Blaming himself for the failure of the attack, CHIU KWAI Offers his position to SUI CHING, this pleases the latter. Having set back the Taipings several times, CHUNG YUEN is decorated by HAM FLING. HAM FLING sends HONG WING to help, and with cannons, the two take over Chu Lam city. YAT KONG brings back TAK HOI on his mission. TAK HOI realizes that staying at Guilin means destruction for the Taipings, and recommends SUI CHUEN to move to Yick Yeung, and collaborate with TAK YAN and son there. When they are ready to leave, CHUNG YUEN arrives with his army. Amidst the fighting, SUEN KIU goes into labor, and CHIU KWAI is seriously wounded for defending her. . LAI CHUNG volunteers to venture out of the city to find herbal medicine for CHIU KWAI, but is captured by Ching soldiers and sent to KWOK CHUEN. LAI CHUNG begs KWOK CHUEN to help the Taipings; KWOK CHUEN agrees, and pretends to be threatened by LAIC CHUNG.… ...
