This is a side story to A Century-Old Family: Surviving a Hundred Battles. Bound to a life of servitude by a blood feud, he endures hardship and rises to power. Dockworker Gu Zhiyang watches bandits massacre his sister’s family, but is forced to crawl at the feet of his enemy, Wei Yousan, and join the bandits. To save a hostage, he marries the captive woman; to get revenge, he schemes his way forward at the side of a viper until he finally seizes the bandit chief’s position. When Japanese invaders press in, he rises to fight them, only to be betrayed by his comrades. In the decisive battle, facing his old enemy, now aligned with the Nationalists, he leads his remaining men in a bloody fight against the returning militia. When the civilian support teams for the Huaihai Campaign need protection, the gun of this “bandit chief” finally points toward the true cause.
