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Dear gods of heaven and earth, please look after the jol-bon people.

My body can be torn and diseased to death,

but if I can save the jol-bon people,

I'm willing to die to be the cornerstone for goguryeo.

Please take me and look after jol-bon... Goguryeo.

General!

- General! - General! Wake up!

The people of jol-bon are starving and plagued.

Ju-mong is offering heavenly rites to pacify the people,

but the plague is getting worse.

They will soon run out of food and medicine.

Jol-bon will collapse anytime soon.

Your majesty. The heavens have chosen you, not ju-mong.

Not so fast.

The allied forces are effectively blockading jol-bon's border,

but the buyeo citizens are suffering as well.

We must oppress jol-bon harder to put an end to this.

Your majesty, lend me some troops.

I will kill ju-mong.

You already had your chance, but you lost it out of arrogance and carelessness.

I will blockade jol-bon.

You stay out of this.

Prince dae-so is becoming powerless after his majesty started administrating.

His opinions are being ignored during the assembly.

This is all ju-mong's fault.

We thought he was dead, but he cornered dae-so.

Let's be honest here.

He shouldn't have supposed that ju-mong was dead.

Jeong-go.

Yes, your majesty.

I must go and see dae-so.

- Lead the way. - Yes.

You wretch... you tricked me.

I didn't trick you.

Your arrogance has brought this upon yourself.

Ma oo-ryeong.

Yes.

Ma oo-ryeong, didn't you tell me that ju-mong was dead?

However, ju-mong is alive.

Your royal highness, I never said that ju-mong was dead.

Shut up!!

Your highness.

Ma oo-ryeong, I trusted your judgement.

But you only looked down on me!

Your highness, please forgive me. Forgive me.

Dae-so what are you doing? Put away that sword.

I know you are unhappy.

But calm down!

I've been disrespected and shamed by her.

Can you imagine how I felt to be defeated by biryu and jol-bon?!

Ma oo-ryeong must now bear responsibility for my shame!

Dae-so, don't make this a bigger problem.

Please put the sword away!

Go.

Dae-so, don't worry.

You will get another chance.

What's going on?

His majesty is going to visit the troops at the border and he wants dae-so to come.

His majesty is really going?

Yes.

His majesty is going to explain the importance of the situation to the allied forces.

His majesty did not throw you away. You are already getting another chance.

Go and get ready.

Where are you going?

I will attend his majesty when he visits the allied forces.

He wants me to go instead of dae-so because he trusts me now.

This is all thanks to you.

This is a great chance for you to make an achievement in striking jol-bon.

Even Chang'an will approve of you if you do.

I will do my best. Don't worry.

- Let's go. - Yes.

What happened?

Is dae-so going too?

I don't know what's going on either.

Are you going, too?

Yes, father has personally ordered me to accompany him.

Let's go.

We're blockading all the roads that lead to jol-bon, including the biryu river,

Mr. Chunma, changmak valley, and the musoo Ridge.

We placed more soldiers at mt. Chunma and musoo Ridge.

Not a single grain will enter jol-bon.

Get the allied forces in mt. Chunma and musoo Ridge

to get ready to attack jol-bon.

Do you want to go to war with ju-mong?

We don't have to suffer loss from war.

I will use the allied forces to go to a local war with jol-bon.

Jol-bon will collapse faster if their people become even more afraid.

I want dae-so and young-po to take the allied forces

and attack the jol-bon villages.

Yes, your majesty.

Prime minister.

Yes, your majesty.

I need you to go to jol-bon.

Encourage ju-mong to surrender.

I doubt he'll say yes.

I'm sending you because this is a difficult task.

If ju-mong doesn't surrender, jol-bon and ju-mong will have a miserable end.

Although I'm fighting against ju-mong, I don't want him to die miserably.

If he surrenders now, I have an excuse not to kill him.

That's the only way for ju-mong and jol-bon to live.

Please convince ju-mong to avoid catastrophe.

I understand.

They've been praying for several days.

The enemy's mother is praying in the buyeo divination palace.

No wonder buyeo is having problems.

Jol-bon will collapse in no time.

Lady yoo-hwa and ye soya will die when ju-mong dies.

Don't mind them.

How is he?

He's too exhausted.

It'll be hard for him to recover.

General, your prayers have reached the heavens and stopped the rain.

Please recover.

The general is sick.

What's going to become of jol-bon?

What if we're really doomed?

Stop it, you're bringing bad luck.

Shut up, will you?

What?

What did you just say?

Do you want to die?

Sure, let's see who's going to die today!

Stop it, will you two?

We need to be united at times like this!

Don't you know why the general fasted and prayed in this cold weather?

We should care and depend on each other.

If we fight, jol-bon will be ruined!

Calm down, everyone.

Jol-bon border.

Not even a hundred soldiers are guarding the border.

Wipe the soldiers out and massacre the village.

- Let's go! - Yes.

Bu beo-no, you wretch!

General!

Is chief so seo-no back?

It stopped raining, but the plague is getting worse.

The refugees who settled in biryu and gwanna are leaving jol-bon.

What about the chiefs?

Betrayal from the chiefs is the least of our concerns.

The blockade is about to ruin jol-bon.

We'll do anything to pacify the people.

General, you should rest.

General, he's right! You're too weak to move around.

Don't worry.

General!

You look pale.

You should rest.

Yes, we'll be in trouble if something bad happens to you.

Please take care of yourself.

General.

What happened?

The allied forces of buyeo and the han invaded the border

and massacred the border garrisons.

They massacred?

Village near the jol-bon border.

Prince dae-so and prince young-po led the allied forces.

They're trying to discourage our army and people through local wars.

We must tighten the security in the borders.

Yes, general!

You've brought this trial upon me not to forsake me, but to teach me.

I won't be shaken.

Please look after jol-bon.

We can't think of a way to escape the blockade. What should we do?

The allied forces are massacring the villages near the biryu border.

The same goes for the villages near the yunna border.

The people are trembling in fear of the news.

Some people in gyehru want to surrender to the han.

General ju-mong is praying to pacify the people,

but jol-bon will be shaken if the blockade and the attacks continue.

My lord! Chief.

What's the matter?

The prime minister is here from buyeo.

What brings you here?

To deliver a message from the king to general ju-mong.

General, the prime minister of buyeo is here.

Have a seat.

What brings you here?

His majesty does not want any more bloodshed in jol-bon.

Surrender to buyeo and save the jol-bon people.

I know what miserable state jol-bon is in right now.

There is a plague, and the soldiers don't have provisions.

It is foolish to pray and depend on the heavens.

If you stand against buyeo any longer, jol-bon will end up in miserable death.

You should hold onto his majesty if you really care for the jol-bon people.

Surrendering to buyeo right now is like surrendering to the han.

His majesty will consent to autonomy in jol-bon and let you govern.

Stop being stubborn and choose a way to live.

I'd rather die in honor than live with shame and dishonor.

A good leader should listen to the people.

Can't you hear the people crying because of plague and starvation?

Are you going to let your blindness lead the people to death?

I will, if the path I should take will lead me to death.

General!

Like you said, I'm blind and deaf.

I've been blinded and deafened after seeing the people massacred by buyeo.

But the voice of the people should be heard with your heart, not ears.

I can hear the people dying

while pleading to me to build a strong nation in my heart.

Tell his majesty that I won't surrender to buyeo and the han.

What happened?

King geum-wa suggested the general to surrender, but he declined.

General, you must accept buyeo's offer!

They want to avoid a frontal war because we're still well-armed.

Don't be stubborn.

Try negotiating with buyeo to guarantee jol-bon's safety.

If you don't side with buyeo right now, we'll all be dead.

If we step down,

our pride and sacrifice in unifying jol-bon without a war will go to waste.

Don't be afraid of the han and buyeo.

If we're determined to face death, then we'll find a way to live.

Please place your trust in me.

The prime minister is back.

Tell him to come inside.

It must've been a tough trip.

Did you talk to ju-mong?

Your majesty, he declined your offer.

His majesty made that offer in consideration of jol-bon,

yet he declined?

Ju-mong is determined to go to a frontal war with the allied forces.

Prime minister.

Yes, your majesty.

Tell dae-so and young-po to attack the jol-bon border.

Yes, your majesty.

Gwanna.

Please don't kill me!

Aren't you an officer of the gwanna frontier Garrison?

Has gwanna been attacked as well?

Yes, the village near the gwanna border has been massacred.

Even after strengthening the security?

The enemy had more than three times the soldiers than we did.

Even the gwanna and the yunna borders are being attacked?

We don't know when they'll attack villages in biryu and gyehru.

The attacked villages that are in ruins.

They've burned the villages and clogged the Wells.

I want to wipe them out, but they're attacking from various locations.

The people have lost their trust.

How are you going to convince them to follow you?

The people are very disturbed.

You need to do something fast if you don't want jol-bon to collapse.

I wanted to take the meaning of this da-mul bow

to establish the strongest and the most prosperous nation on earth.

I unified jol-bon without a war.

Is this the end for me?

Is this what the heavens want?

Am I really the master of this da-mul bow, not buyeo?

General!

If you fall, jol-bon cannot be united.

You must be strong in heart.

The jol-bon people are being massacred by the allied forces.

We can't defend them anymore.

I've prayed to the gods, but my prayers weren't enough.

My followers are being massacred, but I can't do anything.

I don't know where I should lead jol-bon to,

or whether the path I've chosen will save the people.

General.

Come in.

What's the matter?

We will infiltrate the enemy's base and kill prince dae-so.

We won't come back to jol-bon if we fail.

Send us.

I can't let you guys die.

We've been hoodlums without hope until you gave us a reason to live.

We have served you as our general

because we knew that you will lead us to the right path.

Our faith in you is still strong.

We are willing to die for jol-bon and you.

Jol-bon is in a crisis because of the blockade,

but we know how much you've sacrificed to build a nation enough to fight the han.

We can't ask you to surrender!

Someone needs to make sacrifices to stop the allied forces.

If jol-bon perishes like this, then I have nothing to leave behind.

I'd rather die to protect you and jol-bon.

Please let us kill prince dae-so.

Please let us general!

Your loyalty has touched my heart, but I can't let you guys die.

General!

Your loyalty has made me ashamed of myself for being weak.

You're willing to die on my behalf.

The heavens haven't forsaken me.

You are the support of goguryeo and my brothers whom I trust and depend on.

If you die, then I can't make it through my mission.

Brother...

If we're not afraid of death, then we can find a way to escape the blockade.

I will go to the border myself.

Yes.

General! It's the enemy!

General!

This is the border!

You can get hurt if the allied forces find you!

Just leave them alone.

The jol-bon people are being chased by the allied forces.

They'll die if we leave them alone.

Follow me!

Manager sayong!

General.

What happened?

Is chief so seo-no okay?

She's okay.

She's at mt. Ogeum, looking for a way to enter jol-bon despite the blockade.

She asked me to go to jol-bon to deliver the news to you.

Now that chief so seo-no is back, we can break the blockade!

We must send more soldiers to wipe the allied forces out

and bring the business troop back.

- Ministers of the left and right! - Yes.

- Deliver this news to chief yeon ta-bal and rally the soldiers to mt. Ogeum. - Yes.

Don't let a single man go back alive! Not even one!

Hurray for the da-mul army!

There was a delay because we had to find a remedy for the plague as well as food.

We brought all the crops and herbs we need.

Well done.

Hurray for jol-bon!

Biryu.

Don't cut in line!

- Is this rice? - Yes, it is. Stand in line!

- Thank you. - Get well soon.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, mister.

Sure thing.

Be healthy and strong.

We're oppressing jol-bon from various areas of the border.

They won't be able to hold it much longer.

Some soldiers guarding gwanna and yunna have retaliated.

This means that the unity of jol-bon is faltering.

Why don't we take all the soldiers to gyehru and finish them once and for all?

Gyehru is the center of jol-bon.

If gyehru collapses, the other tribes will surrender.

If gyehru collapses, the other tribes will surrender.

The governor is right.

Since ju-mong refused to surrender, we have to go to war with jol-bon.

Jol-bon is no match for the allied forces now.

We must take jol-bon over by force.

Your majesty.

What's the matter?

Food and medicine are being distributed in jol-bon right now.

Distribute food and medicine?

The allied forces are blockading the border.

How can this happen?

I think the reason why ju-mong disappeared from jol-bon

has something to do with this.

Find out which country traded with jol-bon despite the blockade.

Yes.

Your majesty.

Find out if dae-so has learned anything.

Yes.

Your majesty.

The crisis buyeo is in because of the long famine will get better in time,

but an even greater disaster is awaiting buyeo.

An even greater disaster?

I'm sure you've seen the eclipse a few years ago.

That eclipse means that a new sun has appeared.

After the old joseon perished, the refugees scattered

and its lands were divided into many tribes and nations.

But a man born with the energy of the new sun will build a new nation.

Its descendants will regain old joseon's lost land and command the earth.

You mean buyeo will perish?

Buyeo will continue to weaken until it perishes.

Did you find anything out?

Ju-mong was able to get food and medicine by using pirates to bring supplies from the south.

Enemy forces had blocked all of the old paths.

Because of the blockade, they had to find a different route.

Ju-mong managed to find a way out of the blockade.

What were you doing while ju-mong got away from us?!

Your majesty, if ju-mong brings food from the south, then the blockade is useless.

Buyeo is in a financial disaster because we spent too much on stopping jol-bon.

If we fail to take over jol-bon, the chaos in buyeo will only get worse.

Although ju-mong escaped the blockade,

he couldn't have saved jol-bon completely yet.

We should attack them now before jol-bon becomes stable.

Buyeo can't attack in this financial situation.

Since our strategy was to starve jol-bon, we haven't secured enough provisions.

What do you want to do then?

If you continue to be incompetent,

then the han army will have to go back to hyeon-to.

I shouldn't have let geum-wa take charge.

Don't aggravate his majesty.

You have nothing to gain if the alliance breaks.

The han and buyeo are in the same boat right now.

What am I going to report to Chang'an?

I already reported this to his majesty.

With what right did you report to his majesty?!

In case you forgot, I've been ordered by his majesty to supervise hyeon-to.

Your misjudgment has made ju-mong a bigger threat to the han.

Withdraw the troops back to hyeon-to.

From what I know, prince dae-so is a clever man.

I guess it was just a false rumor.

Chief.

What's the matter?

General ju-mong and chief so seo-no are here.

Forgive me for doubting you.

You have saved the biryu people.

With utmost loyalty, I will serve you as my lord.

This has been the most painful period in my life,

but the heavens haven't forsaken jol-bon.

The heavens wanted the people of jol-bon to get through this crisis together

and be completely united.

This unity of jol-bon will not be shaken anymore.

I have learned a great lesson through this crisis.

The road to building a new nation cannot be done by one man alone.

We were able to get through this

because you have trusted me and done your duties.

I will take this lesson to heart and spur to build a strong nation.

I believe captain's sincerity...

Will be heard by the heavens

everything will be smooth

don't worry, captain

the war is not over yet

how dare you enter buyeo palace?

Are you courting death?

What's that?

A map that shows the secret passages in buyeo palace

that means vve can kill jumong during the negotiation

by now

they should have realised we are gone

let's go now

yes

we must kill jumong...

When he's here for the negotiation

take the soldiers now...

And bring them back