episode - 130 / missed - recap?

[jsb]

got caught up in super tuesday election returns and forgot to put tape in to record. can anyone give quick recap? i saw ep 129, so was wondering how the prisoner exchange went down. many thanks

[rya]

The prisoner exchange is going well, but then DJS hesitates... clearly weighing his options. Suddenly, he grabs one of the guards' swords, skewers a few men and thrashes his way through the water to a rock. There he makes a moving patriotic speech about how he's going to die fighting and become a guardian spirit for his people, then launches himself at the enemy.

Li Kaigu throws a knife at him, Li Wen stabs him in the back, and then Li Kaigu closes in to finish him off. As they exchange blows, there's a flashback to when Li Kaigu's father reversed his sword during the fight with DJS. DJS does the exact same thing, and LK kills him. Shin Hong is distraught because he realizes DJS did it to galvanize the Gorgoryeoans. And galvanize it does.

After an improbably lengthy battlefield death scene with DJY crying over DJS while no one bothers them, the army goes on to obliterate Li Kaigu's forces. Meanwhile, Geom has arrived with the Mohae reinforcements, and has trashed LK's camp. Li Wen, Li Kaigo & Xue Rengui are separated and down to a handful of troops each.

There's some DJS mourning, and then DJY gets word that someone has picked up Li Kaigu's trail. He and Gulsibiwu & Mimosa set off in hot pursuit, leaving Geom to go after Li Wen & Xue Rengui with the Mohae troops.

I think that's it for major events... I'm getting a little tired of doing "death of a beloved character" fanart, but it *is* the Great DJS, so I did start doing caps for the first scene... I added a few extra with the subtitles while I was at it so that you could read along: www.vrya.net/misc/djy130.zip

Hope that helps! I know how confusing it was to miss episode 117 back when they skipped!