Sword Dynasty
Episode 31
Father,
I hid something just now.
I know.
Tell me.
What have you seen?
What I hid is not
what you think.
You've grown up.
You can even guess what I think.
Did you come all the way here
to save my life?
Of course.
Fortunately,
you're safe.
No.
I'm still alive today
because of the rebel from Qian, Bai Shanshui.
Had Liang Lian not been defeated by Bai Shanshui,
I would have been killed by him.
You mean,
Liang Lian...
Ever since Liang Lian entered Fengming,
he had been ambitious and covetous.
But
he was not so audacious,
as to intervene in my family matters.
He certainly dared not hurt me.
I believe there's someone behind him.
Father,
this is our family matter. Let's not let anyone else know it.
That's why I didn't tell you about it in public just now.
Father,
I want justice.
This battle in Fengwu
has improved Heng's morale,
but it won't be easy for them
in the future.
Yuan Zihan of Heng is always violent.
He'll definitely not have mercy on those old and weak people of Fengwu.
Li Yunrui has gone to the border
between Fengwu and Xian to help them,
which is to show Xian's support for Fengwu.
At the border between Fengwu and Xian,
Chancellor can not only help the displaced people
and win a good reputation for us,
but also
buy some time for His Majesty's plan
to attack Heng.
What do you mean?
Mother,
Fengwu was occupied by Heng,
but the border of Heng
also somewhat extended.
You want to send Li Yunrui to take the Heng army by surprise?
Yes.
At this moment, the armies
of Xian, Mo, and Li
have arrived at the border of Heng.
Tomorrow, Fengming will know about
the attack from the three armies.
You want to send Li Yunrui
to Fengwu as the helper for the old and weak ones
and then strike the Heng army
at the opportune moment?
Exactly.
Heng has insufficient forces at Fengwu,
but the main strength of their army has gathered here.
The Heng army won't be able to take care of both sides then.
We'll take this chance to attack it.
Then we'll get
either the people or the city.
Or,
we'll get both.
The Heng army has been smashing the enemy.
Why is Your Highness wearing a worried frown?
The Crown Prince hasn't come back
for two days now.
Your Highness, don't worry.
If the Crown Prince is dead,
we're happy.
If he isn't,
since Liang Lian is dead,
it won't get you involved.
Fengwu is doomed.
Your Highness made the most contributions.
No rumor
can affect you.
What if Zichu does come back
and makes a firm accusation that I ordered it,
and then Father believes it?
Your Highness, do you still remember
the maidservant on the annual banquet?
You mean
to use the bewitching poison?
Everything is under control.
Just sit tight and wait for it.
Quickly! Quickly!
Over there.
Run!
-Over here. -Over here.
-Run! -Run!
Come on. Get up.
Thank you.
Go!
What happened in the army?
The Heng army attacked.
They've broken into the city now.
Save these people.
Run!
Gu?
Gu!
Your Royal Highness.
I'm so sorry.
I failed to defend Fengwu.
I was too late.
The defeat is irreversible.
I have gathered together the old, the weak, the women and the children.
Take them and run.
Run!
Take care of Gu.
Don't let anything go wrong.
Yes.
Fengwu's soldiers are not afraid of death.
We're defeated now,
but if we keep the women and children safe,
we'll have kept the lineage of Fengwu going.
With the lineage safe,
we'll be able to make a comeback,
Your Royal Highness.
Go!
Help me.
Ding Ning,
I have
one last request.
Please help me.
Please take the old, the weak, the women, and the children in my tent
away from this place.
I once helped the King of Xian,
so they will keep them.
A state always needs its king.
Go with us.
My men are fighting in blood.
I'm their king,
how can I run away?
Canglang,
I will live and die with you.
Get out of here!
Live on.
Ding Ning,
thank you.
Sorry!
Canglang!
Come on!
Everybody, go with me to a safe place.
Hurry!
Get up.
Go! Quickly!
Come on!
Whoever can move, come to me.
Charge!
I've sworn to be with Canglang in this lifetime.
The Crown Prince knows he can't survive this.
You'd better not burden him.
I don't dream of dying in old age with him.
I just want to be with him all the time.
If the man who can be with me through life is gone,
what's the point of surviving alone?
Lianzi!
She's right.
Let's go.
Hurry! Over here!
Get up. Let's go.
General, right in front of us
is the border between Xian and Fengwu.
Give out my order.
Make the camp here.
Xian will take care of
all refugees from Fengwu.
Yes.
Make the camp here.
Hurry!
Li!
Canglang!
What happened to your morale
in the battlefield before?
Your eyes are like those of a wolf!
Unfortunately,
no matter how fierce you are,
you're all just underdogs.
Thugs of Heng,
you're outrageous!
Shoot!
Canglang!
The Crown Prince of Fengwu is so unruly,
which is so disturbing.
Then don't blame me for being ruthless.
Canglang!
Lianzi!
I'm sick of scenes where couples cling to each other in the last moment like this.
It's not so bad as well.
Shoot!
Remember.
Collect his head while it's still warm.
Come on.
Hurry.
Let's go.
Come on.
Don't cry.
Keep up.
Hurry.
Hurry up. Let's go.
Keep up.
Come on.
Here, I'll help you with that.
Come on. Keep up.
Keep up.
Hurry.
Hang in there.
-OK. -Hurry. Hurry.
Keep up. Keep up.
Come on. Keep up.
Hurry.
Keep up.
Hurry.
Give it to me.
Go! Go!
Come on.
Hurry.
Ning.
Keep up.
If we go on like this,
no matter how fast we can go,
they're still going to catch up with us.
No matter how powerful we are,
we're no match for thousands of soldiers.
We don't have that much energy.
In that case, let's split up.
I'll distract the pursuers away.
You take them to Xian for help.
When we get rid of them,
we'll meet you again.
We?
You?
I'll go with Qianxue.
You'll go with Nangong.
We must hurry.
Take care.
See you in Xian.
Jiang Li,
if we got separated
by the chaos,
let's wait
for each other on the border of Xian for three days.
If we fail to meet,
try to go back to Minshan.
Should we be caught in extreme misfortune,
send a letter to Minshan.
Mr. Lin and Baili Suxue
will try to rescue us.
Take care, Ding Ning.
Let's go!
Commander-in-chief.
How are you, Zichu?
Thank you for asking, Brother.
But Marquis Liang
wasn't as lucky as I am.
Marquis Liang died in the battlefield
to protect you, Zichu.
Liang Lian plotted a rebellion.
I dodged Fengwu's curved knife
but almost got killed by the long sword swung by my own people.
Since he's dead,
let's not make scandals like this public
in Heng.
Your Royal Highness made a narrow escape,
which is a great fortune for the Kingdom of Heng.
His Highness Han has brought you a great gift.
Please accept it.
This man almost killed you.
I have taken revenge for you,
Zichu,
don't I deserve a "thank you"?
Thank you, Brother.
Your Royal Highness, you should get some rest.
Stop!
Why did you drag me into such a dangerous task
as distracting pursuing soldiers?
You know why.
It's her.
She was with the people who killed Marquis Liang.
Go!
Are you okay?
Yes.
Let's go!
Your Royal Highness.
Please have some tea, Your Royal Highness.
Why are your hands trembling?
I'm not well today.
Please forgive me.
Why are you here?
Aren't you supposed to be in the palace?
I came with His Majesty
to take care of Your Royal Highness.
It's been a tiring journey, Your Royal Highness.
Please have some tea.
Report! General,
it'll take half a day
to arrive at the border between Heng and Li.
We need to go faster.
Heng has strong forces.
If the three states want to make a breach,
we must take them by surprise.
General Li is right.
Give out my order.
Pace up!
Yes.
Greetings, Father.
How's the battle going in Fengwu?
Father!
Prisoners of war from Fengwu
have been annihilated
and burned to ashes.
Fengwu is an empty city now.
So it won't cause epidemic diseases
and when green grass grows next year,
it will become a great meadow for Heng.
You'll be punished by Heaven
for all these brutal things you've done!
Why would you say that, Zichu?
Fengwu invaded us first.
Heng wants to make this world peaceful
and we want to enforce justice on behalf of Heaven,
which should be protected by Heaven.
Zichu!
When the enemy was defeated,
and their women and children scattered,
Fengwu was no longer a threat.
But you started a massacre at that point.
For that, the Kingdom of Heng
will be punished by Heaven.
How dare you!
How dare you curse Heng with the pretext of Heaven's will!
Father isn't cruel.
You just can't get rid of your obsession.
Zichu, don't be rude.
You're suspicious.
Since a decade ago,
Heng has been cautious against Bashan.
Your Majesty,
His Royal Highness
must have been scared, which has made him insane.
No.
Let him finish.
Over the past decade,
the entire state is not allowed to mention it
just because you feel ashamed about it.
You thought you were inferior to That Man,
so you killed him.
A king killed
a highly meritorious minister,
which is bound to
be punished by Heaven.
The injustice of the Bashan Sword Field
will come back
to bite Heng.
Enough!
Calm down, Your Majesty.
His Royal Highness Chu hasn't been to war before.
After falling into the enemy's hands this time,
his mind must have been disturbed,
which caused this nonsense.
Your Majesty, please forget about what he said.
When His Royal Highness Chu is sober,
he'll admit his mistake and ask for punishment.
Listen.
Anyone who pleads for the Crown Prince
will be immediately executed!
Please think twice about this, Your Majesty.
Huang Zhenwei,
take the Crown Prince into custody and look after him.
Yes.
Hang in there.
Keep up.
Hang in there.
Come on.
Keep up.
Caishu,
here we are.
We have arrived!
Are you all from Fengwu?
We're sent by the Crown Prince of Fengwu
to bring the old and weak to Xian for help.
The clothes and food have been prepared in the camps.
Since my king has promised to help,
I will never let the Fengwu people suffer.
Go ahead.
Let's go!
Based on your appearances,
I think you're from Heng, right?
I am
Jiang Li from Baiyang Cave.
She is my junior fellow disciple,
Nangong Caishu.
Baiyang Cave?
Ding Ning is your junior fellow disciple?
Yes.
Where is he now?
We've split up.
Check over there
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Perhaps I'm affected by the Ninth-hell Dark Lord Sword.
The fog we just saw
didn't look like ordinary fog.
I think it might be related to a spirit vein.
Let's go back there.
What is it?
War report.
Give it to me.
I have underestimated Prince Liling.
The three states have formed an alliance to attack Heng!
They came to attack us while His Majesty is far away at Fengwu.
How despicable!
Prince Liling made such a move after taking the throne,
which has surprised me a little bit.
They've made camp at the border
and are very aggressive.
What's your plan, Your Majesty?
What would you like to ask, Your Majesty?
I'd like to come straight to the point.
Do you know why you got wounded?
You're too meritorious.
Liang Jingmeng made this mistake,
and now so have you.
As a minister,
I'm really loyal to Heng.
If His Majesty doubts my loyalty,
I'm afraid I'll have to give my last measure
to show it to him.
Now His Majesty is far away at Fengwu,
and the three states want to take us by surprise.
I'm afraid that I can't help
in this broken body
despite how much I want to.
The one I want is Fang Xiumu.
If you accept it,
I will make you Commander-in-chief
to lead 300,000 soldiers to attack Li
as a way to break their alliance.
Do you have the Commander's Tally?
Without it...
A minister shall serve his king.
I don't think this trifle is worth the trouble.
I'm willing
to accept the order.
It's a spirit vein indeed.
So, what are you
going to do next?
We can't go back to Fengming now.
Yuan Wu has reached the eighth realm,
and Ye Zhen the top grade of the seventh realm.
If we want to seek vengeance,
we must get stronger.
How well have you acquired the Life-sustaining Magic Art?
One more level to go
and my yang hyperactivity
will be completely cured.
If I protect you
with my Ninth-hell Dark Lord Sword,
will you be able to develop the Great Torture Sword
and the Life-sustaining Magic Art at the same time?
You mean
you want me to make the Great Torture Sword
my own natal sword?
My Ninth-hell Dark Lord Sword itself
is a complement to your body.
When you successfully develop it into your natal sword,
I'll be able to reach the seventh realm.
But we can't have
any external interference in the process.
This place should be safe.
No one will disturb us for the time being.
Indeed.
I've never seen you
become shy so easily.
I treated you only as Ding Ning in the past.
I'm still Ding Ning now.
Father,
the states of Xian, Mo, and Li
are invading Heng.
Their motive is execrable. We must not tolerate them.
Good!
We're being invaded.
Give out my order.
Let's return to the capital
and destroy the allied forces completely.
Yes.
The three states have formed an alliance to attack us!
I'm sure you must have been aware of it.
I appoint Fang Xiumu as Commander-in-chief
to lead 300,000 soldiers to attack Li.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty,
the alliance is led by the Xian army,
who has the largest force.
The second one is the Mo army.
And the Li army has only 100,000 soldiers.
Forgive me for my stupidity,
but why would you like to attack Li with such a large force?
The three states are well prepared.
With our current military power,
it's our only choice
to defeat them one by one.
This invasion
was started by Xian,
and the other two are only supporters.
If we attack Xian with the largest force,
we would be tricked into what this alliance wants.
Considering the conditions of these three states,
Li is the weakest
and the easiest to defeat.
If Mo and Xian attack Fengming
while we're using our full force
to attack Li,
wouldn't it be a great loss?
Marquis Li is right.
Your Majesty,
right now, Mo is a close neighbor to Li,
and Mo is always friendly with Xian.
If they abandon Li in order to attack Heng,
even if we defeat both Mo and Li,
in case Fengming falls,
Xian will
have no rival in this world.
I think we should launch major forces against Xian.
I second it.
I've rarely seen you all in such agreement.
Then do as Chancellor Li said.
Launch major forces against Xian.
Report.
Your Majesty,
Xian sent a reinforcement of 100,000 soldiers to invade Fengwu.
Calm down, Your Majesty.
Xian obviously has been well-prepared.
Zihan!
Yes.
We're being attacked from both sides.
You lead the major forces back to Fengwu to fight the enemy.
Remember.
You must safeguard the occupied cities.
Don't let Xian benefit from us.
Yes, Father.
Your Majesty, all these ministers opposed you
and wasted all your considerations.
I've already predicted
that they would have objection.
Inform my family to launch the force.
But just now, on the court...
If the alliance is not broken, Heng will be in danger.
Right now, the only way is to send the force of Xiaozhong
to take Li by surprise.
When the Li army returns for defense, they'll definitely get into chaos.
Then Heng can take the chance to chase them down.
You're so considerate.
But it's rumored that
you want to take the supreme power to yourself.
It's all for the well-being of Heng.
It doesn't matter as long as His Majesty doesn't believe it.
I'll send the message now.
General!
I still haven't heard anything
from Ding Ning.
I came to you
to say goodbye.
Why?
Now, Heng and Xian are at war.
And we're from Heng.
It will be very inconvenient for us to stay here.
And I don't want to burden you.
So where're you going?
Back to Heng, of course.
This is today's report.
The Heng army has cordoned off
their borders with Fengwu and Xian.
Merchants and visitors to and from there are checked one by one.
I'm afraid
it'll be hard for you to pass.
You're really so honest with me.
You're indeed a decent man!
I'm grateful to you.
But as a man of Heng,
I need to go back
not just to prove my standpoint,
but also because it's my agreement with Ding Ning.
I must not violate it.
OK!
I see.
Since we're friends,
I won't stop you.
Do as you please.
Thank you, General.
Report!
Three thousand soldiers in the vanguard
have been annihilated at the border between Heng and Xian.
Report!
Mo sent an army of 300,000 soldiers all at once
to fight against Marquis Fang at Qilongling.
What about Li?
Li...
They...
Speak!
They have stationed 100,000 soldiers on the border and taken no action.
They've actually gathered their major forces in Mo!
How about
we divert the 100,000 soldiers against the Xian army
for reinforcement?
No!
Xian sent 100,000 soldiers to attack Fengwu as the first move,
which shows they must have reserved some strength.
If we recklessly split the forces for reinforcement now,
we'll plunge into a flurry.
Yes.
Report!
The left and right flanks of Liangshan Prefecture
are being attacked by 400,000 soldiers of Xian.
Who's leading the army?
The King of Xian and Lü Siche
each leads a major force of 200,000 soldiers.
They're so cunning!
What do we do now?
I'm the head of the Eleven Marquises of Heng, Fang Xiumu.
I'm General of the Flying Eagle, Di Xiu.
I will fight you alone.
Long live His Majesty the King!
Long live the great Kingdom of Heng!
Long live His Majesty the King! Long live the great Kingdom of Heng!
Charge!