From 1211 to 1241 AD, the world was in chaos. After the Battle of Yehuling, the rule of the Jin Dynasty was in turmoil, the Mongolian cavalry traveled across Europe and Asia, and the Southern Song Dynasty court was waiting for opportunities. The Red Coat Army rose up in troubled times under the leadership of Yang Miaozhen and his brother Yang An'er.
Yang Miaozhen, an important general of the Red Coat Army known as the "Iron Lady" and "Four Lady", holds a pear blossom gun and has superb marksmanship. She is brave and fearless, full of sense of justice. In the difficult struggle for survival, she falls in love with Li Quan, who is brave and good at fighting. They experienced the cruelty of war together, and their relationship grew stronger during the competition in gun skills, but they also had constant conflicts in complex situations.
The general servant San Anzhen of the Jin Dynasty wielded his double blades with incomparable ferocity; Zhang Lin, who had a changeable stance, dealt with all forces and was invincible with his double blades. Officials in the Southern Song Dynasty had different attitudes towards the Red Coat Army, which affected the direction of the situation. The military actions of Mongolian leaders Genghis Khan and Ogodei affected the entire era like a butterfly effect.
The novel takes time as the axis to show Yang Miaozhen's legendary life in troubled times. From the rise of the Red Coat Army and secret feelings, to emotional twists and turns and crisis of trust, to the broken mirror and the end of the legend. The side plots enrich the story content and highlight the complexity and difficulty of the times. The work profoundly reflects the struggles of characters in troubled times, the collision of love and ideals, and shows the close intertwining of personal destiny and the current of the times, allowing you to appreciate the complexity and helpless choices of human nature in those turbulent years.
