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SAY NO TO PIRACY,
SUPPORT ORIGINAL WORKS
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ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL EMPRESS CHU
BY XI XING, AVAILABLE ON QIDIAN.COM
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WANGCHENG
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They were well prepared.
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They plan to trap us like rats.
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Report !
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The northern desert has
1,500 soldiers at the north gate,
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and at the east and west gates
and south, 500 soldiers each.
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Not so much.
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Seriously ?
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Wangcheng only has 500 troops.
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Impossible to defeat
3,000 soldiers from the Northern Desert.
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The battle has not started.
Don't undermine morale.
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Do you believe that the 300 soldiers
that I brought are of no use?
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Wangcheng, protected
by Yunzhong Prefecture,
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has softened.
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Your defenses are very lax.
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Even 800 men could not…
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Anything.
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These 800 soldiers
could reroute 3,000.
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If you undermine their morale again,
I will hang your head on our banner.
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So many troops crossed
the border, and not a word has filtered out?
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It’s definitely Xiao Xun.
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He opened the doors
to foreign aggression.
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Since they placed
500 soldiers at each gate,
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if all our strength
break through the south gate,
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we will escort you out of town.
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Absolutely, Zhao.
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Go, we'll have your back.
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I will take you out at the risk of my life.
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No. I can't leave.
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We can't give up
the inhabitants of Wangcheng to their fate,
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nor allow Xiao Xun to succeed.
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Wangcheng is behind Yunzhong.
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If the desert takes Wangcheng,
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the lord of Xiaonan will attack.
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They will then take Yunzhong in pincers.
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Chu State will plunge
inevitably in chaos
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and Xiao Xun will usurp the throne.
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Therefore, Wangcheng
must not fall, and I will not leave.
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Are you doing well ?
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Ms. Ge, what are you doing here?
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And who are you?
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The northern desert
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closed the doors.
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How did you get in?
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This is Mr. Ge,
head of Cangmu Fortress,
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- and Mrs. Ge.
- Cangmu Fortress?
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Are they bandits?
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Yes.
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We entered through the east gate.
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There were approximately
500 Northern Desert Soldiers.
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Ms. Ge, you have come at just the right time.
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If you need
whatever it is, say it.
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Let's go back to the yamen to talk.
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Did you tell him?
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Not a word.
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Mrs. Ge,
you have come to our aid once again.
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I am grateful to you.
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By fleeing these pursuers,
we got you into trouble.
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THE WAY TO HEAVEN, JUSTICE FOR ALL
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Wangcheng is in danger.
We're still dragging you into this.
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You don't have to say that.
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Bandits that we are, we have
all the same a sense of honor.
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The enemy is there, our destinies are linked.
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My promise to you remains forever.
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We will not forget it.
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Your Highness is right.
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There are ten
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soldiers of the northern desert
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as well as weapons in the city.
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They were captured.
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Zhao, the tusks.
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The desert troops
advanced by Xiaonan.
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Its mountain paths are dangerous,
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forcing them to travel
with little food and baggage.
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Compared to us,
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- they will be much more nervous.
- Indeed.
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On the ramparts,
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the sound of the gallop was irregular.
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So they are desperate
to take Wangcheng.
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They need
a stronghold for resupply
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and launch an attack on Yunzhong.
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If Xiao Xun leads
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Xiaonan's forces
to strengthen the northern desert,
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what to do?
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I know Xiao Xun.
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Since he wants to use
the desert as a weapon,
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he will wait for the blood
flows before revealing itself.
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He waits for their troops
occupy Wangcheng.
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Their passage through Xiaonan shows
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his sincerity towards the desert.
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His men
will therefore not move for the moment.
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3,000 versus 800.
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They always have the advantage.
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Wangcheng has few defenses.
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How are we going to win?
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My father said that the war
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was not a numerical question.
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So I'll show them
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how the State of Chu
triumphs against all odds.
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Well said, Your Highness.
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What is your plan?
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Jiu, have you spotted their supplies
and their water supply?
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To the east of Wangcheng, there is a stream.
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Their water source.
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To the west are their supplies.
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The sentries are out in the open.
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Mr. Zhao, are there any branches
or gorges upstream?
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To cut off the supply?
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There is a canal five li from here.
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It dries up with each dry season.
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Diverting water is feasible,
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but without sending workers there.
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Leave it to me.
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- What is your plan?
- Don't forget.
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Bone whistles can be used
to contact our men
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and make them act
during the night at the canal level.
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So, I'll leave it to you.
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What about the secret passage at the west gate?
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The passage leads directly here,
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but was abandoned
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for a long time.
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Jiu, you say
that their supplies are in the west, right?
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That's right.
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So, even if this passage is abandoned,
we can still take advantage of it.
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Mr. Zhao, transmit the order.
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Residents stay at home.
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No contact with the outside world.
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- Yes.
- And move
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all defensive resources
and provisions towards the south gate.
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Their troops are in the north
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and you concentrate resources in the south?
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It's a diversion.
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Exactly.
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The city gates
are sealed. How are you
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incite the enemy to attack the south gate?
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With 3,000 men besieging the city,
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they must think
that the inhabitants panic and hesitate.
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If, at that moment, someone
deserted with our map of defenses,
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do you think they will believe it?
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Desperate to break through the city,
they will not be able to resist.
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But my role as a coward
will not deceive them.
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I will go.
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You're just a scout.
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How will they trust?
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Your Highness should know very well
why I can gain their trust.
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You have little chance of survival.
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Have you thought carefully?
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Yes.
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- But I have one condition.
- Insolent !
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Faced with such an enemy,
you dare to set conditions?
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I know what you want.
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If we win this battle
and you come back alive,
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you could receive a title.
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Will the enemy really believe
to the false information he brings?
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No.
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But I want him to take
the real map of defenses.
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After all, I moved
supplies towards the south gate.
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Nothing earns trust better
only a lie mixed with truth.
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Madam Ge, contact first
your men out of town.
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The enemy will reinforce the south
when they have checked the map
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by Liang Qiang.
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Defenses in the west will be weakened.
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Jiu, Mr. Ge, under cover of night,
leave the city through the secret passage
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then burn their supplies
and break their morale.
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Mr. Zhong, Ms. Ge,
watch for the fire as a signal.
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You will lead
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our 800 elite soldiers
from the north to crush them.
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Destroy their main camp
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and eliminate the remaining troops.
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Understood.
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This battle is perilous.
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Everyone be careful.
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Yes.
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NORTHERN DESERT VANGUARD BATTALION
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General, let's launch the attack
from the east and west gates
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in order to lead the main force
to crush the north gate?
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Report. We captured
a spy at the south gate.
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General, I came to introduce you
the map of the defenses of Wangcheng.
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The garrison has only 500 soldiers,
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all poorly equipped and poorly trained.
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Supply
water supply to the east has been cut off.
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We'll be dry within a day.
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The supplies are to the south.
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The defenses there are the weakest.
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Attack from the south
will guarantee rapid capture of Wangcheng.
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Why a traitor
like you would help us?
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PRISONER
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Because of a coup d'état,
my entire clan was unjustly exiled.
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Chu State treats me like trash.
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Why stay loyal to him?
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So, what is your condition?
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If we take Wangcheng,
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I will help you attack
Yunzhong Prefecture
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to replace Chu Ling.
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It's a diversion.
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You want to lure us towards the south gate.
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Perfidious rat.
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- You deserve to die!
- Report !
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General, provisions
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from Wangcheng
are moved to the south gate.
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Take him away.
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Move half the troops
from the east and west gates to the south gate
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and take the city immediately!
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Yes !
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WANGCHENG, YUNZHONG PREFECTURE
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WANGCHENG SOUTH GATE
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Quickly!
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Hold the door!
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Hold fast !
I will reward everyone with five liang!
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Hurry up !
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- This way!
- Quickly !
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Hurry up !
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Quickly ! Hold the door!
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Hold fast !
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Quickly !
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NORTHERN DESERT CAMP ATTIC
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General, the attic is on fire.
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Chu burned our reserves!
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What ?
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It's a trap! We were fooled!
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Listen to my order!
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Let's burn the city
and let's take their supplies!
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Yes, general!
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Let's kill!
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Soldiers! Let's trample the enemy camp!
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WANGCHENG, NORTH GATE
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WANGCHENG
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WANGCHENG
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Report!
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The desert has retreated.
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2,000 of their men killed
at the price of 300 of ours.
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Zhong brought the troops back.
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GOOD. Gorgeous.
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JUSTICE REIGNS MASTER
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-Where is Xie Yanlai?
- Still no news.
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Hurry up.
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Attention !
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I promised
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to come back alive.
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THE CAPITAL
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Victory in Wangcheng!
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The Grand Princess crushes
the invaders of the desert!
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- Victory at Wangcheng!
- Come!
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The Grand Princess crushes
the invaders of the desert!
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Victory in Wangcheng!
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The Grand Princess crushes
the invaders of the northern desert!
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Victory in Wangcheng!
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The Grand Princess crushes
the invaders of the northern desert!
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Miss Tang, what's going on?
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Why His Highness
Did she go to the front?
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It weighed on me
on the heart for a long time.
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Today I can finally talk about it.
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Do you know what His Highness was doing
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while the whole capital
cursed my uncle
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for his incompetence and cowardice?
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- What ?
- What was she doing?
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She traveled an immense distance
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to save Wangcheng,
crushing the desert troops.
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From the northern desert?
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This is what the Chu do.
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We defend the nation,
without fear of blame or death.
264
00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,080
We don't talk. We are taking action.
265
00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,680
No. You must no longer be silent.
266
00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:36,680
You endured everything
when General Chu was slandered.
267
00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,280
But His Highness
won a resounding victory.
268
00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:40,360
Don't forget it.
269
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,920
Tang, hold a banquet at Chu Manor.
270
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,520
That the whole capital
come and praise His Highness.
271
00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,840
And those who love
gossip behind his back
272
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,360
see with their own eyes
what an extraordinary person
273
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,240
His Highness really is.
274
00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:57,360
My father is going to write
275
00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:58,320
congratulations.
276
00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,000
What's wrong with you?
277
00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,840
She deserves congratulations.
278
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,560
This is the Great Princess.
279
00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,400
Yes, a congratulatory memoir.
280
00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:06,320
Let's go.
281
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:08,040
My princess.
282
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:10,480
You don't fight for glory
283
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,200
but you will receive
all that is due to you.
284
00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,120
Your Majesty, this morning,
an urgent dispatch has arrived.
285
00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,960
His Highness lifted the siege of Wangcheng
286
00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,120
and crushed the forces of the Northern Desert.
287
00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,880
His Highness is absent,
saying he was sick,
288
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:29,120
but violated palace decrees
leaving to fight at the front.
289
00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,200
This is total nonsense.
290
00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,640
Mr. Deng and Mr. Xie
are imperial advisors.
291
00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,640
This conduct is due to their negligence.
292
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,880
- They should…
- Should what?
293
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,600
Ministers, His Majesty has been saved
294
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,560
by none other than His Highness,
295
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,080
who fought to kill the rebels.
296
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,440
His Highness mobilized the army privately.
297
00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:51,360
What does she do with the laws?
298
00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,240
As Regent, how did you
could allow such indulgence?
299
00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,160
An indulgence?
300
00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,120
I would rather ask you the question.
301
00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,080
Who, in this courtyard,
302
00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,560
vehemently denounced the incompetence
303
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,040
of the general of the guard?
304
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:07,880
And who demanded
305
00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,600
reinforcements every day?
306
00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,400
Now that His Highness
raised the siege to the front,
307
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,520
you are suddenly unhappy.
308
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:18,760
Absurd !
309
00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,440
How long has the State of Chu been resting?
on women to lead armies?
310
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,320
If we are
really there, although old and weak,
311
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,320
I would gladly go and die in battle.
312
00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,760
When His Majesty ascended the throne,
313
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,040
it's His Highness
who killed the traitors to protect him.
314
00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:38,280
By this merit alone,
it can defend the borders.
315
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,920
If you are truly devoted to the state,
316
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,120
you can leave immediately for the front.
317
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,480
Mr. Deng and I will not stop you.
318
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,600
You… You…
319
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,920
Please calm your ardor.
320
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,840
It was just a suggestion.
321
00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,720
Ministers, listen to me.
322
00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:04,040
I owe my survival in these troubled times
for the protection of the Grand Princess.
323
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,520
She is the daughter of General Chu Ling.
324
00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,600
Although being a woman,
she is courageous and an expert in war.
325
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,840
That's why my grandfather
named her State Grand Princess,
326
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,080
so that she continues
to ensure my safety.
327
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,600
As the Son of Heaven,
I remain in the capital, incapable
328
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,440
to go to the front
to save the state and protect the people.
329
00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,120
I asked the Grand Princess
to go to the border
330
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,080
to lighten my burden.
331
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,640
It's not nonsense
332
00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,200
but the will of the late Emperor.
333
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,960
That no official
don't debate it any further.
334
00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,800
The departure of the Grand Princess
was done on my order.
335
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:46,880
But how can 3,000 soldiers
336
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,600
from the northern desert
could they have appeared in Wangcheng?
337
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,160
They bypassed our border
and reached the city walls.
338
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,320
- Mr. Deng.
- Yes, Your Majesty.
339
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:57,960
Let the ministry investigate.
340
00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,040
Where do these soldiers come from?
341
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,800
Is this a flaw in our defenses,
342
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,200
or something else?
343
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,960
Explain the case
for fallen soldiers.
344
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,560
Yes, Your Majesty.
345
00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,520
No more debate or criticism on this subject.
346
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,680
The victory of the Great Princess
is a joy for the State.
347
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:18,600
Praise her.
348
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,160
Congratulations to Your Majesty
349
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,920
and to His Highness.
350
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:28,800
Zhao,
351
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:31,120
finally,
352
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,560
I can protect you.
353
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,840
IN HARMONY WITH YIN AND YANG
354
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,960
Zhao got the highest merit
during the victory of Wangcheng.
355
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,000
I will finally be able to
raise your head in front of Mr. Deng.
356
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,000
But he missed me
respect before.
357
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,920
He might hold it against me.
358
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,280
According to Zhao, he is a cunning fox,
but also a devoted son.
359
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,080
Win your mother's favor
is the best way to coax him.
360
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,680
Mademoiselle, what is this honor worth to me?
361
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,800
Did you come to brag to me
362
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:06,520
of His Highness' victory?
363
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,120
No way.
364
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,800
I was told that your mother
suffered from a persistent cough,
365
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,000
so I brought some chuan bei.
366
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:16,640
Zhao told me.
367
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,120
Is it Miss Chu?
368
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,640
Mother.
369
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,560
- Yi.
- Gently.
370
00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,840
Like that.
371
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:36,160
I prepared the millet that you have
sent to mush by the servants.
372
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,240
With marinated vegetables,
373
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,920
It tastes like my hometown.
374
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,920
Madam, I am Chu…
375
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,560
I know. Chu Zhao.
376
00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,600
- Yi.
- Mother.
377
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,240
Miss Chu came
several times with gifts.
378
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,240
You don't even offer him tea?
379
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:57,480
Mother, it's Chu Tang, not Chu Zhao.
380
00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,720
Madam, I am Zhao's eldest cousin.
381
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:01,640
I am Chu Tang.
382
00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,360
- Sh…
- I came
383
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,920
present my respects to you.
384
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,320
Bring back Madam
for her to take her medicine.
385
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,680
Mother, it's time for your remedies.
386
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:11,240
All right.
387
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,000
The two Chu girls are good women.
388
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:15,920
Don't miss the opportunity.
389
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,880
Miss Chu, come back and see us.
390
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,560
They are both good girls...
391
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,400
Madame must have misunderstood something.
392
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,240
My mother is sometimes a little confused.
393
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,360
I'm sorry about it.
394
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,440
The gifts were given,
I won't bother you any further.
395
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:38,400
Bye.
396
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,360
MAPPING THE COSMOS
397
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,760
Zhao foiled my plans again.
398
00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:58,080
After this battle, the king
of the desert lost 2,500 men.
399
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,480
Survivors want to go through Xiaonan
400
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:01,400
to return.
401
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:09,560
Since they were defeated,
these survivors will not return.
402
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:12,440
Highness, you mean...
403
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,080
Kill them all.
404
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:20,560
The court wants to investigate?
405
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,720
We will only leave them with dead ends.
406
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,520
If the king of the desert
learns that we are behind this...
407
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,280
The dead don't speak.
408
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,720
These survivors
may not survive the journey.
409
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,280
And even if some escape,
410
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,680
Who could prove it’s us?
411
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:43,680
Yes.
412
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,680
Zhao,
413
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,280
you trampled on my heart.
414
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:10,320
Don't blame me if from now on,
I no longer show you any clemency.
415
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,520
RESIDENCE XIE
416
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:12,600
Mr Xie,
417
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,720
horsemen of His Highness report
418
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,640
Wangcheng's victory in the capital.
419
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,520
His ambitions run deep.
420
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,840
This is all true,
without the slightest exaggeration.
421
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,200
She led the troops
and drove back the forces of the northern desert,
422
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:29,760
saving the people of Wangcheng.
423
00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:33,200
Such great merit
deserves to be proclaimed everywhere.
424
00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:37,680
This would soothe the hearts of the people
and would stabilize the kingdom.
425
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,040
If she were a man,
there would be no problem.
426
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,760
If she was a general, even Chu Ling,
427
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:45,440
there would be nothing to complain about either.
428
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,280
But she's a woman.
429
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,920
And now that she is
became Grand Princess,
430
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,920
shouldn't she stay in the capital
and live in noble virtue?
431
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,600
Why seek this glory
on the battlefield?
432
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,560
She governs alongside
of His Majesty and sits at court with him.
433
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,080
At every opportunity,
she stands before the ministers.
434
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,160
Now she wants
stand before the world.
435
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,640
She refuses to stay in her place
and seeks to usurp the throne.
436
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,320
She takes advantage
clearly from Yu's youth.
437
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,680
So what's so irritating?
438
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,160
What it protects
at the risk of his life, it is the State of Yu.
439
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:23,200
Technically, I'm his uncle too.
440
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,600
We're from the same family, right?
441
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,240
Yanlai was right, however.
442
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,200
She is smarter
443
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,600
than I imagined.
444
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,680
WANGCHENG
445
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,480
To defend Wangcheng,
446
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,160
800 soldiers left
447
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,040
but barely 500 returned.
448
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:35,400
However, dozens
thousands of inhabitants survived.
449
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,560
Behind every fallen soldier,
450
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,720
there are children waiting for their father,
451
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,040
mothers wishing to see their son again
452
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,400
and wives mourning their husbands.
453
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,400
But they will never come back.
454
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,520
Your father once told me
455
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:12,720
that we fight
456
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,280
only so that
more people live.
457
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,200
Once, I also looked for death,
458
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,760
but he showed me
the reason to continue living.
459
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:31,120
The living will see a better future,
460
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,120
but will remember
of those who have fallen.
461
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,520
This is the meaning of their sacrifice.
462
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,040
Their death
463
00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,200
is the fault of war
and these troubled times.
464
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,640
Not yours.
465
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:11,440
Zhao.
466
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,080
THE CAPITAL
467
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,720
In broad daylight,
how can you lynch him?
468
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,200
They kill him in vain!
469
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,400
Zhao, calm down.
470
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:59,200
Maybe you don't know
what your name means to me.
471
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,520
But as dawn follows night,
472
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,160
you saved me.
473
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:11,680
After your departure,
474
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,440
I followed your trail everywhere.
475
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,000
At the time, I thought
that if I couldn't survive,
476
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,560
die where you were
wouldn't be so bad.
477
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,760
So, this young man...
478
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:36,560
It was you.
479
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:39,280
Yes.
480
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:51,760
Zhao.
481
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:55,720
It's you
482
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,240
who pulled me out of the abyss.
483
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:03,960
You gave me
484
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,640
a reason to live.
485
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:14,760
You always asked me
486
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,400
why I said I owed you.
487
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,400
Here…
488
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:25,880
the reason.
489
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:41,320
So…
490
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:45,160
now,
491
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:47,600
my life...
492
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:50,600
belongs to you.
493
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,719
Your merits have been reported,
494
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:47,840
your name has been rehabilitated,
and the rewards will follow.
495
00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,200
What is the situation?
496
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,680
Your Highness,
the remaining enemies have been eliminated.
497
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,360
We seized three desert maps.
498
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,160
Wangcheng would not have
not held without your efforts.
499
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,560
The general transferred me to the vanguard.
500
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:19,480
I'm grateful to you.
501
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:21,160
Wei village?
502
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:24,760
What does this marking mean?
503
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:26,840
I don't know.
504
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,400
The desert scouts marked him.
505
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,280
This village could
have some importance.
506
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,520
This name means something to me.
507
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,080
WEI VILLAGE
508
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,960
Help!
509
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,800
Please help us!
510
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,840
Someone !
511
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,960
Save us!
512
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,840
Is anyone there?
513
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,800
Help!
514
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:43,600
Are you leaving already?
515
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,000
I'm not a soldier.
516
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,560
Defending the city is not my role.
517
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,680
Take good care of her, okay?
518
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,000
Obviously. I saw her grow up.
519
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:04,640
Is he doing well?
520
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:06,880
He is alive.
521
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,000
If he were to die,
notify me immediately.
522
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:18,760
Are you leaving?
523
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:24,960
I am indebted to you.
524
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,840
I was hoping you would come back
with us in Yunzhong.
525
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,080
No.
526
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,840
It's time for me to go back
527
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:32,760
to the fortress.
528
00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:45,440
If you need me,
529
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,120
send a message there.
530
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:06,600
We have not received any orders yet
from above. Difficult to judge this fight.
531
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:11,600
I think it all depends
of the situation in Wangcheng.
532
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,960
- Still no news.
- Indeed.
533
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:16,920
About the Battle of Wangcheng…
534
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,680
Where do they come from
these 3,000 soldiers from the northern desert?
535
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:21,200
We can only hope...
536
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:24,400
Haven’t we…
537
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,280
Don't we trust
in our own troops?
538
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:31,840
We can only hope that His Highness…
539
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,360
- This all seems strange.
- It's still possible.
540
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,320
How could this have happened?
541
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,320
How did they get around the border?
542
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,520
Report !
543
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,160
General, victory at Wangcheng!
544
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:50,080
His Highness led the army
545
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,240
and pushed back the desert.
546
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:52,320
A thousand enemies killed.
547
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,040
Like father, like daughter.
548
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,400
Present the report.
549
00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,920
General, His Highness
won a resounding victory.
550
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:03,840
Let us welcome her in triumph.
551
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,520
It brings us great honor.
552
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:07,880
Indeed.
553
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:10,360
General, the arrival of His Highness
in Yunzhong will go back
554
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:11,440
morale a lot.
555
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,080
I'm going to prepare for the ceremony.
556
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:14,760
- Exactly.
- Useless.
557
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,840
The one who returns
is not the Great Princess
558
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,480
but my daughter, Zhao.
559
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:28,280
I will lead the light cavalry
to escort Miss Zhao.
560
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,600
She knows the roads
better than all of you.
561
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,080
Go and rest your troops.
562
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:35,680
Do not delay important matters.
563
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:37,720
You can dispose.
564
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:39,920
Yes !
565
00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,520
I wish I could see you.
566
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,400
Zhao.
567
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,520
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