Twilight of a Nation — Season 1, Episode 24: Episode 24
Drama, War & Politics • 44 min • 1 season, 45 episodes
Episode synopsis
SUI, CHINO sends his army to pursue the Chings, but is trapped by CHUNG YUEN, and loses the battle. YING and PANG also cause the Taipings substantial loss by setting fire to their grain. SUI CHING is suspicious of YING and PANG, and sends CHEUNG FAI to test them. CHEUNG Fai finds out their true identities, but SUI CHING keeps the secret to himself, seeking an opportunity to make use of them. KWOK CHUEN finds out that CHUNG YUEN has killed all the prisoners of war and intends to stage a massacre on entering Guilin. KWOK CHUEN is displeased. WAN SHAN and LAI CHUNG meet KWOK CHUEN, who inform them of CHUNG YUEN's plan and advises them to flee as soon as possible. The two inform SUI CHUEN. SUI CHING accuses KWOK CHUEN of tricking the Taipings to abandon the city, and recommends defending the city.… ...
About Twilight of a Nation
Twilight of a Nation is a Hong Kong television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the late Qing Dynasty. The 45 episodes long series was produced by Siu Sang and was first aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1988. It was broadcast again on TVB in 1996. The theme songs and insert songs in the series were performed by Roman Tam.