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Under the Power
Episode 43
Who else in the city of Hangzhou
can lead soldiers to resist us?
I heard that
the wife of Qi Weigang, Ms. Wang,
is different from ordinary women.
She is fiercer than men.
A woman?
How fierce can a woman be?
She's not a threat.
Deputy Chief, you mean...
Early in tomorrow morning,
take 200 men to attack first
to test the city's forces.
Yes.
I wonder
how Chief Mao is doing there.
Xie Xiao,
hang in there.
Don't fall sleep.
You saved me.
I owe you my life.
Thank god you know.
Hang in there.
Don't close your eyes.
If you close your eyes, you won't wake up again.
Of course.
I have to stay alive
to return you this favor.
Great.
I'll wait.
I sent a few embroidered uniform guards who are excellent divers
to go underwater,
but they're still not found.
General Yu, how's your search going?
Still not found yet.
What do we do now?
If anything happens to His Excellency,
how can I tell this to my master when I go back?
You face Commander Lu,
but we face His Majesty.
Let's not panic.
Lu Yi and Xie Xiao are blessed.
I'm sure they can come back safely.
General!
Mr. Lu is back!
General, general, Mr. Lu and Mr. Xie are back.
Xiao!
Your Excellency!
-Mr. Lu. -You are back!
I was worried sick.
Help Young Master Xie get back to his tent.
-Doctor Lin. -OK.
Check him please.
Great.
Assistant Lu, Assistant Lu!
I'm so relieved that you can come back
safe and sound.
You deserve the top credit
for the great victory in the battle of Cen Harbor.
Send for a paramedic to
dress Assistant Lu's wounds.
Yes.
-Get him back to the tent. -Go!
How fortunate it is, General Yu!
Yes.
Come on.
Come on. Chase me.
OK.
You can't catch me.
Don't go.
Slow down.
Wait for me.
OK, OK. Slow down.
Come.
Wait for me.
This little girl...
It's been more than ten years.
Why did she suddenly come to my dream at the moment?
Your Excellency,
the wounds have been treated.
Would you like some water?
Where is Xie Xiao?
He was a little more seriously wounded.
But it's not life-threatening.
Doctor Lin said if he came back a little bit later,
she was afraid Xie Xiao couldn't be rescued.
That's good.
Did the general catch Mao Haifeng?
After they took the stronghold,
Mao Haifeng had burned his den
and fled.
He escaped from us again.
Prepare to go.
Yes.
-Come on. -Hurry. Let's go.
-Hurry. -Hurry.
What's going on out there?
General Qi is preparing his army to hunt down the Japanese pirates.
I heard that that group of Japanese pirates
was originally to reinforce Mao Haifeng.
But for some reason, they were found out later
to be heading toward the city of Hangzhou.
General Qi wants to arrive there ahead of the enemy
so that the two armies can attack them on both flanks.
The city of Hangzhou?
Jinxia is still there.
Your Excellency, you can't get out of bed yet.
Your Excellency, you...
Your Excellency, you still can't...
Your Excellency, your clothes.
Your Excellency...
Assistant Lu is rushing to the city of Hangzhou.
Assistant Commander Qi,
catch up with Assistant Lu.
Don't let him runinto danger alone.
I'll be with you after handling something.
Yes, Your Excellency.
Xiang.
Yes?
Are the 500 elite soldiers ready?
Yes. They're ready for your orders.
OK. Let's go.
Hurry.
Doctor Lin,
he's still not awake?
His pulse is stable,
so there's no threat to his life now.
Don't worry.
I just heard the soldiers say that
General Qi has returned to the city with his troops
in order to defeat the pirates' siege.
Not just General Qi.
When Lu Yi just woke up,
as soon as he heard that Hangzhou was in danger,
he already went alone before General Qi.
Aren't the people in that city in serious danger now?
I know you're worried about him.
I'm here.
Go ahead.
Thank you, Doctor Lin.
I'll leave him to you.
Jinxia,
wait for me.
Mrs. Qi,
it's dawn now.
Yes.
We survived the night.
Thank you.
It's incumbent on us to face the crisis.
You don't need to thank me.
I'm just worried that with the light of the day,
those pirates can see
the city wall situation even better.
It'll be hard for us to cover things up.
You're right.
If they find out our situation and then attack,
I'm not sure how long we can resist them.
I wonder whether General Qi and the others
know our situation,
or if they can get here in time.
Whether or not the general can make it back,
even if I'm the only one left in the city,
I will keep guarding it.
Deputy Chief, we're ready
for your command
to set out.
Wang Mazi still hasn't given the signal yet?
Not yet.
Let's not wait anymore.
Attack.
Yes.
Here they come.
Pass my order.
Defy death to defend Hangzhou! Prepare to engage!
Yes, madam.
Defy death to defend Hangzhou!
Prepare to engage!
Charge!
Are you afraid?
There are so many people here.
I'm not afraid.
Charge!
Open fire!
Yes, madam.
Shoot!
Somebody!
Yes?
Load the cannons.
Madam, we only have eight cannonballs.
Load them all in.
Madam, if we use them all now,
what will we do later?
We must repel the first wave.
It's the only way to deter them.
Yes, madam.
Are there any cannon shooters?
Cannon shooters!
Your Excellency, mind your wounds!
Medic! Medic!
Brother!
Men, get him out.
Yes, madam.
Hurry.
Fall back! Fall back!
Stop.
Deputy Chief...
What's the situation? What's the situation?
Deputy Chief,
the city of Hangzhou had a lot of firepower.
When we just engaged them,
they shot at us with cannons.
It seems there really are reinforcements in this city.
Imbeciles!
A whole bunch of imbeciles!
It doesn't make sense.
There must be something wrong.
Ask two men to go to a vantage point
and take a good look at the city's situation.
Remember. I want you to look carefully.
Yes.
Yu Dayong is waiting for the rations,
so of course, it must be quick.
Otherwise, how can the warriors fight,
when they are hungry?
In the city, most of the people are the Ming army service people's families.
This attack on the city of Hangzhou right now
is to put the soldiers at the Cen Harbor in a dilemma.
Wait for me.
I wonder how it is going on His Excellency's side
and whether he's hurt.
Do you regret it?
Why would I?
I'm very proud to stand with you to
fight against the pirates.
Mrs. Qi,
we've run out of gunpowder.
If the pirates attack the city again,
I'm afraid we can't handle it.
What do we do?
If they come back, we will die.
We'll just die fighting in the worst case scenario.
But what if we can't defeat them?
Listen to me!
Back then, when we were undermanned
and had insufficient shells,
as we learned that the pirates were about to attack the city,
we dared not even think
we could repel them in one clash.
But we just did.
Why could we?
That's because we had the same belief:
to protect Hangzhou,
to defend our home.
Now, even when we don't have gunpowder,
we still have swords,
all kinds of swords,
stones,
and bricks and tiles.
As long as there is a glimmer of hope,
I believe
Mrs. Qi can direct us to protect the city of Hangzhou.
Jinxia is right.
I also believe that
with Mrs. Qi's guidance,
we all can safeguard Hangzhou!
Trust Mrs. Qi!
Mrs. Qi! Mrs. Qi! Mrs. Qi!
In General Qi's years of tenure of fighting the pirates in Liangzhe Circuit,
when has he ever abandoned the people?
He said that
our generals
spur horses and enjoy meat,
while watching over the city walls with the military authority tablet.
All the soldiers
have food without planting
and clothing without weaving.
Taxes are levied on farmers and businessmen
to support the army.
Without the worries over anything,
we have feasts to hearts' content,
just because we are needed one day,
to fight barbarians and settle violence,
so that the people can subsist.
Then the empire is stabilized
and in turn provides what's needed to protect the people.
Now,
the enemy is approaching the walls.
When General Qi learns the situation,
he'll definitely hurry back.
As long as I'm in the city,
even at the last draw of breath,
even with the last drop of blood left,
I'll hold on until the general comes back.
No matter what happens,
I will never surrender.
-Never surrender! -Never surrender! Never surrender!
Report!
Deputy Chief,
I looked through the telescope
at the Ming Dynasty soldiers on the city wall.
Only a dozen of them are men.
The others are women and children.
Really?
As sure as daylight.
I saw that clearly.
So it was only a scare tactic.
Mrs. Qi is a cunning woman.
She faked her army size.
Had I found out about that, I'd have told you to persist a little more.
And you people would have shattered them all.
Pass my order. Launch an all-out assault.
I will never believe I can't take down the city of Hangzhou.
Yes.
Let's go.
Yes.
Aim at the city gate!
It's bad.
The pirates are attacking the city.
I don't know how long the people in the city can hold on.
Your Excellency,
General Qi and his soldiers are catching up with us.
Hurry.
We must speed up. They can't hold on much longer.
Their situation is critical.
Let's move.
Min, how are you?
You two, take her back to the city for treatment.
Yue, let's go.
Charge!
Madam, we're losing the gate!
All warriors!
Fight the enemy with me!
Yes, madam.
Charge!
Thank god I made it in time.
Want to die?
Not that easy!
Take him away!
Honey, thank you.
General,
I haven't protected the people well.
I believe as long as you are here,
the city of Hangzhou will be safeguarded till the last moment.
Your Excellency?
Your Excellency!
Yang Yue!
It's great you're okay.
You're not hurt either, right?
You specially came here to see me?
That's all you have to say when you see me?
I-I'm just so happy that I don't know what to say.
You haven't missed me?
You haven't thought about me? You haven't been worried about me?
Yes, I have.
Why don't you say it?
I wanted to, and I've said it in my heart countless times.
But when I saw you, I couldn't.
How silly you are!
I missed you.
I'd been thinking about you when you weren't around me.
I was worried about you.
I was worried that I'd never see you again.
I was worried that having been together for so long,
we still can't be officially together.
Since I can finally hug you,
let's not separate again.
Your Majesty!
Report, Your Majesty.
The battle report from the frontline has said
we won the great victory in the Cen Harbor!
Congratulations to Your Majesty!
Great! Great!
What Priest Lan said was right indeed.
Vice Secretary Xu's proposal really worked.
Great! Great!
Yes! General Yu defeated the pirates...
thanks really to Your Majesty's merits and virtues.
Pass on my decree.
Yes.
Award all officers and soldiers who have contributed to the victory.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Mr. Lu.
Yes, Your Majesty?
With the great victory in the Cen Harbor,
Assistant Lu returned safely now,
so you don't have to worry anymore,
and all this share in my heart has also gone.
We've been over-honored by Your Majesty.
I learned from Eunuch Li that
Your Majesty was restless thinking about the safety of my son
and couldn't let go until hearing that Lu Yi had returned safely.
What merits does Lu Yi have
to deserve Your Majesty's worries? It's our sin.
Mr. Lu,
you and I may appear to be monarch and minister,
but to me,
I always think of you as my own brother.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
About Lu Yi,
I think of him as my own son as well.
Because Lu Yi has made great contributions to this,
when he comes back,
I will give him a good compliment and awards.
Your Majesty,
It's not Lu Yi's sole contributions that led to the great victory.
We owe it to the officers' and soldiers' unity,
the heavens' compassion over the people,
and Your Majesty's all-loving merits.
Credit should not go to Lu Yi alone.
You…
Whenever I talk to you about family matters,
you're always so serious.
In that case,
let's talk business.
Yu Dayong has been encircling and suppressing the pirates for many years,
and eventually, the pirates fled to the southeast as a result.
A lot of people
impeached him for deliberately indulging the enemy earlier.
Not until Lu Yi went to assist him
could Yu Dayong take down the Cen Harbor.
This made me think a lot
about the impeachment.
So,
what's your opinion about this?
Your Majesty,
as far as I know,
Yu Dayong has been fully devoted to the war.
He couldn't have been distracted for plotting a rebellion.
You mean Yu Dayong has no unfaithful intentions towards me?
Your Majesty, I only speak on the basis of evidence.
As for whether it is true or not,
I dare not judge it.
Liao Wenhua has embezzled the soldiers' pay and provisions.
I have removed him from office.
I order you to take back all of it
that he embezzled.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Excellency,
when Dong Qisheng attacked the city of Hangzhou,
he was captured alive by Qi Weigang.
It's said that he was going to be sent to Wu Shouxu for handling.
Send someone to get rid of him.
I will do it immediately.
Wait.
It's said that Luo Wenlong is still in Mrs. Qi's hands.
Send someone to get him out.
And about Chunyu Min,
since she can't kill Yuan Jinxia,
there's no need for her to live.
Yes, Your Excellency.
Aunt Lin, how is he?
Is that serious?
Is His Excellency's wound
going to cause his old ones
to attack again?
Oh, girl!
Can you hope anything good for him?
Look at him.
He's in one piece
and sleeping well.
He's okay.
Mr. Beggar,
look how pale his face is.
You call this okay?
Thank goodness.
The wound on the arm hasn't festered.
Next, all he needs is a good rest.
Then why did he pass out?
Because of his long journey,
he's too tired, and of course, fell asleep.
He fell asleep?
What? You don't believe it?
If you don't believe it, I'll wake him up.
No, no, no.
I believe it.
So, Mr. Beggar, Aunt Lin,
go back and have some rest.
I'll take care of His Excellency.
This girl is so nice.
Look.
She cares about him so much.
It really moved me.
When will you do this for me?
All right, all right, let's go.
Bye.
Godfather!
You have to save me.
I heard he chief supervising secretary say that
the director-general of military affairs of Jiangnan and the east of Zhejiang embezzled soldiers' pay and provisions.
If His Majesty punishes everyone involved,
I'm sure I'll be killed.
To win His Majesty's favor,
you have said a lot of bad things about me in front of him.
You've forgotten that?
Now you came to ask me to clean up your mess.
How can I help you?
Godfather!
It was my fault.
I admit all of those.
Godfather!
As a grand secretary, you must be magnanimous.
You won't expose me, right?
Godfather!
You're His Majesty's favorite.
If you put in a good word for me to His Majesty,
he'll certainly believe you.
Since you're fired,
go back to your hometown to avoid it.
I'll handle
the affairs in the court.
Thank you, godfather!
You're awake.
How are you? Feeling better?
Why didn't you wake me up when you woke up?
What's the matter?
Why are you staring at me?
Is there anything on my face?
I just want to look at you more.
Don't move around.
Don't let this wound be torn.
You'll have to ask Aunt Lin to dress it again.
Doctor Lin came back?
Well,
you were badly hurt.
Why did you still rush back regardless of it?
Because I was worried about you.
I was afraid that the merciless fire, swords and guns could hurt you,
the pirates might charge into the city and kill you,
or when everyone was gone and the city was destroyed,
you'd still be waiting for me like a fool.
Of course I would wait for you.
But I'm not too stupid
to forget my own life.
But I would.
Feeling moved?
Jinxia,
hum me something.
Why do you suddenly want me to hum you something?
When I just got hurt and was sunk in sleep,
I had a dream,
where I saw a girl
I met when I was young.
What does she look like?
I'll tell you when you finish.
OK.
Then I'll hum you
a nursery rhyme I used to hum when I was a child.
One, two, three. Three, two, one.
Seven stars shine in the sky.
The seven stars show us directions.
One, two, three. Three, two, one.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Seven stars shine in the sky.
The seven stars show us directions.
The Big Dipper pointing to the east means spring.
The Big Dipper pointing to the south means summer.
The Big Dipper pointing to the west means autumn.
The Big Dipper pointing to the north means winter.
One, two, three. Three, two, one.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
Seven stars shine in the sky.
Do you like it?
Then I'll hum it to you again.