Not long after, His Majesty the Emperor led an army of 30,000 to the north to conquer Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong County, and the horse captain Liu Biao led 5,000 cavalry soldiers as vanguards, of which 1,000 were good children recruited from Shangjun and Xihe.

Good family children are a specific class. They are engaged in legitimate professions such as farming and studying. They have innocent family backgrounds, have certain wealth, and have a high social status. They belong to the first two classes of "scholars, farmers, workers, and businessmen". They are either scholars or civilians.

Poor people cannot be good children, because every good family has equipment. A standard good family needs to bring their own two war horses, a halberd or spear, a long sword, a bow, two pots of arrows, and military rations required for a month of marching.

Based on the average living standards of the Han Dynasty, there were only one person who was able to purchase these equipment in a hundred. Therefore, the Yulin cavalry composed of good children of Emperor Wu of Han at that time had at most several thousand people.

The formation of a good family is largely attributed to Shang Yang. Shang Yang's reforms reward farming and warfare. Only the two paths of farming and warfare can be awarded titles. No military achievements can be granted titles. Those who have no military achievements are "even if they are rich, they have no fragility."

Shang Yang's reforms broke the class barriers between the nobles and ordinary people. Ordinary people can also improve their social status step by step through military merits. From Bai Ding, the lowest level, along the twenty steps designed by Shang Yang, they will accumulate military merits by constantly chopping people's heads and accumulating military merits, and the one with the highest military merits can become "Chehou" (in the Han Dynasty, he changed to "Chehou" to avoid the taboo of Emperor Wu).

Therefore, when the Qin people were happy to fight, they bravely moved forward during the war, scrambling to kill the enemies. Through the war, countless civilians obtained titles, changing their living conditions and social status. This custom was passed down from generation to generation and became a fertile soil for breeding good families.

After the Han Dynasty and Qin Dynasty, this system of military merits and titles was inherited. The Han Dynasty's official selection system was the "result system", the selection of talents and knowledge was "supervised scholars", and the selection of morals was "supervised and honest people". These were gradually taken over by wealthy families. If the civilian class wanted to enter the top, there was only one way to go for military merits.

This is like the students in later generations. You are not a rich second generation or a official second generation. They can spend a lot of money to go to famous schools, study abroad, inherit huge wealth, and join their father's company. A "small goal" is 100 million. Ordinary people do not have this ready-made golden road. They work hard to study and fight for the college entrance examination, and then work "996" to fight for their health after work, and become the only way out for countless ordinary people to change their living conditions.

During the Han Dynasty, the ultimate dream of countless good families to break up land and become marquis by accumulating military merits. For this dream, they fought for it and continued to play a huge role in the expansion of the Han Empire.

The most representative figure among them is the flying general Li Guang, who is a typical good family in the six counties. He has risen to a high position step by step with courage. Unfortunately, his idea is too unfaithful and "Li Guang is difficult to be granted". He failed to be granted a marquis throughout his life, but ended up in a jealousy, which led to countless descendants sighing.

The six counties refer to Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, Beidi, Shangjun, and Xihe. These six counties were all border counties in the past. "Earlier than Rongdi, practiced war preparation, and advanced strength, and took hunting first... In the Han Dynasty, the good sons of the six counties chose Yulin, Qimen, and officials with their talents and strength. Most famous generals came from here."

Almost all the good families in the six counties are professional soldiers, and their way out is to join the army. Among the officers of the Han Dynasty, good families are the absolute mainstream. Many of them are not only brave, but also educated. Many of them are learning military techniques, civil and military skills, and have emerged in many talents.

Shandong became prime minister and Shanxi became general, which was the norm for the Qin and Han dynasties. A good family with a clean family and wealthy family made it his life goal to be named a marquis immediately. The biggest difference from ordinary army is that they have pursuits, ideals, principles and bottom lines, and know why they fight. Such an army is difficult to defeat.

When Liu Biao first arrived in Shangjun, he wanted to absorb the good family's sons into the army, but those serious good family's sons looked down on him at all. Because most of his subordinates were former refugees from Qingzhou, their social status was low, and their martial arts were incomparable to those of good family's sons who had been a kid and shooting since childhood. In addition, Liu Biao was just a general who was born as a horse official, without fame, and was not attractive to good family's sons.

The good family members always follow the generals when they join the army. If the cavalry general Huo Qubing, the good family members of the six counties would squeeze out their heads and serve under him. When Li Guangli and others are in trouble, they will be defeated.

Liu Biao, an unknown person, was not attractive to the good family in the six counties, and they were ashamed to be with the refugees. Therefore, Liu Biao tried his best and only recruited more than 300 good family members.

When His Majesty the Emperor was lucky enough to ride the Diaoyin Horse Farm and lingered for several days, the news came out, and everyone knew that Liu Biao was so generous that he would definitely be valued. So his views changed a little. With the help of Ma Yuan and others, a good family was finally willing to join the command of the Shema Captain.

Liu Biao was very happy to have obtained the best military sources of more than a thousand great men. In order to inspire morale, he gave a great martial arts performance before going to war, allowing the warriors to show their courage in front of the entire army.

As a result of the martial arts performance, Zhao Xingju, a son of the Jingshi of Shangjun, used step shooting, and all of the cavalry and shot six times, winning the lead. Liu Biao's old subordinate, Yang Gui from the former Wenyang Camp of the Red Eyebrow Army, used step shooting six times, and rode and shot six times, winning the second place.

Liu Biao appointed Zhao Xingju as the governor, and he was under his command of more than 100 elite good families. Yang Gui was also the governor, and led more than 100 selected children of the Red Eyebrow Army as two sharp knife villages. Because of the formation of soldiers, these two villages are naturally opposed. They are dissatisfied with each other and have a vague sense of fighting.

Zhao Xingju was from the Beijing family. His ancestors followed Li Guangli to conquer Dayuan and died on the way. His family has been in the army for generations. He is proficient in riding and shooting, familiar with military tactics, and is very famous among the local young people. This time he joined the army, he almost immediately became the leader of a good family and was a representative figure of their confrontation with the children of refugees.

When the soldiers of Shangjun saw him win the martial arts performance, they were cheering and thought that he had won glory for his hometown and safeguarded the honor of their six counties' good families.

Liu Biao shouted: "Brothers, we are going to the battlefield. Some of you are my old subordinates, and some are new recruits who have just joined, but in my eyes, Liu Biao, everyone is the same. You are all my brothers in my robes!"

"In our Muma camp, there are no Qingzhou soldiers, no good family, and no Sili army. Everyone is a robber. They are brothers who want to live and die together on the battlefield! I, Liu Biao, promise that I will treat everyone fairly and never be biased! You also want you to ensure that you abide by military discipline and abide by the camp rules. If you violate it, don't blame me for being ruthless! Okay, I won't say much nonsense. I am a hero or a coward. Let's see you on the battlefield!"

When the good families in Jiandao Tun returned to the tent, someone said, "Tun Chief, Liu, look quite military, but he is too thin... I don't know how the war is like?"

"Let's watch it on the battlefield!" Zhao Xingju said, feeling unsure, and he didn't know what the general was like.

A good family joins the army like a woman getting married. What general he follows is basically a decision on the future. Following an ever-winning general can gain more military merits and even be named a marquis. If he follows Li Guang, he will get lost at any time. As for the title of a marquis... he can't work on himself!
Chapter completed!