God of War (Soldier / Military Official / Moo shin / 무신)

Report.

Ready, sir.

Sir, in attack positions.

Awaiting your orders.

Give the order. I'll lead the charge on the gate.

There's no rush.

Use our Koryo prisoners to encourage them to surrender.

Yes, sir.

Bring the prisoners.

Over there, sir.

Those are Koryo prisoners of war.

Hear me! I'm Marshal Tanggu of the Mongols.

Who is your commander? Identify yourself.

Why not? You've made a long journey.

We don't answer to riff-raff, but this is General Yi Wonjong.

And I'm Commander Yi Hijok.

Aren't you aware that all of central and western China bows to the Mongols?

Why not make it easy on yourselves and open the gates?

Silence, baldy!

You got China, that should be enough.

Why come to Koryo?

Or don't you know we annihilated 100,000 Sui and Tang back in the day?

If only words were weapons, huh, old man?

What chance does your paltry band have against our vast army?

You're not much younger than me.

Are you, old man?

All right, today the old farts fight it out.

Bring forth the prisoners. Maybe they can talk some sense into them.

Get to talking. Tell them to give up or they're all dead.

Go on!

Fort Chulju, hear me.

I am Colonel Mun Dae of Fort Hamsin.

Yes, yes, yes, tell them to give up.

We're all men of Koryo.

There is no greater shame... than losing a fort to the enemy.

What was that again?

That wasn't right.

Any more of that and you'll lose your head.

Try it again. Tell them to surrender.

Hear me.

They're not really Mongols.

Never give up.

Fight to the finish. You may yet win.

What, again?

Well? Shut him up!

Koryo scum!

Well, what's it going to be?

One last chance.

Tell them to surrender.

If you don't, you're head is mine.

Say it!

Hear me.

They're not Mongols! Never give up!

Fight on. Never, never give up.

Well? Kill him already.

Never give up... Never...give up!

Mun Dae.

One of many colonels.

Yet his name is first among the Koryo heroes,

...of the Thirty Years War with the Mongols.

The Mongols tried to force him to convince Ft. Chulju to surrender...

but to the end he yelled, “Never give up.”

His martyrdom inspired the men of Chulju...

to choose honorable deaths over surrender.

Bring that Jo Sukchang coward.

Well? Tell them to surrender or suffer a similar fate.

Now.

I'm Jo Sukchang of Hamsin.

Surrender. The Mongols are bound to win.

Give up.

Jo Sukchang!

How is it you're still alive?

Surrender? You dare disgrace your father's name?

Please hear me out.

Koryo can't possibly win.

Don't sacrifice innocent lives. Surrender.

Enough! Go back to your masters or I'll kill you myself.

Sir! Open the gates. Please!

Are you blind?

Colonel Mun Dae gave his life. His body is still warm!

Bow.

Men! He's a traitor!

- Fire! - Fire!

So much for talking.

Take the prisoners back. Attack.

Catapults forward!

Catapults!

Kill them all.

Begin the attack.

Catapults, fire!

Koryo scum, kill me if you can!

Battle stations! Archers, ready!

Kim Jun.

Guard our right flank. The west gate is weak.

Yes, sir.

To the west gate!

- To the west gate! Move! - The west gate!

The west gate!

Stay calm. Hold your positions.

Hold the line!

Stay out of range!

Fire when they reload.

Archers, ready! Civilians, weapons duty!

Archers, ready! Civilians, weapons duty!

Stand down! Wait for them to cease fire. Move!

Move!

Concentrate your fire over there, to the east.

Keep firing!

Fire! Loose the catapults!

Get up! Get up!

Chulju will be under attack by now.

Something isn't right. They surround us, but don't attack.

They're waiting for the main army,

...to attack en masse.

And they're trying to cut us off from the capital.

Won't that make it harder for us to stop them?

We're in no position to open the gate.

We have no choice but to bar it and fight to the death.

There are too many of them.

We have only 5,000 men and they have thousands.

“Only” 5,000?

Chulju has half that and they're facing tens of thousands.

War isn't just numerical superiority.

Don't forget our fort is equipped with catapults.

Quite so, General Kim.

In war you don't know until you try.

But Fort Chulju has to hold out.

Attack! Go on!

They're nothing!

Kill them! Kill them all!

Fire logs!

Attack! Attack!

Forward! Forward!

Archers! The catapult troops!

Keep firing!

Burn the catapults!

Fire! Keep firing!

Fire! There! Fire!

There! The right flank! Fire!

Fire!

Lousy!

We've fought all night and have nothing to show for it.

It's nearly dawn. Pull back.

Yes, sir.

You're injured. Well? Can you still fight?

- Yes, sir. I can. - Good man.

- I'll fight. - Good man.

- Wait, Chilbok's father? - Sir.

- You've lost your arms. - Not at all.

This arm is still good. I can do my part.

Good man, good man.

How are you? How did you manage to go on?

- Doctor. - Sir.

- Tend to this man. - Sir.

No, sir. I'm fine. I can fight.

I know, I know. I know how you feel.

We will fight again.

But for now, tend to their wounds.

Yes, sir.

We lasted through the night and today, but I doubt we can hold out.

Not for long.

True, if we had help from the front or either flank...

they couldn't attack with impunity.

But Chulju has no such support.

We're cut off.

We're desperately short on arms and provisions.

Exactly. It's just a matter of time.

It's hopeless. Either the capital sends reinforcements...

or...

...we die with honor.

Director General.

Yes, Overlord.

How goes it? The conscriptions, I mean.

Working on it now, sir.

Time is precious.

Fort Chulju is under attack, as is Fort Kwiju.

If they fall, then one of the 3 lines of defense to the capital falls too.

Am I right?

Correct, sir.

Correct? So you're just going to sit and watch, is that it?

Get on the Minister of War to send troops.

Immediately.

Supreme Commander Dae Jipsong is planning...

with Yi Jasong and Chae Songnyon.

What about our elite troops?

The Two Guards and Six Divisions comprise 40,000 troops in all.

On paper, yes, but we can mobilize barely half that number.

We've made levies for troops on the coast,

Kyoju, Yangwang, Kygonsang and Cholla.

In times of war we have to conscript men.

What are the circuit governors doing?

Isn't it your job to get them moving?

The trouble isn't the governors, it's the system itself.

The system?

Yes, sir. The governors serve just half a year.

They barely have time to establish a circuit before they're transferred.

- But they lose momentum-- - But, but, but!

I see, yes, you have a point.

But we have to get tough.

Hamsin has fallen.