In the late Qing Dynasty, the war continued and the people were living in misery. The eldest brother (played by Jet Li) was betrayed by his colleagues, and none of his troops survived. The eldest brother, who survived by pretending to be dead, met Liansheng (played by Xu Jinglei) who ran away from home. After the two kept each other warm for a night, Liansheng left without saying goodbye. The eldest brother was found on the street by the third brother (played by Takeshi Kaneshiro) and brought back to the village. It turned out that she was the wife of Erhu (played by Andy Lau). The peasants tortured by poverty and hunger, led by the honest Erhu and the loyal third brother, robbed the official silver, causing the government to retaliate in the middle of the night. The eldest brother took the opportunity to encourage everyone to join the army to earn military pay and food. The three of them pledged their loyalty and brotherhood, and set out with 108 people to join the army. This brother army fought desperately and won many victories. However, the higher he climbed, the bigger his ambition became. Erhu and the third brother could no longer control him, and differences gradually arose. The eldest brother's relationship with Liansheng was discovered by the third brother, who mistakenly believed that Liansheng was the reason for the brothers' quarrel and wanted to save Erhu by killing the eldest sister-in-law. Faced with the fraud of the court, the darkness of the government, and the expansion of ambition, the three brothers who had once pledged their loyalty to the emperor eventually killed each other...