Song of the Frontier

In 612, Emperor Yang of Sui, the dynasty's second emperor, began his campaign against Goguryeo. The Sui Empire launched a nationwide conscription drive, and heroes rose up everywhere as one campaign followed another. Li Xu, a naive young man from a small frontier commandery, is forced to flee to escape the emperor's draft. He travels far beyond the frontier with Xu Maogong. First he joins Li Yuan and his sons, then he enters the service of Zhang Xutuo. As he campaigns across the land, he meets such heroes as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Luo Shixin. Before long, he joins the ranks at Wagang with the others, and he and Hong Fu gradually fall for each other... Thus begins one of the most legendary lives in Chinese history...