Twelve gods chasing the demon
Departing your meats and internal organs
Zhong Da
You wake up
I'm hungry
Hungry? Good
You wait for a moment
Make it salty
Hou Ji
Chun Hua
Master you call for me?
Make some soup for big brother. He is hungry
Put more salt in it
Big brother wants to eat now?
Yes. Terrific
Year 24th of Jian An
Guan Yu marched to Jing Zhou and siege the city of Fan
In August Guan Yu pour flood into the city
This is the famous event of drowning seven armies
Cao Cao's captain Yu Jin loses his whole army in the siege
How does this happen so fast?
I have no ideas. There isn't any sign before
Your majesty
What happened?
The intelligence said that the city of Fan sent out an urgent report
Guan Yu took the city of Fan
How many casualties and where is Yu Jin now?
The whole army is annihilated?
Your majesty, Guan Yu used the flood to drown the city
Yu Jin surrender and is captured
【Cheng Yu, Name Zhong De】We can't save the city now
The most urgent thing is to stop Guan Yu from attaching the Xu Du
If we let him attack all the way to Xu Du
and he hijack the emperor
Then Liu Bei will crown himself using the royal names
This is very dangerous
Don't panic. Hit the bell
Summon all the generals and captains into the court
What are you looking at master?
I'm afraid the country Wei is facing an emergency
Zhong Da
How is everything?
The situation is not good
The attack from Guan Yu is fierce
The King will lead the army himself
Will the deputy commander follow then?
Zi Huan will guard the city. Me and Zi Jian will join the expedition
The King still care about Ping Yuan Duke
The King let deputy commander guard the capital
It's a good thing. The capital is the foundation of this country
The King trusts you
The crown prince will guard the city since the ancient times
Congratulations deputy commander
But this time
Father wants you beside him
He changed your position too. He appoints you as a military counsellor
From now on you are no longer my subordinates
Zhong Da never gets involved with the politics or military actions before. Why would the King want him to follow the army?
From the moment I follow you, my life is yours
till the end of my day
I'm a courtier of Wei. I will do my job no matter what the King asks me
I want to keep you beside me
I will argue with father for this
Don't
You must secure the capital
As long as you secure the capital you will be secured on the title of crown prince
I will know what to do in the camps don't worry
Zi Dan please help me protect Zhong Da no matter we win or lose
Come back alive
Zhong Da
You haven't asked the deputy commander
Whether you can stay in the capital
Dad
Actually being a military counsellor
is just to gain some knowledge behind other advisors
I will not be on the battlefield
You don't need to worry
This time the King asks to go with him
he wants to control you
Once you do something wrong
He will kill you
When the time comes
There will be no one to help you
The King leads the army himself
The military situation is more urgent
As long as I don't break the military laws
I don't think the King will convict me in any way
I already lost one of my sons
Don't worry
I will take good care of myself
Will Yang Xiu go?
He will
This is a sharp knife hanging over your head
Don't fight with him
Don't intervene with the military affairs
Above all, don't offend the King
No matter what happen return safely to capital
As long as you are alive
We can always turn around the situation
Do you understand? (A "Ren" character on the sand which means bear, endure and suffer without saying a word)
I will remember you lecture
Who are you?
Do I look pretty?
Yes, and pretty handsome, too.
Where did you get this armor?
You forgot.
I was on the battle field with my father when I was a teenager.
Many years have passed, you are still that female hero.
It's my pleasure to know you.
Don't think that I am rusty on combat after having two children.
Let's try? I'm not a match for you.
What are you doing putting up this armor?
I will follow you to the battle field.
What about the children? I have arranged them well.
No way.
I'm the master in this family. I will not agree this.
I know why Cao Cao let you go with him. He will not be nice to you.
I know combat.
I can get you out even if you get into any trouble. Do you understand?
You are the master of this house. You can make the call.
All relies on you the entire family
Serving in the deputy commander's house you should be careful and discrete
Protect the deputy commander and take care of the father
Please return safety brother
I'm not one to fight on the battle field
There are wars every year. We men shouldn't be afraid of it
Your luggages are all loaded up on the wagon
Let's go
This time you will be free.
Where is my wife? Madam is waiting for you in the wagon, now.
Sister-in-law will go, too?
You are not free then
Tell Father after the army leaves the city.
Father I'm willing to defend Guan Yu and get the city back
I'm willing to as well
We all do
Liu Bei
What are movements of Liu Bei and Sun Quan?
【Jia Kui, Name Liang Dao】We haven't heard any news about reinforcing the Guan Yu army from Liu Bei or Guan Yu
But we can't exclude the possibilities that they will pursue us when they are winning
Therefore I think if we attack the city of Fan
as long as Liu Bei and Sun Quan reinforce the army
we will face the enemies from three sides
Guan Yu will try to win by doing nothing. We can't win easily
I think we should abandon the city
We should reinforce the army in Xu Du
That is where Guan Yu really wants to attack
I don't agree with this strategy
The city of Fan is an important fortress defensing the Jing Zhou
Once we abandoned the city the capital will be exposed to the enemies
We won't be able to defense Xu Du in the future
The purpose of Guan Yu is the emperor
Liu Bei knew that they are weak back in their base
Only when he controls the emperor
he will have the ability to compete with me
If we don't defeat Guan Yu by three months
Giving time to Liu Bei and Sun Quan to summon more soldiers
Then the capital will be in danger
I have controlled the emperor for years
They finally realize why I did that. They are envy about this
Your majesty, a bunch of bandits from Lu Hun joined the army of Guan Yu
Guan Yu is brilliant
He worth the title as the duke of Han Shou Ting
No one can defeat him easily in world.
Lu Hun is just 25 kilometers from Luo Yang. He is trying to attack us from the back
Please give us the order quickly my King
Give us the order
Let me think for a while
You all leave now. I will summon you later
We will leave
Registrar Yang
You stay
You have something to say Registrar Yang?
Yes. Can you say now?
All of them say either we get the city of Fan back or we defense the Xu Du
I think both of the options are not good. What's your option then?
Guan Yu is aiming for Xu Du and control the emperor
but Xu Du is too close to the city of Fan
If the emperor coordinate with Guan Yu inside
Then we are in danger
If we attack the city of Fan we don't know the results. If we abandoned the city then Xu Du is vulnerable we can't defeat it either
This is only because the emperor is in the capital. This makes the city become a constrains to your movements
We can move the emperor out of the Xu Du
Where do you want to move the emperor?
The capital. It's far from the front line and secured by the deputy commander
If we move the emperor to the capital
we can avoid confronting Guan Yu
The city of Ye is my capital
That day when I set the city become the capital
is to get rid of the influences of Han dynasty
If we move the emperor to the capital
Where do I live?
Can I use this your majesty?
Capital is at the northeast of China
This is a place of crops and easy to defense but it's not a place to uniting the nation
You can rise here but you can't rule the nation here
What you should think about shouldn't be just one city
but think about how to unite nation and conquering all the enemies
We have two capitals since ancient time.
The western capital is Chang An and the eastern capital is Luo Yang
Luo Yang is among mountains
The foundation of Han is at here too. It's a good place to control the nation
We can consider relocating the capital to Luo Yang
We can threaten Sun Quan in the south and defense the Liu Bei from the west
If we stay in northeast the armies need to travel a far distance every time but if we are in Luo Yang it will be more convenient
This is a place Sun and Liu must fight for
If we just ignore it
It's a pity
I made some chicken soup; it's delicious.
Do you have any results from today's meeting?
Every general has their own thoughts and ideas.
The King was hesitating, then, he asked Yang Xiu to stay.
What will the King prepare to do with this war?
There are three options: 1. Confronting Guan Yu's army
What the result will be? If it is possible to win,
the King will not hesitate like this. What about option two?
2. To fall back but this will put the Emperor in danger.
We need to figure out
where should we put the emperor.
What about the third choice? 3. It is the best option...
... but I haven't figured out what. You haven't figured out and you said there are three options?
Therefore, you see, today
even the "Horse" become unstable.
What?
You ask the King to relocate the capital?
Is it too early to mention about this?
Our King is not young anymore
He must appoint a crown prince now
What you mean is
Relocating the capital is for Zi Jian?
Let me ask you where is the foundation for Cao Pi
The city of Ye. Correct
Relocating the capital to Luo Yang can reduce the power of Cao Pi
we can also avoid the confront of Guan Yu right now
This is a best strategy
But De Zu
Relocating the capital is a huge affair
Many courtiers have families and people in the city of Ye. They will not allow this easily
And what you said is on the assumption that the King is willing to relocate
What make you think that the King will definitely relocate the capital?
He will relocate the capital
Don't you understand our King is old.
We don't have the advantages on the crown prince if we continue to wait
When the time comes
If the King doesn't leave an edict
and Cao Pi has the capital
What can Zi Jian expect then?
Even so
There aren't any other options?
The King loves Ping Yuan Duke and we are all around him
Even the time comes
It's just like Chonger grows at the outside
and Shen Sheng dies inside
We have the power of people
We have armies too. We can try to start a war with Cao Pi
Shut up
Listen
Zi Jian can only be the crown prince of Wei
He can't be a traitor departing this country
If we gonna win we need to win this fairly
This is our only shot
Si Ma Yi is willing to die in order to live
Let's bet on our lives too
Why do we have to do this?
The King gave the word of command tonight: Chicken ribs(Meaning a useless thing that we don't want to toss away )
Chicken ribs?
What does it mean? This time we make it
How come?
Chicken ribs. If we eat it there isn't much meats but we don't want to toss it because it has taste
The King don't want to march on any more
He will retreat and relocate the emperor
Thank god
Come in
The King gave the word of command today: chicken ribs.
I got it.
I will leave
Your king
is casual on giving out word of command.
"Chicken ribs."
Why doesn't he use chicken legs?
The King doesn't want to attack anymore
Why is that so?
Chicken ribs is the part you don't really enjoy but don't want to give up either
He doesn't want to march on
Retreat
But you said if we retreat
it will put the emperor in danger
This will depend on the idea that Yang Xiu gave the King
If I'm Yang Xiu
I will advise the King
put the emperor into the city of Ye
to avoid Guan Yu
The King will not live with the emperor in one city
If the country relocates the capital now
it will go to Luo Yang
Then the deputy commander in the city of Ye
will become an abandoned prince
Ping Yuan Duke
will live with the King in one city
With some time
The Ping Yuan Duke will get closer to the position of the crown prince
But this is war time
Yang Xiu still thinks about this?
This is what Yang Xiu always thinks about
He wants to win the fight for the crown prince
One he has some hope
he will do anything to achieve it
What do you plan to do?
I'm here to win the war not to fight against him
The most important thing is to come up with a third idea
How to defeat Guan Yu. If we lose this war
this country will not be the same any more
Registrar Yang
A rare guest
Why do you come to here?
The chicken ribs
Zhong Da is really smart
Since you know the King doesn't want to attack anymore
why don't you pack yourself up? Instead you come here for me?
You advised the King to relocate the capital right?
Zhong Da is really smart at this
You really wants to use the well fare of this country
to win for the position of the crown prince for your master?
This is strange
Why can't Luo Yang become the capital of Wei?
We two can cut the crap here
Luo Yang of course can be a capital but it can be in the future but not right now
The condition of relocating a capital
is without any wars within or outside a country
If we relocate to avoid Guan Yu we will hurt the morale of the army
The door of Wei will be open wide
We can never get rid of the situation of having two enemies on two sides
We all know that if we relocate the capital
This country will face the danger of torn apart
The best option you come up
has ever considered the foundation of this country?
Are you saying if we abandoned the city of Ye
Cao Pi will not sit tight to see this happen?
He will rebel from the city of Ye
You are very smart too
Please think for this country when you want to achieve something
Please give out new strategies for this battle in front of the King
My strategy is your best strategy
We all know
If we are still alive after the King dies
Then this country will fall apart
Our fight is the fight of the two princes
We can only avoid this by eliminating the other
Then we should not stall this any more
We will do our best in this place
Let's fight for our life here
What do you think?
I say what I have to say
Please take care
Si Ma Zhong Da
It's hard to have a friend
If Liu Bei sends out the army he will have two directions to choose: Han Zhong the road on the land, Jing Zhou the road on the river
The distances are long
The tricky one is Sun Quan
If he helps Guan Yu their ships can arrive here within three days
Ling Shou Ting Duke is here to see you
Send him in
Father wants to relocate the capital to Luo Yang?
I'm sorry
Meets the King
Where do you hear this?
The words have spread out. The camp is in mess
All of them are packing up. Ding Yi said it's your idea
There indeed are some rumors about relocating the capital
Non-sense
Zi Dan give out the order to every camps
Before any formal edict
Nobody should move
No one should spread the rumor
May I ask you one more thing. Do you really...
Didn't you hear my words or you didn't understand?
Yes I understand
Someone is trying to bet on what I'm thinking
If you don't want to relocate the capital
Do I say that I don't want to relocate the capital?
I come back Chun Hua
Yang Xiu might die soon
What happened?
The King gave the order to arrest him? Not yet
The King is hesitating because he can't conquer Guan Yu
but Yang Xiu gives out the meaning of the word of command
This expose the dilemma of the King
It's the most humiliating thing that sees a tiger retreating
The King can suffer on his own but no one can talk this out load
Yang Xiu's act basically humiliate the King in front of everyone
The King will be angry about this
This guy does whatever he wants and make our brother die
He deserves this outcome
But this is good
You don't have to worry about what the relocation of the capital will do to Cao Pi
Abandoning the body to the sharp knife
what do we care about our lives?
We don't even serve our parents
Not to mention the wife and the kids
When the name is on the list
we forget our personal interest
Sacrificing our body to the safety of the country
and sees the death becoming the place we finally belong
Your poem of white horse
It's really touching
De Zu
You worry too much for me
But there are things
we can never force ourselves
That position
should belong to you
I cannot lose
You will not lose
I often think
if I didn't fight with my brother
maybe I can still stay in the city of Ye
together with you and him
drinking the wine and singing poem together
Ten years
I used my youth and your youth
and the youth of my brother and sister in law
wasted on a nightmare
Master
Everyone can have their youth once
From the start point of youth
we make a choice
but from that moment
we will not have the room for regret anymore
This is politics
The King chooses me as your supporter
You choose me as your advisor
as your friend
and I choose to make my ambition to become supporting you
But...
What if our ambition is wrong?
You are too kind my master
There isn't right or wrong about the ambition
I have to admit as a courtier
Your kindness and your freewill
is bad for you in this game
but I like all these as a friend
I'm willing to follow you and die for you
This is the ambition I choose
I will not regret on my ambition
Never
If something is really wrong
then it's destiny's fault, it's the time's fault
It's not the fault of you and me
Even the King abandons Yang Xiu
I'm afraid he will still relocate the capital
I need to advise the King
What are you going to do? I'm going to give out a strategy of defeating Guan Yu
You said you are out of strategies. I thought I have no chance to talk
But right now
I had to say this
Then you shouldn't go
You just protect Cao Pi. Why do you get involved with the military action?
A King is like a tiger. You said the tiger is angry. What if he put those anger on you too?
This is my first time on the battle field
If I don't do my best
I come here for nothing this time
Under the order of the King, Registrar Yang Xiu is under prison
What happened?
What crime do I have?
I don't know anything. I'm just taking the orders
De Zu!
Master
My father is old
Please pay some visits to him if you get time after you go back
Please
I will plead for you in front of the King
We are family therefore let me suggest you
Don't go and don't become his pawn again
Without the King's shelter, what do you gonna do?
What future do I care? Stop him
Release me
Lock him up in the back. Don't let him come out
Uncle Zi Lian
I want to see the King
You can't kill him
You arrest me
What crime do I have then?
The camp has this rumor of relocating the capital
Do you spread this info?
You give out the order of chicken ribs. I understand what you are saying
This means you can give up this place
If we continue to fight with Guan Yu now
we will not gain any benefits so we should take the other option
Chicken ribs it is
You are really good at words
You are good at knowing what I'm thinking
but the war is here and everyone is in panic.
I need to borrow one thing from you to settle them down
What is it? Your head.
You know it well
It's the best time for you to relocate the capital now
I also know that it's the best choice to make Zi Jian the crown prince
Don't you want to see this?
You don't believe in fate this whole life. Why can't you keep your son?
Take him down and wait for my order
Once people go to the wrong way
The stubborn is fearful
How to know that he is wrong?
Without this stubbornness
How to achieve great things？
What you mean is ...
I still need to wait for another guy
Si Ma Yi
Meets the King. Long live the King
I know you will come
You understand me
I beg you
not to relocate the capital
You still come for Yang Xiu?
You are also afraid of me making the Zi Jian the crown prince after the relocation?
Who becomes the crown prince depends on you
I will only advise on the military actions
I have one strategy for you
You can make Guan Yu retreat?
You can
You can ask Sun Quan to fight Guan Yu
Use the soldiers of Dong Wu to cut their retreating path
Then you will beak the siege of the city of Fan
Sun and Liu are alliance for ten years
How would Sun Quan attack Guan Yu?
The alliance of Sun, Liu
is due to your threat
The water flows and the situation changes.
Right now Liu Bei is strong. He come down to Yi Zhou and take Han Zhong
He is occupying Jing Zhou of Dong Wu and refuse to return
Sun Quan can't sleep well on the strong neighbor like this
Guan Yu is pround. Sun Quan wanted the daughter of Guan Yu to marry his son once
but he is humiliated by Guan Yu
19th of Jian An, Lv Meng takes three counties from Guan Yu
The alliance become loose an vulnerable inside actually
If you choose to attack Guan Yu by inviting Sun Quan
He will use this chance to cut their retreating path
He will not be able to look after both sides then fail
You just promise to return back Jing Zhou
Giving him the land of the south
He will definitely agree
Absurd
Return Jing Zhou
Promise him the land of the south
If the land falls into the hand of Sun Quan
When can I achieve my goal of unification?
Are you trying to die earlier than Yang Xiu?
Your majesty
Jing Zhou is just a matter of a land
To unite the nation will take generations
What Registrar Yang suggest is a strategy for battle
Not a true way for bigger picture
We can avoid the risk for now
but will hurt the long term achievements
If you don't break up their alliance
We will always suffer two enemies from two sides
Don't forget your majesty
Speak. Don't forget what