Tears of a Chivalrous Woman

The killings were cruel, the battles savage, leaving an irreplaceable shadow of terror over Jiaodong. Heroes and demons, bloody battlefields, bones scattered everywhere as ghosts wail: this was the Yongle Campaign to Pacify the North, which every Shandong native knows took place in Jiaodong during the Ming Dynasty. The martial world is torn by bloody, tearful battles. A wondrous legend unfolds, and the Eight Immortals appear once more. The story of the five Red Embroidered Maidens opens with the prelude to the peasants' resistance against the Ming army's village massacres and the bloody slaughter of the martial world. Outside Hong Family Village, the killing cries surge like a storm. A handsome young commander leads his troops east and meets the woman he loves. The love between the young commander and his beloved ends in tears.