Episode 9 @Whimsical
Dad
The flag!
Zhu Geliang is here
This person is really hard to predict
Order the troops to march on slowly and carefully
Roger
March on slowly
Make a path for me
Be careful commander
Stay behind
Your playing tells me
This city behind you
is an empty city
Empty city
Dare you enter this city?
Why wouldn't I enter?
Today
as long as I cross and occupy this city
I will become a famous commander in history
If I enter this city
You will die
Have you forgotten the words you promise to Liu Bei?
You still bear the burden of reviving the Central Plains
You are right
I still bear the last wish of the old King
I can only sacrifice everything I have and do whatever I can to help him achieve what he wanted
You deserve your reputation
Good
I will fulfill what you want
The city gate is wide open
You enter the city easily
Today
I dare to wait you in an empty city
is because I want to have a discussion about your country Wei's future with you
You want to discuss the future of my country with me?
I am born here
and grow up here. I know everything about this place
Why do I have to discuss with you?
You are trapped inside therefore can't see the big picture here
Zhong Da
Your young emperor tends to be suspicious on everyone and the royal family envy the talents in court
All the talented, smart courtier in history face dangers in court
The person who have great achievements for the country will not receive awards from the emperor
You can easily capture and kill me today
but the big net behind you in the court has been long waiting for you
If you enter the city now
As long as the enemy threat from outside no longer exists
They will get rid of you immediately and take your achievements
Zhu Geliang
Only you in this world is willing to sacrifice whatever you have to serve the mater?
I'm also a loyal courtier for my country
I don't care about my achievements
Eliminate me and take what I have achieved
Who can do that?
The Emperor Wu?(Cao Cao)
Emperor Wen?(Cao Pi)
Even if
the current emperor
wants to kill me
as long as I enter this city
and kill you!
I can leave my name on history for sure
They retreat Mr.
Why do you retreat without any fights?
Zhu Geliang is a discrete man in his whole life
He never took risks
He is so calm
There might be some ambushes
The city is just ahead. We retreat before we found any ambushes
I never fight a ridiculous war like this before. I must check in person
Be careful then general Zhang.
If there is no ambush you need to think about what you should say to the emperor
kill you for good!
I will leave my name on history forever
What about your sons?
Don't use the internal threats
to blackmail me
Don't use my son
to threaten me
I once
broke my legs
I talked to myself that day
If one day
I was able to stand up again
I will outrun everyone
I outrun emperor Wu
I also outrun emperor Wen
But I can never outrun
myself
The fear inside me
I went to the city Xin
I saw the letter you wrote to Meng Da
I found four words in it
Look towards the eat
You are a smart person
You tell me
A man's life
What do we want to achieve?
Looks toward the east
What we are looking forward is
the ambition of one's life
is the glory of one's life
is the biggest achievements
in his whole life
Zhong Da
You are wrong
Zhong Da
Looking towards the east
Is not achievements we look forward
is simple our whole life
It's time we are looking at
Father
Dad
There is no ambush in the city right? If we kill Zhu Geliang our family will die too
Prime minister Si Ma Yi's army really retreated like that?
Why is that?
He is not willing and dare not to kill me
It's not a good thing for our country to have an enemy like that
We should leave now quickly
Prime minister used an empty city to make Si Ma Yi retreat like that
We can only attack but can't defense
We make the ordinary people suffer in three counties
This is my fault
Don't blame yourself too hard. Our main force is intact
After the autumn we can come and attack Chang An again
Prime Minister
Our troops are 800 miles away from Chang An
How many wealth and men must we lose to make another trip like this?
Follow up
The villagers said it's indeed an empty city
Si Ma Yi
He did wrong to this country
An empty city, Si Ma Yi
made our troop retreated?
Why is this happening?
Your majesty
Zhu Geliang is a smart person
He wins all the time. This time the danger faced by city Xi
I lost the good chance for being too cautious
I'm responsible for this wrong deeds
Is that really an empty city?
General Zhang captured and interrogate a villager
It's indeed an empty city
Forget about it
Zhu Geliang is indeed a smart fellow
He faked retreat several times and ambush us
Old general Xia Hou Yuan died due to his traps
Don't mention you. Even I faced an empty city like that I dare not enter it easily
Although you let Zhu Geliang run away this time
you still get back three counties and fight back Shu's army
We kind of win right?
Don't kneel anymore. Stand up
Thank you for forgiving your majesty
Your majesty
Si Ma Yi this time obviously let go of the enemies easily
Your majesty
If you still hold grudges on this
You can lead the troops to pursue Zhu Geliang. I think you are able to catch up with him now. He is not far
Interesting
One man in one city
with a string can defeat our large troops
Even the gods can only use strategies like that
But your story will be recorded on history for sure
【City Cheng Du】
Qing Xiao
Meets the emperor
Meets the emperor, long live the emperor
She is my adopted daughter, name Qing Xiao
She is good at painting and calligraphy
She admired you therefore study your calligraph a lot
Your painting skills are pretty good
How is your study of my calligraphy?
It's not easy for the emperor to come here
Please ask the emperor to give you some instructions?
I will write a few characters for you to see
What do you think? - No problem come on
She indeed writes just like me
Your majesty
Is it like my hand writings? - Very much alike!
It's too pretty
If you don't write this well you can do my homework for me
You can paint the girls so pretty
Why don't you do a painting of me?
Sure - How about I standing under the peach tree？
No need to do that. You can just sit here
I have a present for you
If Qing Xiao entered the harem
Please help me look after her
Even you don't mention this I will do it for you because it's unfair for you
Nothing unfair
I don't want to see the emperor too tired
I want to share the burden of the emperor
The old emperor regard highly of you
You should have outranked the prime minister
Now you have nothing to do
This time the expedition didn't even consult your opinion
Not to mention me
Even the emperor knew it's not fair for you
I came from Yi Zhou
Prime minister never like the person from Yi Zhou
How to defense the Yi Zhou without persons from there?
The emperor never like the constraining of the prime minister
I failed the prime minister
I failed the country
Prime minister
I failed you prime minister
I deserve to die
Come on
Proceed the execution
The edict is here prime minister
The emperor pardon the crime of Ma Shu
【Guo You Zhi, Name Yan Chang】
Privy Counselor Guo
【Yang Yi, Name Wei Gong】
Ma Shu
is executed
by the military laws
This....
Prime minister said
The military law should be followed strictly
If we don't follow the laws strictly we will not be able to defeat the enemies
Prime minister!
I, as a courtier
receive the edict
Prime ministre, Ma Su is guilty
He should be punished by the military laws
Don't put this on yourself
I don't cry because of his death
I cried because I used the wrong person
I can't win this war with so many soldiers
I even let the defending army at Jie Ting died for nothing
These are my sins
Prince
Why don't we celebrate for the victory?
What do you want then?
There should be singing and dancing
People partying together
No winning soldiers will be like us
We tried our best to reach city Wan, city Xin and even city Chang An
You even defeated Zhu Geliang. How awesome you are
But the emperor didn't give you anything
Only me can make some porridges for you
What do you know
It's the emperor who defeated Zhu Geliang
He is wise and attacked Chang An in person
We shouldn't take credits for the victory of the King
This is emperor's blessing
You don't need to flatter me
Sorry I don't know your majesty is here
Stand up - Thank you
You can step down
I overheard
That little eye servant got points
Since you won the battle for me
I of course should reward you
Tell me
What should I reward you?
I don't expect to have rewards for my sins
What sins do you have?
Your majesty
I didn't ask you and led the troops from city Xin
I ordered the army by myself. It's a big sin. Please punish me
I didn't give you the power of borrowing troops
You brought troops to Chang An on your own
Other emperors might think you are conspiring and try to rebel
I knew the battle situation in Chang An is in emergency
I'm afraid we might lose chance to attack therefore led the troops without authorizations
Please punish me
Forget it
We are not strangers
I of course believe you
But I still want to advise you
Please be careful where you tread
In case someone else might seek chance to set you up
Should I convict your crime or not?
Thank you for your consideration
I will return home with nothing when the frontier is stable and peaceful
No need to disarm and return to your hometown
You help me control the country you should administrate the country for me as well
What else?
I'm timid and discrete
I'm afraid our troops might face danger therefore let Zhu Ge flee away
This is my fault
It's not a bad thing to be timid and discrete
Those who died badly are bold and without disciplines
Thank you for your instructions
Is the king in good shape?
Is Cheng Du is good shape too?
Everything is fine prime minister
Did the emperor go to court everyday?
Is he lazy on learning and studying?
This...
Is the emperor okay?
I'm here to tell you a message
Zhu Geliang killed Ma Su
Do you think Zhu Geliang will come back?
In this way
He will come back for sure
How so?
Zhu Geliang treated Ma Su like his own son
It's like killing his own son to kill him
If he didn't kill him the morale in troops will be down
Ma Su's head is his determination
Zhu Geliang is pathetic but also a strong enemy
Our country will not be peaceful within ten years