In 1851, 14-year-old Chen Picheng joined the Taiping Army with his uncle in Jintian Village, Guangxi. From a boy soldier to the King of England, he wrote the legend of a young hero with the barrel of a gun.
He became famous after conquering Wuchang in the second battle, annihilating the elite Hunan army in the Three Rivers victory, and was crowned king at the age of twenty-three - he was the sharpest sword in the late Taiping Rebellion.
But the knife also has its edge curled. The bloody battle in Anqing, the internal strife in Tianjing, the rebellion between brothers, the betrayal by traitors... This Hakka boy who came out of the mountains of Guangxi ran all the way in troubled times, and finally ended his 26-year-old life on the execution ground in Yanjin, Henan. On the one hand, it is his battlefield and growth, on the other hand, it is Hong Xiuquan's Jinluan Palace and Yang Xiuqing's machinations and his straightforwardness - it describes the absurdity and tragedy of an era.
Intent: The growth and destruction of young heroes in troubled times; the corruption of human nature by power; the tragic fate of idealists