解放战争时期，广西。国军师管区司令龙耀祖（马吉告 饰）丢失机密文件遭上峰处决，并限其子龙家昌（赵文炘 饰）十日内追回密件。偷出密件的是阿峰（祝新运 饰）、虎仔（常戎 饰）、和兰妹（陈惠珍 饰），地下党农伯（宋德 望饰）要他们把密件十日内送到游击区，后农伯为掩护孩子们壮烈牺牲。三个少年闯过敌人层层设防，扒车混过敌人哨卡，下车时虎仔被敌王参谋（程之 饰）发现，博斗中双方受伤。他们找到丁济平（韩非 饰）医生为虎仔作手术，并将找上门来的王参谋打死，三少年终于来到接头地点。上级派阿妲（何玲 饰）前来接头，不料敌人在河边设下了埋伏......

江南某地行驶着一辆载着逃难人群的汽车，车上又两名护士和一个艺名叫“花凤仙”的妓女。日军队长佐藤看中了花凤仙，要她跟他们走，否则就扣留这辆汽车。花凤仙拒绝了日军的无理要求。人们焦急万分，几个富人劝花凤仙顺从日军，乘客们大多同情和支持花凤仙。后来，花凤仙知道两名护士身负重要去抗日根据地，为了使她们脱离险境，她答应了敌人的要求。汽车载着两名护士和难民开走了，花凤仙因抗暴被日军打死。花凤仙的气节感动了两名汽车司机，他们毅然驾车随两名护士而去，投奔抗日游击队。

This simple romance story does not mean much to westerners, and in fact, does not even mean anything to Chinese today, but it was a big thing when it was made, not long after the end of Cultural Revolution in which even the personal romance was restricted. This movie is one of the pioneers of personal liberalization in advocating people seeking out their love following their own hearts, not from other people.