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She Rode Back for War is an epic historical action short drama filled with battlefield glory, political intrigue, family sacrifice, revenge, and an unstoppable female lead. When her homeland is pushed to the brink of destruction, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a soldier and rides into war in place of her fallen family. Through years of brutal battles, she rises from an unknown recruit to a legendary general feared by every enemy. But victory on the battlefield is only the beginning. Returning home, she must confront corrupt officials, hidden conspiracies, and the people who betrayed her while protecting the kingdom she fought to save.

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00:01My daughter, your father, and your six brothers have all fallen in this war.
00:08All I ask is that when this battle is over, you bury your war honors and live as a proper
00:14young lady ought to live.
00:16We can't hold the line much longer!
00:18Mother, if I make it home alive, then I give you my word. I will marry well.
00:32Sophie, when I come back, I will give you the grandest wedding anyone's ever seen.
00:38Until then, you take good care of yourself.
00:48Alright. I'll bring your mother to Sutton Estate and care for her in your place.
00:53And then I'll wait for you to come home.
01:09Evelyn and I were married at the front.
01:12Still, if you wished, I could arrange a place for you in my household.
01:16You said when you came back, you'd give me a grand wedding.
01:22When I proposed to you, it was because I thought you were a suitable match.
01:26But now, in my heart, Evelyn is the woman I truly love.
01:34Is that so, Evelyn?
01:39I want to meet her.
01:44That's the war hero from the papers, isn't it?
01:46That's her, Lord. She's so cool.
01:54Mother, allow me to introduce her. This is Evelyn, my wife, whom I married while serving in the army.
02:00So this is a true war hero. The bearing, the presence.
02:08Any fool can see she's no ordinary woman.
02:17Sophie! Good, you're here. Meet Evelyn properly.
02:24From now on, you'll be the one taking care of her and Nathan.
02:28Look after them?
02:29Miss Sophie has bent over backwards for the Blake family all year, all for nothing!
02:36You want me to take care of... them? Of course.
02:41Nathan and I both have duties to the army. We may be called back to the front at any moment,
02:45but you?
02:47You've spent your life away from the front. You don't understand what it takes out there.
02:51Aside from managing a household, what role do you think you can play?
02:56Do not forget this. I am a general's daughter.
03:02My father and my six brothers all died on the battlefield as well.
03:05That was your father and your brothers, not you.
03:10You just tend to the household.
03:11And when Evelyn and I have children, you'll take care of them too.
03:17I am to raise your children?
03:19If you want a child too, I can give you one.
03:23But after that, I will never touch you again.
03:26And you agree to this? I'm not a petty woman.
03:31I can allow you to have a child.
03:33That way, you'll at least have something to hold onto in the future.
03:40As for whether Nathan will still want your bed after that, that is hardly my concern.
03:46After that, I won't be going to her bed again.
03:48You're the only one in my heart.
03:50And you agree as well?
03:51You can keep the house, raise the child, and free the two of them from every worry.
03:56It's a fine arrangement.
04:02Is that so?
04:03The longer I listen to the three of you, the more it sounds like, in your version of things, I
04:08am the outsider here.
04:11In that case, Nathan and I should simply end the engagement.
04:17Why drag this into something so ugly?
04:20Sophie, don't be foolish!
04:22You're the only one left in your family now.
04:24With an estate this large and this much land, do you truly think a woman alone can hold it?
04:29That's right, Sophie. If this is what troubles you, on certain occasions, I can even tell people you're my wife.
04:35And if it truly means that much to you, I can even give you a small wedding.
04:42This is outrageous. For the past year, my lady treated your mother like royalty.
04:47She even paid for a private doctor to tend to your mother day after day.
04:52And now you want to get the Sutton estate and everything that comes with it?
04:57You're a servant! How dare you stand there and run your mouth like that!
05:03Mary is mine. No one lays a hand on my people.
05:07Sophie, you're nothing but an orphan now. You can protect no one.
05:10If you truly dare to break off your engagement to Nathan, this whole town will laugh you into the ground.
05:15You still won't be able to hold on to the Sutton estate.
05:17Is that so? Then stand there and watch whether I keep it or not.
05:21Steward!
05:25Miss.
05:26Add up everything Mrs. Blake's at Sutton estate this past year, every last penny.
05:30What?
05:32Yes, Miss.
05:33Finest tea, imported sweet wine, custom gowns, jewelry repairs, daily meals, coal for the winter farth,
05:40as well as the family doctor's fees for the full year, medicine costs and nursing expenses.
05:44Grand total?
05:47$23,000.
05:52You dare ask me to pay you?!
05:55Sophie, don't push this too far.
05:58Steward, show them out.
06:01How dare you?!
06:14How dare Sophie do this to me?!
06:16Enough!
06:18The Blakes are an old family too. We do not need the Suttons to keep us afloat.
06:22We can manage just fine on our own.
06:25Let's go home.
06:41It's fine. No one's lived here for the past year, that's all this is.
06:48Truth is, the family money's mostly gone. It was spent long ago.
07:00It's fine. Tomorrow, I'll speak to the Pioneer.
07:03Sophie abused a war hero, his mother too, and then she demanded a fortune from us.
07:08The whole town ought to hear about that.
07:09I will make her pay back every last thing she owes the Blake family.
07:20Miss!
07:23How can they twist the truth like that?
07:32There she is!
07:33That's her! The woman who abused a war hero!
07:36Give Mrs. Blake her money back!
07:41What are you talking about? That's not what happened!
07:46Wicked woman! Give the hero's family their money back!
07:55Open the gate!
07:58Get out here!
08:10Stand down!
08:16Isn't that General Lucas?
08:18The one who led the cavalry through three enemy fire lines at Wilton?
08:23I heard he's covered in honors. Even the district commander thinks highly of him.
08:28Seven members of the Sutton family died on the battlefield.
08:32A father, six sons.
08:35That family has already given everything to this war.
08:37And what are you doing now, if not bullying a hero's family?
08:41Now leave.
08:43This instant.
08:46Or I'll have the sheriff deal with a lot of you.
09:13Or I'll have the sheriff deal with a lot of you.
09:14She was ordered to ride to the eastern line with reinforcements.
09:17But by the time she got there, the men holding that position were already dead.
09:22Fill the gas!
09:44What the hell is going on? Weren't they nearly wiped out?
09:48There's still someone on the right!
09:51Weren't we told this was all that was left of them?
09:59When are the reinforcements coming?
10:01We can't hold much longer.
10:24They're holding that line hard. There must still be plenty of men up there.
10:30Move!
10:41I see her! It's just one person! Shoot her down!
10:55She held that breach alone.
10:57And by sheer will she held the entire eastern line.
11:04He saved me that day.
11:07Ma'am, I have come to ask for Sophie's hand.
11:11I will protect her for the rest of my life.
11:13She will never have to carry everything and everything alone again.
11:20General Lucas, I already gave my word to the Blake family.
11:23Once the Suttons make a promise, we do not break it.
11:28From that day on, I decided I would never marry.
11:33But I still couldn't help myself.
11:36I had to come see how she was living.
11:38I never thought I'd find her being treated like this.
11:49Miss Sophie, I did not come here to pity you.
11:55I came to honor you.
11:57To thank the Sutton family for all it gave to this country.
12:01And to thank you for holding that eastern line all by yourself.
12:11I want to help you.
12:13And how do you mean to help me?
12:21Sophia Sutton? Edward Sutton's daughter?
12:24Yes, sir.
12:27That family's given everything for the cause.
12:29How is she faring now?
12:30Her fiancé, Nathan, married Evelyn at the front.
12:34And now, they're asking Sophie to become Nathan's mistress.
12:38That is completely unacceptable!
12:42Nathan's behavior may be dishonorable, but Evelyn is our new war hero.
12:47I cannot tear apart a hero's marriage.
12:50But...
12:53The one who held the eastern line by herself...
12:56That was her?
12:59Yes, sir.
13:01Why in God's name am I only hearing of this now?
13:04After that battle...
13:05Afori high in Jospels.
13:07Her mother wanted it kept secret that she'd ever gone to war.
13:10So she could marry and live a peaceful life.
13:16So the truth was kept secret.
13:21I want to see her.
13:25Sir.
13:27The soldier in that report was holding the breach under artillery fire with not another soul beside her.
13:36And to think it was...
13:38A woman who looked so slim.
13:40On the battlefield, bullets do not turn aside just because I'm a woman, sir.
13:46You...
13:46Are an extraordinary woman, Miss Sutton.
13:50But I must speak plainly.
13:53Evelyn is the most...
13:55Celebrated war hero in the entire republic right now.
14:09I cannot step in on your behalf and be the man who tears apart her marriage.
14:14I have no interest in tearing apart their marriage.
14:17I do not love Nathan Blake.
14:21I came here for one thing only.
14:24I want you to stand behind the truth that my engagement to Nathan Blaine should have been ended from the
14:30start.
14:32I want you to know, and I want the whole town to know, the one who broke faith was not
14:36me.
14:37And what else?
14:40I want back in the army.
14:41To speak plainly, I am surprised.
14:44And...
14:45Glad.
14:46A woman like you was never meant to be buried and forgotten.
14:51But seven members of the Sutton family have already died in this war.
14:58I do not have the heart to send you back to the front.
15:04The fighting in the south is growing worse, and Blackstone Valley could be pulled into it again at any moment.
15:10I only want to do my part.
15:14I only want to do my part.
15:16Very well.
15:19Place her under your command.
15:20And remember, you must bring her back alive.
15:24Yes, sir.
15:32It's all right.
15:33I've got you.
15:35She actually dared to come back?
15:37Wasn't it all in the paper?
15:38She threw Mrs. Blake right out of the estate.
15:42She is no proper lady at all.
15:44I took care of her for a whole year, and now she has the nerve to ask me for money.
15:53Ms. Sutton, is it true you drove Mrs. Blake out of the estate?
15:56Did you truly demand a large sum of money from the Blake family?
15:58Were you taking revenge because your engagement was broken?
16:01Enough.
16:07Ms. Sophia Sutton asked me to share these with everyone.
16:11They may help clear up a few misunderstandings about her engagement to Nathan Blaine.
16:18That engagement is hereby declared null and void.
16:22On account of Mr. Blake first breaking his promise and entering into another marriage.
16:27Ms. Sutton never broke her word, nor did she commit any so-called ingratitude or cruel expulsion.
16:34This bears the general's own signature and seal.
16:40That's impossible!
16:42There is one more thing the whole town ought to know.
16:45For the past year, Mrs. Blake has been living at Sutton Estate.
16:49Her food, her clothes, her doctor, her medicine, her daily expenses, even her luxuries, were all paid for by Ms.
16:55Sutton.
16:56And the ungrateful ones are...
16:59The Blake family's got some mighty thick skin.
17:02You think one piece of paper can clear her name?
17:04At the very least, it proves she was not the one who broke faith.
17:13Let's go back.
17:17Sophie actually dared to humiliate me in public today!
17:26This place feels suffocating.
17:29Then you never should have left Sutton Estate in the first place.
17:34How dare you speak to me that way! If it hadn't been for you...
17:38Enough! We still have a wedding to prepare for.
17:42Of course.
17:46I think we should invite Sophie.
17:49Have you lost your mind? Why would you do that?
17:51I want her to see it with her own eyes.
17:58Everything she's lost.
18:06Okay.
18:08She really had to make a show of it.
18:11She even sent the invitation all the way to the state, so now Ms. Sophie has to go.
18:17We did know each other once.
18:19I should go congratulate them.
18:27I now pronounce you husband and wife.
18:42Miss, why is everyone leaving?
18:44My congratulations, Mrs. Blake.
18:49Now that the ceremony is over, we'll be taking our leave.
18:53Leaving so soon? The reception has only just begun.
19:04This sort of setting does not quite suit a lady of my standing.
19:15This is the wedding you gave me?
19:18The ceremony wasn't even over before half the guests walked out.
19:24You humiliated me in front of everyone!
19:27I sold the last few pieces of land we had left just to pay for this wedding.
19:30If you ask me, it was those low-class people you invited who scared off the respectable guests.
19:35Low-class?
19:36Are you calling my people low-class?
19:39You two, stop already!
19:49Miss Sophie!
19:51How lovely of you to come to Nathan's wedding and mine!
19:54Mary.
20:04You even know how to send your former fiancé a proper wedding gift.
20:08Just like your father.
20:10Even in the Black Creek fire, he still wore his uniform neat as ever.
20:17How would she know details like that about my father at Black Creek?
20:21The gift has been delivered. I should be going now.
20:27For a house lady like you, Miss Sophia, this must be your first military wedding.
20:33Why not stay a while longer? It might be... interesting.
20:42My father died in the Battle of Black Creek.
20:45And in that fire, how would Evelyn know details that were never made public?
20:49Mary.
20:51Go find my teacher, General Howard.
20:52I want the truth about what happened at Black Creek.
20:54Yes, Miss?
21:00Miss Sophie, since you're here, open your eyes and watch closely.
21:04This is how a gun is truly handled.
21:26Why is it jammed?
21:30You didn't even set the hammer to half cap. Load it like that and of course it'll go wrong. And
21:35what would you know about it?
21:37lambs
21:38Guys, check out.
21:39Yes.
22:05Bullseye.
22:07Bullseye.
22:09Isn't she supposed to be some society lady?
22:12Sophia, how do you even...
22:14And one more thing, you cap it last.
22:17If the ball isn't seated all the way, the gun can blow.
22:21If you'd fumbled it any worse just now, the one dead would have been you.
22:37The front is in crisis.
22:42Orders from the front have come in.
22:44All soldiers on leave, report back at once.
22:48At last, I have a chance to prove myself again.
22:52If this goes well for you and Evelyn, things might finally turn around for our family.
23:00Colonel Sutton, prepare to move out at once.
23:06Colonel Sutton, prepare to move out at once.
23:13What did you just say?
23:15Why aren't Nathan and I the ones going?
23:18The Major General has granted you newlyweds leave.
23:21Until further notice, you are to remain behind.
23:25Leave.
23:25That's one way to say they're staying clear of the front.
23:27Sounds more like being set aside.
23:31Then what exactly is Sophie supposed to be?
23:33Why did you call her, Colonel?
23:37Miss Sophie Sutton has been formally commissioned by the Major General of the 7th Military District.
23:41Effective today.
23:43She holds the rank of Colonel.
23:46That's impossible.
23:47What could possibly qualify her for a rank like that?
23:51Because at Wilton, during the main assault, she was the first to jump into the enemy trench.
23:55She took out multiple forward gun positions and tore open a breach for the main force.
23:59Because before Black Creek fell,
24:02she got 37 civilians and wounded men across the north bridge and out of the line of fire alive.
24:12And because at the eastern narrow pass, she held the whole line by herself
24:15and kept the enemy pinned down until reinforcements arrived.
24:21Is that enough for you?
24:27Sophie!
24:29I don't know when you learned to shoot, but riding is no game.
24:32If you can't ride...
24:49Sophie!
24:57Are you hurt?
25:05Come on. We're riding for the front.
25:18What are you doing?!
25:19What is it? Are you reconsidering things now?
25:29What gives you the right to lay a hand on him?!
25:35That's enough. Don't push this any further.
25:38What did the Blake family ever do to deserve bringing a woman like you into this house?!
25:55Miss, General Howard uncovered the truth about what happened at Black Creek.
26:02Black Creek came under heavy assault because Julian Vale, the badly wounded son of General Gideon Vale, one of the
26:08enemy nation's most feared commanders, had been captured and was being held at the field hospital in Black Creek.
26:18Julian had been stable.
26:20But after night watch, the wrong medicine was given to him.
26:26The wrong medicine was given to him.
26:28He went into violent convulsions, stopped breathing and died soon after.
26:32The nurse assigned to Julian was Evelyn.
26:35This is a statement from a trainee nurse.
26:37She passed Julian's room and saw Evelyn panic right after he died.
26:40Then Evelyn tried to burn the medical chart, the medicine log and the handover records to destroy the evidence.
26:45But the wind was too strong that night and Black Creek was full of wooden buildings.
26:49The fire got out of control in no time.
26:52What about my father?
26:54Your father, General Edward Sutton, had been ordered to evacuate the civilians and wounded from Black Creek.
27:01When the fire broke out, he did not leave.
27:04He led men back in to save people and kept organizing evacuations through the flames.
27:08But then the enemy attacked.
27:10Your father had no choice but to fight.
27:12He was badly outnumbered.
27:14And he fell.
27:15So, my father died because of Evelyn?
27:19Not just your father.
27:20Your six brothers died because of her too!
27:22No!
27:27Go on.
27:29The specifics, we still need to investigate further.
27:36Keep investigating.
27:37I need to know.
27:39What exactly does she have to do with the deaths of my six brothers?
27:43Yes.
27:45General Lucas.
27:46The frontline military orders have arrived.
27:49Evelyn and I request to lead the Iron Cavalage into battle immediately.
27:52Our wedding leave is over.
27:53As heroes, it is only right that we fight for our country.
27:56Besides, we can't let some newly commissioned woman get all the battlefield glory, can we?
28:00The Major General of the 7th Military District just signed.
28:03As of today, the Iron Cavalry is under the full command of Colonel Sophie Sutton.
28:09You two just need to provide support for port from the rear.
28:12What?!
28:13The Iron Cavalry is the best in the Republic.
28:15And I led them to that hero title.
28:16She's been sitting at home for a year.
28:18What right does she have to command that?
28:19General, Sophie.
28:20Colonel Sutton hasn't set foot on a battlefield in years.
28:22The Iron Cavalry needs a commander with real experience.
28:24Someone the troops will follow.
28:25Are you questioning my decision?
28:28I mean...
28:29She's just trying to steal the credit.
28:31Sophie doesn't care about the country.
28:32She's getting back at me and Nathan.
28:34Handing the Iron Cavalry over to her, that's playing with everyone's lives.
28:37I'm trying to steal credit.
28:39Of course.
28:41Fine.
28:43Since you think I'm not qualified, I'll give you a chance.
28:48Challenge me.
28:57You think a housewife like you can beat me?
29:02General Lucas, I request a challenge against Sophie tomorrow.
29:05Fine.
29:06But if you lose, you'll lose all credit for the Southern Front and hand over command of all your current
29:11troops.
29:12Clear.
29:13What if she loses?
29:14If Sophie loses, the Iron Cavalry gets transferred.
29:17Why, she will only lose one regiment!
29:19But if I lose, I lose everything!
29:20The Challenger is supposed to put up a bigger stake.
29:23Not enough.
29:24One more thing.
29:25If you lose, you hand over the Iron Cavalry, and for the rest of your life, you will never set
29:30foot on a battlefield again!
29:42I accept.
29:43Evelyn, isn't this too risky?
29:49Ridiculous.
29:50I won't lose to a worthless like her.
30:02Use this.
30:08A wooden stick.
30:09The General wants her to die, does he?
30:10Evelyn's got a real sword.
30:11How's she supposed to fight with a wooden stick?
30:13Calm down, Sophie.
30:15I've been holding back for way too long.
30:16I'm going to make her pay.
30:17Don't worry.
30:18I'll get to the bottom of everything.
30:20Your whole family's deaths.
30:21Oh.
30:22Coming at me with a stick.
30:24Hmph.
30:25Sophie.
30:26I know you've been riding on your family's dead war heroes to get glory.
30:30But you'll never be as good as me.
30:32We're the ones risking our necks on the front line, shedding blood, killing enemies.
30:36And in the end, all the credit goes to some woman who only got ahead because of her family name.
30:40Exactly what makes her a colonel just cause her dad's a general!
30:43Evelyn beat her to a pulp!
30:44Evelyn!
30:46Shut up!
30:47One more word!
30:48You'll face court-martial!
30:51All because of you.
30:53My father died in that fire at Black Creek.
30:57And my six brothers...
30:58There is no need.
31:00Evelyn will beat you.
31:05Step back.
31:09Arm duel.
31:10Whoever knocks the other off their horse first wins.
31:13Begin.
31:33That strike from Sophie was brutal.
31:37Evelyn nearly got knocked off her horse.
31:38Again!
31:48That wooden stick?
31:50General Lucas gave it to you.
31:51Is it modified or something?
31:54Impossible!
31:55I'm a cavalry soldier!
31:56How can I get beaten like this by some stick?
31:58The stick, it's gotta be modified!
32:01Yeah, unfair!
32:03There must be something wrong with that stick!
32:05Yes!
32:06That's not fair!
32:08Look closely!
32:14Again?
32:16Don't get cocky!
32:30Stop playing tricks!
32:45Hmm...
33:12I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:19I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:22I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:22I'LL KILL YOU!!!
33:34Neil...
33:40For a year, every single night, I dream about that fire.
34:00You... you can't kill me!
34:03I'M A HERO!!!
34:08You killed my whole family!
34:10You deserve to die!
34:11Sophie!!!
34:18You lose.
34:20You lose.
34:20You lose.
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