In the early years of the Republic of China, the Yanjia Racecourse in the northern border town was on the verge of bankruptcy due to war. In order to save her ancestral business, the eldest daughter Yan Ruyu decided to tame a group of wild horses from the Western Regions herself. On the way to taming the horses, she met Shen Yunshen, a mysterious businessman who had returned from Southeast Asia, and the two fell in love with each other. Shen Yunshen appears to be a horse dealer, but in fact he has a secret mission of the Revolutionary Party; warlord He Changshan covets the racecourse and wants to seize the land that supplies military horses; Yan Ruyu and Shen Yunshen join forces to deal with each other, and feelings gradually develop in the process; but Shen Yunshen's The true identity is exposed, and He Changshan pursues him; Yan Ruyu faces the dilemma of family survival and love; the racecourse is robbed, and Yan Ruyu is forced to flee; Shen Yunshen is injured to protect her, and the two experience life and death together; finally Yan Ruyu decides to support the revolution and trains war horses with horse training skills; He Changshan is defeated and the racecourse returns; but Shen Yunshen must go south to continue the revolution, and Yan Ruyu chooses to stay in her hometown and wait; in the end, the two agree to wait until the war subsides to resume their relationship, leaving an open ending.
