2026-04-06
1 小时 3 分钟The Mongol Empire is invading our home.
They are brutal, relentless, unstoppable.
We are 80 samurai against an army fighting to slow the invasion.
Today, I die for my people.
There must be thousands of the enemy.
We will face death and defend our home.
Tradition, courage, honor.
They are what make us.
We are the warriors of Tsushima.
We. , Samurai!
Konnichiwa, everybody.
So that is the opening to the excellent video game Ghost of Tsushima,
which was developed by an American company, Sucker Punch Productions, for Sony in 2020.
And as anyone who's played the game will know.
We're in the 13th century in 1274.
So the antagonists are the Mongols who are ruling a mighty empire,
stretching all the way from the Danube to the peninsula of Korea.
And their next target is Japan.
And a huge Mongol armada is on the way.
And the first stop in its sights is Tsushima, which is the island that lies midway between Korea and Western Japan.