My Country: The New Age (My Nation / Naui Nara / 나의 나라)

THIS DRAMA IS A FICTIONAL STORY BASED ON HISTORICAL FACTS

SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARACTERS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

Let me ask you one thing.

Was Hwi taken there

because of your father?

-No. -Then what?

Was it your doing?

That's right.

It was me.

I did it.

I asked him to bribe the examiner, and even Hwi--

Do you seriously expect me to believe such a lie?

He enlisted in the army, just like everyone else does.

So forget him.

-Erase him from your mind. -How?

Can you forget him?

I will.

I must.

What if it had happened to you?

What do you think Hwi would've done?

He would've gotten you out of there no matter what.

Even if you had been dragged to hell.

EPISODE 3

My gosh.

I heard you've been promoted to Commander of the Liaodong Expeditionary Army.

Congratulations, sir.

I'm being kicked out.

What?

"Promoted"? "Congratulations"?

Are you trying to provoke me or what?

I'd like to fight in the war.

Please hire me as your deputy commander.

Do you really mean it?

I will guard you with my life, sir.

The expeditionary army consists of about 40,000 soldiers,

about 12,000 backup soldiers,

and 20,000 horses.

I will take your wife and family to a safe place as soon as the army leaves.

If my family goes into hiding,

Choi Yeong will suspect me.

But what about your second wife?

Choi Yeong will send a knife to Lady Kang first.

The Pocheon Kang clan.

SEO HWI

Any word about Yeon?

I've been looking everywhere for her for the past three months,

but I've found no traces of her whatsoever.

She must've probably died somewhere while looking for her brother.

You said she was ill.

It's not your fault.

You've done your best.

Must you leave?

What about your mother though?

You're almost there. You'll be able to see her soon.

-So-- -I will find out on my own.

I will no longer let Seol drag me around.

Your friend is in the main room.

Not the one you miss.

Are you finally heading off to war?

I thought I should have a drink before I leave.

Then I should pour you a drink before I say goodbye to you.

Don't be too brave.

I heard you need to be a little cowardly in order to survive.

Although you're already cowardly enough.

Will Goryeo be turned over?

The King comes first, and the country comes second.

So you really meant it.

And I mean this too.

They say the first drink should go to your elder,

and the last one is for the one in your heart.

This is the last one.

What do you mean?

Men tend to become unnecessarily brave before going to war.

Because they don't want to die with unsaid words left in their hearts.

My last one

already went to Hwi.

I know.

But that doesn't mean I shouldn't give you mine.

I heard the King and Choi Yeong

sent advance troops to Liaodong without consulting anyone.

The main troops should be there if advance troops are there.

The King is pressuring us to expedite the conquest.

-Choi Yeong is trying to trick us. -We have all the elite troops.

The advance troops consist of criminals and roughnecks.

They are a mob of rogues. They won't even be able to hold out for three days.

Snap out of it!

Take this bow.

Shoot them!

Another dead one.

You're now dead too.

Another dead one...

My goodness.

-Another dead one. -Dead.

Gosh. Stay here, okay?

Take this.

-Oh, dear. Just a moment, okay? -Dead.

-Another dead one. -Dead.

Another dead one.

Dead.

Sir, I think this one's still alive.

Dead.

He's still breathing.

We need to stop the bleeding. Get me panax pseudo-ginseng and bletilla striata.

-Hurry! -Okay.

They're more valuable than our rations.

We cannot waste them.

But he's alive. Can you not see that he's still breathing?

Is that so?

To me, this just looks like a corpse.

I'm in too much pain.

Don't talk.

Please...

Please help me.

I told you not to talk.

My grandmother can't even relieve herself on her own because of her dementia.

What is she going to do if I die?

I, too, have a sister, whom I have to look after.

So let's live. Let's survive this war and return home.

I want to live...

Dead.

You'll probably die soon as well.

Shall I put you on the list in advance?

You just wait and see.

I will be sure to outlive you by at least a day.

What?

How dare a mere foot soldier speak so rudely to the commander?

You must have a death wish.

If we die, we'll just be strokes

on the death roll, regardless of rank.

If you wish to kill me,

draw a stroke for yourself first.

That rude punk.

You guys over there! Bring that punk to me at once!

What are you waiting for?

You'll live long if you unwind the spool all the way to the end.

I want to live long enough to die of old age.

He has dysentery. He needs to be quarantined at once.

No. I'm totally fine, sir.

You have a high fever and a lot of eye discharge.

And there is mucus in your stool.

It's dysentery accompanied by bloody diarrhea.

No! Please, sir. I'll die if I'm sent to the quarantine facility.

I heard people are torched to death there when they're still alive.

Trying to save you might end up killing 50,000 people.

My job is to prevent such a tragedy.

Burn everything that this man touched.

You son of a bitch!

Then you need to be torched too. Go burn yourself to death, you bastard!

Dysentery is spreading among the soldiers.

The number of deserters is on the rise. We beheaded 20 today alone.

Dysentery is very common during the rainy months.

And as for the deserters, 20 is a negligible number.

A cold can't kill you,

but dysentery can.

We can burn the corpses but not the ill.

It is not a negligible matter.

This is not your place to step in.

It is my duty to candidly inform the general of the situation.

And your duty is to fight with your sword, not your sweet, sly tongue.

-How dare you-- -He is right.

Behave yourself.

What else?

The bowstrings are becoming loose because the glue is melting.

Half of the soldiers are archers.

We will not win if we cannot shoot arrows.

The Amnok River has risen. It'll be hard to cross it.

You will have to be very careful.

That, too, is true.

Do not hesitate to give me your candid advice.

My gosh.

Here. This is liver, which you guys love.

That liver is huge.

Oh, my.

The head of the enemy general?

Are you deaf or what?

Bring it before the sun goes down.

Must I infiltrate their camp in broad daylight?

Just tell me to take my own life...

Now, you're listening.

We must behead the enemy general to buy some time.

You have to do it to get one more day to live.

I'll get a team together.

Do it. If you can, that is.

I'll watch him.

-You'll watch him? -He might surrender to Ming, you know.

Behead him if he shows any signs.

No.

Cut his head off

and hang it in front of his tent.

It's a water buffalo horn arrow. It can go as far as 400 steps.

Why did you follow me?

Are you really afraid I might surrender?

When you kill the Jurchen commander, the deputy commander takes over.

As for the Japanese, they flee.

-How about Ming? -They report it to the higher-ups.

If we capture the enemy general, we can buy some time. That's why I'm here.

The general's tent. The red armor.

You can feel the wind behind your ears.

Add five more steps.

Add five steps when you can feel the wind brushing against the hair behind the ears.