Joining the Army

"Brothers Cook Soldiers": In the autumn of 1924, Feng Yuxiang staged a coup in Beijing. Imperial cook Zhao Liangbang and his fellow apprentices Dong Jiarui and Guan Shaoze were abducted and sent to the Feng clique warlord's barracks to work as cooks. After several twists and turns, they escaped and the three brothers embarked on different paths. Zhao Liangbang returned to his hometown in southern Jiangsu to open a Huaiyang restaurant. Not long after, he was expelled from the army for the second time on the charge of "collaborating with the Communists." There he met his senior brother Dong Jiarui, who was later captured by the Red Army. He reunited with his younger junior brother Guan Shaoze. Soon, Zhao Liangbang returned to his hometown. After the Nanjing Massacre in 1937, the Japanese army held a celebration banquet. The three brothers put aside their previous suspicions and collaborated to plan a poisoning incident at the banquet...