Saving General Yang Page #2

If Master Guigu

speaks the truth,

and one of us must die,

then let it be me!

Your mother believes in you.

We are ready to march, Mother.

Just give the order.

I cannot risk upsetting

the emperor.

I must go to the palace

and seek his approval.

Good boy, Thunder. We're going

to need your help saving Father.

Sixth Brother and Seventh Brother will

be going to war for the first time.

So tell your brothers

to look after them, OK?

Yanzhao!

Come back to me.

Don't wait for me.

What can I do but wait for you?

What did the emperor

say, Mother?

Go and save your father.

Don't worry about us, Mother.

Not too much betel nut.

Mother..

Mother..

You must obey

Eldest Brother, OK?

Get up.

Go.

Follow me.

General Yelu,

I do believe you spared Yang Ye

to lure his sons here.

But now look,

all seven of them have escaped.

I don't think Empress Xiao

would be pleased to hear this.

We may have sacrificed 200 men

but now I know their strength.

It was worth it.

General, I must protest.

Our army of 50,000

are now at Huanzhou confronting

the forces of the Song.

We should be concentrating

on that central campaign,

now wasting our time running

after the Yang Clan.

Destroying the Yang Clan will remove

the Khitan Empire's biggest obstacle.

And then, the end of the Song

will be only a matter of time.

These are the imperial orders:

General Yang Ye is trapped

on Wolf Mountain.

The General's seven sons have

been sent to rescue him.

You are ordered to dispatch

5,000 troops in support.

Follow these orders immediately.

I will honor my orders.

What's the situation

outside the city walls?

My Lord, our 60,000 men

are fighting the Khitan

force of 50,000.

Fetch me ink and paper. I

must write to the emperor.

Yes, my Lord.

Be quick about mending

those weapons.

Yes, sir!

How is your wound?

It's OK.

Make sure it holds

firm, brothers.

General..

Please eat something.

Share it among the men.

They've had their share.

You've fought by my

side for so many years.

I can say you're a fine warrior.

But you're a terrible liar.

Don't you think I know we're

running out of food and water?

General,

I've fought with you

all these years,

and we've never been in

such a bad situation.

Perhaps I really am getting old.

There were so many Khitan

waiting in ambush.

How could I have not known?

And why hasn't Yelu

Yuan attacked us yet?

The Yang Army is coming!

Father!

We took too long to get here.

Father has suffered.

Wolf Mountain is

surrounded by the Khitan.

How did you get in?

It was easy. We simply changed

our battle formation,

and we were able to

break through their ranks.

General, General!

Father!

You've fallen into a trap!

Ten years ago, the Song defeated

a Khitan army of 300,000

None of General Yelu's

men were left alive.

Now, his son Yelu Yuan

is taking revenge.

He left me alive so that you

would all come to my rescue.

Father, I have to

remove that arrow now.

Yanping, take your brothers and

leave Wolf Mountain immediately!

Not without you, Father!

In all my years as a soldier,

I've never felt fear.

I'm not going to start

running away now!

Father, Lord Pan's relief force

should be here at sunset.

We can hold this fort

until they come.

And then we can fight

our way out together!

If he'd wanted to rescue us, why

didn't he do it during the battle?

If he'd sent his

troops out then,

we wouldn't be here now.

He retreated then. Why would he

come and die with us here now?

Lord Pan is an old coward.

He'll take no risks

unless he's forced to

with a knife at his neck.

Father, our rescue mission

was approved by the emperor.

His majesty is so

concerned about me,

and I am failing him in my

duty to defend our land.

Yanping. You haven't much time.

Take your brothers

away from here.

Father!

General!

Captain Hu, is there another

way off Wolf Mountain?

There is, but the

terrain is hard..

it hardly counts as

an escape route.

Go now!

Please believe us, Father.

We can get you out here.

I'm not leaving.

Father,

you can stay and fight Yelu

Yuan to the death if you want.

But you can't just sit here waiting

for that poisoned arrow to kill you

Captain Hu, please show us

the route you mentioned.

Alright.

Seventh Brother, Sixth

Brother, you keep guard here.

Yes.

Fifth Brother, tend

our father's wounds.

Let's go.

Father. I'm going to

pull out the arrow now.

Don't touch it. It's poisoned.

The poison has got into

the marrow of his bones.

Father,

I'm going to cut out the poison.

Father, this is all my fault.

I'm going to Huanzhou to make

Lord Pan send reinforcements.

Father!

Sixth Brother, go after him!

Seventh Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Your father knows we all

have families back home.

He didn't want us to stay

here waiting to die.

He tried to persuade us

to escape via this route.

But no-one was willing to leave.

All his men have stayed to defend

this fort with him, to the death.

Quick, back to Father.

Shoot!

Shoot!

Hold still. It will

be better soon.

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Kill!

Father!

Where is Seventh Brother?

He has gone to Huanzhou

to find Pan Renmei.

Eldest Brother!

Couldn't you stop him?

General.

The Khitan have surrounded us.

Split up and break out.

Meet up at the front gate.

Let's go.

Fifth Brother.. General Hu..

You escort Father!

Yes.

This way.

Let's go, Father.

Quick. The gate

is just up there.

We've got horses!

Quick, get the

general out of here.

Third Brother!

The surprise attack didn't work,

and neither has encirclement.

Looks like you really aren't up to

the task of defeating the Yang Clan.

I suggest you return to the front

line at Huanzhou and do your job.

Otherwise, I'll be having a word

of two with Empress Xiao..

Go!

Report to the Empress Xiao that

her inspector has sacrificed his

life for the Khitan Empire.

Yes, sir.

Get me 100 of our best horsemen. We will

pursue the Yang men to their deaths.

Yes, sir.

Shasimu.

Yes, sir.

Take our remaining

troops to Huanzhou.

Wait for my arrival. We will

attack the city when I get there.

Yes, sir.

Be fast.

Hold on, Father.

Eldest Brother. I'm sorry.

Do you think we'll make it back?

Of course we will.

I don't care what happens, I'm

going to get you all home.

Eldest Brother!

Eldest Brother!

How is Father?

Eldest Brother. We have to rest.

He can't go on like this.

There is a deserted Su Wu temple up ahead.

We can rest there.

Come.

Slowly, Father. Slowly.

Father!

Father,

I should have listened to you.

I shouldn't have taken part

in that sparring match.

If I hadn't take part,

I wouldn't have got Seventh

Brother into trouble.

A man's temperament

decides his fate.

Seventh Son is too impetuous.

It's all my fault!

I should have stopped him.

I shouldn't have let him

go to the sparring stage.

And I should have stopped

him on Wolf Mountain.

Sixth Son,

when we get back, I want you

to marry Princess Chai.

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