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3 years later

episode 56.

The entire jol-bon is short on food because of the long famine.

Grand chief song-Yang even held a rain ritual, but the people are still upset.

Song-Yang will be visiting gyehru soon.

To ask us for grains?

That's right.

We're already sharing our profits with him.

He's being brazen-faced if he wants our grains as well mother.

I think we should decline this time.

He's asking for too much.

What do you want us to do then?

We don't have an army or weapons.

Do you want to give him our lives instead of food?

Calm down, aunt.

I'll take care of the food problem.

Since heng-in and ok-jeo had a rich harvest this year,

I'll take some salt and bring in the grains.

Good.

Get ready to go on another business trip.

Very well.

Biryu and onjo just went to bed.

I'll be out of gyehru for a while.

Take good care of my kids.

Please don't worry.

Elder yeon ta-bal is waiting for you. Let's go.

Are you going fishing?

I think I'll catch a big one tonight.

If I do, I'll give it to you as a present.

Thank you, my lord. I hope you catch a lot of fishes.

Welcome.

You're toiling hard.

How are the kids?

They're healthy.

Please don't worry.

Let's go inside.

How much progress did you make with the mercenaries?

We have 1,000 elite soldiers who have been training with me all along,

along with 100 new mercenaries from the tribe.

They're just as outstanding as the elite soldiers.

They should be.

They were very expensive.

In three days, you'll get 50 soldiers from the dukchun tribe.

Are we going to take action on the scheduled date?

We need to advance the date.

Grand chief song-Yang will be in gyehru soon.

That's the perfect time to eliminate him.

Be thoroughly prepared.

Yes.

I'm going to pay him back for all the insult and humiliation he has given us.

This is our first step towards unifying jol-bon.

Take caution.

Don't worry, my lady.

Harder! Softer!

Harder! Softer!

Can't you do it right?

No wonder you lost mu-deuk.

Why are you bringing mu-deuk up for?

Don't talk back to me!

Supervisor, we're done.

Really? Good job.

Hang it up.

Mu-song, bring a bow.

Okay.

Shoot!

Darn.

It went in!

It won't work.

Just give it up.

Be quiet!

I'm going to do whatever it takes to make a steel armor.

General ju-mong's new nation will have a stronger iron army than the han.

Hurray!

Hurray!

General.

I failed to make the steel armor again.

It's not an easy task.

Don't be discouraged.

No, I will do whatever it takes to clothe

you and the da-mul army with steel armors.

Mo pal-mo.

Yes?

You've made excellent steel swords and arrows

to make the da-mul army undefeatable despite our few numbers.

Your hands are our da-mul army's treasures.

The da-mul army will be at a great loss

if you become ill from working too hard to make steel armors.

Take care of yourself.

General...

Governor.

Chief song-Yang from jol-bon is here.

- Tell him to come in. - Yes, governor.

How have you been?

Long time no see.

Have a seat.

Why did you ask for me?

Take a look at this.

These are the areas that ju-mong took over.

He has changchun, joong-San, gye-soo tribe, dong-man tribe, and the sunbi tribe.

He's beginning to threaten hyeon-to.

Buyeo's of no use since geum-wa came back in power.

Ju-mong's da-mul army is getting stronger and stronger.

How distressing.

Jol-bon will do everything we can to help you.

Chief song-Yang.

Yes, governor.

I have a plan to use jol-bon as a stepping-stone

to get rid of ju-mong's da-mul army and attack buyeo.

If you'll join me, I'm sure it'll benefit jol-bon as well.

Would you like to join me?

I can't say no to you.

Jol-bon will join you.

I'm back, governor.

How are sul-LAN and dae-so doing?

Both of them seemed to be having a hard time.

The eastern frontier is the most remote region.

Of course they're having a hard time.

Do you think the buyeo palace will call them back anytime soon?

No, I doubt they'll be back in the palace anytime soon.

That wretch, geum-wa!

Even beasts take care of their own offspring.

How long is he going to do that to them?

Governor, I doubt buyeo will last long.

Why don't you keep prince dae-so and lady sul-LAN by your side?

He's right, governor.

Buyeo is in a miserable state right now because of the long famine and disasters.

People are barely managing to stay alive by eating roots and bark.

Some are even showing signs of rebellion.

Did you get it?

Yes.

Here you go.

Your highness.

I did manage to find them,

but what if his majesty finds out you've been drinking despite the prohibition?

I have nothing to be afraid of.

I've hit bottom ground.

Not only did I become a hostage in Chang'an,

I even cleaned stable manure at the war horse training field.

Now that I've hit bottom ground, I need to wait until I get up.

Your highness may say you've hit bottom ground,

but if you dig deeper, there's the underground.

Remember you can be buried underground.

Your wretch!

Buried underground?

Are you telling me to die?

I'm just telling you to be careful.

Is his majesty offering a heavenly rite?

Yes.

None of his attempts can stop the disaster upon buyeo.

The only way for buyeo to escape from disaster is to crown a new emperor.

Your highness.

Now that we know it's not father or dae-so, who's going to be the emperor?

Your highness. It's me, song-j...

Come in.

What's the matter?

His majesty has summoned a royal meeting.

Come to the royal court immediately.

A royal meeting?

What do you think?

I can smell it.

You can?

What are you looking at?

Your highness, did you...?

His majesty is here.

Tax officer.

Yes, your majesty.

How's our finance?

Forgive me for saying this,

but we're broke after spending whatever's left on aiding the people.

The soldiers are digging Wells,

but we don't have enough drinking water for the people.

Your majesty.

Many famished people are crossing the border.

The army is stopping them, but the upset citizens are showing signs of rebellion.

This is heuk-chi.

The surrounding tribes and nations under buyeo's influence

have long disobeyed buyeo's orders.

Some are even waiting for a chance to expand into buyeo's borders.

Your majesty.

We don't have a choice.

We need to tell our situation to the han and ask for help.

Do you think the han will help us?

The reason why the han tried to maintain a good relationship with buyeo

was because we had power.

If we tell them our situation and ask for help, they'll only try to take over buyeo.

Your majesty.

Why don't we just go on another war of conquest?

If we take over heng-in and ok-jeo, we can secure food and satisfy our people.

What brings you here?

Your majesty.

Please summon dae-so back.

I'll summon him when it's time.

You're dismissed.

You kicked him out because he was a bad ruler.

But nothing's changed since your majesty got reinstated.

Please summon him back.

Your majesty.

I'm sure prince dae-so deeply regrets what he has done.

Please forgive him.

No, he doesn't.

Dae-so hasn't changed.

I'm getting reports about dae-so.

I'll decide when dae-so should come back to the palace.

Are you going to make your son die on the front?

You've forgiven the sachuldo jaegas and the officers who stood against you.

Why are you so cold to dae-so?

You think dae-so hasn't changed?

You're the one who hasn't changed.

Any son would be in despair after being abandoned by his father for so long!

You're the one who did this to dae-so.

Shut up!

Before you ask me to forgive dae-so, why don't you find out how he's doing?

We arrested these mal-gal tribesmen near the border.

Mal-gal tribe?

I heard they're good swordsmen.

Sounds interesting.

Who's going to fight against them?

Come forward.

He's our new Garrison.

He's a good swordsman as well as a strong fighter.

When he heard that there's going to be an award,

he volunteered to take them on at once.

Really?

He has some guts.

Sure.

I will greatly reward you if you can kill all of them.

I will let you all go if you beat the buyeo soldier.

I can take you on all at once!

You really are strong.

Impressive.

What's your name?

My name is bu beo-no.

Bu beo-no...

Na-ru, why don't you fight him?

Your royal highness, I can fight him tomorrow.

Her highness is waiting for you.

You should go back to your chamber now.

Your loyalty is now with sul-LAN not me.

How long are you planning to live this way?

How long are you planning to say that to me?

Aren't you embarrassed to let your servants see you drunk all the time?

What do you want me to do?

I think I'm doomed to stay here until I die.

I need some entertainment in my life.

You don't even want to take revenge anymore?

King gou jian of yue tasted gall while rebuking himself and persevering.

Your royal highness, is this all you can do?

Gou jian and I are different people.

While you were wasting your life, ju-mong has risen to prominent power.

The people are ridiculing you.

They're saying that ju-mong is the dragon that's ascending,

and you turned out to be the python.

Shut up!

If you're going to live this way, then I'm going back to hyeon-to.

There are only a few enemies.

Chief, you should get out of here!

So seo-no!

Song-Yang, you wretch!

This is where you'll die.

Oo-tae!

Oo-tae!

Someone get help!

Oo-tae!

Sa-yong...

Oo-tae, hang on.

Tell my wife that I'm sorry for not fulfilling her dream with her.

Oo-tae...

My lady...

My lady...

How did it go?

Did you fail?

No.

Song-Yang ran away after getting wounded.

His men are all dead.

Then why the long face?

Manager oo-tae is dead.

Oo-tae?

Is oo-tae really dead?

Yes.

Forgive me, miss.

I need to take an army to gyehru.

Miss.

Let's go.

We're in trouble.

What's the matter?

Did something happen to chief general song-Yang?

What do you think you're doing?

Do you think you can live after doing this to me?

Chief general song-Yang will punish you.

I'm not afraid of song-Yang anymore!

Yeon ta-bal.

Don't just stand there!

- Imprison them! - Yes.

My lord!

You must've undergone all sorts of hardships!

Congratulations, miss.

Gyehru finally got its rightful owner back.

Why do you guys look so sad on a happy day like this?

What's going on, oo-tae?

Did you find anything out?

So seo-no and yeon ta-bal have taken over gyehru.

Yeon chae-ryong, Yang-tak, and chief chan-soo are in jail.

I'm going to finish them once and for all.

Call upon all the chiefs to summon their soldiers.

I'll give them the message, but I don't think we can attack gyehru yet.

What?

The men who attacked you were mercenaries that gyehru

had been training in secrecy.

Only a few of them attacked you.

We don't even know their size or where they're staying.

They've been planning this without my knowledge.

No wonder so seo-no gave in to me.

Find out how many mercenaries gyehru has!

Yes.

Oo-tae...

Oo-tae...

The sun, the moon, the wind, and the clouds... please watch over oo-tae.

Hurray!

Hurray!

Gyehru has been disarmed by biryu and has lived in misery.

Not anymore.

We will fight song-Yang and his followers, and make them kneel down in front of us.

Gyehru will unite jol-bon and build a new nation that doesn't have to be divided.

Hurray for gyehru!

Hurray!

Yeon ta-bal.

Don't expect generosity and mercy from me.

So seo-no will decide what to do with you.

So seo-no, this is all my fault.

My mother became greedy because I'm alive.

Just kill me and let my mother live.

So seo-no.

Untie them.

Get up.

Aunt.

Since chan-soo became the chief for some time, you won't have any regrets.

I lost someone very important.

I don't want to see any more family members die.

I will put my life on the line to repay you for your kindness.

How's song-Yang doing?

He summoned all the chiefs for an assembly.

The hwanna, gwanna, and the yunna chiefs are gathering in biryu.

That means we have to go on a frontal war.

Since song-Yang doesn't know how many soldiers we have,

he can't attack us right now.

Why don't we attack them first before they find out more about us?

So seo-no.

You don't have time to dwell in sadness.

You need to make a decision.

The fate of gyehru is in your hands.

Miss, attack biryu and kill song-Yang.

We need to offer his head to oo-tae's memory to pacify his soul.

Our tribes are too far from mt. Bon-gye to rule.

It is difficult for them to contribute.

That's right.

We need to move the da-mul army out of mt. Bon-gye.

But if we move from mt. Bon-gye, it will be difficult for us to defend ourselves.

General.

Isn't that miss so seo-no?

Have you been healthy?

Why did you come here from so far away?

Has yeon ta-bal been healthy?

Yes.

I've heard of the da-mul army's accomplishments.

I heard you've conquered the gye-soo tribe and the dong-man tribe of the west

and pushed the sunbi tribe 200 li to the north.

How do you know all the details?

My troop travels everywhere.

I'm here to help you establish a new nation.

Although the da-mul army has expanded,

it'll be hard to reign over them because the tribes are so far away.

In order to build a nation, those powers must be centralized by the da-mul army.

It'll be difficult as long as you're in mt. Bon-gye.

In order to build a new nation, you need to find a new land.

Where can I do that?

Come to jol-bon.

We already have many people with fertile land in jol-bon.

You can foster your army there.

My troop has many riches.

I will help you establish your new nation.

I was worried about you.

I heard you've fought many battles.

I'm glad you're safe.

Don't worry.

I'm used to fighting battles. I can take care of myself.

Don't worry about me.

You never know what will happen.

Even if you're an outstanding fighter, you can lose your life with one mistake.

You should be careful.

Yes.

Manager sa-yong.

Did something happen in gyehru?

Manager oo-tae has passed away.

Manager oo-tae?

I'll be awaiting your reply.

Go back safely.

Poor miss so seo-no... Why is she so unfortunate?

What are you talking about?

Manager oo-tae is dead.

What?

Manager oo-tae died while attacking song-Yang.

What do you think?

Do you think he'll accept your request?

I don't know.

I'll have to wait.

I figured it wouldn't be an easy decision.

Chief so seo-no asked me to join her.

She even knew that we're having trouble centralizing the power.

Isn't that good news?

Although jol-bon is a coalition of tribes, it has all the forms of a nation.

If we join chief so seo-no to attack song-Yang and unite the tribes,

it'll be easier to build a nation.

He's right.

That'll solve all our problems.

This is a great opportunity.

What are we waiting for?

Yes. Since the jol-bon people have been under the han and buyeo's influence,

they'll welcome the da-mul army.

Not so fast.

Suppose we join chief so seo-no and build a new nation after uniting jol-bon.

Then who's going to be the king of that nation?

Is it the general or chief so seo-no?

A nation cannot have two emperors.

Since chief so seo-no is a native of jol-bon and this was her idea,

she's going to try to take sovereignty first if we build a nation.

Chief so seo-no won't do that!

The minister of the left is right.

She can use us and then discard us.

Still, we can't ask them to give up sovereignty

to the general after establishing a nation.

Let's join them first and talk about that later.

Chungwan officer!

We can't put this off.

Everything we've worked for so far can go to waste if we make one wrong decision!

Do you guys know how intimate the general and chief so seo-no were?!

Stop it, everyone!

Now that I know your opinions, I'll think this over and make a decision.

So-ryeong.

What's the matter?

I saw yeo mi-eul.

What revelation did she give?

She said that the three-legged bird must find a new nest.

Yeon chae-ryong, Yang-tak, and chan-soo submitted to so seo-no.

Those fools!

They'll pay the price for betraying me.

From what I know, gyehru has thousands of mercenaries.

Since they're all well-trained soldiers, they're not to be taken lightly.

If we attack them without a plan, we can be defeated.

Don't worry.

The hyeon-to governor has decided to help us.

They will soon send the iron army and the hyeon-to army.

We'll attack them as soon as they arrive.

I heard you were looking for me.

I'm going to travel incognito to check up on buyeo and han.

We'll escort you.

No, I'll be leaving with oh-yi.

I want the minister of the left and the right to guard the hideout.

This is a letter from governor Yang-jeong.

We're going to hyeon-to.

Get ready.

Yes.

I feel as though there's a spine stuck in my throat because they're still in the palace.

Your majesty.

I know how upset you are, but there's nothing we can do for now.

What do you mean?

Your majesty, ju-mong's da-mul army is expanding and becoming a threat to the han.

Why do you think they haven't attacked us for the last three years?

Just think of them as useful hostages at a bad time like this.

Ye soya.

Yes, mother.

I better ask his majesty to send you and Yuri.

Your request will place his majesty in a difficult situation.

What do you mean?

Buyeo and the da-mul army are maintaining this relationship

because we're both in buyeo.

I don't think the time has come yet.

I can still join my husband after he establishes a new nation.

General.

The hyeon-to army is sending reinforcements to jol-bon.

If they join song-Yang to attack gyehru, then gyehru will be wiped out.

I've decided to send the army to support songyang

how about letting...

Prince daeso lead the army?

Captain, the inn is surrounded.

I heard that...

There is a lady divine who leads an isolated life...

On mt shi zu

do you know that?

The hyeon to army has set off

there is no news from mt bongye.

I'm afraid we can't expect...

Dae mool army to come

do you still remember your father's name?

Jumong

your majesty

are you using ye soya and Yuri as hostages?

In order to maintain the balance...

Between dae mool army and buyeo

I have no choice