Are you trying to die before Yang Xiu by saying these?
Your Majesty
Jing Zhou is just a piece of land
but the career of unifying this nation is not a one day job
What Registrar Yang suggested
is just a tactic for battle not a true strategy
He might be able to avoid the risk for now but we will fail the bigger mission in the future
If the alliance of Sun and Liu doesn't break
We will face two enemies at the same time eventually
Your Majesty, don't forget...
What should I not forget? Speak.
Don't forget the lesson from the Battle of the Red Cliff.
What a good lesson
Please forgive my phrasing.
Are you happy to see
Yang Xiu getting arrested?
I'm not in a mood fighting with him
I follow for your expedition
I only wish for the victory of this battle
This is the responsibility of a military counsellor
You are good at hiding, too.
Yang Xiu
can no longer support Zi Jian
I want you to support Zi Jian
What do you say?
I don't have much talent
I'm afraid I don't have the ability to serve Prince Zi Jian
What's more,
Prince Zi Jian
he will not allow me to support him, either.
Please reconsider, Your Majesty.
Yes
It's too late
You can leave
Your Majesty, I still have one thing to ask you
I want to have a visit to Registrar Yang.
You are keen on visiting prisoners.
The time passes quickly.
I hardly have any enemies.
I only see friends and teachers.
Thank you.
Time passes really fast.
What do you think of what he said?
Your Majesty
This still needs a meeting of every advisors and generals
You all think
we can an alliance with Sun Quan?
Si Ma Yi's advice,
indeed, is the most stable one.
Whereas in fact,
everyone can see,
I can no longer conquer Jiang Dong
and unite this nation.
Is that right?
I didn't expect you will come and meet me here.
You often visit me, recently.
Did you come up with a strategy without relocating the capital?
Become allies with Wu and defeat Guan Yu.
Workable.
You have great vision.
Have you ever be afraid of me?
What a pity.
We fight each other for so many years.
We can only be enemies.
I never saw you
as an enemy, even for one day.
You are more like a mirror.
Seeing De Zu
is like seeing myself.
When did we begin to fight each other then?
From that year,
in front of the Han Zhang hall.
Under the axe
the moment we glance at each other.
I always think myself smart for all these years.
I fight Cao Pi for Ping Yuan Duke.
I fight you for Ping Yuan Duke, too.
I even fight the King for Ping Yuan Duke.
But I find out, at last,
I actually fight everything for myself.
I thought I outsmart everyone 30 miles.
And this 30 miles
kills me.
What do I get fighting all these?
We are just pawns to other people.
We can't control the result of the game
What we can fight for
is either for this one or for the other.
I...
I... agree with you.
It's hard to have a person that knows you.
Zhong Da, if we can have some wine,
we two should have a drink.
Registrar Yang spread the rumor and affected the morale of the army.
You are sentenced to death immediately.
Zhong Da
I'm getting lucky here.
I want wine then, the wine comes.
Bring me the wine.
Good
I should have drank with you
but this is a wine for dead people.
Forgive me I cannot share this
and will drink it myself.
De Zu
if you allow
I'm willing to
drink this bottle with you.
Drink together.
I'm finally free of this!
Take me out of here
Our King is a man of suspicion.
Cao Pi is also a man with conspiracies.
If one day, Cao Pi want to get rid of Zi Jian,
I wish you can help Zi Jian on this.
This is my last wish.
I will remember what you say.
By the way, do you know the difference between us?
I'm listening.
You can tolerate
but I cannot.
I'm waiting for you, down there.
If you can tolerate all these to the end,
come and tell me.
What is the difference of leaving right now and leaving at that moment?
Father!
Stop him
Please have mercy
It's all my fault. I don't want to be the crown prince. I will not fight with brother
I only wish him to be alive
Please forgive De Zu, Father!
Father
It's about time Your Majesty
Behead him
I beg you father
Please kill me instead father
De Zu!
Never release the saddle of the horse
Always take the armor beside me
All these years
all these wars
All these years,
no results from these wars.
This year,
I'm 65 years old.
Even the turtle has its time.
The ambition of the old horse is traveling a thousand miles （He is old but he can't fulfill his great ambitions.）
Kill, kill, horse
I just had a dream.
What dream do you have?
I dreamt there are three horses eating from the same manger.
I don't know what it means.
Three horses eat from the same manger.
Three horses...
Will it be three persons related to horses?
Go and send for De Zu.
Let him explain this for me.
Your Majesty.
Registrar Yang
has gone
Yes, De Zu is gone.
But I heard something from him before he died.
He talked about something to Si Ma Yi.
Speak
OK I know
Go and tell Si Ma Yi
Since this is his idea
Let him go to Dong Wu
and get the letter of the alliance.
Roger
What kind of person is this Sun Quan?
Will he accept the title that our King gives?
The battle of the Red Cliffs
He won that battle gloriously.
This good idea you have.
As a lord in a territory,
he not only has the glory and aggressiveness,
he also needs to have the wisdom of seeing the trends.
A chaotic year like this...
Nobody wins all the time. Then, there aren't permanent enemies either
But I heard some rumors,
this Sun Quan has purple bear and green eyes
Purple bears and green eyes?
Is he a monster?
I wonder if we get to see Da Qian and Xiao Qiao, this time.
The rumor also said that these two are beautiful women.
Let me accompany you to see Sun Quan.
Darling, no need to be my company to meet the lords in the east.
I dress like a man.
Nobody would notice
and I'm not here to travel.
Regardless if it's knife or spears he welcome us with
or music and manners,
I will be with you.
If you are with me to meet them,
he will say the envoy from Wei looks ordinary
but the guard besides him is handsome.
What if...
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao want to befriend you?
I will bring them together with me, then.
Soon, we can anticipate for this lord come at us.
See, darling? We arrive.
Who is this Si Ma Yi?
【Sun Quan, Name Zhong Mou】
Why have I never heard of this guy before?
Your Majesty this Si Ma Yi
is just a thirty-year old envoy.
He used to be a subordinate under Cao Pi.
He only get a job of military counsellor because Cao Cao leads this expedition.
【Zhang Zhao, Name Zi Bu】 What I know is that on Wei's court
he doesn't have any credits or achievements.
He relies on the shelter and help of his father
and entered the courtier's way.
The battle situation of Cao Cao is intense
He has a considerable move, sending an envoy,
but why does he send someone like that?
Wei must face a lot of issues and troubles.
He has no one to use.
Don't underestimate your enemy.
Don't worry my lord. Cao Cao is at disadvantage, now.
Sending Si Ma Yi here
is just him wanting to get our help
You should be careful.
You can let us handle this
I understand
I will leave then
Master, when Zhu Ge Kong Ming went for us back then,
he was just 27 years old that year.
I don't believe there will be another Zhu Ge Kong Ming on this world.
Let's hope so.
Send Lu Xun here
Roger
Send in the envoy from Wei Si Ma Yi
【Lu Xun, Name: Bo Yan】
Military counsellor Si Ma Yi
is under the order of my King. We send good wishes to you, the General of the South.
Since the 13th of Jian An,
we have been fighting each other in Jiang Xia many times.
I have been looking forward to see the King of Wei.
Today, the King of Wei stops at the city of Fan, again.
I feel pity for him.
My King knew you are loyal to Han;
he let me send you the royal edict from the emperor.
The emperor entitle you the General of Piao Qi.
Guard the territory of Jing Zhou and name the Duke of Nan Chang.
Please set up the desk and receive the edict.
Wait
I'm courtier Zhang Zhao
I want to know if this edict is written by the emperor
Or written by the King of Wei
Since it's an edict it's written by the emperor then
Right now the emperor is in prison in Xu Du
The King of Wei use the emperor to give orders to all the dukes and lords
All the people knew this. I think this edict
should be accepted by our King
You are wrong on this, Master.
Back in the days when the emperor was homeless and banished
The royal family almost died
Our King welcome and receive the emperor with respect and manners
Build up a palace for him to live
Our King lead the army to fight against rebellion in person and calm down all the lords
Today's Central Plain situation all belongs to the work of our King
Without our King, where is the emperor and where is the Han's legacy?
You used the word "in prison."
It's terrifying to see the disloyalty within the sentence
Let me ask you, when the emperor is in danger, where are you?
The rebellion from Dong Zhuo
Eighteen lords raise against him
Only your father and my King fought till the end.
Your father formed an alliance with my King.
They swear to support Han together
The King of Wei still misses that scene with your father.
You questioning my King is like questioning your own father
You want to use your disloyalties to make the general unfilial?
I'm talking about today's event. Why mention the old days?
Confucius said, "As a son,
it's consider filial that one should not change the course of father."
General's father was entitled by the emperor to fight against the traitor
Today, general is also entitled to fight against another traitor
What is wrong with this?
If you want me to fight against the traitor
I do not know who this traitor is.
Guan Yu in Jing Zhou
Shou Ting Duke, Guan Yu
is entitled by the emperor himself.
Jing Zhou is an old land of ours.
Why would we want to fight against ourselves?
So Jing Zhou is an old land of yours
Then why the taxes from the land of Jing Zhou
all belong to Guan Yu?
19th of Jian An, general Lv Meng led the army himself to reclaim the land of Jing Zhou
He took three counties: Chang Sha, Ling Ling and Gui Yang
Why did your own general attack your own lands?
Master
Please have a seat
About Jing Zhou
the situation has been unclear for years
The front line troops made some mistakes. It's nothing
I lend this land to Uncle Liu to temporarily live
Liu Bei is a brother-in-law
We are family. He will return it in two or three years.
This is my family issue.
The King of Wei doesn't need to care for me.
The King of Wei has fought with me in Red Cliffs
He claimed he has millions of soldiers. Is he afriad of Guan Yu?
I'm afraid the soldiers of Wei become the shrimp and fishes in the lake of Jiang Dong
After that battle my King often sighed
If Master Zhou is here, Liu Bei will not be this strong now.
Guan Yu is just a minor guardian general of Liu Bei.
and he can oversee you like this.
Maybe, after a few years, the land will be lost forever.
What's more, the whole Jiang Dong will belong to Liu Bei, too.
My King
just tries to eliminate your enemy on his way
but it turns out you guys are just in a dream of being harmony with Liu Bei.
A family issue.
Let me ask you, the daughter of Guan Yu
refused to marry whose son?
How dare you
How can you be this rude?
Let me teach you some lesson
Who are you? I'm just a messenger.
No matter who you are, I will give you some lessons, too.
Is this how you treat your envoys?
How dare you
Step down
Yes
I hope
you can elaborate the purpose of Cao Cao sending you here
I dare not hide anything from you, General
We spent 450 thousand troops to attack Guan Yu this time.
However, Guan Yu
only brought less than 50 thousand troops with him. The ships are less than 100
Even he can win the situation for a while
It's just because he has some advantages over the land and the time
He is fierce on battle but no further strength can support him
Our troops can attack them any time and defend ourselves well if they choose to attack first
Even we retreat our troops we will not lose anything
but if these 50 thousand troops turn east
General, what are you going to do with him?
Guan Yu is just a small bug to us
but he is a great enemy to you
If you can't tell the priority and urgency in this
then I am right about you being all in a deadly dream
You are wrong on this
It's you who can't defeat Guan Yu
You want to beg us for the troops but you turn it into you being considerate for us
It's ridiculous to trust your words like this
You are very good at persuading
but about this entitling. I still need to discuss about this with my advisors
Please wait at the inn we arranged for you.
What do you say?
This is related to the foundation of Jiang Dong
Please give it a second thought, General.
Why do you connive with him like this?
The King of Wei has this talent
The King of Wei has a good counsellor
You won.
Only if they can fight Guan Yu.
You won anyway.
I thought I will have to kill our way out of their court.
It's a pity
that they are not able to see
what you can do there.
I didn't expect that
you have a gift of gabbing on around.
You suppress yourself a lot back in the country, right?
Please enjoy
You are from North and should have a try of this. It's very fresh.
Thank you
Darling, you first.
These are fresh fishes from the river? You should have a try, too. You go first.
It's really fresh.
Although we can have this leisure time, for now,
we still cannot forget the wars out there.
I wonder when will the world become peaceful.
Sorry to bother you, Zhong Da.
General Bo Yan, please come in.
Zhong Da
we just saw each other once at the court.
You remember who I am.
General Bo Yan is a famous talent in Jiang Zuo
How wouldn't I remember you?
I'm really flattered
The servant you bring here...
is really a sharp woman.
You are also a romantic talent.
I shouldn't lie about this. She is my wife, Zhang Chun Hua.
It's just because she is good at kung fu hence I brought her here for my security.
So that is the reason. Greetings, Madam.
General, please take a seat.
Your first time here
and you already tasted the local dishes.
What do you observe from all these?
Jiang Nan is a rich land.
Central Plains cannot compete with this
Jiang Nan has 100 thousand troops and million citizens
A rich land with advantage of Yangtze river
Not sure if the King of Wei can conquer here?
If this millions of citizens become the guards of the city
and the King of Wei come all this way.
He definitely will not win.
There are wars in Central Plains every year but in Jiang Dong, the disputes between big families also exist.
Rich people are more comfortable to peaceful environment and hate going into wars
Jiang Dong doesn't have the strength to go up north, either, right?
What you mean is?
We fight Guan Yu together and become an alliance.
We come to a truce so that the citizens can grow.
Does the King of Wei want a truce? The wars have been ongoing for years. Our country is tired of this.
You can not support a war like this, either.
This gave the Liu Bei advantage to grow.
He is not capable of going north, either. Where would he go, then?
What can you do to make us believe that
you will not march south and swallow us after the alliance?
You can make the decisions for the King?
I cannot decide for the King
Then, why should I trust you?
General Bo Yan
The King of Wei is already 65 years old
What you mean is...
You can make promises on behalf of the future prince?
I am already telling you what I can say.
I understand, then.
What do you think Bo Yan?
To my opinion Cao Pi will be the crown prince for Wei
and the person who can control the court in Wei
will be this Si Ma Yi
I will appoint you as deputy general
You deceive Guan Yu by calling general Lv Meng sick
You cut off the escape path of Guan Yu
Do you think you can win this?
My lord, I'm just a young man without much reputation
And we have many other talents. Why do you use a young man like me?
When Gong Jin defeated Cao Cao in Red Cliffs
He is younger than you
Si Ma Yi is about the same age as you, too
You just take up the responsibilities but haven't became famous yet
That Guan Yu is proud and arrogant. He will underestimate you for sure
You can attack him by using this
Most of the old courtiers think we should be an ally to Liu Bei
I'm afraid...
I dare use you.
Can you take up this responsibilities?
I will not fail you on this.
Liu Bei has Zhu Ge Liang and Cao Cao has Si Ma Yi
and I
have a sharp young talent like you.
Do you have the courage to make some achievements?
I will carry out your wish succesfully!
Advise to attack?
What did Sun Quan tell you?
He said
rather than obeying the emperor,
he is more willing to become a lord under you.
You are the true ruler of this country.
This green-eye folk wants to toast me on the oven.
What did you respond to him, then?
What happened to you?
I said to him,
The mission of our King...