Cao Xiangrong was a local from Qing State, a young farmer robust in appearance. However, before he joined the Qing State army, he was frail, as if a gust of wind could blow him over.
It was because his family was poor and had many children that Cao Xiangrong had no choice but to enlist and earn his keep. In the chaotic Eastern Land, good men weren't soldiers, but soldiering at least meant having money to take. In order to allow his younger brothers to eat their fill, Cao Xiangrong chose to become an enlisted soldier.
Zhang Shixiong treated his soldiers well, and Cao Xiangrong had grown strong and healthy. After four years in the military, in reality, Cao Xiangrong hadn't really fought in many battles, at most suppressing the Rebel Party. Yet, Cao Xiangrong felt that after all, the members of the Rebel Party were still people of Eastern Land, perhaps many of them were like him in the past, ordinary folk who could no longer get by, and he found it difficult to fight them.
