1 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:44,500 China in the mid-19th century... 2 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:46,500 the suffering of its people under the corrupt rule of the Qing dynasty 3 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:48,500 set the stage for the Taiping Rebellion. 4 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:50,500 During the chaos of the 14 years long civil war, 5 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:52,500 70 million people died in battle or from starvation... 6 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:56,300 The casualties equaled the recorded death toll from WWll. 7 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,000 He said... 8 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,300 the day he crawled out from the pile of corpses... 9 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,200 he was a dead man 10 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:25,800 He also said... 11 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,100 it was an age when death came easy... 12 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:33,900 but living was hard 13 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:06,400 All my men died 14 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:09,900 I alone survived 15 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,300 You were lucky 16 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,300 I played dead 17 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,500 My brothers... more than 1600 men... 18 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:36,500 fought for three days and nights... 19 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:41,000 They all died... 20 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:47,800 The Kui army were inhuman 21 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,400 They only stood behind us and watched 22 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:00,800 My brothers were slaughtered one after another 23 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,900 No one survived 24 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:47,400 He met a woman that day 25 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,800 They spent the night in a deserted house 26 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,000 He didn't know if it was the woman or the soup... 27 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,300 that brought him back to life 28 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:42,400 Where can I find food? 29 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,900 Try the main street 30 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:00,900 He said... 31 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:03,200 the first time he met me... 32 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,600 the sky was overcast, like his mood 33 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,500 But I remember clearly... 34 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:13,700 that it was a glaringly sunny day 35 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:20,400 Eat your food and let's get going! 36 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:22,200 Eat and get to work! 37 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,600 Dig in! 38 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,300 You sure know how to fight 39 00:09:13,300 --> 00:09:15,200 I should introduce you to my big brother! 40 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:38,200 Where are we going? 41 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:39,400 To rob! 42 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,100 from the rebel army! 43 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:44,100 He later told me he was outraged... 44 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:46,300 that bandits like us dared steal from troops 45 00:09:46,300 --> 00:09:49,100 What did we care? Famine is everywhere 46 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:52,200 We either robbed or died 47 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:16,100 Ride out! 48 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,000 Kill them! 49 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,700 Seize their leader, hurry! 50 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,100 He saved my life that day... 51 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,200 and taught me a lesson 52 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,600 Strike the head... and the body will fall 53 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,700 Brother Jiang... 54 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:49,000 Look! 55 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,400 That man gave them to you 56 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:54,600 They're for generals 57 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Brother Jiang has become a general! 58 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,600 Brother Jiang has become a general! 59 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,100 What are you thinking about? 60 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:13,800 My home 61 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:35,900 They've returned! 62 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:49,800 Come with me! We've got food! 63 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:55,700 I have good news, tonight we feast! 64 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Why are you alone? 65 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,700 I ran away from home 66 00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:47,800 Is that a Yangzhou accent? 67 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,800 You noticed? 68 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,000 How could you tell? 69 00:16:53,700 --> 00:16:57,000 Have you ever heard of Yangzhou Ponies? 70 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,600 You mean pretty young girls who are trained as courtesans... 71 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,300 and sold to rich men? 72 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:08,200 Yes 73 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,900 But when I turned 15... 74 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,800 and was about to be sold... 75 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,100 a man came and stole me away 76 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,100 He was my childhood playmate 77 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:23,800 He killed a few people 78 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:29,700 We went into hiding and he became a bandit 79 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:34,100 He thought he saved you, 80 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:36,400 but you were no longer the same peasant girl 81 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,400 He's a good man 82 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:46,300 Go in peace! 83 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,000 Big brother laid down the rule... 84 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 to save seats and wine... 85 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,000 for the brothers who died 86 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,600 Were you a general in the army? 87 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:05,000 Not anymore 88 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,400 Why did you desert? 89 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,700 Drink up! 90 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:19,100 My troops and the Kui troops 91 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:21,500 planned to join forces against the enemy 92 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,100 But they betrayed us 93 00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:26,200 We were outnumbered... 94 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,100 and all my brothers were killed! 95 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:35,600 There's nothing more important than the love between brothers 96 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,400 That I agree 97 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:42,400 These days, without brothers... 98 00:18:44,100 --> 00:18:45,700 you can't survive 99 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,200 Wu-Yang, dinner's here 100 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,900 Are the new recruits staying? 101 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,400 No one wants to leave when there's food 102 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,900 Except for Pang, he 's not our kind 103 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:10,900 I don't know if he's staying or not 104 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,800 Pretty, isn't it? 105 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,600 I snatched it from a dead man 106 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,800 Do you know what this is? 107 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,000 No 108 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,600 It protects you 109 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,900 Did that night really happen? 110 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,700 I waited there for you... 111 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:16,200 wondering if it was all a dream 112 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,400 If you ran away, why did you come back? 113 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,600 I ran away many times, 114 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,200 had it all thought out 115 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,000 But I always ended up back here 116 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:36,800 Why did you come back? 117 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,600 You should decide for your own life 118 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:00,400 Stay here! 119 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,900 "Kui" 120 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,000 Why are you robbing our food? 121 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,400 I dare you to hit me? 122 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,900 Go ahead! 123 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:40,900 Stop fighting! 124 00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:43,800 I'm old enough to be your grandmother! 125 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,500 Stand back or I'll shoot! 126 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:46,500 I dare you! 127 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,000 I swear I'll shoot... 128 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,500 Go ahead! Kill me too! 129 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,500 You! 130 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:35,500 Nobody moves! 131 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:48,700 Look at me when I speak 132 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,100 You think you can keep the food you robbed? 133 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,400 Consider this as a pay back to your country 134 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,300 Let's go! 135 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:48,400 If only we had guns... we could fight them! 136 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,800 That's suicide! 137 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,300 I'd rather die than live like this! 138 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:56,400 Thieves are always on the run 139 00:23:58,300 --> 00:23:59,700 Why not join the army? 140 00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:03,400 Once you're in the army... 141 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:06,600 you'll receive wages to feed your families 142 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,100 You'll get guns so... 143 00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:11,100 that no one will bully you 144 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,900 This village will finally have peace 145 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:18,900 We're bandits, will the army take us? 146 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:23,900 The Kui army is grandiose and powerful 147 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:26,900 They couldn't care less about us 148 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,000 But Lord Chen's army is desperate for men 149 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,900 He wants to increase his power... 150 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,000 to rival the Kui army 151 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,100 He should welcome us with open arms 152 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:42,200 Er-Hu, seize this opportunity 153 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,400 Then today's event... will never happen again 154 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,000 Alright! 155 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,500 As bandits... 156 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,900 We have to be the biggest! 157 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,200 You deserted the Ching army, 158 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,900 now you want us to join them? You're a two-faced man 159 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:11,400 Why shall we trust you? 160 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:15,900 Take the blood oath! 161 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,300 To be blood brothers, we kill an outsider... 162 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:23,800 to show our loyalty to the brotherhood 163 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,300 Only the lives of our brothers count 164 00:25:26,300 --> 00:25:28,900 The rest are expendable 165 00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:32,000 I asked him that day 166 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,900 There's no turning back 167 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,100 Are you certain? 168 00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:38,500 He said nothing 169 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:43,300 Let me... 170 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:44,400 Masters, what is it?! 171 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,000 What are you bastards doing?! 172 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,200 We were only passing through! 173 00:25:53,800 --> 00:26:00,100 Mercy me... please... 174 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:01,900 Remember my face... 175 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:04,000 and take revenge in your next life! 176 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,800 We, Pang Qing-Yun 177 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:20,700 Zhao Er-Hu 178 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:22,100 and Jiang Wu-Yang... 179 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:24,300 join the brotherhood today 180 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:26,900 We take the blood oath 181 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:29,700 We pledge our lives 182 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:31,600 Those who bring us harm... 183 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,100 must die 184 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:35,900 A brother who harms another brother... 185 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:38,600 must die 186 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,700 Heaven and earth bear witness... 187 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:45,100 and strike dead any man who breaks his oath 188 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:46,800 We share one heart... 189 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:49,600 He told me later that... 190 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,700 he didn't believe in the pledge 191 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,400 I asked him what he believed in 192 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,800 He said Er-Hu... 193 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,100 and me 194 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:07,700 Wait! Take these shoes with you 195 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:10,400 Take care! 196 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:12,800 Mother may never see you again 197 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,600 Good-bye, ma 198 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,500 Er Hu! 199 00:27:18,500 --> 00:27:21,300 Shi and his men are leaving! 200 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:22,700 He said that he'd rather die... 201 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:24,700 than serve the Qing army! 202 00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:36,400 Your entire battalion perished... 203 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,100 in the battle against the Taiping rebels in Hechuan... 204 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:42,300 and you disappeared for 2 months! 205 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:44,600 How dare you return now? 206 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:45,600 My Lord Chan 207 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,100 Lord Jiang sent the Kui army... 208 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,100 to aid us in the battle at the Hechuan 209 00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:54,600 But they left us to fend for ourselves 210 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,400 My men were slaughtered on the battlefield 211 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,000 All your men died... 212 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,400 but you alone survived? 213 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,100 I stayed alive... 214 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,700 just to see you again... 215 00:29:05,700 --> 00:29:07,200 Lord Jiang 216 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000 How many men do you have? 217 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,500 800 218 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:21,900 Give me another 800... 219 00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:24,300 and I will capture Shu City within 15 days 220 00:29:24,300 --> 00:29:27,000 Don't jest with me! 221 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,700 10! 222 00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:30,900 I will capture Shu City in 10 days! 223 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,100 Well... 224 00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:37,600 then... 225 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:42,400 I'll give you 1,500 fine soldiers... 226 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,400 but no wages 227 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,200 We don't need wages; 228 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,900 we get half the spoils once we capture Shu City 229 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:52,200 Pang Qing-Yun 230 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,100 Name your army "Shan" 231 00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:57,700 Thank you, my lords 232 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:09,100 You're gambling... 233 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,500 with 800 lives 234 00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:13,600 War is a gamble 235 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,600 I won't gamble 236 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,200 My 1500 men are the last of Lord Chen's army 237 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:20,400 If we lose them... 238 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,300 my lord will be powerless at the imperial court 239 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:24,300 Make me an offer! 240 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:26,400 My army... 241 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,700 will only give you a semblance of multitude 242 00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:29,700 This is your only chance for victory 243 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,100 Otherwise... 244 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,800 you'll forever be at the mercy of the Kui army! 245 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:51,800 Big brother! 246 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,500 They're all useless 247 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,700 We'll be facing 200 rifles 248 00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:06,500 The odds are against us 249 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,600 To win, we need to attack 250 00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:16,100 Break through their firing line... 251 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,900 Engage them in hand to hand combat 252 00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:20,900 Brothers! 253 00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:23,400 Tell him who's the toughest? 254 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,200 We are! 255 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,100 The enemy will be 300 paces away 256 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,600 Rifles have a range of 200 paces... 257 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,800 arrows have only 100 258 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,300 We'll need a vanguard of 200 men... 259 00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:38,000 to run straight at the firing range 260 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:42,000 They must not dodge the bullets... 261 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,500 but must use their bodies as shields... 262 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:44,900 so that our archers... 263 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:46,700 who run behind them can get within range 264 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,400 Many brothers will die in the process 265 00:31:58,300 --> 00:31:59,700 I'm in! 266 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,800 Who's with me? 267 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,600 Die and your family will receive double your wages! 268 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,700 Live and you receive triple! 269 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:15,300 Don't you want to be rich? 270 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:17,400 Where are the real men?! 271 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:18,700 Come on! 272 00:32:18,700 --> 00:32:20,800 Damn it, count me in! 273 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:22,900 Me too, I'm in... 274 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:24,400 Count me in... 275 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,100 me too... 276 00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:30,900 I'm in... 277 00:32:30,900 --> 00:32:32,600 Take Shu City! 278 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,700 Take their money, their food, their women! 279 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:36,800 Take Shu City! 280 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:49,600 Take their money, their food, their women! 281 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:45,500 You're vastly outnumbered... 282 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:48,100 victory is already ours 283 00:33:48,100 --> 00:33:50,400 Surrender and your life will be spared 284 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,500 Kill them!!! 285 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,200 Fire! 286 00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:52,900 Kill them!!! 287 00:34:58,600 --> 00:34:59,900 Fire! 288 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:09,400 Fire! 289 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:14,500 Fire! 290 00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:25,600 Kill them!!! 291 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,000 They're dying out there! Let's go! 292 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,600 Shut up and listen! 293 00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:33,100 There's only one commander in a battle! 294 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,400 Kill them!!! 295 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:37,900 Shoot! 296 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,100 Shoot! 297 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:53,800 Brother! 298 00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,200 Brother! 299 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:14,900 Prepare! 300 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,700 Blinders on! 301 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:59,500 He's using himself to goad me into combat 302 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:27,300 Go! 303 00:40:52,300 --> 00:40:53,800 Big brother! 304 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,000 Brother... 305 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,100 No! Don't pull that out! 306 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:50,100 Hold steady! 307 00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:12,600 We're really going to die this time 308 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:13,600 We're blood brothers! 309 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,500 We die as one! 310 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:16,400 That's right! 311 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,100 We might as well take a few with us... 312 00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:20,300 as we go down! 313 00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:29,500 Let's go... 314 00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:32,100 Kill them! 315 00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:38,200 It's madness! 316 00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:41,800 800 men manage to upset an army of 5000... 317 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,200 We can win! 318 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,300 We really need a victory badly! 319 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,300 Follow me! 320 00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:42,900 Wu-Yang! 321 00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,200 Wu-Yang! 322 00:44:58,500 --> 00:44:59,700 Lord Di... 323 00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:02,200 Pang Qing-Yun must be blessed 324 00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:03,700 Pang... 325 00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:06,600 Fate has brought us together again 326 00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,200 How fortunate of you to capture Shu City... 327 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:11,100 you have made a name for yourself 328 00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,000 Pang... 329 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,500 how does 5 more battalions sound? 330 00:45:15,500 --> 00:45:17,500 On top of that... 331 00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:18,900 - Lu Da-Shan... - Sir 332 00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:21,200 will be under your command 333 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:22,100 Thank you, My Lord 334 00:45:22,100 --> 00:45:23,300 Pang Qing-Yun 335 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,900 Your old friend from the Kui army is waiting for you 336 00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:28,100 He Kui 337 00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:29,300 Sir 338 00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:33,800 Greetings, my lords 339 00:45:35,900 --> 00:45:39,000 It's been a long time, General Pang 340 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,500 lt'll be a reunion of old allies... 341 00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:42,100 with you leading the attack... 342 00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:44,200 and him bringing up the rear 343 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:45,700 How do we divide the spoils? 344 00:45:45,700 --> 00:45:47,000 Lord Di and... 345 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,700 Lord Chen... 346 00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:50,300 no objections I trust? 347 00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:52,600 I'm afraid he won't be able to keep up! 348 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,400 We'll take Suzhou, and then Nanking! 349 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,700 What are they laughing at? 350 00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:13,300 Nanking is the enemy's capital 351 00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:15,700 To topple Nanking, we must first take Suzhou 352 00:46:15,700 --> 00:46:17,700 Since they have nothing to gain when the war is over... 353 00:46:17,700 --> 00:46:19,700 they won't let us take Suzhou 354 00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:21,900 If we attack, they can't stop us 355 00:46:21,900 --> 00:46:23,400 The Kui army was precisely sent... 356 00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,300 to keep an eye on us 357 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,000 They've returned! 358 00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:29,000 Xiao-Wu 359 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,700 Xiao-Wu, Xiao-Wu... 360 00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:39,000 Xiao-Wu's shoes... 361 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,100 Xiao-Wu... 362 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:50,900 Xiao-Qi?! 363 00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:57,200 Xiao-Qi... my boys... 364 00:47:59,100 --> 00:48:00,800 We were no longer bandits 365 00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:05,700 He said a bandit kills for his own interests 366 00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:08,900 But a hero sacrifices for others 367 00:48:09,500 --> 00:48:10,900 I wanted to be a hero 368 00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,000 You've lost weight 369 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,300 Big brother says, we'll only be away for 3 years 370 00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:30,500 I know you've never liked it here 371 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:32,200 When the war is over... 372 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:34,600 I'll find us a better place to settle down 373 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,100 Where's Brother Pang? 374 00:48:36,100 --> 00:48:39,000 He's staying outside the village tonight 375 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,700 We'll leave tomorrow morning 376 00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:14,900 Remember... 377 00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:16,400 Winning is all that matters! 378 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,500 Begin! 379 00:50:24,100 --> 00:50:25,800 Kill them! 380 00:50:50,700 --> 00:50:52,700 We're here to take over 381 00:50:52,700 --> 00:50:55,300 Give the men 3 days leave to pillage! 382 00:50:55,300 --> 00:50:57,700 Let them take their money, their food, their women! 383 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,000 You can come out now, the war is over 384 00:51:39,700 --> 00:51:40,900 Come 385 00:51:40,900 --> 00:51:43,000 Come, don't be afraid 386 00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,200 Have you eaten? 387 00:51:48,900 --> 00:51:50,300 You hungry? 388 00:51:50,900 --> 00:51:52,900 Let go! 389 00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:54,800 What are you doing?! 390 00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,600 Don't just stay there! Give me a hand! 391 00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:00,100 No! 392 00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:04,500 Don't touch me! 393 00:52:07,500 --> 00:52:09,500 Gouzi, I'm leaving! 394 00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:15,000 Let me go... 395 00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:33,100 Brother Pang 396 00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:36,700 - Move! - What is it? 397 00:52:36,700 --> 00:52:37,800 Why am I being arrested? 398 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:39,900 - Go! - What is it?! 399 00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:42,500 Gather the people for a public execution! 400 00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:43,900 Brother Zhao! 401 00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:46,300 Brother, what's this about? 402 00:52:46,300 --> 00:52:47,700 They raped 2 women 403 00:52:47,700 --> 00:52:50,300 They were given three days of pillage, this was bound to happen! 404 00:52:51,100 --> 00:52:55,000 From this day on, I will not tolerate such conduct under my command! 405 00:52:56,300 --> 00:52:57,700 It's what we've always done 406 00:52:57,700 --> 00:52:59,300 We're soldiers now, not bandits 407 00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:01,100 We must better ourselves or we won't achieve anything! 408 00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:02,600 If we allow this to happen... 409 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:05,000 we're no better than those Kui bastards! 410 00:53:05,700 --> 00:53:08,500 Today is the day we start setting down some rules! 411 00:53:09,300 --> 00:53:11,600 We've just killed their families! 412 00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:12,900 Now you want to protect them? 413 00:53:12,900 --> 00:53:14,700 By killing our own? 414 00:53:15,700 --> 00:53:17,600 No one will risk their lives fighting for you after this! 415 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,200 Brother... 416 00:53:21,100 --> 00:53:22,900 Listen to me, look at them! 417 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:24,700 They've learned their lesson 418 00:53:24,700 --> 00:53:26,600 There's no need to kill them, right? 419 00:53:27,500 --> 00:53:28,900 Don't just kneel there! 420 00:53:28,900 --> 00:53:30,400 Say you're sorry! 421 00:53:31,300 --> 00:53:34,000 Big brother, we were wrong, we're so sorry... 422 00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:35,100 Gouzi! 423 00:53:35,100 --> 00:53:36,800 Say it again! 424 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,500 Gouzi, say you're sorry! 425 00:53:38,500 --> 00:53:40,200 Say it! 426 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,100 Come on, Gouzi... 427 00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:44,100 Big brother, we're sorry! 428 00:53:44,100 --> 00:53:45,000 Big brother, they know they're wrong 429 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,200 Have mercy 430 00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,200 When I was still a civil servant... 431 00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,200 I saw a soldier... 432 00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:54,400 beating a peasant on the street... 433 00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:57,900 ...until the man was covered with his own blood 434 00:53:57,900 --> 00:53:59,500 There was no reason for it... 435 00:53:59,500 --> 00:54:01,000 except that the man was poor 436 00:54:02,700 --> 00:54:05,100 But the poor man never retaliated 437 00:54:05,100 --> 00:54:07,400 He accepted it as part of his lot in life 438 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,100 I promised myself that day... 439 00:54:10,900 --> 00:54:12,300 I would never allow... 440 00:54:12,300 --> 00:54:14,600 something like that to happen again! 441 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:16,700 You joined the army... 442 00:54:16,700 --> 00:54:18,800 because you don't want to be bullied 443 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:20,400 Let me tell you 444 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:21,300 not only you but everyone... 445 00:54:21,300 --> 00:54:24,400 men and women alike should be free from oppression! 446 00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:28,100 That's what we're fighting for! 447 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:33,700 That day... 448 00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:36,400 he finally revealed his dream for the future 449 00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:37,600 He said... 450 00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:41,000 he waited because he was afraid 451 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,600 we wouldn't understand 452 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:44,000 But I did Stop! 453 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:46,800 Don't you touch my men! 454 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:50,300 Back off! 455 00:54:50,300 --> 00:54:51,700 Brother... 456 00:54:51,700 --> 00:54:53,200 Please... 457 00:54:58,700 --> 00:55:00,400 Who do you owe your lives to? 458 00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:08,100 Who?! 459 00:55:08,100 --> 00:55:09,800 Big brother! 460 00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,300 What will you tell my mother? 461 00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:22,900 Closes your eyes 462 00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:24,800 I'll be quick 463 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:28,800 Brother Jiang... What will you tell my mother? 464 00:55:36,900 --> 00:55:38,300 Don't tell my mother! 465 00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:42,600 How I wish I could sacrifice my life... 466 00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:43,900 for this future of his 467 00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:51,300 I used to think... 468 00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:54,300 we only kill to survive 469 00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,400 Now I see that... 470 00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:03,600 we must also kill in order to do good 471 00:56:11,100 --> 00:56:13,900 We must end this war in 3 months 472 00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,300 We must take Suzhou! 473 00:56:24,300 --> 00:56:26,500 Look! The abandoned! 474 00:56:26,900 --> 00:56:29,000 You're behaving like Pang - 475 00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:31,000 too ambitious 476 00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:35,800 Thinks he can take Suzhou with a few thousand men? 477 00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:38,700 I'm worried for you, Lord Chen 478 00:56:38,700 --> 00:56:41,500 With no supplies or reinforcements... 479 00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:43,000 He's dead for sure! 480 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:47,100 There's a fine line between winning and losing 481 00:56:47,100 --> 00:56:51,500 If I add the right piece... here 482 00:56:51,500 --> 00:56:55,200 Pang might just climb to the top... 483 00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:56,200 and then... 484 00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:59,500 Do you think I'd let Pang return to the fold? 485 00:57:02,500 --> 00:57:03,900 Leaving him stranded... 486 00:57:03,900 --> 00:57:06,800 benefits everyone 487 00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:26,500 "Suzhou City, One Year Later" 488 00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:29,400 I saved you once in Ji-An... 489 00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:32,900 you ungrateful bastard! 490 00:57:42,900 --> 00:57:45,100 What's keeping all of you?! 491 00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:16,300 Suzhou is at an impasse; 492 00:58:16,300 --> 00:58:18,500 both sides will starve to death 493 00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:22,700 The Kui army are waiting to swoop like vultures! 494 00:58:23,100 --> 00:58:25,000 How much longer can you afford to gamble? 495 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,100 Butcher... 496 00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:36,300 sing me a song 497 00:58:39,300 --> 00:58:40,500 I heard that... 498 00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:44,200 there is a man named Jesus 499 00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:45,200 Each day at noon... 500 00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:48,300 He gives the Taiping general Huang in Suzhou... 501 00:58:48,300 --> 00:58:50,900 5 loaves of bread and 2 fat pigs 502 00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:56,000 He would then divide the food casually... 503 00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:57,800 and somehow he feeds all 5000 people... 504 00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:59,800 Everyone is fed 505 00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:05,300 Their bread never runs out 506 00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:09,800 And new piglets are being born everyday 507 00:59:28,800 --> 00:59:31,000 Sit down! 508 00:59:33,500 --> 00:59:35,500 Sit down! 509 00:59:49,300 --> 00:59:51,000 I'll steal into the city and kill Huang 510 00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:53,300 Those who tried never came back 511 00:59:53,300 --> 00:59:55,100 I won't put more lives at risk 512 00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:58,300 I'll go ask Lord Di... 513 00:59:58,300 --> 00:59:59,900 for food and weapons 514 01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:04,800 But we've defied their orders by attacking Suzhou 515 01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:06,600 I'm still of some use to them 516 01:00:18,700 --> 01:00:20,600 Please leave now 517 01:00:23,700 --> 01:00:27,400 Give me provisions and I'll seize Suzhou! 518 01:00:30,100 --> 01:00:33,700 My men may die in battles but not from hunger! 519 01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,800 Please, I beg you! 520 01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:49,900 My lord says he didn't know Suzhou was at war 521 01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:00,000 To the Kui army! 522 01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:02,800 We can't go begging to them! 523 01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:04,500 Then I will go alone! 524 01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:15,800 Let's go! 525 01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:18,700 Quick! 526 01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:21,100 Hurry... 527 01:01:21,900 --> 01:01:23,600 Take my hand! 528 01:01:24,100 --> 01:01:26,000 They tried to steal into the city; 529 01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:27,600 they all said there was food inside 530 01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:40,100 I must go in for myself 531 01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:45,600 Give me provisions and weapons... 532 01:02:46,500 --> 01:02:48,100 I'll make you a deal 533 01:02:48,100 --> 01:02:49,200 I don't need that 534 01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,200 Suzhou is already mine 535 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,600 I'm talking about... 536 01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:54,000 Nanking 537 01:02:57,200 --> 01:02:59,800 My men do the fighting and the dying! 538 01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:02,700 All you have to do is stand behind us 539 01:03:02,700 --> 01:03:04,800 We divide Nanking between us; 540 01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:07,000 we enter the city together... 541 01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:08,100 unless you want to be under 542 01:03:08,100 --> 01:03:10,500 the power of those three old men forever 543 01:03:22,500 --> 01:03:24,400 We must capture Nanking... 544 01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:28,000 before the Kui army arrives to take credit 545 01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:29,700 But we only have 10 days' supplies 546 01:03:29,700 --> 01:03:31,300 We act quickly 547 01:03:31,300 --> 01:03:33,900 We capture Suzhou within 2 days! 548 01:03:47,500 --> 01:03:48,900 The heavens are good to me... 549 01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:53,600 sending you to me tonight 550 01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:10,700 It can protect you 551 01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:40,600 If you don't see a red flare by dawn from inside the city... 552 01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:42,300 my men will take you to safety 553 01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:47,400 Tell big brother and Wu-Yang that... 554 01:04:47,400 --> 01:04:49,500 Er-Hu wanted to be a hero 555 01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:09,800 General Pang is back! 556 01:05:14,100 --> 01:05:17,200 Sir, the provisions have arrived! 557 01:05:20,900 --> 01:05:23,000 General Zhao has entered the city 558 01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:25,900 He said if we see a red flare by dawn... 559 01:05:25,900 --> 01:05:27,900 it means he has succeeded 560 01:05:44,700 --> 01:05:47,400 My friend, did you bring the goods? 561 01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:52,000 They say we have food in the city 562 01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:55,400 But we may start eating each other soon 563 01:06:26,800 --> 01:06:30,400 I promised they would be clothed and fed... 564 01:06:32,100 --> 01:06:34,300 and could go home within 3 years 565 01:06:39,500 --> 01:06:41,200 It's been 5 years now... 566 01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,500 We attack at dawn 567 01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:15,100 Lian 568 01:09:56,400 --> 01:09:58,600 I like to study different faces... 569 01:10:00,300 --> 01:10:01,900 but I haven't seen a new face... 570 01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:05,000 since Suzhou came under siege a year ago 571 01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:09,700 I hear the opium dealer is a new face 572 01:10:12,900 --> 01:10:16,400 but I don't use opium anymore 573 01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:18,500 it only eases the pain 574 01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:27,200 My wife's grave is just outside the city in the woods 575 01:10:28,900 --> 01:10:30,800 I long to see her... 576 01:10:32,100 --> 01:10:33,700 but can't 577 01:10:40,200 --> 01:10:42,700 Do you know what it's like to be a prisoner? 578 01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:47,300 Suzhou has become one big prison... 579 01:10:48,500 --> 01:10:52,000 I can't get out... 580 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:55,600 you can't get in either... 581 01:10:56,200 --> 01:10:57,700 unless... 582 01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:00,700 I let you in 583 01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:03,400 Remember Shi? 584 01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:05,800 You joined the Qing army, he followed me 585 01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:13,400 Hurry! 586 01:11:39,500 --> 01:11:42,400 Sir... it's past dawn 587 01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:46,800 Prepare the horses 588 01:11:48,300 --> 01:11:49,600 Escort Lady Zhao away 589 01:11:59,300 --> 01:12:01,200 Er-hu said that... 590 01:12:01,200 --> 01:12:03,000 he wanted to be a hero 591 01:12:16,100 --> 01:12:17,600 If I survive, I will... 592 01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:21,200 marry you 593 01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:30,000 4,000 soldiers are outside crazed with starvation 594 01:12:31,200 --> 01:12:32,600 If you kill me... 595 01:12:34,100 --> 01:12:38,200 you will all die in a blood bath 596 01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:40,500 I too have 4,000 men 597 01:12:41,300 --> 01:12:44,300 They'll defend every inch of the city... 598 01:12:45,200 --> 01:12:47,500 to their last drop of blood 599 01:12:50,600 --> 01:12:51,900 Stand down 600 01:12:57,600 --> 01:12:59,000 Lay down your arms 601 01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:15,200 Please surrender! 602 01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:18,200 11 years ago... 603 01:13:20,100 --> 01:13:24,900 I closed my business and sold everything... 604 01:13:26,100 --> 01:13:28,300 to join the Taiping rebellion 605 01:13:29,500 --> 01:13:31,900 From that day on... 606 01:13:31,900 --> 01:13:34,600 the word "surrender"... 607 01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:36,200 no longer existed for me! 608 01:14:25,100 --> 01:14:26,600 As long as I live... 609 01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:30,800 the people of Suzhou City... 610 01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:33,200 will never be free 611 01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:42,000 Spare my soldiers... let them go home 612 01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:48,900 Don't make the civilians suffer 613 01:14:54,900 --> 01:14:56,700 May you... 614 01:14:57,500 --> 01:14:59,100 go in peace! 615 01:15:49,200 --> 01:15:50,900 Get ready! 616 01:17:01,400 --> 01:17:09,600 Er-Hu... Er-Hu...! 617 01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:07,600 Zhao Er-Hu! 618 01:18:08,300 --> 01:18:10,100 I want to see Zhao Er-Hu! 619 01:18:10,100 --> 01:18:12,700 We want bread! Bread! 620 01:18:15,600 --> 01:18:17,500 Are we going to conscript them? 621 01:18:18,100 --> 01:18:19,800 They will never agree 622 01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:23,100 There are 4,000 captives 623 01:18:23,100 --> 01:18:25,700 How much of our food will you give them? 624 01:18:25,700 --> 01:18:27,300 Brother... 625 01:18:27,300 --> 01:18:28,100 They surrendered only because... 626 01:18:28,100 --> 01:18:30,100 I promised to let them live 627 01:18:31,300 --> 01:18:33,200 The city's granaries are empty, and... 628 01:18:33,200 --> 01:18:35,600 we have only a 10-day supply of food 629 01:18:36,900 --> 01:18:38,500 We must save it for Nanking 630 01:18:41,400 --> 01:18:42,400 Nanking? 631 01:18:43,100 --> 01:18:44,800 Are we attacking Nanking? 632 01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:46,200 The Kui army decamped yesterday; 633 01:18:46,200 --> 01:18:48,000 they will attack Nanking at any moment 634 01:18:48,900 --> 01:18:49,900 I can't read! 635 01:18:49,900 --> 01:18:52,300 Just tell me where the supplies are from? 636 01:18:53,300 --> 01:18:54,400 Where?! 637 01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:55,500 The Kui army 638 01:18:56,500 --> 01:18:58,300 How could you make a deal with He Kui?! 639 01:18:58,700 --> 01:19:00,400 These solders will never join our army 640 01:19:01,100 --> 01:19:02,000 If we attack Nanking... 641 01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:03,700 Suzhou will be defenseless 642 01:19:03,700 --> 01:19:05,700 Can you leave the city in their hands? 643 01:19:05,700 --> 01:19:06,800 Listen to me! 644 01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:07,900 No, you listen! 645 01:19:08,600 --> 01:19:10,600 These soldiers are our enemies! 646 01:19:10,600 --> 01:19:14,700 We want bread! Bread! 647 01:19:26,200 --> 01:19:27,600 Open the stores! 648 01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:28,600 Give me what I need 649 01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:30,400 No! 650 01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:31,200 Pang Qing-Yun! 651 01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:33,000 I knew you were a liar! 652 01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:41,600 This bread... 653 01:19:42,500 --> 01:19:44,600 was meant for our brothers 654 01:19:45,300 --> 01:19:47,000 But you want to give half to the captives... 655 01:19:48,800 --> 01:19:51,100 and then the other half to the civilians 656 01:19:52,700 --> 01:19:54,800 Our brothers have fought for 9 months... 657 01:19:55,900 --> 01:19:57,300 and starved for 9 months! 658 01:19:58,500 --> 01:20:01,600 You tell me... 659 01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:03,400 Who should get this bread, them or us? 660 01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:06,300 I don't care! 661 01:20:06,900 --> 01:20:08,000 Give them food! 662 01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:11,700 Now!!! 663 01:20:14,500 --> 01:20:15,500 Let them eat 664 01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:17,600 It's their last meal 665 01:20:20,500 --> 01:20:22,400 But I promised to spare their lives! 666 01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:25,100 Winning is all that matters in war! 667 01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:27,800 A man who breaks his word is an animal! 668 01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:29,800 Brother... 669 01:20:29,800 --> 01:20:31,300 He's right 670 01:20:35,100 --> 01:20:36,400 Move! 671 01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:41,600 He's right 672 01:20:42,900 --> 01:20:45,000 Get out of the way! 673 01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:46,800 He's right 674 01:20:53,300 --> 01:20:57,800 Let me go! 675 01:21:01,100 --> 01:21:05,100 Let me go! I promised to spare their lives! 676 01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:24,400 Archers! 677 01:21:30,900 --> 01:21:32,600 Quiet! 678 01:22:11,300 --> 01:22:13,800 Don't kill them! 679 01:22:18,100 --> 01:22:19,300 Again! 680 01:22:26,700 --> 01:22:27,900 Again! 681 01:22:39,200 --> 01:22:40,500 Again! 682 01:22:57,600 --> 01:22:59,900 Don't kill them! Don't kill them! 683 01:22:59,900 --> 01:23:01,100 Again! 684 01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:08,300 From that day on... 685 01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:11,400 Er-Hu never said another word to me 686 01:24:12,500 --> 01:24:15,300 It hurts, but... 687 01:24:16,100 --> 01:24:17,600 big brother was right 688 01:26:10,100 --> 01:26:11,500 Let's go home! 689 01:26:13,600 --> 01:26:15,000 Who's with me? 690 01:26:48,100 --> 01:26:51,600 Er-Hu, you can't go 691 01:26:53,200 --> 01:26:54,900 We still have to take Nanking 692 01:26:55,000 --> 01:26:59,000 What for? To kill more defenseless people? 693 01:26:59,000 --> 01:27:00,600 They were soldiers 694 01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:01,500 They surrendered! 695 01:27:01,500 --> 01:27:03,000 They were still soldiers! 696 01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:05,300 Do you remember what you said to us? 697 01:27:05,900 --> 01:27:07,700 You said everyone deserves... 698 01:27:07,700 --> 01:27:10,300 to be free even the poor! 699 01:27:10,900 --> 01:27:13,300 What have you done now? 700 01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:15,200 You have ordered right here... 701 01:27:15,200 --> 01:27:17,400 the massacre of 4,000 poor people?! You know that?! 702 01:27:17,400 --> 01:27:19,500 Only the poor are willing to go to war! 703 01:27:20,100 --> 01:27:23,700 Which one of us weren't poor! 704 01:27:24,800 --> 01:27:26,200 Those men were soldiers 705 01:27:27,500 --> 01:27:29,000 Soldiers are prepared to die 706 01:27:31,400 --> 01:27:35,600 But the millions in Nanking are civilians 707 01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:38,600 If He Kui reaches them first, they're dead! 708 01:27:41,900 --> 01:27:44,900 I need your help to take Nanking 709 01:27:46,900 --> 01:27:48,000 Please don't go 710 01:27:49,100 --> 01:27:51,400 If you go, it will be mutiny 711 01:27:51,400 --> 01:27:54,200 The Shan brothers will turn on each other! 712 01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:56,800 Think about the consequences! 713 01:27:57,700 --> 01:27:58,600 Don't force my hand! 714 01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:03,400 I'll kill anyone who touches Er-Hu! 715 01:28:06,600 --> 01:28:09,300 Brother, you must not leave 716 01:28:10,400 --> 01:28:15,500 If you leave now... ours pledge will be broken 717 01:28:16,600 --> 01:28:18,000 Er-Hu! 718 01:28:23,200 --> 01:28:25,300 The Kui army has already left 719 01:28:25,300 --> 01:28:27,800 We must leave now or we'll be too late! 720 01:28:28,900 --> 01:28:30,400 I promise you... 721 01:28:31,300 --> 01:28:32,600 after Nanking... 722 01:28:34,300 --> 01:28:36,200 there'll be peace 723 01:28:36,200 --> 01:28:38,000 One day you'll see that... 724 01:28:38,800 --> 01:28:41,200 my decisions today were right 725 01:28:49,500 --> 01:28:50,600 Fine 726 01:28:52,600 --> 01:28:54,500 I'll be watching you in Nanking 727 01:28:55,400 --> 01:28:57,600 If you're right, I'll kneel before you 728 01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:02,100 But if you're wrong, I'll kill you 729 01:29:04,600 --> 01:29:05,600 Let's go! 730 01:29:11,800 --> 01:29:13,400 We... 731 01:29:13,400 --> 01:29:15,900 - Zhao Er-Hu... - Pang Qing-Yun... 732 01:29:15,900 --> 01:29:19,500 - Jiang Wu-Yang... - three brothers as one... 733 01:29:19,500 --> 01:29:22,200 Attack! 734 01:29:45,700 --> 01:29:50,000 Victory is ours, Nanking is ours! 735 01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:54,000 Long live the Empress Dowager! 736 01:29:54,200 --> 01:29:59,300 One month after the capture of Nanking 737 01:30:32,200 --> 01:30:36,200 Go in peace 738 01:30:39,400 --> 01:30:41,300 We swore an oath... 739 01:30:41,900 --> 01:30:44,400 to remain loyal to the Shan regiment 740 01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:48,600 As long as there is hunger, oppression... 741 01:30:49,800 --> 01:30:52,100 and injustice... 742 01:30:53,500 --> 01:30:56,200 the Shan regiment will fight! 743 01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:00,800 Dole out the wages! 744 01:31:02,600 --> 01:31:04,800 Zhang Wen-Fang, 5 taels 745 01:31:05,500 --> 01:31:07,100 Wang Xiao-San... 746 01:31:09,200 --> 01:31:11,400 Er-Hu, what are you doing?! 747 01:31:11,400 --> 01:31:14,100 The money belongs to the imperial coffers! 748 01:31:14,900 --> 01:31:19,300 We agreed to take Nanking and give half of the spoils to our men 749 01:31:19,700 --> 01:31:23,300 If you won't do it! I will! 750 01:31:26,600 --> 01:31:28,400 Remember! 751 01:31:28,400 --> 01:31:30,500 The Shan regiment has only one leader! 752 01:31:31,600 --> 01:31:35,500 And that's General Pang! 753 01:31:37,300 --> 01:31:39,600 Show him your gratitude! 754 01:31:39,600 --> 01:31:41,700 Thank you General! 755 01:31:42,200 --> 01:31:43,100 Again! 756 01:31:43,100 --> 01:31:47,700 Thank you General!!! 757 01:31:49,000 --> 01:31:50,700 Back to the wages... 758 01:31:51,500 --> 01:31:54,200 Wang Xiao-San, 3 taels 4 mace 759 01:31:54,200 --> 01:31:56,300 Wang Long, 4 taels 760 01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:04,100 My lord 761 01:32:06,300 --> 01:32:08,500 He needed your help to take Nanking 762 01:32:08,500 --> 01:32:11,200 Now you're at his mercy 763 01:32:11,200 --> 01:32:13,100 I will kill him eventually! 764 01:32:13,100 --> 01:32:15,000 You're always a step behind 765 01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:17,200 The Empress is making him Governor of Jiangsu 766 01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:18,300 So what? 767 01:32:18,900 --> 01:32:22,500 He Kiu, even I can't help you this time 768 01:32:22,500 --> 01:32:25,300 We just need to get Zhao Er-Hu on our side... 769 01:32:25,300 --> 01:32:27,700 and Pang's downfall is ensured! 770 01:32:27,700 --> 01:32:31,200 - Zhao Er-Hu... - Pang Qing-Yun... - Jiang Wu-Yang... 771 01:32:31,200 --> 01:32:34,700 three brothers as one... 772 01:32:34,700 --> 01:32:36,100 Drink up! 773 01:32:36,100 --> 01:32:49,800 Heaven and earth be our witnesses 774 01:32:53,400 --> 01:32:57,000 We take a blood oath, pledge our lives 775 01:32:58,600 --> 01:33:05,500 We were born apart but die as one 776 01:33:13,600 --> 01:33:16,900 Loyalty through good times... 777 01:33:19,300 --> 01:33:34,900 and bad 778 01:34:16,500 --> 01:34:19,800 General Zhao, you did the fighting 779 01:34:19,800 --> 01:34:21,500 but he took the credit 780 01:34:23,300 --> 01:34:24,600 How can you live with that? 781 01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:27,700 So what? 782 01:34:27,700 --> 01:34:31,100 This opera is about brotherhood 783 01:34:31,100 --> 01:34:35,200 He's your brother, yet he had you in chains? 784 01:34:35,200 --> 01:34:39,000 He forced you to break your word and made a fool out of you 785 01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:43,600 Make him pay 786 01:34:43,600 --> 01:34:46,600 If we join forces and Nanking can be ours 787 01:34:47,700 --> 01:34:50,000 Give it some thought 788 01:34:53,000 --> 01:34:55,000 General He is only thinking of your future 789 01:34:57,300 --> 01:34:58,500 Come over here! 790 01:35:19,500 --> 01:35:20,700 Revenge is sweet! 791 01:35:21,800 --> 01:35:24,800 Shallow wounds heal... 792 01:35:24,800 --> 01:35:27,100 but deep wounds fester 793 01:35:27,800 --> 01:35:31,300 General Zhao, take your time to think it over 794 01:35:42,400 --> 01:35:44,600 General He 795 01:36:56,100 --> 01:36:58,100 You must be wondering... 796 01:36:58,100 --> 01:37:02,100 how long it takes to get from the gates to here? 797 01:37:02,100 --> 01:37:05,500 I had the same thought the first time... 798 01:37:05,500 --> 01:37:07,700 I stood outside the palace gates 799 01:37:07,700 --> 01:37:10,600 By the time I reached this far... 800 01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:15,100 my hair had already turned gray 801 01:37:15,100 --> 01:37:18,200 it took me 30 years 802 01:37:18,800 --> 01:37:22,100 Now I'm too old to walk 803 01:37:24,300 --> 01:37:25,800 Li Lianying 804 01:37:36,900 --> 01:37:40,800 The Empress said your youth is an asset; 805 01:37:40,800 --> 01:37:44,100 you will serve us for a long time 806 01:37:44,100 --> 01:37:46,600 The Empress also said 807 01:37:46,600 --> 01:37:49,900 Pang should be commended for the capture of Nanking 808 01:37:49,900 --> 01:37:53,200 He will receive the Golden Robes 809 01:37:53,200 --> 01:37:58,200 and appointed Governor of Jiangsu! 810 01:38:00,400 --> 01:38:02,400 Show your gratitude! 811 01:38:03,800 --> 01:38:06,100 Your servant Pang requests that... 812 01:38:06,100 --> 01:38:10,000 the people of Jiangsu be exempt from 3 years of taxes 813 01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:11,900 to recover from the war 814 01:38:19,400 --> 01:38:20,800 Request granted! 815 01:38:20,800 --> 01:38:22,400 Thank you your Highness 816 01:38:26,300 --> 01:38:29,800 You're responsible for the Suzhou massacre... 817 01:38:29,800 --> 01:38:32,800 yet you saved the people of Nanking 818 01:38:32,800 --> 01:38:35,500 Lord Pang, you're surely adaptable 819 01:38:37,500 --> 01:38:41,700 The Empress favors Lord Pang because 820 01:38:41,700 --> 01:38:44,400 he does not belong to any fractions 821 01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:46,200 Nanking may be yours 822 01:38:46,200 --> 01:38:49,600 But you've offended Lord Jiang and He Kui along the way 823 01:38:49,600 --> 01:38:51,800 Now, without allies... 824 01:38:51,800 --> 01:38:54,800 how long do you think you'll last? 825 01:38:56,000 --> 01:38:58,800 Lord Pang, I checked the lunar calendar 826 01:38:58,800 --> 01:39:01,100 The 8th day of the 4th month... 827 01:39:01,900 --> 01:39:05,200 will be the most auspicious time for your inauguration 828 01:39:05,200 --> 01:39:06,300 ...and for all 829 01:39:06,300 --> 01:39:08,300 Before you can do good... 830 01:39:08,300 --> 01:39:11,600 Lord Pang, you must look after yourself! 831 01:39:11,600 --> 01:39:13,400 You must look after yourself 832 01:39:16,700 --> 01:39:19,600 I must leave now, My lords 833 01:39:20,700 --> 01:39:22,200 The unrest has subsided, 834 01:39:23,400 --> 01:39:27,000 but the local militias wield too much power 835 01:39:29,300 --> 01:39:33,500 Lord Pang, the Empress is concerned 836 01:39:35,900 --> 01:39:37,800 The Shan regiment will be the first to disband 837 01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:39,000 Good! 838 01:39:39,000 --> 01:39:41,900 Once you sever your old ties... 839 01:39:41,900 --> 01:39:46,600 you can devote yourself to your duties as governor 840 01:39:47,300 --> 01:39:51,400 Your brother Zhao Er-Hu threatened to desert the army in Suzhou 841 01:39:51,400 --> 01:39:53,200 He almost created... 842 01:39:53,200 --> 01:39:55,300 a mutiny there 843 01:39:55,300 --> 01:40:00,300 In Nanking, he doled out funds meant for the royal coffers 844 01:40:00,300 --> 01:40:03,000 Does he own your regiment?! 845 01:40:17,900 --> 01:40:20,200 Be careful, my lord! 846 01:40:21,500 --> 01:40:25,400 I've walked on thin ice my whole life 847 01:40:25,400 --> 01:40:27,800 Do you think I can safely cross over? 848 01:41:10,900 --> 01:41:12,800 You're awake 849 01:41:13,900 --> 01:41:15,500 Yes, I am 850 01:41:17,900 --> 01:41:19,700 Perhaps they're right 851 01:41:22,600 --> 01:41:24,000 Nanking... 852 01:41:25,400 --> 01:41:27,700 doesn't need someone like me 853 01:41:36,400 --> 01:41:38,100 I want to go home 854 01:41:40,200 --> 01:41:41,900 Will you come with me? 855 01:41:50,200 --> 01:41:52,500 I don't need this anymore 856 01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:00,800 What is it? 857 01:42:00,800 --> 01:42:02,400 Bad news, my lord! 858 01:42:02,400 --> 01:42:05,200 He Kui plans to assassinate Lord Pang! 859 01:42:07,800 --> 01:42:09,100 It's nothing 860 01:42:10,300 --> 01:42:11,500 General Zhao 861 01:42:12,400 --> 01:42:13,200 Big brother! 862 01:42:13,200 --> 01:42:13,900 General Zhao 863 01:42:13,900 --> 01:42:15,300 Big brother! 864 01:42:17,100 --> 01:42:18,400 General Zhao 865 01:42:18,400 --> 01:42:19,300 Where's he? 866 01:42:19,300 --> 01:42:21,800 Lord Pang has not returned from the imperial court 867 01:42:32,300 --> 01:42:34,200 Decided? 868 01:42:35,700 --> 01:42:37,300 Then I'm off 869 01:42:42,800 --> 01:42:44,100 General Jiang 870 01:42:49,600 --> 01:42:51,000 General Jiang 871 01:42:51,400 --> 01:42:52,600 Who are they? 872 01:42:52,600 --> 01:42:54,500 Guards sent by the imperial court 873 01:42:54,900 --> 01:42:57,600 Cover that table with the red cloth 874 01:42:57,600 --> 01:43:00,400 Move these vases as well 875 01:43:00,400 --> 01:43:01,800 Hurry! 876 01:43:01,800 --> 01:43:03,700 - Brother Wu Yang - You have guests coming? 877 01:43:03,700 --> 01:43:06,300 General Pang has invited General Zhao to dine 878 01:43:06,300 --> 01:43:07,800 They've reconciled! 879 01:43:07,800 --> 01:43:09,200 Is big brother home? 880 01:43:09,200 --> 01:43:11,400 He should return by the afternoon... 881 01:43:12,100 --> 01:43:14,700 why have they replaced all the guards? 882 01:43:19,400 --> 01:43:21,200 General Zhao, wait! 883 01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:23,200 Sir... 884 01:43:24,300 --> 01:43:27,000 We received news that... 885 01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:28,500 He Kui plans to assassinate Lord Pang 886 01:43:28,500 --> 01:43:30,000 He must not return to the city now 887 01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:32,600 he asked you to meet him at Jianpu 888 01:43:34,400 --> 01:43:36,800 Tell Wu-Yang to bring the others and meet us there 889 01:43:56,400 --> 01:43:57,600 Wu-Yang 890 01:43:57,600 --> 01:43:59,300 Where's Er-Hu? 891 01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:01,200 He... 892 01:44:01,200 --> 01:44:03,300 went to see Brother Pang 893 01:45:00,400 --> 01:45:01,700 You're up to something! 894 01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:03,900 What's with all those new guards? 895 01:45:09,300 --> 01:45:10,700 You're going to kill Er-Hu... 896 01:45:12,600 --> 01:45:14,500 all because of Lian?! 897 01:45:14,500 --> 01:45:16,400 Have you forgotten our pledge?! 898 01:45:18,300 --> 01:45:19,900 When will Er-Hu arrive? 899 01:45:21,500 --> 01:45:23,100 Tell me when! 900 01:45:25,400 --> 01:45:26,600 Nightfall... 901 01:45:28,000 --> 01:45:29,500 He'll be here by nightfall 902 01:45:29,900 --> 01:45:31,000 Wait for me! 903 01:46:07,700 --> 01:46:09,800 You scared me 904 01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:15,800 Lian, I'm here to say goodbye 905 01:46:16,600 --> 01:46:18,000 Are you leaving? 906 01:46:19,400 --> 01:46:20,800 No, you are 907 01:46:22,700 --> 01:46:24,100 But where to? 908 01:46:28,000 --> 01:46:29,800 I'm waiting for Er-Hu... 909 01:46:30,500 --> 01:46:32,300 I've just prepared dinner 910 01:46:32,300 --> 01:46:35,800 Big brother is going to kill Er-Hu over you 911 01:46:37,300 --> 01:46:40,500 No, it can't be! 912 01:46:44,100 --> 01:46:45,900 Come down here 913 01:46:47,400 --> 01:46:49,000 No 914 01:46:50,100 --> 01:46:52,400 I have to finish draping this frame 915 01:46:54,200 --> 01:46:56,300 Have you ever seen such beautiful fabric? 916 01:46:57,100 --> 01:46:59,800 I haven't seen one in years 917 01:47:00,800 --> 01:47:04,000 I saw the red one in a shop yesterday... 918 01:47:04,400 --> 01:47:06,900 but I also wanted the green one 919 01:47:06,900 --> 01:47:08,800 I asked Er-Hu what to do 920 01:47:08,800 --> 01:47:10,500 He said... 921 01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:13,500 green for this year and red for the next 922 01:47:14,800 --> 01:47:16,900 I'll be 29 next year 923 01:47:16,900 --> 01:47:18,600 I lived through 14 years of war... 924 01:47:18,600 --> 01:47:20,500 didn't starve to death or get killed 925 01:47:20,500 --> 01:47:21,800 I've been lucky! 926 01:47:22,400 --> 01:47:24,600 I still have to hang the red curtain next year 927 01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:29,400 I still have to hang the red curtain next year 928 01:47:29,400 --> 01:47:30,600 Come down! 929 01:47:36,900 --> 01:47:40,400 You wouldn't kill me... I won't let you! 930 01:47:40,400 --> 01:47:41,900 It wasn't easy for me to survive! 931 01:47:41,900 --> 01:47:43,700 Why must you kill me? 932 01:47:44,700 --> 01:47:47,800 If I don't kill you... how will I save Er-Hu? 933 01:47:49,800 --> 01:47:53,400 Can you really save him by killing me? 934 01:47:53,400 --> 01:47:54,800 I don't know... 935 01:47:55,800 --> 01:47:57,800 but it's all I can do 936 01:47:58,500 --> 01:48:00,900 I watched you grow up 937 01:48:01,500 --> 01:48:04,500 You wouldn't do it... You won't! 938 01:48:05,300 --> 01:48:08,000 I know you can't kill me... 939 01:48:08,000 --> 01:48:08,900 You wouldn't do it... 940 01:48:08,900 --> 01:48:10,600 Anyone who harms our brothers... 941 01:48:10,600 --> 01:48:12,300 You can't kill me! 942 01:48:12,300 --> 01:48:14,300 must be... 943 01:48:15,200 --> 01:48:16,200 killed! 944 01:48:44,600 --> 01:48:46,200 5 years ago... 945 01:48:47,100 --> 01:48:51,000 108 men left their village to join the army... 946 01:48:51,800 --> 01:48:54,600 risking their lives for a little food 947 01:48:56,900 --> 01:48:59,700 They were the first to join the Shan army 948 01:49:01,000 --> 01:49:04,000 The three of us were their leaders 949 01:49:12,700 --> 01:49:16,100 Today, I found a good place to free you 950 01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:19,500 I told you... 951 01:49:21,400 --> 01:49:25,600 there will come a day when you'll see that I was right 952 01:49:34,700 --> 01:49:38,200 Each year at this time, I'll drink with you 953 01:49:38,700 --> 01:49:41,600 I'll tell you what I've done in the past year 954 01:49:56,500 --> 01:49:58,300 I just returned from the palace 955 01:50:01,300 --> 01:50:02,900 The people of Jiangsu have been... 956 01:50:04,900 --> 01:50:06,800 spared from taxes for 3 years 957 01:50:07,900 --> 01:50:11,200 Next year, I promise... 958 01:50:11,200 --> 01:50:13,500 no one will go hungry 959 01:50:15,700 --> 01:50:17,500 You'll understand eventually 960 01:50:18,600 --> 01:50:21,100 that Xiao-Qi and Gouzi... 961 01:50:21,700 --> 01:50:23,700 didn't die in vain... 962 01:50:24,900 --> 01:50:26,900 and the massacre of the 4000 captives... 963 01:50:29,100 --> 01:50:31,300 was necessary 964 01:50:33,900 --> 01:50:35,800 And you... 965 01:50:38,500 --> 01:50:41,200 You... 966 01:50:45,100 --> 01:50:47,000 You will not die in vain 967 01:50:48,900 --> 01:50:51,200 You defied my orders in Suzhou 968 01:50:52,300 --> 01:50:54,400 I could have killed you then, 969 01:50:55,300 --> 01:50:57,300 but I couldn't do it 970 01:50:58,000 --> 01:50:59,800 But now it's the imperial court... 971 01:51:03,400 --> 01:51:05,200 that wants you dead 972 01:51:05,900 --> 01:51:09,100 What choice do I have? 973 01:51:14,800 --> 01:51:21,600 My brother... 974 01:51:21,600 --> 01:51:23,400 go in peace 975 01:51:26,300 --> 01:51:28,500 Brother... 976 01:51:46,300 --> 01:51:48,700 Big brother, you don't need to kill Er-Hu! 977 01:51:49,800 --> 01:51:50,800 Brother! 978 01:51:54,900 --> 01:51:56,200 Brother! 979 01:52:00,800 --> 01:52:02,500 you don't need to kill Er-Hu! 980 01:52:03,300 --> 01:52:05,100 Lian is dead! 981 01:52:06,900 --> 01:52:08,500 You don't have to kill Er-Hu! 982 01:52:11,300 --> 01:52:12,800 Lian is already dead... 983 01:52:14,700 --> 01:52:17,000 no reason to kill Er-Hu now! 984 01:52:17,000 --> 01:52:18,100 Brother! 985 01:52:19,800 --> 01:52:21,500 Lian is dead! 986 01:53:23,300 --> 01:53:25,200 The gods bless this day 987 01:53:25,200 --> 01:53:27,400 Joining the ranks of those that went before... 988 01:53:27,400 --> 01:53:29,200 a great servant to the empire 989 01:53:29,200 --> 01:53:31,600 To lead by example and serve his people 990 01:53:31,600 --> 01:53:37,300 The inauguration of Pang Qing-Yun as Governor of Jiangsu will take place... 991 01:53:37,600 --> 01:53:41,500 at noon on this day, the 8th of the 4th month 992 01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:34,600 A fence needs three pillars 993 01:54:35,400 --> 01:54:39,800 It's not the same without Lord Jiang here 994 01:55:00,800 --> 01:55:04,400 A quarter to 12 995 01:55:28,400 --> 01:55:29,500 Stand down! 996 01:55:30,700 --> 01:55:33,100 A brother who harms another brother... 997 01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:35,600 must die! 998 01:55:59,000 --> 01:56:03,200 A brother who harms another brother must die 999 01:56:27,100 --> 01:56:28,400 It's time 1000 01:56:30,800 --> 01:56:32,100 Don't push me! 1001 01:56:54,300 --> 01:56:56,400 A brother who harms another brother... 1002 01:56:56,400 --> 01:56:58,000 must die! 1003 01:57:33,300 --> 01:57:34,500 Wu-Yang! 1004 01:57:39,500 --> 01:57:43,000 I beg you stop! 1005 01:57:44,400 --> 01:57:49,200 A brother who harms another brother must die 1006 01:58:45,300 --> 01:58:47,200 Pang Qing-Yun! 1007 01:59:03,400 --> 01:59:06,200 Pang has talent 1008 01:59:06,200 --> 01:59:08,600 but doesn't know how things work 1009 01:59:09,800 --> 01:59:12,400 Nanking is of vital importance 1010 01:59:12,400 --> 01:59:15,100 to the peace of the country 1011 01:59:15,100 --> 01:59:18,700 The Empress would never entrust it to an outsider 1012 01:59:19,400 --> 01:59:22,700 Pity... such is life 1013 01:59:22,700 --> 01:59:26,900 Noon is here! Salute cannons, fire! 1014 02:01:10,500 --> 02:01:12,000 Honor our pledge... 1015 02:01:14,000 --> 02:01:15,600 now! 1016 02:01:35,200 --> 02:01:38,400 I, Jiang Wu-Yang, killed Pang Qing-Yun! 1017 02:01:48,600 --> 02:01:50,200 At that moment... 1018 02:01:50,700 --> 02:01:53,700 My mind went back to the day we took the blood oath 1019 02:01:54,300 --> 02:01:58,100 We are born apart but we shall die as one 1020 02:02:02,800 --> 02:02:07,200 Our origins are different... 1021 02:02:07,200 --> 02:02:11,900 but our hearts act as one 1022 02:02:11,900 --> 02:02:16,600 In good times and bad, in life and in death 1023 02:02:16,600 --> 02:02:20,700 We honor our pledge 1024 02:02:27,900 --> 02:02:30,300 Governor of Jiangsu, Pang Qing-Yun... 1025 02:02:30,300 --> 02:02:34,200 was assassinated on the 26th of July, 1870. 1026 02:02:36,200 --> 02:02:38,900 His assassin Jiang Wu-Yang was executed 2 months later 1027 02:02:41,123 --> 02:03:03,321 Subtitles by:Mr.John