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[General And I]
[Episode 11]
Your Highness.
The army of Liang is skilled in taming eagles.
I reckon that they would have set up their lookout posts around here.
Mo Ran.
Lead a troop of our elite soldiers
over the mountain and sneak into Liang State first.
Whether Miss Bai is dead or alive, you must find her.
I obey your command!
Shut the door.
Yes.
Madam.
You are...
How is the battle?
Report the latest update.
Reporting to Madam.
Our scout has informed us that
Chu Bei Jie's army is moving forward at a far greater speed than anticipated.
Moreover, Yunchang Pass is wide open.
It gave him straight access.
Chief General has already broken camp and set out after Chu.
But it's likely that war will break out
before he gets to the border.
Chu Bei Jie...
Madam, is something amiss?
Convey my orders.
No one in the manor is to discuss any military information.
Miss Bai must not know about anything.
Should she ask after it, everyone is to act ignorant.
Yes.
Here.
Miss Bai, all the dishes are here.
Hold on.
Could you invite Chief General and Madam over to share my meal?
General went to the palace this morning.
He won't come home for dinner.
What are you talking about? Don't say such nonsense.
It smells so good!
- Here. - There's so much delicious food!
Stewed duck with pickles.
Braised bearded tooth mushrooms and Chinese yam with blueberries.
These are all my favorites!
I feel bad for you that you had to marry so far to Great Liang
so I've made you all the dishes you loved as a child.
Bai Ping Ting.
Don't you know anything about being thrifty?
You made so much food.
How could I possibly finish everything? It will be such a waste!
All right, all right.
It's all yours. No one will take it from you.
If you keep wolfing food down like this, they will laugh at you.
Who would dare laugh at me?
Which of them could possibly make such delicious food?
My Ping Ting is still the best.
Miss Bai is so quick-witted and nimble.
Whoever marries Miss Bai will just be as lucky as His Majesty.
Young lass.
What nonsense is that?
There is way more that my Ping Ting is capable of.
She is well learned in all sorts of things
and could read into your past and future with a flick of her fingers.
Is she that amazing?
How about...
We won't address you as Miss Bai anymore.
We should call you Fairy Bai.
You talk too much.
You're getting more and more mischievous.
You're dismissed now.
I need to speak to Ping Ting in private.
- Yes. - Yes.
Ping Ting.
What is this?
Open it and you'll know.
Ping Ting...
You actually still remember that I like to eat this?
Students, the class ends here today.
Thank you, Mentor!
Yang Feng, stay and practice.
Leave her here. Let's go!
- Let's go for dinner. - Serves her right.
Let's get going!
Wait for me!
- Hurry up! - Let's go!
- Coming! - Hurry up!
I'm starving!
Let's go.
Are you hungry?
Here you go.
Is it good?
It's so tasty!
My name is Ping Ting.
I'm a maid at Prince of Jing An's Manor.
I came to the palace today with my young master.
What is your name?
I'm Yang Feng.
From then on, I'd look forward to seeing
Young Prince of Jing An bring you to the palace.
Whenever you came to the palace, I'd be sure to have delicious treats.
I never figured it out then.
Were you so kind to me then because I looked adorable?
At that time, I just wanted you to teach me to play the zither.
I should at least get my instructor a gift.
It was because of that?
You've broken my heart.
You...
You've been so scheming since you were a child.
I was worried that you'd be hungry, so I had to think of ways
to hoax my young master into going to the palace every other day.
Ping Ting.
Thinking back to those times
we were so happy. How wonderful that was.
Aren't we together again now?
Madam, there's a letter from the General.
- You are dismissed now. - Yes.
Let's finish our meal.
Are you not going to read Chief General's letter?
What is there to read?
It must be the same anyway.
He must have written to ask again if I ate well and slept soundly.
He is just so guileless.
What new tricks could he possibly come up with?
See?
My stomach is almost going to burst from all the food
I've been having as we chat.
This won't do.
I have to go and lie down in my room.
I'll come over a bit later.
King of Liang summoned Chief General so urgently
because the army of Jin State is attacking.
Why didn't you tell me?
Is it because Chief General will be taking on Chu Bei Jie?
Right?
Ping Ting.
I really don't want you to be in a tight spot.
How is it? How is the battle?
Ping Ting.
I know.
You are that female military strategist
who made Chu Bei Jie agree to a five-year truce with Yan State.
I know that you're very smart and patient.
However, this time round
I really don't want you to get involved in this.
Whoever you choose to side with, it will trouble you greatly.
Ping Ting.
I truly don't wish to see you get hurt.
Can't you just lead a simple life as a woman?
Those are all affairs of men.
It's the feud between Liang State and Jin State.
Such a heavy burden
isn't yours to take on.
Tell me how that battle is going.
Did you not hear what I just said?
Fine.
The battle shouldn't have commenced yet.
Answer me.
Should war break out, who will win? Ze Yin or Chu Bei Jie?
Say something!
I don't know how powerful Chief General is.
I couldn't say for sure.
It's all right.
I know very well just how capable my husband is.
He will surely win the battle.
He's promised me.
Ping Ting.
I think that for the next few days, it's best that we don't meet.
I'm afraid that I might come to ask you for help.
[Liang State]
Report!
- Your Majesty! - Speak up!
Great General sends an urgent report!
[King of Liang]
Qingyan City is taken.
The enemy's army is coming straight at Kanbu City!
I've already prepared the entire army to defend the city.
We shall live and die with Kanbu City!
We'll do our best to fend the enemies off
the last defense line outside the capital!
[General's Manor]
Chief General hasn't sent any letters for three days
so Madam went without any food for three days as well.
Miss Bai.
We heard that you are Madam's childhood playmate.
She wouldn't heed our advice, but she might take yours.
Miss Bai, please try to persuade her.
No matter what happens
please ask Madam to take care of her health.
I will give it a try.
Report!
Madam!
- Yang Feng! - Madam!
[For my wife, Yang Feng]
[Should I die in this battle, you are to wed another.]
[Your husband, Zen Yin]
Ping Ting.
Could you open up my wardrobe trunk?
I've already thought it through.
If he doesn't make it out alive, I will not live without him.
Chief General bought this outfit for me early this year.
It's very pretty.
I couldn't bear to wear it.
After I pass away, you have to dress me up very prettily.
Please?
What are you saying, Yang Feng?
Does Ze Yin know about the pregnancy?
No.
Feel it.
Ze Yin and your child is living in here.
He's only about two months old.
He needs more than anything to have his mother offer him protection and care.
Promise me.
You must eat regularly every day.
You must get enough sleep.
You must speak to him every day.
Sing him songs.
You must let him grow up safely here inside you.
Then deliver him safely.
This is your responsibility.
Do you know that?
Yang Feng.
Ping Ting...
I will seek audience with King of Liang today.
I will let Ze Yin win this battle.
I will not have your child born without a father.
No!
No...
Yang Feng.
You are my best friend.
This is all I can do for you.
Nourish your child well with ease.
Ping Ting!
- Wei Ting, get me a carriage. - Yes.
Report!
Your Majesty.
A woman is standing outside with Great General's seal.
She asks to see Your Majesty.
Is it Chief General's wife?
No. She calls herself Bai Ping Ting.
She's a friend of Chief General.
- Summon her in. - Yes!
Commoner Bai Ping Ting greets Your Majesty.
I've been assigned by Madam Yang Feng
to head toward Kanbu City to safeguard it with Chief General.
I came here especially to ask Your Majesty for the tally.
How absurd!
Where on earth do you come from?
Bai Lan State?
Yan State?
Why should I hand over military power to an unknown foreign woman?
I am that person with whom Chu Bei Jie made
a five-year peace treaty for Yan State.
It's actually you?
Why would you help us?
I won't answer any of your questions.
All I can tell you is that I can assist you.
Whether Your Majesty has heard of me or whether you believe my identity
does not matter.
Once Kanbu City is taken, the capital will be in peril.
Your Majesty's life hangs by a thread.
You have no other choice.
Fine.
I will believe you for now.
- But you... - You have to agree to three conditions.
First, no one is to investigate my background.
Second, should the army of Jin State retreat in defeat
I must leave the city immediately.
Third, Your Majesty must bestow upon me the power to command all armed services.
I'm only asking you for a strategy.
Since the armies differ greatly in power, you can't take Jin State head on.
You can only sneak up from behind to launch an attack.
I will use poison.
Liang State might be far from the Central Plains
but the state has always been very well informed.
I believe that Your Majesty must have planted your own informants
within palaces of every state.
It can't be difficult to slip poison into Sima Hong's food.
The difficulty lies in how to get him to take it.
Before each of Sima Hong's meals, all his food is examined for poison.
An ordinary poison would never go undetected.
However, I have a formula that could put someone in a coma for 10 days.
No method could detect this drug.
Your Majesty, please send a fast horse to the palace of Jin State.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty, what is the matter?
When Sima Hong falls into a coma
Your Majesty is to spread the rumor of civil unrest within Jin State at once.
Once Chu Bei Jie receives such news
he will surely retreat immediately to appease
the civil unrest within Jiankang City.
Miss Bai.
The safety of Liang State now lies in your hands.
I will surely do my very best.
Gather the troops and form a defense line.
- Report! - Yes.
Chief General, you have a visitor.
Miss Bai?
What are you doing here?
You wrote this?
Ruo Han.
Take the soldiers with you.
Yes. Let's go!
What happened to Yang Feng?
What happened?
Yang Feng is very well.
I believe that after your death
she would happily marry another along with your son.
My son?
Yang Feng is pregnant?
Do you think that you were so unworldly and cool when you wrote that letter?
Do you know that Yang Feng nearly took her life because of your letter?
If a man can't even protect his own wife and child
who is he to talk about protecting his nation?
How can a man who can't even protect his own wife
be qualified to protect his own nation?
What hero are you?
Do you still remember what this is?
It's the tally.
King of Liang has already handed this over to me.
Now, the entire army will be under my command.
However, apart from trusted personnel
no one else is to know of my background.
I obey your command!
I've long heard from Yang Feng that you're a strategist.
From today onward, I am at Miss Bai's disposal.
I'm relieved to hear Chief General say so.
You rushed here travel-worn and weary.
You must have already come up with a plan.
Our top priority is to stall for time.
The more days gained, the more hope there is for us.
Chu Bei Jie is God of War of our times.
Back in Qingyan City
I've already had a taste of his true ability.
If he were to take us by force
I'm afraid that we won't be able to stall for much time.
If he takes the initiative to attack Kanbu City
the city will surely be taken.
Therefore, we mustn't sit and wait.
We have to launch an attack.
Jin State and Liang State have always stirred clear of each other.
Yet Jin State suddenly launched war upon us without a justified cause.
This is against the gods' will!
All soldiers of Liang State have the right to kill you.
We will surely fight until the very end!
Unjustified cause?
Whether it's justified or not
it's best for you to confirm it with your king again.
Or after you're killed, I'll ask him on your behalf.
What about over 10 groups of our traveling merchants
hundreds of innocent commoners, and millions worth of goods?
Liang State sent your soldiers to raid and slaughter them
to disrupt the trade route of Jin State.
Yet you still dare to claim innocence?
Utter nonsense!
I've never heard of it!
If you can prove that soldiers of Liang State didn't rob and kill
I will immediately retreat.
However, before you can prove it
I'm afraid that I have orders to carry out.
Attack!
Does Chief General know this place well?
Dense Forest?
Exactly.
The army of Jin State might be powerful
but Liang State is by no means weak.
Both armies are equally strong.
Why does the army of Liang State keep getting defeated?
Our army is indeed skilled in combat, but Chu Bei Jie is too powerful.
When we first started fighting
Chu Bei Jie showed up in person to cheer his army on.
Our army sent forth our best warrior, Meng Chu.
However, he was hacked off his horse within three exchanges of blows.
If Chief General were to take him on, what would the outcome be?
Within 10 exchanges of blows, I could still fend him off.
Retreat!
Should Chief General be at a disadvantage
you must not keep fighting.
Once Chu Bei Jie sees you retreat, he will surely pursue you.
He doesn't know the terrain as well as you do.
Our goal is to lure him into...
Dense Forest.
Hurry! Go after him!
I understand it now.
The forest is full of thistles. Its prickly leaves are everywhere.
However, our war horses are smaller and shorter with powerful legs.
They will be a lot more agile than our enemies' horses.
If we could clear the space in front of Kanbu City
to lure them to Dense Forest
we could cause a diversion with the advantage of the terrain.
We might not be defeated.
Retreat!
Victory!
We finally won one battle!
Victory!
Do not let your guards down!
We will need to keep it up.
This might be one small victory today
but it has proven that Chu Bei Jie isn't an all-victorious God of War.
We can defeat him!
And we have!
From now on, whoever dares to invade Great Liang State
we must join forces to drive them out of the nation!
Drive them out!
Yang Feng.
You do know me well.
Whoever I chose to assist
I couldn't help but feel great pain in my heart.
Perhaps...
This is my destiny.
Your Highness!
It has been confirmed.
Miss Bai was rescued by the general of Liang, Ze Yin.
The gods have shown mercy.
Ping Ting isn't dead.
This is wonderful!
However, it is now rumored that in the army of Liang
there is a mysterious female Commander-in-chief.
If I am right, this mysterious female Commander-in-chief must be Miss Bai.
Your Highness.
If it really is Miss Bai, are we to keep attacking or not?
Today's battle wasn't conducted in Ze Yin's style.
Now this makes the upcoming battles a lot more interesting.
What is interesting about that?
Dense Forest puts our soldiers at a great disadvantage.
But I also happened to stumble upon a very useful thing.
Isn't this just half a branch?
This is from a tri-blossom tree. They are everywhere in Dense Forest.
But Ping Ting only used them to trip and tangle our horses.
It seems that she doesn't know
about an even more impressive characteristic of this tree.
There is a saying.
"Have a taste of your own medicine."
I'm going to use this to strike back.
Ping Ting.
I believe that you won't let me down.
Although we have the upper hand now
we are just like the player
who is running out of pawns in a game of chess.
However, this small victory is very crucial for us.
Now that the morale of the soldiers is boosted
everyone is now confident.
Although we might not win in the end
Chu Bei Jie won't be able to breeze through this war either.
By the way, I have one question for Miss Bai.
What is it?
Do you know why Jin State suddenly waged war on us?
Why?
Before I fought with Chu Bei Jie today
he mentioned that large groups of their traveling merchants
were killed by soldiers of Liang State.
It seems to be the reason for this war.
However, I know nothing of it.
Although I've been retired for a long time
it's impossible for me not to know about matters regarding the army.
Miss Bai, have you heard of the murders?
How could you unlock it without a key?
What is it?
Take your medication and get some rest.
I have to go.
I've never heard of it.
I will send someone to investigate this matter.
Chu Bei Jie was defeated today.
The morale of his army must have fallen.
He won't launch an attack too soon.
Miss Bai has had an physically and mentally strenuous day.
Get some rest soon.
I'll take my leave now.
Chief General, take care.
Sister Ping Ting!
Please don't leave, Ping Ting!
Young Master!
Princess?
I've offended Your Highness.
Please forgive me.
I'm sorry, General.
I approached you too abruptly and disturbed you.
I was really scared that I might have hurt you.
It's already very late.
I'll escort you back to get some rest.
I can't sleep.
I wanted to go out for a stroll.
You weren't asleep either?
Could Your Highness be troubled?
What is it?
You could tell?
Allow me to make a guess.
It must be that you'll arrive at the palace tomorrow
so you couldn't fall asleep, right?
Princess.
Although you have returned to Bai Lan State
everything in this nation is unfamiliar to you.
Can you rule the nation well?
What has become of the place you once called home?
Everything is unknown to you.
Am I right?
- I... - I'd like you to know that
I feel the same way.
I don't have any family in Bai Lan State.
I have no one to rely on.
Every bit of Bai Lan State appears all the more foreign to me.
There is no knowing if I could settle down in this country.
General, you worry about your future as well?
- I had thought that... - You're right.
Princess, what worries you worries me just as much.
We have no one to depend on.
There is no turning back now.
However, I have to remind Your Highness to stow away the worries that haunt us.
Allow no one to use that against us.
At least we still have each other.
We can help each other along.
You can regard me as your bosom friend.
You can tell me anything.
You can confide in me.
Bosom friend?
Exactly.
We can be one another's bosom friends.
I can share your burdens and resolve your problems.
I will consent to that.
He Xia accepts the imperial decree.
Princess.
The moon shines so beautifully tonight.
Shall we have some wine together?
Sure.
Here.
Be careful.
Wait for me.
Here.
Drink.
Pardon me.
Could you give me some time?
I...
I'm not ready for this yet.
But I am willing.
Princess.
I'll escort you to Yun-An City, but I won't enter the palace.
Why?
Although Jin State and Liang State are already at war
whichever of them wins won't do Bai Lan State any good.
It's best if they both lose.
What has the outcome of their battle
got to do with not escorting me back to the palace?
It is all related.
Before I attend the imperial court, I shall prepare a great gift for you.
I understand.
Then I'll surely await your return.
Good!
Princess, would you like to take a look at your Bai Lan State?
Where are you taking me?
It doesn't matter where we're going.
Wherever we go now all belongs to Bai Lan State.
Bai Lan State is huge.
How could we see all of it if we go so slowly?
I'm going to speed up now.
You have to remember the route back for me.
I will!
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