In the last years of the Dayong Dynasty, the government was corrupt and surrounded by foreign enemies. The barbarians from the north are moving south in large numbers, the princes from the west are ready to move, and the empire is in danger.
Xiao Yu, the general of Zhenbei, was ordered to lead his army to resist the barbarian invasion. However, he encountered Chu Linfeng, his former best friend and now the leader of the rebels, on the battlefield. Due to their opposing stances, the two had to fight each other. At the same time, Shen Qingli, the heroine of Jianghu, is involved in this troubled world to avenge her family, and her fate is closely intertwined with Xiao Yu's.
In this battle of iron blood and power, the righteousness of family and country, the love and hatred of brothers, and the love of children are entangled with each other. Who can stick to their heart in troubled times? Who can open up a new world in this broken mountain and river?
