During the Anti-Japanese War, because of being betrayed, the Japanese slaughtered the village, and more than 150 people in Ge Erdan's village were all killed. Ge Erdan (played by Huang Bo), Maizi (played by Gao Hu) and Miaozi (played by Fang Hui) became the lucky survivors of this disaster, and it became the mission of the three to find the betrayers and take revenge. Struggling at the critical moment of life and death, and making choices in front of fate, the different personalities of the three people led them to three different paths. Ge Erdan was chivalrous and brave, smart and clever. In order to take revenge, he joined the Eighth Route Army and found his wife Meng Xizi (played by Tong Yao). Miaozi chose to become a Kuomintang spy under the training of her husband because of the love entanglement with her lifesaver. The timid and selfish Maizi eventually surrendered to the Japanese and killed her former relatives for personal gain. At the same time, just when the situation of the Anti-Japanese War began to become clear, the person who betrayed the village appeared. It turned out to be Ge Erdan's father. How should Ge Erdan, who was bent on revenge, face the choice between justice and family affection? The film is adapted from the true story "Ge Erdan, the "Alternative Militia"".