My brother, why did you leave LUO YANG to SUN JIAN,
and you chase DONG ZHUO yourself?
You tell me, is a city of ruin more important,
or to get His Majesty more important?
Of course His Majesty is more important.
LUO YANG city is now a total relic, there's no use at all.
His Majesty is what we should be pursuing now.
If we can get the emperor himself,
We'll be the biggest hero of the court.
Then all the governors
will be respectful to us.
The court will at least appoint me
as Imperial Protector of XI LIANG Nor governor of JI ZHOU.
Then we'll be one step closer to what we've been doing.
Now I see.
But my brother,
we only have 4,000 men,
Why did you tell SUN JIAN
that we have over 10,000 horsemen?
If I did say that,
you think he would offer me the 3,000 soldiers of his?
Brother CAO, we're fighting this battle alone.
Although DONG ZHUO lost the previous one,
his XI LIANG army
still has over 10,000 soldiers.
We're chasing them, so it's fine
that they currently outnumber us.
But he got LU BU by his side.
That man is one of the best warriors.
Do you think you can win LU BU?
I'm a bit shamed.
I don't think I can win him if we fight one to one.
But in the area of strategizing,
I'm much better than him.
You're right. Although LU BU can fight well,
he's not clever,
he can't achieve anything great.
Though there're more XI LIANG soldiers, they don't get much strength.
We're outnumbered, but we're chasing them after the victory.
The comparison between the two armies is very obvious.
Listen carefully.
When we get close to the enemy, there's no need to fight with all your efforts.
You just arrange more soldiers to create the atmosphere,
and lower the XI LIANG army's morale.
When the two armies go into war, don't fight LU BU,
and don't go get DONG ZHUO's head,
I only want you to rush towards the front,
and bring me back His Majesty.
Yes sir!
Giddap!
Your Majesty, I am lack in luck.
I'm the most unlucky man in the world.
Just like the grasses run over by the wheels of this car.
I'm just like...
like goldthread in the gap between rocks.
To help Han dynasty,
I left my family and property.
I left my hometown XI LIANG and came here.
In these 6 years,
I haven't get any decent sleep Nor appetite.
I made painstaking efforts,
and walked on eggshells.
What did I get from such loyalty?
I got
officials all hate my guts,
and governors all wanna kill me.
They all aim at me openly Nor secretively,
and plot against me.
I know
that everyone in the country would strip off my skin
and eat my flesh.
Upon their pressure,
I walked every step like on the blade.
I'm really the most unlucky guy in the world.
Don't you think so, Your Majesty?
I just expressed with you my true feeling.
You are the only family I got here.
Don't you forget,
that I'm the man who put you Non this position,
I can put you up there,
if I want to annul you,
it'll be so easy.
I'm faithful to you.
You'll have to be faithful to me.
“Mm?
Do you understand?
Do you understand or not?
Godfather,
the rebel army is very close.
Don't panic.
I've arranged Ll and GUO to patrol the rear.
LU BU (FENG XIAN).
Protect His Majesty.
Yes sir!
Godfather!
Don't be scared, miss DIAO.
I'm here to protect you.
Look out, general!
Protect the Prime Minister...
Please remember,
as long as I'm alive, you'll be safe.
General...
DAIO CHAN!
General!
Give me your hand!
General!
My lord.
DAIO CHAN!
- DAIO CHAN! N-Miss DAIO CHAN!
- DAIO CHAN! N-Help milord leave.
Thank you for saving my life.
Miss DAIO CHAN.
What's this?
It's the totes I admire the most:
the Nirvana of Phoenix.
General...
Milord, mind your step.
DAIO CHAN!
Miss DAIO CHAN!
Godfather!
My child.
Are you alright?
I'm OK.
Great!
What's this on your shoulder?
It's...
...the Nirvana of Phoenix.
CHANG LE Palace.
The palace of Han is burnt down,
CHANG LE (eternal happiness) is now CHANG HUO (eternal disaster).
Stop your nonsense.
Father,
although DONG'S army is gone,
But what's left for us
is only an empty city.
What a huge palace!
If I'm to years older,
I should've come here to play.
QUAN...
CE...
the evil DONG is a harm to the capital as well as the whole country.
400 years of Han dynasty
became a pile of ash after merely one night.
This must be the destiny of Han.
My lord!
Look at that!
My lord,
this is His Majesty's Imperial Hereditary Seal!
Imperial Hereditary Seal?
When I was young,
my father told me
there are such words engraved
on the Imperial Hereditary Seal: I have received the command
from Heaven: May my time be always long and prosperous."
During Spring and Autumn period,
BIAN HE went into the Mountain of JING to collect jade.
He saw a golden Phoenix
tweeting on a big cyan rock.
Then BIAN HE cut the rock open
and found a piece of amazing jade.
Then he offered the jade to the Emperor of CHU.
After QIN ended other 6 warring states,
the emperor of QIN got this piece of jade.
The Prime Minister then, Ll SI,
engraved these letters himself.
The emperor of QIN named it as the Imperial Hereditary Seal.
It'll last for hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of generations.
My lord.
Look!
This is the jade!
Uncle CHENG PU was right about it.
Father, I knew about its history too.
OK, tell me.
The emperor of QIN, YING ZHENG, after he got this lmperial Hereditary Seal,
didn't get his empire to last for so many generations.
Only after two generations,
the tyrant lost his empire.
Then the ancestor of Han, emperor GAO ZU, unified all the states,
and established the Han dynasty.
After GAO ZU got this seal,
it was passed on to another 15 emperors.
One hundred years ago, rebellion of WANG MANG caused a disruption.
The Empress XIAO YUAN threw this seal to WANG MANG.
The seal fell on the floor
and chipped an edge.
After that, craftsmen repaired the damaged pan with gold.
My brother,
how did you know about that much?
I'm supposed to.
My lord,
the Heaven offered this seal to you.
I must mean that you're about to become an emperor.
Congratulations, father, you'll be the emperor!
Big brother,
but who knows if it'll bring auspicious or evil sign.
Enough with your nonsense!
Brother, don't you remember?
Emperor of QIN tried to pass it on for thousands of generations.
But QIN dynasty only lasted for two generations.
Shut up!
CHENG PU.
My lord.
Take my order
pack up all our belongings.
We'll return to our east hometown first thing tomorrow morning.
Yes sir!
Report!
My lord.
The chief YUAN led the governors army
they're about to enter the city.
Finally.
I'm LIU BEI, and I'm here showing my respect to you, ancestors.
The evil DONG brought chaos to the country,
and insulted the dignity of the palace.
He burnt down the temples Not our ancestors,
and violated the royal order.
As a descendant or royal family,
I can't go to the front and kill the evil,
or protect the country and the people.
I'm ashamed of myself.
I disappointed you, my ancestors.
My brother,
enough with the self blaming comments.
Who knows whether your ancestors could hear you or not.
I swear today in front of the ancestors,
that I'll dedicate my whole life
to terminate the evil,
bring peace to the land,
rebuild our ancestral temple,
and rejuvenate the royal family.
LIU BEI (XUAN DE),
Tell me,
where is YUAN SHAO?
I heard that he's in JIA DE palace
celebrate for SUN JIAN's victory.
Would you go meet him with me?
OK, I'll go with you.
Cheers, general SUN!
CAO CAO (MENG DE), you're back?
How did things go?
So you succeeded?
Have you brought His Majesty back?
No, I did not win.
I lost to the enemy like a disaster.
I chased DONG ZHUO day and night.
But in XING YANG,
LU BU ambushed us.
Over half of my horsemen were killed.
If it was not CAO HONG
who offered me his battle horse,
I'll be killed by LU BU right now.
CAO CAO (MENG DE), you chased them alone, and showed braveness,
this is a glorious failure!
You really think so?
I also have something to say from deep my heart.
Please do tell us.
I shouldn't work with you mediocre men!
CAO CAO,
what is that suppose to mean?
YUAN SHAO!
Chief YUAN!
There were 3 opportunities since we gathered
that we might've destroyed DONG ZHUO.
However,
you wasted them all!
The first time is when we just got gathered.
I suggested that since DONG ZHUO didn't set much defense,
we should divide into 5 squads and attack LUO YANG city.
But you neglected my opinion.
The second time,
is when DONG just went out of the pass.
I suggested that we should launch a sudden attack,
towards DONG'S base camp.
But the governors' eyes were on their own interests.
They argued for their own power and benefits
nobody wants to send army out.
The third time
is when DONG moved the capital west,
I chased him.
You should've sent out all your force
to aid me immediately.
But you all stayed and watched,
which led to my failure.
I couldn't agree with such comments, CAO CAO (MENG DE).
Why did you chase DONG ZHUO Nat the first place?
You wanted to achieve something too much and led your army in alone.
Why is that?
Because you tried to take His Majesty by yourself!
How did that go?
DONG ZHUO's ambush got you,
then you failed.
You're right.
I didn't thought it through
and got ambushed by DONG.
But after I was ambushed,
if there were 100,000 horsemen
continued to chase them,
DONG will surely by killed and His Majesty will be saved.
There were an ambush
there would never be a second one.
After the first ambush worked,
DONG must be too proud to think.
He wouldn't know we're gonna continue the chasing.
He would never know that
there'll be replacement force.
CAO CAO (MENG DE)'s comments showed his accomplishment on military deployment.
It's a shame that after I lost the battle,
I couldn't chase them continuously.
But when I returned
I saw governors slaughtering cows and sheep,
and drinking and being entertained.
Through this major defeat,
I see through the mind of all of yours.
You declared that you'd eradicate the evil for Han,
but actually seek benefits for your own.
I feel ashamed for you.
Farewell, everyone.
You...
LIU BEI (XUAN DE), are you leaving too?
It's OK, general.
I've already said farewell to you.
But I still wanted to help the country,
that's why I hesitated.
Since you asked,
I have something blunt to say.
Since the gathering, we brothers made a lot of contributions.
However
you never rewarded us,
but put us in difficult situations all the time.
Now I'd like to ask you YUAN brothers,
do you want to eradicate the evil and help Han,
or under the disguise of this
to seize power of the country?
I'd rather become bandit,
than being alliance with you guys.
Chief YUAN,
since we gathered,
I was always the forerunner.
I occupied WHITE HORSE PASS and TIGER TRAP PASS.
But I was never aided by the main force,
which caused me over half of my men.
What do I say to their parents?
From what you said,
I guess you're leaving too?
You're right.
We're gentlemen, so even we broke up, NI won't say bitter stuff.
I got serious wound
so I can't fight anymore.
I'll go back east with my army tomorrow.
I don't think it's because of your wound, general SUN.
I bet it's something to do with the Imperial Hereditary Seal.
What are you implying?
SUN JIAN (WEN TAI),
like the old saying:
"don't do it if you're afraid being caught."
The seal is the lifeline of His Majesty.
It's treasure of the court.
Any official shouldn't hide it from public.
Otherwise it means vice intention,
and attempt of usurping the power.
You got the Imperial Hereditary Seal,
In order to avoid being misunderstood by other governors,
you should hand it to the chief.
And I shall return it to the court
to His Majesty
and report your contribution in this mission.
Otherwise, the governors will think,
"we're fighting the evil with our lives at stake,
"But where is the evil?
"The thief that tried to steal the country,
"is right in our camp!"
What?
Chief YUAN, you set up armored soldiers around,
Do you try to kill me?
Of course not.
But as the chief of the alliance,
I have to be fair and just.
I need to claim the Imperial Hereditary Seal for the court.
Please excuse my manner, SUN JIAN (WEN TAI).
Man! Arrest SUN JIAN!
Yes sir!
Man!
Yes sir!
SUN JIAN (WEN TAI),
don't take me wrong.
Let's sit and talk about it.
Then please say it, chief,
do I hide Imperial Hereditary Seal or not?
No, you do not have it. Definitely no.
Am I a public enemy trying to usurp?
No, you're not. Definitely.
Great.
Then later,
how would you explain this to the governors?
I'll tell them that your old wound kicked out again.
And you went back to the east to recover.
The alliance falls apart.
All bonds are cut off.
Friends are now enemies.
I don't know when would we gather again after this.
Even we shall meet again, NI don't know
if we'll be friends or components.
No matter what will happen in the future,
I'll never be the opponent to any of you.
As long as you're loyal to Han,
I'm your friend.
But as long as you betray Han and help the evil,
no matter who you are,
I'll be your enemy.
I couldn't agree more.
LIU BEI (XUAN DE),
where would you go?
General GONG SUN invited me
to reside in PING YUAN county for a while.
What about you, general CAO, general SUN?
I'll lead my army to YANG ZHOU
and plan how to save the regime.
Of course I'll go back my east hometown to treat my wound.
When I recover,
I can only protect my people and land.
What a pity!
18 bands of heroes and warriors
we just gathered, now we are going to separate.
The court's trouble won't end after this.
I have a little disagreement with these comments, LIU BEI (XUAN DE).
With all due respect,
Among the 18 bands of governors,
only SUN JIAN (WEN TAI), you and me, we're heroes.
Other people are not heroes but bandits.
I bet it won't for long,
they'll be fighting each other.
So we leave them as soon as possible.
It's a very wise move.
I'm leaving.
Take care, LIU BEI (XUAN DE).
Take care, general CAO, general SUN.
I'm leaving too, CAO CAO (MENG DE).
Wait a minute, SUN JIAN (WEN TAI).
I have something to ask you about.
You may choose not to answer if it's not convenient.
Please.
So you really got the lmperial Hereditary Seal?
SUN JIAN (WEN TAI),
To be (rank,
in my opinion,
it's not an auspicious sign but could bring trouble.
YUAN SHAO and YUAN SHU they want to claim emperor,
and they yearn for the seal.
You just get a rock,
but it could make you enemy of the whole world.
Your comments
are very similar with the words of my youngest son SUN QUAN.
SUN QUAN?
QUAN,
greet your uncle CAO.
Uncle CAO, how are you doing?
QUAN said that
emperor of QIN tried to pass on the seal thousands of generations,
but it only lasted for two generations.
You were right.
Great vision.
He is the son everyone would've wanted.
CE...
QUAN...
we're out of here.
Take care.
The SUN family is full of heroes.
I respect them, I admire them. NI also worry about them.
YUAN SHAO sent me a secret letter.
He asked me to attack and kill SUN JIAN Nat the three water way ferry,
and obtain the Imperial Hereditary Seal.
If I succeed, he'll offer me three towns in JI ZHOU,
5,000 ounces of gold,
and 3,000 battle horses.
Why did YUAN SHAO want me to kill SUN JIAN?
I believe such action would sacrifice the name of humanity
of our JING ZHOU government.
He's putting me, LIU BIAO, in a dilemma.
My lord,
YUAN SHAO is much powerful than SUN JIAN.
He wants the Imperial Hereditary Seal,
that means he tries to be emperor.
If you help him with this favor,
then our JING ZHOU will be safe.
We may use YUAN SHAO's power in the future,
and extend to QING ZHOU and JI ZHOU.
Then you'll have such a bright future.
And SUN JIAN doesn't respect you at all.
Their battle ships violate our boundaries all the time.
I support the idea of ally with YUAN SHAO and fight SUN JIAN.
We may remove our JING ZHOU's biggest enemy with help from YUAN SHAO.
But SUN JIAN is one of a kind warrior.
To be honest,
can you win him, both of you?
My lord,
though Sun is good at battle,
but he is not a wise man.
I have a stratagem.
If you follow this stratagem,
we will eliminate SUN JIAN.
Stop here.
Father,
a man claimed to be YUAN SHU's messenger.
He asked to see you.
Where is he?
Who are you?
Why do you want to see me?
I'm YUAN SHU's advisor Fan Jin.
General YUAN asked me to wait you here, general SUN.
What do you want? Just say it.
Please read this, general SUN.
bow to you here, SUN JIAN (WEN TAI).
The time when we gathered,
I didn't offer you food supply,
that's all YUAN SHAO's idea.
YUAN SHAO always wanted to be king.
He wanted use the opportunity of this gathering to enhance his strength,
and replace DONG ZHUO as the ruler.
He secretly informed LIU BIAO of JING ZHOU
that he'll reward him a lot,
if LIU BIAO would ambush you in three water way ferry,
for the Imperial Hereditary Seal.
Please take care, SUN JIAN (WEN TAI).
Such secret plan
why would YUAN Gong Lu tell me?
Isn't he YUAN SHAO's brother?
Though they have same family name, they're not the same kind.
My lord is a true gentleman.
But YUAN SHAO never show his true color.
He says and does things differently.
My lord doesn't want you to be killed,
or YUAN SHAO will rule the country.
In his letter,
YUAN SHU said a lot about how he admires me.
He wants to ally with me
and plan for the great future.
The YUAN brothers act really close with each other.
But they plot against each other secretly.
I think,
both of them
just want my Imperial Hereditary Seal.
What do you think we should react with this?
My father,
I think YUAN SHU is a greater evil than YUAN SHAO.
He sells his own cousin!
In my opinion,
Our force was just weakened,
and you were injured, my lord.
If it isn't the last moment,
we shouldn't fight LIU BIAO.
Let's just reroute and avoid the three water way ferry.
It's the critical water pass for our way back home.
I've ordered ferry boats waiting there for us.
If we don't follow that way,
they'll be waiting in vain,
and our returning journey
will be elongated for another 20 clays.
And we are seriously lack of food.
Most of our supply
are on those ferry boats.
I have an idea,
please excuse my bluntness.
Just say it.
All these trouble were caused by the seal.
Since you got that lmperial Hereditary Seal,
all the governors
behaved like hungry dogs, they all watched you.
NOW YUAN SHAO and YUAN SHU are competing over this seal.
I suggest you throw the seal to them and let them fight.
Then our east hometown will be unharmed.
Uncle HUANG, I don't think so!
This Imperial Hereditary Seal
was offered to my father by the heavens.
We shouldn't offer it to others.
I suggest, father...
LIU BIAO is a foolish old man,
he can't win us.
Let's gather 5,000 our best soldiers,
and appoint me as pioneering officer,
I can assure you, within three hours,
I'll take JING ZHOU.
My son,
JING ZHOU has very firm city wall.
And they got tens of thousands of armored soldiers.
I don't think we can get it in such a hurry.
CHENG PU and HUANG GAI.
My lord.
Take the major force with you
set 3,000 soldiers there to confuse the enemy.
Yes sir.
SUN CE.
Father.
Take 3,000 men
ambush them in the south.
Yes sir!
If LIU BIAO led his men attack you,
just rush out and fight him.
And take his head for me!
Father,
what about you then?
LIU BIAO is here to kill me.
Then I'll bring a few hundreds of weak and injured soldiers,
and go confront him.
LIU BIAO.
You're here to take my head?
SUN JIAN (WEN TAI), how are you recently?
Mr. LIU...
what are you here ion'?
To offer you a gift:
the letter from YUAN SHAO to me.
So it is true.
YUAN SHAO sent you to kill me.
You know me the best.
I'm an old man over 50 years old.
I'm weak and ill.
I don't have big goals
as well as any abilities.
My sole purpose is to protect the 9 towns of JING ZHOU
in order not to disappoint His Majesty,
and the people living at my land.
But YUAN SHAO asked me to ambush here
then attack you and kill you.
I'm really in a dilemma.
So, Mr. LIU,
what's your decision?
I've been thinking about this.
I think I should deploy my force here,
pretend to be blocking your way.
Then YUAN SHAO and people wouldn't know about it.
Now, SUN JIAN (WEN TAI),
please run through my army
and go towards the ferry.
Don't worry.
As long as your troops blow the battle horn,
my JING ZHOU army's array
will retreat immediately and won't fight you.
Then I could report to YUAN SHAO
that my force is too weak to fight you.
My army of JING ZHOU suffered with great loss.
Then I won't offend YUAN SHAO
and won't make you enemy either.
SUN JIAN (WEN TAI),
this is my perfect solution.
What's your opinion?
Are you serious?
Of course.
But I have a request.
Just tell me.
From now on,
let's coexist in peace.
Soldiers from your east side
shouldn't violate JING ZHOU boundary of mine.
Mr. LIU,
from now on, my soldiers and horses
wouldn't overstep the boundary of JING ZHOU even an inch!
Then...
I'm very thankful!
SUN JIAN (WEN TAI),
now you may rush through.
Charge!