In the past,
I was afraid that the court won't give me XU ZHOU
because my rank is too low.
But now,
the court not only appoints me NXU ZHOU governor,
also asks me to fight the rebel,
go to war with YUAN SHU and get NAN YANG county.
Do you have any suggestion, my brothers?
Big brother,
you should just be XU ZHOU governor,
recruit soldiers and buy horses, train our men.
As for fighting YUAN SHU,
that must be plan of CAO CAO, using His Majesty's name
to manipulate you.
We just ignore him.
You suggestion has flaw, my brother.
I took the appointing order.
And if I say that the secret order is a fake order,
that would mean that
we only take the one in favor with us.
An emperor's official shouldn't do that.
Let's just fight him.
YUAN SHU isn't a decent guy.
Do you guys remember?
When we went to war with DONG ZHUO,
it's YUAN SHU who refused to offer us food supply
and always screwed with us.
Now we can fight him to revenge.
That's just great!
Let's don't talk about the past.
But now, it's His Majesty's order
ask me to fight him, because he's trying to betray the court.
It's just, after we leave,
who should be left to protect XU ZHOU city,
this is a huge task.
I won't leave as a guard.
I'm too bored in here.
I shall be forerunner in the war with YUAN SHU.
Big brother,
I can stay to guard the city.
Brother GUAN, during this trip
I'll have things to discuss with you.
You have to go with me.
Then my lord, I should be staying to guard the city.
ZHAO YUN (Zl LONG) is an amazing warrior, should be appointed forerunner.
You'd better go with me.
Great, just great!
You all go have fun,
and leave me alone at home.
Brother ZHANG,
XU ZHOU is our base camp.
It's as important as our lives.
If you guard the home well,
then you shall be awarded greatly.
No.
Brother ZHANG is too aggressive and impulsive,
he can't be appointed such important job.
Let's talk about this later.
What did you just say?
You look down upon me, brother.
If I can't guard XU ZHOU well,
just cut off my head!
You really want to guard the city?
Just go, you guys, don't worry.
I'll take care of XU ZHOU city.
OK then, now,
I'll stipulate some rules
you must abide them when we're away.
Anything will be fine.
Just don't ban my drinks.
The first rule, never drink any alcohol.
You...
You don't take me to the front,
I've already been feeling very bad.
Now you ban the wine,
you are killing me!
Forget it!
He can't be trusted. Forget it!
Wait a minute, big brother.
I can do it. Really.
Just tell me other rules.
OK, first,
-don't drink until drunk. N-Fine!
- Second, don't lose your temper. OK.
The third, never scold Nor hit your soldiers.
These are the three rules NI made for you.
Don't violate any of them.
Don't worry, big brother,
it's a piece of cake.
I promise I will do them and never violate them.
When you come back triumphantly,
I'll drink to death.
(NAN YANG)
A man who made mattresses and sell shoes,
with a butcher and a wine seller.
How dare they try to betray me?
Do you mean the Liu, GUAN and ZHANG, the three brothers?
Yes.
Check this out!
CAO CAO sent me a secret letter.
He said that LIU BEI reported to the court secretly,
and accuse me for trying to be emperor.
He'll send army to get my NAN YANG.
Who is this LIU BEI?
He's no one!
Then suddenly he became royal descendant.
He's a thief stealing fame and titles!
After TAO QIAN fell ill and died,
he stole his XU ZHOU city.
And it's still enough.
But now he wants my land!
I really can't bear him anymore!
The situation is getting worse and worse. Bad guys are in power.
LIU BEI is really a heinous enemy,
please send troops to annihilate him!
LIU BEI is heinous.
But is CAO CAO a good guy?
Do you think his words
should be trustfull?
I think,
there's several points should be doubted.
First,
did LIU BEI really report to the court
and made up the rumor about our lord.
We don't know it yet.
Second,
even LIU BEI did report to the court secretly,
why would CAO CAO
told our lord about this?
What's his intention?
Our lord doesn't know it.
Third,
CAO CAO and LIU BEI
never saw each other right,
why is that?
Sir, what's your point?
It's all because of XU ZHOU.
LIU BEI is a nobody.
And he got a big city of XU ZHOU,
and then got 6 states.
All the governors are jealous about it.
The most jealous one is CAO CAO.
And now,
LIU BEI and LU BU join together.
They guard XU ZHOU together.
Their strength is overwhelming.
CAO CAO doesn't dare to attack them.
But he is unwilling to give up.
What would he do?
He wants my lord to fight LIU BEI.
You both get hurt,
and he will benefit.
If my lord lost,
of course that would never happen,
he can get NAN YANG.
If LIU BEI lost,
he will take XU ZHOU!
You're very right.
Then what should I do?
Then my lord,
do you want XU ZHOU or not?
I want!
Of course I want!
I want it every day!
Then we use this as an opportunity to get XU ZHOU.
I have a trick,
which can help you get XU ZHOU easily.
Please!
Though LU BU is great warrior,
he did have three family names.
He's greedy and changes very quickly.
He's now with LIU BEI, like water meets fire.
If my lord bribes him with 10,000 gold,
and 1,000 fine silk and satin,
and ask him to attack LIU BEI suddenly,
and you send army to aid,
then we'll definitely win.
And after the battle,
you may give him 2 states of XU ZHOU
as a reward to him.
After that,
you may find a chance to get rid of him,
it'll be so easy like turning your hand.
What do you think, my lord?
Great! Great!
(XU ZHOU)
Here's the seat big brother usually sits.
Clerk! Come here!
General, I'm here.
I'm here.
Listen carefully.
My big brother left XU ZHOU city for me to guard.
Before he left, he made me 3 rules.
First, never drink until drunk.
Second, never lose my temper.
Third, never scold or hit my soldiers.
I want you write the 3 rules down
and hang them in the middle of the hall here.
I'll watch them every day, think about them every night.
And I'll abide them!
OK.
By the way,
write every word as big as the top of a bowl.
That big?
Of course!
They are for me, ZHANG FEI,
they need to be that big!
Alright!
As big as top of a bowl.
When you're done,
hang them on the roof beam.
Then ask all officers above unit commander
meet me in the parlor.
Yes, sir!
I'll make a speech.
Wait a minute.
Then go prepare me the wine
I made myself, 50 jars.
Yes.
General,
you just said something about wine,
now you forgot?
The first rule the lord said
was never drinking wine.
Stop the nonsense.
Just do anything I tell you.
OK. I'll do whatever you tell me.
I will.
Cheers!
Big brother,
I'm worried about brother ZHANG if he'll drink.
I'm worried too.
But I think,
if ZHANG FEI (Yl DE) couldn't say no to the wine,
then how could he do great works in the future?
So,
I think we should give him a chance to try.
It's only several dozens of days.
OK.
Actually I'm more worried than another guy more than ZHANG FEI (Yl DE),
It's LU BU.
I heard that,
after he CHEN GONG went to PEI,
they are recruiting soldiers and buying horses everyday.
Big brother, LU BU is like a hungry tiger.
He'll cause trouble one day.
You should send him out of XU ZHOU.
I treat him nicely.
Hopefully he won't betray me.
What if he betrays you?
Then it's his problem.
I keep my integrity.
Sir, YUAN SHU offer me to,000 ounces of gold,
1,000 silk and satin,
and he'll send troops.
It's a great opportunity to get XU ZHOU.
Sure it's good.
But the XU ZHOU city
is not easy to get.
GUAN YU, ZHANG FEI and ZHAO YUN,
they're not much weaker than you, general.
Don't worry.
I have Red Hare horse, and double-eared halberd.
I'm not scared of anyone.
Now what do we need most is a city.
We can't living under his thumb forever.
What if one day, LIU BEI and I couldn't get along
and finally become enemies?
I think we'd better attack him first.
In my opinion,
we should be cautious about this.
We could promise YUAN SHU first
and ask him to send us the gold and silks first.
We can talk later
when to attack the XU ZHOU city.
OK.
Come on, cheers!
Cheers!
Drink it! Great!
Drink more!
It's your tum.
General,
I really can't drink.
Even one mouthful,
will make my stomach feel ill.
I really couldn't drink.
You bastard!
Great wine will cure everything.
You won't feel ill at all!
Especially the wine of mine.
It'll make you stronger
better than any precious food.
Correct!
You must drink today!
Otherwise,
I'll see you as violating my rules.
Drink it!
Drink!
Drink more!
Drink!
Are you drinking cat urine or what?
Drink bigger mouthful! Bottom up!
I really cannot drink.
Or I'll die.
Let's drink...
Then you violated my rules.
Drink 10 bowls of wine.
Or punch you 100 times with war club!
Choose one yourself.
General ZHANG, please let me go.
For my cousin's sake,
Let me go.
Cousin?
Who's your cousin?
General LU BU.
He's close to your brother LIU BEI, like real brothers.
You damn liar!
General! General!
How could LU BU be brothers with my big brother?
You not only violate my rules
but also scare me with LU BU?
I'm not! I'm not!
Alright! I'll punch you today,
just like punch the devil LU BU.
General, I'm begging you!
General...
General, please spare me.
Spare me!
Please spare me, general.
General ZHANG!
Are you a man or what? Don't you beg me!
You should say, "thanks for punching me".
Otherwise I'll beat you to death!
Thanks for punching me!
Good.
Now tell me, whom am I beating?
You're beating criminal CAO BAO.
Wrong! I'm beating the thief LU BU.
LU BU!
The thief LU BU. Tell me again!
Wrong! Not LU BU!
The thief LU BU! Thief LU BU!
Thief LU BU! Thief LU BU!
Great.
Do I beat you for the right reason?
Yes!
General,
XU ZHOU guard CAO BAO is injured, he asked for you.
CAO BAO?
That's my little cousin.
Take him inside.
My cousin,
please avenge me.
What's the matter, cousin?
The stupid ZHANG FEI, he got drunk
and almost beated me to death.
I begged him to spare me
for my cousin's sake.
He asked who's my cousin.
I said it's general LU BU.
Then he got mad.
He denounced you as thief,
and bastard with three family names.
He said he was beating me just like beating thief LU BU.
He just beated me almost to death.
ZHANG FEI pushed me too far!
He provoked and embarrassed me for several times.
This time I won't forgive him!
- Man! N-My lord!
Get my horse and double-eared halberd ready!
Yes, sir!
Wait a minute.
LU BU (FENG XIAN),
Take your time
CAO BAO, come here.
Tell me,
why did ZHANG FEI beat you?
Did you violate any rule?
ZHANG FEI forced me to drink.
I never drank.
I refused him. Then he beated me.
I don't follow it.
Why did ZHANG FEI force you to drink?
Because LIU BEI made ZHANG FEI 3 rules.
The first one is never drink.
What?
LIU BEI forbade ZHANG FEI to drink?
Yes.
Why'?
LIU BEI went to fight YUAN SHU.
There're only ZHANG FEI left in the city.
LIU BEI was worried if ZHANG drinks too much and makes mistake.
So he forbade ZHANG to drink.
LIU BEI led his army and left?
Are you serious?
Of course.
He left yesterday.
GUAN YU and ZHAO YUN went with him together.
GUAN and Zhao went with him?
Then why on the XU ZHOU city,
GUAN and ZHANG's flags are still there?
That's for bluffing .
Actually now,
there're only 5 to 6 thousand weak and old soldiers in the city.
And the stupid ZHANG FEI.
Great!
LU BU (FENG XIAN),
now it's time.
The heavens wants us to have XU ZHOU city.
If we don't take it,
we will be wasting such blessing.
OK.
I'll lead myself.
We go directly to XU ZHOU.
No.
XU ZHOU city is too firm.
Without people inside working with us,
it's too hard to take.
CAO BAO,
do you want to make some contributions?
General Lu will ask the court
to appoint you as deputy general, as well a duke title.
I will.
OK. You'll be our inside man.
Just go back to XU ZHOU immediately.
Midnight tonight,
when you see the fire signal,
go open the south gate.
Yes, sir.
Just go.
They are bluffing.
XU ZHOU is already an empty city.
Send the signal.
Charge!
General! General!
General! General! General!
Wake up! General!
General! General!
The enemy rushed into the city.
General!
I want wine!
General!
- General! l'm not drunk!
LU BU is attacking XU ZHOU.
CAO BAO opened the south gate,
and led LU BU into the city.
What?
CAO BAO opened south gate and led LU BU into the city.
General! General!
LU BU is in the city.
Yes, general.
Right now,
LU BU has occupied
all the important positions in the city.
Order soldiers to fight the enemy. Get my weapon for me!
Yes, sir.
General ZHANG.
Thief LU BU!
Calm down, general ZHANG.
Thief LU BU!
- General ZHANG. N-Don't go there.
It's too dangerous!
Leave me alone!
Go away!
Thief LU BU!
Die! You damn fool!
Bastard!
How dare you betray me!
- General ZHANG! N-You little thief!
He's dead? Let's run!
General ZHANG, we should retreat.
Let's go, general ZHANG.
I won't leave.
Bring me the thief LU BU!
I'll fight with him for 300 rounds!
General ZHANG, we're too weak.
LU BU is coming with his big army.
If we don't leave now, there'll be no time left.
Let's go, general ZHANG!
I won't!
Thief LU BU!
Mr. consultant.
Our soldiers searched LIU BEl's home.
And his wife and concubines are there. What do we do about them?
Take my order:
guard them well.
Don't let anyone in.
Offer them anything they need.
Anyone violates it will be executed.
Yes, sir!
Who are you?
Mr. general,
All the grains are in the eastern storehouse.
Nothing has been missed.
LIU BEl's 20,000 military food supply
are now all ours!
Great!
Norm camp surrendered.
We get over 500 battle horses.
Great!
Mr. general, TAO QIAN's son
led his old subordinates to surrender.
Great!
First, never drink until drunk.
Second, never lose your temper.
Third, never scold or beat soldiers.
ZHANG FEI (Yl DE) is just adorable!
How adorable!
One drink cost him all the rules
as well as a XU ZHOU city.
Mr. consultant,
XU ZHOU city is in our hands now.
All the guards surrendered.
Congratulations, general.
There's a matter,
you may be have forgotten.
What?
We should inform YUAN SHU,
according to our agreement,
now that we have got XU ZHOU city,
he should send us 10,000 gold,
and 1,000 silk and satin.
Right.
We now have 2 reasons to celebrate.
We killed 2 birds with 1 stone!
Stop crying, brother ZHANG.
XU ZHOU didn't belong to us in the first place.
We shouldn't feel happy to get it, nor should feel sad to lose it.
It's just destiny.
Brother ZHANG, where are our sisters-in-law?
They're all trapped in the city.
What did you promise us?
What did big brother tell you?
Now you not just lost the city,
the two sisters-in-law are both left in the city.
Do you have face to come to us?
I'll kill myself!
Brother ZHANG!
- Brother ZHANG. N-I kill myself!
Brother ZHANG!
Big brother!
The country is in trouble.
Every family will suffer.
When we took the vow in the peach garden,
we promised that
we ask not the same clay of birth,
but we seek to die together.
If you try such stupid thing again,
I won't live too.
Big brother.
My lord, I got information
that YUAN SHU's colonel general JI LING
led 150,000 soldiers to fight us.
They're only a few miles from here.
In our front, there's YUAN SHU's big army.
On our back, there's LU BU who betrayed us.
We have no place to go, and in a troubled situation.
The heavens try to kill me?
Big brother,
I'll take men to fight JI LING.
I know you're the best warrior.
But the news we lost XU ZHOU
has been spread among soldiers.
The morale is too low, they won't win.
Then what's your plan, my lord?
Go back to XU ZHOU.
XU ZHOU is taken by LU BU.
Could you get XU ZHOU back?
I'm not trying to get XU ZHOU back,
and it's impossible anyway.
But,
I didn't do anything bad to LU BU.
On the contrary,
LU BU betrayed me.
I think he wouldn't kill me.
We go back XU ZHOU talk to LU BU.
He can have XU ZHOU.
We borrow PEI to stay for a while.
TAO QIAN lent PEI to me first.
Then I offered it to LU BU.
Now we go back to PEI.
LU BU stays in XU ZHOU as main force.
We stay in PEI as subordinate force.
The 2 towns shape a horn.
We can fight CAO CAO and YUAN SHU together.
I think,
LU BU shouldn't be that pitiful to refuse.
Big brother,
you're just too nice.
Mr. general,
YUAN SHU won't keep his promise.
What happened?
In the letter he said that
although we got XU ZHOU city,
we failed to get LIU BEl's head,
so he won't offer us the gold or silk.
YUAN SHU is just a bastard.
He can't keep his promise, and blamed us.
In the fight for the country, None might die in a swift.
Nobody should be trusted.
In my opinion,
even you send him LIU BEl's head,
he wouldn't give you the gold and silk.
What he really wants is this XU ZHOU city.
Report!
Mr. general,
LIU BEI and his army are outside the city.
How many?
Only LIU, GUAN and ZHANG.
Only the three of them? How dare!
You're right. How dare!
How dare!
So they don't wanna attack the city.
They have favor to ask from you.
I did this to him,
and he still dare to see me.
LIU BEI is really a decent man.
I'll go see him myself.
Wait.
LU BU (FENG XIAN),
I have something to tell you.
LIU BEI (XUAN DE), how are you?
Come on in! Follow me.
LIU BEI (XUAN DE).
I didn't mean to rob the city from you.
It's just because Mr. ZHANG was drunk and killed a man,
which made soldiers disturbed.
I was afraid if he would fail the task,
so I came here to guard the city.
Since you're back,
I should return it to you.
Please have the seal of XU ZHOU back.
General Lu,
when we first met,
I tried to offer you the XU ZHOU city.
Now it's proved that
I'm lack of ability and influence.
I don't deserve the city.
This situation is determined by the heaven.
The heaven is offering you XU ZHOU.
Do not doubt me, general LU.
Just have the seal back.
No...
The heaven wants you to have XU ZHOU.
Do not doubt me any more.
Then,
I won't decline anymore.
I'll guard XU ZHOU for you.
LIU BEI (XUAN DE), where do you plan to go?
I really don't have anywhere to go.
If you allow,
I want to temporarily stay in PEI.
PEI would form a horn with XU ZHOU city.
We can fight CAO CAO and YUAN SHU.
How could we, LIU BEI (XUAN DE)?
PEI is too small for you.
If you agree, I'll appreciate it very much.
LIU BEI (XUAN DE), you may have PEI.
And same as what you did,
I'll offer you all the food supply.
Thank you then.
As long as we join together,
we will establish a great regime.
We can make XU ZHOU our base.
When we get prepared,
we go to war with YUAN SHU then CAO CAO.
And we go get Liu Biao and Gongsun Zan,
the country will be ours.
LIU BEI is a real man of honor.
Being embarrassed like this, he still keeps his cool.
I'm impressed.
I feel a little guilty for what I did.
Don't you think
besides impressive,
LIU BEI is a little bit scary?
What do you mean?
XU ZHOU is LIU BEl's base camp.
You occupied it when he left.
Anyone who met such problem
wouldn't keep their cool.
But LIU BEI said nothing.
He just went back to PEI
and guard the north gate of XU ZHOU.
What kind of person can make
such level, endure any embarrassment and be still calm?
Whoever behaves like this
would have what a wide mind and ambition?
Don't you find that scary?
(NAN YANG)
I was informed that LU BU and LIU BEI reconciled again.
XU ZHOU and PEI form a horn,
they can defend each other.
Then when could we get XU ZHOU?
If you want XU ZHOU, my lord,
you should separate LIU BEI and LU BU.
Make friends with LU BU first,
make him refuse to aid LIU BEI.
Then you take PEI.
And aim at XU ZHOU.
I offended LU BU.
I promised him gold and silk,
then I refused to give to him.
My lord, I can't believe
you did such thing.
If you want to achieve big, then never break your promise.
And especially keep promise with mean person.
Because they're far more dangerous.
You're right.
Now what should I do?
My lord,
what does LU BU want the most?
What could he want?
Of course food supply.
He's been recruiting soldiers and horses.
He's asking for food supply everywhere.
How many did he ask from you?
He's very greedy.
He asked me for 100,000.
It's 100,000!
Then give him 200,000!
What? 200,000?
Yes, 200,000!
Anything that can be bought
do not worth much.
One who wants to achieve great work, he don't show stingy on food supply.
OK, I'll offer him.
Harder! Try harder!
Harder! I'll reward whoever wins!
What a boy! Turns his head again!
Pull harder!
Come on, get up.
LU BU (FENG XIAN).
Are you having fun?
Of course I'm having fun.
YUAN SHU sent me food supply.
How much?
He sent me 200,000!
200,000?
My heavens! It's not like YUAN SHU's normal behavior.
So unlikely.
LU BU (FENG XIAN), think,
he sent you so much food supply,
what does he want from you?
He wants PEI.
When his army arrives,
he asked me not to help LIU BEI.
He's trying to separate you and LIU BEI.
What?
Think about it.
If YUAN SHU gets PEI,
our XU ZHOU city will lose a backup.
His next target will be us.
But I have accepted his gift.
What do I do? Return them?
Of course you return them!
Otherwise,
it's like you got two enemies:
YUAN SHU and LIU BEI.
200,000 food supply.
It covers 2 years.
How can I say no?
Then you want to help YUAN SHU gets PEI,
and then get yourself killed?
I don't help YUAN SHU.
And I don't help LIU BEI either.
When they go to war,
I'll help them make peace.
My God.
You must be dreaming.
They don't listen to His Majesty.
Will they listen to you?
We may have a try.
Sit, drink with me.
DIAO CHAN,
sing for Mr. consultant.
Yes, sir.
There's no need.
LU BU (FENG XIAN),
have fun yourself.
I have something to take care.
Come here.
Come on. Continue.
Come on!
I'll reward the winner.
He's just so innocent boy.
Pull!
My lord!
LU BU sent back a letter.
He promised he wouldn't help LIU BEI.
Now we can feel free to attack PEI now.
My generals,
who would lead army to fight LIU BEI?
I'm JI LING, I would like to.
Good.
LIU BEI was just defeated now a while ago.
PEI was protected by merely 20,000 soldiers.
You may have 50,000 soldiers.
Take LIU BEI in to days.
Yes, sir.
Take my order.
I'll take army as backup.
If LU BU tries something,
we take him too.
Yes, sir!
ZHAO YUN (zl LONG),
I'll tell you the truth.
People knew we have 20,000 soldiers.
But we only have less than 10,000.
Only 10,000?
ZHANG FEI (Yl DE) and GUAN YU (YUN CHANG) both guard a place.
But I know it for sure.
PEl's wall is too low.
They can't defend for too long.
So we have to ask LU BU to send army.
GUAN YU (YUN CHANG) and ZHANG FEI (Yl DE) hate LU BU's guts.
I can only ask you to send this letter.
I'll go immediately.
But if...
LU BU refuses to help?
Then go to Mr. CHEN GONG.
I don't mean CHEN is nicer than Lu.
I mean he's smarter.
He knows if PEI is taken,
XU ZHOU will be lost either someday.
Huff!!-
Yes, sir.