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I, Kim Chunchu, swear to the heavens.
I will do everything I can to abide by your will to achieve prosperity for Silla
and to unify the Three Kingdoms to save the people.
I conquered Baekje. Help me take Pyeongyang.
Help me receive the Goguryeo king and Yeongae Somun's surrender.
Watch over me so I may become a ruler over the Three Kingdoms.
If I can raise the Silla flag in the Three Kingdoms and
raise the people up against the Tang emperor,
I will endure anything even if it is as painful as tearing my heart.
Give life to my dying body.
I will not be disappointed even if I can't enjoy the glory of unification.
Silla palace
What is the situation of the Silla-Tang army in Sabiseong?
The crown prince himself went.
Bu Yeopung should withdraw the rebels soon.
I will send him to the Hangang border as soon as he returns
to defend against Goguryeo.
Order the fortress lords to defend their fortresses until then.
What will you do about the daegakgan?
I'm sorry, but the people are wavering because of rumors
that he is going to raise an army.
I do not believe Yusin will commit treason.
Find out who is spreading such false rumors to
come between the royal family and the court.
It's always best to be prepared.
You should have his soldiers revert to the defense department.
You have to be prepared for any situation.
Father, there are rumors that you were involved in the assassination attempt.
You should see His Majesty and prove your innocence.
His Majesty would never let such false rumors affect him.
The pro-Tang forces could slander you to cause suspicions.
That could ruin the trust between you and His Majesty.
Daegakgan!
The byeongburyeong is here to revert your soldiers to the defense department.
What?
What do you mean you want to revert my soldiers to the defense department?
Your soldiers will be under the command of the defense department.
They will be trained for battle.
Hand over their register.
That's absurd!
Father recruited them and trained them.
You have no right to take them.
It was ordered by His Majesty.
I am only following orders.
Is this true?
He ordered the Hwarangs to be under the defense department command, too.
If His Majesty gave the order, I will abide by it.
Give him the register.
But...
Do as I say.
Come with me.
The pro-Tang factions are breaking my wings by taking my soldiers.
If His Majesty gave the order, does it mean he is suspicious, too?
When the crown prince returns,
I am going to wipe out the pro-Tang factions from court.
Kill the Baekje rebels!
Your Majesty, the Tang army joined them.
Order a retreat to Juryuseong.
Retreat!
After them!
Kill them all!
Let them go.
This is a perfect chance to annihilate the leaders of the rebels.
We should attack before they flee to Juryuseong.
Even a mouse will bite a cat when it is desperate.
They retreated from Sabiseong. We should be happy with that.
We should leave.
The king of Silla is trying to maintain the alliance.
He ordered that we provide military rations.
I hope you will not betray the cause of the alliance.
The spirit of the Baekje rebels will be dampened a bit.
The Silla-Tang army should attack Juryuseong and kill Bu Yeopung.
I am taking the army to the Hangang border to defend against Goguryeo.
I will leave soldiers to defend Sabi,
but there won't be enough to attack Juryuseong.
Stop!
Why are you being so cruel to prisoners?
They are going to be executed anyway.
Let the soldiers let out their rage.
What are you doing?
They aren't prisoners of the Tang army. They are prisoners of the Silla-Tang army.
Anyone who is cruel to the prisoners who surrendered
will not be forgiven.
What?
How dare you give orders at the Tang camp?
If you are cruel to the prisoners,
our soldiers will be treated like this if they become prisoners.
They are to be exchanged with our soldiers.
Do not be cruel to them.
If you refuse to do that,
I will tell His Majesty and withdraw the Silla soldiers.
I will also cut off military rations.
What will you do?
Order them to be released and give them food and water.
Release them and give them food and water.
He overstepped his authority. The emperor will not overlook this.
Sabi is under the jurisdiction of the Ungjin governor.
If we interfere, it could ruin the Silla-Tang alliance.
That's absurd.
Father took Sabi because the king of Baekje surrendered.
As the crown prince of Silla, I have a duty to care for the people of Baekje.
I understand that, but if you side with the rebels, the Tang army will resist.
The Baekje rebels are enemies,
but they are fighting out of loyalty for their fallen country.
They are citizens of the Three Kingdoms who the Silla court must care for.
I will not let the Tang soldiers kill them at will.
We will abide by your wishes.
I am going to return to Seorabeol.
Uncle, Pumil, stay here and protect Sabiseong.
You have to drive out the Baekje rebels,
but be sure to stop the Tang soldiers from killing and plundering.
Don't forget it isn't the citizens of Baekje who we have to eradicate.
It is the Tang soldiers.
We will remember that.
If the Silla soldiers didn't come,
we could have taken Sabiseong and annihilated the Tang army.
I heard the crown prince is returning to Seorabeol today.
I have soldiers waiting in ambush. They should kill him.
I will make wine with his head and offer it to the heavens.
Your Majesty, this isn't the time to be fighting the Silla army.
What are you talking about?
The crown prince of Silla and Kim Yusin are leading the anti-Tang faction.
If you kill the crown prince, the Silla court will be full of pro-Tang factions.
The Silla-Tang army will attack full force.
What do you think?
I heard the crown prince is very hostile toward the Tang army.
We should use their hostility.
His Majesty ordered us to withdraw.
Beopmin!
It's an ambush. Battle formations!
Protect the crown prince!
Crown prince!
Are you alright?
I'm alright.
Beopmin.
They shot an arrow without an arrowhead.
Why would they do that?
Bu Yeopung revealed his intention to fight the Tang army, not us.
Let's return to Seorabeol.
The crown prince of Silla returned to Silla safely.
Can Dochim be trusted?
He was sent by Yeongae Somun to help the revival army.
He can be trusted.
He is a Goguryeo citizen.
He could change his mind to benefit Goguryeo.
He could betray you at any time.
He probably will.
Watch him well.
I heard there was some friction with the Tang soldiers.
I only warned them not to be cruel to the rebel soldiers.
You warned them?
The Tang soldiers are getting by with rations we are providing.
They should follow our military rules.
Baekje citizens are drifting, so crop can't be collected.
The Tang army came to help us conquer Baekje.
It is only natural that we provide rations.
If you use that as an excuse to interfere, it could destroy the alliance.
He's right.
If we fight Tang before conquering Goguryeo,
Tang will try to conquer Silla before attacking Goguryeo.
Then the possibility of conquering Goguryeo will become remote.
Get some rest and head to the Goguryeo border.
I will obey your order.
Yewon, Yangdo, reorganize the army and focus on defending against Goguryeo.
I will meet uncle again and ask him to fight.
Crown prince.
I was going to go and see uncle.
How is he?
He has something he would like to discuss with you.
Father gave the order to put your soldiers under the defense department command?
There is a rumor that father will raise an army and take the throne.
Uncle wouldn't do that.
Who dared to spread such a rumor?
Pro-Tang factions keep submitting appeals to His Majesty.
They are blurring his judgment.
I ought to...
We have to drive out the pro-Tang forces before fighting Goguryeo.
If we do that, Yeongae Somun will have his soldiers at the Hangang border
go to Liaodong to fight the Tang soldiers.
In the meantime, if we attack the Tang army in Sabi,
we should be able to win the hearts of the people of Baekje.
I understand your intention, but father will not allow division in court.
If we are to lead him on the proper path to unification,
driving out the pro-Tang factions is the only way.
My soldiers have been taken.
You must do it with your soldiers.
If you hesitate, they might attack you and me first.
You have to make a decision.
Uncle is going to commit treason?
I can't believe it.
If he resists His Majesty's will and the alliance is destroyed,
what else would you call it but treason?
If it is true that the daegakgan was involved with the assassins
who tried to kill His Majesty, the court has to do something.
Father and uncle are lifelong friends who worked to unify the Three Kingdoms.
How can this be?
We have to attack before he joins forces with the crown prince and raises an army.
You have to make a decision.
The court will abide by your decision.
Your fever seems to be gone. How are you feeling?
I'm getting better because of the decoction you're making me.
I'm worried.
You aren't in perfect health, but the court is divided.
I don't know how much longer I'll live. I have to rush to conquer Goguryeo.
Why are you saying something so weak?
You endured all sorts of difficulties.
You will overcome this illness.
Don't worry.
If I can't and I have to lie in bed,
the royal family and court will be divided into pro-Tang and anti-Tang.
They will fight each other and the country will fall.
I will not collapse until the Three Kingdoms are unified.
~ Tang palace ~ Your Majesty,
I am defending Sabiseong and Ungjin upon your order.
The rebels are resisting and the soldiers are starving from a lack of rations.
The Silla soldiers are showing hostility and lowering the moral of our soldiers.
The Silla soldiers are pretending to attack the rebels,
but they are giving the rebels our military rations.
They are committing the crime of resisting an imperial order.
I am begging you to send reinforcements and military rations.
That will help us conquer the rebels and the Silla soldiers.
It has been a year since the king of Baekje surrendered and I conquered Baekje.
How can the people of Baekje still resist?
How can Silla be so ungrateful and be hostile to the Tang army?
This is all because you couldn't get the king of Silla to surrender.
Your Majesty, Kim Chunchu would never betray the trust of the alliance.
All this is because Kim Yusin and the crown prince are anti-Tang and
in collusion with Goguryeo.
If we can't kill Kim Yusin and the crown prince,
you will face difficulty in conquering Goguryeo.
He is right.
Send a letter to the king of Silla ordering him to
dethrone the crown prince and kill the court leader, Kim Yusin.
You must show your authority.
Would the king of Silla do that?
If he doesn't obey an imperial order, he would be destroying the alliance.
You can attack Silla and show the power of an imperial order.
I will send a letter telling the king of Silla to punish the crown prince and Kim Yusin.
If he refuses, I will advance to Seorabeol and conquer Silla
before I conquer Goguryeo.
Your Majesty, the revival army led by Bu Yeopung
is achieving victories against the Silla-Tang army in Sabi.
Rumors of Kim Yusin committing treason caused division in the royal family
and court and the people are wavering.
You had a truly great plan.
You are controlling them and defending our country.
You are a treasure of Goguryeo.
You flatter me.
The Tang emperor sent a letter to
Kim Chunchu telling him to dethrone the crown prince.
The pro-Tang factions and anti-Tang factions will fight amongst themselves.
It won't be long before Silla falls.
Kim Chunchu's dream to rule the Three Kingdoms with
the help of the Tang emperor will be washed away.
Dethrone the crown prince?
Why is the emperor giving orders regarding the crown prince of Silla
and interfering with our politics?
The crown prince ordered a false defeat to the Silla soldiers and
gave a pretext to the Baekje rebels for the Tang soldiers to be defeated.
This is an act that betrays the trust of our alliance.
The emperor wants him to be punished for that.
If I send a letter asking him to kill the officials who betrayed the cause of the alliance,
will he do that?
What?
The alliance was formed with trust between the Silla and Tang royal family.
Why is the emperor looking down on Silla and giving orders?
Go and tell the emperor.
If the crown prince of Silla damaged the trust of the alliance, I will punish him.
But if the emperor tries to threaten Silla, I will do everything to fight him.
The Tang emperor sent a letter asking that you be dethroned.
He is trying to be above Silla.
Don't worry.
Father will not let a threat like that influence him.
Crown prince.
His Majesty is asking for you.
Is it true that you ordered the generals in Sabi to
avoid fighting the rebels and be defeated?
I only told them to avoid sacrifices while fighting the Baekje rebels.
I did not betray the cause of the alliance.
Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan must have used him as an excuse to
avoid taking responsibility for the defeat against the Baekje rebels.
The Tang emperor is being so arrogant.
We have to fight the Tang army and drive them out to protect the pride of Silla.
Crown prince, you gave an order that could cause a misunderstanding.
You gave them an excuse, so the entire fault doesn't lie with them.
If you apologized to Liu Renyuan and the Ungjin governor,
I'm sure they would take a step back.
I will give up the crown prince position if I have to, but I will not do that.
- Beopmin! - Stop it!
I will think about what to do.
Leave me.
Inmun.
You should crush the Tang emperor's intention to cause division in Silla.
Why are you insisting on friendly relations with Tang?
Fighting the Tang soldiers will only result in the fall of Silla.
The Three Kingdoms lasted a thousand years against the Central Plain.
Don't you know we can't protect the fate of the nation without fighting?
Are you trying to use the Tang emperor's power to take the crown prince position?
That's a bit excessive.
You're the one who's being excessive.
Why are you blindly following the pro-Tang factions?
Why do you want to be a puppet for the Tang court?
Where is your Silla pride?
Beopmin!
Why are you raising your voices here?
What is so important about pro-Tang and anti-Tang for you to fight?
Is it more important than brotherly love?
Mother...
You should join forces to support your father.
I can't believe you are making your father uncomfortable by fighting.
I am really disappointed.
I don't want to see either one of you. Leave.
The Tang emperor demanded the crown prince be dethroned?
He also asked that you be forced out of court.
Father will not abandon you or the crown prince.
He will make a wise decision. Trust him and wait.
Dethrone the crown prince and force Kim Yusin out of court.
If you do not punish those two people, I will take it as a betrayal of our alliance.
I will advance to Seorabeol before I conquer Goguryeo.
Do you intend to fight me?
Or will you dethrone the crown prince and maintain the alliance?
I will wait for a wise decision.
Have the ichan and Pumil return to Seorabeol.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Silla palace
I am putting the crown prince on probation for causing problems in the Sill-Tang army.
I will hold the ichan and Kim Pumil responsible for being defeated.
I am stripping them of their positions.
You will repent for not being able to defeat the Baekje rebels.
I am appointing Kim Jinheum to lead the soldiers in Sabi.
You will go to Sabi and work with the Tang army to suppress the rebels.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I abided by the emperor's order and put the crown prince on probation.
I stripped the positions of the generals who were dispatched to Sabi.
The Silla-Tang alliance will not be damaged again.
The emperor wants the crown prince to be dethroned
and Kim Yusin to be forced out of court.
How am I to dethrone a crown prince who was installed and
force out the daegakgan who is revered by the Silla court and people?
I stripped loyal generals who lost their sons of their positions.
What more do you want?
Go and tell the emperor.
If he wants the crown prince to be dethroned and wants Kim Yusin forced out,
tell him to attack Seorabeol.
I will not beg for friendly relations anymore.
I will tell the emperor.
You lost your positions because of me.
I can't face you.
His Majesty did this because of the emperor's demands.
He couldn't dethrone the crown prince or force out the daegakgan.
I can take being forced out of court instead of the two of you.
But I'm mad that Kim Jinheum was put in charge of the soldiers in Sabi.
The Tang army is going to put our soldiers in the lead as their shields.
I'm worried that our soldiers will be sacrificed.
Why don't you ask His Majesty to send me and Yangdo to Sabi?
He will not send officials who are hostile to the Tang army.
Father!
Goguryeo general Nae Heumsin is
advancing to Bukhansanseong with Mohe soldiers.
His Majesty is asking for you.
As expected, Goguryeo soldiers attacked Bukhansanseong.
The fortress lord Dong Tacheon asked for reinforcements.
There aren't any soldiers to send from Seorabeol.
I asked you here to see if you had any measures.
If Bukhansanseong is taken, Goguryeo will possess Hangang and Jungnyeong.
Put Heumsun and Pumil in the lead.
Have the soldiers headed to Sabi go to Bukhansanseong.
I can't do that.
If I send the soldiers headed to Sabi,
the Tang army will be surrounded by rebels and be isolated.
If you give up south of Hangang and Jungnyeong to protect Baekje,
what was the use of conquering Baekje?
If you don't send those soldiers,
there aren't any soldiers to stop the Goguryeo army.
Please consider it.
I would like you to go to Bukhansanseong and stop the Goguryeo army.
If you drive out the Goguryeo army,
it will wipe away all rumors that you are planning treason with Yeongae Somun.
It will clear up any suspicions in court.
Do you really believe that I would commit treason?
I believe you will defend Bukhansanseong against the Goguryeo army.
How can father send you without any soldiers?
I know you have never been defeated,
but how are you supposed to defeat the Goguryeo army with a hundred soldiers?
This isn't right.
I'll see father and ask him to give more soldiers.
You don't have to waste your efforts.
He will not listen to you.
Doesn't it mean His Majesty trusts you that much?
He doesn't trust me.
If I'm in collusion with Yeongae Somun, the Goguryeo soldiers will retreat.
If not, I will be killed by them.
His Majesty is sending me to test my loyalty.
Do you intend to go knowing what father is thinking?
I will obey the royal order.
If I return to Seorabeol, I am going to attack the pro-Tang factions.
If I return as a corpse, I would like you to kill them all.
Can you promise that?
Uncle.
Can you promise me that?
I promise.
Then I will trust you and go to battle.
Bukhansanseong
Do not let them over the wall!
Attack!
Kill them all!
Break down the gate!
Smash it!
Attack!
Yusin is coming with reinforcements.
Hang in there!
Father!
What is the situation?
The fortress lord and people are defending the fortress,
but they're not going to last long.
Go in the fortress and command the soldiers.
I heard there is a secret passage in the north.
We won't be able to defeat the Goguryeo army even if I enter the fortress.
We can't just watch the people be annihilated.
I will not watch innocent lives be sacrificed.
Samgwang, give this to Nae Heumsin, the leader of the enemy.
Repair the fortress walls.
Give weapons to anyone who has the strength to use them.
We are loyal servants of His Majesty. We must defend the fortress.
Yes, sir.
General!
The daegakgan came with soldiers.
Good.
Daegakgan.
Hello, it's been a long time.
You haven't changed.
I came with His Majesty's order to save the people of Bukhansanseong.
I was worried because the Goguryeo army was attacking more fiercely.
I am relieved you are here.
But I wasn't able to bring enough soldiers to defeat the Goguryeo army.
What?
Is it true that His Majesty lost faith in you because of pro-Tang factions?
Are the pro-Tang factions not giving up soldiers?
Calm down.
This isn't the time for factions.
I will save Bukhansanseong from the Goguryeo army.
You must defend the fortress until then.
Don't worry.
I will defend the fortress with my life.
I will trust your loyalty and courage.
Who's there?
I brought the person father is waiting for.
The daegakgan is waiting.
Please go in.
I'll watch further.
Send a carrier pigeon to the byeongburyeong.
Yes, sir.
Have you decided to join forces with me and fight the Tang emperor?
Since I decided to save the people of the Three Kingdoms,
I never went against that cause.
Then did you decide to kill the pro-Tang factions in the Silla court
and dethrone the king of Silla for that cause?
Why can't you answer me?
Have you decided to remove Kim Chunchu who is a loyal dog to the Tang emperor
from the throne to save the people of the Three Kingdoms?
I will not forgive anyone who tries to destroy the cause of unification.
Even if he is the king of Silla who I was loyal to all my life, I will kill him.
What did you just say?
Yusin is having a secret meeting with the mangniji of Goguryeo?
I'm sure.
It is clear that the daegakgan is in collusion with the Goguryeo court.
That can't be.
There is no way he would betray me.
Your Majesty, you should arrest the daegakgan and anyone else who is involved.
How can Yusin do this?
How?