Battle of Gongmen City

The **Battle of Gongmen City** (also known as the **Liberation of Gongmen City**) was a big epic battle in the DreamWorks movie, *Kung Fu Panda 2*. It deals with Po and the Furious Five fighting to take back Gongmen City from the evil Peacock warlord, Lord Shen.

## History

### Background

It all started long ago back in Ancient China in a place called Gongmen City. Gongmen City was ruled by a Peacock King and Queen who brought great joy and prosperity to the city, especially with their invention of fireworks. However, the Peacocks also had a son named Lord Shen who was next in line to the throne. Shen did experiments with the fireworks and discovered that they had destructive power which he planned on using for warfare and to rule all of China. Shen's parents were very concerned about him so they consulted a Soothsayer for guidance. She foretold that if Shen continued down his dark path he would be defeated by a warrior of black and white. However, what Shen's parents and the Soothsayer didn't know was that Shen was eavesdropping on them and overheard the prophecy. Seeing it as a threat to his plans, Shen gathered up his Wolf army to attack a nearby Panda Village since the warrior of black and white would be a Panda. Shen thought if he could get rid of the Pandas it would prevent the prophecy and change his fate but it only sealed it. Po was there when the attack happened as a baby and during the attack his father fought off against the Wolf army while his mother tried to protect him and get him to safety. Po's mother then placed him in a radish crate that went to the Valley of Peace where he was adopted by a Goose named Mr. Ping who owned a noodle restaurant in the Valley of Peace. However, Po's mother died with some of the other Pandas during the attack while his father survived and led the surviving Pandas far away from their old village and Gongmen City to a new secret Panda Village hidden in the mountains. After the attack was complete, Shen returned back home to his parents filled with pride and joy but they were horrified and disgusted by what he had done. As punishment for his crimes, Shen and his Wolf army were banished from Gongmen City forever but Shen swore revenge vowing to return to conquer both the city and all of China. Afterwards, Shen's parents fell into depression during their rule and died of broken hearts, but not before giving their power over the city to the Kung Fu Master's Council of Gongmen City which consisted of Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc. Shen and his Wolf army then spent the next few years building a powerful weapon in an old factory to conquer both Gongmen City and China and to destroy Kung Fu while at the same time they also recruited some Gorillas to help them. Meanwhile, Po grew up in the Valley of Peace and became the legendary Dragon Warrior who protected it alongside his friends the Furious Five and his Kung Fu Master, Shifu.

### The Battle

While building it they ran out of metal so Shen orders his Wolf army to steal more metal from the nearby villages. Meanwhile back in the Valley of Peace, Po was beginning the next phase of his training which was to find his path towards inner peace. When Po and the Furious Five found out about the Wolves stealing metal from a nearby village they try to stop them by fighting them off. Then the Wolves try to get escape with the metal they stole with help from the Gorillas but Po and the Furious Five were able to stop them and get the metal back. However, the Boss Wolf comes back to fight them again then when Po tried to stop him he saw the mark on the Boss Wolf's shoulder and got a small vision of his mother leaving him as a baby. Which allows the Boss Wolf to beat Po, steal back some of the metal, then escape with it along with the other Wolves. After that, Po later went to Mr. Ping to talk about his vision and asks him where he came from where Mr. Ping reveals to Po about how he found him but didn't know anything about his real parents. Meanwhile, Shen and his army are able to use the stolen metal to finish the weapon and go back to Gongmen City where Shen fights off the Master's Council then reveals his weapon to them which is a big cannon that can shoot firework cannon balls. When Master Thunder Rhino tries to fight it, Shen uses the canon to kill Master Thundering Rhino with one blast. He then imprisons Master Storming Ox and Master Croc, takes the Soothsayer as his personnel prisoner, and becomes the new ruler of Gongmen City. When Po and the Furious Five learn of what happened at Gongmen City from a message Master Shifu received, he sends them to go to Gongmen City to stop Shen and save Kung Fu with Mr. Ping giving Po a travel bag with his action figures but during their travels Shen takes full control of the city, starts stealing all the metal in the city to build more cannons to invade China using the city factory, and even redecorations the palace. Po also tries to find inner peace but has no luck until he and the Five finally arrive at Gongmen City. At the palace, Shen prepares to invade China within three days then has the Soothsayer tell him his future only to find that nothing has change and that the prophecy is still going to happen. At first, Shen denies it but then the Boss Wolf comes and reports to Shen about Po so Shen orders the Boss Wolf to find Po and bring him to the palace in order to kill him. Meanwhile, Po and the Furious Five get into the city with Po want to storm the city to the palace but the Furious Five point out that place in crawling with Wolf guards. So they sneak around the city with Po unsuccessfully hiding in a dragon costume which the the Furious Five later join with him inside it. They then see the Wolves harassing the people so they drag one of them who was harassing a Sheep lady into the costume, beat him up and then spit him out in the back. When Po tells the Sheep lady that he and Furious Five are going to stop Shen, she tells them where to find Master Storming Ox and Master Croc who are in Gongmen Jail which is in Dragon Ally. So Po and the Furious Five go to the jail but fight off some Wolves in the costume until they manage to lose them by leaving the costume. They manage to find Gongmen Jail, beat all the guards, and find Master Storming Ox and Master Croc. However, after Po and the Furious Five free them they both refuse to help because of the death of Master Thundering Rhino. Believing that if they stand up to Shen he will use the cannon on the city and kill everyone, forcing Po and the Furious Five to save the city and stop Shen themselves. Suddenly more Wolf guards show up so Po and the Furious Five beat them then chase after the Boss Wolf with both him and Po using carts. Eventually, Po catches up with the Boss Wolf and fights him off and defeats him. However, he and the Furious Five are then surround by the rest of the Wolf army, so Po and the Five surrender to them in order to get close to Shen and the canon.

When they meet Shen and the Soothsayer at the palace in cuffs, Po destroys what he thinks is the cannon what is was actually just a small replica of it then they see the real cannon. Shen then jokingly talks about how Po could be the one destined to defeat him especially since he doesn't know anything about Shen's attack on the Panda Village. Shen then tries to kill Po and the Furious Five with the cannon but the fuse keeps getting put out by Mantis who managed to escape capture and replace himself with Po's action figure of him. Po and the Furious Five then get free from their cuffs, fight off Shen's guards, and destroy the cannon by making it crash down into the palace. But when Po fights off Shen and gets close to the eye pattern on his tail, Po has another vision of his mother along with Shen. He realizes Shen was there when he last saw her which Shen sadistically agrees on then later escapes to the Gongmen City factory and has the other cannons fire at Po and the Furious Five which destroys the palace in the process. But Po and the Furious Five manage to escape so Shen orders his entire army to prepare to invade China now. Po and the Furious Five then all regroup at Gongmen Jail where Tigress asks him why he let Shen get away which Po's reveals is because of his past with his real parents. Although Tigress is understand Po's feelings, he is forced to stay behind so he doesn't get hurt. Meanwhile, the Soothsayer tries to get Shen to walk away from his dark path but he refuses then Shen lets the Soothsayer go after deciding he has no use for her anymore. The Furious Five sneak into the factory and plan to blow it up with firework gunpowder but Po sneaks into the factory too. Po is then confronted by Shen and demands answers from Shen about what happened to his parents which Shen sadistically claims that they abandoned him then he attacks Po. The Furious Five then set the factory to explode but when they notice Po they stop it and try to save him while fighting off some of the Wolves and Gorillas. Po continues to fight Shen despite Tigress's claims to him to stay away from Shen, then Shen blasts Po away using one of the cannons and captures the Furious Five. However, Po is found by the Soothsayer who nurses him back to health and shows him the ruins of the old Panda Village that Shen attacked. With help from the Soothsayer, Po is able to find inner peace and recall everything that happened during the attack. Although sad and shocked about what had happened the Soothsayer comforts Po and claims that while his story might not have had a happy begging it doesn't make him who he is, what makes him who he is is what he choose to be now. Po then goes back to Gongmen City to stop Shen and free the Furious Five just as Shen is about to begin his conquest on China using boats armed with the cannons. When Po confronts Shen, he has the Wolves try to fire the cannons at him but Po keeps moving until he gets on one of the boast just as one of the canons gets lit. Po then fights off the Wolves and frees the Furious Five who help fight alongside Po, then Master Storming Ox and Master Croc arrive to help out as well after Master Shifu convinced them who had come to Gongmen City to help as well. During the fight, they all use the boats to block the way then when Po goes for Shen, he orders the Boss Wolf to fire a cannon right at Po but the Boss Wolf refuses because he does not want to kill his own kind who are in the way. So Shen kills him and tries to use the cannon himself which blows up some of the boats and knocks both Po and his friends into the water. As Shen's boats advance and everyone injured from the attack, Po faces Shen's boats alone and uses his inner peace to redirect the cannon balls into the water and then right back at them which destroys both the boats and the canons. Po then confronts Shen and talks with him about finding inner peace and what Shen choose to be now, who chooses to continue fighting against Po. But Po is able to defeat Shen who gets crushed by one of his own cannons, fulfilling the Soothsayer's prophecy.

### Aftermath

With Shen gone and his army defeated, Master Storming Ox and Master Croc regain control of Gongmen City and China is saved. Po, Master Shifu and the Furious Five then went back home to the Valley of Peace where Po happily goes to make noodles with his adoptive father, Mr. Ping who he now accepts as his father. Meanwhile, Po's biological father gets a universal message from Oogway telling him that his son is alive, which would lead to the Battle of Panda Village.

## Belligerents

### Kung Fu Masters

* Po
* Furious Five
	+ Tigress
	+ Crane
	+ Monkey
	+ Viper
	+ Mantis

* Master's Council
	+ Master Thundering Rhino
	+ Master Storming Ox
	+ Master Croc

* Master Shifu
* The Soothsayer

### Lord Shen's Army

* Lord Shen
* Boss Wolf
* Wolf Soldiers
* Gorilla Soldiers

## Videos

KFP2 (Intro) - Lord Shen Backstory (1080p HD)Kung Fu Panda 2 - Lord Shen Is Back ● (2-10)Kung Fu Panda 2 - Po Finds Inner Peace ● (8-10)Kung Fu Panda 2 - Battle of Gongmen City -1-2- ● (9-10)Kung Fu Panda 2 - Battle of Gongmen City -2-2- ● (10-10)
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