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[Novoland: Eagle Flag] [Based on a fiction by Jiang Nan]
[Episode 51]
If you weren't working for First Princess,
you would be an excellent musician.
I would like to become a musician too, but
I live in a chaotic time.
What First Princess has ordered,
I have to obey and do a good job. Sorry.
Uncle, are you alright?
I sent off so many pigeons. I thought you couldn't find me.
When we arrived at the salt shop, the pigeons were everywhere.
Let's not talk about that. We should hurry and leave. Let's go!
Charge!
Oh no, it's a signal arrow. They are calling for the troops to get here.
So it's him!
- You know him, Uncle? - He's an old acquaintance.
But he is now First Princess's running dog.
I don't care who he is. Let's fight first!
Ji Ye.
As Chief Leader, you must stay calm.
We can't stay here, must find a way to get out of here.
Come.
Go!
Charge!
Let's go!
I'm sure everyone
understands why we are here today.
How will we defend the dual attacks from both the cold winter and White Wolves?
What does everyone think?
Fortify our defense line from Sha Le Ranch to North Capital.
White Wolves can appear anywhere along that line.
We don't have enough provisions and horses now.
We can only defend.
Tukele, Heludin, I'll entrust North Capital's defense for your two clans to arrange.
We haven't acknowledged you as new Emperor yet.
How is it Eldest Prince is already issuing orders?
As I see it, the main topic of today's Kulige Conference
is not about defending from White Wolves, but
about confirming our rightful Emperor.
Everyone, this is an unusual time. Do you really want to see Qingyang in chaos?
Asule, you left the grasslands for too long a time.
You've probably forgotten the law on the grasslands.
On the grasslands, only the true Emperor can command all the troops.
As we get closer to the critical time,
we really need an Emperor that everyone will consent to obey.
Third Brother, when you see you are further away from the Emperor's throne,
are you feeling hasty?
Don't think that I don't know who these Chiefs are secretly clamoring for.
If Shuobei wasn't crouching in wait, we wouldn't be talking about anything else.
Let's find out who our treasonous moles are.
Eldest Brother now sits in the Great Hall.
Does that allow you to kill Father's loyal counselors at will?
Don't make wild accusations and spew nonsense!
Giddy up.
King...
King Gold!
I sure am.
I am Shuobei King of Wolves' son, Hutuluhan.
I came today to tell you, who are like the lambs of Qingyang.
My father, Monlehouer,
is leading tens of thousands of Wolf Calvary and approaching North Capital.
He can wave his hand,
and the entire Han Province will be trampled.
We have seen your bravery.
Great Khan, you came to our Kulige Conference,
are you only here to enjoy talking down at us?
Are you Lu Song's youngest son, Lu Guichen, Asule Pasuer?
Yes.
You are actually my nephew.
My pitiable sister married into Qingyang,
and never lived a good day from then on.
I really miss her.
Your eldest brother has grabbed the Emperor's seat.
You still assist him in strategy planning?
Before he died, my Father designated Eldest Brother as the new Emperor.
I don't have any disagreement.
I also don't wish to see anyone overthrow Father's decision.
Too bad.
You are totally devoted to maintain your father's legacy, but everyone else here
each has an ulterior motive. Pasuer family's youngest son,
your Kulige Conference will end with nothing of value.
I am giving Qingyang a last chance.
Surrender to Shuobei and negotiate for peace.
Don't be hasty in answering me.
It's rare that you have all gotten together to meet.
Discuss things well.
Remember, don't test wolves' patience.
Otherwise, you will be met with the cruelest destruction.
Eldest Prince, I think it's alright to negotiate peace with Shuobei.
I think so too.
We are not equipped to fight with Shuobei now.
Emperor, you will make the final decision.
But I think staying alive
is the harshest challenge we are facing now.
Fight or negotiate, we should have an idea.
Although Monlehouer is old,
his Wolf Calvary can still defeat all of our clans.
I think we have room to negotiate.
Yes, especially King Gold
also controls the gold mine in the north.
He uses gold to exchange for quality weaponry with Eastland.
If we really fight,
he will exact cruel revenge against
clans that support Qingyang.
At this time, we can't bump head to head and fight a hard war.
What everyone has said
makes sense.
But we don't know what Huduluhan has said is real or not.
If we really want to negotiate for peace,
but they are just lying to us, what do we do?
We need a suitable envoy to negotiate with them.
If we can stop this war,
I am willing to go see Monlehouer.
Asule, this will be very dangerous.
Eldest Brother,
compared to Qingyang's safety,
this is nothing.
That's right, it's best for Eldest Prince to go.
He is Monlehouer's grandson.
Asule,
you are a child that Qingyang is proud of.
You are worthy of the ancient bloodline of the Pasuer family.
Alright.
I designate you to go to Shoubei for the accord,
representing Qingyang's Emperor, to negotiate with the King of Wolves.
I will do my utmost
so as not to disappoint your trust in me.
Come eat.
Lamb shanks!
How can the Emperor
make you go to Shuobei when you've just come back?
Those wolves eat people.
Mama, I volunteered to go.
The other nobles wouldn't help on this matter.
They want to see the Pasuer family fail.
If I don't stand up to help Eldest Brother,
who else can he ask for help?
You two need to take good care of him, Do you hear?
- Don't worry. - Don't worry, Mama.
With the two of us, the wolves will fear us.
Asule.
Suma.
Queen.
Tieyan, Tieye, come out with me.
Alright.
When do you leave?
I will leave right after I eat.
Don't you want to talk it over with Emperor again?
This will be a dangerous journey.
I asked Eldest Brother to do this.
I don't want to see my home trampled by the wolves so soon after I just returned home.
It still shouldn't be you who goes.They know you won't refuse...
Suma,
I don't feel any unfairness as long as it's for Qingyang.
Don't worry, I will come back safely.
[Capital, Revelation City]
What's the matter? Are you thinking of going off by yourself and your spear to seek your future in the world?
I was on guard duty at Revelation City for a month,
but I never discovered that this city is so large.
This is but one city.
I don't know how big Eastland is.
How big is Eastland?
How big is the entire Nine Provinces?
I saw you for the first time at the drilling field.
You were holding this spear.
At that time, I could tell the drilling field was too small for you.
So was South Huai City.
Remember what you said when you went to Yiufeng Pond one day to look for me?
I remember.
I said that I wanted to gain a title as a general or a noble,
because I didn't want to die without anyone remembering me.
At that time,
I didn't want to follow behind someone's horse and be looked down upon.
I only wanted to prove myself
to everyone that I was stronger than all of them.
You've done it.
Now all the Heavenly Samurai in Eastland will remember your name,
just like they remembered the Crown Prince's name.
I remember Asule also said, "I will protect you."
After going through so many perils with him, I've gradually realized
the true meaning of that phrase.
A Samurai
shouldn't just know putting on the armor and killing enemies.
It's true that those we killed were enemies.
But originally
we didn't have to be enemies.
A truly good Samurai
must be able to protect a city,
and protect
all the living souls in that city.
Do you know?
I used to think you and Crown Prince were different.
I even worried that you weren't able to bear the responsibility of this ring.
But now, I can entrust the future of Heavenly Samurai
to you without worries.
Teacher,
do you really think that I can do it?
Based on what you talked about just now,
I believe you can.
My friend and I used to sit here and chat, too.
We used to think about galloping around the world,
and win the world with our horses and swords.
But, it's a different time and different world now.
The future belongs to you and your friends.
Asule and I promised each other
that we will meet again.
I hope, at that time, the Nine Provinces won't be at war anymore.
Let's take it a step at a time.
To have peace in Eastland,
we have to eliminate all the evils in Revelation City.
Find a place to take a break and recoup for a few days.
Our friends will arrive soon.
Teacher, do you mean General Bai Yi?
He likes to be late,
but now that he has someone to protect,
I think he won't be too late this time.
[Shuobei, King of Wolves' Base]
Go in. Close it.
A lamb has come to the lair of wolves.
It appears that our grasslands is never short of preys.
King of Wolves,
I represent Emperor of Qingyang to pay you a sincere greeting.
The Emperor sent me here this time
to talk peace with Shuobei.
Asule,
do you know why I want you to stand here?
You are facing your mother's grave.
What's flowing inside you
is Shubei's blood.
Do you rather stay as a dog for Qingyang?
King of Wolves,
I was born in Qingyang, and Qingyang is my home.
I brought with me this time all the clans' joint wish for peace.
I hope that you will consider our wish.
Qingyang was the first to break the rules.
It was also Qingyang that drove us to the extreme coldness of northern wilderness.
And now, it's only natural that Shuobei's wolves go back to their home.
We don't need anyone's approval.
Besides, there is no leader in Han Province now.
Lu Shouyu obtained the throne through improper means.
He can't be the Emperor of grasslands.
Then, do you think there is a better way?
There is.
Submit Lu Shouyu's head,
give us all the women of Qingyang,
surrender to us and subjugate to Shoubei.
Then,
Qingyang's men can stay alive.
King of Wolves,
this is not a condition.
It is our condition.
Compared to the condition Qingyang gave to Shuobei and Zhengyan,
it's actually better.
Asule, half of your bloodline is from Shuobei.
You don't need to sacrifice yourself for Qingyang.
I understand now.
Asule.
Since you are my grandson,
I have something to remind you.
Please tell me, King of Wolves.
Qingyang's defeat is definite.
Even without Shuobei,
it will decay from the inside
and gradually become rotten and cankerous.
What do you mean by that?
Do you remember how Muli died?
Why did we know so accurately about their raid's location
and timing?
You mean, there is really a mole inside Qingyang?
Your closest friend
could also be the sharpest blade
that can directly pierce your heart.
Go, child.
This is the end of my advice to you.
Someday you will understand my thoughtful concerns
and ask to become a wolf of Shuobei.
That day will never come.
I see incomprehension and anger on your face.
How is this possible?
Why are you still alive?
I love white snow and grasslands.
You seem to still be struggling in common pains, right?
I already told you.
I am invincible.
No, I've killed you before.
I saw with my own eyes how you fell and struggled in a pool of blood.
You appear again, I'll kill you again.
I won't let anyone get anything at will in my homeland.
He finally looks a little like our clan's little wolf.
Are you saying, none of the clans is willing to send help?
They all say the snowstorm is too strong, and their backup troops can't get in.
Lanma clan even says that God Panda has condemned Qingyang with a catastrophe,
and wanted Qingyang to endure it.
Rise.
No matter what, this information must not be spread out.
Qingyang must not be in chaos. Go out and tell them.
Just say that Lanma, Jiunan, and Shachi clans will all send reinforcement troop.
Yes.
Lord Nayan is back.
Greetings, Emperor.
Asule, it's good that you are back.
What conditions did Louyan Menglehuor bring up?
I am willing to assist Your Majesty to fight Shuobei and protect Qingyang.
Lanma, Jiunan, and Shachi will all send reinforcement troops.
When those troops show up, the Shuobei wolf bandits will retreat.
Of course. How many people are there in Shuobei?
With our four units joining forces,
we can fight them.
Mother, this is great.
Spring is here. There won't be any wolves.
We can graze herds again.
- Are you happy? - Yes.
Go and play.
- Watch your safety. Slow down. - Okay.
Stop, people of Shuobei. You are a thief.
I'm not from Shuobei. You are the thief instead.
Stop there. Don't run.
Stop there.
Lord Nayan, you have already tried your best.
Don't worry. We will fight together with you.
But they are being bullied.
But even if you tell them, it wouldn't do any good.
Lord Nayan is back.
Lord Nayan just came back and defeated the leader of the wolves.
With him here, we will definitely defeat Shuobei.
What did you say? I defeated the leader of the wolves?
Near the Tai Le River.
You charged out alone
- and defeated the leader of the wolves and even rescued General Muli. - That's because...
Let's follow Lord Nayan and defeat Shuobei.
Follow Lord Nayan and defeat Shuobei!
During this time, add extra security atop the city walls.
Older Brother.
Leave now.
Asule, why are you here?
Older Brother, do you believe that I can lead the army?
Get up and talk.
You want to lead the army?
I'm already an adult.
I'm a man who can go into battle for Qingyang.
Asule, by saying this, I'm comforted
but it's not that easy as you think.
Whatever General Muli can't do, who else in North Capital is capable of doing it?
I don't want to personally witness my younger brother
taking the path of General Muli.
I won't take his path.
I have my own battle skills.
I want to borrow a cavalry from you.
A calvalry team and the entire Iron Pagoda Calvary?
Asule, do you know what you are asking for?
What you want is not something minor.
If we lose, Qingyang will never have the chance to recover again.
I will convince everyone with my fighting skills tomorrow.
As for this cavalry team and the Iron Pagoda Calvary,
I'm willing to trade my life for this.
I'm the son of the grassland.
Our dignity is more important than anything else.
Fine.
This is what I want to hear.
I've talked with the generals and those royals for so long, and
I was hoping to hear such words.
My younger brother are saying these words now.
Come with me.
Did you see that?
I have ten thousand of such cavalrymen.
Everyone has two good horses,
one high-quality armor, and a sharp iron blade.
You personally trained them.
That's right. I trained them when I was a prince.
I spent many years of hard work for them.
I'm the Emperor now.
I haven't used this troop before.
Older Brother.
The battle at Taile River,
did you dispatch them?
Looks like you have already guessed it.
Those old lords would do anything to preserve their own strengths.
It's the same for me.
Frankly, I had no confidence that Muli could win that battle.
If I don't have this ten thousand men,
this throne that I am sitting on
will lose its power in the City of Beidu.
Asule, you now have ten thousand cavalry men for the battle.
and a thousand Iron Pagoda riders who will listen to your command.
This is everything I have.
This is your older brother's life.
Also also, Suma's.
Older Brother.
Asule.
Don't kneel down to me. We are not master and slave.
We are brothers.
Don't display your battle skills to anyone tomorrow.
Don't tell anyone your combat plan too.
I know.
When I met the leader of the wolves,
he personally told me about the spy in Qingyang.
Who is he?
He didn't reveal who but I think, being able to know about General Muli's battle plan,
and to know the fatal location for the White Wolves Regiment to lie in wait,
This person must be very close to us.
I must flush him out and break his neck.
Your Highness thought that Ningqing won't be able to return
but Ningqing knows that he will definitely return.
You didn't announce that you were coming back. With your new role,
I should let all the court ministers kneel in greeting your presence.
I ran into palace servants when I entered, and I told them not to announce it.
It's not necessary to make a big announcement when one returns home.
Home? Do you think Chang Le Palace is still big enough for you?
You are now Lower Tang's real ruler.
The Baili family only has me inside the capital,
but it has many descendants in Lower Tang.
There are many old people in the family tribe.
so I am allowed to be temporarily in charge of Lower Tang.
I don't really aspire to be Lord Of Lower Tang.
I have always been the child that followed Your Highness's skirt.
As long as I could follow Your Highness and have candy to eat, then it's quite enough.
It's good that you are back.
The entire court is full of useless officials.
I let them handle Xi Yan. In the end, Xi Yan escaped.
Against someone like Xi Yan,
the guards probably did all they could.
Your real opponent is not Xi Yan.
They are Bai Yi and Little Zhou instead.
Your birthday is about to arrive, we should hold a national celebration.
Your kid is all grown up now.
He's a heroic kid.
Rest in please.
Your wife,
remarried a courageous warrior.
She gave birth to a brave kid.
Even though the kid doesn't resemble you,
but he is as strong as you,
so think of him as your own son.
Sleep in peace.
Your family all died.
Your wolf also died.
You have no descendants.
Your friends have also come back here.
Sleep in peace.
When I die, if my corpse can also lie here
and listen to the King of Wolves chant for my memorial,
I would die without regrets.
Lei Bicheng.
You Eastlanders don't understand that
betrayal is a man's worst shame?
You were willing to spend a huge cost
to save Lu Song's youngest son.
And now you have traveled afar
across the icy plain to find me.
You say the Celestial Ministry will acknowledge me as Emperor of Grasslands,
and that my ax
will hack off the end of Eastland's Emperor.
What do you really
want to get from me?
Actually we don't want anything.
We only wish for your success in capture North Capital.
Frankly,
if Guoleer Paseur could have lived another twenty years,
we might not wish to ally with you.
It's too bad that he died too early.
Also,
he was also a weak man.
I heard that Celestial Ministry's envoy
only needs wars.
That's no necessarily so, but we do need wars right now.
My son, Huduluhan, said that
you are like the
the pestering flies that fly around
the dead cattle corpses.
I think
he is right.
I can't give other things to you,
but if you want wars,
you will get them soon.
We meet again.
No, you are not real. This is just my illusion.
It's never been important whether I'm real.
But to the people of North Capital, you are real.
The Star of Disaster that they know from the constellation
has returned again.
It's too bad that this Star of Disaster has the Crown Prince title.
Two princes want to become the emperor,
and both want your support.
So what if one can become Emperor?
Qingyang is destined to lose in this war.
Maybe I am the Star of Disaster,
but I am also your Star of Disaster.
As long as I'm alive, I'll safeguard Qingyang's glory.
Have you ever understand this?
To the people in your clan,
some people don't think glory is that important.
If it weren't so,
General Muli would not have been defeated so easily.
Do you know who the mole is?
I wouldn't believe what you say.
What a stubborn child you still are!
I only want to tell you
that there is danger everywhere in North Capital.
Don't believe anything too quickly even if you see it with your own eyes.
Eastland's Emperor...
Didn't you trust him a lot?
But he still wanted to kill you.
Aren't you afraid
that there will be another person like him?
Eldest Prince.
I'm Commander of Iron Pagoda Cavalry, Buhuala,
I will obey your commands.
I am Commander of Tiger Leopard Cavalry,.
The Emperor ordered me to come, so I came.
But I didn't expect that the Emperor is placing all of Qingyang's hope on a child who had never commanded troops.
Uncle,
I have grown up. I also fought in battles in Northland.
I know what cruelty is.
Emperor ordered me here, so I will definitely obey you,
but honesty, I feel unsettled without knowing your style of strategies.
General Muli failed even with almost a 100,000-men cavalry from Qingyang deployed to Tai Le River.
Now, we only have 10,000 cavalry men and one thousand from Iron Pagoda.
May I ask what your plan is?
I can tell you that, with only 11,000 men,
it's impossible to defeat White Wolf Regiment and Shuobei's cavalry.
- Then why... - But I can make sure we kill one person.
Our mission is an assassination attack.
The target is, Shuobei's King of Wolves.
Assassination? Use a 10,000-men army to assassinate?
That's right.
This strategy is called Pierce the Heart.
What kind of strategy is that?
If Eastland had good strategies, why would they beg for help from Qingyang?
It's actually very simple.
Back when Emperor Fengyan invaded North Capital for the second time,
the Pierce-the-Heart strategy was used.
People of the grasslands had the advantage in fast horses and employed guerrilla tactics.
If Emperor Fengyan had to face frequent annoyances by the guerrilla riders,
he would have been slowed down in his progression.
So he decided to ignore them.
He ordered Yulin Major General Su Jinsheng
to take elite troops to march almost in a straight line toward North Capital.
If he had really taken down North Capital with the Pierce-the-Heart strategy,
all the other clans would have surrendered.
Asule, Pierce the Heart relies on speed,
and the moment from first strike into the enemy's camp, to kill their chief.
That's right.
But Monlehuer almost always has 3,000 Wolf Warriors next to him.
Also, our horses will panic and run stray when they see the wolves.
Our situation will disintegrate into a mess.
I've thought of it. The White Wolf Regiment's advantage
is not in their fighting ability, but in the fact that horses are naturally afraid of wolves.
It's a horse's natural instinct to fear wolves, and in particular, the wolves of White Wolf Regiment.
So if we don't have a solution on this problem, we can't sustain in a battle against them.
That's why we will cover the horses' eyes
and plug their ears.
But won't our horses practically become blind?
We want them blind!
Buhuana here will follow Eldest Prince
to strike against King of Wolves.
What do we about Ninth Lord? He is the head of Tiger Leopard Cavalry.
Without him, those cavalry men won't listen toy you.
Uncle is Qingyang's Ninth Lord..
He won't disregard the lives of all Qingyang.
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