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At the end of 1949, before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xiangxi, known as "China's appendix," was still plagued by the rampant presence of over 100,000 bandits entrenched in the continuous mountain ranges spanning tens of thousands of peaks.

Xiangxi’s terrain is characterized by ravines, dense rivers, undulating mountains, and a network of caves. More than ten counties border Hubei, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces, and throughout history, this region has been loosely governed. Since the Song Dynasty, banditry has never ceased. It became particularly rampant at the end of the Qing Dynasty and even more so during the Republic of China era. Numerous bandit leaders exploited Xiangxi's perilous geography to carve out their own fiefdoms, ruling with an iron fist. They committed arson, murder, robbery, and rape, bringing endless calamity to the people of Xiangxi. For centuries, the picturesque Xiangxi was orally passed down as "China's appendix." The Xiangxi bandits believed that no one could eradicate the bandit menace in Xiangxi, likening it to the unceasing flow of Xiangxi's ancient streams, destined to last forever.

In the autumn of 1949, a certain unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was heading south to attack the remaining Nationalist forces in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Passing through Xiangxi, the army's cultural troupe leader, Liang Ziyun, led his troupe in a stirring motivational performance for the troops about to set off. After the performance, five members of the cultural troupe, including Liang Ziyun, were mysteriously abducted by bandits. Enraged, the army commander ordered reconnaissance company commander Zheng Huchen to raid the bandit stronghold and rescue the troupe members.

Zheng Huchen, who had joined the Eighth Route Army with his fellow villagers during the war against Japan to defend his homeland, underwent a decade of fiery battles during the War of Resistance and the Liberation War. He transformed from a naive Shandong youth into an indomitable and undefeated hero as a reconnaissance company commander. This mission assigned directly by the army commander not only aimed to rescue the cultural troupe members but also to strike a blow against the bandits' audacity and pave the way for the liberation army's return to eliminate the bandits. Initially believing that a decisive victory would be achieved swiftly with the bold actions of his battle-hardened reconnaissance company brothers, Zheng Huchen soon found himself ensnared in the vast mountains of Xiangxi. This was an operation where no prisoners were needed, a fight without any rear support...

What appeared to be a simple kidnapping by bandits was, in fact, the prelude to a plot by the Nationalist remnant agent Dai Deshan to use Xiangxi as a base for counterattacking the mainland. The Gu family militia, which had ruled over He Pan Mountain for generations, was the strongest armed force in the area. They viewed every intruder into He Pan Mountain with hostility, and every move made by Zheng Huchen and his team directly threatened the safety of the Gu family militia. As such, they themselves were constantly on the brink of life and death...

Facing the "ten thousand mountains, ten thousand bandits" of Xiangxi and the Nationalists' final base for a counterattack, the less-than-ten-man anti-bandit assault team was like a lone child surrounded by a pack of wolves, with little hope of survival. However, the determination to complete their mission as soldiers in the hearts of Zheng Huchen and his assault team brothers remained unwavering.

The sole belief sustaining their continued fight amidst death was the solemn promise to complete their mission as soldiers. For this promise, they faced dangers without fear, difficulties without hesitation, criticism without concern, and death without trepidation, fighting until their last breath. This was the immortal legacy of Zheng Huchen and countless other PLA soldiers...