Episode 24

Chung-yuan is caught in dilemma as he has vowed that he would not kill the Hans with no reason. He secretly meets Cheng-gong and persuades him not to fight with the Manchus. Cheng-gong rejects and Chung-yuan leaves in disappointment. Nien-tzu realizes Ao Bai's plot and hurries her way to inform Chung-yuan but on the way she is killed, in name of Cheng-gong, by Shih-chung. Chung-yuan thus misunderstands Cheng-gong and vows to antagonize him. Chung-yuan is appointed the Chief Marshal and he draws Cheng-gong to settle at Pien An of Nanking in an attempt to besiege him. When the Manchu and Ming armies are having a deadly fight, Great Palm and Shih-chung, not convinced to be commanded by Cheng-gong, suddenly yield to the enemy, much weakening the Hans force. Though the situation is greatly unfavorable to the Ming army, Cheng-gong endeavors to resist to the end. Su-shan persuades him to flee to Taiwan, hoping one day to fight back……