♫ The ones standing on the top of the thistles and thorns to look up ♫
♫ will see through vicissitudes of life ♫
♫ In this city where both good and evil are hiding from each other, ♫
♫ I will survive with you ♫
♫ That ray of light guides me to overcome sorrow by its brightness ♫
♫ Meeting you at that time means you're my destiny ♫
♫ Desires wear down the edges and corners of my heart and ♫
♫ laugh at forever-losing leniency ♫
♫ I insist on being the grain which cannot be burned down by the wildfire ♫
♫ to feed the love ♫
♫ Standing in the center of the surges, winds are my thoughts ♫
♫ Rain is the hunting ground urging the horse to fight back ♫
♫ Lift up my head to look at the non returnable times at a distance ♫
♫ The torch in front of my eyes is surging ♫
♫ The sky is getting darker and darker ♫
♫ The path is getting longer and longer ♫
♫ I know hearts cannot waver ♫
♫ Whoever dares to be a king during the chaos of the world ♫
♫ will stop evils with all his might for sure ♫
♫ Then there is hope ♫
[Princess Agents]
~ Episode 49 ~
Commander, something went wrong.
What happened?
Wei's army has come here to attack, but Yan Xun leads our army to invade Meilin Pass.
Hongchuan City is in danger.
Inform our solders to get organized and equipped.
Guard Hongchuan City.
Yes!
Don't be afraid, you guys.
Whether you guys want to leave or stay, I guarantee
that we, Xiuli Army, won't force you guys.
I just want to know if Miss Chu has arrived in Hongchuan City.
How is she now? Is she doing well?
Miss Chu is doing all right!
Miss Chu.
I am glad to see you again, General He.
This is wonderful.
You are doing well. This is wonderful.
What happened here?
Why are you guys already inside of Northern Yan, but stayed here instead of going into the city?
Miss Chu, you do know that if we cannot find you,
I'm afraid that there is actually no place for us, Xiuli Army, in Hongchuan City.
He Xiao, to be honest,
you should already see.
Wei is invading the Northern Yan now. There are five cities in Northern Yan.
But Honghcuan City is in the hands of untrained common people. It's in jeopardy.
Just depending on me alone is unrealistic.
I am so glad that I can meet you here.
Right now, Northern Yan needs your guys' help.
I, Chu Qiao,
need your guys' help.
Miss Chu, what are you doing? I cannot accept this!
Miss Chu,
you rescued hundreds of us Xiuli Army to escape
with your own strength and without any fear of death.
Miss Chu, now Hongchuan City is in danger.
Everyone in Xiuli Army should guard the city.
I, He Xiao, voluntarily offer the commanding rights
to you entirely.
At this moment, with your guard of HongChuan City,
it is such an honor of Northern Yan. It is such an honor of me, Chu Qiao.
I accept your army.
I accept your loyalty.
We will all listen to your order.
We will all listen to your order. We will all listen to your order.
Reporting!
Reporting to the General. Princess Yuan Chun is here.
Chun'er, why do you come here?
You guys leave first.
Yes.
You guys may leave now.
Yes.
Why didn't you stay put in Chang'an but instead came to this troubled place?
I cannot get away from this mess anyway.
Chun'er, you are Wei's Princess. The Princess in Chang'an.
Have you ever thought about that if you didn't even care about Chang'an, then what else would you have in the future?
The Princess in Chang'an?
Every breath I took,
every bite of food I forced myself to eat,
is all for revenge.
The thing I care about day and night is exactly this matter.
I cannot let it go before I finish it.
Chun'er, why did you treat yourself like this?
If you really want to help me,
then go to attack Hongchuan.
If you get Hongchuan down, you can save Chang'an as well,
so you won't have unknown troubles because of your delay.
You know that, in my whole life,
the only one I cannot refuse
is you.
- Open the gate. - Open the gate.
Let us in.
Hurry and open the gate.
Let us in. If you don't open the gate soon, we'll be in trouble.
Hurry and open the gate.
They are so many citizens gathered outside the gate.
Why don't they hurry up and open the gate?
Wei's army is getting closer.
I think they are afraid that there will be Wei's spies in the crowd,
so they won't let them in. Poor people.
I hope it is not too late for everything.
Official Chu, Wei's army is almost there.
How far are they?
- 50 miles. - Use flag signals to communicate with them.
- Ask them to open the gate quickly. - Yes.
Open the gate! Open the gate!
Reporting!
There is a soldier outside the city wall trying to communicate with us by flag signals, General.
- What did he say? - It seems that he was saying
to let us open the gate quickly and let the citizens in. They are the reinforcements.
There's no way for an enforcement in Northern Yan region.
Don't let them in yet.
- I am going to report to the General. - Yes.
Reporting!
General, Wei's army has come and is about 50 miles away from us.
Why did you just tell me that!
General, please calm down. Wei's army for some reason
just popped up all of a sudden.
- Go. Leave here. - Yes.
General!
Our reinforcements showed up outside of the city and have asked us to let them and the citizens in.
What a joke! How could there be any reinforcements?
They are all Wei's spies.
Yes, they must be undercover spies.
They are waiting for us to open the gate and collaborate from within with forces from outside.
We definitely cannot let them in.
I have the command from His Highness that we are not allowed to open the gate.
If we fail to guard Hongchuan City, we could escape from the secret path.
But now, if there is someone wanting to break in,
kill all of them without mercy.
I got it.
We will kill anyone who is a hundred steps near the gate without mercy.
What's going on? That's right. Why?
How come they won't open the gates?
Protect Official Chu!
Archers!
All of you people on the top of the wall listen to me.
They are all Northern Yan's citizens down here. There are no Wei's army.
Please open the gate now and let everyone in.
- Release the arrows! - Yes.
Protect the citizens, Xiuli Army.
Protect the Official.
- Are you okay, Official Chu? - Yes, protect the citizens.
Official Chu,
it is hard to tell if those people inside of Hongchuan City are on our side or not.
We should not risk going inside.
Don't stop me.
Protect the Official!
I am Chu Qiao. Go tell your highest leader inside of Hongchuan come to see me!
What do you want to do, Cheng Yuan?
The person outside is Official Chu!
General?
General!
Bad News! It is Chu Qiao outside the city wall!
Official Chu.
Did you attack her?
Yes.
Did anyone die?
Yes.
Then how about Official Chu?
Cheng Yuan, what are you planning to do?
Official Chu! It was just a misunderstanding just now!
You guys can come inside now!
Open the gate.
Stop!
Let go.
You're not allowed to go there.
Miss, run away quickly! It is a trap!
Feng Mian?
Leave quickly!
Retreat quickly!
Hurry and release the arrows.
General, it's my fault.
Feng Mian messed up our plan and yelled our plan out on the wall to Chu Qiao.
Our plan has failed.
We are going to be in big trouble if Chu Qiao is still alive.
Reporting!
There are only 40 miles until Wei's army gets here, General.
Pass out my order.
Bring our own people and leave Hongchuan City with me.
- Yes. - Yes.
Official Chu!
Wei's army is about 40 miles away from us.
Our plan.
It is perfect that you guys showed up.
- Try your best to get inside of the city. - Yes.
Your Highness, it's bad. We were fooled.
The guards of Meilin Pass are only about several thousands.
But Wei Shuye led the main force directly to Hongchuan City.
We brought a few ten thousands men here but fell into their trap of getting us away from our base.
Hongchuan City is in jeopardy now.
Your Highness.
I got it.
How long will it take us to get to Meilin Pass?
No more than half an hour at the cost of horses' strength.
Based on the guarding force at Meilin Pass, how long will it take us to break it through?
There's been no wars within the pass these years.
The guards there are mostly old and sick. Besides, they don't have enough man power.
Plus, the fact that Wei Shuye took with him most of the brave soldiers there and replaced them with male citizens.
With our military strength, we will be able to break through the pass in less than half of a day.
After breaking through the pass, how far are we still from Chang'an?
Your Highness, do you want to attack Chang'an?
Why not?
But—
He, Wei Shuye, utilized Meilin Pass as a bait
to lure our main force here
with the hope that he can attack our heartland out of surprise.
Why can't I use Hongchuan City as a bait
to attack all the way to Chang'an?
- But— - From Meilin Pass to Chang'an,
there are no important passes or massive forces.
Give in all the horse strength we have. Within two days,
we should arrive at Emperor Wei's nest.
They all think that once I, Yan Xun, escaped and returned to Northern Yan, I'd be like a timid turtle not wanting to come out.
I'll do exactly the opposite.
I will personally go to their door and behead the rascal Emperor of Wei.
Your Highness, the force in Hongchuan City is weak.
I'm afraid that it can't defend against Wei Shuye's great force.
If we lose Hongchuan, then North Shuo and Blue City
- and even the whole Northern Yan will— - If I get half of Wei's land,
what's the point of Northern Yan?
Your Highness, Northern Yan is our home.
Home?
Their great army is pressing against our borders.
But among the 8 tribes of the grasslands, who among them have sent any army to help us?
My father loved his citizens as his own sons.
But as for those bastards, who have ever been to our ancestral hall
to burn a single incense for my father
or clean a single heap of ashes?
Do you still think we have a home?
We had no home a long time ago!
Your Highness, Miss Ah Chu is still in Hongchuan City.
Zhongyu will take her away.
Ah Jing, go to prepare. Break through Meilin Pass.
Attack Chang'an directly.
I'll use Emperor Wei's blood
as a sacrifice for Northern Yan's souls.
Who are you?
Shut up.
Open the gate and let Xiuli Army in.
If you dare play any tricks, I will kill you.
Behave, okay?
Follow me and enter the city!
- Enter the city! - Enter the city!
My whole army, listen to my command!
Immediately set out!
Go straight to occupy Chang'an!
Prepare to shoot the arrows!
There's fire! There's fire!
Quickly run!
Run! Hurry!
Tomorrow by noontime, get out of the city and surrender!
Or else, on the day that we are able to break through your city, we will massacre the whole city and not leave anything alive!
Kill! Kill!
Withdraw!
It's better that we open the city gates and surrender. That's right. Or else we will die.
That's right.
As the lead general of Hongchuan,
even if I die, I will not let the enemy
trample our lands and turn our citizens to slaves.
- Who are you? - That's right.
The Xiuli Army that you are leading used to be traitors of Northern Yan!
How are we supposed to believe you?
That's right. Isn't that right?
Three years ago, the Xiuli Army fell into the treacherous trap of the Wei army
and opened the city gates.
Hongchuan got massacred. Among the corpses that filled the city,
there were also their families in them.
For so many years, they were unable to return to their homes.
Their grief is not less than what you all experienced.
Just to return to their homeland, we worked together,
went through numerous battles, and charged out of Chang'an together.
I trust them.
And may I ask you all to give them a chance.
I guarantee to you all that if I am still unable to break the enemy tomorrow,
the whole Xiuli Army and I are willing to be tied by you
to be offered to the Wei army as your surrender gift. I am a woman of my words.
I will definitely bear no grudges against you all!
Hongchuan is an old city. The equipment here is quite outdated.
When Cheng Yuan and Jiang Teng escaped,
they left us nothing.
Official, what are we going to use to fight back?
I still have some weapon blueprints in my hands.
Let us get the raw materials around here and create them. I hope we can still make them in time.
One day of being able to defend this city is still one day.
The purpose of battling with them is not to eliminate them.
But we are to rely on several small skirmishes
to disturb their attack rhythm and to decrease their morale.
Delay their attacking time.
Time and patience are our only weapons.
As long as we are able to delay them for 7 days,
I believe that the reinforcements of His Highness will surely come.
Everyone, the war is in front of us. We have no time to hesitate.
When the state is in danger,
the people must have a loyal and righteous heart.
As a soldier, we must make the guarding of the lands and protecting the citizens as our most utmost duty.
No matter what the result of this war will be,
we will not be ashamed to face the heaven and earth of Northern Yan, not be ashamed to face our own conscience,
and definitely not be ashamed to face this military flag above us.
Our survival...
all depends on this battle.
Everyone,
may you all take care.
Official, take care.
Ge Qi?
Commander.
You are not on duty this night. Why didn't you go to take a rest?
I couldn't sleep.
What's wrong? What are you thinking?
I am thinking... I have been away from home for so many years.
I even don't know whether my wife gave birth to a boy or a girl.
Did she get remarried?
I don't know if my parents are well or not, either.
How about last time?
Last time, I didn't even enter into my house
because of the name of a rebel on me.
I understand.
I really hope that if I can survive the battle
then I can prove myself in front of His Highness.
Then I can go back home with glory.
Don't worry, my brother.
I believe that we surely will make it.
Come out quickly.
Who are you?
You are so young. Why didn't you follow the main troop to leave?
We met before.
Last time, in front of a pharmacy, a guy from your house helped me pay for medicine.
You... You won't drive me out of the city, will you?
What does it have to do with me whether you live or die?
I am very busy everyday. I couldn't care less about your children's trivialities.
Child? I-I am already 15 this year.
I can kill enemies on the battlefield.
I... I...
Look at me.
Look how much strength I've got.
Why didn't you follow them to leave?
My mother is sick. We aren't able to leave.
Please don't drive us away.
I-I can help you to guard the city and kill bad guys.
Tell me your name.
My name is Du Doggie.
You're a nice boy. Why did they name you such a weird name?
My grandma gave me the name. She said it was easier for a child with a lowly name to grow up.
In fact, I also think this name is bad.
How about you give me another name?
But I will still keep my family name - Du.
How about Ping'an*? (* means safe and sound in Chinese)
Ping'an?
Right. Du Ping'an.
Du Ping'an. Safe and sound.
Charge!
Reporting!
Reporting! Our rations and weapons have been looted.
Left and right flanks, give support to the rear flank!
Why don't you open the gate and offer the city as soon as possible?
- Charge now. - Kill!
Kill!
Charge!
Kill!
Set in array for protection!
[Hongchuan City]
Everybody, brothers and sisters.
Wei's troops have bypassed Meilin Pass, broken through Chiyuan River Crossing,
and are besieging Hongchuan City now.
They came here all this way because they are under the decree of the Emperor of Wei
with a sole aim to slaughter us.
But we are not by ourselves.
The King of Northern Yan, Yan Xun will return here to assist us after he takes down Meilin Pass.
All difficulties are just temporary.
We will stick to the last moment.
We surely have the hope of survival.
Do we want to surrender, to revolt, or
to stand up and fight against them uprightly?
Fight! Fight!
I announce that I, Chu Qiao, on behalf of Heir Apparent Yan to be in charge of Hongchuan City.
All officials and soldiers in Hongchuan City shall listen to my arrangments.
All women and children retreat through West Gate and hurry to Blue City immediately.
All men aged between 15 and 50
jointly defend Hongchuan and Northern Yan with me.
Defend Hongchuan and defend Northern Yan.
Coming! Coming! Take these away!
Slowly. Here, slowly.
Come. Come.
Father! Father!
- My son. - Father.
- Are you busy now, Father? - Why are you back home at this critical time?
I am patrolling around the area so I come to see you on the way.
I brought you these. Share with the others, okay?
The city is being besieged. We're short of food.
We should keep this food for the soldiers.
Once they are full, they can fight against the enemies. Right?
- Correct. - I'm not hungry.
- We are not hungry. - That's right.
- It's all up to you. - It's all up to you.
But, Father...
Don't worry about us. We have food. Okay?
No problem at all. Go back quickly.
Son, since fellow countrymen of Hongchuan City have accepted you,
don't let them down. Okay? Good.
- No problem here. Rest assured. Go back. Go back. - Father.
- Go back. Go back. No problem here. - Father.
- No problem, right? - Right.
No problem!
- Go ahead. -Thank you, everybody.
Go.
Zhuzi, come.
Yes.
Although we have won this battle, it's actually by luck.
How many times will we win by luck?
Can Yan Xun's reinforcement get back?
Seven days.
Are we really able to hold on for seven days?
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♫ The wild wind blows the moonlight into confusion ♫
♫ My life is like being expelled ♫
♫ The flame is hidden in my heart ♫
♫ Who will laugh at my rough interior ♫
♫ My wings are destroyed by fate ♫
♫ I fall into the bottomless abyss ♫
♫ Memories are sealed ♫
♫ The wind and snowfall are unbridled ♫
♫ Even if I am trampled, I won't look up to you ♫
♫ What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger ♫
♫ This breathing is heat ♫
♫ This heartbeat is light ♫
♫ Bit by bit, it brews the power for all my life ♫
♫ The boiling in my eyes lights up the hope ♫
♫ No matter how many wounds I have ♫
♫ I'm willing to burn the flame in my heart to shine through everywhere ♫
♫ To melt the coldness of the secular world ♫
♫ If only the bright moon knows my thoughts ♫
♫ If there is a long path and eternal darkness, so what? ♫
♫ I want the boundless flame of the heart to be boiling again ♫
♫ To burn into a light ray of the horizon ♫
♫ I'm reborn after a fire bath ♫
♫ Fragrance fills heaven and earth ♫
♫ The red spider lily blooms again ♫
♫ To burn into a light ray of the horizon ♫
♫ The red spider lily blooms again ♫