The Great General

The Great General
DVD cover
碧血青天珍珠旗 Bik1 Hyut3 Cing1 Tin1 Zan1 Zyu1 Kei4
Genre	historical fiction fantasy
Starring	Norman Chu Damian Lau Joey Meng Jackie Lui Wong Jung Yeung Yuk-mui Mak Ging-ting Loong Koon-tin Chan Lai-sze Tam Bing-man
Opening theme	"Bik Hyut Daan Sam" (碧血丹心) performed by Johnny Yip and Frances Yip
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	45 minutes/episode
Original release
Network	ATV
Release	November 7 (1994-11-07) – December 16, 1994 (1994-12-16)
Related
Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family (1994)

The Great General (碧血青天珍珠旗) is a 30-episode 1994 Hong Kong TV series produced by ATV. It is the sequel to the series Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family, featuring mostly the same cast.

Long existed the legend that one can overlord the world with the help of the Banner of Hegemony. During the search for this banner under Song (Cantonese: Sung) emperor's decree, Joeng Zung-bou takes back a professed owner who turns out to be an assassin to severely injure the emperor, which brings Joeng Zung-bou to jail term as an accused traitor. In the hope of getting some help from judge Baau Cing, Joeng Zung-bou's daughter-in-law Wai Ling-ji runs away in pregnancy and unfortunately encounters a mob working for the ambitious prince Ziu Dak-jam who is plotting conspiracy, but is lucky enough to be rescued by the patriotic general Dik Cing, who then takes their message to Baau Cing and eventually have the Joengs rescued. At this moment, the Banner of Hegemony appears in Western Xia, as Dik Cing and Joeng Zung-bou are ordered to bring it back. On their way, they met Lei Jyun-hou, Emperor of Western Xia who is suffering temporary amnesia and they become sworn brothers with him. Later, Lei Jyun-hou recovers from amnesia and turns back against his brothers to strive for the banner. A bloody war is about to begin.

Note: The characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

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