The surrendered castle in the northern part of Gohara County. Originally, it was just a humble town occupied by Xianbei people. Since the defeat of the leader and the 80,000 cavalry he led in the south in the winter of the previous year, the fate of the city has changed completely.

The Yan Sheng division of the Dingyuan army unceremoniously used this place as their garrison, and according to the notice of the Wuyuan County Government, the area within a range of two hundred miles around the surrendered city was assigned to the name of the Yan Sheng tribe and became their legal nomadic area. As for the small Xianbei tribe that originally lived near the surrendered city, since the death of Kuitou, they have been annexed by the increasingly powerful Yansheng tribe one after another, and have become the people of this clan, and will be managed by the patriarch Tuxi in the future.

Tuxi actively responded to Zhao Xing's call and changed all the people of his tribe who followed him south to Han names and surnames, and never used Xianbei names and languages in the future. Tu Xi chose a strict character for himself among the hundred family names, and renamed it Xi Zi, which was called Yan Xi together, and the thousands of people who originally followed him have since been unified into the surname Yan. Later, after Zhao Xing heard about this, he was very appreciative, thinking that Yan Xi could lead by example and actively support the ethnic policy of the Jin State, and specially mentioned this matter in the "Jin Daily".

The 10,000 Yansheng cavalry stationed in the surrendered city, because there was no battle to fight for the time being (the Flying Tiger Army had finished everything), so they dismounted for the people and joined the transformation and construction of the surrendered city. Together with the people living in the city, they tore down all the dilapidated earthen walls, and then expanded the entire area of the city ten miles outward, and rebuilt a new wall with stones and plaster, which was only about one and a half feet high.

It's not that Yan Xi doesn't want to build the city wall as tall as Wuyuan City, but it is actually that building a low city wall can save a lot of labor, and the purpose of this city wall is only to prevent the beasts on the grassland from entering the city at night to harm livestock, not for defensive battles like the original Wuyuan City.

For the Yansheng on horseback, the best way for them to defend and fight is to engage in a head-to-head duel with the enemy, rather than standing on the top of the city and throwing arrows and stones. And with the momentum of the Jin Kingdom now, as long as they bully others in the north, how can there be a foreigner who is not long-sighted to offend the Yansheng clan?

When rebuilding the surrendered city, Yan Xi kept an eye on it, and specially reported to the army commander Zhao Yun, requesting that the direction of Crouching Tiger City send craftsmen who are proficient in civil engineering to come to the surrendered city for urban planning and guidance to build the city. Zhao Xing was naturally very supportive of their approach, so he sent five master craftsmen to the surrendered city to help the Yansheng clan build the city.

These craftsmen have participated in the construction of many large-scale civil engineering projects such as Crouching Tiger City, Jinyang City, Huguan, Keiguan and Wuyuan City, and have rich experience in building cities. As soon as they arrived in the surrendered city, they first conducted a strict survey of the local water source and water quality, and after determining that the place had the conditions to live for 200,000 people, they instructed Yan Xi to dig many ravines in the ground within the city wall, and lay and build sewers, domestic water pipes, and floor heating for burning coal and stone to provide heat.

After building the underground facilities and filling in the ravines in the city, the craftsmen instructed the Yansheng tribe to complete the construction of all the cross-cutting roads, and then began to build the yamen institutions used for the government and the army, the living quarters where ordinary residents lived, the large closed enclosures for livestock, and squares, shops, streets, schools, and medical centers......

According to the craftsmen's calculations, it will take three years to complete the construction of the entire surrendered city. In the past year, only a third of the construction of the new city has been completed, that is, a number of residential areas and a few stalls for horses, cattle and sheep. Just as the Yansheng people were thinking about the warm weather this year, and continued to work hard to complete the construction of this root city in their minds, the heavy snow in the north covered the fallen city indiscriminately.

The snow had been falling for seven days until yesterday, and now the snow in the city was knee-deep, and the situation became very serious.

In the headquarters of the Yansheng Division of the Dingyuan Army, in the residence where the division commander lived, several regiment commanders were standing in front of Yan Xi with a serious face, listening to the division commander's lectures and instructions.

Yan Xi said: "Colleagues, you and I are both soldiers of the Protector Army and members of the Yansheng clan, when this catastrophe comes, I hope that you can put aside your small calculations in your hearts, unite sincerely, and help the people in the city to tide over their sorrows." From today onwards, the four regiments will dispatch their general forces to carry all the snow from the city out of the city in the morning and evening in the direction of the four gates of the east, west, south, and north gates, so as to prevent the snow from blocking the road and freezing the heating pipes below the ground. The rest of the troops are under my unified command, and they are responsible for clearing the road leading to the direction of Gohara and providing relief to us for Gohara County to provide us with relief and reduce resistance. ”

A regiment commander whispered: "At this time, will the Han people in Wuyuan City provide us with rescue?"

"Xiao Bingcai, shut up for me! I don't want to hear this a second time in the future, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law! You must always remember that you are now a soldier of the Jin Kingdom, a member of the Yansheng clan, not a Xianbei person! Have you heard it clearly?" Yan Xi snorted violently and reprimanded the head of the regiment who spoke under him.

Immediately afterwards, Yan Xi said with great certainty: "I'm sure that Lord Taishou of Wuyuan County must be trying to find a way to rescue the people affected by the disaster now, maybe even Lord Taifu in Crouching Tiger City has been alarmed, and he is now thinking of a way! In addition, all breeding animals in several horses, cattle and sheep pens are concentrated in one pen, and the heating is increased to ensure that these horse and sheep breeds cannot be frozen to death!"

In a natural village twenty miles outside the city of Wuyuan, dozens of Han families who have fled here live. They have been living here for more than eight years, and now the nearby land has been officially allocated to them by the government and has become their asset for their livelihood. According to the regulations of the Jin State, the ownership of these lands belongs to the Jin State, but the management rights belong to the local villagers, and no housekeeper or individual can take them away at will.

In a newly renovated tiled house on the south side of the village, there lives a mother and son surnamed Wang. The woman in this family, Wang Li, was originally from Didao County, Longxi County, because the man Wang Dayong had a conflict with the Qiang people who took refuge in Dong Zhuo in the local area, and Nu'er killed people with a knife, but was arrested by the Dong family and beaten to death by the government. The mother and son were worried about the Dong family's continued ambitions, so they fled all the way east, and finally came to Wuyuan, and then settled down.

Eight years have passed, and the little boy of the Wang family has now grown up, helping his mother to serve the fields, raising a few military horses, and his life is getting better and better.

This young man named Wang Shuang was originally hearty and lively, but he has been very sad and uneasy recently. It's just that the heavy snow that keeps falling day and night has frozen several of their livestock to death, and now only half of the livestock are still barely suffering, if the weather is not good, then Xiao Wangshuang's favorite half-big jujube red horse will die!

The jujube red horse was brought back by Wang Shuang personally from the Wuyuan Military Horse Management Bureau. According to the agreement between his family and the Military Horse Management Bureau, as long as Wang Shuang takes care of this war horse in the next three years and returns it to the government, then Wang Shuang is eligible to join the Wuyuan Reserve Army, and in the future he will become a housekeeper with a fixed salary every month.

Jujube Red Horse is connected with Xiao Wangshuang's dream, and it can't be frozen to death no matter what!

When the continuous heavy snow fell, Wang Shuang led the foal to his room, lit firewood, and even hugged the foal to cover a quilt, the degree of care is impressive.

The terrible snow is still falling, although it is already a lot smaller, but every day that passes, many livestock are frozen to death, and even people in remote places have begun to freeze to death, and the situation is getting worse and worse......