In this film, during 1927, a scuffle between warlords led to a war in China. Many people of insight set off a wave of "attacking big countries and eliminating warlords". Guo Moruo, a young poet living in Japan, returned to the motherland with patriotism and participated in the Northern Expedition. Chiang Kai-shek, commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, appointed Guo Moruo as the propaganda director of the General Political Department of the Northern Expeditionary Army. In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's public provocation and opposition to the workers and peasants movement led by the * * * production party, Guo Moruo was puzzled. But soon, the cruel reality made Guo quickly see the ugly behavior of Jiang schemer. Jiang ordered Guo to be wanted, and Guo was persuaded to stay away and decided to join the * * * production party.