Episode 13.
It must be a message.
It is a royal message sent by the king to Lord Ho Gae, Commander of the Army!
How gracious of the king to send us the Iron Horse Warriors.
But no invasion can happen without them.
Why...?
He says they must be at the forefront.
I don't understand. The enemy is already preparing for our attack.
They will have sent for reinforcements already.
We have to hurry and attack before all the reinforcements arrive.
But he wants us to wait?
This is too much! Must we obey the commands of someone who has never been to war?
The lives of the soldiers are at stake!
There is also a private message from Lord Yon.
What is it?
The Phoenix will accompany the Iron Horse Warriors.
She will be the Guardian of the soldiers, so you are advised to tell the soldiers and raise their morale!
It is biggest ship belonging to Julno. It can hold fifty people.
We have about thirty of these ships.
In contrast, Baekje's ships are much bigger and can hold several hundred in each.
Well that... that's a river boat. It's not very useful in battle...
- This? - Why is this here?
This... this you can just ignore.
It's a cargo vessel that is fortified.
It can hold heavy loads but it moves at a slow speed...
Well, it doesn't really move... it just goes with the current.
This is it. This is what I want.
You said you wanted a ship for war.
How many of these ships do you have?
This isn't really a ship! How can we fight Baekje with these?
How many men and horses can you fit in this ship?
We need to move 3,000 men and 4,000 horses.
Is it possible?
Your Majesty, it will need to move 4,000 men and 5,300 horses.
Chief Jumuchi has called for men and they are gathering far more than expected.
Chief Jumuchi of the Malgal Shiwoo Clan.
We, who have been selling horses in the plains...
We, the people of Shiwoo, have come to answer the call of our chief!
We, the nomad people of Yangduri, have also come to answer the call of our chief!
We, the Dangbang, have also come!
We, the Heukbalgol, have come!
We have all lived like beasts.
So don't ask us how we have fared!
I, the Chief of the Shiwoo Clan, speak.
My brothers of the Shiwoo Clan!
Thank you for not dying!
Thank you for answering my call!
Now...
We set out for a call that may take our lives.
Will you follow me?
Now look at this.
These were made with the finest metals and the finest skills.
Only these arrows can pierce this armor.
And only this shield can guard against these arrows.
Do you want to touch it?
How many have you made? We will be leaving soon.
When you say "soon", how soon is that?
Your concept of time and my concept of time may be different.
Do we have a date yet?
After tomorrow and the day after that...
And the day following that...
He says in three days.
I knew it. I knew you were going to request something ridiculous like this.
I'm going to go crazy.
Give that to me.
Don't just sit there!
Hey! He's the great King of Goguryeo!
Don't we Shiwoo people have manners?
Our chief told us that the King of Goguryeo has promised to give us back our land.
We are the Shiwoo Clan who will fight 10,000 Baekje soldiers to our death!
If your intention is to make us part of Goguryeo,
tell us now.
- You... - Jumuchi.
You're not really the chief, are you?
They don't believe what you told them.
Aren't you the same?
Your noble families don't really like you...
You started it.
Do they always dress like that?
Do you like it? Shall I tell them to catch one and give it to you?
I wonder if they'll listen to you.
With wine and roasted meat!
- Wine! - General Go!
Yes, Your Majesty.
Everyone looks hungry.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You're scary.
Guh Mool Village.
Baekje is divided into East and West.
Gwanmi Fortress lies between East and West Baekje.
If we conquer Gwanmi Fortress, we will have control over the sea here.
How is that?
In the sea facing Gwanmi Fortress lies the world's biggest shipyard.
If we take control of this shipyard, we will gain the best shipbuilding skills.
There is no nation that does not want to conquer Gwanmi Fortress.
Yan China and Qi China...
Even our ancient Kings of Goguryeo would awaken when they heard the name.
But Gwanmi is an unfulfilled dream.
The geographical location of Gwanmi is virtually impenetrable.
There is only one entrance that outside forces can attack.
No matter how many soldiers you have, it will be impossible to break down its defenses.
But there is something more fearsome than that.
The current Lord of Gwanmi Fortress succeeded his father at the age of 10.
Can you believe it?
He has fought alone in battles since he was 10.
And when the Lord goes out to fight himself,
what do his men do?
They move far away from their lord and watch.
Why?
Because they will die if they get too close.
The Lord of Gwanmi Fortress is said to be inhuman.
They say he changes into a demon when he goes into battle.
Not just a man focused on fighting, but a real demon.
He becomes inhuman. He becomes a god of death.
My plan is to conquer Gwanmi Fortress.
Chief! So this is the first battle we will fight?
Fighting with a demon?
Why, are you scared?
Did you pee in your pants?
We will not be able to overcome Gwanmi Fortress by ourselves.
Ho Gae will be heading towards us with aid.
Until then, we will have to clear a path to Gwanmi Fortress.
We have now finished our preparations.
There will be no colorful sendoff when we leave.
I plan to leave without anyone noticing.
To deceive the enemy, one must also deceive its own.
Why is he going on a hunt all of a sudden?
I'm going on a hunt. If I am late, please take care of the nation.
Your Majesty, it is not a good time.
Our soldiers have set out for war, but you...
That's why I'm leaving.
Some hunters have seen a white deer.
I plan to catch it and sacrifice it for the war effort.
A white deer...
They say it's a good omen.
I will bring it back alive.
Since you are here, I will leave without worry.
Your Majesty...!
There are two ways to reach Gwanmi Fortress.
One is over land.
To reach Gwanmi from Gooknae Castle, you will have to pass thirty fortresses.
To conquer all these fortresses, you will need 50,000 men.
You will need about 3 months.
As you know, we only have 4,000 men.
Then what is our second choice?
It is over water. We will go by sea.
Do we want to have a naval battle? Not at all.
Fight against the best naval army in the world?
Are we stupid?
We will follow the river.
We will follow the river and stop at Sukhyun Fortress.
From here to Gwanmi Fortress, there are ten fortresses.
Your Majesty.
We have to conquer these fortresses quickly.
I hope you have all prepared your men.
The Royal Guard is ready.
We Shiwoo people have been ready since we were infants.
Julno Province Yosu River.
Here, here, here!
There are three sizes here. Large, medium and small.
This is large here, the middle is medium and over there is small.
Hey you, come over here.
Alright, you stay there. Now, anyone whose size is large.
Come and get your armor. Now you, you're medium.
Am I smaller than this fellow? Are you blind?
Blind or not, you're definitely a medium!
You've all eaten breakfast! Use your strength!
Stop dawdling about and carry two at once!
You are the new Chief of Supplies?
I am Chief Dal... Dalbi, Your Majesty.
I'm entrusting us to you. Our victory rests on your shoulders.
What?
So take care of us.
So where are the ships that will take us secretly into Baekje?
There they are!
I have come to deliver His Majesty's orders to you, Lord Yon.
His Majesty is on his way towards Baekje.
I thought he was on a hunt?
He goes to head off Baekje reinforcements for Lord Ho Gae.
Nonsense!
He feared that the enemy would find out his plan
and is keeping his location and the details of his army a secret.
War is a national effort. How can he go out without consulting the Cabinet?
And what kind of men has he taken with him...?
He will send you word when he reaches his first destination.
Until then, he requests that you take over the Cabinet and matters of state.
First destination?
His plan is a secret.
Have you heard everything?
You have heard everything.
I, Yon Ga Ryuh...
will obey His Majesty's orders.
Didn't you say you would be our eyes and ears?
No, you said you would be our eyes, ears and head!
That is why I gave you lead over my son!
I listened to your advice about gathering an army and sent them to where you told me to!
But why did I not know of this?
How can I, as Chancellor of the Cabinet, not know what the king is planning?
The men who are with the king are General Go's Royal Guards
and men of the Shiwoo Clan.
Shiwoo Clan?
They are people of Malgal who were displaced by Baekje decades ago.
They are a people known for their courage, but they were betrayed by other Malgal clans.
Why are those men with the King of Goguryeo?
Did you say that the king has set off to fight off Baekje's reinforcement army?
That is what the message said.
Then their direction is strange.
According to our sources, the king is heading west.
That is towards Julno, not Baekje.
Then?
I do not think the king intends to fight Baekje.
Perhaps he has gone to Julno to strengthen their relationship.
Only a few thousand men accompany him.
Half of them are more bandit than soldier.
He does not have an army that can wage war on anyone.
I did not inform you as it was not worth it.
If you are still worried, send men you trust to each of the elders.
Don't let them be deceived by his trickery.
The king...
Dam Duk...
I have watched him for a long time.
We shouldn't underestimate him.
If he is hiding something...
We will never know.
Reinforcement Army from Baekje Sukhyun Fortress.
It is said that Yon Ho Gae's 40,000 men are traveling more slowly than expected.
Baekje is mobilizing all of its soldiers to the border.
The fortresses around Yosu River are also sending reinforcements.
They do not think that anyone would attack from this front.
Your Majesty!
We are now passing this area here.
At our current speed, we will arrive in Baekje territory by sunset tomorrow.
Before we enter Baekje, we will have to stop. Where are you planning on sleeping?
- We will keep going. - But that's Baekje territory!
You said our ship is a cargo vessel that cannot be used in battle.
Who will raise an alarm for such a cargo vessel?
We will keep going. And tomorrow afternoon...
- We will land with the tide here. - Your Majesty!
That is right in front of Baekje's Sukhyun Fortress!
This fortress is the largest fortress west of Gwanmi!
That is why we will conquer it first.
We don't want to attack the smaller fortresses and give time for the large ones to fortify themselves.
The attack on Sukhyun Fortress will be led by the Royal Guards and Shiwoo men.
Then you... you just want Julno to stay on the ship?
You don't want us to fight?
You will pretend to attack Gwanmi Fortress.
Pretend?
Not to fight, but pretend to fight?
Ensure that Gwanmi does not send any more reinforcements until we have won.
So after that do we fight?
Don't fight. We cannot reveal how small we are.
We just need to make sure that the reinforcement army comes back.
You want us to take 4,000 men and fight the fortresses of Baekje,
Gwanmi Fortress, as well as the returning reinforcement army?
No, you won't fight.
When the reinforcement army turns back, we will run away.
The finest soldiers and horses and the lightest armor...
Running away shouldn't be a problem.
Then you want us to be bait and attract the attention of the reinforcement army,
then run with our tails between our legs, and give Ho Gae victory?
The bastard who killed the king and murdered my son?
Choose one over the other. Who will you fight, Baekje or Ho Gae?
Your Majesty, man can only see the world as big as he is.
Do you think he will understand your plan?
Do you think he will bow and thank you?
Won't he?
Tomorrow, our disciples will meet Ho Gae.
We can't guarantee he will bow to you, but we will try to make him understand.
But he may still not understand it.
Encampment of Ho Gae's Army in Baekje.
Can anyone enter the War Council in Goguryeo?
They have come to see Commander Ho Gae.
And can anyone meet the Commander of Goguryeo?
Please understand.
All the generals and soldiers have gotten sensitive waiting for the fighting to begin.
You little...! How dare you speak so?
Do you want your neck broken?
Stop this, General!
Are you from Gooknae Castle?
I am from another place.
Have you heard news of the Iron Horse Warriors?
They were to join us with the Guardian of the Phoenix, but they are nowhere to be seen.
I don't know. I left the palace early on.
We don't need any guardian! When did we ever need one for war?
What is the Commander waiting for? The Iron Horse Warriors or the woman?
It is a royal command.
I will receive it.
The one who brings you this will deliver my message.
The message is so critical that it cannot be written.
I will deliver the message verbally.
Let us hear this very critical message.
His Majesty will invade Sukhyun Fortress tomorrow.
Invade?
The king is traveling to Baekje by river.
When the sun rises, he will land on Baekje ground.
After Sukhyun Fortress falls, he will head for Gwanmi Fortress.
I also have heard some news.
I heard that the king left the palace to go hunting.
But he is actually headed towards Julno.
Perhaps it is to solidify the comaraderie between Julno and the king.
His Majesty is trying to block West Baekje at risk of his own life.
When news comes of Gwanmi's attack, the armies heading towards you will turn around.
He has instructed to wait for that time and strike them from behind.
- Il Su. - Yes, Commander.
Imprison him.
Let us see what this clever king is up to.
If you use force, you may be able to find out something.
Commander, this is a royal order! His Majesty sent this...!
Lady Kiha is at her quarters. She is packing for tomorrow's departure.
Forgive me, but I will not be accompanying you tomorrow.
There are many things I need to take care of here.
When you leave tomorrow,
there will be many things you will need to do.
First, you will boost the morale and energy of Ho Gae and his men.
Show them your abilities.
Do you feel it? Your abilities are getting stronger.
If it continues, we will not need 40,000 men.
Just one spark from your fingertips will...
He...
is the true Joo Shin King?
Not Ho Gae, who was chosen by Hwachun, but him...
I will repeat myself again.
What we need is not the true Joo Shin King.
We just need one man who has the blood of the Joo Shin King.
All we need is the blood.
The blood and the four Sacred Symbols will give us the power of Heaven.
Truthfully, the true Joo Shin King is...
is troublesome.
What will you do...
if there was another who had the blood of Joo Shin?
Three of them?
It doesn't matter how many.
We must eliminate all except one who can help us find the Sacred Symbols.
And the remaining one, you will use him to free the powers of Heaven and...
We must eliminate him, too!
To possess the power of Heaven, we cannot let any seed of Heaven remain.
A man will change with the wind...
When the sun sets, he will leave.
I ask you to remember our Hwachun who have waited for thousands of years.
Kiha...
Goguryeo's Iron Horse Warriors.
Lady Kiha, we will rest a while.
Please wait while we prepare your tent.
Lady Kiha! Lady Kiha!
What are you doing?
Come... come here.
He... he didn't even ask me.
He didn't even ask me if it was true.
He tried to kill me.
Please come here and talk.
He never had any faith in me.
But why did he keep me close?
Who was I to him?
Lady Kiha!
I don't know what I did wrong.
I, the Guardian of the Phoenix... I never wanted to be the mother of earth.
I just did what you wanted me to do.
How did all this happen?
All I ever wanted...
was one thing.
He was all I ever wanted.
Was that such a big crime?
You Hwachun and him, you're all the same.
You use me because you need me.
And discard me afterwards...
Just as he did, so will you.
Even if you discard me,
shouldn't you still say something first?
Say that you used me well, say that now you don't need me!
Say how sorry you are!
So... what are you going to do?
Will you jump? Will you run away?
Can you do it?
Will you take it, too?
The baby inside you?
This child will die, anyway.
He will be despised like me.
And die in the end. I won't let him.
Use it, Kiha!
Use him, use the world, use the Hwachun! If you don't like it, then discard it!
This child...
That is how you can protect the child!
Will the child want it?
Will it want to come out into this sad world?
Kiha! Kiha!
Come here. Come here, Kiha.
I don't like this world.
What of it, child?
Heaven's blood... Heaven's child...
Look here! Open your eyes!
What's wrong?
What's wrong with you? Open your eyes! Wake up!
Open your eyes.
I'm calling you.
Wake up.
You...!
What...?
What are you looking for?
Well, I... that is...
Go to sleep, you fool!
What's the matter with you today, Jumuchi!
Come to your senses.
- Here. - What is this?
This is the finest sharpening stone. Ba Son saved it for you.
- Oh, thanks. - Wait a moment!
I won't tell you to protect yourself when it is time for battle.
No one will be able to harm you, anyway.
Am I wrong?
That...
When you return, I will wash your armor for you.
You can only have the blood of the enemy on it. I will have none of your blood.
Do you hear me?
Well...
Please don't get hurt. We will support you from behind.
Then...
The supplies corp...
I will get someone to guard you.
No need for that. We know how to fight, too.
There's... food there. We have to protect it.
Are you alright now?
What kind of dream did you have?
Did you dream of her...?
It's strange, isn't it?
What?
I can't remember her face.
Or her voice.
I heard something in my dream...
But I can't remember.
I'm all done for! When the sun rises, we're attacking.
I planned to sleep well and begin the war with a smile, but I may fall asleep during battle!
Well, I'm off to sleep now...
Sujini.
Yes?
You want me to help you put it on?
Do you know how to wear armor?
I'll bring someone who does.
You do it.
Try it.
You're going to leave with the Guh Mool Disciples?
Yes.
Why don't you stay?
We don't know what kind of trouble you might get yourself into.
Why don't you attach yourself to my side?
Am I glue?
Can't you just once... say "yes" in a sweet voice?
The person in front of you...
is a king.
Yes.
What is it?
Yes.
It belongs to my late mother.
So don't lose it, and bring it back.
Don't interfere unnecessarily and put yourself into dangerous situations.
Bring it back safely.
Did you hear me?
Yes.
Remember three things.
First, we will not fight the enemy with swords and spears.
Our weapon in this battle is fear.
We will become the most fearsome army in the world.
The world will call us the Fearsome Army of Joo Shin.
Second, this battle's victory depends on speed.
In seven days, we will conquer three fortresses.
In twenty days, we will conquer ten fortresses.
And finally...
No one dies.
I don't need men to die for me.
Live and stay by my side.
That...
is my command to you as King.
You're as agile as a donkey.
Baekje Sukhyun Fortress.
- I hope they let us in. - Don't worry.
- We should hurry. - Why isn't the line moving?
Who are they? Are they monks?
~ Chanting ~.
What is he saying?
~ Chanting ~
I think they're foreigners.
They look like they're from around here, though.
They must be fortune tellers. Let them through.
Next!
~ Chanting ~.
Sea in front of Sukhyun Fortress.
Hey, what's that?
- They're ships! - Where are they from?
Go down and see.
Baekje Sukhyun Fortress.
What is this? What's this sound? Who's invading?
- They are Goguryeo's soldiers. - Why are they here?
They said they were coming from the North!
Lord of Sukhyun Fortress.
We sent reinforcements to them! Why is Goguryeo here...?
Send a message to Okchun Fortress. Tell them to send reinforcements!
Inside the Main Gate of Sukhyun Fortress.
The Gate! The Gate is open!
The men of Shiwoo will breach the Main Gate as quickly as possible.
The Royal Guards will block the enemy to make sure that they are not delayed.
Remember, don't fight. All we need to do is put our banner up.
Our first priority is to plant fear in their hearts.
The men of Shiwoo have to arrive at Okchun Fortress before the arrival of Sukhyun's messenger.
If we leave Heuk Gae and Jumuchi alone, they will die.
Those stupid fools went to die!
First, take the Baekje soldiers out of the fortress.
Second, we must make them believe.
First of all, I will take this temple.
Kiha!
Old General, you can walk. I will run!
An army of 4,000 is gaining victory!
What is he doing with an army of 40,000!?
He wants us to go north.
North?
Yes, that's right.
I will give you Goguryeo.
And after that, what shall I give you?
I have a very interesting story for you.