MHNEB 30 (2/2)

Book 2: Generals die after a hundred battles; heroes return after ten years’ time.

Chapter 30: The First Companion <5> [Part 2 of 2]

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Hua Mulan saw that Tu Gui was hesitating. She felt extremely jubilant seeing it. She bowed down and begged loudly. 

"General, please consider carefully! We do not have the time to think about it anymore!” 

"General, this subject feels that Hua Mulan is right." Seeing that the situation requires Tu Gui to make the decision urgently, a subordinate general also cannot help but coax immediately and gently advised. "If we will return this way, even if there is no punishment in the army, the reputation of the General will not be good. Since Hua Mulan has spoken, everyone heard it. I’m afraid that you……are going to bear the reputation of ‘leaving your fellow comrades to die’ and ‘being afraid to risk your neck to save others’."

Xianbei-ren attaches more importance to honour than life. As soon as Tu Gui heard what the subordinate general said, Tu Gui immediately frowned and shouted:

"Blow the trumpet and let us break the encirclement to return! Let us go and rescue General Wang! "

"Charge ahead to rescue General Wang!"

"Break the encirclement from the rear!”

"Raise your swords and carry your bows on your backs! Be ready to engage in a battle!"

When Hua Mulan heard the words of the general, she suddenly relaxed. She felt her body softened and she sprawled out on the floor on all fours.

She had never felt that she hoped more for a team that would step out to bravely than this time. If not for this, she would not have to kneel down to beg for her companions’ lives. 

"Why are you still kneeling? We need to hurry!" Tu Gui's subordinate general scolded her, "Don't you want to rescue General Wang? Hurry up and pick up your weapon! "

Hua Mulan immediately got up and leapt on the horse. Because she seemed to be in a hurry, the horse began to hiss uneasily, but Hua Mulan's touch soon made it calm again.

The time Hua Mulan spent to convince Tu Gui to return to support the garrison is but a short moment. The calvaries had also retreated fervently and stopped chasing the Rourans even when they were a step away from them. Even so, Hua Mulan thought that their speed is too slow, too slow……

They are too slow!

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A-Dan ZhiQi, surrounded by the Rourans, is covered with blood. Deputy General Wang is surrounded by many soldiers nearby to protect him from death. However, he must fight alone against the attack of three or four Rourans. 

"Fuck…..." He spat out a mouthful of blood. Previously, he slanted his head a little bit slower and was knocked by a Rouran man’s hammer. A few teeth of his dropped out from the impact. 

Damn it, it's really good to be able to be a general. There are so many people out there protecting him. Unlike him……

He smiled bitterly and clenched the halberd in his hand.

Now maybe it is better to call it a short halberd. The halberd body was already broken when it was used to block the attack from other’s weapons. 

Speaking of which, the reason he could still survive now is that not far away Deputy General Wang attracted the Rouran’s notice. It's only a matter of time before the whole army is annihilated when facing an enemy of three times the number of theirs. 

He resisted a sharp pain coming from his entire body and rushed to General Wang.

That's the leading general. The whole army will naturally head to his side. As long as he didn't order them to escape, even if they all died here, they can't retreat.

Like a storm sweeping the earth, the Rourans charged straight to them. They rushed up carrying ferocious expressions, akin to a horrible nightmare. 

A-Dan ZhiQi had been shot by many arrows. Now he relying on his instinct to keep his head afloat in the battle. In his ear, all the sounds that he heard seem to be coming from far away, it seemingly felt like those sounds came from the skies. In front of him, there are figures wobbling about. Are they his enemies or his friends?

Only heavens would know. 

He knew he was doomed and all of them are doomed too. The Rourans are obviously well prepared and will never give up such a tasty piece of meat that is easy to obtain. 

What a joke! The hunter who hunts the prey suddenly becomes the hunted one!

Have they been confident for too long?

A-Dan ZhiQi prayed that Hua Mulan and several other troops will be safe and sound while waving his weapons. Those Rouran’s broadswords swung right in front of his nose, and the sound of strong wind and the Rourans shouting could be heard in the surroundings. 

'I've probably unleashed all of my might. It is a pity that Hua Mulan is not here. Otherwise, I could let him know that I can also kill more than ten people in one battle…... "

A-Dan ZhiQi's arms are swung slower and slower. He swung his arms so slow now that he could not wield his halberd. 

Curses!

If only he had the Hua Mulan’s capability! 

No, he does not need to have the capability of Hua Mulan, as long as he has half of her strength!

How can he be so weak that he cannot even lift his weapon? Is his halberd that heavy?

Just then.

"Captain! Hold on! "

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How could he forget this voice!

A-Dan ZhiQi suddenly opened his eyes and raised his head.

His eyes were all covered with blood, and there was blood everywhere. In the red blood, a familiar date red colour horse was galloping towards him.

The person on the horse immediately held up his long knife and chopped down. She directly split the head of the interceptor. She continued to rush forward with such an indomitable momentum.

Dumbass…...

What a dumbass……

A-Dan ZhiQi's tears and blood flowed down. It caused his face to appear extremely hideous. 

But who cares?

A-Dan ZhiQi looked at the figure that was getting clear and clear as it approached from much further away to somewhere near, and can't help but show a wry smile.

Dumbass. It's the Deputy General Wang that you should save first.

Seeing you running straight here to me, aren’t you afraid that the whole army would know what you want to do?

Idiot. I cannot live any longer. I guess I would probably look like a hedgehog now? 

Have you ever seen a human that looked like a hedgehog survive?

Idiot. Didn't you say you didn't want to go to the vanguard camp?

If you continue doing chopping heads, let alone the vanguard camp, the great Khan would order you to join as one of his guards. 

Idiot. I've always envied you.

I am so envious of you that I can only scold you an idiot to subdue my jealousy. 

Idiot.

I am not able to be a hero. But my life is worth living because, at least, I was the captain of a hero. 

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"Captain! What's the matter with you, Captain!” Hua Mulan, who had rushed to the front of A-Dan ZhiQi, ignored the eyes of people around him. They looked at her as if she was a monster. She grabbed A-Dan ZhiQi, who was wobbling, and lifted him up with one hand and placed him onto her horse.

Hua Mulan’s current teammates could not help but suck in a breath. They knew that she was strong and capable, but they did not know that she was strong to this extent!

“Captain? Captain?”

Hua Mulan is at a loss to see A-Dan ZhiQi in front of her. She does not know where she should place her hands.

He was injured to this extent, where should she place her hands that won’t hurt him?

"Hua Mulan…..." A Dan ZhiQi managed to hold on and murmured.

"I am here! I am here! " Hua Mulan was already sobbing. She bent down and placed her ears close to A-Dan ZhiQi's mouth. "What did you say? Whatever you say, I will do it! "

"Hua Mulan......" A-Dan ZhiQi exhausted the last of his strength and said, "I'm afraid too…..."

"Captain, what did you say? I cannot hear it! " Hua Mulan's ears were pasted to his lips, but she still can't hear what A-Dan ZhiQi is murmuring about.

“My family……”

“What?”

“Change their lives……”

“Captain!”

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"Captain…..." He Mulan woke up from her severe headache. Tears were streaming down her face like that of Hua Mulan from that year. 

She knew who the child looked like.

A-Dan Zhuo is A-Dan ZhiQi’s child. 

That's who her captain is concerned for.

“Compared to death, I’m more afraid of changing their lives.”

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He Mulan stared at the stupefied A-Dan Zhuo and tried to squeeze out a smile.

A-Dan Zhuo……

“How are you faring these days?” 

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