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Director: Zhang Jianya

Screenwriters: Acheng and Meng.

Starring: Ma Yue, Miaoyu, Ma Jingwu, Ma Shaohua, Lu Jianmin and Jin Shijie.

Type: plot, history

Country of manufacture: Chinese mainland.

Language: Mandarin

Premiere: 2006-12/26 (Chinese mainland)

Number of groups: 50

Single episode length: 46 minutes

In 620 AD, in July of the third year of Tang Wude, Li Shimin, the second son of Tang Dynasty's founding emperor Li Yuan, was ordered by his father to March eastward to Luoyang. Luoyang, the eastern capital of the former Sui Dynasty, is of great political, military and economic significance. The battle of Luoyang became the most important battle to unify the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty.

Luoyang was besieged by the army for several months, and it was unable to fight against Tang Jun, so Wang, the leader of Luoyang, had to hope for reinforcements. Dou Jiande of Hebei led hundreds of thousands of troops to Luoyang,

Solve the siege of Luoyang. Li Shimin ordered his younger brother, King Li Yuanji of Qi, to stay at the base camp and personally lead troops to meet Dou Jiande's army. Li Shimin took full advantage of the terrain, defeated Dou Jiande's army by thousands, and captured Dou Jiande alive. Seeing that the tide was gone, the king had to surrender to Kaesong.

Li Shimin defeated the two most powerful enemies in the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, and the credit spread all over the world. In recognition of Li Shimin's achievements, Tang Gaozu named him General Ce Tian and gave him various privileges, and his status was almost equal to that of a prince.

The rapid expansion of Li Shimin's influence aroused Li Yuanji's jealousy and made Prince Li deeply uneasy. Li Yuanji's interest in power and ...