-Era background: During the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms period (337-352 AD), the Central Plains fell into unprecedented turmoil, and ethnic conflicts became acute under the rule of the Jie tribe and the Hou Zhao regime. As the capital of the Later Zhao Dynasty, Yecheng witnessed the blood and tears of countless Han people and conflicts between Hu and Han.
Geographic environment: The story unfolds around Yecheng. This majestic city on the bank of the Yellow River has both splendid palaces and eternal alleys stained red with blood. The battlefield outside the city extends from the land of Youyan to both banks of the Yellow River, showing the unique desolation and chill of the north.
Core contradiction: the bloody struggle for the survival rights of the Hu-Han people, loyalty and betrayal in the change of power. Ran Min's special identity of growing up in the Hu regime but eventually becoming the leader of the Han people constitutes a huge paradox of fate.
