1 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:15,600 ♫ Raising the wine cup, I toast to the boundless sky ♫ 2 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:21,100 ♫ In talks and laughters are vast mountains and rivers. ♫ 3 00:00:22,666 --> 00:00:27,233 ♫ Love and hate, debt and feuds, have all dissolved. ♫ 4 00:00:28,533 --> 00:00:33,100 ♫ Where's my soul's hometown and my kindred spirits? ♫ 5 00:00:35,566 --> 00:00:40,133 ♫ Seasons rolling by, we dream for harvest. ♫ 6 00:00:41,966 --> 00:00:46,533 ♫ Warriors and warhorses howl across the sky. ♫ 7 00:00:48,333 --> 00:00:52,900 ♫ If only I could turn into the wind, ♫ 8 00:00:53,866 --> 00:01:01,266 ♫ to blow away all the pain in mortal coil. ♫ 9 00:01:01,266 --> 00:01:05,266 ♫ I toast to the blue sky, to courage in solitude, ♫ 10 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,066 ♫ to migrating gooses, to boats heading home. ♫ 11 00:01:09,066 --> 00:01:14,766 ♫ With even three thousand days and nights, ♫ 12 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:23,433 ♫ Will it be enough to drain this cup I toast to peace? ♫ 13 00:01:26,133 --> 00:01:29,933 [Swords into Plowshares] 14 00:01:30,933 --> 00:01:32,833 [Episode 9] 15 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:43,133 [Khitan's southern camp] 16 00:01:53,033 --> 00:01:57,233 By the order, the provisions are right behind this stockade, we've investigated. 17 00:01:57,233 --> 00:01:58,000 Pass the order. 18 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:02,400 After setting the fire, do not linger in battle Retreat at once. 19 00:02:02,566 --> 00:02:03,100 Unless 20 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:05,900 you encounter isolated or terrified ones. 21 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:08,200 If so, chop them to death. 22 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:08,866 Yes! 23 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,466 The rest, split into two teams. One circles to the opposite side, waiting for the signal to support. 24 00:02:19,466 --> 00:02:19,933 Move! 25 00:02:54,233 --> 00:02:56,133 Fire! Put out the fire! 26 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:57,033 Quick! 27 00:02:58,933 --> 00:02:59,666 Quick! 28 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:06,333 Fire! 29 00:03:07,833 --> 00:03:09,200 Put out the fire! Put out! 30 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:09,633 Quick! 31 00:03:09,866 --> 00:03:10,700 Quick! 32 00:03:35,533 --> 00:03:40,100 Eldest Young Master, there are at least two command units here, some are armored. 33 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:41,133 Let's retreat. 34 00:03:41,133 --> 00:03:41,733 No hurry. 35 00:03:42,866 --> 00:03:44,700 We've struck it luckily. 36 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:47,100 Follow me, we'll get the big target. 37 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:47,500 Let's go! 38 00:03:48,433 --> 00:03:49,900 Follow Eldest Young Master! 39 00:04:20,866 --> 00:04:22,766 [Yelü Xieli] 40 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:52,666 By the order, go! We'll cover the retreat. 41 00:04:52,666 --> 00:04:53,000 Quick! 42 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:53,300 Yes! 43 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:19,166 You southerners are so boring. 44 00:05:19,733 --> 00:05:24,966 No wonder Official Xieli was unwilling to stay here with you and returned early to the southern camp to sleep. 45 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:33,033 Marshal! 46 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:34,833 Marshal! 47 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,200 Marshal! 48 00:05:36,466 --> 00:05:37,600 Southern camp is on fire! 49 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:38,133 What? 50 00:05:38,933 --> 00:05:40,000 Southern camp? 51 00:05:40,633 --> 00:05:41,133 Soldiers, 52 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:42,200 have some wine. 53 00:05:42,366 --> 00:05:44,566 It will warm yourselves and boost your courage. 54 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:02,700 Want some? 55 00:06:11,433 --> 00:06:11,900 Yes please. 56 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:54,833 Reporting to Father Marshal, I have led the eighteen commands out from behind the camp eastward, 57 00:06:55,500 --> 00:07:00,166 circled around Yishan Mountain, marched along the Nanqing River, turned westward, 58 00:07:00,166 --> 00:07:03,000 and burned down the Zhang's southern camp where he stored grain. 59 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:05,800 In your eighteent commands, 60 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:09,933 only these men and horses behind you remain? 61 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,166 They protected me with their lives, 62 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:17,833 helping me to capture alive Yelü Xieli, the Khitan Censor-in-Chief. 63 00:07:18,133 --> 00:07:19,266 You scoundrel! 64 00:07:22,233 --> 00:07:27,666 Foolish boy, the essence of military strategy lies first in prudence. 65 00:07:28,766 --> 00:07:29,500 Yet you, 66 00:07:31,066 --> 00:07:33,800 are always taking reckless gambles with lives. 67 00:07:35,433 --> 00:07:37,066 It would be one thing if you got trapped, 68 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:42,400 but it cost cavalry forces and will thus damage defense plan. 69 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,466 What do you think you are doing? 70 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:47,833 My fault. 71 00:07:49,166 --> 00:07:51,200 Get out and await punishment. 72 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:51,733 Yes. 73 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:11,366 What should we do about this man? 74 00:08:14,033 --> 00:08:15,266 He is a Khitan noble. 75 00:08:16,433 --> 00:08:18,700 No one dare to handle him besides the Lord. 76 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:21,466 I will escort him to the palace in person. 77 00:08:24,666 --> 00:08:25,700 Take him away. 78 00:08:30,533 --> 00:08:31,500 Attendants! 79 00:08:33,633 --> 00:08:33,966 Here. 80 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,033 Kuangyin did a great job this time. 81 00:08:38,066 --> 00:08:41,666 Bring him a lamb leg and some hot soup. 82 00:08:42,866 --> 00:08:43,366 Ah, well... 83 00:09:12,866 --> 00:09:13,533 Have some wine? 84 00:09:22,066 --> 00:09:22,700 Splendid! 85 00:09:23,366 --> 00:09:25,866 You are Zhao Kuangyin, courtesy name Yuanlang? 86 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:27,266 Yes. 87 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:30,166 I'm Guo Rong, courtesy name Jungui. 88 00:09:30,966 --> 00:09:32,633 Marshal Guo's excellent boy. 89 00:09:32,966 --> 00:09:34,900 I've heard about you so many times. 90 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,700 Unable to hold your liquor, young minister? 91 00:09:42,533 --> 00:09:43,633 I am drinking, can't you see? 92 00:09:46,433 --> 00:09:47,833 A minister is a minister. 93 00:09:48,233 --> 00:09:50,966 Even when drinking, you show a manner of third-rank and above. 94 00:09:52,266 --> 00:09:53,333 Hey, stop saying "minister". 95 00:09:54,466 --> 00:09:56,333 My name's Qian Hongchu, courtesy name Huzi. 96 00:10:01,466 --> 00:10:05,000 With you by my side, I probably won't even need to go out when in urgent need at night. 97 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:06,600 Oh, come on. 98 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:10,800 Eldest Young Master! 99 00:10:11,133 --> 00:10:11,633 I'm here. 100 00:10:14,733 --> 00:10:15,766 Where did you get this? 101 00:10:16,366 --> 00:10:17,866 Marshal rewarded you. 102 00:10:17,866 --> 00:10:19,866 Everyone's saying you've done a great job. 103 00:10:21,233 --> 00:10:22,200 Go, go away. 104 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,833 I'm not going to drink your wine with nothing in return. 105 00:10:24,833 --> 00:10:25,666 Let's eat together. 106 00:10:27,533 --> 00:10:29,166 Then I won't stand on ceremony. 107 00:10:31,666 --> 00:10:34,466 It suddenly occurred to me that today, 108 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,800 is the eve of the Little New Year. 109 00:10:43,733 --> 00:10:48,766 Ten years ago on Little New Year's Eve, my father king asked me about my life's ambition. 110 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,200 I was so mischievous back then. 111 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,866 In front of all my elder brothers, I said that I want to go to sea. 112 00:10:54,866 --> 00:10:59,400 I want to see what the Kun and Peng in fairy tales really look like. 113 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,300 All fathers are the same. 114 00:11:06,233 --> 00:11:07,533 Happy as they are deep inside, 115 00:11:08,933 --> 00:11:10,533 their words sounds as if to kill you. 116 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:14,766 On Little New Year's Eve when I was ten, 117 00:11:15,266 --> 00:11:18,366 my father asked me, "what do you want to do when you grow up?" 118 00:11:18,366 --> 00:11:18,966 I said, 119 00:11:20,233 --> 00:11:26,600 "My ambition is to face the enemy and smash them, making marvelous military achievements. " 120 00:11:29,500 --> 00:11:31,100 That very night, I got a beating. 121 00:11:35,366 --> 00:11:35,833 And you? 122 00:11:36,433 --> 00:11:37,600 What's your ambition? 123 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:42,366 Come on, we are asking you. 124 00:11:45,066 --> 00:11:45,600 I have none. 125 00:11:47,066 --> 00:11:47,733 How boring. 126 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,900 If I'd known you were so bashful, I wouldn't have saved you that day. 127 00:11:55,433 --> 00:11:58,633 Born in such a world, It seems that, whatever ambition, 128 00:12:00,066 --> 00:12:01,100 is not correct. 129 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,300 I remember last year's Little New Year's Eve, 130 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:09,333 I happened to be in Jinyang. 131 00:12:10,833 --> 00:12:13,333 At that time, my father was in low spirits. 132 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:18,833 My siblings were all too young, so I go to my father on behalf of them. I asked my father, 133 00:12:20,333 --> 00:12:23,500 "It's the convention to ask about next year's goal on New Year's Eve. 134 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:27,033 Father have always been frugal, and quite prestigious in the army, 135 00:12:28,533 --> 00:12:32,500 yet you have never been appointed as a military governor. 136 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:35,266 Is there regret in your heart, father?" 137 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:38,600 What did Marshal Guo say? 138 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:40,600 He said, 139 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:44,800 "High titles and generous salaries are not worth discussing. 140 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:48,133 If I could just 141 00:12:49,433 --> 00:12:51,733 drink a cup of warm wine in a peaceful year in my life, 142 00:12:55,300 --> 00:12:56,800 then I would feel fulfilled." 143 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:32,066 How beautiful. 144 00:13:49,666 --> 00:13:51,800 Even the most glorious prosperous age, 145 00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:54,466 will eventually see its sunset. 146 00:13:56,266 --> 00:13:58,200 Even the most unbearable chaotic era 147 00:13:59,766 --> 00:14:01,766 will eventually usher in a sunrise. 148 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:54,633 Hold on, hold on. Just one moment more. 149 00:14:55,233 --> 00:14:55,966 OK it's done. 150 00:15:25,333 --> 00:15:26,733 It's the tenth day. 151 00:15:27,666 --> 00:15:29,333 I'm afraid, no one in the city, 152 00:15:31,033 --> 00:15:34,533 will survive this winter. 153 00:15:35,866 --> 00:15:40,700 The bitterly cold weather and the frozen ground do make defending difficult, 154 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:43,766 but it will be even harder for the bandits attacking the city. 155 00:15:46,633 --> 00:15:48,600 That's not exactly the condition. 156 00:15:50,133 --> 00:15:51,433 City walls can be relied upon, 157 00:15:53,066 --> 00:15:54,433 but people cannot. 158 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:56,733 In the first few days, 159 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:02,933 people are in high tension with a surge of righteousness and passion, as well as promises of high titles and good salaries. 160 00:16:04,266 --> 00:16:04,966 But now, 161 00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:07,366 ten days have passed. 162 00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:11,433 It's human nature to be afraid of hardship and change their minds. 163 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:14,833 Moreover the cold weather ins unbearable. 164 00:16:15,766 --> 00:16:17,566 Besides, the enemy is not just a single army. 165 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:23,566 Du Zhongwei have another fifty thousand troops in Yexia, 166 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,333 not to mention the Khitan behind him. 167 00:16:28,633 --> 00:16:30,600 Instead on the imperial court's side, 168 00:16:31,666 --> 00:16:35,800 they claim to be the legitimate regime with an emperor, 169 00:16:38,066 --> 00:16:39,566 who exists as if he didn't. 170 00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:42,566 In the court, 171 00:16:43,333 --> 00:16:45,766 there's only Lord Feng, one old man left, 172 00:16:47,066 --> 00:16:49,066 struggling to keep things in order. 173 00:16:49,066 --> 00:16:50,300 Outside the capital, 174 00:16:51,966 --> 00:16:53,600 who else still cares about this court? 175 00:16:55,633 --> 00:16:56,633 Who still cares, 176 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,700 about those hundreds of thousands of common people? 177 00:17:03,466 --> 00:17:06,700 There's neither troops outside as reinforcement, 178 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:10,100 nor virtuous men inside to protect this city. 179 00:17:11,166 --> 00:17:11,800 It's hopeless. 180 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:41,566 Having defended for ten days, 181 00:17:43,466 --> 00:17:44,900 I wonder if the ministers 182 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:47,566 have come up with any plans. 183 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,466 Peace negotiations is not acceptable. 184 00:17:54,466 --> 00:17:55,500 We must hold firm. 185 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,900 We will definitely defend the city to the death, right? We must! 186 00:18:02,566 --> 00:18:03,700 Seeking peace is... 187 00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:05,600 Lord, 188 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:06,433 that... 189 00:18:09,366 --> 00:18:10,300 We will defend! 190 00:18:11,266 --> 00:18:11,800 Lord. 191 00:18:15,366 --> 00:18:15,833 Lord. 192 00:18:18,466 --> 00:18:18,900 Here. 193 00:18:19,566 --> 00:18:20,100 Absurd! 194 00:18:21,566 --> 00:18:22,733 You petraitors! 195 00:18:22,733 --> 00:18:23,566 Nonsense! 196 00:18:59,100 --> 00:18:59,633 Fan Zhi. 197 00:19:00,766 --> 00:19:01,266 Lord. 198 00:19:05,033 --> 00:19:06,333 Open the Qianyuan Hall. 199 00:19:10,533 --> 00:19:11,700 Court is in session. 200 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,400 It seems the battle 201 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:15,233 won't be on today. 202 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:18,866 Let's return and report to Lord Feng. 203 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,400 What did you say? 204 00:19:24,866 --> 00:19:25,900 Muster the troops. 205 00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:28,166 Withdraw to the city. 206 00:19:29,766 --> 00:19:30,633 Withdraw? 207 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:32,500 What about the city? 208 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:33,600 Are we not defending it? 209 00:19:36,566 --> 00:19:38,133 The order Lord issued that day 210 00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:40,966 was to defend the city for ten days. 211 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,400 Now the ten days has passed. 212 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,100 Jungui. 213 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,700 Are you joking? 214 00:19:55,533 --> 00:19:55,966 Kuangyin. 215 00:19:58,666 --> 00:19:59,333 Let's withdraw. 216 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,566 Tale our soldiers back into the city. 217 00:20:05,466 --> 00:20:08,766 before Zhang Yanze's army is mobilized. 218 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:17,900 Having fought for over ten days, 219 00:20:19,866 --> 00:20:22,800 those who died, those who live, are all our heroes. 220 00:20:25,133 --> 00:20:26,033 Now, 221 00:20:27,633 --> 00:20:29,600 what you can do have all been done. 222 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:36,400 The remaining ones 223 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:37,800 should not die in vain. 224 00:20:48,033 --> 00:20:48,766 Die in vain? 225 00:20:51,066 --> 00:20:52,800 On the day we start defending, 226 00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:56,166 Father Marshal gave me eighteen commands, 227 00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:00,266 fully staffed ones, 228 00:21:01,366 --> 00:21:03,900 with two thousand, two hundred and twenty-one men. 229 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:06,700 Now, 230 00:21:08,733 --> 00:21:10,633 now only over eight hundred remain. 231 00:21:13,666 --> 00:21:15,100 And now you tell me 232 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:16,766 they should not die in vain? 233 00:21:18,966 --> 00:21:22,100 You, you, Jungui, 234 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,666 you, are truly shameless. 235 00:21:25,866 --> 00:21:27,866 There will be no reinforcements. 236 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:32,833 I know. 237 00:21:34,866 --> 00:21:35,733 Things won't change, 238 00:21:37,266 --> 00:21:38,433 even if we keep defending. 239 00:21:44,033 --> 00:21:44,700 I know. 240 00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:47,433 Without Father Marshal's command, 241 00:21:48,366 --> 00:21:49,100 here, 242 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:52,200 shall be our graveyard. 243 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:55,800 Marshal's order, the entire army, withdraw into the city! 244 00:21:56,033 --> 00:21:58,566 Marshal's order, the entire army, withdraw into the city! 245 00:21:58,766 --> 00:22:01,166 Marshal's order, the entire army, withdraw into the city! 246 00:22:02,133 --> 00:22:04,766 Marshal's order, the entire army, withdraw into the city! 247 00:22:04,766 --> 00:22:05,766 Young Master. 248 00:22:05,766 --> 00:22:07,533 So we are returning like this? 249 00:22:07,533 --> 00:22:08,166 So shameful. 250 00:22:08,366 --> 00:22:09,600 We can no longer hold on. 251 00:22:09,633 --> 00:22:12,300 Withdraw? It would have been better if I hadn't sent here. 252 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:12,933 Enough. 253 00:22:55,766 --> 00:23:01,033 Whereas, in January, the tenth year of the Khitan Huitong period, 254 00:23:01,733 --> 00:23:04,233 the Great Khitan Emperor decrees: 255 00:23:04,233 --> 00:23:08,100 Khitan Emperor has been supporting emperors and kings in south and north, 256 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:10,900 to govern their domains, and issue orders. 257 00:23:11,733 --> 00:23:14,533 You, the Shi clan, were originally the Marquis of Jin, 258 00:23:14,733 --> 00:23:18,200 with less than one-tenth fields, and less a brigade of soldiers, 259 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,166 as if trapped in a vase struggling. 260 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,200 You presumptuously claimed the imperial authority. 261 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:30,000 You are unable in managing court discipline and political affairs, causing turmoil and wars throughout the land. 262 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:33,866 People are starved to death everywhere, which is shocking and grievous. 263 00:23:33,866 --> 00:23:38,066 Filled with pity and unease for the suffering of the common people, 264 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:40,666 I wishing to relieve the dire straits, 265 00:23:40,666 --> 00:23:45,600 People to our south are suffering from hunger and cold, so I raised an army to console them, 266 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,466 and I went to Ye and Bian in person, 267 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:52,966 hoping to restore the order and save these people from sufferings. 268 00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:56,733 Now, you young ruler, is absurd and fatuous. 269 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:04,600 You arbitrarily ascend to the throne and neglect laws and rituals, plunging the people into misery. 270 00:24:05,433 --> 00:24:09,933 You have now lost the right to abdicate and move out of the palace yourself. 271 00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:14,133 You are demoted to Marquis of Betrayal, to await the judgment of your crimes. 272 00:24:15,033 --> 00:24:20,300 Censor-in-Chief, Yelü Xieli is to be appointed Commissioner of Han Affairs in the Eastern Capital. 273 00:24:20,300 --> 00:24:24,433 Military Governor of Zhangyi, and the Right Martial Guard General, Zhang Yanze, 274 00:24:24,466 --> 00:24:28,666 will act as the provisional governor of the Eastern Capital, 275 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:31,933 All military and state affairs shall be entrusted to him. 276 00:24:31,933 --> 00:24:37,800 The officials and soldiers of Bianzhou, must obey their commands and strictly follow their orders. 277 00:24:38,133 --> 00:24:44,200 Should there be anyone who commit crimes or defy their superiors, I would applying all punishments to him. 278 00:24:44,533 --> 00:24:45,200 So be it. 279 00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:48,566 Listen to the orders and do not disappoint me. 280 00:25:16,133 --> 00:25:17,500 So everything's over? 281 00:25:18,733 --> 00:25:20,366 This is already the best outcome. 282 00:25:22,566 --> 00:25:23,600 I don't understand! 283 00:25:24,166 --> 00:25:25,700 There's no reinforcements. 284 00:25:26,566 --> 00:25:27,233 The capital, 285 00:25:29,633 --> 00:25:30,900 is doomed to fall. 286 00:25:32,933 --> 00:25:35,866 If that's the case, what was the point defending for ten days？ 287 00:25:36,266 --> 00:25:37,300 For the sake of dignity. 288 00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:41,366 So many people died, 289 00:25:42,366 --> 00:25:44,033 just for that so-called dignity? 290 00:25:45,066 --> 00:25:45,766 Was it worth it? 291 00:25:47,633 --> 00:25:51,933 Lord Du surrendering to the enemy, and Zhang attacking the capital, 292 00:25:51,933 --> 00:25:55,100 all for nothing more than placing a bet that when Khitan Emperor, 293 00:25:55,333 --> 00:26:00,633 they might seize the throne, and rule the world, just as the late Emperor did. 294 00:26:01,533 --> 00:26:02,966 As the late Emperor? 295 00:26:03,766 --> 00:26:05,100 To be another son emperor? 296 00:26:05,533 --> 00:26:08,733 If the Khitan Emperor is willing to acknowledge a son, 297 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:12,333 Lord Du and Zhang Yanze would scramble to acknowledge this father. 298 00:26:13,666 --> 00:26:14,700 They are traitors! 299 00:26:15,133 --> 00:26:16,800 Never to be reconciled with! 300 00:26:17,266 --> 00:26:20,600 What corrupted hearts, devoid of loyalty and righteousness. 301 00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:30,433 In the face of victory or defeat, most people in this world would abandon righteousness for victory. 302 00:26:32,533 --> 00:26:35,066 People, state, loyalty, integrity, righteousness— 303 00:26:35,066 --> 00:26:37,066 aren't those the most priceless things? 304 00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:38,266 In this world, 305 00:26:39,033 --> 00:26:42,066 there certainly exist truly priceless things. 306 00:26:43,033 --> 00:26:43,700 However, 307 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,200 in the court of the imperial palace, 308 00:26:47,833 --> 00:26:50,600 everything inevitably has a price. 309 00:26:50,666 --> 00:26:52,866 Things that cannot be valued by price 310 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,000 simply do not appear here. 311 00:26:55,066 --> 00:26:57,500 In the court, if you do not calculate values, 312 00:26:58,133 --> 00:26:59,833 you will not be entitled to stand here. 313 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,600 Lord, Minister, 314 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:07,833 are you here to see, who in the world today 315 00:27:09,266 --> 00:27:12,000 is still willing to bet on a court that is doomed? 316 00:27:12,766 --> 00:27:15,633 Khitan is powerful, the central empire is declining. 317 00:27:15,933 --> 00:27:18,966 In the eyes of most people, the outcome is already clear. 318 00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:24,800 If your esteemed brother were to choose, would he bet on the court or on the Khitan? 319 00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:37,566 Yet Lord Shuiqiu and I, Sang, 320 00:27:39,633 --> 00:27:41,266 can only bet on the court. 321 00:27:50,733 --> 00:27:54,166 This ten-day battle is meant to tell the world 322 00:27:55,033 --> 00:28:00,466 that even in this time when loyalty is wavering, there still exist someone who bet on the court. 323 00:28:26,733 --> 00:28:31,500 By the orders of Lord and Father Marshal, I, led troops to garrison the city, 324 00:28:31,566 --> 00:28:32,966 for a total of ten days. 325 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:40,500 Six hundred seventy-one men died in battle, seven hundred thirty-two wounded. 326 00:28:40,500 --> 00:28:43,000 Now, by the orders, I return to the city 327 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,300 to report to Lord and Father Marshal. 328 00:28:53,533 --> 00:28:54,866 What should to be done, 329 00:28:55,666 --> 00:28:56,933 and what could be done, 330 00:28:58,300 --> 00:28:59,300 has all been done. 331 00:29:00,866 --> 00:29:02,266 Go to my residence 332 00:29:03,666 --> 00:29:05,000 to take your family home. 333 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:08,633 Thank you, Lord. 334 00:29:14,033 --> 00:29:20,100 This humble general, Palace Attendant, Commander of the Eighteenth Command of the Imperial Guard, 335 00:29:20,233 --> 00:29:25,466 Secretariat and Chancellery, Palace Guard Attendant, Arms-Bearing Officer, Zhao Kuangyin, 336 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,533 humbly requests Lord, for the morale of the troops, 337 00:29:29,066 --> 00:29:33,000 to show compassion and award those who died, were wounded, and meritorious in battle,. 338 00:29:37,466 --> 00:29:38,466 You little fool! 339 00:29:39,233 --> 00:29:42,300 The palace is this not a place for your nonsense! 340 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:44,066 Lord, 341 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:45,766 forgive my son's offense. 342 00:29:59,066 --> 00:29:59,600 Bring it. 343 00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:03,600 Bring what? 344 00:30:04,733 --> 00:30:07,633 The roster of those who died and were meritorious. 345 00:30:10,733 --> 00:30:12,333 It has not yet been completed? 346 00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:15,066 It's OK. 347 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:18,500 I will wait. 348 00:30:22,633 --> 00:30:26,833 The soldiers who died and were wounded need to be compensated. 349 00:30:26,833 --> 00:30:29,366 The meritorious ones need to be rewarded. 350 00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,933 Even if everything had really collapsed, 351 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,300 these are things that must be done. 352 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:05,133 Kuangyin. 353 00:31:11,266 --> 00:31:14,933 Take a few attendants to the Lord's residence now, 354 00:31:16,300 --> 00:31:20,966 to bring your mother, and your younger brother, back home. 355 00:32:34,133 --> 00:32:42,066 It was my oversight that caused you to fall into the hands of the enemies and disturbed. 356 00:32:42,633 --> 00:32:43,266 It's my fault. 357 00:32:44,066 --> 00:32:45,200 In His Majesty's edict, 358 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,733 there is one more matter that we two shall handle. 359 00:32:48,233 --> 00:32:48,733 Indeed. 360 00:32:49,733 --> 00:32:52,033 We must move the deposed emperor to another palace. 361 00:32:52,633 --> 00:32:53,900 But as far as I know, 362 00:32:54,066 --> 00:32:58,133 there is no second palace for residence in this city,. 363 00:32:58,766 --> 00:33:03,100 It doesn't matter. We can move him to the main hall of the Kaifeng Prefecture. 364 00:33:03,433 --> 00:33:04,900 I will handle this matter. 365 00:33:06,133 --> 00:33:11,166 These impoverished in the capital, knowing full well they themselves cannot partake, 366 00:33:11,466 --> 00:33:13,400 won't let others partake either. 367 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,400 They have ruined the ambition of Lord Du and me. 368 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:21,533 I wonder what benefit they would possibly get. 369 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:23,900 Central Army Commander! 370 00:33:24,266 --> 00:33:24,866 Yes. 371 00:33:25,433 --> 00:33:29,766 Post notices with the spy Guo Rong's portrait and search the entire city for him. 372 00:33:30,733 --> 00:33:31,533 Understood. 373 00:33:51,266 --> 00:33:52,966 Greetings, Sir. 374 00:33:56,433 --> 00:33:58,433 Lü Yin, your surbodinate, greets you. 375 00:33:59,533 --> 00:34:01,800 Your subordinate pays respects to you. 376 00:34:02,166 --> 00:34:04,366 What brings you here, Minister? 377 00:34:07,466 --> 00:34:08,166 What? 378 00:34:10,133 --> 00:34:11,666 Am I not supposed to come? 379 00:34:11,666 --> 00:34:12,966 I would not mean that. 380 00:34:13,866 --> 00:34:14,633 Juzheng. 381 00:34:16,633 --> 00:34:21,400 You were the sixth in the imperial examination of the second year of Qingtai. 382 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,166 Is that so? 383 00:34:24,533 --> 00:34:25,100 Yes. 384 00:34:27,033 --> 00:34:31,866 A jinshi on the same list, with ten years of hard study and twelve years of officialdom, 385 00:34:32,166 --> 00:34:33,966 is no more than a judge in the capital. 386 00:34:36,266 --> 00:34:39,566 Nothing shows better the hardships of troubled times. 387 00:34:44,666 --> 00:34:47,333 Have you known about the edict from the Khitan emperor? 388 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,466 The Academy Institute sent a copy. 389 00:34:50,466 --> 00:34:53,466 I'm organizing household registers and land records, 390 00:34:53,466 --> 00:34:55,400 and tidying seals and documents, 391 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,733 waiting for that Marshal Zhang to handover those to him. 392 00:35:00,900 --> 00:35:01,500 Good. 393 00:35:03,533 --> 00:35:04,633 Since you know, 394 00:35:06,166 --> 00:35:07,166 listen carefully. 395 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:09,566 Awaiting your order. 396 00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:16,200 From this day forward, 397 00:35:16,766 --> 00:35:18,966 you are no longer the Judge of Kaifeng Prefecture. 398 00:35:21,333 --> 00:35:22,333 From you downwards, 399 00:35:23,033 --> 00:35:27,066 all adjutants, runners, and clerks are dismissed together. 400 00:35:27,666 --> 00:35:32,133 Considering that you've done your duties over the past ten days, this prefecture will show mercy/ 401 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,766 Since there is still some public funds, 402 00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:38,566 each person may get an extra three months' salary. 403 00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:40,766 Collect it, 404 00:35:42,733 --> 00:35:43,733 and then disperse. 405 00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:50,266 Although I'm an assistant official, by regulation, my position is a court-appointed one. 406 00:35:50,866 --> 00:35:55,633 As Military Commissioner, you still can't appoint or dismiss capital officials bypassing Lord Feng. 407 00:35:55,633 --> 00:35:58,166 Forgive me, I dare not obey this order. 408 00:36:00,066 --> 00:36:02,833 I dare not obey this order. 409 00:36:06,333 --> 00:36:12,733 Juzheng, you are still young. You still have family. So leave here. 410 00:36:17,066 --> 00:36:22,566 Sir, I, Xue, though lacking in talent, also know a great calamity is imminent. 411 00:36:24,166 --> 00:36:27,366 Yet I dare not shirk my duty to reserve my own life. 412 00:36:35,833 --> 00:36:36,766 You've decided? 413 00:36:40,233 --> 00:36:41,966 At most, I will lose my life. 414 00:36:53,666 --> 00:36:55,100 It is not your turn to lose it. 415 00:36:57,866 --> 00:36:58,700 I, Sang, 416 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:03,333 am the Prefect of Kaifeng of the Great Jin Dynasty. 417 00:37:38,566 --> 00:37:41,900 I wondered who it is so bold. 418 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,733 So it turns out to be you, Minister Sang. 419 00:37:46,466 --> 00:37:48,000 You arrived so late. 420 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,866 How rude are you to Minister Sang! 421 00:38:07,433 --> 00:38:11,966 With the decree of the Khitan Emperor, I'm here to take over the Kaifeng Prefecture office. 422 00:38:13,133 --> 00:38:14,266 Minister Sang, 423 00:38:15,133 --> 00:38:17,233 you have always been sensible; 424 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,900 You will not obstruct, will you? 425 00:38:23,033 --> 00:38:25,166 I, the Prefect of Kaifeng, am still here. 426 00:38:25,666 --> 00:38:27,700 You cannot take over. 427 00:38:30,433 --> 00:38:31,300 What did you say? 428 00:38:34,566 --> 00:38:36,200 You refuse to obey the decree? 429 00:38:44,166 --> 00:38:45,633 You filthy, worthless scoundrel! 430 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,033 Clearly, your death is imminent, yet you still think you've seized an opportunity? 431 00:38:51,866 --> 00:38:55,500 One truly can’t explain ice to a mayfly. 432 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:02,266 Sang Weihan, 433 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,466 you really don't know how to preserve some dignity. 434 00:39:07,833 --> 00:39:12,400 I, Sang, bear eternal shame of selling the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun. 435 00:39:13,066 --> 00:39:17,900 You and Du Zhongwei sold over thirty prefectures of Hebei and the capital. 436 00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:23,666 Do you have any dignity left to give me? 437 00:39:23,933 --> 00:39:25,233 Where are the official seals? 438 00:39:26,333 --> 00:39:27,400 Smashed. 439 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,066 And the registers and legal documents? 440 00:39:31,066 --> 00:39:32,100 Burned. 441 00:39:33,533 --> 00:39:39,200 Have you gone mad, or are you suffering from a phlegm disorder that has clouded your mind? 442 00:39:39,866 --> 00:39:43,300 All your plots are in the light, 443 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,666 and all your schemes will come to nothing. 444 00:39:48,466 --> 00:39:50,766 My lifework has ended. 445 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:54,600 If costing my life could ruin you and Du Zhongwei's conspiracy, 446 00:39:55,566 --> 00:39:57,100 then it will be worthwile. 447 00:39:57,733 --> 00:40:01,166 What you are going to do, the late Emperor succeeded in it. 448 00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,700 But Du Zhongwei is not to succeed, 449 00:40:04,466 --> 00:40:07,066 and you are even less likely to. 450 00:40:08,566 --> 00:40:09,433 Because, 451 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,333 you are a fool. 452 00:40:22,233 --> 00:40:23,533 Good. 453 00:41:27,566 --> 00:41:30,633 Sang Weihan, as the chancellor of the Later Jin dynasty, 454 00:41:30,633 --> 00:41:33,770 is described in the Old History of the Five Dynasties as follows: 455 00:41:33,770 --> 00:41:39,230 His ambition to assist and harmonize, and merit in establishing the state can indeed be called a pillar of the state. 456 00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:41,366 The New History of the Five Dynasties says: 457 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,066 It's Sang's merit to end Later Tang and prosper Later Jin. 458 00:41:44,466 --> 00:41:46,800 His talents in politics and making strategy 459 00:41:47,333 --> 00:41:50,333 have also received recognition and praise. 460 00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:53,066 However, 461 00:41:53,066 --> 00:41:57,866 as one of those directly responsible for losing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun, 462 00:41:57,866 --> 00:42:03,266 he has consequently received harsh criticism and condemnation from later Confucian scholars. 463 00:42:05,433 --> 00:42:09,600 The 17th century scholar Wang Fuzhi explicitly criticized Sang Weihan 464 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,566 in his Discourses on Reading the Zizhi Tongjian, saying: 465 00:42:12,566 --> 00:42:16,600 He left great calamity to the world, the influence of which on later generations 466 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,100 makes him a criminal of tens of thousands of years. 467 00:42:28,266 --> 00:42:29,900 Central Army Commander! 468 00:42:31,133 --> 00:42:31,866 Yes. 469 00:42:32,966 --> 00:42:34,300 Announce to the entire army: 470 00:42:35,266 --> 00:42:36,966 Grant three days of leave. 471 00:42:38,266 --> 00:42:41,400 Conduct a city-wide search. 472 00:42:43,866 --> 00:42:47,333 The advanced troops shall conduct the search on the first day. 473 00:42:47,566 --> 00:42:49,700 Others get the second and third days. 474 00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:52,233 Let them notice the time. 475 00:42:53,300 --> 00:42:56,766 Return to your units at the hour of Xu the day after tomorrow. 476 00:42:57,533 --> 00:42:58,733 Thank you, Marshal. 477 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,366 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles strech towering mountains. ♫ 478 00:43:27,866 --> 00:43:30,833 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles run surging rivers. ♫ 479 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,366 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles cry warhorses. ♫ 480 00:43:34,866 --> 00:43:38,966 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles there are emotions unspoken. ♫ 481 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:42,866 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, flowers are blooming along the road. ♫ 482 00:43:43,366 --> 00:43:46,333 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, gooses are returning to the north. ♫ 483 00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:49,866 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, we stand through storms. ♫ 484 00:43:50,366 --> 00:43:54,466 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, we hope for a safe return. ♫ 485 00:43:58,666 --> 00:44:01,333 ♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫ 486 00:44:01,933 --> 00:44:04,833 ♫ for a lifetime's sorrows and joys. ♫ 487 00:44:05,466 --> 00:44:08,133 ♫ Tens of thousands of miles is not enough, ♫ 488 00:44:08,733 --> 00:44:11,633 ♫ for the endless seas and rivers. ♫ 489 00:44:12,433 --> 00:44:15,100 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 490 00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:18,600 ♫ love will overcome all barriers. ♫ 491 00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:20,600 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 492 00:44:21,266 --> 00:44:25,000 ♫ we are together in life and death. ♫ 493 00:44:25,933 --> 00:44:28,966 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫ 494 00:44:32,666 --> 00:44:35,700 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles. ♫ 495 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:40,933 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 496 00:44:41,300 --> 00:44:42,733 ♫ the moon shines in the boundless world. ♫ 497 00:44:43,066 --> 00:44:46,300 ♫ My heart has its hometown to return. ♫ 498 00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:47,833 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 499 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:49,633 ♫ who is the one crossing the waves with me, ♫ 500 00:44:49,966 --> 00:44:53,200 ♫ with our hearts unrepentant, through countless lifetimes. ♫ 501 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:54,833 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 502 00:44:55,100 --> 00:44:56,633 ♫ oceans and lands witness that♫ 503 00:44:56,866 --> 00:44:59,633 ♫ the world will be safe and sound. ♫ 504 00:45:00,033 --> 00:45:03,066 ♫ Across tens of thousands of miles, ♫ 505 00:45:11,233 --> 00:45:15,400 ♫ my heart is unchanging. ♫