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Shen Yan, a female general who was appointed in critical situation, took over the command amidst doubts and stationed at the border. In the past three years, she led the soldiers to fight against the invading enemy forces with the determination of "the city remains and the people remain", even though her armor was stained with blood and scarred, she never flinched. The wind on the tower and the plain silver hairpin given by her mother in her hair are witnesses of her perseverance - the hairpin is a reminder of home; she is a barrier to the city. The court's suspicions never ceased, and transfer orders and temptations came one after another. However, she refused to return to the capital for the time being, with the tenacity of "until the enemy is destroyed, and she will not return the court," because she was left with the peace of thousands of people behind her. During the autumn flood raid, the enemy troops took advantage of the chaos to sneak across. She fought with injuries to stabilize the morale of the troops on the muddy tidal flats. By chance, she met Su Wen, a clever scholar, and adopted his improved defensive equipment. She supplemented the battle with wisdom and strength, making the defense line stronger. From the desperate act when he first took office, to the tacit understanding of advancing and retreating together with the soldiers, to the combination of strength and softness in the face of internal and external troubles, Shen Yan has always been the knife stuck in the tower, cold and hot. She guarded the beacon fire at the border, and also looked forward to returning to her hometown to accompany her mother to comb her hair and drink osmanthus wine after peace. In the end, Shen Yan did not return to Beijing immediately and chose to stay at the border to preside over the reconstruction. In the spring, she stood on the restored gate tower and watched the soldiers cultivating on the field ridges. There was a tinkling sound from Su Wen's workshop, and a letter from her mother came from a messenger in the distance, saying that the osmanthus tree at home had grown. Sprout... In the end, tempered by blood and fire, she not only defended the city, but also carved her own legend in history books and people's hearts with the tenacity of a female general - her family and country are both on her shoulders, and she has never wavered in her original intention.