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Three Kingdoms
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Episode 57
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The Emperor issued a decree.
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appointing Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu as
Governors of Nanjun and Jiangxia respectively.
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They plan to assume their posts at once.
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We ask you to please hand over those two commanderies.
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Zhou Yu really wants to be the Governor of Nanjun?
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Not just Zhou Yu,
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Cheng Pu wants to govern Jiangxia, too.
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Zijing,
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the court appointed my lord as Protector of Jing.
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If Zhou Yu becomes Governor of Nanjun,
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wouldn't he become a subordinate of my lord's, then?
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And would the veteran general Cheng Pu
be willing to serve under my lord as well?
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They are willing. They are both very willing.
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As long as you give up these two commanderies,
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they would be willing to be subordinates
of Lord Liu Bei, Protector of Jing.
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And they will dedicate their lives to your cause, too.
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Zijing, please allow me to say something.
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You see,
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we eat using two chopsticks.
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If we take away one of them
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how can we eat with just the other?
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Kongming, what do you mean?
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We are now talking about Nanjun and Jiangxia.
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It's the same principle.
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Nanjun is a stronghold for the defense of Jingzhou.
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Without it, we cannot hold onto Jingzhou.
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If you take away Nanjun, it'd be as if you
took away a chopstick out of a pair
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you might as well take our food away from us too.
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As for Jiangxia, it's right in our backyard.
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Consider, if someone has a house,
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and you insist on keeping an army in his backyard,
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is that not very ridiculous?
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A wonderful analogy indeed!
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Brilliant as always, Zhuge Kongming.
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It sounds like you do not plan to let go
of those two commanderies, right?
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Our apologies. We are unable to comply.
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No need for formalities.
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To tell you the truth,
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I did not expect to be able to take back
the two commanderies in this mission.
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Then... thank you very much.
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Don't mention it, Imperial Uncle.
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Since we are family now, we will grant you another concession.
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It's only the right thing to do.
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But... Imperial Uncle,
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we'll have to start discussing some actual business now.
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earlier was not actual business?
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Are you saying that what we discussed
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the topic I am about to bring up.
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That was just as a way of introducing
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The introduction is complete, I presume?
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Zijing, please proceed with business.
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Two years ago, my lord made an agreement with the Imperial Uncle
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to temporarily loan out Jing.
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Once the Imperial Uncle finds another foothold.
he should return Jing to us immediately.
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Now, the court has made the Imperial Uncle Protector of Jing.
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My lord would like the Imperial Uncle to claim
some other territory as soon as possible.
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Otherwise, as time passes,
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Jing belongs to the Imperial Uncle.
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everyone might really start to think that
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Do not forget.
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The Imperial Uncle and Kongming have
both signed the loan agreement.
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Zijing,
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return Jing to the Marquis of Wu.
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I want to find a new base as well, and
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But now, Cao Cao is still quite powerful.
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Wouldn't attacking the north with just my current power
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be anything short of suicide?
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We aren't forcing you to commit suicide.
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Look, the world is a big place.
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Zijing, you mean to say...
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Kongming said that once you have taken the
Riverlands, you will return Jing immediately.
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So why do you not go conquer it now?
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Liu Zhang of the Riverlands is incompetent
and weak: It's not hard to take the region.
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Zijing, Liu Zhang is indeed incompetent,
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and not as militaristic as Cao Cao is.
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But I can't do it.
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May I ask why?
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No reason in particular. I just can't!
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Imperial Uncle, what is it?
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Did I say something wrong just now?
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Zijing, you have said something that touched my lord's sore spot.
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Please enlighten me.
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Although the ruler of the Riverlands, Liu Zhang, is incompetent,
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he is a Liu just like my lord is. They're both descendents
of the royal house and the emperor's own kin.
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Mustering an army to invade his land
means fighting against one's family.
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How can my lord bear to do that?
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But if we don't, we won't have a place to call home,
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and thus we won't be able to return Jing which
means betraying the Marquis of Wu.
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It's a brother on one side and the in-laws on the other.
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My lord is caught in a dilemma.
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That is why he is so distraught.
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Zijing,
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when you return and report to Marquis, please do take the trouble
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to explain to him bur situation in detail.
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Please beg the Marquis to give my lord more time.
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Look at that. Look at that.
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It's one thing if you don't return Nanjun and Jiangxia.
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But you don't even want to return the rest of the province,
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and insist on us conceding to you time and again.
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Please examine your hearts and tell me.
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Are you being fair to my lord?
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And how do you expect my lord to ever agree to this?
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The Marquis even married his sister to the
Imperial Uncle. How can he not agree?
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Even if he does, the Grand Commander definitely won't.
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So what does Zhou Gongjin want?
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The Grand Commander wants you to
invade the Riverlands immediately.
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Fine, then. We'll do as you say.
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Please tell the Marquis of Wu—and Zhou Yu as well
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that in five years' time, we will conquer the Riverlands.
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No. Not five years. Immediately.
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Zijing, you are not ignorant of military principles.
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The Riverlands is a faraway land. It will
be a long and arduous campaign.
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Right now, we don't have enough men or supplies.
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How can we invade it now?
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We need at least a few years to prepare, right?
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Fine.
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You don't have enough soldiers and supplies.
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We have enough soldiers and more than sufficient supplies.
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If you don't attack the Riverlands,
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we can take it for you.
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And once we've taken it,
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we will exchange the Riverlands for our nine commanderies of Jing.
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Are you satisfied now?
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Very well.
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We will wish Gongjin a swift victory.
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Kongming, if Zhou Yu does attack the Riverlands,
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Liu Zhang will not be able to withstand
the elite forces of the Southland.
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Worry not, mylord. I predict that Zhou
Yu will not attack the Riverlands.
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He is just using it as an excuse to force us to give up Jing.
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Kongming,
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back in Longzhong, you mentioned that
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the Riverlands is a place we must take sooner or later.
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If Zhou Yu annexes it first, we would be at a disadvantage.
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Invading the Riverlands is a large military operation.
The cost in manpower and supplies is tremendous.
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With our current strength, we cannot invade it.
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If Zhou Yu does attack it, the Southland will suffer heavily.
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We can just watch on the sidelines, and act accordingly.
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Also, I believe that taking the Riverlands
is just an empty threat from Lu Su.
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Sun Qua is a careful man.
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He will not let Zhou Yu waste all the strength of
the Southland on conquering the Riverlands.
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Lets hope so.
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Indeed, Zhuge Liang said they didn't have enough men or supplies.
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He also made some excuse about taking
the Riverlands five years later.
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I replied to them according to what we've planned earlier.
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and indeed they could not argue further.
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Gongjin.
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Liu Bei is even more of a damned hypocrite that I thought.
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That he can actually say something like
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he cannot bear to attack Liu Zhang
since they are from the same clan!
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How despicable! How ridiculous!
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Gongjin,
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attacking the Riverlands is a huge operation.
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Will Lord Sun agree?
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Do you think he will?
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he will definitely act only after careful consideration.
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Then let me tell you.
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Lord Sun has already agreed.
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Really?
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While you were meeting with Liu Bei,
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four veteran generals, including Cheng
Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang,
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led eight junior commanders, including
Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, and Lu Meng,
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to Lord Sun and requested to invade Jing.
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Lord Sun agreed to my plan right then.
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Heavens!
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The generals of the Southland went in full force.
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It's practically a mutiny!
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Grand Commander,
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if that is the case, I will do as you say.
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From today on, I will support you wholeheartedly.
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I will obey all your commands.
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Excellent!
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Has the message from the Southland come?
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Yes, it's already been given to His Lordship.
Has the message from the Southland come?
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My lord.
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Look at this.
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Sun Quan appointed Cheng Pu as the chief commander
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and sent him with 30,000 soldiers to invade the Riverlands.
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They even told us the deployment
date and the routes they will take.
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Zhou Yu is indeed no ordinary man.
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He managed to pull even this off!
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Vanguard general Lu Meng will lead an army of 10,000 westward.
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Cheng Pu will follow with the main army and
attack the Riverlands within half a year.
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Then they'll trade the Riverlands for the nine commanderies of Jing.
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Kongming,
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Liu Zhang of the Riverlands is no match for the Southland army.
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The Riverlands will definitely fall to them!
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It might be worse than that.
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If Wu takes the Riverlands, it will have
the two biggest provinces of the realm.
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They have 81 counties in the Southland in the east,
and 51 commanderies of the Riverlands in the west.
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And Jing, which we hold, will be a thorn in
their side. They will seek to destroy us!
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M lord...
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Zhou Yu has foresight.
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He can already foresee the next five years,
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or maybe even the next ten.
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He is no longer in a hurry to take Jing,
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but instead strives to gain a position with military advantage.
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He no longer cares about a city or two,
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but has his mind set on conquering the realm.
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Why would he be bothered over Jing?
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We should not have agreed to let them take the Riverlands.
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What should we do now?
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Please let me think.
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My lord!
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My lord!
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Look.
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Zhou Yu is still his old self.
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He will not take the Riverlands. This is his
"borrow a road to subjugate Guo" ruse.
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Look, it's written so clearly in the letter.
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During our western campaign, we will need
to be granted passage through Jing.
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Could it be...
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Could it be that they plan to attack Jingzhou instead?
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Indeed!
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Indeed!
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What treachery! To travel through Jing under
the excuse of attacking the Riverlands.
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We can't refuse them either.
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But once we allow them passage, we'd
basically be inviting them to invade us!
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We only have one option.
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Send out more scouts.
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If Wu is sending Cheng Demou to attack the Riverlands,
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we will provide them with supplies and help them westward.
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But if the army is not led by Cheng
Demou, but Zhou Gongjin instead,
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it'd prove that their goal is not the Riverlands, but Jing.
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We will have to fight then.
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And it will be a decisive battle.
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For this western campaign,
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Wu sent 30,000 elite soldiers.
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And they are all well-trained veteran soldiers.
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Although we claim to have a force of 100,000,
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we actually only have 50,000, and they're all recruits.
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I'm afraid we're not their match.
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With just 30,000 soldiers, they cannot conquer the Riverlands,
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nor Jing either.
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If my guess is correct.
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Zhou Yu should be bringing more than that.
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He needs at least 50,000.
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Fifty thousand?
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Then we have even less of a chance.
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Don't fret, my lord.
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Do you know how many men we have?
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Isn't it 50,000?
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That's just counting the armies in each commandery of Jing.
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Actually, we have 80,000 soldiers.
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Why is there so many?
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It includes the troops we gained from annexing
the southern commanderies,
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Liu Biao's former subordinates, as well as new recruits.
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I didn't want Cao Cao or Sun Quan to know our true strength,
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and so I kept it from everyone, including you.
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My lord, please forgive me.
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You've done no wrong.
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true strength. And thus he can launch surprises.
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One skilled in warfare is skilled in concealing his
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However,
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Zhou Yu is a renowned general.
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How confident are you if you were to engage with him in battle?
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Zhou Yu will have traveled a long way while we're rested and ready.
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We have the advantage of both timing and geography.
The odds are excellent for our success.
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Right now,
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our main enemy is still Cao Cao.
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If we really go to war with Zhou Yu,
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the coalition between Sun and Liu will be completely over.
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There's a good side and a bad side to everything.
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Once the war begins, the strength of both
the Southland and us will be diminished.
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But on the other hand, if we win this war,
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Zhou Yu will no longer have the power to go against us.
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Sun Quan will thus lose his ability to constrain us.
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Our coalition will be even stronger then.
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Jing will gain a long period of stability and peace as well.
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Very good.
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If he really attacks us,
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we will have no choice but fight to the death.
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We'll fight!
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My lord, please write back to Sun Quan personally and tell him
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that we agree to their request to pass through
Jing on their way to conquer the Riverlands,
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Be careful.
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Grand Commander.
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Your carriage is ready.
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Carriage?
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I am a general.
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Have you ever seen a general who leads
his troops to war lying in a carriage?
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Bring my horse.
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Grand Commander.
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Go.
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Fetch the Grand Commander's mount!
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Yes.
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Grand Commander.
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Grand Commander.
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Victory! Victory! Victory!
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Victory! Victory! Victory!
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Victory! Victory! Victory!
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Let's go
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Grand Commander, look. Jingzhou is right ahead.
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Are they on their guard?
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They sent a messenger,
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saying that they have prepared food
for us to take with us on our way.
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Send out my orders.
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Attack Jingzhou!
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Attack the city!
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Charge!
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Charge!
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Oh no! We've been ambushed!
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General Lu!
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Look!
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Those are the banners of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao!
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Quickly! Retreat! Protect the Grand Commander!
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Retreat! Retreat!
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Follow me and fight our way out!
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Fight our way out!
Follow me and fight our way out!
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What is the situation outside now?
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Before the gates of Jingzhou,
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our army was taken by surprise.
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We've lost three-tenths of our men.
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Liu Bei's soldiers have now completely surrounded us.
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Zhuge Liang!
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Grand Commander!
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Grand Commander!
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Liu Bei's men did not press on their attack.
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What are they waiting for?
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Right.
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Right. They are waiting for us to run
out of grain and starve to death!
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How long can our food last?
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Our supply lines have been broken. Any remaining
food we have is only enough for three more days.
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Heaven wishes to destroy me!
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Grand Commander, a message from Liu Bei's army.
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Is it asking for surrender?
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The messenger said it's a letter from Zhuge Liang to you.
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Read it.
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Dear Gongjin,
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When I received your letter regarding taking
the Riverlands and trading it for Jing,
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I was deeply grateful, and prepared supplies for your use.
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Unexpectedly, you brought a great force to attack us instead.
333
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Your betrayal confuses me.
334
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Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han has been in decline.
335
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Cao Cao seized power from the emperor and
coerced regional lords to do his bidding.
336
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Your state, too, suffers from his abuse of power.
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It was only due to our alliance that the
victory at Red Cliff was possible,
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saving the lives of millions from utter destruction.
339
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With Cao Cao tyrannizing over the Central Plains,
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our two houses must work together if
we are to repel this northern threat.
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Together, we will both prosper. Separated, we will both fall.
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My lord gave battle today only in self-defense.
He had not desired it.
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As a gesture of goodwill, we commanded our
men to leave an opening in the southeast.
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so that you may lead your men back to the east.
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Our men will not harass you.
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We will also return to you all captured men
and horses, supplies and equipment.
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I hope that you, good brother, will forget our
enmity, and instead reforge our friendship.
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May we never fight among ourselves again, lest
Cao Cao succeeds in usurping the throne,
349
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and the common folks forsake hope of resurrecting the Han.
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Most respectfully, Zhuge Liang.
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Grand Commander.
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This is Zhuge Liang shedding crocodile tears.
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We cannot accept his favor!
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We still have more than 30,000 soldiers.
355
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Give us your orders.
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I will go and fight them to the death right now!
357
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Forget it.
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Save some soldiers for the Southland.
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Grand Commander!
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Announce my orders.
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Take the trail in the southeast...
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and retreat to the Southland.
363
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General Lu, the Grand Commander orders us to halt.
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Halt!
365
00:30:06,230 --> 00:30:08,460
Grand Commander, what are your orders?
366
00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:10,200
Help me down.
367
00:30:11,170 --> 00:30:14,070
I want to take a look at Jingzhou.
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Grand Commander.
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Commander!
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Grand Commander!
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This is the first time in my life...
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and also the last time, that I failed.
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It is not because I miscalculated,
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but because of the genius of Zhuge Liang.
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00:31:38,620 --> 00:31:39,450
I fear...
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00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,800
I fear that I will never see the banners of Wu...
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flying over the walls of Jingzhou.
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Grand Commander!
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00:32:05,410 --> 00:32:06,810
Grand Commander!
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My lord.
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00:32:45,380 --> 00:32:46,520
My lord.
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My lord.
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My lord.
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My lord.
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Gongjin.
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You're here.
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My lord.
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I am leaving.
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00:33:34,030 --> 00:33:36,330
Before General Bofu passed away,
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00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:40,640
he wanted me to assist you
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in protecting the Southland.
392
00:33:43,910 --> 00:33:46,540
I never imagined that, after only ten years,
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I would not be able to serve you any more.
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00:33:51,950 --> 00:33:52,880
Gongjin...
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Don't say that.
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00:33:56,750 --> 00:33:58,150
You will recover.
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00:34:05,230 --> 00:34:07,800
No one knows about my injury better than I do.
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This time...
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I will not recover.
400
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,840
My lord, ever since you took over as the lord of Wu,
401
00:34:19,110 --> 00:34:22,010
I have disobeyed and offended you many times.
402
00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:25,210
My lord.
403
00:34:27,210 --> 00:34:28,850
Will you hold it against me?
404
00:34:28,980 --> 00:34:30,880
Gongjin, don't say that.
405
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,950
You are the pillar of Wu's
406
00:34:34,290 --> 00:34:35,320
Actually...
407
00:34:37,190 --> 00:34:40,060
I had no choice but to do what I did.
408
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,970
Most of the veteran generals of the Southland...
409
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:54,510
had served under the banner of Lord Sun Jian.
410
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:57,240
And then, General Bofu died,
411
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,780
leaving behind his widowed mother and young brother.
412
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,350
If the Southland did not have a person of authority...
413
00:35:09,690 --> 00:35:11,690
there would have been chaos.
414
00:35:13,530 --> 00:35:15,330
To stabilize the situation...
415
00:35:17,430 --> 00:35:19,930
I had to act overbearingly...
416
00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:24,440
in order to keep those veteran generals under control.
417
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,640
But, because of that...
418
00:35:33,150 --> 00:35:36,550
I ended up taking over some of your lordship's authority.
419
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:38,150
I knew.
420
00:35:41,950 --> 00:35:44,320
I knew this was a grave transgression.
421
00:35:48,630 --> 00:35:50,660
But still I dared to do it...
422
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:54,930
and was able to do it...
423
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,630
all because I knew that...
424
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,740
you are a gracious and magnanimous man.
425
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:05,940
Gongjin...
426
00:36:07,310 --> 00:36:12,020
I completely appreciate your intentions.
427
00:36:17,390 --> 00:36:18,290
My lord.
428
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:20,720
The Southland...
429
00:36:22,390 --> 00:36:25,130
may have a secure foundation already...
430
00:36:26,460 --> 00:36:29,630
But it is still an isolated place with limited resources.
431
00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:31,270
Liu Bei...
432
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:33,170
and Cao Cao...
433
00:36:36,010 --> 00:36:39,980
are formidable characters of a sort that
only appears every few hundred years.
434
00:36:40,910 --> 00:36:43,580
Striving to survive with tigers beside you,
435
00:36:44,710 --> 00:36:46,050
you must not...
436
00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:51,250
let down your guard at all.
437
00:36:52,790 --> 00:36:54,290
Gongjin, your words...
438
00:36:56,630 --> 00:36:58,690
will be engraved in my heart forever.
439
00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:12,340
Oh, Gongjin.
440
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,460
My lord, please speak.
441
00:37:34,430 --> 00:37:36,030
If anything befalls you,
442
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,840
who can take over the position of the Grand Commander?
443
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:45,470
There is someone...
444
00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:49,180
with more vision than I do...
445
00:37:50,210 --> 00:37:52,450
whose talents are greater than mine.
446
00:37:52,980 --> 00:37:55,280
and whose virtues are also superior to mine.
447
00:37:57,050 --> 00:38:00,090
He can be the pillar of the Southland.
448
00:38:01,220 --> 00:38:01,950
Who?
449
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:13,700
Lu..
450
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,100
Zi..
451
00:38:16,050 --> 00:38:17,250
Jing.
452
00:38:20,180 --> 00:38:22,080
Lu Su?
453
00:38:23,380 --> 00:38:25,080
My lord, please...
454
00:38:27,450 --> 00:38:28,580
appoint him as...
455
00:38:29,220 --> 00:38:30,750
the Grand Commander.
456
00:38:33,220 --> 00:38:34,850
Don't worry, Gongjin
457
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,220
I will ask Zijing to take over the army.
458
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,570
Then, I have no more worries.
459
00:38:55,170 --> 00:38:56,910
What a shame.
460
00:38:57,610 --> 00:38:58,910
What a shame.
461
00:39:01,380 --> 00:39:02,610
What's a shame?
462
00:39:03,780 --> 00:39:04,720
Gongjin,
463
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,150
is there anything else you need to tell me?
464
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,270
If Heaven must make Zhou Yu...
465
00:39:28,970 --> 00:39:31,210
why must it also make Zhuge Liang?
466
00:39:41,420 --> 00:39:42,390
Gongjin!
467
00:39:42,590 --> 00:39:44,150
Grand Commander!
468
00:39:43,090 --> 00:39:44,150
Gongjin!
469
00:39:50,060 --> 00:39:51,290
Grand Commander!
470
00:39:58,540 --> 00:39:59,570
Grand Commander!
471
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,400
If Heaven must make Zhou Yu...
472
00:40:02,810 --> 00:40:05,040
why must it also make Zhuge Liang?
473
00:40:06,310 --> 00:40:08,110
If Heaven must make Zhou Yu...
474
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,750
why must it also make Zhuge Liang?
475
00:40:26,130 --> 00:40:28,060
Kongming's Art of War
476
00:40:28,260 --> 00:40:30,500
Zhou Yu, one of the greatest generals of his time,
477
00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:33,030
died with his noble ambitions unfulfilled.
478
00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:36,300
He was only 36 years of age.
479
00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:54,590
Master!
480
00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:56,590
Master!
481
00:40:57,830 --> 00:40:59,490
Why are you in such a flurry?
482
00:40:59,630 --> 00:41:01,930
Lord Sun has... Lord Sun...
483
00:41:04,700 --> 00:41:05,600
My lord.
484
00:41:12,110 --> 00:41:13,070
Zijing.
485
00:41:15,010 --> 00:41:16,040
Gongjin...
486
00:41:17,650 --> 00:41:18,410
left us.
487
00:41:26,950 --> 00:41:27,990
Gongjin...
488
00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:35,630
How could he have left us?
489
00:41:37,830 --> 00:41:41,000
I too, wish that his death is not real.
490
00:41:41,330 --> 00:41:43,200
I never would have imagined...
491
00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:50,180
that such a great general...
492
00:41:52,580 --> 00:41:54,650
would leave us just like that.
493
00:41:57,220 --> 00:41:58,180
Oh Heavens!
494
00:42:01,250 --> 00:42:03,460
The Heavens are unreasonable,
495
00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:08,490
to take away such a talent before his time!
496
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:10,500
M lord...
497
00:42:12,460 --> 00:42:14,300
Gongjin must have...
498
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,840
died with regrets!
499
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:24,440
You are right.
500
00:42:26,580 --> 00:42:31,480
However, Gongjin was the one hastened his own death.
501
00:42:45,660 --> 00:42:50,970
to fill the position of Grand Commander.
502
00:42:45,660 --> 00:42:50,970
Before he passed away, Gongjin recommended someone
503
00:42:55,610 --> 00:42:59,810
I came to hear your opinion on it.
504
00:43:13,590 --> 00:43:16,130
May I ask who it was that Gongjin recommended?
505
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,060
You.
506
00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:22,560
Me?
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