Hua Mulan's archery skills really shocked the recruits in the entire school field, and successfully made several lieutenants pay attention to Hua Mulan's ability.
However, Hua Mula did not rise up because of this, but was tied to the torture camp for "running into Shangguan" and awaiting disposal.
In the army tent of the Right Army, the lieutenant in charge of taking inventory of military merits is trying to persuade the colleague who was "collided" not to do some unwise things.
"I know this Hua Mulan is a bad soldier, but because he ran into you, you shouldn't deal with him too harshly." Vice-General Wang has always been in charge of statistics on the military merits of the Right Army, and he is the most talented.
He knew that Tu Gui was only angry for a while, so he resigned himself to his fate and continued to grind his lips. "After all, you asked him to shoot his teammates first. Your Majesty once ordered that the same army should not fight each other. If there are a few tough-tempered people over there, maybe they will go to General Xia to sue you for the crime of 'abusing a subordinate'. ."
"I abuse my subordinates? A recruit who doesn't even care about military merit. If I don't persecute him like this, can he show his ability? A coward like this should be shown to him!" Lieutenant General Tu Gui stared, his neck was full of anger. Red, "I have led soldiers for 20 years, and I have never seen such a person who dares to shoot himself with a bow!"
"Didn't he miss it..." Adjutant Wang laughed dryly.
"Bullshit, shoot and die!" he growled.
"This shows that he still has self-control. A recruit, who has not yet divided camps, has the ability to wear Yang at a hundred paces, and cares about his comrades, but doesn't care about military merit... You can weigh up how many such recruits there are." Adjutant Wang touched a hand. With the spittle on his face, "General Xia said that next year, His Majesty is likely to recruit Rouran in person. With Hua Mulan in your army, at least a few more marksmen who can take the head of a general will be a help."
"I'm afraid that I won't find help, so I'll be given by him first..."
"Tugui, I heard you tied up that Hua Mulan?" A strong middle-aged man lifted the curtain and entered the military tent. "I've heard that this Hua Mulan is indeed not an obedient guy. If you really don't like him, I'll ask for favors and take this Hua Mulan back. I'm short of good shooters."
The veteran in the ancient army, because he has no brains, has never been promoted. He is older than Adjutant Wang and Tu Gui, but he has always been a general.
"If you are willing, I will take the stinger. The forty good knives you asked for me last time will be brought to you."
Tu Gui originally wanted to teach this Hua Mulan a good lesson first, and then pull out his thorns before talking about the next step, but when Man Gu was interrupted, he became nervous instead.
"Who said I don't like him! I don't like him, so I can still tie him up now? I've already cut him with a knife!" He bared his teeth, "Don't worry about my camp!"
"Hey, now the entire Right Army is rumouring that you are going to cut down Hua Mulan as an example. I also thought that although it was a bit difficult to bring along, it would be a gifted child..."
"Who said I was going to cut him! Who said I was going to cut him!" Tugui jumped up. "I'm going to see who is spreading rumors! It's Hua Mulan that I found, and I still lack good shooters!"
Tu Gui came and went violently, and rushed out with great strides.
After Tu Gui left the tent, Vice-General Wang breathed a long sigh of relief as if he was relieved.
"Wang Meng, I'll do the trick for you, it's okay..." Man Gu stopped talking, and Deputy Wang took out the dagger from his boot and handed it to him.
Mangu excitedly took this black gold dagger, couldn't help but admire it, and then lightly chipped the wooden post in the tent, and immediately a small piece of wood was cut off from the post.
"It is indeed the masterpiece of the Gaoche blacksmith!"
Vice Admiral Wang was so happy to see Man Gu, twisting his beard and praising him.
"It's useless to put this thing on me. I think that only a general like a general who likes to charge into battle is a real match for it."
Man Gu patted Lieutenant General Wang on the shoulder and said, "I think so too." He was taken aback by what Lieutenant General Wang said, and then smiled.
Most of the Xianbei men were straight, and the army was relatively simple, so such a person could even be promoted to the status of a general.
"I said Wang Meng, but he's just a good soldier who shoots arrows. Why are you doing so much trouble? You gave me the Wujin dagger, and asked me to go around screaming about Tugui's murder." Not a fool, Wang Meng suddenly came to him to plan this matter, thinking that this Hua Mulan was different from others.
"Why, this kid has an old relationship with you? Are you not a Han Chinese? Oh yes, I heard that Hua Mulan's mother is a Han Chinese."
There are thirty-six tribes in Xianbei. In the early Northern Wei Dynasty, almost all the regular troops came from these tribesmen, that is, the military households in the Shibing system. This makes most people in the army almost all of them close to each other, and sometimes it is normal to take care of one or two.
Although Wang Meng was a Han Chinese, he was a Han Chinese who had lived in Mobei for generations. The previous generations of great khans sent their horses to the south and compiled these Han people from the northern border with the Xianbei people, and they also became government soldiers.
"I don't know Mulan's mother family. You think too much." Vice Admiral Wang chuckled, "I'm just cherishing talent. Such a sharpshooter can fall into the right army, and the next time the army is in the army. Dabi, maybe archery doesn't have to fall behind the left army."
"What you said makes sense. It's no wonder that General Xia always praises you for taking care of the overall situation. Ah, since it is for the sake of the right army, then I should give you the black gold dagger." Man Gu reluctantly glanced at his hand. The black gold dagger that he had, handed it back to him.
Deputy General Wang really wanted to take this savage with admiration, he probably knew why everyone liked to use such a partial general. It's just that at this time, of course, he will not ask for the Wujin dagger again, but pushes it forward and said seriously:
"I also said before that only a fierce general like you who likes to charge into battle is worthy of this dagger. I got this dagger for cheap, and I brought an army in the rear. Get this dagger."
"Wang Meng, you are happy!" Man Gu almost danced when he heard the words of Lieutenant General Wang. "If there is anything in the future, even if you come to me again, it's okay to use it a few times for you to use this black gold dagger again!"
He kissed the Wujin dagger a few times and went out happily.
When both Tu Gui and Man Gu were out of the tent, Wang Meng accepted the usual smile on his face and sat on the ground casually.
The right army is not like the left army. The left army has a large number of Xianbei aristocrats whose families have begun to decline. They come to join the future. Most of the right army were soldiers in the north, and there were even two recruiting battalions recruited from the Han people.
At this time, it is very important to select good talents. A good new general is enough to boost the morale of many recruits. In a place like the Northern Wei Dynasty, the best place for a recruit with no background is the Right Army.
But only if he lives. The Right Army must also allow people to express their individuality.
Otherwise, which recruit would dare to stand up for himself
It's really breaking my heart for the big and the small, and it doesn't seem to be any good.
If it wasn't for the right army who cultivated him, he really didn't want to play with this bunch of colleagues with muscles in their heads.
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In the torture camp, the companions who came to see Hua Mulan found that Hua Mulan was locked in a wooden cage, and all of them had red eyes.
On the contrary, Hua Mulan was very free and easy. She changed her posture in the wooden cage and leaned against the cage to ask them, "How is it, then Vice-General Tugui didn't make it difficult for you?"
Hu Lihun shook his head violently.
"No, after you were kidnapped, Vice-General Tugui wanted to say something, but was persuaded by Vice-General Wang. We are still practicing as usual these days, but it's strange that there is no one in the team."
"Hua Mulan, in the right army, Lieutenant General Tugui is said to be short-tempered, and he has chopped up new recruits and killed him as an example before. We haven't even been able to sleep well these days. Otherwise, let's go beg for mercy..." Mo Huai'er burst into tears. .
"Where will the head be beheaded, you think too seriously." Hua Mulan was still comforting them, "The sergeant who delivered the meal yesterday said that I would be released in a few days."
"Really?"
"What am I lying to you? Isn't it me?" She smiled very easily.
Hu Lihun and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words. In the past few days, the other teams from the black camp have all run away when they see them. They have a lot of things they want to ask, but they can't find anyone to ask. As soon as their head of a hundred people saw them coming, they drove them away, and they didn't dare to speak again, for fear of causing trouble for Hua Mulan.
They are all little-known soldiers, and at this time, they are too passive.
Hu Lihun and others talked for a while, and finally went back first at the insistence of A Shan Zhiqi.
Prison camp visitation hours are regulated. There is no ban on visiting Mulan here, which is also a reason for the peace of mind of the fellow firemen.
Seeing that all the companions were gone, Ah Shan Zhiqi walked to the wooden cage and sat down, regardless of whether it was dirty or not, as if he hadn't seen the soldiers guarding the torture camp, he chatted with Mulan.
"Didn't you say you don't want to die?"
"Ah..." Hua Mulan responded. "I don't want to die yet."
"Then you shot a few of our heads in the skin, why bother to provoke the officials?" A Shan Zhiqi sighed, "With your excellent performance in the first arrow, Lieutenant General Tugui will not let you continue to shoot again. We are."
"...Because I'm afraid." Hua Mulan looked at A'Dan Zhiqi who suddenly raised her head, "Hey, don't you think I'm not afraid?"
"You dare to shoot Shangguan, what else is there to be afraid of!" A'Dan Zhiqi pushed back angrily.
"Shooting oneself is different from shooting an enemy. Of course I'm afraid." Hua Mulan blinked. "When I shoot an enemy, I know that either he will die or I will die. I only want to live with my whole body and mind, and naturally I will not be afraid. But when I am facing my fire partner, my hands will tremble, and my heart will beat. It will also speed up, and I even feel that if the arrow misses, I will never be able to lift the arrow in my life..."
She moved her fingers.
"It's not easy to suppress fear. If I don't use the anger at that time to vent it, I'm afraid that I will become the kind of person who shoots at my colleagues without any burden in the future."
"Isn't Shangguan a colleague?"
"The Shangguan who will order someone to point the arrow at Paoze, could it be my colleague of Hua Mulan?" Hua Mulan was probably a little cold, and folded her hands into her armpits. "At that moment, I really wanted to kill him."
"what?"
A Shan Zhiqi paled in shock.
"Huo Chang, I think a monster lives here." Hua Mulan patted her head with one hand. "Most of the recruits in the black camp feel scared and disgusted when they go to the battlefield for the first time. I have even seen people cry..."
She was talking about Mo Huaier.
"But I didn't."
"I enjoy the atmosphere, as if a tenon has finally settled where it should be. I long to feel the feeling that the weapon in my hand is immersed in the human body. Once I go to the battlefield and see Rouran's hideous face, I have a feeling An urge to tear them apart..." Mulan's eyes flashed a chilling light.
"I use arrows because I don't have to see their blood splatter, and I can restrain myself from killing as much as possible."
A Shan Zhiqi trembled involuntarily.
At this time, Mulan was extraordinarily unfamiliar.
"But Huo Chang, I always have a hunch that once my hands are stained with the blood of my companions, I will become a monster that only kills, just like they want us to become."
Hua Mulan leaned against the cage wall and burst out laughing.
"Do you think I'm ridiculous, a sergeant who was recruited into the army for the purpose of killing, but doesn't want to kill? My grandfather and mother will cry and beg me to go home if they hear this."
"I'm a rude person and I don't understand what you said." A'Dan Zhiqi scratched his head in distress. "I don't even know what the hell is bothering you."
"Huh?" Hua Mulan's relaxed expression was suddenly punctured.
"Although I'm older than you, I'm a recruit like you." A'Dan Zhiqi's voice was calm.
"When I was in the village, I was also praised as a 'warrior' by everyone, but I am not a person with amazing talent like you. I just worked harder than most of my relatives' children."
"Vanity is a great force, it can push you forward. I don't know how you develop such a character after a powerful soldier, but with us, as long as you show more than Ordinary people's martial arts, you will become the kind of person people want, for example, a hero."
"I never thought about what kind of person I would become and what kind of things I would do in the future. I only knew that I had martial arts and that I could be a soldier. That's enough. So I came to the Montenegro camp."
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"But when I arrived at the Montenegro camp, I realized that a 'warrior' like me in the countryside is a joke. Even a small recruit camp, there are countless people who can beat me to the ground. Hua Mulan, in the Montenegro University Before the camp, we all thought we were warriors, but in fact, it was more ordinary people like me. We always have to admit that we are ordinary people in the end.”
A Shan Zhiqi's voice has always been calm.
This made Mulan sit up a little bit, and couldn't help but continue listening.
"For ordinary people, we don't care what kind of people we will become, how we will die, how we will kill the enemy. We are just trying to keep up with you God-given people, and we need to exhaust ourselves to catch up. "
"When I heard you say, 'I don't want to die, I don't want to go to the Pioneer Camp,' I just wanted to grab you by the head and beat you to the ground. But for a moment, I could only say to myself, 'Hey A'Dan Zhiqi, wake up, if you're angry again, you won't be able to beat him."
He blushed a little.
"Look, ordinary people are so pitiful."
"I'm also an ordinary person..." Hua Mulan opened her mouth.
"No, you're not an ordinary person. From the moment you said 'I don't want to die', I knew we couldn't keep you. People with conviction are the scariest, we don't even know what we want. Your talent So amazing, even if you walk slowly now, when you want to run, you can still run fast."
He raised his hand and pointed to himself.
"Me, Mo Huaier, Shagui, Hu Lihun, all of us know that you are not ordinary people. But we also want to follow the strong, so we are silent."
"When we charged, you swept the formation; when we retreated, you pressed the rear; when we fought, the enemy fell before entering the first shot... Hua Mulan, you don't even want to sweep the battlefield, and you don't want to reach out. When you show your face and receive the reward, we just need to stand by your side, hold our chests up and listen to the captain's compliments..."
"They are all very happy about this. They feel that they must have had great luck to let God assign them such a common fire. We are getting more and more used to relying on you to kill the enemy, but I am starting to be afraid."
"People like you will always be found. Lions should be with lions, and tigers should be with tigers. What will we do then?"
A Shan Zhiqi smiled bitterly.
"This is impossible. If we continue to rely on it, we will become waste, and even ordinary people can't do it."
"We're all going to die."
Hua Mulan looked at her own fire, and found that she couldn't say anything.
What can she say
Say "I won't leave you"
Or "You guys are really good too?"
The language is so pale and so arrogant.
Mulan couldn't say anything.
"So when Lieutenant General Tugui tied us up, I said to myself, it can finally end. I can finally end these illusory days." A Shan Zhiqi laughed. "I told you to shoot me first. Do you think I'm so brave as a fire chief? But in fact, I'm not as brave as you think."
"I just thought, at least once."
He tilted his head in a different direction uncomfortably.
"I can make Mulan rely on us once."
"This is the dignity of ordinary people like us."
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"This is the dignity of ordinary people like us."
Mo Huaier and others (shocked in shock): Huo Chang! We don't have that kind of self-esteem, really!