Episode Forty-eight
Princess
There's a reel
Thank you, princess
Don't touch things here
There are traps everywhere
Have you found something?
The traps here
feel familiar
I knew an unusual person when I was small
He is an expert at mechanical trap
He could build a machine horse
covering a thousand miles a day
without eating or drinking
Is it the foreigner
you mentioned
who gave you a little wooden bird?
I feel that
Do you think
that person
has something to do with this camp?
I feel that
the distribution of traps
here in the camp
is of his style
In all there's something more about the Camp
Are you agents from Liang?
How smart are you, master Yue!
It is you that are too foolish
Princess
Leave me alone
Give me some time
I told you
She had gone
Where could she go?
Where else could she go?
Of course to Yan
Or should she go back to Chang'an to
have her head cut
Who told her to leave?
She can leave as her own wish
Who is able to stop her?
She has eaten the pill you sent here
She's healthy and lively
No reason for her to
stay here of course
Okay
Do not be so sad
You two are never
blessed to be together
Forcing yourselves
will not bring you a happy ending
I know you are a nice person
How about this?
I can
introduce several girls for you
You can...
I'm not finished yet
Where are you going
Listen to me, I can...
Yuwen Yue
I'm nearly fully recovered
I'm leaving
There must be lots of trouble finding you
for what you've done for me
Take care of yourself
when you are back to Chang'an
If Yan
and Wei start a war
we'll have to meet on the battlefield
If so
do not go easy on me
Except for claiming your position
isn't there anything else you want to
talk with me?
What else can we say
between you and I?
Right
All of it is just my own illusion
Yuwen Yue
You should know it
Xan Xun and I
spent so much effort to reach this step
I can't be wilful
or reckless
Thank you for saving my life so many times
I am sorry
I must go
Yan Xun is in Yan alone now
I have no idea he's dealing with
what kind of situation
what kind of environment
what kind of person
I worry about him
Of course I need to comfort him too
I think
he still needs me
I need you, too
Can you feel it?
Have some food
My dear General
About to step on a long journey
Can't set off in hunger
I don't feel like eating
I wanted to cheated him to leave
You won't
feel so bad
if you hadn't met him
Qiaoqiao
There are so many roads in your life
If you choose one of them
you must give up the rest
You are a silly girl
You choose a rough
and challenging one
while the other one
is safe, warm and straight
So when you are standing on a crossroad
not a surprise that you feel sad
You can't do anything with it
Do you believe in yourself?
Of course I do
Do you believe in Yan Xun
Yes
Then make your rough road
warm and shining
By then you'll find
everything you pay
is worthy
As for Yuwen Yue?
You have to wait
till he work it out
Time is the best cure
If the wound
does not kill you, it will be healed
In this world
everyone can live with or without others
So smart as he
he'll figure it out
Do not worry
On the other hand
Yuwen Yue was restricted too hard
before by his family
He haven't known many girls before
Look at you
Common face
Extremely thin
You are only
well-developed in two unimportant places
On your cheeks
What are you saying?
Am I that bad?
Fine
Do not be angry
I'm not joking
Okay
Finish the noodle. Early sleep
I saw
someone watching here
outside the house recently
I guess they must be men of Yan Xun
Leave with them tomorrow
By the way
no need to say goodbye to me this time
I want a full-night sleep
Xiao Ce
Thank you
We are here right now
So let our men...
General
Several soldiers are missing one by one
What happened?
The City Hong Chuan is ahead
I'm afraid
they may go visit their families
Fools
If they are found out
they can be killed
Enter the city
find them back
Yes
the Hong Chuan City
How's it going? Did you find them?
We can't stay here too long
Let's leave the city first
Then make another plan
Let's go
Anything else, guys?
General, we want to...
No way
It's too reckless
We will be careful, General
We all want to see our family
even if just one glimpse
Just one glimpse, General
Okay
Two hours
Thank you, General
Here. Hold it like this.
Right. Do it slowly.
That's good.
Remember,
this character
is called Wu.
It's the family name of your dad.
So it's your family name, too.
But when will daddy come back?
Soon.
When we finish learning all the characters
in this book,
daddy will come back to us.
You understand?
Yes.
Here, let's continue.
Slowly.
Old man.
Is this a sharp knife?
Yes.
Now that Prince Yan Xun successfully comes back.
Maybe the Wei Army
will attack us one day.
We should
prepare some good weapons
to avenge our dead family members.
Aspiring.
Of course.
We are not like your
gutless son.
Defecting to the enemy, coward.
My son would never defect to the enemy.
I know him
better than anybody.
Old man, you are still being stubborn.
Everybody knows
what kind of demon your son is.
I am not selling you that knife.
Who wants your knife.
Yes. Let's go.
This old man...
Leave.
Brother.
Leave!
- Brother. - Go.
Brother.
I know that I am a sinner.
I just want to go back to see our mother.
She was ill
when I left here.
Three years has past.
I just want to go back to see her.
Stup up.
How impudent you are to come back.
Mother is dead.
She got worse
the first year you left.
Because of you,
no one in town
was willing to sell us medicine.
Why aren't you dead?
Why are you coming back?
Do you know that
because of you
how many black looks
we have received.
It is all my fault.
Mother.
Your son is unfilial.
I am sorry.
Mother.
Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu.
You bastard.
Zhang Yu.
You don't want him.
I do.
Who is the commander of Xiuli Army?
I am.
My name is He Xiao.
I am the subordinate of General Cheng Yuan.
I am sent here
to escort you Xiuli Army
to the North Gate.
General,
please explain the word
escort to me.
I don't deserve the title of general.
Yanbei is a small place.
Unlike Chang'an,
some hicks and hacks
can be called
general.
I am just a lieutenant
in Black Eagle Amry.
As for the word escort,
I think your Xiuli Army
has more experience than us.
Weren't you guys
from the Xiuli Army
who assisted the Wei Army
to breach
Beishuo and Hongchuan.
And you unloaded those soldiers' armor
and escorted them to Chang'an.
How can you forget
such glory experience.
Fine.
Lieutenant,
you are still avoiding
my previous question.
Okay, then I'll tell you
what is escort.
Escort is for
those brutes
who forget their ancestors
and their faith.
You understand?
Rebels.
Xiuli Army become rebels.
Withdraw.
Withdraw. Hurry up.
Let's go.
Commander, where will we go?
Anywhere.
They won't let us
get away with what happened today.
They must ask for backup.
The whole Wei State
is hunting for us.
We have a large number of people.
Where can we hide?
It doesn't matter.
Yanbei has much land and a small population.
There are also many mountains and rivers.
No matter where we go,
we need to find a shelter.
We can do nothing
if we stay here.
Let's go.
Your Highness.
Things are bad with us.
Our food is
running out.
The food which
Mr.Wu and the Liang State stored
will take a month
to arrive.
Although the eight departments on the grassland
have promised to reinforce
under the pressure of Your Highness.
However, they won't send troops
until the food arrives.
Right.
We are short of food
and weapons.
If we can't get supplements,
it will be hard
to face the following war.
Your Highness, a few troops
of the Wei State
have been frequently moved recently.
It seems that they are prepared
for an expedition.
According to the characteristics for the Wei Emperor,
he is sure to send a prince
to lead the troops.
Marquis Xiang, Marquis Yu
and Marquis Mu.
Several grown princes
are all in the capital.
I'm not certain which one will be sent.
From my knowledge,
their troops will be sent
in November.
This means that
even if the weather condition is good for us,
we only have
at most a month to prepare for this war.
So we need to prepare in advance about
where to war
and how to war.
Do we need to move the troops
in the North Gate
to garrison Meilin Gate
No.
The grassland in the North Gate was hit by a natural calamity this year.
Those barbarians
have already covetously eyed us.
If we withdraw troops,
they will attack us at once.
Then we will be
attacked from both sides.
Even if they do attack us,
it is the eight departments on the grassland who will face them directly.
What do you worry about, Miss Yu.
Although they are
disobedient now,
they still promise to
reinforce Hongchuan.
This is the their gesture of
yielding to His Highness.
Yanbei relies on the troops in the North Gate
to bring the eight departments on the grassland under control.
They can defend against barbarians
and quell the eight departments.
This is the root.
The troops in the North Gate were not withdrawn
even at the time when Hongchuan City was breached.
How can we do that now?
Miss Yu,
you regard them as our friends.
They don't regard
His Highness as their master.
Recently,
I have seized three groups of people
who tried to take message to Chang'an.
They are ready
to betray us at any time.
If they do send troops,
you dare to use them?
General Xia,
you have followed my father
for a long time.
Do you have any advice?
Your Highness,
the situation is bad.
But we are determined
to fight the enemies.
I think that
if we withdraw troops from the North Gate,
and reinforce the east,
we will have bigger chance
to defend the Wei Army.
However, then
the eight departments on the grassland will have
good reason to
refuse our request to reinforce.
There is some advantages in withdrawing the troops.
There is some other advantages in not withdrawing the troops.
Your Highness,
you must have some good ways
to defeat the enemies.
General Xia,
your words are quite empty of meaning.
Fine.
Then I'll say something meaningful.
Your Highness just returned to Yanbei
and is unfamiliar with
a lot of things
in military affairs.
To cope with the coming war,
I conferred with several generals.
We have a suggestion.
I suggest that
troops in Yanbei should make some adjustments.
Adjustments?
Yes. Just some small problems.
Your Highness has a lot of important matters to deal with everyday.
We should not bother you
with these small problems.
Later, we will hand in
the specific regulations to Your Highness.
General Xia,
are you giving these regulations to His Highness
for him to check and approve?
or are you just informing His Highness?
You are getting better.
When the old Duke was still alive,
I didn't know that
you were so bold.
How dare you decide
military reconstruction by yourself?
General Cheng, are you
talking to me with this attitude?
Who do you think am I talking to?
What attitude do you think
I should have?
I don't have to
say too much
about what you have done.
General Cheng,
don't say these groundless words
if you do not have proof.
General Xia isn't someone
whom you can slander.
You know that
it is not slander.
The money and goods that
the Chamber of Commerce in Xianyang shipped back every year.
How much of it is spent on the army?
How much of it is
taken by someone?
Don't sling mud at us.
Make some investigations
and you'll know where we are slinging mud.
I'll kill you
if you continue talking nonsense.
Come on.
Stop.
Father,
I'm back.
It's been ten years
since the last time we saw each other.
The Yanbei in my memory
is a wonderland,
is the freest place in the world.
In those years at Chang'an,
I had always trusted
you and my hometown.
But what you don't know is,
when I manage
to come back,
how disappointed I am.
Father.
Yanbei is not
what it used to be.
Eight departments on the grassland all have different hearts,
drag out an ignoble existence.
The old commanders
are alienated from me.
They fight for power and wealth.
Even the people in Yanbei
don't want me back.
No one came out to greet me
the day I came back to Hongchuan City.
Father.
They have been on their knees for a long time.
And they are not willing to stand up.
This is not
our home anymore.
The weak
are not qualified to live.
I will be strong.
I will remove everything
that gets in the way,
including my conscience and weakness.
Today, I make Prince Yuan Qi
the Zhengyan Marshal,
make Wei Shuye
the vise marshal as well as Zhengyan General.
You leave today and go on a expedition to kill the rebels.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Report!
Who let you in.
Your Highness,
they come.
Who come? You are in trepidation.
It's urgent.
The Wei Emperor sends two hundred thousand soldiers
lead by Prince Yuan Qi.
They are coming to Meilin Gate.
Everybody, fight the enemies with me.
Yes, Your Highness.
General Cheng, I have something to tell you.
Young Master,
the Wei Army has arrived in
Chiyuan Du.
After that
will be Hongchuan City.
The Black Eagle Army of Yanbei has set off, too.
Where is the Black Eagle Army?
Judging from their speed,
they should be arriving
in Chiyuan Du.
Yanbei sends a lot of food
to the front.
A war is inevitable.
Chang'an is in danger.
Young Master, do you mean
that Yanxun is planning to attack Chang'an?
Yes.
Yanxun will make a detour to Mei Lin Guan
to avoid the main force of Wei State
and straightly reach Chang'an.
Although the troop of Black Eagle
has strong strength,
when they face the 200 thousand soldiers
of the Wei State,
it's difficult to foretell which side would win.
If they follow the old routine,
they should take the HongChuan city as the defense.
They should defend to the Last and then encircle and annihilate.
But Yanxun
chooses the active attack policy.
And he has already reserved
many army provisions in advance.
It must be an expedition.
Then his target
is self-evident.
According to your words,
will Yanbei
be surrendered submissively?
Yes.
No one will expect it.
Wei Shuye and Yuan che
would not expect this.
They are adept at the book on the art of war,
but they are not adept at
Yanxun's character.
He is homeless and eager to
take the revenge.
As far as he is concerned,
if he could take Chang'an,
Yanbei
will no long be his home.
Let's go back to Chang'an immediately.
- Yes. - Yes.
Chu.
His highness told you to wait him at Lan City.
When he beats back the Wei's army, he will come to see you.
Get out of here.
How could you buy medicine without money?
Get out.
My mother is seriously ill.
I'm begging you.
Please show some mercy
and help her.
Stop crying and just step aside.
Get out.
Give it to me.
Feng Mian, go and check it.
Yes.
I'm begging you.
- I'm begging you. - Wait.
I will pay the money for him, and you just give it to him.
Kid.
Take this.
Let's go.
It'd better that this girl is leaving.
Then she will not get in the way of the princess's revenge.
Your son bows before your Majesty.
Che'er, just get up.
Thank you, your Majesty.
The reason I called you in
is that there is something critical.
You need to help me to capture a felon.
Please tell me, your Majesty.
This time,
I have assembled 200 thousand soldiers
with great difficulty,
which is led by Yuan Qi and Wei Shuye
to suppress Yanbei.
Then there are only 150 thousand soldiers
to defend the capital.
But I
just got the information
that the commander's tally of the imperial guards had been stolen
and the 150 thousand imperial guards had been transferred.
It is very serious.
Father, the commander's tally had been stolen
and the force of Chang'an is under strength.
If now Yuwen
leads the army to break through Mei Lin Guan,
he will reach Chang'an directly.
This is a problem.
This is what I'm worried about.
I will go to find the commander's tally immediately.
You have to find the tally as soon as possible,
otherwise Chang'an will be in danger.
Yes.
Your highness, in obedience to your orders,
I have already sent someone to probe the situation.
Recently, there was only Princess Chun
who went out of the Palace.
And we couldn't find out where she had been.
Have you searched the entire Palace?
Yes, we have.
But we didn't find the the Princess.
The commander's tally had been stolen,
the 150 thousand imperial guards had been transferred,
and then Chun'er is missing now.
Chun'er.
Report.
Your highness, this is the secret letter from General Yuwen.
The main force of Yanxun made a detour to Mei Lin Guan
to attack Chang'an.
What?
You said that Chun'er stole the commander's tally
of the emperor.
Is she crazy?
Nowdays,
whatever Chun'er did
will not surprise me.
It's all done.
It is a capital crime.
Miss Chu.
You have misunderstood his highness.
What happened to the chamber of commerce in Xian Yang
was done by General Cheng Yuan.
But the biggest worry of all right now
is Hong Chuan.
His highness, Mr.Wu
and Miss Yu
are the most prestigious
and the most convincing
military leaders in Yanbei.
But none of them
stayed to defend Hong Chuan.
And you have been assigned to Lan City.
The whole Hong Chuan city
has been in the hands of motley force.
If I didn't see General Cheng,
I would really think his highness
had given up Hong Chuan City.
I'm just talking nonsense.
You don't need to believe me.
No.
I'm not going to Lan City.
I'm going back to Hong Chuan.
I need to figure what on earth
Cheng Yuan and Yanxun are getting up to.
Young Master.
We have hurried along the journey
for several days.
It's really unable to stand.
Please take a good rest today.
Don't work so hard with your mind.
Young Master. It's the urgent secret letter from the Seventh Princes.
Give it to me.
Yue Qi, inform all the guards of Yue
to go back to Chang'an the by night.
Yes.
They went back to report
that Miss chu has been back.
Would we go and find her?
Miss chu has a good relationship with Prince Yan.
If she comes forward to explain,
there might be some chance.
Miss chu is our benefactor.
We can't encumber her.
She and Prince Yan
have relied on each other for years.
If there is wedge between them for us,
couldn't we live up to our benefactor?
I know you all want to go home.
Please wait for a while.
Commander, there is something wrong.
What happened?
The vast army of Wei State has attacked,
but Yanxun led the army
to attack Mei Lin Guan.
Hong Chuan is in danger.