At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Cao Mengde (played by Yu Hewei), a generation of heroes, became famous among the heroes. He took the troubled Emperor Xian Liu Xie to Xudu, commanded the princes with the prestige of the emperor, and gradually grew a heart of rebellion as a hegemon. While ruthlessly eradicating dissidents, Prime Minister Cao searched for filial and honest people, and only selected talents, from the early Xun Yu to the later Xun You and Yang Xiu (played by Zhai Tianlin), all of whom entered the shogunate to show their talents. At that time, Sima Yi (played by Wu Xiubo), the second son of the Sima family in Hanoi, kept a low profile and hid his identity. In order to avoid Cao Cao's call, he would rather cut off his leg. Later, at the sincere invitation of the prince Cao Pi (played by Li Chen), he became Cao Pi's staff. In order to compete for the position of the prince, Cao Pi and his younger brother Cao Zhi fought openly and secretly, and their respective staff Sima Yi and Yang Xiu were also involved in a series of battles of wits. The Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Red Cliff were all destroyed. The heroes of the older generation came to an end, and the new generation of wise warriors will continue their fateful struggle in the unfinished troubled times...