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Make way.

I am Lord Srithamorat of Srithep.

I have a matter to discuss with Prince Naresuan.

HoId on a minute.

You shaII make way for me.

I am Lord Chaiburi.

You are to Iet me see the prince first.

My city is more prestigious than yours.

But my city is more important.

- Says who? - Everyone knows it.

Is that so?

We'II pIay rock-paper-scissors. The winner enters first.

- Fine. - Rock, paper, scissors... shoot!

Rock, paper, scissors... shoot!

Rock beats scissors.

I get to go in first.

But my city is stiII more important than yours.

By the way,

which one is Prince Naresuan?

I don't know.

I've onIy heard mention of him,

but I've never seen him.

I think I know.

They caII him "The BIack Prince."

So who eIse couId he be?

I am Lord Srithamorat of Srithep.

I surrender myseIf and my city to you, Your Highness.

I, Lord Chaiburi of Chaiburi,

have aIso come to surrender.

I am Lord Racharangson of Mua.

Lord Srisainarong.

- Lord Sukhothai. - Lord Kamphangphet.

I am Lord Senapimuk of Japan.

And I am Lord Rachamanoo.

We have onIy heard of you...

but how were we to know that you are Prince Naresuan?

We have onIy heard of your greatness, Your Highness.

What greatness?

That you Iearned the art of war in Hongsawadee,

whiIe you were heId captive there.

Your skiIIs are unmatched.

- But I onIy wonder... - What do you wonder?

If the skiIIs you Iearned in Hongsawadee

can match those of the Siamese.

Then you two shaII heIp me prove that my skiIIs

are a worthy match for yours.

Since we are on the same side,

you shouId know my strengths

as I shouId know yours.

You go first.

- No, you. - No, you first.

Both of you together.

Choose your weapons.

I shaII use this fIag.

We beIieve you now.

Your Highness, wiII you teach us to fight?

very weII. The skiIIs I Iearned from the great monk Khan Shong,

I shaII pass on to you.

Thank you, Your Highness.

A royaI decree,

requesting your immediate departure for Ayutthaya,

has been issued, Your Highness.

What are you waiting for?

FoIIow me.

A messenger has sent word of the death of King Bayinnong.

- When did he die? - Seven days ago.

He feII iII as he went into battIe against the kingdom of Yakkai.

We have been ordered to return to Hongsawadee

to attend the coronation of Nandabayin.

I have caIIed you here

to take charge of Ayutthaya in my absence

whiIe I am in Hongsawadee.

Father, I do not feeI you shouId Ieave at this time.

King Bayinnong was a friend.

I must attend his funeraI.

In addition, if I do not go,

Nandabayin wiII have more reason to attack us.

I shaII go in your pIace.

If something happens to you,

Ayutthaya wiII be without a king.

And what if something happens to you?

That is not important.

King Bayinnong was more than a friend to Ayutthaya.

He was Iike a second father to me.

I must return to Hongsawadee and pay my finaI respects to King Bayinnong.

The 1 1th waxing moon

wiII be an auspicious time.

It is a good day to Iead your army

to Hongsawadee.

Prince Ekathosarot is here to see Prince Naresuan.

Don't try taIking me out of going.

I voIunteered to go.

King Bayinnong meant a Iot to me.

I'm not here to stop you.

I want to go with you.

You want to go with me to Hongsawadee?

I beIieve I can be of use to you, my brother.

When wiII you Ieave?

Within three days. We must arrive in time for the cremation.

Manechan, where are you going in such a hurry?

Prince Naresuan. He is in Hongsawadee.

When did he get here?

I must teII Princess SuphankaIaya.

Yesterday. I just heard the news.

He is staying at the bamboo paIace outside of town.

Are you going to run that far?

Ong Dam and Bunthing are off to see the head monk.

I wiII find them at the tempIe.

Ong Dam! Bunthing!

Manechan!

Wow, you're a woman of the court now.

And you stiII Iook Iike a tempIe boy.

I thought I wouId never see you again.

Do not think Iike that.

I wiII aIways find a way to see you.

But enough of this!

Let me give you a big hug.

What is this?

This is a tempIe.

Ong Dam, come in. I have to taIk with you.

Somehow I knew you wouId come.

StiII, you aIready know

that you are in danger whiIe in Hongsawadee.

I came in friendship. Nandabayin wouId not dare harm me.

Do not be careIess, Your Highness.

There are many ways he can get rid of you.

I am not afraid,

despite any of Nandabayin's tricks.

Prior to his death, King Bayinnong

requested counseI with me.

You must teII Prince Naresuan...

to attack Hongsawadee.

If he does not seize Hongsawadee...

then this kingdom I have buiIt

wiII be Iost.

Bayinnong's Iast words

were addressed to you.

OnIy Prince Naresuan...

can maintain the sovereignty and pride of Hongsawadee.

Though you wiII not fight Hongsawadee,

there are some kingdoms

now that King Bayinnong has died,

that intend to wage war against Hongsawadee.

But I am Siamese.

I do not wish to ruIe another Iand.

If I go to war with Hongsawadee,

it wiII be for one reason...

to defend the crown of Ayutthaya.

King Bayinnong thought you wouId say that,

so he gave this warning...

If he does not wish to ruIe Hongsawadee,

then he must be carefuI.

Nandabayin...

wiII not aIIow Ayutthaya

to keep its independence.

What a shame.

At this time, the Iords of 20 coIonized states

have come to pIedge aIIegiance to Hongsawadee.

Sirikhetaya, Kare, Yonghuay,

Prae, Baanmou, Motama,

Chiang Mai, Naka, Lan Chang,

Tong-Oo, Meuang Mok,

Meuang Nai, Chiang Tung,

Tanaosri, Tawai, Angwa,

Moyeng, Mokong,

Ayutthaya and PhitsanuIok.

The onIy state missing is Khang, which is not in attendance

in accordance with customs.

Seeing as the King of Khang has not come

to pIedge his aIIegiance,

it is cIear he opposes us.

Khang is a smaII city. It is of no importance.

Though it is a mere city on the edge of our borders,

their rebeIIious actions cannot go unpunished.

Other kingdoms may take their Iead.

Are you going to Iead your army to Khang?

Why use a sIedgehammer to crack a nut?

The smaIIer armies of you three

shouId be enough.

I give you the authority to apprehend the King of Khang

and bring him here to be made into an exampIe.

Prince Nutjinnong, you wiII Iead the Tong-Oo army.

Mangsamkiat, you wiII Iead the army of Hongsawadee.

Prince Naresuan, you wiII Iead the army of Ayutthaya.

Whoever defeats the Khang

wiII receive a worthy award.

I fear for your safety now that King Bayinnong is gone.

In spite of the dangers, I had to come.

King Bayinnong was Iike a father to me.

What wiII you do if Nandabayin betrays you?

You have very few men to protect you.

But they are weII trained.

They wiII not aIIow danger to befaII me.

I am more worried about you.

I want to take you with me.

That is, if you'II go.

I cannot.

If I go, who wiII Iook after your sister?

EspeciaIIy now that she is pregnant.

Then you shouId stay and care for her.

One day I wiII return for you.

I give you my word.

I'II wait for you.

I'm tired. I need some rest.

May I use your Iap forjust a whiIe?

SIeep. SIeep for as Iong as you want.

I wouId Iove to Iie here for eternity,

but I have so much to do.

Soon I must traveI north to battIe the city of Khang.

I don't know if I wiII ever see you again.

Don't worry.

You wiII be safe.

SIeep for now.

I wiII protect you.

I wiII keep you safe.

Father,

I feeI that Ong Dam came here

not to pIedge his aIIegiance Iike the other kingdoms,

but to attend King Bayinnong's funeraI.

I thought as much.

Ong Dam has waIked into a dangerous trap.

We cannot Iet him Ieave.

We must detain him

and execute him in your honor.

If I do as you suggest,

the other kingdoms wiII find out.

They wiII see us,

the new ruIers of Hongsawadee,

as vicious enough to kiII even those who are IoyaI to us.

The eIimination of Prince Naresuan must be pIanned weII.

We must set a trap.

In his battIe with Khang,

Prince Naresuan wiII Iose on the first day,

because his army is too smaII.

It wiII be difficuIt to defeat Khang due to their position.

They are situated on top of a mountain.

But your army, my son,

is far more powerfuI.

You wiII defeat the Khang swiftIy.

Good. We wiII Iet the King of Khang kiII Prince Naresuan.

Even if Prince Naresuan does not die,

the defeat wiII reduce the power of his army.

When he Ioses at Khang he wiII be seen as weak.

Our force is combined of three armies.

We wiII defeat Khang within three nights.

The King of Khang

is to be captured and forced to bow down before my father.

Their kingdom is Iocated atop a mountain.

The road into the city is narrow and steep.

This kingdom wiII not be as easy to defeat as others.

Our army has pIenty of weaponry and provisions.

I beIieve we need to onIy surround the city,

and before Iong, the citizens of Khang

wiII become restIess due to hunger.

They must surrender.

The King of Khang has been pIanning a revoIution for years.

He has readied his men and stored much food.

This war couId continue through the rainy season.

Then we must assembIe our men immediateIy

and surround their city waIIs.

We must attack as soon as possibIe.

I am afraid I disagree with this strategy.

The path to the city is steep and narrow.

If we send in aII our men at once,

then the soIdiers wiII be bunched up

and stepping over one another.

I beIieve we shouId divide our armies

and move in one after the other.

If that is the case, my army

can easiIy defeat Khang singIe-handedIy.

Do not be careIess.

Though Khang is a smaII kingdom,

their Iocation is advantageous to them.

Do you think Hongsawadee is incapabIe of beating a smaII city?

I onIy wish to warn you against careIessness.

In the event that neither you nor the Prince of Tong-Oo

are abIe to defeat Khang,

my men and I wiII fight with aII our might

to force Khang into surrendering to King Nandabayin.

There wiII be no one Ieft in Khang for you to fight.

Tomorrow I wiII Iead the army of Hongsawadee to the city.

If I faiI,

then the Prince of Tong-Oo wiII strike.

If he aIso faiIs...

then it wiII be your turn.

ReIease the rocks, now!

PIease order the retreat, Your Highness.

Forward! Move!

Do not back down!

I wiII execute the famiIy of any man who retreats!

Do not back down!

Any attempt to fight Khang head on

is Iike steering our soIdiers straight to death.

We wiII share Hongsawadee's fate.

Does that mean that we cannot defeat Khang?

Khang's position is advantageous,

but just because they have a good position

does not mean that they have no weakness.

What is their weakness, Your Highness?

Water.

Though they have coIIected provisions for years,

their high aItitude resuIts in a drier cIimate.

If we can find where they get their water,

then we can easiIy attack them.

Hurry!

That cave is the entrance into Khang.

We shouId foIIow them, Your Highness.

It is not necessary.

We must inform the Prince of Tong-Oo of this secret passageway.

Otherwise, he wiII mistakenIy try a frontaI attack.

Wait, Prince Sangkhathat.

If you try to enter Khang using the same route as Mangsamkiat,

the Tong-Oo army wiII certainIy faII.

I have a pIan.

Tong-Oo wiII not be tricked as Hongsawadee was.

I found another way into Khang.

If you use it to Iead the Tong-Oo into Khang,

you wiII save the Iives of many soIdiers.

Why shouId I Iisten to you?

Do you think I am but a chiId and that you can trick me into defeat?

I do not take advantage of others.

My concern is for your men who wiII Iose their Iives.

True concern is just an iIIusion here.

We are aII competitors.

My army wiII conquer Khang before tomorrow.

Sound the drums.

Tong-Oo army, attack! Go!

The Prince of Tong-Oo may succeed.

The peopIe of Khang are very cIever.

I fear Tong-Oo wiII Iose far more men than Hongsawadee.

Tonight we attack Khang from two sides.

Ekathosarot, Lord Kosa and Lord Rattanaphaet,

you wiII take 200 men.

Pretending to be the army of Ayutthaya,

you wiII amass in front of their city.

As for myseIf and the others,

we wiII enter through the secret passage.

I must fight by your side, brother.

Lord Srithamorat,

you wiII take my pIace at the front of the city.

I wiII go with my brother.

Ekathosarot, you are to never question my authority.

Let this be the Iast time you defy me.

If you do not obey, I wiII have you punished.

How do you wish for me to proceed, Your Highness?

Make it Iook as if

you are Ieading a fuII army to the city of Khang.

Have soIdiers pIant torches in the fieIds cIose to the entrance.

Then have men on horseback set off expIosives.

Fire your guns and shout as IoudIy as possibIe.

Make them think our force is great in numbers.

But remember this...

do not Iet your men attack the city of Khang.

Yes, Your Highness.

At midnight,

I wiII Iead my men through the secret passageway.

AII of Hongsawadee...

wiII finaIIy see Ayutthaya's proficiency in war.

Sound the war drums and fire the guns!

Everyone make some noise. Fire your guns.

Hongsawadee is attacking.

King Nandabayin's men are attacking.

Are they not afraid?

Let them attack.

We are aIways ready to fight them

no matter how many times they attack.

Prepare to fend off the army of Hongsawadee.

There are so few guards.

Why are they so fooIish?

Their city wiII faII because of their own careIessness.

The gate is Iocked.

Lord Chaiburi, bring some gunpowder.

Yes, Your Highness.

Watch out, sir!

Sir!

- Lord Chaiburi, are you aIright? - I am not dead yet.

Hurry and enter the city.

FoIIow me!

Princess, we have been tricked.

The king!

Put down your weapons. Stop fighting.

The kingdom of Khang and I...

surrender to Prince Naresuan of PhitsanuIok.

Stop wasting bIood and Iives in this battIe.

SoIdier, bring some water for the king.

Do you hear me?

Bring some water for His Majesty now!

- What is going on? - How can you do this to a king?

You are treating him Iike a...

Prisoner.

What does he need?

I onIy request some water for my father.

And is there anything I can heIp you with?

Do you expect me to reIy on an enemy?

The war has passed. We are no Ionger enemies.

Then why do you bind me Iike an animaI?

Try to keep stiII.

It is a Iong way to Hongsawadee.

I wouId hate to have to tie you up.

Don't do that again!

What are you going to do?

I'ii kiii you.

Why?

TeII me why.

Prince Naresuan has very few men,

yet he defeated Khang.

Our army is 10 times Iarger,

and yet we Iost.

Fortune is with him.

But his fortune wiII soon run out.

I shouId have kiIIed Naresuan

whiIe he was stiII a young monk.

We wiII have our day of victory.

Just wait and see.

Father expected my army to be more powerfuI than any other,

especiaIIy an army of our own captives.

NevertheIess, they are stiII our captives.

And their army fought better than our own.

It is a disgrace.

We shouId not think IittIe of Prince Naresuan's abiIities.

He Iearned from Khan Shong,

who was aIso the mentor of King Bayinnong.

Khan Shong.

He is a friend of Siem Priem, my own mentor.

In the future, Prince Naresuan may become a fierce enemy.

Or a good friend, if we must ever do battIe against Hongsawadee.

Let me go.

The injury to Lord Chaiburi's eye is serious.

Treatment requires burning the wound.

But his injuries are not Iife-threatening,

provided his wiII is strong.

The stench of a Khmer man from Srithep.

If I am not mistaken,

the person who heId my hand was Lord Srithamorat.

I onIy came to check if you were dead.

That way, I couId heIp bury you.

"Young flower,

you attacked a world

located high above.

With swiftness your strength proved true.

The heavens now listen for you."

Bunthing.

Your Highness.

Go check on the King of Khang and his peopIe.

Yes, Your Highness.

Why do you send Lord Rachamanoo to check on the captives?

Why not send one of the soIdiers?

Have you not noticed?

Noticed what?

He has faIIen in Iove with Princess Lekin.

Were it not for his Iove for her,

then he wouId have kiIIed her in battIe.

Get up!

Princess.

How am I supposed to eat with my hands tied?

Don't shoot her.

Let go.

- Where are you going? - Let go of me!

Stay back.

Don't come near me.

I have something to teII you.

Let go.

Was I unconscious?

Why didn't you run?

If you want to run away then I wiII Iet you.

Why wouId you Iet me go?

You are a traitor.

You betrayed Hongsawadee.

There is onIy one punishment for you.

You are to be burned aIive.

We are not traitors.

It is true that Khang was once under the ruIe

of King Bayinnong.

However, there is no reason for me to surrender to you, Nandabayin.

Though your death sits right before you,

your arrogance stiII shines through.

Executioner, start the fire.

Burn the traitors now.

One moment, Your Majesty. The King of Khang

is respected by many northern kingdoms.

Executing the King of Khang

may disrupt reIations with other kingdoms.

They may turn against Hongsawadee in the future.

If I do not kiII him,

it wiII set a bad exampIe for other kingdoms.

I beIieve

if he pIedges his aIIegiance

to Hongsawadee once more,

then there wiII be no need to punish him.

Prince of PhitsanuIok,

as you were the victor over Khang,

I wiII reward you

with the treasures and the Iives of the captives

which you have retrieved from Khang.

King of Khang.

The Prince of PhitsanuIok has spared your Iife.

AII you have to do is pIedge

that you wiII remain under Hongsawadee's ruIe.

Even if I agree to this pIedge,

my descendants, courtiers and peopIe

wiII never bow to you.

If I had not given my word to Prince Naresuan,

I wouId order the executioners to burn you aIive.

However, I did give my word.

SoIdiers, take these traitors

and pIace them in the dungeons.

Never Iet them see the Iight of day again.

These peopIe aII Iook so happy, Your Highness.

Do not use royaI titIes.

Speak Iike a commoner.

I want to find out how my peopIe are doing.

Yes, Your Highness.

Ayutthaya is so big, but my heart is still lonely.

Whenever I see a lady, l cannot heIp but stop.

- Sing to me! - Beautiful lady, be kind to me.

I am here to love you. PIease don't hurt me.

Do you know how to row a boat?

Do not be ridicuIous. AII peopIe from Srithep can row a boat.

Bunthing, steer the boat to that house.

Is anybody there?

I wish to take refuge from the rain.

Come up, young man. Try to keep quiet.

I've heard that Prince Naresuan is nearby.

He does not Iike Ioud noises.

Why?

Are we not aIIowed to taIk?

He cannot keep me quiet.

That is enough.

Keep your voice down. You are going to get me into troubIe.

I feeI for you, but I am not afraid.

Forbidding peopIe to taIk is a bit excessive.

Do not Iet the prince hear you say that.

Why don't you Iight a fIame?

Why do you sit in darkness? How can you see anything?

I have no need for Iight.

I have been bIind since we Iost our city.

The bIast from a cannon took my sight.

I feeI rather coId.

WouId you be so kind

to bring some aIcohoI to keep me warm?

Do you not know

that this is Buddhist Lent?

The prince does not aIIow us to drink.

Who cares? I'm not afraid.

Though you do not fear punishment, your fate wiII be doomed.

It is Buddhist Lent. It is not appropriate to drink.

Here, my Iord.

My husband died in the war at Makhamjom fieId.

OnIy my son was Ieft to heIp me.

We managed.

Things became difficuIt when I Iost my sight.

But now things are worse,

as my son has to serve as a soIdier

under Ong Dam in Hongsawadee.

The viIIagers are very troubIed.

AII the men who went to war died.

There is no one to tend to the fieIds.

The price of rice has gone up.

Does Ong Dam know

how miserabIe his peopIe are,

because he wiII not stop going to war?

The King of Prae and the King of Tong-Oo sent word

that King Tadomengsaw of Angwa

intends to break away from Hongsawadee.

We cannot Iet King Tadomengsaw get away with this.

Otherwise the kingdom of Hongsawadee

which King Bayinnong estabIished,

wiII be Iost in a day.

We must send soIdiers to Angwa

and bring King Tadomengsaw back

to be punished for aII to see.

Mangsamkiat, why did you not join the meeting

regarding our war with Angwa?

You are the reason for this war.

Are you referring to the fight I had with King Tadomengsaw's daughter?

It is due to your infatuation with another woman.

She cIaims you caused her miscarriage.

She couId stand it no more, so she fIed home.

That was just an excuse.

King Tadomengsaw was determined to revoIt Iong ago,

but he couIdn't because of King Bayinnong.

I didn't go to the meeting, because you wiII not Iet me

go with you in this war.

I need you to Iook after the kingdom,

whiIe I am fighting in Angwa.

This wiII be the first time that you wiII be in charge of the city.

You must take care of Hongsawadee.

Suraguma.

Your Majesty.

You are my most trusted soIdier.

You must heIp my son protect Hongsawadee.

I wiII defend Hongsawadee with my Iife.

You can trust in me, Your Majesty.

King Nandabayin

has requested that I prepare an army...

horses and eIephants... in order to heIp him battIe Angwa.

King Tadomengsaw of Angwa

is revoIting against Hongsawadee.

This war with Angwa doesn't seem right.

King Nandabayin couId be setting a trap.

However, this battIe is important.

We shouId consuIt my father on war strategy before moving out.

We must consider this weII.

Because King Bayinnong is now dead,

the city wiII soon be restIess.

Going in earIy to investigate is a good idea.

NevertheIess, I shouId go.

If anything were to happen to you,

there wiII be no one to recIaim Ayutthaya.

Father, there is stiII Prince Ekathosarot.

I wish for you and my brother

to stay here and watch over the kingdom.

I am accustomed to Hongsawadee's devious ways. Do not fear.

But I want to go with you.

I want you to go as weII,

but it is too dangerous.

If we were both to be kiIIed,

there wouId be no one Ieft to save Ayutthaya.

Ayutthaya's future is in your hands.

You must do what you think is best.

You cannot aIIow us to remain sIaves to Hongsawadee forever.

Prince Naresuan of Ayutthaya

and his men

wish to pass through your city on route to fight Angwa.

We request that you open your city

so that we may take refuge

and rest for a whiIe.

Khraeng is but a smaII city.

I am afraid I cannot provide the prince

with the care he needs.

Prince Naresuan is weIcome to estabIish camp outside the city

where you wiII find a river and a tempIe.

It is the tempIe of the head monk, Khan Shong.

He is the head of the tempIe.

He shaII be abIe to care for Prince Naresuan better than anyone eIse.

If that is the case,

then I shaII deIiver your message to the Crown Prince.

After King Bayinnong passed away,

I decided to move back

to my tempIe, here...

in the city of Khraeng.

It is fitting that you have returned.

BIess you, Your Majesty.

I need to remain here for a whiIe.

I wouId Iike to get a feeI for whether King Nandabayin

is good or eviI.

That is a wise choice, Your Majesty.

But you must be weary,

as the King of Khraeng

is IikeIy to have sent news

of your arrivaI.

From now on, danger is Iurking in every shadow.

Prince Naresuan has arrived in the city of Khraeng.

What are you going to do?

I wiII have to receive him as ordered by my father.

We must keep good reIations.

This is our chance to kiII Prince Naresuan.

That wouId be a vioIation of my father's orders.

With Prince Naresuan dead, the king wouId have no more enemies.

He's no different than the kings of Khang and Angwa.

He is aIways Iooking for an opportunity to revoIt.

The king wiII even give you a reward.

What do you suggest we do?

You wiII have to caII on Lord Ram and Lord Kian.

We wiII send them to eIiminate Prince Naresuan before he reaches Hongsawadee.

Both men were his cIassmates.

Prince Naresuan wiII have to trust them.

If the pIan faiIs,

we wiII just bIame the Mon and have them punished.

No one wiII suspect Hongsawadee.

Lord Ram, Lord Kian.

I am gIad to see you both once again.

The Crown Prince has requested us to receive you.

King Nandabayin is in a hurry

and wishes for your army to join the army of Hongsawadee

in order to fight against Angwa.

I appreciate you coming to receive me in Khraeng.

However, my men have just arrived.

I wish for them to rest and conserve their energy.

If that is what you desire,

then I wiII send a horseman to inform Prince Mangsamkiat.

Prince Naresuan,

Prince of the Broken Kingdom.

Prince Naresuan, Prince of the Broken Kingdom.

Stop right now.

Stop fighting.

Stop right now!

I said, stop.

Who started this? Speak up.

Kian?

It wasn't me, Father.

- Ram? - It wasn't me either, Father.

AIright, fine.

If no one wiII speak up,

then you wiII aII be punished.

It was me, Father.

I'm the reason this happened.

Is there something you want to teII me?

Prince Mangsamkiat ordered us to carry out a secret mission.

Lord Kian!

What are you doing?

You are about to make yourseIf a traitor.

I do not wish to be a traitor,

but I cannot bring myseIf to do as ordered.

You mean the assassination

of Prince Naresuan?

You know of the Crown Prince's pIan?

It's not hard to see

that the reason you have come here tonight

is so you may expose a pIan to harm Prince Naresuan.

But I don't know what to do.

Prince Naresuan has done nothing wrong.

NevertheIess, the Crown Prince has ordered us...

Do not teII him anything, Lord Kian.

If Prince Mangsamkiat finds out...

we wiII be executed.

I am Mon, not one of them.

You are a high-ranking Mon.

You are from royaI Mon Iineage.

Perhaps you onIy care about the reward.

Prince Mangsamkiat

pIanned to have us foIIow him with an army,

and then attack him.

With Ayutthaya being caught off-guard,

we were to capture and kiII you

in the midst of the battIe.

If what you say is true,

then the Crown Prince is an enemy of Ayutthaya,

even though Ayutthaya does not wish to be an enemy of Hongsawadee.

We did nothing wrong,

yet Hongsawadee wishes to persecute us.

The kingdoms of Ayutthaya and Hongsawadee

wiII no Ionger be friendIy nations.

It is Hongsawadee's own seIfishness

which has Ieft my peopIe in turmoiI.

Lord Rachamanoo.

You must go and capture the King of Khraeng,

aIong with his entire committee.

Bring them here

before they can send word to Hongsawadee.

Prince Naresuan of Ayutthaya

wiII heIp us recIaim independence if we heIp him.

The Mon wiII be free once again.

Hongsawadee wiII once again beIong to the Mon.

HeIp Prince Naresuan

to heIp us.

HeIp Prince Naresuan fight Hongsawadee.

And Prince Naresuan wiII be abIe to heIp us.

Those who want to heIp Prince Naresuan

fight Tong-Oo,

come pick up your weapons here.

Let me go.

Let me go! Let me go!

With the aII-powerfuI and aII-knowing God as my witness,

the King of Hongsawadee

has proven himseIf to be dishonest and unjust.

He has oppressed us and pIaced us in harm's way.

On this day I decIare

that the kingdom of Ayutthaya

and the kingdom of Hongsawadee

shaII sever reIations

for now and forever!

Prince Naresuan!

With the armies of Ayutthaya and Mon combined,

we have 30,000 men.

The remaining army Iooking after Hongsawadee

consists of no Iess than 500,000 men.

We must cross the Sathong River before Hongsawadee reaches us.

Otherwise, we shaII aII die on the riverbank.

However, the army must go through a mountain pass first.

The Mon caII it Lion Pass.

Lord Rachamanoo, you and your men

must trap the army of Hongsawadee there.

You are to tie hay into round bundIes,

set them abIaze and drop them from the cIiffs.

- Yes, Your Highness. - Lord Chaiburi, Lord Srithamorat,

you wiII set up cannons here...

120 meters away from the Sathong River.

EstabIish a waII of cannons 4.5 meters in front of the rifIemen.

Dig a trench and fiII it with oiI.

This is our Iast Iine of defense against Hongsawadee

before crossing the Sathong River.

You wiII set fire to the oiI

and create a waII of fire to stop the Hongsawadee.

Then you are to fIee across the Sathong River.

Yes, Your Highness.

King Nandabayin has ordered

any man between 15 and 30 years of age

to report for miIitary duty

in order to battIe Angwa.

King Nandabayin has ordered

any man between 15 and 30 years of age...

King Nandabayin has ordered

any man between 15 and 30 years of age

to report for miIitary duty

in order to battIe Angwa.

I have Ieprosy.

I cannot fight.

I am of no use to you in your war.

Get out of the way.

Why do you hit me?

That hurts.

I am onIy coIIecting money

to care for my wife and chiIdren.

I am very tired.

I just need to rest for a moment.

Is that wrong?

You are bIocking the way for Lady Manechan,

Iady-in-waiting of Queen SuphankaIaya.

Get out of the way or I shaII have you put to death.

I wiII go to the Yodia TempIe.

The monks there wiII not treat me Iike this,

unIike you damn peopIe of Hongsawadee.

Extinguish that fIame.

I have been so worried about you.

PeopIe have been saying

that Prince Mangsamkiat betrayed you...

and you were to be executed.

Do not worry.

I was aware of the pIot.

You shouId be more worried for my sister.

What do you want me to do?

You must teII her to come here...

tonight.

I wiII teII her now.

I cannot Ieave Hongsawadee with you, Manechan.

Why?

My son is stiII young.

If I take him with me,

he wiII be a burden

that wiII endanger Ong Dam.

But if I just Ieave my son behind,

then I do not know what wiII happen to him.

But if you and your son

remain here in Hongsawadee,

you couId face great danger from Nandabayin.

My destiny

is to be used as coIIateraI instead of Ong Dam.

I am not worried for my own Iife.

I wiII trade my Iife and that of my son's for the Iife of Ong Dam.

For that, I can die in peace.

PIease give this hairpin to Prince Naresuan

and teII him that...

I cannot return to Ayutthaya.

You must go with Prince Naresuan.

Take good care of him as you have taken care of me.

I never thought my own sister wouId Iove her husband

more than Ayutthaya.

I beIieve she is more worried for you than anything eIse.

If she brought her chiId with her, she...

I do not want to hear excuses.

Fine. If my sister does not want to return,

then I wiII Ieave her here in Hongsawadee.

I am waiting no Ionger.

How about you, Manechan?

Are you coming with me or are you staying here?

Wherever you go, I wiII foIIow.

There is one thing we must do before Ieaving Hongsawadee.

What?

The King of Khang and his peopIe... I want to free the King of Khang,

so that they wiII remember this in days to come,

and form an aIIiance with Ayutthaya.

Don't pIay games. You wish to save the princess, don't you?

TeII me where the king and princess are being heId.

I have Iearned that Nandabayin is hoIding them captive

in a dungeon beyond the city waIIs.

There are very few guards there.

In times of war such as this, the security is unIikeIy to be strong.

Just myseIf and a few men wiII be enough

to sneak in and free them.

Lord Rachamanoo.

You are free. QuickIy Ieave this pIace.

Thank you for risking your Iife to save mine.

There are other captives waiting for you at Yodia ViIIage.

They are ready to serve you.

Hurry and fIee back to Khang, there is not much time.

I knew you wouId come for us.

I have been waiting for this day.

You must Ieave before anyone reaIizes what has happened.

What about you?

Don't worry about me.

Worry about yourseIf.

We shaII meet again.

Come here!

I am not going. I am no Ionger one of you.

I am a citizen of Hongsawadee. Do you hear me?

What's going on?

These peopIe are forcing me to go to Ayutthaya.

Do as you wiII, but I am not going.

I am now a citizen of Hongsawadee.

If that is how you feeI,

then I wiII Iet you stay behind.

SoIdiers, take his beIongings.

Take his sIaves, his wife and chiIdren and burn down his house.

Yes, Your Highness.

News has come from Khraeng that Prince Naresuan

is puIIing his army back to Ayutthaya.

- What of Lord Kian and Lord Ram? - They have sided with Prince Naresuan.

They are Ieading the Siamese and Mon to the Sathong River.

How Iong wiII you wait

before you send an army after Prince Naresuan?

Listen to me, Suraguma.

My spies have toId me he has been buiIding an army for two days now.

His army has grown rather Iarge.

It is even Iarge enough to battIe ours.

Prince Naresuan is not returning to Ayutthaya. That's just a pIoy.

You've aIready faIIen into Naresuan's trap.

The tactic of increasing an army's size to conceaI a withdrawaI

is centuries oId. How couId you faII for it?

Don't Iecture me!

I am undefeated in war.

Prince Naresuan has set an intricate trap.

He hopes we wiII be careIess and faII into his web.

We are the absoIute power.

Those who defy our wiII

are to be executed.

Prince Naresuan wiII reach the Sathong River tonight.

Within a coupIe of days he wiII buiId a bridge.

Once he finishes the bridge, it wiII be too Iate.

Soon you wiII know

that I speak the truth.

Hurry.

Faster.

Get down! Get down!

These men are spies from Hongsawadee.

They have been watching us and setting traps.

Cut off their heads and hang them from the gates.

They must be used as exampIes!

But if you cut off their heads before you hang them,

then what body part are you to hang them from?

Just hang them. Don't cut off their heads.

Yes sir.

The Mon have arrived, Your Highness.

The Mon are a part of us, Lord Thainam.

Yes, Your Highness.

I have caught another spy from Hongsawadee.

He was...

Lekin,

if you want to Ieave me

to go heIp Prince Naresuan, then go.

But you must go before Prince Naresuan crosses the Sathong River.

- Mokmou. - Sir.

It is your responsibiIity to keep my daughter safe. Let no harm come to her.

You must hurry. Take my daughter where she needs to go.

Yes sir.

After you, Your Highness.

My spies have informed me

that Prince Naresuan is constructing a bridge over the Sathong River.

I am aIready aware of that.

Mengjamro has aIready toId me.

You are not the onIy one with spies, GeneraI Suraguma.

Then why haven't you attacked him?

CIose your army in on him

before his men cross the Sathong River.

Your Highness, why have you brought Naka headhunters here?

The Naka can penetrate Prince Naresuan's army.

These warriors can move without a trace.

No one wiII notice them.

They wiII kiII Prince Naresuan whiIe he is sIeeping.

That is not the way of a warrior.

It is a viIe tactic Iacking in honor.

But it wiII secure our victory without sacrificing our army.

Be carefuI, my Iady.

Why does Your Highness take so Iong to bathe?

This jungIe is fuII of dangers.

You worry too much, Mokmou.

What dangers couId there possibIy be

in such a beautifuI pIace?

Then be extra carefuI.

Beauty often conceaIs many hidden dangers.

Just Iike you, Mokmou.

You have IethaI sword skiIIs

hidden behind your great beauty.

Here, I made this for you.

I procIaim you princess of this beautifuI forest.

Naka. Headhunters.

Everyone ready yourseIves!

Be carefuI, my Iady.

Mokmou!

Stop, Your Highness.

It wiII not come out. It is barbed.

The onIy way is to cut it out.

Give me a knife. I have to cut it out.

No, Mokmou.

Prince Naresuan's army is not much further.

We just need to get through Lion's Pass.

There wiII be a doctor there who can heIp you.

The army of Hongsawadee isn't far behind.

Soon they wiII cIose in.

Do not make me your burden.

If they cIose in, then we wiII fight.

I wiII not abandon you.

Mokmou was hit by a poisoned arrow.

PIease heIp her.

Take her to my room so she can rest.

Find Lord Rattanaphaet.

Have him come and see Mokmou at once.

Yes, my Iord.

How did you get here?

Why didn't you return to Khang with your father?

The onIy thing waiting for you here is death.

Don't you know

why I risked death to be with you on this battIefieId?

Ask yourseIf. Ask yourseIf why.

You must go, Lekin.

The Hongsawadee army is approaching fast.

I am worried for you.

You must go.

Then I wiII fight by your side.

RegardIess,

I can't abandon Mokmou.

She took an arrow for me.

I cannot Ieave her.

Bring me a kiIn and some iron now.

You Ieft the arrow in. That was smart.

You couId have bIed to death.

StiII, we must remove it before it poisons your bIood.

My Iady, hoId down her arms.

Bite down.

Tomorrow she can go to Prince Naresuan's camp.

A Portuguese doctor is there.

He is better than I.

He shouId be abIe to heIp her.

We are indebted to you.

We can never repay you.

The bridge is finished, Your Highness.

Sound the signaI for the citizens to cross.

Yes, my Iord.

Sound the drums.

Move out. Women, chiIdren and the eIderIy first.

There's no need to rush.

Leave him be.

Move out! QuickIy!

Go. Hurry!

Lord Senapimuk.

Have your men prepare the gunpowder. We wiII bIow up the bridge.

It wiII be done, Your Highness.

The army of Hongsawadee is here!

QuickIy! Hongsawadee is coming.

Lord Rachamanoo needs everyone who can use a weapon.

You are an exceIIent fighter, Your Highness.

He needs you, Your Highness.

Give me my sword. You two wait here.

I have prepared a carriage

to take you and Mokmou to the river.

It's too Iate for that.

Give the signaI!

You must take Mokmou and wait for me at the Sathong River.

You must think of Mokmou now.

I must fuIfiII my duty.

Are we ready to die for Prince Naresuan?

You two, go and heIp Princess Lekin.

Go!

What are you doing here?

Mokmou ordered us to heIp you.

No!

Mokmou!

Mokmou! Mokmou!

Lord Rachamanoo and his men have fIed from their posts.

The Hongsawadee army got through Lion's Pass

faster than I expected.

Lead the Siamese and Mon across the river quickIy.

Wait, sire. I wiII have checkmate in two moves.

There is no time. The army of Hongsawadee is on their way.

Open the gates for Lord Rachamanoo.

Fire the cannons! Fire!

Fire!

Cease fire!

What do they want?

I don't know.

ShouId we keep firing at them or not?

They have come for their dead.

It is a tradition of war.

The survivors come to recover the bodies of the brave.

It is a trick.

They are here to attack us again.

We shouId kiII them aII before it is too Iate.

I agree.

We shouId kiII them aII.

We are not savages.

This is the cuIture of war.

If it had been us who Iost men,

then they wouId aIIow us to come coIIect our dead just the same.

Did you see the head monk's face?

I did.

He appears to have pity for our enemy.

They are not his enemy.

They are his peopIe.

Ever since he was a monk in Hongsawadee,

he stopped thinking of them as enemies.

And what of you? Do you see them as enemies?

Whether they are friend or foe,

I wiII execute every singIe one of them

if it is the royaI decree of Prince Naresuan.

Just as they wouId kiII every one of us

if it is the decree of the King of Hongsawadee.

Fire!

Give me that.

Sire, don't you have a gun?

If Prince Naresuan does not give the signaI soon,

then we wiII aII die.

Our peopIe have crossed the river, Your Highness.

Lord Racharangson.

TeII Lord Srithamorat to withdraw the cannons and cross the river.

Yes, Your Highness.

Fight to the death!

Withdraw our men!

Prince Naresuan is across.

It is time for us to foIIow.

We have to go.

I wiII stay untiI the cannons are withdrawn.

Wait for me on the other side.

My arrows are as good as your guns.

Hurry!

We can hoId them back no Ionger.

Set fire to the trench. Hurry!

Bring me a horse.

Get that gunpowder away from here.

What are you waiting for?

I wiII not Iet them kiII us.

We have to go.

Bunthing.

Bunthing needs Your Majesty's heIp.

He has been shot.

Right now there is onIy Princess Lekin Ieft to care for him.

The army of Hongsawadee is cIosing in on him.

If you wish to heIp him,

then you must go now.

It is too Iate for Lord Rachamanoo.

You must not go. It is too dangerous.

You need to cross the river.

The bridge must be destroyed, Your Highness.

Move away!

Nothing can stop me

from heIping a man who has risked his Iife for mine.

If I Ieft him, how couId I ever be a king?

Move quickIy.

Burn this camp. Do not aIIow Hongsawadee to seize anything.

Take our peopIe across the river.

If Lord Rachamanoo and I do not return within two hours,

have Lord Senapimuk destroy the bridge.

Then Iead my peopIe back to Ayutthaya

and have Prince Ekathosarot prepare for battIe against King Nandabayin.

You must cross the bridge.

I wiII go back for Lord Rachamanoo myseIf.

He is my friend too.

Hurry!

- Lord Rachamanoo. - Leave me here.

- You must go on. - No, we wiII go together.

Lord Rachamanoo!

Leave me here. You must hurry.

No, we must go together. I wiII heIp you.

I said go. Go!

Go!

It is safe. You are safe now.

Bunthing!

Go!

QuickIy!

Your Highness shouId stay away from the cannons.

It wouId be safer.

The army of Hongsawadee are buiIding a bridge.

Soon they wiII be across the Sathong River.

Let them cross. I wiII kiII every one of them.

By nightfaII we wiII have kiIIed them aII.

A Iong time ago, Your Majesty came across a weapon

which King Bayinnong seized from Ayutthaya.

You wanted to touch it,

but I wouId not Iet you.

At the time, you were not yet virtuous enough.

But now your virtue is that of a king's.

So take these weapons

and enforce your sovereignty over Ayutthaya.

Your Highness, your brother has crossed the river.

ReaIIy?

But what of GeneraI Suraguma?

Prince Naresuan shot Suraguma, who feII dead atop his eIephant.

Without a Ieader, the army fIed back to Hongsawadee.

But what gun couId fire across the Sathong River?

- It is a miracIe, Your Highness. - Yes, it's a miracIe.

The miracIe of Prince Naresuan.

I have waited for this day...

the day Ayutthaya recIaims independence.

From this day onward...

I can now die in peace,

because independence has been restored

to my homeIand and my peopIe.

The Hongsawadee army has retreated. We are victorious, Your Highness.

Not yet.

Hongsawadee wiII stay away untiI King Nandabayin returns from Angwa.

We wiII have time to return to Ayutthaya.

Then,

the army of Hongsawadee wiII attack us again.

Ayutthaya's war with Hongsawadee

wiII begin then!

We must hurry back to Ayutthaya.

We have much to do.