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Post by Aging Warrior on Jan 23, 2005 22:12:52 GMT -5
Please spoil it for me. I had a phone call that lasted through the whole show.  |
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Post by pakyownage4eva on Jan 23, 2005 23:35:15 GMT -5
This isn't a full summary but..
It has been 20 years since the King's ascension and it shows a bit of how much of an ass the King has become. All he does is mess around with women and avoid all affairs. His advisor Yu Song Ryong begs him to remember his vision 20 years ago but the king doesn't listen...
Soon Shin becomes the garrison captain of a key base (don't remember name), right on the border of nomads. When Soon Shin sees piles of grains that the civilians prepared for him stored in an armory, he does something very out of his character. He orders his subordinates to get more. Soon Shin 'arrogantly' says that he deserves far more for protecting their lives. So his soldiers gather the grains into a big pile (now why would someone do something foolish like that?) but nomad spies dressed up as common civilians saw the grains being stacked up and went back to tell their leader. This is exactly what Soon Shin wanted.
That night, several nomads came into the village and started loading the grains. Soon Shin knew the nomads would try to steal the grains, so he positioned archers on top of roofs of houses with fire arrows, just waiting for the nomads to appear. Needless to say, the nomad convoy was owned and the episode ends there.
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Post by Aging Warrior on Jan 24, 2005 0:43:58 GMT -5
Soon Shin knew the nomads would try to steal the grains, so he positioned archers on top of roofs of houses with fire arrows, just waiting for the nomads to appear. I saw that part at the very end. All I could think was "Shooting fire arrows from the top of flameable thatched huts. Some military genius. How do you stay hidden with flaming arrows in the dark?" There were scenes where his men were complaining about him but I couldn't pay enough attention to follow. What's up with them. Also I saw that there were Japanese scenes but I have no idea what happened in them. |
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Post by skinz unlogged on Jan 24, 2005 10:20:16 GMT -5
Also i saw that there were Japanese scenes but I have no idea what happened in them. In the Japanese scenes, Hideyoshi asked for help from Ieyasu Tokugawa to join him in reuniting japan. Hideyoshi then shows up for a meeting for the conquest of Kyushu. While Hideyoshi was walking, all his men bowed except Togukawa. Hideyoshi blast him for his disrespect. |
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Post by ID on Jan 24, 2005 11:30:48 GMT -5
Thanks, Pakyoownage4eva. {care to explain the name?} But whats with the phrase "owned" as in he "owned the nomads"?
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Post by pakyownage4eva on Jan 24, 2005 18:11:29 GMT -5
They shot the nomads down but somehow the leader wasn't hit.  The idea of using fire arrows on flameable roof tops with the possibility of the nomads seeing smoke rise did make me think a bit but oh well. The drama isn't 100% accurate. |
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Post by Sporks on Jan 24, 2005 20:59:17 GMT -5
Please spoil it for me. I had a phone call that lasted through the whole show. Oh, wow...me, too! How odd. Thank goodness for this thread...at least I'll know what to expect for the rerun, on Wednesday. I was so curious, as to what was occurring, during my phone call. People call, during the worst times, ugh. |
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Post by IAPD3000 on Jan 28, 2005 12:58:43 GMT -5
In the Japanese scenes, Hideyoshi asked for help from Ieyasu Tokugawa to join him in reuniting japan. Hideyoshi then shows up for a meeting for the conquest of Kyushu. While Hideyoshi was walking, all his men bowed except Togukawa. Hideyoshi blast him for his disrespect. I have a question. In your theory, should Hideyoshi put his focus on invading Choson or he should kill Togukawa Ieyasu for disrespecting him and unify Japan? |
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Post by skinz on Jan 28, 2005 15:29:11 GMT -5
I have a question. In your theory, should Hideyoshi put his focus on invading Choson or he should kill Togukawa Ieyasu for disrespecting him and unify Japan? Well, Toyotomi will unite Japan so "Should" is not even a suggestion. Toyotomi also defeated Togokawa already,in 1584, by the time period of the episode (It was the year 1586,right?) and have him under his control so killing him was unneccessary. But the episode did show Togukawa's unwillingness to obey anyone and how his behavior would lead him to become the ultimate ruler of Japan. As for focusing on invading Chosun, Toyotomi really should have stop after unifying Japan. YSS will justify my claim. |
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Post by Tepyoung on Jan 31, 2005 23:15:24 GMT -5
Soon Shin becomes the garrison captain of a key base (don't remember name), right on the border of nomads. The base was Nokdun Island, in the lower Tuman River (in Chinese, the Tumen River) in Northeast Korea. This is so far northeast that the river forms the border between today's North Korea and Russia. Some details:  "The event depicted in 'Defended a Wooden Fence against Barbarian' occurred while Yi Sun-sin (1545-1598) was serving in the lowest position before the outbreak of the Hideyoshi invasion in 1592. In 1587 (Year 20 of King Sonjo's reign), a Border Inspector of Kyonghung Regional Military Command Chong On-sin (1527-1591) had established a farm cultivated by stationary troops in Nokdun Island, which Yi Sun-sin was in charge of. When barbarians attacked to pillage in autumn at harvest-time, Yi Sun-sin had defended the wooden fence in order to protect the farmers." To view the original of this quote (complete with hanja, Chinese characters, for the personal names), see this URL: museum.korea.ac.kr/ceremony/e-ceremony/k_htm/em-53.htm |
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Post by Tepyoung on Feb 1, 2005 20:55:37 GMT -5
A slight elaboration - As I recall, the narrator in Episode 26 provided two separate titles for Yi Soon Shin: (1) Garrison Captain of Chosan Fort, and (2) Military Farm Supervisor of the military farm on Nokdun Island. (I think that Christy Kim romanized this as Nok-dune Island, to make pronunciation easier.  ) We were shown a military encampment, and the subtitles gave a name for the encampment (not Chosan) and specified that the encampment was on Nokdun Island. I do not recall seeing any express mention of where Chosan Fort is located. Is Chosan Fort on Nokdun Island, and the encampment is part of an extended defensive perimeter? I do not know, but that seems logical. |
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Post by florel on Feb 3, 2005 16:08:39 GMT -5
Thanks for the painting, Tepyoung. One more precision... Nokdun Island is under jurisdiction of Kyung-Heung Jin (a.k.a. Kyonghung Jin), one of six major fortress-citadels (Yook-Jin). Therefore, the commander of Kyung-Heung, Yi Kyung-Rok is superior of Captain YSS. Yi Kyung-Rok will appear several times.  Chosan is one of three naval forts in Hamgyung province. So YSS is a navy captain even though we don't see any ship of Chosan Fort in the show. Perhaps Captain YSS had no need to take a naval combat against nomads. |
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