The Conquest (TV series)

{{Short description|Hong Kong television series}}

{{Infobox television

| image = theconquestintertitle.jpg

| caption = The Conquest intertitle

| alt_name =

| genre = Historical drama

| creator =

| developer = Xun Yifeng
Liang Bai

| writer = Lau Choi-wan

| director = Raymond Chai

| creative_director =

| presenter =

| starring = Joe Ma
Damian Lau
Chen Kun
Sonija Kwok

| judges =

| voices =

| narrated =

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme = Zhengba Chuanqi (争霸传奇) performed by Chen Kun

| endtheme = Zhen Yongyuan (真永远) performed by Chen Kun

| composer = Ben Li

| country = Hong Kong
China

| language = Cantonese (Hong Kong version)
Mandarin (China version)

| num_seasons =

| num_episodes = 42 (Hong Kong version)
49 (China version)

| list_episodes =

| producer = Fei Yu

| executive_producer = Tommy Leung
Raymond Chai

| location = China

| cinematography =

| editor =

| camera =

| runtime = 45 minutes per episode

| company = TVB
CCTV

| channel = Jade
ZJSTV

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2006|12|18}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|2007|2|10}}

| related =

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The Conquest is a television series based on the conflict between the states of Wu and Yue during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. The series was jointly produced by Hong Kong's TVB and mainland China's CCTV under executive producers Tommy Leung and Raymond Chai. It was renamed to Legend of the Heroic Duo for the mainland China release, where it aired two episodes every night on Zhejiang Satellite TV (ZJSTV) from 6 June to 28 June 2006, totalling 49 episodes. In Hong Kong, The Conquest aired five days a week on the TVB Jade network from 18 December 2006 to 10 February 2007, totalling 42 episodes.