Han Lie, the fierce northern general who was demoted as a horse slave, used his flesh and blood to tame thousands of fierce horses and trampled through the glazed tiles of the Golden Palace; Su Qingluan, a female official in the palace, held the blood contract of the previous dynasty and secretly helped him awaken the war horse totem. Zhao Qingcang's horse tricks, Bai Zhi's secret medicine, Yan Wufeng's betrayal, and Xiao Chongzhao's ambition all became the blades on his road to revenge. When thousands of horses neigh and shatter the palace walls, who is the real usurper?