Korea-Khitan War (고려거란전쟁)

(This drama is based on historical events,)

(but some details may be different from historical facts.)

(Production guidelines were strictly followed when filming with animals.)

We will wait for the scouts here.

You may take a breather.

There are a lot of them indeed.

We keep slashing them, but they keep on coming.

Are you getting tired?

Not at all.

I would get tired if I had to harvest rice with a sickle,

but cutting off the heads of the Khitan rats will never tire me out.

Hang in there, all of you.

Today is our last chance.

They will be out of this mountain by tomorrow.

Once we lose them, we cannot fight no matter how much we wish to fight them.

- Do you all understand? - Yes, Officer Yang.

Here comes a scout!

The Khitan army is here.

They were spotted dragging some captives over the ridge.

How many captives?

Around 30.

Most of them are women and children.

Then they must be the last batch of captives.

Yes, I believe so.

Come along.

The thing is,

- there is something fishy about it. - What is it?

There is only a small group of Khitan soldiers.

There are about ten of them. That is it.

What if this is a trap?

To them, captives are considered the most valuable war prize.

I agree that this might be a trap.

I suggest we pull back here this time.

Yes, it would be too dangerous to launch an attack on them now.

Then we will lose our only chance to save the captives.

However...

We cannot desert them.

They must be desperately waiting for us now.

Pluck up your courage.

They are the last batch of captives.

We must save them even if we have to endanger our lives to do so.

Do you all understand?

- Yes, well understood. - Yes, well understood.

Let us go.

Kim Sook Heung.

They will show up very soon. Nock your arrow.

Get down! Everybody, get down!

Get them!

Is everyone all right?

Run.

There are more of them.

Find their leader.

We just need to find their leader.

A whistling arrow.

- He must be their leader. - Shoot him!

Retreat!

Go after the leader!

Retreat!

Hang in there!

Get up.

Come on!

- Gosh! - Oh, no!

- My baby... - My goodness.

- Let us go. - Thank you.

This way!

Hurry.

Darn it.

That was a whistling arrow. Follow the whistling arrow!

Darn it.

Retreat.

Pull back!

Kill them all!

We will stop here.

- Captain Park. - Yes?

Take the people out of this mountain.

All right. Understood.

Now then, follow me.

You should go with them.

Thank you.

Go ahead.

Shoot!

Give it back.

Right.

Officer Yang!

It is the Khitan's main army led by the Khitan emperor.

There seem to be at least 30,000.

They are right over that slope.

Officer Yang...

He dodged the trap.

My apologies.

What a brave man.

If he surrenders now,

he is to be treated with respect.

Everyone...

will become my subject!

I will accept you as soldiers...

of the almighty Khitan army!

Hurry, Deok.

Let us go.

Let us advance!

All of you have fought very well.

Everyone will remember how courageous you were.

The whole nation will remember it.

All mountains and streams will too.

Goryeo...

will remember your bravery forever!

The pleasure...

has been mine.

Officer Yang.

This is our last battle.

Head towards the Khitan emperor.

Everyone is to charge towards his head until the end.

Understood?

- Yes! - Yes!

It is 300 paces.

Kill every single one of them!

Your Majesty. Archers should be sent.

Two hundred paces.

Send in the infantry.

Send in 3,000 more.

Attack his neck!

Attack his neck!

Kim Sook Heung...

Kim Sook Heung!

One hundred paces.

One hundred paces!

Attack!

Our men are afraid.

Shield the King!

He is ten paces beyond reach.

Ten paces.

Ten.

Let me go!

Nine.

Eight.

Your Majesty.

Archers,

fire!

Seven!

Archers!

Left General!

Six.

What a tenacious fool.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Yang Kyu!

(Yang Kyu fought seven battles in one month...)

(without reinforcements, cutting down many enemy soldiers,)

(and rescuing around 30,000 civilian prisoners.)

(were shot so many times that they looked like hedgehogs...)

(From Biography of Yang Kyu, Goryeo History Volume 94)

What? Is that true?

Yes. He fought the army of the Khitan king,

and with his men,

he died on the battlefield.

Where is the Khitan king?

Where is the Khitan king?

Heading toward the Yalu River.

We will set out.

Gather all our men.

Yes, sir.

So this is how it ends.

I failed to subdue Goryeo.

And I failed to subdue him.

Giddy-up!

Your Majesty. The Goryeo army is behind us.

They are attacking the tail end of our entourage.

They keep biting us to the end.

Your Majesty. We must go on.

Yes.

Go on.

- Keep going. - Go on.

- Come on! - Giddy-up!

Giddy-up!

Where is the Khitan king?

Where is he?

He crossed the river already.

The Khitan army is gone!

The Khitan army is gone!

The Khitan army is gone!

- Is that true? - Yes.

They left, crossing the Yalu River.

They all left without leaving a single man behind!

We are saved!

We are saved!

- We are saved! - Hooray!

- We are saved! - Hooray!

- Cheer for Goryeo! - Hooray!

- Hooray! - Thank you.

Cheer for Goryeo!

- Seok. - Father.

Seok.

- We are saved! - Hooray!

Cheer for Goryeo!

- Hooray! - We are saved!

- Hooray! - Hooray for our army!

Cheer for our army!

- No, please... - I do not believe this.

- No... - Oh, dear.