had the nerve to come back?
Come. Yes.
Get me Yuchi Gong. Yes.
Sire, greetings.
General Yuchi, it's late, where have you been?
Sire, I just stood up for justice.
You didn't care whom you were helping?
So you took on your own in order to help our enemy?
Let me ask you,
Did you let Qin Qiong go?
Sire, I did indeed.
And you met Li Shimin?
Sire, I did.
Yuchi Gong, do you know that you've colluded with the enemy?
You let our opponent go, and met Li Shimin in secret.
Who knows if you made some secret pledge?
Sire, I let Qin Qiong go,
because Commander Song was torturing and humiliating him.
How can we treat a hero like that?
Beat him on the battlefield,
instead of striking him when he's down.
It would turn us into a Iaughingstock.
Shut up!
Yuchi Gong, I'd rather lose a general like you,
than let you go over to the enemy.
Come. Yes.
Get Yuchi Gong. Yes.
Yuchi Gong, you...
If I had gone over to the enemy, I'd have killed you.
But I owe you, I won't forget that.
I'll win you another battle tomorrow against Tang,
then I'll quit.
If there's no one that deserves my service,
I'd rather go back to being a blacksmith.
The battlefield is where heroes prove themselves,
but I'm not good enough for it.
What do you mean?
Don't ask.
Let's have a good fight today.
Good, bring it on.
Again...
General Yuchi...
I lost.
No, you're injured...
Defeat is defeat, I lost fair and square.
So Yuchi Gong has gone back to Shouzhou to be a blacksmith?
Your Honor, I went to Shouzhou to check, it's really true.
Since Liu Wuzhou forced him out, why don't we recruit him?
It's a waste of his talent if he stays a blacksmith.
You're right.
It's not just his martial artistry that is admirable,
it's his upright character.
He's a real man.
If he'll come work for us,
then it's Tang's good fortune.
And he can put his talent to full use.
It'll also mean a quicker end to the war-torn situation and faster unification.
He fell out with Liu Wuzhou, yet he still wanted to win him one more battle.
He lost and he just turned and went away,
he never meant to come over to us.
If he refuses our attempt to recruit him, it'll be embarrassing.
Still, he went away because he thought no one deserved his service.
Liu Wuzhou didn't deserve him,
that doesn't mean Lord Qin doesn't.
Come on, guys.
He's just a blackie, what's the big deal?
A deal should be mutual.
Go to hin": if you like, count me out-.
General Yuchi, come on, tell us how you captured three passes in a day.
It's in the past, don't mention it again.
Step aside...
General Blackie captured three passes in a day...
Kill...kill...
He was on horseback...
Kill...
He routed the Tang troops...
and Lord Yin and Lord Qin were forced to retreat back to Chang'an.
General Yuchi, come on...
teach us martial arts...
Come on...go out and play...
We're serious... Come on...
We really want to learn from General Yuchi...
Right... Come on...
Just go...
Gentlemen, you want weapons made?
No...
Blackie...
General Yuchi, how are you doing?
Thank you, Lord Qin, I'm fine.
Lord Qin, greetings.
Please get up.
Manager, I'd like a word with General Yuchi
Sure, after you.
Please sit.
General Yuchi.
Lord Qin,please don't call me general again.
I'm no longer a general, I'm just a blacksmith.
Blackie, as you say.
I wonder why you're here.
For you.
General Yuchi,
Mr Yuchi, I'm here to ask you to go back with me.
To be a general again, to work for our conquest.
If this is the reason you're here, then I'm sorry.
When I got back from the battlefield,
I had no intention of going back.
Please go back.
Mr Yuchi, you can quit the battlefield,
but the people cannot quit war.
I want to end the war,
to give the people peace.
Just you?
Of course not.
What one person can do is limited.
That's why I want to gather heroes like you.
Then we can end the war.
This is the reason I'm here.
I don't want to leave out any talents.
One talent less means the war will be dragged out longer.
The old me would have gone with you.
But now, I don't think I owe the people or the war anything.
Other people are not my concern.
I just want to live a quiet life here.
I joined the army twice and neither time came to a good end.
It probably is not in my destiny.
You can't fight fate.
I just want to be a blacksmith,
No more fighting for me.
Nor do I want to go back to the battlefield to kill.
So, gentlemen, please go back.
Brother Yuchi... Brother Qin...
Enough, my mind's made up.
Well then, we'll leave you to yourself.
Brother Yuchi, take care.
We bid you goodbye.
Ta ke ca re.
Let me see you out.
What about tea?
Sir, you...
Clean up the place and hide yourselves,
we'll wait for Yuchi Gong to come back.
Yes.
Father...
Yuchi Gong, you've gone over to the enemy.
I'm here on Sire's order to take your head.
Charge...
Where's my father?
Dead.
Father...
Father why?
Father, I brought you the head of Song Jingang.
Rest in peace.
I thought by coming back I would be left in peace,
but you were killed because of me.
Lives are lost for no reason in these chaotic times.
I'm going back to the battlefield now.
I'm going to take out the evil people,
so your spirit can rest in peace.
Father, you can rest assured,
your son will do you proud.
Baibi Pass
Halt!
Next.
Come on over...
Halt!
Yuchi Gong, you have the nerve to come back.
Get him! Yes!
You...
If you had not wanted to kill me,
it wouldn't have happened.
I no longer had the desire to join Tang,
but you made me.
I'm Yuchi Gong, I'm here to put myself at Lord Qin's service.
Lord Qin's service...
Give way!
General Yuchi...
Lord Qin, I put myself at your service.
Please get up...
Buddy, what's inside?
A present for Lord Qin.
What's the present?
Open it and we'll know.
Liu Wuzhou...
The seal of Baibi Pass.
Lord Qin, please accept it.
Lord Qin, it's impressive.
What a present!
Give my order,
Occupy Baibi and we'll have a celebration there.
Yuchi Gong killed Liu Wuzhuo and went over to Li Shiman.
Tang camp's morale got a huge boost.
Qin Qiong led one victory after another.
Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong and others led the charges.
Baibi Pass, Piantai Pass, and Yanmen Pass were recovered.
Luo Cheng, who had to stay behind in Luoyang,
gradually recovered under the care of the Shan siblings
The love between him and Yingying grew with the passing of time.
We have recovered our lost land, and defeated Liu Wuzhou.
The credit goes to you generals.
Come, my toast to you all.
Come on...
Lord Qin, cheers...
Cheers.
Cheers...
Sire's decree...
Here's my decree: The credit of recovering lost land
goes to Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin.
Qin Qiong is named Conquest Generalissimo,
Cheng Yaojin Generalissimo cum Vanguard.
Lord Qin will to set out right away
and lead the expedition
for the capture of Wang Shichong.
May it be carried out.
Yes, Sire.
Benefactor, why are you still on your knees
Lord Qin, Shan Xiongxin is my sworn brother
He's Wang Shichong's generalissimo.
Could you please cut him some slack?
Lord Qin, I beg you too.
If we brothers fall on one another,
Even Hades will not want us after death.
Right.
You two can rest assured,
the Luoyang expedition is to win Shan Xiongxin over.
He's the head of the Wagang Five Tigers, I admire him very much.
I do hope that we brothers can be of one mind.
If Shan Xiongxin can be won over,
you brothers can be reunited,
and the strength of Tang boosted.
With your promise, we are relieved.
Lord Qin, you can rest assured,
with me and Brother Yaojin, we can easily persuade him.
Right, Brother Tong is a loyal man,
me and Brother He, we can easily persuade him.
I wonder how he's doing.
Don't you worry about him,
he's the prince consort, he'll be fine.
He may be the prince consort,
but Wang Shichong is a petty man.
If he finds out Brother Tong let us go, he won't be...
But Brother Luo Cheng is in Luoyang too,
let's ask him out one day, and discuss it with him.
He shouldn't put himself under Wang Shichong.
We're now Tang men,
Brother Tong and Yingying are in Luoyang,
he's been there for so long, it won't be easy for Cousin to leave.
Brother Xiong, when Brother Tong was still head of Er Xian Zhuang,
his men all admired him for his chivalry.
I was there with him, I miss those chivalrous days.
Then Er Xian Zhuang was wiped out,
and revenge has been in his mind since.
He put himself under Wang Shichong, revenge must have been part of the reason.
I don't think he'll join Tang.
But Tang is on the rise,
it's unstoppable.
Whatever, we must find a way to ask Brother Tong to leave Luoyang.
Right...I wonder if Yingying misses me.
I didn't mean anything.
What nerve!
I have yet to take him on,
Li Yuan that rascal is sending troops to Luoyang.
Our enemy is on their way,
Do you have a way to repel them?
Prince Consort, you know the Tang generals well,
that gives you an edge,
will you lead our force?
Sire, Li Yuan is my mortal foe.
This gives me a chance to avenge the 200 lives of Er Xian Zhong.
I can't wait.
As for former acquaintances now under Li Shimin,
we no longer see eye to eye. nor will I cut them any slack.
I'm willing to lead the force.
Since you are so determined, I'm relieved.
But Li Shimin has recruited Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin...
Prince Consort, how's Luo Cheng?
He's in San Xian Zhuang.
I mean, now that our enemy is on their way,
will he fight for us?
I hear that he and your sister are in love.
Why don't you marry her to him?
I...
So I need to play the matchmaker.
Well...
Brother, the world is big, there must be a place for us.
You don't have to sell yourself short here.
Lord Zheng took us in when we were down and out.
Luoyang is our home now
We have nowhere else to go.
Then you'll have to meet Brother Qiong on the battlefield.
The outcome of the battle for Luoyang is far from certain.
But I must avenge the Shan family.
But Tang is on the rise,
Lord Zheng is no match.
The revenge may not come and Luoyang may fall.
If Luo Cheng will fight for us,
we may still stand a chance.
But he and Qin Qiong are cousins, how would he?
I won't give up, however slight the chance.
Yingying, leave Luoyang with your sister-in-law.
What do you mean?
You're my only family now.
You're my family.
Even if it means death, I won't leave you.
We'll always be together.
Which of you will lead the Luoyang campaign
Who will lead the Luoyang campaign?
Please appoint me.
General Yuchi is valiant,
you're the right man for this.
General.
Good, General Yuchi is leading the campaign.
Take 5,000 men with you to attack Luoyang.
Be careful.
Yes, Lo rd Qin.
General Yuchi, how many layers of armor do you have on?
One.
Put another layer on.
Why?
Lord Qin, don't worry,
I'll come back victorious.
Report.
The Tang army is at the gate.
Black General Yuchi Gong's demanding a fight
You're excused. Yes.
You all heard that?
Who will meet the enemy,
repel them and save Luoyang?
Please appoint me.
I heard General Luo's spear routine has no peer.
Why don't you put it to use,
teach the Tang troops a lesson,
and let me see it?
Yes, Lo rd.
But he has just recovered from his illness.
Let me go with him.
General Luo sure is outstanding.
You have my admiration.
I must go with you.
To cheer for you.
Luoyang
It's good Cousin and the others are not here.
Lord Zheng is observing,
I have to give it me all to beat this guy,
and repay his kindness.
Announce yourself.
Yuchi Gong.
So you're Silver Spear Luo Cheng?
That's right.
And you're the black general who can scale city walls?
That's right.
That's it?
Yuchi Gong, that's all you have?
Well, here you are, take this!
This guy means business.
He's not pulling any punches, continuing will mean death.
I should go back first.