Former bandit, Warlord General Pang Ta-fu becomes Provincial Governor of a northern Chinese territory during the civil war following the Revolution. He’s pompous and his love of wine and women is unlimited. His rule is a series of bizarre events accentuated by even crazier solutions.During a drought, Pang threatens the “Dragon God” so he fires his cannon into the air. Heavy rain follows.While presiding in court, Pang hears widow Pai Shih accuses her brother-in-law of raping her. In order to test the authenticity of her charge, he orders court guards to simulate her evidence and rape her. Pang orders her shot.During a birthday celebration for his stepfather, Pang’s real father arrives. Guests are embarrassed but Pang declares that his military standing warrants him having two fathers!Pang becomes infatuated with a singer named Hsiao Lan-fang. The General becomes infuriated when Hsiao’s father blocks his amorous advances towards her. Pang kills the old man declaring the whole case closed after he pays compensation money to the family of the deceased.When Pang gambles away provincial funds and is unable to pay his troops, he plunders the Imperial tomb.With the advances of the Revolutionary army, Pang Ta-fu seeks Japanese protection. Later, back in his village, when he conspires to contact former colleagues to rally them against the Revolutionary Army, his plans fail when they become known to Hsiao Lan-fang, who wants to avenge her father’s death. Hsiao Lan-fang shoots and kills the Warlord at his family shrine.

This film marked the return of Director Li Han-hsiang to Shaw’s and also witnessed a complete change in his style. It parodied the corruption and ridiculousness of the Warlord era in the early Republic of China in a playful and critical way. In addition to that, director Li added a few erotic shots to the film, which was a hint for his later shift to the making of erotic films.