After the Gengzi Revolution, the land of China was devastated, and aspiring young people rose up to save their country.The aristocratic young Liangxiang (played by Li Xian), the revolutionary Yang Kaizhi (played by Wei Daxun), and the Beiyang Right Guardsman Li Renjun (played by Zhou You) became the first batch of progressive young people to study abroad at the Japanese Military Academy. On the cruise ship, they met the revolutionary exile YuTianbai (played by Zhu Yawen) and Qiuhong (played by Chun Xia) met, and the fate of the five people was closely linked from then on.When various ideological trends come to Tokyo, they become sworn friends, pursue love, and strive to revitalize China.

After returning to the country, Liangxiang hesitated to explore the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but he was trapped in the whirlpool of power and had nowhere to show his passion. Finally, he recognized the trend of the times and rose up in seclusion.Kaizhi defeated the arrogance of Japanese imperialism in the battle of Yanji and was hailed as a "border defense hero".The revolutionary party, the constitutionalists, and the Beiyang clique were constantly competing. During the Xinhai period, the revolutionary patriots fought bloody battles and overthrew the old order that had existed for thousands of years.Inspired by the new trend of thought, Qiu Hong, Yang Yifan and others recognized the way out for the Chinese nation amidst the ups and downs, and continued on the revolutionary road of revitalizing China and national rejuvenation.