General Chen Tianyou

In 1856, during the sixth year of the Xianfeng Emperor's reign, the Hubei governor's office received an urgent battle report in the dead of night. A Dong warrior had appeared among General Duolong'a's troops, charging alone through the enemy lines, with half of a broken inkstone hanging at his waist. This was Chen Tianyou. Why had a hand meant to wield a brush become stained with gunpowder smoke that would never wash away?