The Qing Court sent martial art masters...
...to burn down the Shaolin Temple
It was an ambush
The Shaolin disciples were caught off guard...
...and most of them were killed
Only a few survived
Among them, Hong Xiguan fled to Guangdong
...where he joined forces with Fang Shiyu
5 other disciples...
escaped to Central China,
They're known as the 5 Masters. And they are...
Okay, I am not your match. I surrender
Don't fight
You are General Chen, right?
I am not your match
Take him
Yes
Brother Cai, wait for me
There are only 5 of us?
The enemy knew the Temple so well...
...and launched a sudden attack
There must be a spy amongst us
We got to be careful
Let's go
Lord Ma
Thanks to your detailed report about the Temple
We wiped the Temple out in no time
The Emperor will be happy to hear this
You deserve the lmperial Gown
It's no big deal
Ma Fuyi, it's you...
You are the spy
Good
How many have escaped?
I was told Hong Xiguan escaped
And General Che is chasing after him
We must stop the escapees from joining forces...
...with other traitors in Central China
Don't worry, they are not our match
We can use them to lead us...
...to the traitors' whereabouts
Well?
Where is Ma Chaoxing?
You almost kicked my head
You...
I have checked around...
...and didn't meet any of our people
Let us fight back
There are only 5 of us
They outnumber us
Let's move north as planned...
...to join forces with our comrades
I visited Central China last year
...and got to know some of them
We've a set of secret codes and gestures
Do you still remember them?
Yes, like three and half bundles ofjoss stick
3, 1, 9
The last Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
...died on the 19th of March
Brother Ma, you mustn't forget them
Okay
Let's part here
I will let you know when and where to meet
Watch out for the enemy
They wiped out our Temple so smoothly...
There must be a spy among us
We must be careful
Brother Wu
I don't think there'd be any spies
Brother Li, you don't know
...what other people think
I visited Central China twice...
...and heard that...
the Qing Emperor sent someone to Fujian;
He had to bring an lmperial Gown...
and give it to...
a Shaolin disciple
I had investigated it secretly,
but to no avail
Brother Ma, you go with me
That's not fair
Why can't you trust me to take care of myself?
You can't even remember the joss stick gesture
I don't think you can remember...
...the other codes
You'll get into trouble
Bullshit
I remember all the signs and gestures
See this?
Let's not argue
Brother Ma, you don't have to go with me,
...but you must be careful
I will
No matter how long it takes
May it be a thousand years
We swear we will revenge on this
3 and half bundles ofjoss stick. Right
Also the Heaven, Earth and Human gestures
Heaven
Earth
Human
I have checked around
Anything?
There is a forked road ahead
We don't know which way they went
Found anything?
What do you find out?
I figure there are 4 or 5 escapees
Four or five persons...
will not cause any harm
But if one of them is Hu Dedi,
...then it's trouble!
Who is this Hu Dedi?
He was highly respected by the traitors
He has visited Central China thrice,
...and got to know many traitors
What should we do then?
I will do my best to repay the Emperor
There are 5 of us
Let's split up and find them
We'll make contact later
Come here
Brothers
The Shaolin Temple was burnt down...
...by the Qing army
And only a few of them escaped
If they were that good,
why was the Temple burnt down?
They were beaten by the Qing army
How can they lead us?
We lead by two words,
loyalty and righteousness
Not by martial arts, but...
just these 2 words can we defeat the Qing court?
If all Han people bear these two qualities,
the Manchus can't beat us
Let's not argue
The Qing army is chasing after us...
...and our companions are waiting ahead
We better hurry
It seems they were waiting for someone here
Let's go meet them
Our men should be waiting for us here
I am afraid Manchus were here before us
Yes, he was killed by Bao Yulong's Flying Axe
Bao Yulong?
You know... his Flying Axe is invincible
Let's run
It's too late
You go first. I'll come later
You...
Run now
Run
You know my power
Run now. Don't risk your life
Let's go
Catch them
You are right
My skills are not good enough
All I could do was to hold onto Bao Yulong
Nothing else
Brother Cai
Brother Cai was willing to sacrifice for us
His act is justified as loyalty and righteousness
Did you see anyone suspicous on the road?
All of you are here
Shaolin disciple Li Shikai will be here soon
Brother Li, any good news?
Zhang Jinqiu and his men
...are putting up in the town ahead
Zhang Jinqiu has ruined...
our plan so many times;
We will take care of him first...
when all our people reach
I think we have enough men now
Right
You mean we should take care of him now?
Yes
Didn't you say...
you five escaped from Shaolin temple?
Should we launch attack only when you all arrive?
I did. But it is too good an opportunity...
to miss!
But Zhang Jinqiu wouldn't be that easy to beat
I think we better stick to our plan
Let's not stir up any trouble
We may suffer losses
Anyone who doesn't wish to go may remain
The others may come along
Brother Li...
Those 5 Shaolin escapees
They won't be able to make away this time
All our men are back
We lost 5 brothers
How about the enemy?
They lost at least 10 men
Brother Li, it's worth it then
It's worth it even if we lost...
as many people as they did
It's my fault. I got you hurt
From now on, we must remember...
...not to take any reckless action
You lose. Crawl on the ground now
I won't
You promised
You are a grown-up. A promise is a promise
Yes, you have to keep your word
Crawl...
Okay, I crawl...
Crawl...
Come on...
Go
Catch him
I knew...
to parade a traitor through the streets...
...could prove to be a bait for others
But little had I imagined that...
it would be Shaolin's Fang Dahong!
Brother Fang
Brother
Brother Fang, never mind. Go without me
My name is Jiang Yong
My comrades are waiting for me at the Mound
There are 70 or 80 of them. Go now
I won't go without you
That will only get us both killed
Run
Brother Jiang
Go
You left without brother Jiang...
...and ran away yourself?
Yes
I had no choice
We couldn't all leave together
I decided to leave alone
I could not die,
so I can kill more Manchus
You ran away from the Manchus
How dare you say that?
You are right
It's a shame I'm no match for the enemy
...but I am not a coward
Brother Fang is right. I dragged him away
I followed them...
and saw brother Jiang was fatally hurt!
Even though he held Qian Shan with all his might
If brother Fang didn't run away,
...brother Jiang's sacrifice would be meaningless
So I dragged brother Fang away
Listen to me,
you can't do something big here
You should join forces with other patriots
If you don't think...
I am a coward,
...please listen to me
Leave here to join the other patriots
And split up when we leave from here
Try not to draw the Manchus' attention
Besides making contact with other patriots,
...maintain a low profile
Brother Fang, how about you?
I...
I must find Qian Shan...
...and avenge brother Jiang's death
We are on official duty. Don't move
Come along...
Anything to eat?
Hey, you better get going fast
The gestures brother Hu taught me are useless
The martial art I learned is much useful
Brother Ma
Brother
You escaped from the fire too. Great
Brother Ma, your martial art is good
How many Manchus did you kill on the way?
A lot
Brother, you are indeed very brave
Come with me
Besides me,
brother Hu, brother Li and brother Cai...
...also survived the fire
All are your seniors
And brother Fang and you too
At least six of us escaped
Yeah... total six including me
Where are Hu Dedi and Cai Dezhong?
I want to meet them
I don't know
We split up to make contacts other patriots
Brother Hu will let us know when to meet again
Is this true?
We are brothers, right?
I won't lie to my own brother
Yeah... we are brothers
I just don't understand
We may not recognize...
...everyone in the circle
How can we make contact with them?
So you don't know anything at all?
Oh yes, your martial art is good
You didn't practice martial art with us
We got some signs and gestures,
like tea-cup and stones formations
It's all devised by Brother Hu
He also taught them to other comrades...
during the 3 visits to Central China
Can you teach me?
That's easy
When you meet other patriots...
I think there is a spy among us...
What is it?
Brother Ma, how did you escape that day?
I fought off the Manchus
Your martial art is much better than ours
Whom did you fight with?
Why didn't you meet us at the river bank...
after you escaped that day?
My brother, are you suspecting me?
No. I got to go
Brother Ma, you just said we are brothers
Why do you hold my arm so tight?
Aren't you worried that I would run away
Look. When you drink tea, you do it like this
It's you
You are the spy
Nonsense
It's you
You almost killed me just now
If you were kidding with me,
you wouldn't punch so hard
Someone is chasing after me
Just go. Let me stop him
It's Ma Fuyi. You are not his match
Hurry. Come along with me
Ma Chaoxing, get up!
Run, I am not going to make it
Why don't you kill me?
So you want to die, eh?
I have many questions for you
Don't even bother
I won't tell you anything
You'll have to
I won't
Want to bet?
Go now
Remember, Ma Fuyi betrayed Shaolin
Go
Want to bet? You will lose
This is serious
Let's inform Hu Dedi immediately
Yes. If Ma Chaoxing confesses under torture,
...we are dead
Ma Chaoxing is a young fellow,
but I dare say...
...he won't tell anything
I saw Hu Dedi yesterday
He was heading to Liantian Camp
The Chief of Liantian Camp is Gao Feng;
...nicknamed the Iron Face
He is a bit overweening
He takes orders from no one
I don't think he will listen to Hu Dedi
We should go help him
Right
He is a Shaolin disciple. Step back
I am here to see Chief Gao. May I?
I've brought something here...
...for Chief Gao
Well, then fight your way in
My fists never hit my own men
They only hit the Manchus who...
...torture and kill the Han people
I believe that...
...you are not born bandits
The Manchus killed all my family
If you want to hit me, go ahead
I will only fight the Manchus...
...who torture our citizens
Overthrow the Qing Court
I have come to the right place
Chief Gao, I am from Shaolin temple
Take him
Yes
Chief Gao
I guess "Overthrow the Qing Court"...
...doesn't mean anything, right?
Save it
We all know there is a spy amongst you
The Emperor of Qing sent someone to Fujian
Do you know why?
Yeah, there is a spy among Shaolin disciples
He received an lmperial Gown from the Emperor
Then why are you here?
How do I know you are not the spy?
Chief Gao, how can I convince you I am not?
Go to Ren'an County...
...and bring the magistrate's head over to me
Then I will believe you
Chief Gao
Okay
Have you thought about it
Mind you, there are many invincible boxers...
at the magistrate's house
They are here for the escaped Shaolin disciples
Can you do that?
I don't know
But I must do it
Chief Gao, if I get killed,
can you do me a favour?
What is it?
For the sake of words on the wall,
if other patriots come to ask for your help,
please take them all in, lead and unite them
Don't be content in being the Chief of the camp
Set your goal to overthrow the Qing Court
Chief, Hu Dedi will only get himself killed
He knows it and yet is determined to go
He does this for the Han people
He is loyal and righteous
Yeah...
Brother Hu
We're afraid you'll get into trouble,
...so we came here to help
You've come at the right time
You did pass around my word, right?
Yes, I did
I told everyone to come to Liantian Camp
But Gao Feng is not...
Don't worry, they'll take care of everything
Would you know a certain Ma Chaoxing?
Yes, what about him?
Ma Fuyi took him
Ma Fuyi is the spy
Ma Fuyi?
Do you know where is he holding him?
Lt'd be at the magistracy, I reckon
Many martial art masters arrived 2 days ago
Brother Hu, you are not going there, right?
Yes. I'm indeed headed there
...to cut off the magistrate's head
I must do this to win Chief Gao's trust
You will get yourself killed
If Chief Gao can help us in the revolt,
it'd be all worth it
I have to go there now
We'll go with you
Yes, we'll come along
No, it won't help. You better...
Hu Dedi, you can sacrifice yourself
So can we
I think...
...the traitors have chosen Liantian Camp...
...as their meeting point
Then we should launch an attack
But I don't think Zheng Chenggong's...
...military counselor will go to Liantian Camp
They got other plans. Let's wait and see
Did Ma Fuyi get anything from the kid?
He is interrogating him
What are these for?
If the prisoners won't talk,
we will insert them...
...into their fingers
That's good
With these nails,
the fingers will be hard as iron
Although the fingers can't bend normally,
they are some good weapons!
You will soon know how it feels;
...I promise you
Come here
What are your secret gestures?
This
Ma Chaoxing, you won't hold out long
I will hold out as long as possible
What are your secret gestures?
Okay, I'll tell you. Like this
I specially came up with this
...for you sons of bitches
What else do you want to know?
There are all sorts of gestures and signs
Come, I will show you
Brother Hu, should we wait till it's dark?
Listen
I am ready to die
But you must leave, once you save Ma Chaoxing
Brother Hu
Brother Hu, Chief Gao with 10 other men...
are waiting near the magistracy
What are you doing here?
First, we have informants in the city,
so we know who the spy is
We heard he caught a Shaolin disciple
Second, we respect your righteousness
Chief Gao is young and a bit arrogant,
but he is a righteous fellow
I know, or I wouldn't have gone to see him
Let's go and take them unprepared
Is it clear?
You must get all the steps right
Otherwise people will know...
...you are the spy
Okay, could you show me again
I...
The fact is I don't remember it
Ma Chaoxing, you want to have a good beating?
Use the finger crushes
Yes
Go see what's happening outside?
Yes
Come on
Let's go
Who are you?
His name is Ma Fuyi
We are here to save you
Go. Brother Hu has come too
Brother Hu has come here?
Not bad
Stay away
You are bad-tempered
I will come visit you when I have time
Brother Hu
Everybody, leave
Where is Chief Gao?
Have you seen Chief Gao?
I don't know who Chief Gao is
Have you seen Chief Gao?
No
Where is Chief Gao?
He...
Run!
Kneel down
Chief Gao died for you. Do you know that?
I don't know him
Chief Gao was the young man who...
held onto Ma Fuyi so as to let you go
He was killed by Ma Fuyi
You have all arrived
Brothers,
we lost a righteous man today;
Chief Gao,
who was killed by Ma Fuyi
Ma Fuyi is the spy,
who led Manchus to the Shaolin Temple
It's him
Now since Chief Gao is dead...
we'd need a leader
You two...
No, we want brother Hu to lead us
No, it's no time for this
The five of us will leave the Camp
We only hope you can take in...
the patriots from every direction
This young man here...
will be my messenger
Let's go
Go
Yesterday in Ren'an County
I was almost killed by Chen Wenyao
I had a narrow escape from Bao Yulong too
My experience was even worse
Ma Fuyi took me easily
Luckily, he wanted to get information from me
Otherwise, I'd have been dead long back
Qian Shan's is very skilled
I can never beat him
Zhang Jinqiu is unbeatable too
We are not their match
We can't do anything...
...with these people around
There are 5 of them
We have 5 people too. We can take one-on-one
We are not their match. Remember?
Agreed, I am not Ma Fuyi's match now
But it is not forever
I can practice my martial arts
Practice...
You are right
We can practice. Shaolin kung fu is the best
It's our limited knowledge that's at fault
Not the Shaolin king fu
It will take more than half a year
Doesn't matter...
...even if it takes years
We have to find a hideout
I know a place
Let's go back to the Temple
They wouldn't have thought that...
we would go back to the ruins
Are we serious? Or are we justjoking?
Go to hell!
Let's leave at dawn
I will get Bao Yulong
To beat his Flying Axe,
...I need a long weapon
So I'll then practice Shaolin's Rod skill
I learned Ten Style Fist
But I didn't learn it well
I think Ten Style Fist can defeat...
Zhang Jinqiu's Mantis Fist
I will practice...
...the Whipping Technique
...to defeat Chen Wenyao and his guards
It can break their defence...
...and Chen Wenyao's Pigtail Technique
I will learn the Rolling Move...
...so as to defeat Qian Shan's Chop Palm,
attacking the trunk of his body
There are still a lot...
...we can use here
The rod is a bit burned
I like it though
It reminds me of the hatred
Brother, you learned Tiger and Crane Styles
They may seem simple
...however, both very effective
You just haven't mastered them
Ma Fuyi is also a Shaolin disciple
It's useless even if I can master the Styles
Ma Fuyi is a disciple of the West Chamber
They don't teach Tiger and Crane Styles
He practiced Plum Blossom Palm
Yeah, Tiger and Crane Styles
No good
You should start all over again
I will beat you in 3 months
Want to bet?
It looks good. I will practice that
Brother Ma
Okay, I'll practice Tiger and Crane Styles
How strange! It's like...
...they disappear
I guess they have already left...
Liantian Camp and hidden elsewhere
They are not cowards. I am sure
But our people...
...haven't heard anything about them
They are not our match,
so I guess they dare not cause any trouble
I heard Zheng Chenggong has sent...
...his military counselor back to the Mainland
If it's true, we must be careful...
because something must be brewing!
Come on, let's fight
All right
Go somewhere else to practice
Let's have one more bout today
Okay
Stop
Where are you going?
Who are you?
Where I am going is none of your business
We are looking for some traitors
Leave it to us. Would be delicious with the wine
Go
Mr Chen
Is Hu Dedi here?
We are waiting for him too
He sends us a message every month...
...and asks us to be patient
But it has been like this for almost a year
He should send us another message...
...in these 2 days
You may not know me,
but I have a letter from Prince Zheng
It's for our brothers in the Mainland
Manchus guard the roads to the mountain...
You don't know the secret trail. How can...
The messenger is here
Brother Hu, our people can't wait any longer
Especially the military counselor from Taiwan
Mr Chen Yonghua...
...has arrived at Liantian Camp
Mr Chen has arrived?
Yes, he has summoned a meeting...
...at Red Flower Pavilion half a month later
We are not possibly to make it to the Camp
But we will meet him at the Pavilion
It's great!
Any news?
Come on, let's check out Li Shikai and Ma Chaoxing
Brother Li, to be frank with you;
If it was not for what you said,
I wouldn't have practiced so hard
I have to thank you
Your goal is to beat Ma Fuyi
I don't know if I can beat him
TRUE
Anyway, we have practiced as hard as possible
It's just that we still ain't sure...
if we can beat them
Counselor Chen has arrived at the Camp
He is calling a meeting at Red Flower Pavilion
Ma Fuyi will chase us to Red Flower Pavilion
Let's beat him there
If he learns that...
...there will be a meeting in the Pavilion;
He is most likely to send troops to wipe us out
Let's beat them there
No matter how great your martial arts is,
you can't fight an army alone
I think that...
5 of us should go to the Pavilion first
On the way we'll think of a way to bait them
Chen & his men would be eager to get all credit
They'll then try to get back at us
But... we need some kind of bait
I thank you...
...on behalf of all Han people
You did something righteous
Please don't say that
My life is not important
And I don't think I will get killed anyway
I am leaving
Someone saw Hu Dedi...
...in Fujian
Not only him,
there are 5 other escapees too
They finally emerge out of hiding after a year
Let's send an army to get them
Lord Chen, if we send an army,
we will have to share the honour with others
I think we better tackle them ourselves
I mean, we've fought them before
But how can we find them?
Don't worry. They will contact the traitors
We just have to look out for the secret signs
Easier said than done!
We don't know any of those signs
We caught a traitor yesterday
After interrogation,
he told us every detail of the signs
I have told you everything
Where does the road lead to?
Red Flower Pavilion on White Crane Mountain
Let's take this road
There is a river 100 miles ahead
They won't take this road
Lord Chen, look,
319. There is the sign on this road
Should we wait for the army?
Let's take care of them ourselves
There is a sign over there too
They are headed for the River
They can't cross the river at night!
So if we hurry,
we'll catch them up tomorrow morning
Our people are far behind
Lord Chen,
if the Emperor knows we've killed the escapees,
he may reward you with an lmperial Gown too
We have practiced hard for the past year
But we are not sure...
if we can beat them
They believe we are not their match
And we should let them think that way
Brother Hu means...
in the beginning we should not show...
what we have practised
When they come, we take them one-to-one
and try to separate them
So that they can'tjoin together to fight us
I hear footsteps. They are coming
Lord Ma, you are a genius
They are all here
Try my Mantis Fist
Your Mantis Fist...
...is no match for my Ten-Style Fist
We are both Shaolin disciples
What have you learnt from your Master?
Your martial arts hasn't improved one bit...
...for the past year
Wood Style
Gold Style
Tiger Style
Leopard Style
Water Style
Earth Style
Fire Style
Crane Style
Snake Style
Dragon Style
Ma Chaoxing, I won't let you run away today
You are wrong
I have led you here...
...just to find you a graveyard
It's time to finish the game
You can't even beat the Crane Style
What have you learned in Shaolin?
Ma Fuyi, you are dead!
Where is Li Shikai?
It's done
Unfortunately, brother Fang is...
Where is Li Shikai?
This bastard is dead too
Li Shikai