COLLECTION · Series · 2011

新亮剑

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In the late 1930s, the ancient Chinese nation was enduring its darkest hour, as countless sons and daughters of China shed their blood and laid down their lives in the hope of a tomorrow of peace and freedom. Li Yunlong (Huang Zhizhong), commander of the Independent Regiment, was one of these hot-blooded men. Uneducated, rough and impetuous, he was nonetheless born with a strategic military mind and excelled at fighting fierce, hard-fought and unconventional battles. He commanded respect and drew considerable attention not only from the Communist side but even from the Nationalist and Japanese forces. Yet his habit of refusing to play by the rules gave Commissar Zhao Gang (Ren Quan) no end of headaches, and amid their quarrels and battles the two men forged a deep friendship. In the final days of the Chinese Civil War, Li Yunlong was gravely wounded in a showdown with his old nemesis Chu Yunfei (Guo Jinglin), and in the hospital he met Tian Yu (Gan Tingting), the love of his life. With the country barely settled, this man of iron who had spent half his life on horseback did not halt his march, continuing to win greater merits for the new China...