- 解放军某部侦察参谋赵常胜乔装智入李匪盘踞的华阴县城,通知起义部队提前举行起义,解放了华阴县城。敌旅长李继龙率残部逃往华山。途中李匪假冒“解放军首长”劫持华山镇美女杨玉环未果,用中正剑杀死杨玉环的义兄。杨玉环欲为父报仇。李匪逃上华山,封锁华山通道,以杀害数百人质和毁坏华山文物古迹要挟我军。为消灭李匪、解救人质、保护华山珍贵文物古迹,我军派遣信使张正道和孟习圃携劝降信上山劝降。张正道被李匪杀害,孟习圃逃回部队,加入赵常胜的侦察班,寻找第二条登山路。在樵夫王拴娃和段成群的协助下,侦察班攀悬崖,越深渊,奇取了北峰。侦察班与李匪斗智斗勇,解救了被扣为人质的数百百姓,保全了华山文物古迹,配合大部队解放了整座华山。
- Series 2 (2000) The second series sees a deadly epidemic of nosebleeds grip the town's inhabitants, killing many. The plot is resolved after some confusion over the cause of the nosebleeds, involving butcher Hilary Briss' "special stuff", Benjamin Denton's escape from his relatives, and the murders in the Local Shop.