Personally I don't know much about that time in history so it was interesting to learn a bit of that history. I've never seen any shows containing the main leads apart from Chen in goodbye my princess but he wasn't that memorable to me. So this was a hidden gem for me.
The storyline was easy to follow, well paced, the characters were good in their roles and it was fun to watch. If you were good, good till the end if bad, bad till the end.
The story is about a commander who does everything to ensure his soldiers live a good life after wandering around for ten years with no permanent place to call home, he does so by over throwing the bad people in power there he meets a woman who is both beautiful and intelligent and they end up helping each other in their quests while falling in love in the end.

Characters.
Chen xing xu ( tan xuan Lin) have you ever seen someone who fits his role so well? I enjoyed watching him from beginning to end. He was smart, playful, loyal and he stood firmly in what he believed in. In addition his chemistry with his adjutant tan si was nice to see, his childish interaction with his sister and the icing on the cake was with the FL. The last time I saw a well balanced chemistry like that was Bai lu and Luo yunxi. In love is sweet.
Jing yi( mu wan qing ) at first I thought she would be an annoying FL but she proved me wrong she was intelligent, a smart business woman and couldn't stand being bullied. How she also supported tan and helped him solve crisis and they looked like they weren't in cahoots with each other was endearing to watch
Evan Lin (guang yao ) this is the second show I'm watching of his and he doesn't disappoint in this he is a righteous man who doesn't like the fight for power but is also kind of naive thinking that the world isn't is so bad so is his father but he later realizes that's not the case and decides to fight for justice.
Xu Bo Jun - guang Yao's father love to hate the man, a man who doesn't change his ways until his last breath,believing that everything he has done is for his son to inherit his empire. Didn't like his character but the fact he truly loved his son was something good.
Other characters were good in their roles too.

'negative side'
Tan Sangyu , tan xuan Lin's sister was kind of annoying like I understand you love a man but honestly see the situation before almost ruining your brother's plans.
They didn't tell us if mu wan ting the ' step sister' of mu wan qing died in the pipe line area or escaped.
They killed of tan si!!!! Was so mad about this.
They didn't give a nice conclusion to warlord pei like did he now support the revolution army , or he just knew he had lost so he just gave in ...
Felt bad for su Hong Chen the first woman he truly loved ended up dying under his best friend's father's torture.

Ost
The ost were really good.
Conclusion.
This is a very good drama doesn't have the common storylines , fun to watch and you'll be immersed in the story. I sure was!!!