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August 8, 1596
Two Years Later

I am counting on
you, Emissary Hwang.

Please do all you can to help

the Ming envoys reach an
amicable agreement for peace.

I will do my best, Prime Minister.

It will be a long
and wearing travel.

Escort them safety.

The open sea is considerably
rougher than the inland sea,

so you will have o
take extra caution.

Yes, Admiral.

Let us hurry.

We must leave how to reach
the shores of Ikishima.

Prime Minister,
until we return...

All aboard!
All aboard!

Will truce be realized?

Will this war really come
an end once the envoy gets there

and settlement is reached?

We will never reach a
settlement like this!

His Eminence has even built a
new mansion for the Princess.

But where is the Princess?

This marriage is the most important
part of this truce that symbolizes

the two country's will
to maintain peace.

But you're refusing to deliver
on the most important promises.

Does Ming really want peace?

I am insulted.

A Princess was selected long
ago to be the Taiko's bride.

But this is not a simple matter.

An Imperial Princess is being
sent to a foreign country, and

His Majesty the Emperor requires
proper preparation and process.

This better be the truth.

We'll buy the story about
the Princess,

but where is the
Chosunese Envoys?

They should have been here

on their knees before the Taiko
long time ago.

I have asked the royal court of
Chosun to delay the envoys in

anticipation of a special order
from the imperial house

regarding the royal wedding.

Is that right?

Be patient.
Chosunese envoy and his entourage

will soon arrive in Osaka
with pleasant news.

Hideyoshi will not cease hostilities
with his investiture alone.

Ming has agreed to accept Japan

a country they have regarded as a
barbarian tribe, as a sovereign

state and invest
Hideyoshi as a King.

It is always harder to stop a
war than it is to start one.

To stop this war, Hideyoshi will
need results that will satisfy

his people so to justify the
war and preserve public favor.

Soon-shin...

He will require tangible profit.

At the very least, he will want
authority to travel in and out

of the three southern provinces
like his own back yard.

Then to keep the Japanese in check,
Ming will install a military base in

Pyoung-yang and attempt to capture
direct control of our government.

The idea of Ming controlling Chosun
because we do not have the power

to protect ourselves has been
floating out there since 1593.

Even if truce is reached, the
southern three provinces will be

oppressed by the Japanese, and
the northern three provinces

will have the Ming soldiers
acting like they own the country.

What benefit does this truce
bring to Chosun

if we must be held in
such vassalage?

Nonetheless, no matter what kind
of vassalage we must endure,

I want to end this war.

Sung-ryong...

I don't want to smell the
stench of blood anymore.

I'm sick of the smelling the blood

of our brothers dying in the hands
of the enemy across the land,

and I'm sick of the cries of those
suffering from hunger and disease.

How about the grievances of our
patriot brothers who had fought

to save the country as they
fought with hunger pangs?

Their resentment is so great that

now they are rising up against
the King and the royal court.

But the King is responding by
striking them down with his sword.

His Majesty killed the citizen
army leader Kim Duk-ryung who

protected the country with sole
determination and patriotism.

The whole country is going mad.

What we need is time.

I am going to try everything
I can diplomatically whether

it is with Japan or with Ming.

The worst kind of peace is better
than the best kind of war.

We must first stop the fighting.

Only then we will be in a position

to try and give the people of
Chosun their lives back.

Father, why are you
refusing to eat?

You must take care of yourself.

How could eat?

I am forced to make peace with

a mortal enemy who has burned
my ancestors' shrines.

I will never be able to
face our forefathers...

Father...

Discharged? You want to know when
you're going to be discharged when

the enemy still before our eyes?

You pathetic cowards!

Don't ever think about going
home until

every last Japanese that
invaded this land are dead!

Is that clear?

General...!

What are you waiting for?

Flog them until they have
learned their lesson!

Don't exaggerate!
Hit them harder!

How are things at the
Navy Headquarters?

Why do I bother asking?

I'm sure Yi Soon-shin and his
men are still stuck in Hansando

wasting their days away cruising
up and down Kyunneryang.

General...

We should have attacked and
destroyed every port that is

occupied by the Japanese including
Jang-moon, Gaduk and Angol.

Men like Prime Minister
Yi Sung-ryoung are jabbering

about this truce nonsense
because the navy

has failed to snuff out the
remnants of the enemy.

The battle of Jang-moon Port
confirmed that it is impossible

for the navy to snuff out the enemy

without collaboration
of the ground forces, sir.

I don't want to hear any excuses!

Now you are a leader of the army,

sir, and I know how eager you are
to destroy the enemy.

Then as a ground forces leader,

shouldn't you now be seeking ways
to effectively support the navy?

I will leave you to chat. I must
make my rounds around the camp.

Lt Yi. that fellow, is as
pesky and annoying as always.

Doesn't he bother you, sir?

General...

Let him be. He always does
his job wherever he is.

When I was demoted to this post
after the battle in Jang-moon Port,

be was the one who volunteered
to pull my wagon.

A Chosun envoy is bringing yet
another Imperial decree from Ming?

Something isn't right...

Intercept them the
moment they enter Osaka.

Then the truth will be
revealed soon enough.

If Konishi is indeed
playing a game,

he will not wait until
they enter Osaka.

Enter!

This is an urgent matter.

Wait in the Chosun envoys'
path and deliver the scroll.

Are you troubled, Maru?

Don't be.
You have betrayed your master,

but you have not
betrayed the Taiko.

Just get his job done right,
and I will make you a feudal

lord that yields at least 5.000
sacks of rice. Understood?

Aye!

I wish this were a dream.
I wish none of this was real...

These are men that want peace?

What do all of these
battleships and cannons means?

Your Eminence, are you pleased
with the ceremonial robe that

the Emperor of Ming sends you?

Then now I shall deliver the royal
seal and the Imperial decree.

Let's hear what the
Ming Emperor has to say.

"As I hereby declare you the
King of Japan, you are to become

a faithful subject of Ming and
rule Japan with lasting peace."

What did you say, Jotai?
Read it again.

Your Eminence...

Did the Emperor of Ming
call me his subject?

Did he say that he would
make me the King of Japan,

and make me his servant?

Did you think that what I wanted
from your Emperor

is a title of servant?

It may not satisfy me to have him
surrender and beg to be friends.

When did I ever ask your
Emperor to make me the King?

If I wanted to be the King, I
would simply make myself the King!

Your Eminence, this isn't right!
The Emperor's will is...

Master, that is not the entire
content of the decree, is it?

You must read the entire scroll

so that His Eminence does not
misunderstand...

What do you mean? I have
read the entire decree.

No, that can't be!

Would you like to
see it yourself?

Is this what you are looking for?
The forged Imperial decree.

This one contains a variety of
details that will confuse the Taiko.

How long were you intent
on patronizing Japan?

We are not just a bunch of fools

who would be manipulated by
your guileful tongue.

Right, General Konishi?

Is it true, Konishi?
Did you try to deceive me?

Your Eminence...

This means Ming has no
intention of yielding to Japan.

It means they consider Great
Japan as their subordinate state.

It means they still have not
seen the fearsome power of Japan!

Your Eminence!

Take those bastards away!

I will rip them limb by limb and
deliver the punishment they deserve!

Your Eminence,
this is a mistake!

Konishi, the Taiko
wishes to see you.

If you want, I'd be glad
to perform your kaishaku.

Leave us.

Your Eminence...

Leave us.

Did you not want Japan
to become a great power?

Did you not want Japan to
take Chosun and Ming as

our subordinate states?

I did, Your Eminence.

Then why did you make a fool
of me with this charade?

Did it produce...
a negative outcome?

What?

Our troops were being pushed
back with no hope in sight.

Do you believe we would have had
a chance if we continued to fight?

How dare you!

Did we have the time to build all

of those large fighter vessels
as Wakizaka had proposed?

How about the time
to make the cannons?

You took all of this
into consideration?

No...

I wanted to end the war.

I did not want to lose all of
my subordinates and retainers.

And I feared that the heart
of the public would leave you.

I feared that the unification
that you have worked so hard

to achieve would go to null.

I will not renounce my
ambition to rule the world.

I know.

Do you wish to redeem yourself?

Would you give me a chance?

How will you do it?

I will eliminate the biggest
obstacle of this war.

The biggest obstacle?

I will bring Yi Soon-shin down.

And if you fail?

You can kill me now
or trust me one last time.

His Eminence the Taiko!

Expel the envoys of
Chosun and Ming!

Your Eminence...

Dignity of Great Japan
must be preserved.

Envoys are not to be slain.
Isn't that correct, Tokugawa?

But they must pay a price for

trampling the pride and honor
of Japan

I will deliver their punishment
by conquering their land!

Your Eminence!

Resume the war.

Bring Chosun and Ming under
my feet without fail!

Is that understood?

Aye!

Dae-man!

What?

Over there!

It's Young-gap,
I mean Lieutenant Ma!

Yes, it's Lt. Ma!

There're back! The envoys are
back! The envoys are back!

Are we supposed believe this?

Not truce, not cession of
hostilities, but another invasion?

Am I supposed to believe this?

Is this a fact?

I asked you a question.

Your Majesty...

Is it a fact that the Japan is
preparing for a second invasion?

I deserve to die, Your Majesty...

Your Majesty...

I wanted to be prepared.

I wanted to strengthen the navy
out of fear of such event.

I wanted to double the size of
the fleet, recruit a larger force

and put them through rigorous
training

and build the strongest
navy in the world.

But right now, the Chosun Navy

is weaker than we were in the
year of Yimjin.

The army is not in any better
situation than the navy.

Failure of crops, pestilence...

We were helpless before
the nature calamities.

And there will be no more
support from the citizen army.

Too many patriot sons have been
made traitors by the court when

fought with loyalty and
asked nothing in return.

The enemy could be crossing
the ocean right now.

They probably reoccupied the
forts that they had built.

We have no choice but to
give up Kyung-sang Province.

We must quickly raze the
fields and

evacuate the
people into the fort.

The navy will seal off Kyunneryang

and stop the enemy from advancing
west. That is all that we can do.

The ground troops will seal off the
roads to Cholla and Choong-chung.

But I don't know how long
we can hold the enemy back.

Do we have a chance?

Can we protect this land once more
from the enemy ten times our size?

It's been a while, Yoshira.

You're the last person I expected
to have me abducted, General.

The Chosunese clothes
become you, Yoshira.

You sold information about Japan

and bought yourself a government
post in Chosun.

What do they call you?
Yes, a Defense General.

Are you backed against
a wall, General?

This is unlike you.

I sense anxiety from a man who
usually sees two, three moves ahead.

Yoshira...

You don't think that I've become
Chosunese just because I hold a

title in Chosun court and wear
their clothes. Do you, General?

I need your help on
something, Yoshira.

I want Yi Soon-shin.

Is that a refusal?

The man you want is the top
military leader of Chosun.

Surely hes worth more than this.

You don't have an ounce
of patriotism in you.

Very well.
I'll see what I can do.

This is the last chance to
stop the reinvasion, General.

On the 13th of next month,

Kato will leave Japan with a fleet
of 300 battleships.

Have the navy intercept
them and destroy them at sea.

Then there will be no war.

Are you sure we can stop the
reinvasion by destroying Kato?

Have I ever been wrong?

If you do not trust my word,
you can defer my payment.

General...

The fact is majority of the
Japanese warriors want peace

like General Konishi.

They are tired of the drawn out war

and are faced with fierce
public opposition at home.

But they need a compelling
excuse to oppose the war.

Kato is the first advance
guard of the second invasion.

Imagine if his fleet
was blown away at sea.

It is common knowledge in Japan
that this war has been proceeding

with great difficulty because of
Yi Soon-shin and his navy.

If the advance guards on the
second invasion are crushed from

the get-go what could be a better
reason to oppose the fighting?

How did it go?
Will he take the bait?

Supreme Commissioner
Kwon Yul is a cautious man.

He will not easily take the bait.

Then?

The King of Chosun is the
one who will take the bait.

Enemy general Kato Kiyomasa
is coming to Pusan?

As the advance guard for
the second invasion?

Your Majesty, Kato Kiyomasa is
notorious for his violent nature.

We cannot allow him to land.

I urge you to command your
navy to stop him at sea.

Yes, Your Majesty.

There is not a moment to waste.
Issue an order without delay.

Your Majesty, we
mustn't act in haste.

Konishi Yukinaga is the
source of this information.

It could be a trap.

If it comes from Konishi,
it is credible information.

What makes you come
to that conclusion?

Konishi Yukinaga's desire
for peace seemed genuine.

But he failed to realize his desire
because of Kato's interference,

and in that incident,
he almost lost his life.

Kato is Konishi's enemy.

Even if this information is correct,

we cannot hastily
order the navy to attack.

If Kato's fleet has 300 battleships,
that's double the size of our fleet.

And how about the enemy vessels
that are anchored in Pusan?

We must take extreme caution,
or we could lose our entire navy.

If we fail to stop Kato, Chosun
will be invaded once more.

Do you wish to see the tragedy of
1592 repeated on my land Chosun?

I cannot let that happen!

I could not agree
more, Your Majesty.

Do not hesitate, if we fail to
stop Kato at sea, the fires of

war will spread out of control
throughout Chosun once again.

I know that stopping Kato at
sea will not be an easy task.

But if it is the only way to
save the country, I choose to

take the chance despite the
sacrifice it may require.

You are not to discuss this
any further.

It is impossible.

How could you off all men
press me to do this?

Supreme Commander, if this one
fight could stop the second

invasion, isn't worth the
sacrifice it may require?

You are asking me to move the
entire navy on a spy's hunch.

The second invasion is
imminent one way or another.

The quickest way to suppress
the enemy is to forestall

their advance guards and
break their spirits.

There are still over 20.000 Japanese
occupation troops in Chosun.

The moment we move out, they
will proceed to Angol and Gaduk.

And we will lose half of our
fleet before we get to Pusan.

Even if we make it to Pusan, we
must form a battle line between

Cholryong-do and Tsushima to
stop Kato's fleet from landing.

But it is nearly impossible
to form a battle line and

fight on an open sea.

Our fleet will be destroyed if we
are caught in a violent torrent.

What you're asking me to do
is to destroy the Chosun Navy.

But isn't the enemy fleet
under the same conditions?

Fine, let us say that we are

proceeding with this prepared
to lose half of our fleet.

Didn't you say that they
have 300 battleships?

What if they take half of their
fleet around Koje

and go after the headquarters
while we are

fighting the other
half at Cholryong-do?

If they breakthrough Kyunneryang,

there is no way to stop them from
advancing west.

This may sound irresponsible,
but is there any way?

His Majesty is more anxious
than ever facing the reinvasion.

If you refuse to fight this battle,
his wrath will pierce the sky.

I feel the same way
as does His Majesty.

If I could have my way, I would

obliterate the Japanese headquarters
in Pusan right now.

Don't you know that?

Please make His Majesty
understand, Commissioner.

We cannot sacrifice the
navy just to comfort him.

Without the navy, Chosun
may not have a future.

Quickly dispatch the
secret squad to Pusan.

We need to know what's
going on in the enemy camp.

Admiral, about the royal
command to advance to Pusan...

Must I explain to you as well?

Must I go over the reasons why
we cannot advance to Pusan?

Yi Soon-shin is refusing
to obey my orders again?

Does he not know my desperate
and bitter desire

to intercept Kato
and stop the second invasion?

Yi Soon-shin...
What does want?

Is he trying to make me abandon
the city once again so I would

suffer yet more intolerable
distain from my people?

Your Majesty...

I will not forgive him this time.

It's time I showed him what
happens if you defy the King.

Don't you agree?

I couldn't agree
more, Your Majesty.

I guess the time has come
to put the man to service.

He is awaiting your
summons in the city.

You're a good marksman.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

A man that does not lose his
composure not even before his King...

I intend to make you the High
Commander of Left Cholla Navy.

Can you step over Won Kyun
and take his post?

Was it a difficult question?

If Won Kyun is Minister Yu's friend,
he must be your friend as well.

You may go now.

I will try my best. Send me to
the Left Cholla Naval Station.

A polite refusal is a virtue to
scholars. Is it not to warriors?

I believe it is the duty off a royal
subject to carry out his sovereign's

order to the best of his ability.

I seek to protect the southern
sea from Japanese invasion.

Allow me to protect our
country and our people.

You will be losing a friend.

I don't believe Your Majesty has
forsaken Won Kyun

by dismissing him from his post.

Both Won Kyun and
I are your warriors.

We will join hands and
protect this country together.

You are turning gray...

It's because I did not let you

leave the treacherous front for
a moment forth e last five years.

My lack of virtue is to blame...

No, Your Majesty.

I am merely doing
my duty as a warrior.

I thought we might shoot a
few rounds of arrows together.

How about it? Would
you be my opponent?

You do not lose your composure
before the King as well.

Your Majesty...

Supreme Commander Yi
Soon-shin didn't either.

He is a truly magnanimous
and self-confident man.

Are all warriors alike?

Do they all become empowered
by their swords and fall into

delusion that they
can break the King?

No, Your Majesty.

Then why does Yi Soon-shin
continue to try to defy me?

How about you?

Can you fight as I want you to fight

and destroy the enemy
without defying my commands?

I do not want the
Japanese to invade again.

I do not want Chosun to be
thrown into the fires of war again.

How about it?

Can you proceed to Pusan
from here

and stop Kato from landing
on our beaches?

Can you destroy the enemy
and fulfill my earnest wish?

You're silent.
Does it mean that you can't?

Send me to the south,
Your Majesty.

I will advance to Pusan with the
Chosun Navy and destroy the enemy.

And I will deliver a strong and
healthy nation to you, Your Majesty.

Will you?

I am ready to give my life for
Your Majesty's land Chosun anytime.

Very well.

Then I shall put you in
command of my navy.

Take over Yi Soon Shin's
Headquarters.

The time has come at last
to deliver proper revenge.

Right, General Wakizka?

Japanese General Kato Kiyomasa
has landed in Pusan?

Yes, Your Majesty...

Your Majesty, we have lost the only
chance hat Heaven has granted us

because of one arrogant warrior!

Now that Kato has landed,
countless Japanese warriors

will race to the shores of Chosun
and this land will be engulfed in...

Arrest Yi Soon-shin!

Your Majesty!

Do not try to defend
Yi Soon-shin!

He is a criminal of high treason

who has pushed this country the
fires of war!

If any of you do as much as
to say a word in his defense,

I will take your head first!