Episode 20
We almost lost everything because of him.
If I don't execute you...
...I would let the entire army and the Emperor down.
What are you still waiting for? Execute him now!
Yes!
Master.
Master. -Please spare him!
Master. -Chief Commander.
We're not asking you to abuse your power.
We're in a war right now. Master Zhao is courageous.
Please spare him! I'll be his surety!
I'll be his surety, too! Chief Commander, please spare him!
- We'll be his sureties! Chief Commander, please spare him!
Kneel!
Play the drums!
Master, you can't execute Zhao'er.
The Lady is getting older now.
Zhao'er is everything to her. Please have mercy...
...and spare him. If not, how are you going to face the Lady?
Father, for the sake of mother...
...please spare Zhao'er this time.
This is the army.
You're not allowed to plead for him.
If you continue to defend him, I'll execute you, too!
Stop!
Generals, please rise.
Rise!
Master Shi, I can't carry out the punishment if you do so.
Get lost!
Tell my father, if he wants to execute him...
...he'll have to execute both of us!
Brother, go away! I shall bear the consequences myself!
Masher Sh“!
Guo Huai, please help Master Zhao.
Chief Commander!
Chief Commander, you've spared me.
Please do the same for Master Zhao, too!
If Master Zhao is dead, I would be ashamed to live either!
Please show some mercy, Chief Commander!
Master!
Chief Commander!
Chief Commander, Master Shi is shielding Master Zhao now.
The executioner can't carry out the execution.
Pull him away! -Yes.
Chief Commander, I was in this together with Master Zhao.
Please execute me, too!
Stand here.
Please execute me, too!
We'll die alongside Master Zhao!
These are Master Zhads men.
They've gone through thick and thin together.
Some are indebted to Master Zhao. Some are close friends of his.
They all look up to Master Zhao!
Please consider their feelings, Chief Commander.
Please spare Master Zhao!
Please spare Master Zhao! -Master!
Please spare Master Zhao!
Because of his arrogance, so many of our men...
...have died.
I'm heartbroken.
I'm moved by how united all of you are...
...and how determined you are in defeating the enemy.
I can spare his life...
...but he'll still be punished.
I'll sentence him to 200 lashes.
Chief Commander, Master Zhao might not be able to take it.
He still needs to go for war later.
If you continue to plead for him, I'll execute him instead.
Yes. -200 lashes for Master Zhao!
Yes.
I've let everyone in the army down.
All right, everyone, please go back to attend to your injury.
Chief Commander!
You've spared me!
I swear that I'll destroy Shu...
...one day!
Hou Ji. -Yes.
Prepare the ink. -Yes.
Come on! -Carry out the punishment!
One!
TWO !
It feels great! -Three!
Four!
Five!
Six!
Seven!
Eight!
145!
General.
Chief Commander, Master Zhao has passed out!
Sima Zhao, stand straight!
Brother, I'm in such great pain...
...that I might cry for mother anytime now.
Be a man and lift your head!
Go ahead!
146!
141!
148!
198!
199!
200!
Chief Commander!
Chief Commander, the punishment is complete.
Sun Li.
Yes. -Put up notices...
...at our entrance and in Luoyang city.
"Sima Zhao is punished because he defied the military order.
Anyone who attempts to fight the enemy...
...will be punished severely." -Yes.
Generals, you must be exhausted.
Please go back and rest.
Hurry UP-
Check and see...
...whether he's...
...still alive. -Yes.
He's still alive...
...but he suffered 200 lashes after all.
He's all battered. His blood was everywhere.
Father, we don't have sufficient medical equipment here.
We need to send Zhao'er back to Luoyang to get better treatment.
It'll be better for him to be by mother's side.
Lady will break down if she sees him like this.
Shi'er is right.
It'd be better for Zhao'er to return to Luoyang now.
Shi'er. -Yes.
Make the arrangement.
Hou Ji. -Yes.
Please send him back to Luoyang.
Send him back to his mother. -Yes.
Master, I know you might not like what I'm going to say, but...
...he's your son.
Look at the state he's in. His blood was everywhere.
You're too cruel to him.
Look at my hands.
I'm already 56 years old.
It's time for him to learn a lesson.
Yes, you're right.
The blood was everywhere.
Chancellor, we didn't manage to kill Sima Yi this time...
...but we managed to seize the camp in Weinan. It's a victory.
Cheer up, Chancellor.
As an army commander...
...one should study the weathen...
...the geographical locations...
...as well as the people's minds.
However, I didn't expect the weather to change like that.
One can't predict the future.
Please stop blaming yourself, Chancellor.
The right time.
That's what I've been thinking about these days.
Is there any news about Wei's army?
Sima Yi has gathered his men and camped at Beiyuan.
According to informants, he severely punished Sima Zhao...
...and even put up notices outside his camp...
...saying that anyone who attempts to fight without his permission...
...will suffer the same fate.
He's putting on an act for me, as well as for Cao Rui.
Order our men to go to Wei's camp and challenge them to fight.
Yes.
Here's the helmet of your Chief Commander!
Come and collect it now!
Cowards! Why don't you just hand your Chief Commander's head...
...to us?
Sima, come out now!
Wei's men are useless. They're cowards!
Come out! Sima!
He dropped his armour and helmet!
Is this Sima Yi? Wait, it's a tortoise!
All of you are nothing but losers!
You shiver at the sound of the drums!
You hide inside the drain after taking only a few steps!
Father, did you hear that? I can't stand it.
Yes, I heard it. It's fine.
It's fine?
Shu's army is being too much! How long should we endure this?
Sh? er.
If one can endure more than others, he or she would succeed.
Sima the traitor! Come out!
Wear it. -Sima is a loser!
He shivers at the sound of the drum! After only a few steps...
...he straightaway hides in the drain!
Look at your commander! He drops his armour and helmet!
Is this Sima Yi? Wait, it's a tortoise!
Sima is a loser! He shivers at the sound of the drums!
After only a few steps, he straightaway hides in the drain!
Look at your commander! He drops his armour and helmet!
Is this Sima Yi? Wait, it's a tortoise!
All of you are nothing but losers!
He shivers at the sound of the drums! After only a few steps...
...he straightaway hides in the drain!
He straightaway hides in the drain!
Chancellor, we've been provoking them for days...
...but Sima Yi didn't budge at all.
He just suffered a defeat. He won't fight us anytime soon.
Victories and defeats are pan and parcel of a war.
I can afford to lose, but he can't.
Cao Rui ordered him to defeat us within three months.
Why is he trying to prolong it?
What is he waiting for? - He's sticking to defence.
Sometimes...
...it's better to do that than to attack.
Sima Yi is putting on an act for me.
Has he defeated the enemy yet?
Not yet. Instead, his son fought without his permission...
...and was nearly executed over it.
Your Majesty, he did that to show you that...
...he's determined not to start a war with Shu.
It looks like he's starting to go against you.
There's still a month to go.
By then, you can help me to take him down.
I'll present Sima Yi with a 'gift', Your Majesty.
Be careful. I'm not sure...
...how far he would go this time.
You deserve it. Luckily you survived.
If the ministers got wind of it...
...it'd be more than just a beating.
Yes, you're right. I deserve to be punished.
However, your father was cruel to you.
I have never hit you before.
He's your father.
Mother, it's not father's fault. I was reckless.
Because of me, we almost lost everything we have.
Father had no choice but to do so.
It's not easy fighting a war. - So you do know it's your fault?
How is your father doing?
He's all battered and doesn't know what to do.
Maybe I should visit him in the army.
I'm curious about Zhuge Liang anyway.
Mother, please bring me along.
If I remain here, I'd be ashamed of myself for the rest of my life.
Your father might not want to see you.
Mother. - Sister-in-law.
Is it still painful, brother?
I'm fine. It's not painful.
Here. Drink this.
Mother, I heard everything you talked about.
I'll prepare some clothes...
...for you to bring to Shi'er when you're at the army.
All right.
Hui'er, you're my daughter-in-law.
Please take care of the family when I'm not around.
Don't move! Who are you?
Ham's Chancellor Zhuge...
...has a letter for Wei's Chief Commander Sima Yi.
Open the gate!
"As the chief commander...
"instead of fighting us at the battlefield...
...you're hiding in your camp.
You're acting like a woman.
That's why we're sending you a set of female attire.
Feel free to receive it if you insist on not fighting us.
If you still care about your dignity...
...and manhood, let us settle our differences in a war.
Is this the female attire you're talking about?
This is a dress made of our very own Shu tapestry.
Chief Commander, if you think you're as...
...frail and timid as a woman...
...you should wear this.
How dare you!
Zhuge Liang is insolent!
Please allow me to fight Shu's army!
You can't kill a messenger! -Stop!
You can't kill a messenger!
Please bring the messenger here.
My subordinate was rude. I'm sorry for what he did.
This way, please.
Come here.
Take a seat.
How is Chancellor Zhuge doing these days?
The Chancellor is fine.
I heard he's busy everyday and doesn't eat and rest much.
Is he still busy?
Of course, all of us are counting on the Chancellor.
In order to fulfill his mission...
...he handles everything personally...
...including something as trivial as a punishment of 20 strokes.
He's much capable than me.
How is his diet? How much rice does he take every meal?
He consumes less than 800g of rice everyday.
What time does he sleep and wake up?
He sleeps late and rises early.
He sleeps less than four hours everyday.
He's been so hard on himself.
Stop talking about other stuff.
Just pick between fighting us and wearing the dress.
I'll send your reply to the Chancellor.
If not, it's up to you what you want to do to me.
Kill him! -Commander, kill him!
Is there any news from the messenger?
The messenger is daring and speaks eloquently.
I'm sure he'd succeed in provoking Sima Yi to fight us.
I certainly hope so.
This...
...is my last resort
It's autumn now.
"The wind of autumn is blowing the cloud away.
The leaves turn yellow and the birds are flying to south.
Great joy is always followed by great sorrow.
One can't remain young forever.
Everyone will get older somehow."
This Shu's silk looks bright and beautiful.
So all the expenses of Chancellor Zhuge's army...
...are footed by the young maidens in Shu, who sew these dresses.
However, they don't know when they will reunite with their lovers...
...who've gone for wars.
Do you have a seamstress in your family?
Yes.
The Chancellor and I read each other like a book.
We understand each other well.
Hou Ji. -He's in Luoyang now.
Father, please don't do it! -Chief Commander!
Please don't do it!
Chief Commander!
Chief Commander, please don't do it!
Wei Riverside.
That's where I'm going.
Is he out of his mind?
Shameless!