"The Wind Rises longxi" is a costume history military drama starring Chen Kun and Bai Yu, which tells the story of the Wei Shu spy war during the Three Kingdoms period, and the duel between Cao Wei's intelligence agency military division and Shu Han's intelligence agency Si Wen Cao.
The protagonists of the story are Chen Gong (a senior spy of the Shu Han Dynasty, the White Emperor) starring Chen Kun, and Xun Xue (Shu Han Jing'an Si Wei) starring Bai Yu. Chen Gong was arranged to go undercover in Tianshui County, Wei Jun, and Xun Xue's sister Zhai Yue was arranged to go undercover in the Five Immortals Road.
The spies in the play mainly come from four parts of the forces, one is Cao Wei's Military Division, the second is the Five Immortals Dao, and the third is the Si Wen Cao in the Shu Han Dynasty, and Si Wen Cao can be divided into two forces, the Yang Yi faction led by Zhuge Liang and the Li Mi faction led by the auxiliary Han general Li Yan.
Character relationship diagram of "The Wind Rises in Longxi"
Cao Wei's Military Division was built after Shu Han's Siwen Cao and was mainly responsible for intelligence and espionage. The direct subordinate officer in the play is Guo Huai (Guo Jingfei), the uncle of Guo Gang, the sheriff of Tianshui County.
The Five Immortals Dao originated from the WudouMi Sect during the Lingdi period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the current leader is Huang Xian, who nominally belongs to Cao Wei, but actually has its own plans. The spy of the Five Immortals Is Miaofeng, that is, Liu Ying, played by Angelababy Yang Ying.
The official match of Liu Ying in the original work is Gao Tangbing (Played by Yang Yi), and the ending is also tragic, and she committed suicide.
The intelligence agency of the Shu Han Dynasty was Siwen Cao, founded by Zhuge Liang's chancellor Shi Yangyi and Siwen Cao Caoyuan Feng Yi, and was directly under Zhuge Liang's direct jurisdiction.
Li Yan, the auxiliary Han general who later fought against Zhuge Liang, took over SiWencao on the pretext of Zhuge Liang's failure in the First Northern Expedition, and arranged for his confidant Li Mi (Zhao Zheng) to enter SiWencao. Li Mi was originally zhuge liang's minister who joined the army, and was demoted by Zhuge Liang to a shuren.
The Shu Han Dynasty's Siwen Cao was mainly composed of three institutions: the Military Strategist Division, the Siwen Division, and the Jing'an Division.
The Military Planning Department is specifically responsible for analyzing, summarizing, and sorting out the collected intelligence and giving it to Zhuge Liang as a reference for information. The boss of the Military Strategist Division is Gao Tangbing.
The Division of Security is responsible for dispatching spies to enemy countries, spying on military intelligence, and engaging in daily work such as training and liaison with spies. Si Wen Si Boss is yin.
The Jing'an Division was mainly responsible for the security of the Shu state, responding to Cao Wei's various infiltrations into shu Han and counter-espionage investigations. The boss of Jing'an Division was Xun Xue.
Some of the high-ranking spies were not in these three institutions, but were directly subordinate to Si Wencao' chief officer. For example, the White Emperor Chen Gong was Siwen Cao Cao's direct subordinate to Feng Bing.
In 229 AD, Sun Quan declared himself emperor in Eastern Wu, and the Three Kingdoms officially became the most powerful. Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition failed due to the loss of the street pavilion by Ma Mo. The reason for the failure, in addition to Ma Mo's conceit, was the false information transmitted by the White Emperor.
The White Emperor Chen Gong was identified as a traitor by Si Wencao because of the false intelligence incident, and Si Wen Cao Cao aided Feng Bing (Nie Yuan) to send Chen Gong's wife's brother Jing'an Si Wei Xun To investigate and get rid of the White Emperor Chen Gong.
For Chen Gong, who grew up together and was a brother-in-law, Xun Xue never believed that he would rebel. Sure enough, during the investigation, it was learned that Chen Gong had been wronged and was framed by Candle Dragon, a high-level spy hidden by Wei Jun in Shu. So the plot revolves around Chen Gong and Xun Xue joining forces to find the Candle Dragon.
Xun Xue returned to SiWencao to investigate, while Chen Gongxian pretended to die to replace Sima Michong of the Wei army to contact the Five Immortals Dao, nominally to carry out wei jun's Qingping plan, but in fact secretly looking for clues to the candle dragon.
Just when Chen Gong was about to come into contact with the Candle Dragon when he was about to carry out the Qingping Plan, he was arrested by Guo Gang, and Chen Gong's remarks once again moved Guo Gang. However, Zhai Yue's identity as a spy for the Shu army was exposed and he was caught by Guo Gang.
In order to let Chen Gong prove his credibility, Guo Gang arranged for Chen Gong to kill Zhai Yue with his own hands. On the one hand is the beloved wife, on the other hand is the task related to the national fortune, how to choose, Chen Gong's heart has never had this kind of torture, he hopes that it is himself who is caught, not his wife Zhai Yue.
The most interesting thing in the play is the mysterious "Candle Dragon", the candle dragon in the original work is the assistant Han general Li Yan's general Hu Zhong, who is Zhuge Liang's undercover agent installed next to Li Yan.
Candle Dragon is a double-sided spy, and Zhuge Liang is the boss behind the scenes, planning everything with the aim of bringing down his opponent Li Yan. If the script does not follow the original book, Fox Zhong is not a Candle Dragon, and according to the current plot, the Candle Dragon is likely to be Zhai Yue or Gao Tangbing.
It is speculated that Zhai Yue is a candle dragon because Zhai Yue does not exist in the original work, and the female characters in the original work are only Liu Ying and Xun Xue's wife, and the content is less. In the script, the role of Zhai Yue was arranged to replace Lady Xun, probably in order to add some female characters, or to play a male role.
But there is also a possibility that Zhai Yue has another identity, and the character stills found from the Internet are implied by Zhai Yue's stills that say "spy in spy, plan in plan". Of course, this is a bit too far-fetched.
It is speculated that Gao Tangbing is a candle dragon, first, because in episode 7 a man meets Liu Ying, this man is likely to be a candle dragon, and the man's only half of his face and beard are most similar to Gao Tangbing.
The second is that Gao Tangbing, as a lieutenant of the Military Strategist Division (who is qualified to contact core secrets), is also the most senior person in Siwen Caoli (familiar with everything about Si Wencao, especially the way intelligence is transmitted), plus his left and right Fengyuan are respectful to everyone and do not mix with any force, always cooperating with the victorious side (self-protection), and the scene gradually increases after episode 7. This look is a bit undercover.
The third is that Gao Tangbing is a good friend of Xun Xue, which is in line with the introduction of the candle dragon in the original book. Therefore, in summary, Gao Tangbing is likely to be a candle dragon.
Although "Wind Rises West Dragon" is a historical drama, it is very good to use intelligence as an entry point, if it is changed well, the costume spy drama should be more exciting than the modern spy drama.
In fact, this drama does provide a direction, in the past, historical dramas are based on grand historical events centered on the royal or eunuch family to tell the life of a dynasty or an emperor, and it is inevitable that it is boring to watch more. It is better to grasp an inconspicuous event or institution in a certain period of history, and go deeper to create, which may have a different flavor.