The Female General Qin Liangyu

Everyone knows Qin Liangyu as a graceful, refined young lady from a distinguished family, and a future matriarch sought after by families for miles around.

Only she knows that beneath her gentle appearance lies an ambition to command armies and earn noble titles.

She has no interest in being a dutiful wife and mother, or in being virtuous and proper!

She trained in martial arts and studied the classics from childhood so she could fight on the battlefield, defeat the enemy, and make a name for herself.

A spell in prison became a stepping stone, allowing her at last to cast off her disguise and form the renowned White-Pole Army.

From then on, she took charge of her own life:

She aided Korea against Japanese invaders, quelled the rebellion in Bozhou, and fought the bloody battle at Hun River...

In every battle, didn't she strike such fear into the enemy that they trembled at her name?

Even past sixty, she still donned her armor and went to war to defend the Ming dynasty.

Over more than forty years of military service, she used her glorious victories to trample the prejudice that women were inferior to men.

With a white pole for a spear, she defended the land with her blood and became the strongest backbone of the Ming dynasty!

Theme: Armies bring peace to troubled times, and troubled times make heroes.