Shenjia has not had a peaceful year. The Rouran people knew that the Great Wei was in the midst of a crusade against the Xia Kingdom, so they harassed the border more and more.
Heishan Camp is located in the ancient city of Montenegro at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain. It is the camp closest to Rouran and the largest camp in the north. But for a long time, the Rouran people did not fight the Great Wei head-on at all. While forming alliances with the Liang Kingdom, Xia Kingdom, and Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty in the north to deal with the Great Wei, they continued to plunder the northern border of the Great Wei. .
Rouran has more cavalry than Dawei. This country with a vast territory in the north has a staggering number of horses, but in addition to horses and livestock, the south has too many things that the Rouran people want.
The power of the Great Wei blocked Rouran's southward advance, and the state of Wei in the northernmost blocked the rising Rouran for all the countries in the Central Plains.
for eighty years.
Dawei's army is getting stronger and stronger in the constant battle with Rouran, and the hatred between Rouran and Dawei is deepening day by day.
Hua Mulan wants to become stronger, but that doesn't mean that Hua Mulan is willing to live the days of a small dozen in three days and a dozen in five days.
"Did Crawly take the wrong medicine recently?" Hu Lihun roared while putting on his leather armor. "It also prevents people from sleeping!"
"Obviously we're not allowed to sleep." A Shan Zhiqi raised the halberd resignedly. "I heard from the Baiying side that His Majesty is at the most important time of the summer expedition, so they are disturbing the side every day, and pretending to lead the army southward to contain us."
"Then let's fight in a dignified way! Every time I send thousands of knights to shoot a few arrows, it's a ball!" Kunda was obviously also harassed by the Rouran people and made his life worse than death.
They are the luckiest guy in the "Black Fourth" camp. After a few months, not only did one not die, but he was also changed to a better camp, from one meal every five days to once every four days. .
Just starting with the food getting better, they are also being played with more and more points.
"If you have time to complain, it's better to wash your face quickly." Recently, there has been a sudden increase in big battles, and Hua Mulan gradually began to sleep without taking off her armor. At most, she took off her helmet and clothes to sleep.
At this moment, she was hanging the long knife on the waistband, lifted the quiver behind her back, and used her feet to hook up the long bow on the ground.
The short gun that Mulan brought from home has been broken, and now she uses a long knife picked up from Rouran. From the moment they received the military stickers, the military households of the Great Wei had to prepare everything they used in the camp, from needles and socks to weapons and horses. arrive.
So picking up loot on the battlefield has become their practice.
Hua Mulan never strips the skins and armors of dead people to wear them, and sometimes she will change to a weapon that is handy. Fortunately, her leather armor is the treasure of Hua's father. It has been well maintained for so many years. The leather is also beautifully tanned, which is strong and does not hinder Mulan's movements.
I don't know since when, Hua Mulan has become the existence of this burning person.
As long as he is there, everyone can always rush out quickly.
As A Shanzhiqi said, once you are on the battlefield, as long as you don't want to die, you have to kill people. If you kill too many people, it's futile to try to hide your abilities.
Others don't know, but the fire comrades know it well.
They know that Mulan's arrows are faster than others, and that Hua Mulan's swords and spears are more powerful than others. As long as they are near Hua Mulan, they can always turn the corner.
It may be a bit mean, but people always like to follow the strong. Therefore, they all knew that Hua Mulan was good at it, but no one broke it.
If it's broken, he may be leaving Hei Si. No army will give up such a subordinate who can shoot from long distances and attack close range and has super physical strength.
At that time, where would they go to find such a reliable companion
"Hada and I used short weapons, and we charged forward. Hu Lihun and Kunda used long spears and halberds, and you swept back. Yanu and Mo Huaier protected the left flank, Aji and Wudigui Protect the right wing. Kill the ghosts, pay attention to your back. Hua Mulan..." It was the fire chief, A Shan Zhiqi, who was in command of the battle.
"You are in the middle."
"Um."
Mulan nodded.
The so-called coping means that where there is danger, there is rescue.
All the companions have given her their backs.
*
The night passed.
They set out to pursue the camp so vigorously, but this midnight harassment did not target the city of Montenegro, but the solidified surrounding area on the right side of Montenegro.
The Rouran people once again cunningly attacked the east and west, and attacked many villages in the north in the middle of the winter night. Hua Mulan and others followed the right army for hundreds of miles, only catching up with dozens of Rouran people.
The Rouran people will not leave any survivors when they plunder the border, and they will not slow down the speed with the people. They robbed the things that were easy to take away and ran away, and they didn't care about cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs at all.
In order to prevent fraud, the right army did not continue to chase, but killed the dozens of Rouran people and then called Jin to withdraw.
It's like every time you're about to hit something hard, you hit something soft. Soon, an anxious and unwilling mood filled the entire Montenegro camp.
The result of everyone's anxiety makes Mulan less and less likely to go out to practice arrows or martial arts at night, because she often encounters comrades who are so hot that she can't sleep and vent at the shooting range.
The Han military divisions in Montenegro speculated that the enemy could not have been harassing like this all the time, and a big battle was just around the corner. Therefore, each army began to count the record of this period of time, and the new recruits must join the battle quickly and become the new force of each army.
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Recruit camp.
"Black Fourth and sixteenth fire." The lieutenant of the right army flipped through the "Black Fourth" military merit book, and glanced again with some uncertainty. "A total of seven battles, seventy-six heads?"
He rubbed his eyes, feeling that he was wrong.
Even if the veterans participated in the battle more than ten times, there were rarely seventy-six heads in one fire. This means that everyone in the Sixteen Fire has the feat of beheading the enemy more than ten times.
Seven battles with ten wins each doesn't sound like a difficult task. But the Rouran people are all cavalry. Their strategy is to run if they can't beat them. They seldom fight desperately. With the ordinary firepower of a recruit battalion, each person has captured ten people. This is already a terrible record.
"Where is Mulan?" The lieutenant raised his head and asked at the four black soldiers under the stage.
Hua Mulan in the crowd pursed her lips and stood out while the people around her looked at her curiously.
"Mulan is here!"
"Hua Mulan, according to the military records, you participated in the war seven times and won a total of seventeen heads, right?"
This pair of generals looked up and down this somewhat delicate Xianbei youth, but from his body, he could not see the sturdy aura he imagined.
Mulan hesitated for a moment, then looked towards Adan Zhiqi.
She really had no idea how many people she had killed. Every time I clean the battlefield, I am cutting the head of my partner with the fire.
Kun Da and Mo Huaier avoided their eyes with some guilty conscience.
In fact, Mulan shot and killed far more people than that.
Of the seventy-six heads they counted in the army, half of them were wounded or killed by Hua Mulan. When they finished repairing the knife or finally cleaned the battlefield, in order not to make their record too ugly, always He would secretly "pick" the heads of several people from Hua Mulan to serve as his own military exploits.
Among the ten people, only A Shan Zhiqi did not do this, but he did not stop them from doing so.
Over time, the partners of the same fire have become accustomed to taking this kind of "cheap" from Mulan.
Hua Mulan's hesitation and the guilty conscience of the same fire were all in the eyes of the lieutenant, but obviously the lieutenant thought too much, and it was completely different from the truth.
So his face sank and he snorted coldly.
"Why, you don't even know your own military exploits? Could it be that you picked up these seventeen heads from the battlefield?"
Because the Xianbei people are used to calculating military merit by the head, there have been cases of massacres of civilians in the past to calculate military merit. When cleaning the battlefield, several people of different fires fought over the ownership of a corpse and caused people to die. Therefore, the Northern Wei Dynasty punished false reports and robbed others of military merit very severely. If they were caught, they would be executed without pardon, and the number of false reports was large. Yes, the whole family will suffer.
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The words of the lieutenant made Hua Mulan and the others change their expressions.
"The military merits under the mark are all..."
"Lieutenant General Qi, we remember Hua Mulan's military exploits!" Adan Zhiqi took a few steps forward and knelt down and replied, "Hua Mulan is good at archery, because she doesn't like cleaning the battlefield, so every time When the battle is over, it is up to our comrades in the same fire to be responsible for the calculation. Hua Mulan's military exploits are numerous!"
"Who are you?" The lieutenant glanced at A'Dan Zhiqi.
This young man has a strong physique and knotted muscles. This is what he should look like in seven games and seventeen kills in his mind.
"Under the label is the black forty-six fire and fire chief, after Wuchuan Adan Wangli, Adan Zhiqi."
"From Wuchuan?" Like Huaishuo Town, Wuchuan Town is an important town in the north defending Pingcheng against Rouran. The lieutenant flipped through the military book and found that Hua Mulan was also from Huai Shuo from the six northern towns, and he already had some confidence in his heart.
If it is to record military achievements for teammates, it is definitely not written in high places. When the head comes back, it is necessary to count it. If you want to come to the same fire, you can only hide it, and you will not give the whole team's merit to one person.
Since the Huo Chang and Huo Compan admitted that it was their military merits, Hua Mulan's military merits were only a few, not many.
"If that's the case, then you should go back to the team..."
"Wait!"
Another lieutenant of the Right Army came out and pointed at Hua Mulan.
"Your fire chief said that you are good at archery, how is it that you are so good?"
"The archery under the mark is only mediocre, because there are no companions who use bows and arrows, so I think the archery under the mark is very good." Hua Mulan calmly opened her eyes and lied, "Seventeen wins It is the companion who has done a good job of covering up, and the subordinates dare not take the credit."
Shagui and Wudigui's faces turned red involuntarily.
It is too exaggerated to say that there is merit in covering up. In fact, the two of them have always been protected by Huo Chang and Hua Mulan to survive.
In fact, this vice general has already noticed the black sixteen fire. The black battalion belongs to the Right Army, and there have been many cases where it was responsible for swept the right army. In fact, Black Sixteen's tents and meals were all arranged by him to raise the standard.
He has been observing whether the sergeants of this fire cooperated tacitly or there are other reasons for their high survival rate, but he observed for a long time, except for Xianbeizi from the Wuchuan Adan clan and Hua Mulan from the Huaishuo Helai clan. , the others are mediocre, and there is nothing outstanding in their cooperation.
That must be what A'Dan Zhiqi and Hua Mulan are capable of.
"Since your archery skills are mediocre, then there are doubts about your military merit." The lieutenant said the guess that he could kill Sixteen Fire under the watchful eyes of the public.
"Mark down..."
"Take a bow, take a barrel of arrows, and give them to Hua Mulan." He cut off Hua Mulan's words, ordered the other soldiers, and said with a fierce expression:
"Before the military exploits are found out, tie up all the sixteenth fires except Hua Mulan!"
"Lord Lieutenant, if you have any doubts about the military merits of the subordinates, you can take the subordinates in custody. It has nothing to do with my companions..." When Hua Mulan saw the other Paoze in the black camp, she bound up her horrified partners, and endured it. Kneeling down and begging for mercy, wanting to replace him.
A'Dan Zhiqi, who had accepted his fate, was pinned to the ground and tied up by the soldiers of Hei Si and other fires, and he couldn't help sighing.
He had long known that people like Hua Mulan could not hide. The lieutenant must have found something and wanted to force Hua Mulan to jump out in front of the army.
Do you just have to torment them like this? .
The recruits in the Black Battalion didn't know why it was just speculation that they might take the lead in the army, and they had to make such a big battle.
But in the barracks, Shangguan's orders can only be obeyed, and the suspicion of any general may kill you.
This is war, not only cruel to the enemy, but also not necessarily kind to one's own people.
Everyone is madly guessing in their hearts, whether they have become the monkey who kills chickens and warns monkeys, whether Hei Sixteen has falsely led the army, and whether Hua Mulan is really that good at archery...
Etc., etc.
The wind blowing from Montenegro was bitingly cold, but at this moment, it was the mood of Hua Mulan that was even colder than the wind blowing from Montenegro.
The lieutenant general of the Right Army ordered all her companions to be tied to arrow targets, and put skins filled with water on top of their heads.
In the public eye, her companions were ridiculously like monkeys juggling in the market.
Both the hard bow and the feathered arrow were brought over, and the lieutenant handed the bow and arrow to Hua Mulan's hand, and opened his mouth with a worried expression on the face of thousands of recruits in the Black Battalion.
"As long as the man who controls the strings, it is more difficult to shoot while the horse is running than standing. Since your companion said that your military skills in the fire are no problem, you gave me these water bladders to shoot. prove."
His expression was serious enough to scare a child to tears.
"Mulan, it's up to you whether your companion is dead or alive."
Not far away, Mo Huai'er, who didn't know what was going on, was shaking like dead grass dancing in the wind of Montenegro, and her eyes were full of despair.
He is the youngest person in the fire of Mulan, who has just turned sixteen.
If it wasn't for the fact that he often ran horses at home and practiced good riding skills, he would have died in battle a month ago.
A Shan Zhiqi glanced left and right, and a bad premonition vaguely rose.
This stance…
Mulan clenched the longbow in her hand, and on the surface she didn't seem particularly concerned.
She took a deep breath under the gazes of thousands of people, and suddenly pulled the bow away!
Whoosh!
The trembling voice of the empty string made many people scream "Ah" nervously, and only then did they realize that Hua Mulan didn't hold her arrows at all.
"The bow strength of this bow is too weak." Hua Mulan asked in a deep voice. "Can you change it for me?"
"This bow is a commonly used bow in the army. You are afraid of missing a shot, so you want to blame the bow?" The general said sarcastically, turning his head and calling for his servant. "You, go get the bow that Mulan uses."
All the recruits standing on the school grounds looked like they were about to climb a cliff and jump down, only to be told "sorry not this mountain" before they mustered the courage to jump.
Some recruits booed on the spot.
Many people simply regard this incident as a lively event, a reconciliation in the discussion of meritorious deeds.
Now Hua Mulan's request has made their mood to watch the liveliness all of a sudden fail, and there are more words in their mouths.
Mulan felt an inexplicable grief and anger.
For myself, and for these recruits.
Hua Mulan's longbow was quickly brought, and the lieutenant noticed that Mulan's expression changed from the moment she got her bow.
His whole person was burning like a flame, and it was astonishingly shining.
This is the "fighting will" that only military veterans have.
Under everyone's attention, Hua Mulan once again raised her bow and set up an arrow, but pointed the arrow at her toes, wondering what she was thinking.
A Shan Zhiqi was tied to the archery target, showing a complicated expression.
He probably knew what Mulan was thinking, and because of that, he had to do something.
Adan Zhiqi grinned and roared amid the surprised expressions of the other partners: "Mulan! Shoot me on the head first! I already have a son!"
Mulan's bow trembled slightly, and she stared blankly into the distance.
A-Dan Zhiqi was wearing a simple leather armor and looked directly at him with the expression as if beckoning them to dinner. The hard leather armor on his body is probably old, and the leather looks like a piece of cloth.
Can such leather armor withstand the puncture of sharp arrows
"Huo Chang, do you think I'll miss it?" Hua Mulan also squeezed out a smile as if she was going to eat, and roared:
"Stop making trouble! Your son has to be raised by you!"
He raised his hand, as he had done countless times in the past, calmly.
Mulan, you can.
Aim for that hydration bag and it goes infinitely large until...
Shoot the arrow out!
Whoosh!
At that moment, all sounds seemed to have stopped, even the time. Hua Mulan's arrow full of strings shot out faster than ever before, with a castration that was about to break through everything, and headed towards the top of A Shan Zhiqi's head.
The general held his breath, the companions held their breath, and the recruits held their breath.
The fast and amazing Li Ya directly hit the skin. A Shan Zhiqi was ready for innocent death or cold water, but everything he imagined did not come.
A Shan Zhiqi's heart was beating violently.
huh... huh...
'It's breathing, my breathing. I'm alive. '
Why is the top of the head light...
The water didn't come down
***
Hua Mulan, who has drawn a full bow, is the first time to control the strings with such a mysterious realm.
It seemed that the moment the arrow flew out, she already knew what was about to happen.
She knows how fast the arrow will go, how it will hit its target, and...
What's next.
The arrow from the string shot out quickly and hit the skin on the top of A Shan Zhiqi's head, but it didn't stop there. Bumped out.
No one saw how the arrow got out, nor did they know where it landed. Even A'Dan Zhiqi only felt a light on the top of his head, and then the most frightening moment passed.
The soldiers guarding the Sixteen Fire went to retrieve the skin bag in a daze.
The skin bag was hit far away, the water inside was flowing out continuously, and the arrow was still farther away.
"Shot! There is a hole in the skin!" The soldier waved the skin and shouted loudly.
"Ahhh!"
A-Dan Zhiqi escaped from the dead, screaming almost like a roar.
The lieutenant with a smile at the corner of his mouth touched his chin with satisfaction, raised his hand and instructed a few Wei soldiers to loosen Mulan's fire chief.
"Mulan, your archery skills are really amazing..."
His words suddenly stopped.
The entire campus seemed to fall into a dead silence in an instant.
Hua Mulan, who had just shot this miraculous arrow and accepted a bigger compliment, raised her long bow again...
Aimed at the lieutenant who was giving orders.
"What are you kidding me, Mulan, I know you're a good shooter, but you have to think I'll appease you just because you're a good shooter..."
Swish!
The arrow in Mulan's hand flew past his scalp.
"Hua Mulan!"
Swish!
Swish!
Swish swish!
As if to vent her anger and fear, Hua Mulan kept putting her hand into the quiver, and let go of the bowstring in her hand like a random arrow.
Every time he pulled the bowstring until it was like a full moon, Hua Mulan's movements were incredible. Before the other lieutenants could subdue him, three or four arrows had already flown out.
The frightened lieutenant didn't dare to move at all, he was afraid that if he blinked his eyes, Hua Mulan would miss.
But he didn't believe that Mulan wanted to shoot him.
Mulan really didn't want to shoot him.
After the fourth bowstring sounded, the horn bow made by Hua's father broke from it.
The lieutenant's face was so pale that it was scary, and Hua Mulan silently dropped the bow in her hand, showing an apologetic expression.
"Ah, sorry. It's so good, I can't help it."
The author has something to say: Actually, I really want to write "I'm sorry, my hand slipped".
But it's too playful.
Tired. See you tomorrow.