Honoring his dying father's words, a man comes to the dusty desert village of Double Flag Town to claim his bride. He ends up killing a man who is attempting to rape his bride and provokes the wrath of the Leather Swordsman who is the rapist's brother. Now the young man must choose his fate and decide whether he will escape with his bride or face the brother's wrath.

To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.