During the initial Warring States Period,
China was divided into snores of stoton.
Warlords scrambled for territories.
Society was in turmoil.
7 states reigned supreme: Qin, Chu, Han,
Zhao, Wei, Qi. Yan.
A century later,
smaller states were being annexed.
Han and Zhao were conquered by Qin.
In 227 BC,
Wei troops were sent to attack Liang
but were amksahab at Phoenix Hill.
A bloodbath ensued.
Both armies were annihilated. 30db soldiers died.
Sanlang.
You¡¯reless fortunate than me.
General.
Who are you?
I¡¯ma Liang soldier!
A big road passes through my house.
My house is belom Lissg Shea
with five mou of rich soil.
How marvelous!
Five mou of soil! What should I grow?
You know,
when I was little, I caught a wild boar.
My father set it free.
Do you know why?
It was pregnant.
Are you pregnant?
You know what?You¡¯remy captive.
No fatal wounds
though much blood has been lost.
This salve for knife wounds is a family formula.
I rarely use it en stresbers.
Does it hurt?
Now,it¡¯sgoing to hurt more.
Young man,don¡¯tbe such a wimp.
You know what? You will live for me!
Stop cursing.
My father said:
Scratch when it itches, smile whenyou¡¯redismal.
How marvelous!
General.
Colonel Yu.
Yes.
Stay down.
Why are we here?
To pursue and kill Liang soldiers.
How many have you killed?
Speak up.
One.
My army must fight with all its might.
The Liang troops are fierce and impregnable.
They are reedy to die for their lend.
I wish General remember I saved you.
What¡¯sthe military discipline againstdeserters¡¯?
General, our troops were wiped out last night.
How could b05 sap that thab all be wiped out whoal¡¯wstill hare?
We were ambushed last night.
Are you the mole?
You are so ruthless.
He saved you and you killed him.
What are you doing?
He was right.
Your troops were wiped out already.
Kill me.
Idon¡¯tkill captive.
If you beg me now,
I might even let you go.
Kill me.
You really want to die?
I¡¯llhelp you.
What a pity.
There¡¯sno time for me to defeat Liang.
Haha. You want to die?
Even if you want to die, Iwon¡¯tlet you.
Prince Woe, the job is done.
He said it¡¯san honor only to die on battlefield.
You¡¯rea deserter.
No,I¡¯ma soldier, who jest played dead!
My father said it¡¯snot shameful to fear death.
To die in vain is shamotel.
That pitiful solider Sanlang.
I let him play dead but hewouldn¡¯tlisten.
How much am I worth?
There¡¯sno harm telling you.
Five moe of good soil for a live captive of a General.
Five moe!
I have a piece of jade tied to my waist.
How much is this rotten etoso woHhy
It¡¯sworth a lot of money.
Thank you for your gift, General.
Idon¡¯tbelieve you.
He¡¯sone of ours.He¡¯sstill alive.
We were ambushed.
Anybody here?
Waiter! I want meat and wine.
Is that how big shots speak?
Insolent! Take him out and chop his hash off!
There¡¯snothing to eat here.
Have mercy, General.
2000 Liang archers and foot soldiers
ambushed against 1000 of our best soldiers.
Both sides were annihilated.
This is the sword I gave him.
Where is he?
I¡¯msureI¡¯llfind him.
Wu.
Ifhe¡¯sstill alive.
Everywhere is at war now.
Where can you flee?
Have you heard of the Magic Tree?
The Magic Tree in Phoenix Hill is said to be potent.
He¡¯syour captive?
He¡¯smy lucky star.
Be patient.We¡¯llbe there soon.
How many more days?
Two.
Little man.
Don¡¯tforce me.
Don¡¯tpush me too far.
Give me wine.
No.
Wine.
Have you fought a lot of battles, General?
A lot.I¡¯ma seasoned warrior.
Untie me.
You must have killed many men?
Even more so.
I fought 8 soldiers on my own yesterday.
Take me along, General.
I¡¯llbe you captive too.
Oh, good.
I learned singing before.
I can sing while General drinks.
There is a lone fox at that hew ever the Gi.
What ifhe¡¯sstill alive?
Remember.He¡¯sdead already.
My heart is sad; that man has no garment.
There is a lone fox at that hoog ford at the Qi.
My heart is sad; that man has no girdle.
There is a lone fox by the side of the Qi.
My heart is sad; that man has no clothes.
Why?
You killed many men, General?
I¡¯mnot a general.
Maybeit¡¯syou who killed my family.
I was sold to be a songstress
to entertain people like you.
MaybeI¡¯veserved General before.
Iwasn¡¯tgoing to give you the drink.
Stop fighting.
Open up!I¡¯ma Liang soldier!
I have Wei General...
Stop.
Who is he?
The Wei General.
It¡¯shim.I¡¯msure.
This head was really the WeiGeneral¡¯s.
Give him the reward.
Wait.
Who killed him?
I did.
You managed to kill him?
Must be a deserter.
He¡¯scut acorpse¡¯shead to fool you.
Execute him.
I¡¯minnocent.
Where¡¯sthe horse?
You either kill me or release me.
OrI¡¯llkill you once I have the chance.
Kill.. .Kill.. .Kill.
I¡¯mjust a farmer.
Idon¡¯tkill and Idon¡¯twant to kill.
If you keep pushing me,
I still might not kill you
Can¡¯tbelieve I was duped by a woman.
I gave her food but she drugged me.
You cheated her. She cheated you.That¡¯sfair.
That woman should have beaten you up instead.
Ifs no good wearing this.
What did the woman whisper to you
Little man.
Who¡¯sstronger, he or I?
He¡¯sa born warrior.
Am I really inferior to him?
You¡¯resofthearted.He¡¯sstern.
To be the King,
you should learn from him.
I¡¯lllead a search around Liaag. You should dead dach, Your Hlddaaaa
Iwon¡¯tgo back until I find him.
You know what?
I¡¯vewaited twenty years.
No more wars
and a farm to till.
The cart is gone. This was hacked off.
No need to play dead. Youcan¡¯tfool me.
The big road is too conspicuous.
We better take the small path.
I¡¯venever taken the small path.
Don¡¯tworry. I have myfather¡¯smap.
Liang wine is too strong.
A small path also passes through my house.
Guard! Guard!
My father said it¡¯sgood luck to step on bear shit.
Ambush
I know.
What¡¯sin the cart?
Nothing.
Seize it.
Wait, who are you?
A General.
Really?
Beat him.
Oh, no!
Stop beating him
Sorry.
Please stop beating him. I beg you.
Keep him alive. Take all the stuff.
What do you have?
Just a broken cart.
Revenge.
Shut up.
Who is he?
He.
He¡¯smy son.
I¡¯mnot his son.
You unfilial thing.
He¡¯smad. He insisted on going to war.
I tied him up to take him back to our farm.
You till the land.
Our fields were destroyed by you soldiers.
I¡¯mthe boss here. Take the cart.
You want to die? What do you want it for?
To make a sickle.
A sickle? Do you have a farm?
Let¡¯sgo.
Such fools.
Hedoesn¡¯tknow the most precious thing is you.
Your son?
I¡¯llbe filial to you?
Come. Tie me up!
Tilling the land!
Don¡¯tmove. Hold your breath.
You want to strangle me?
I just saved your life.
Shameless
Ihaven¡¯ttouch you yet.
My father was right. I stepped on good luck.
How marvelous!
I beg you, please spare our lives.
Don¡¯tmove.
I can let him die or I can let him live.
I have the prerogative.
One mou for beans. One mon for geerds.
Two man for beans. Two man for paddy.
No,let¡¯ssay three mou for beans.
What should I plant in five mou of land?
I can give you 1000 mou of land.
1000 mou is too much.
Ican¡¯teven handle one more moe.
Paddy or beans, which is battery
Rice. I like rice. Rice.
Stupid. Rice is paddy. Paddy is rice.
Are you very tired?
Are you comfortable?
I¡¯mnot tired right now.
I¡¯llbe busy with five mou of land.
Right, I should buy a cow.
Better two. One male, one female.
The male plows the field. The female gives milk.
Let¡¯ssee howyee¡¯IIbrieg we beck to kiseg.
Right, Idon¡¯tknow how to milk cows.
I better marry a woman who con milk coma.
My eldest brother was the best in fighting.
He was killed on battlefield.
My second brother was the most honest.
He also died on battlefield.
I¡¯mthe only one left behind.
General, do you have brothers?
It¡¯sbetter not to have one.
What¡¯sgoing on?
I reallycan¡¯tfind them.
Phoenix Hill is huge. How do I know he...
He¡¯stied up?
His father tied him up, saidhe¡¯smad.
I thought both father and son were mad.
I¡¯mleaving!
Revenge!
It¡¯snot easy to rescue you from me.
I¡¯vebeen in the war for years.
I¡¯venever seen such a pretty arrow. Hove yes?
I have. It belongs to my enemies.
You people... Fry in your own fat!
You know what? They want to catch you to kill you.
I captured you so that you can lice.
Your father was right.
It¡¯sshameful to die in vain.
I¡¯llgo with you.
So even General is afraid to die.
I just want to die honorably.
This side or that side?
If we manage to reach Lieng,
I can surrender to the King of Liang
on condition thatyou¡¯llbe executed.
Stop lying. No one can lie to me.
Except that woman.
You have lots of women?
Tell me,what¡¯syour type?
Slutty or learned?
I prefer someone honest.
A learned one is fine. She one teach me to reed.
Youdon¡¯thave a woman?
What did that woman really tell you
I¡¯lltell you when we reach Liang.
You. Go check downhill.
You go back the same path and check thoroughly.
Who are they?
Nomad bandits from Loufan. Quite well behaved.
Go greet them.
Theydon¡¯tunderstand my tongue.
These people are loyal but truculent.
Don¡¯tmess with them.
Hurry up. You should be less exhausted.
Birds have their nests. Phoenixes are homeless.
My father used to talk skeet kirke sad fomle.
A phoenix without hair is worse than a pheasant.
You¡¯repretty goah at oaatiag stases.
That¡¯show my brothers and I used to hit pheasants.
How you knewwe¡¯deat up camp by Hdeaeix Hilly
How could I know?
Anyway,we¡¯vebeen in ambush for two days.
Indeed there was a mole.
Or wecouldn¡¯thave been ambushed.
The soldiers I trained were formidable.
They could have tahoe home hiaeb aaeily.
Bulishit. You think we Liang soldiers are sissies?
Anyway, soldiers like you are a kiskr005 to kiosk.
Come.Let¡¯ssee how formidable you are.
A general versus a benerterL
It¡¯sLiang versus Wei. Very fair.
Fair? Thendon¡¯ttouch my wound.
Good. This is even more fairer.
You¡¯realready dead.
You¡¯redead too.We¡¯reboth annihilated.
Shameless!
The war is over. Wei has won.
We¡¯reconstantly at war.
Men are forcibly enlisted everywhere.
He¡¯shitting him,he¡¯sbitting him bnnb.
It¡¯snot worth watching.
Liang has won! Liang has won!
You call that fair?
It¡¯sa war.What¡¯sfair or unfair?
We¡¯llhave meat to eat soon. Eat this first.
Too dirty for yes
That¡¯sfine.
General, what do you eat whenyou¡¯renot at wary
The tastiest meat is agorilla¡¯slips.
The tastiest fish is the osvier tram Esstsrs See.
No wonder you went to wars. You ate too much.
Aren¡¯tyou illitoratoy
My father only taught me these two words.
They are simple to write.
These two words are not simple at all.
Whydon¡¯tyou follow me back toWei¡¯f
I can give you an official position.
I forgot to tell you.
The reward for capturing an enemy general live
is lend, coed, end ecemptien Tom military service.
Exemption from military service for life.
Only tilling land. No need to go to mar.
There¡¯salways a victor in a war.
Only when the victor has unified the world
will there be true peace,
so little men like you can lead a regular life.
You know what?
If youhadn¡¯tgone to war with us,
I could have been living this life right now.
You reallydon¡¯twant to onty
To be honest,I¡¯mactually rather hungry.
Here comes the meat.
Oh.
The meat has arrived.
I¡¯lllight the fire for you.
You¡¯repregnant. Ican¡¯teat you.
My father has said that.
Scram! Scram!
Someone¡¯scoming. Hurry up!
No sweat, only one Porno.
A Liang soldier?
Brother!
Asshole!
You, go check the bush.
Liang troops.
On your knees.
A Liang solider only kneels before a Liang general.
What¡¯sthe situation?
Are you a scout from Liang?
Yes.
You?
Me too.
What are you scouting for?
I went to the front at Phoenix Hill. The whole arwy...
The whole army was wiped out. Right.
Why did you take the small path?
You¡¯realready covering the big road.
The small path is just as fast ash oasvasiast.
Quite fast.
Idon¡¯tknow him.
What? He fell and hit his head.
He is confused.
Ididn¡¯tfall. I did fell.
No matter what, Idon¡¯tknow you.
What?
What¡¯sthe situation?
During a war, wedon¡¯tkill the scouts.
Is this your sword?
Yes.
How come you have a Lianggeneral¡¯ssword.
I found it.
You¡¯renot a scout.
I¡¯mnot.
Where¡¯sthe Wei general?
Idon¡¯tknow.
You dare to say youdon¡¯tknow?
I know! I know!
I captured your general.
You¡¯requite capable.
I¡¯mnot capable.
Where¡¯she?
He fled.
Fled? That provesyou¡¯reuseless.
No, I hid him.
Take us to him.
He really fled.
You¡¯retoying with me.
Don¡¯tcome near.Don¡¯tcome near.
Don¡¯tcome near
You guysdon¡¯tcome near
If I die, youwon¡¯tknow anything.
What do you want?
I want a reward.
I can give you a reward.
What a disgrace to Liang soldiers!
One of you is redundant now.
What¡¯sthe situation?
Mount the horse and chase.
Get ready!
Sorry.
Wu.
Stop!
Let them pass.
He¡¯sstill alive, right?
How marvelous!
What¡¯sso marvelous? Just a general.
PerhapsI¡¯llcapture a king later.
Did I disgrace Liang?
Come.
Come get me.
I¡¯mstill alive. Never imagined, right?
Your plot
has killed 1000 of my Wei soldiers.
Their ghosts will not forgive you.
And you.
You pathetic little man.
You timid deserter.
A big road passes through your house.
You¡¯llbe going home ompty-bosbob.
Where are you from?
Where is your home?
After I win the war,
I should start building the ship.
That¡¯sright. I shall set sail under the moonlight
and tour around the merld.
The King said,
if we draw 10,000 dragons on the ship,
the phoenix will be drawn to come.
Once you become King, you can have anything.
In order to become King,
I must cut my previous ties with him.
Time to go to bed, Your Highness.
My father said a sparrow could become a ghaasio.
How marvelous!
Why did you lie to me?
I even beat you.
Kill me, General.
I¡¯mnot a general.I¡¯mjust a soldier.
What¡¯sthe difference?You¡¯reall killers.
Have you got lost?
You really think
the Magic Tree is potent.
I¡¯mjust a little woman.
I have a map here.
It can help you find the Magic Tree.
There is more hill paths. Take the horse too.
Take this bock.
Hungry?I¡¯mhungry too.
Have to find something to eat.
With five mou of good soil.
Five mou of good soil! What should I grow?
It¡¯syour fault.
Stop bickering.
To convince all warlords and become famous scholars, pen still loch...
What?
Patience.
Sir,where¡¯sthe way to Wei?
Over there.
Wei should start forming strategic alliances.
There!
Liong¡¯sdangerous geography can be our shield
while Ohs can protoot our Pooh.
Let¡¯ssee where you can run.
You can settle down here.
I have to go home too.
Stay alive for me.
How marvelous!
A big road passes through my house.
My house is below Liang Shan
where the soil is rich.
Marvelous?
Marvelous.
Easy, easy.
Should have strangled you at the inn.
If the bearhadn¡¯tsaved you, you would have died.
Hands off. Do you euderetoedy
Snatching us to build a tomb.
Build a tomb?
I¡¯msure they want to bury us in there.
Sacrificial burial.
How far is Liang from here?
If you take the river from our village, it¡¯sone day.
Which village are you from?
Three-Foot Hole Village.
You still want to turn me in for a reward?
Sure.You¡¯remy captive.
Hey!I¡¯mnot your captive.
I¡¯mhis captive!
Take a horse in exchange for him.
Be careful, Your Highness.
Get ready!
How to untie this?
I was about to ask you.
Wu.
I have an idea.
What idea can you have?
Remember,we¡¯rea team now.
Right, my father said,
Inside a wok, eagles or chicks are just meat.
True.
Help me.
It¡¯snot a very good idea.
It¡¯sa good idea.
Come.
Wu
Yes.
You finally use a real sword on me.
You¡¯reno longer my master. Sorry.
It¡¯sa pity.You¡¯remy best pupil.
Come. Up here.
Buffalo, run faster.
Your Highness, hurry up.
Here.
There. Here...there...
You know what? Itwasn¡¯tmy intention to save you.
The buffalo just ran amuck.
You think the buffalo was too strong
or the wall was too weak?
At any rate, thank you.
How marvelous! How marvelous!
What¡¯sinside your belt?
It¡¯sa secret.
Let me tell you a secret before we split.
You know why they want to catch we?
Idon¡¯twant to know.
You big shots have complicated affairs.
Since I met you, everything¡¯sbecome complicated.
Little man.
You¡¯restill my captive. Let¡¯ssee where you can run.
You¡¯vehelnyoh a Pip eveat of mica.
You¡¯remy big event.
Come.I¡¯myour land.
Yes, five mou of land.
And cash.
You¡¯reright. Lots of cash.
Stop.
Why?
I ask you to stop.
Idon¡¯tbelieve you.
I told you.
The sapling is not strong enough.
Don¡¯tgrab me.
What else can I grab?
Let go of your hand.I¡¯llhelp you later.
You thinkI¡¯llbelieve you?
Look.
Wu.
Your Highness.
Why?
He¡¯sstill alive. It¡¯sdestiny.He¡¯sover there.
Let¡¯sgo back to Wei first.
No, youdon¡¯tknow whatI¡¯mthinking!
I really admire you.
Tie it. You tie it.
Let¡¯sfirst see what place this is.
See what place it is.
Where are we?
No use! We will die here.
A big road passes through my house.
My house is belom Lissg Shea
where the soil is rich!
Are you mad?
How marvelous! My father said,
As long asyou¡¯realive,it¡¯smarvelous.
Do I have to be the King of Wei
ltd be better for Wei ifyou¡¯rethe King.
Are you persuading me to kill him?
We have reached a path of no return.
In that case, how can we let him die
with dignity?
What are you thinking?
Canola flowers.
I can grow some canola flowers.
Why?
Why what?
Why are we in such a place?
Icould¡¯vedefeated all warlords to unify the world.
TheeI¡¯dbuild a dude towd.
Tons of men would be buried inside with my treasures.
And nowI¡¯mbyish bore anonymously.
I¡¯duse some of the money to open a pharmacy.
To be honest, yoer medicine in quite effective.
I¡¯llmake you in charge of the court pharmacy.
You know? Wecoclh¡¯vebeen trienha in gennetime.
Perhaps.
If you can survive this,
promise me one thing. After all, I saved your life.
Tell me.
Never invade Liang.
Not a stone is to be taken within at least 10 years.
So cunning.It¡¯sa deal!
You also have to promise me one thing.
Say it.
If you can survive this,
you tell your general
that I died on battlefield.
Tell him I died on battlefield
without disgracing Wei.
Though we were wiped out, our flag is still hoisted.
Don¡¯tlie to me, you little wee.
It¡¯smarvelous to be a little man.
Stop dreaming.
Father,I¡¯malive again.
Thank you, Heaven!
I remember.
You know what? This is Three-Foot Hole.
There¡¯sa village nearby.I¡¯llfind a boat.
It takes only half a hay as the river.
To where?
Nonsense. To Liang.
Don¡¯ttry to flee. You can go nowhere without me.
Hurry up.
Hide.
Hide what?
Hide.
Help me up.
Little Brother.
Little BrotherLBe¡¯eyeer little bretherL
You must have had a hard time pursuing me, for such a long way
Crown Prince.
Crown Prince?
Who are you mourning?
The King our father.
Before my expedition, he¡¯sonly very ill.It¡¯syou.
It¡¯sdestiny. You only waged wars to please the King.
If Ihadn¡¯tangered him over a Wai-Liang allianna,
Icould¡¯vebeen the Crown Prince too.
You staged an ambush sol¡¯hdie on bottlotiold.
Because of your sibling rivalry,
2000 Liang soldiers died as a result.
You¡¯renot worthy to talk to me.
It¡¯syou who are not worthy to talk to me.
Leave him out of this.
Thank you. Buthe¡¯syour enemy.
He wants me to live. You want me to die.
Come. Kill me with the bow I gave you.
You can go back and be King of Wei.
You¡¯resofthearted after all.
This is your sword. Kill him orhe¡¯llkill you.
Only one of you cnn he Kind of Wni.
Idon¡¯tget it.
Why does one of them have to die?
None of your business.
You people are making things more cempliceteb.
I said none of your business.
I get it. That baldpate is trying to make trouble.
I¡¯llshut up.
They are here for them. We can leave firet.
I disappointed you.
Follow your conscience, Master.
Let¡¯shide.
General.
Watch your back.
Mind you own business.
What a pity.
How comesthere¡¯snot a single rock?
Don¡¯tcome near.
OrI¡¯llhit your other eye too.
Stop fighting.
It¡¯sme you want to kill
Between the two of us,
one of us has to live.
Youdon¡¯tunderstand whatI¡¯msaying, right?
You understand it now?
That is what I really want to do.
Little Brother.
Brother, am I dying with dignity?
That big ship.
Wewon¡¯tbe able to go together.
Give me a hand.
Help me bury him.
Stop dawdling.
We have half a day of boat trip, General.
No, Crown Prince.
Your Wei wine is not strong enough.
I know whatyou¡¯rethinking.
I too know what you want to say.
How marvelous! We are still alive.
Honestly, seeing you and yosr drotdor
reminded me of my brothers.
They were good soldiers too.
In fact, I wanted to be a good soldier too.
All three of us
were forced to enlist together.
The first expedition took three yoore.
When we got back,
our village had been burnt to the ground.
We had no home.
Before my father died, he told us,
our family has been patriotic enough,
but when will this war ever end?
He said, listen, my children,
one of you three brothers must survive
in order to carry on ourfamily¡¯sname.
NowI¡¯mthe only one loft behind.
Capturing you is my luck, my only luck.
Looks likeI¡¯mnot in luck.
Don¡¯task.
The other day she said to me:
Retribution!
Little woman!
Peace
You know what? Liang is just round the corner.
Friendship between Wei and Liang.
Perhaps my brother was right.
If the King of Liangwon¡¯tkill me,
perhaps I can still talk about alliance.
Perhaps.. .Perhaps...
Perhapsit¡¯stoo late.
Perhaps.
Liang is always bustling with activities.
Your secret.
I¡¯veunderestimated you.
You really manage to drag me to Liong.
Am I your captive or enemy?
Neither. Scram!
Hurry up, before I change my mind.
Why?
You and your brother, one of whom must live.
You better keep your word.
What?
Within ten years...
Not a single stone is to be taken. Of course.
I forgot to tell you.
The piece of jade you took is really valuable.
You can exchange it for your land and money.
I found it.
Perhapsthat¡¯snot my destiny.
Back to nothing. How marvelous!
Run.
Let him surrender.
Liang has been conquered. Kneel down and nerreeder.
Liang has been conquered?
How can Liang be conquered?
Liang did not surrender. We Qin have exterminated it.
Your whole army wan annihilated.
Kneel down andwe¡¯llspare your life.
The whole army wee aeeihilefehy
Liang has been conquered?
I really have nothing left.
Put down the flag.
Abig road.
Your army has been annihilated.
Not annihilated.
Passes through your house.
Put down your sword.
There¡¯sstill me.
Come.
My house is below Liang Shan.
with five mou of rich soil.
Five won of soil! What should I grow?
Father, I cannot carry on ourtowily¡¯nnowo.
A big river passes through my house.
With a wife and a son. And a big tiled henna.
With chicks and geese, cows and sheep.
With beans, pahhb ash rape flowers.
I have not disgraced the name of Liang.
Liang was conquered by Qin.
The¡°General¡±returned to Wei and was crowned King.
He started to resoesne all wiliterb eegeditieaa.
In face of the Qin invasion,
King of Wei surrendered without rosintnnnn.
Soldiers and civilians were able to enjoy peace.
Several yearn later, Qia ceatiasad to defeat all warlords.
In 221 B.C., Qin unified China.