The Pride of the Desert

In the third year of the Xuantong period of the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1911 AD, the Wuchang Uprising occurred. Clouds followed from all directions, and southern Guangdong and northern borders formed an iron-blooded republic. Xiguancheng is an important town in the northwest. It is the hub of the Silk Road and has always been a battleground for military strategists. News of the Wuchang Uprising reached Xiguan, and Lu Jianli, the backbone of the Tongmenghui, was overjoyed. Wu Tianze, a garrison of the Qing army, realized that the Qing Dynasty was about to be overthrown, and was determined to cooperate with the Alliance. He persuaded Lu Jianli's sworn brother Long San. Long San knew that Wu Tianze was deeply rooted here, and even if he changed the world, an open confrontation with him would be a lose-lose situation. Therefore, he accepted Wu Tianze's inducement and agreed to persuade Lu Jianli to divide the world and share the throne together. Long San brought Wu Tianze to the Lu family for negotiations, but Lu Jianli sternly refused. Wu Tianze broke his promise to Long San and threatened Lu Jianli with death. Lu Jianli committed suicide and became Renren. His wife Lan Shuying escaped by chance and gave birth to a daughter in the family of a kindhearted man named Yi Chunde. Lan Shuying was determined to take revenge and felt that her daughter could not bear this important responsibility, so she exchanged her own child with the baby boy just born by Yi Chunde's wife. She took this descendant of the Yi family away from home and named him Lu Tianming...