"It seems that I still overestimate you. Cheng Yanjin frowned and kept pacing in the secret training room, shaking his head and saying, "Neither of the two teams last night succeeded. Now Simon must not be able to catch it, so······ After a month, attack the den of thieves again!"

Jiao Zhongqing watched that Hua Mulan had been sullen since she returned from the market last night, knowing that she was struggling with not catching Ximen to avenge her father, and was trying to comfort her, but Cheng Yanjin pointed at the two of them and said: "Last night's actual battle, the effect was not ideal, obviously you didn't act hard enough." So we have to change the way we train, and now we play against each team within each team. Hua Mulan, Jiao Zhongqing, you two come over to me, make love!"

"What?" Hua Mulan frowned, and said, "What are you making out for?" Cheng Yanjin pushed the two of them to the center of the training room, and said to everyone in a loud voice: "Fighting can bring you closer to each other, come, let you make out first!" The other fighters looked at it and seemed to have a good show, and they all formed a circle and coaxed: "Affectionate! Affectionate!" Liu Lanzhi watched the two being hugged together, face to face and almost kissing together, only to feel a chill in her heart, and ran to the side with a trembling chest.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Cheng Yanjin saw that the two were reluctant to do anything, and said a little impatiently: "I can tell you, you can't be ruthless now, and when you fight Simon again in the future, you will be the one who will die." ”

"This ······" Jiao Zhongqing was still a little hesitant, he rarely got so close to Hua Mulan, and at this time, the two of them could hear each other's heartbeats and breathing, and the sound couldn't help but tighten.

Hua Mulan listened to Cheng Biting Jin's words, her spirit was slightly uplifted, she rubbed her slightly red cheeks, and was about to speak, when suddenly there was a mocking sound of "hahahaha". When everyone looked over there, it was actually the man in white who they had seen last night pointing at Mulan and laughing, as if he was telling mocking words.

"This guy ······" Hearing that he seemed to be laughing at his shyness, Mulan was furious in her heart, and she wanted to rush over and fight with him. At this time, Di Renjie suddenly walked to his side, and the man in white seemed to realize that he was talking wrong, and suddenly pulled Di Renjie to show a drunken look, and staggered out with Di Renjie.

Cheng Yanjin was stunned for a moment, and then turned to greet everyone: "It's okay, it's okay! That's a psychopathy, everyone ignore him." Mulan ······"

"Come on!" Hua Mulan was stimulated by the man in white just now, and her emotions finally calmed down, and she punched Jiao Zhongqing in the lower abdomen. Jiao Zhongqing was startled, and suddenly stepped back, bumping into the few people behind him who were pressing him before dodging. He asked cautiously, "Mulan······ You're ······"

"What are you waiting for?" said Hua Mulan, pulling out the heavy sword behind her back, and stabbing Jiao Zhongqing's legs with a sword. Jiao Zhongqing was helpless, and he also pulled out a steel knife to block it, and then fought with Mulan on the spot.

"Very good!" Cheng Biting Jin clapped his hands, and beckoned everyone: "Don't look at it, let's all be affectionate to each other like them! Don't let me see who keeps each other's hands! Otherwise, I will personally come to make love to you!" When the others heard this, they didn't dare to slack off anymore, and they each started to fight with the people of their respective teams.

In the dead of night, everyone was exhausted after a night of activity, and each returned to his own resting place to recuperate. Hua Mulan was unrelenting in her grip on Jiao Zhongqing, she must step up her training, but Jiao Zhongqing couldn't, so she had to accompany her together.

"Do you know why I use such training methods?" Cheng Yanjin's voice suddenly came from the sound of the collision of the two weapons. The two hurriedly withdrew their hands and looked at each other, Cheng Biting Jin was holding his double axe, and approached the two with a solemn face.

"It's about getting us to find the flaws and go further. Mulan didn't think much about it, so she answered.

"Not bad. Cheng Yanjin nodded and said, "I didn't use these two small blades before." As he spoke, he threw the double axe to the ground with a loud sound.

Jiao Zhongqing looked at the crack that the steel axe smashed into the ground, swallowed his saliva and said, "General, our strength ······ You can't compare it that way. ”

Cheng Yanjin glared at him and said, "At the beginning, the weight of my golden mountain axe was more than ten times that of the current blade, but in the end, I gave it up. It's not because of anything else, it's not in line with my current fighting form. ”

He paused, and said with some regret: "I'm old, and I can't fight hard with young people like you in front of the battle with the golden axe like when I was young." Now I am more suitable for holding a small blade to cut in from the rear and hit the opponent's core point. So, I chose to swap out my Golden Axe. If nothing else, it was because the mountain axe was too heavy, so I dragged it to attack, and before I could split people, it was estimated that the opposite side ran out. In comparison, my two small blades are better to use. ”

"General, are you saying that we also have such a problem?" Jiao Zhongqing looked at his steel knife and said, "It doesn't seem to be heavy." ”

"Let's look at it relatively. Cheng Yanjin pointed to Mulan's heavy sword and Jiao Zhongqing's steel knife and said, "Your kind of weapons are not suitable for one-handed use, and they are not conducive to quick combat. If you had this kind of weapon, you would have been much more handy, at least not last night when Simon was so easy to escape. As he spoke, he pointed to the two short swords at Mulan's waist.

"This······ The lethality is not enough, right?" Jiao Zhongqing shook his head again and again: "And we don't practice very well." ”

"Mulan's own weapon, how can there be a reason why you can't learn it?" Cheng Yanjin said in disbelief: "Your other companion is called ······ The one named Liu Lanzhi is holding a double knife, is she much worse than you? She can learn everything, why can't you learn it?"

"General. Hua Mulan pulled out the double swords and said, "My father's attention to the double swords is not weaker than the heavy sword. It's just that Mulan is stupid and has never learned the essentials of dual swords, so she never uses it. ”

"If you want to truly defeat Simon, you can't do it with a heavy sword alone. I'll just tell you this, if there is only one of the dual swords and the heavy sword, it is not difficult to be a ranger. But only by having both can you become a real general and guard the Great Wall. Cheng Yanjin said lightly: "You are the daughter of General Hua, you are talented, I think it is not difficult for you to have two swords." ”

"Good. Hua Mulan remembered the humiliating treatment that the Hua family had received and her father's disapproving eyes, and finally made up her mind: "I will definitely practice these two swords." ”

"I don't know how to double swords, and there's no one here who can teach me. In this way, I will give you a month, go home to find General Hua, learn these two swords, and then come back to see me. Cheng Yanjin said, lifted the double axe and turned to leave: "It's not too early, let's rest early." The combination of work and rest can make the most effective progress. ”

"Yes!" Mulan jumped up and pulled Jiao Zhongqing, who had not yet reacted, to follow.

"Unexpectedly, my baby Mulan will eventually open up one day, and she actually took the initiative to ask to learn light sword swordsmanship. General Hua was a little surprised and said happily: "I remember that you used to kill you without touching this light sword. ”

Hua Mulan, who was kneeling on the ground, shook her head a little bitterly and said, "Dad, Mulan was not sensible at that time, but now Mulan still has figured it out." Only by learning this light sword can we defend the reputation of the Hua family and protect the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Do you remember the moves of the heavy sword?" The old general Hua knew that time was pressing, so he didn't say much, and directly tortured Mulan.

"The Breaking Slash, the Dashing Blade, the Swift Bloom and the Blooming Blade. Mulan didn't pause at all, she said it all in one breath, and every time she said a name, she would make corresponding movements.

"Not bad. General Hua nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will only teach the swordsmanship of this light sword once, remember their names: Patrol Qi, Empty Crack Slash, Whirling Dance, and Blooming Blade." "Every time General Hua said a name, he would wave the double sword in his hand and pose for different moves. Although his age is not small, his speed may be a little poor, but the stability and accuracy of his movements are not bad at all, and Mulan is secretly frightened.

After practicing the light sword technique, General Hua stopped and handed the double sword to Hua Mulan and said, "One month······ You have a month to familiarize yourself with swordsmanship. When you were a child, your mind was too stable and you lacked the mania to move, so you couldn't practice it all the time. From now on, you must be able to distinguish between what is restless and what is determined, in order to fully grasp the means of using my Huajia heavy sword and light sword. ”

"What is restlessness, what is ······?" Hua Mulan has been sitting in the backyard of the Hua family's mansion, wielding her double sword from time to time to find what her father said. At the same time, when practicing light saber, she did not forget the determination of heavy sabre.

January is just around the corner. Although Mulan was able to grasp the movements well, she always felt that she was inferior to her father's moves, and she thought about it for a long time, but she never found a satisfactory answer.

This night, the entire Chang'an City seemed to be restless in peace, and countless black shadows in the dark night were constantly stirring.

"Mulan!Mulan!" Hua Mulan was feeling the silence of the night, and suddenly heard a few shouts, she was taken aback, she could hear that it was Liu Lanzhi's voice, and hurriedly got up.

"Plop, plop!" the two figures climbed over the wall of the flower mansion and fell into the grass.

Hua Mulan flew over to take a look, and she actually felt a trace of blood, she was startled and said, "Lanzhi, what's wrong Lanzhi?" Liu Lanzhi struggled to turn over, pounced on another person, and shouted: "It's Zhongqing! He's injured!" Hua Mulan was taken aback, her heart suddenly rose to her throat, and she hurriedly ran to help Jiao Zhongqing up with Liu Lanzhi.

Jiao Zhongqing's face was full of pain, covering the wound on his waist that was constantly bleeding, and muttered, "Thief······ Thieves sneak up on me······" Hua Mulan couldn't care much, so she hurriedly woke up her father and helped Jiao Zhongqing apply medicine to heal her injuries.

"What's going on?" Hua Mulan was busy for nearly a whole night, so she had time to ask Liu Lanzhi about the situation.

It turned out that Cheng Yanjin saw that the time of January had come, so he ordered all the soldiers to attack the thieves' den in the south of Chang'an City again. This time the thieves' den was caught off guard, these hundreds of soldiers can be said to have wiped out the entire thief's den stronghold, and with the Tang army near the station, they could have retreated, but they were attacked by thieves from somewhere, Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi were surrounded by thieves. Although the two successfully broke through, Jiao Zhongqing was also injured by a thief.

As Liu Lanzhi was talking, the mountains suddenly shook, and the entire Chang'an City was in a state of constant vibration. The two of them were startled, and while leaning on the surrounding walls, they wanted to go back to the room to check on the situation of General Hua and Jiao Zhongqing, but the shock continued to shrink after a while, and gradually disappeared.

Jiao Zhongqing's injuries are not serious, and he can walk naturally after simple treatment. General Hua was a little uneasy and said: "The earthquake just now is so big, it hasn't happened since I came to Chang'an, I'm afraid something big will happen in Chang'an." As soon as Hua Mulan, Liu Lanzhi and Jiao Zhongqing heard this, they immediately went back to the training office to find Cheng Yanjin.

"Sister!" Mulan's younger brother was also woken up by the earthquake just now, and as soon as he saw Mulan, he immediately ran over and hugged her tightly, not wanting her to leave again.

"Well, my sister will be back soon. Mulan had to lie to her brother, she knew where her responsibility was, and gently stroked her brother's head, Mulan couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

"Go ahead. General Hua Lao pulled his young son back to him, and instructed Hua Mulan: "Remember, what is the spirit of the old Hua family." Hua Mulan nodded, and quickly left with Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi.

Sure enough, something big happened last night that shocked the whole city: Zhong Kui, the city manager of Chang'an who was patrolling the night, was killed, and the bold sneak attacker hijacked the treasure he stole and entered the heart of Chang'an, which led to the earthquake. Moreover, the sneak attacker also joined forces with Ximen Yan and caused explosions all over Chang'an, causing a lot of damage.

"That's not all about that. Cheng bit Jin's lips, obviously still hesitating, he pondered for a long time and finally spoke: "An Lushan in the north has rebelled, and the empress will drive the imperial expedition today." As the final test for you, all of you have to go with the army. This campaign is an important place in the northern frontier, and the danger of fighting is rare in the world, so you will not be forced to go. However······ Whoever doesn't go means giving up the competition. At dusk today, the generals and I will be waiting for you at the north gate. Everybody······ Pack up and go. So saying, he also departed with sorrow on his face.

"To ······ Are you going to fight on the battlefield?" Liu Lanzhi showed a look of disbelief, shook her head and said, "Then let's not go." Can't get it······ If you don't get it, you'll die. ”

Jiao Zhongqing looked at Mulan and said, "Mulan, what do you think?"

Hua Mulan looked at the two of them, got up and said, "Whether it's for my father or the old Hua family, I have to go." It is my mission to defend the country, whether it is the Great Wall or the northern Xinjiang, in fact, it is the same. You ······ For your safety, don't go. With that, he got up a little sadly and walked towards the north gate alone.

"Hey, what do you mean?" Liu Lanzhi was a little angry, and was about to say something. Jiao Zhongqing grabbed her and said, "She's thinking about us." Didn't General Hua tell her that she should not forget the spirit of the old Hua family, so she had to go. As for our ······"

"Are you really going to go?" Liu Lanzhi showed a pleading look.

Jiao Zhongqing stretched out his hand and stroked a strand of Liu Lanzhi's hair, and said softly: "Why are you about to win the competition, why do you want to give up at this critical juncture? Besides, how can you watch Mulan go into danger alone? Let's go Lanzhi, we haven't seen what the legendary Northern Xinjiang is like." ”

Liu Lanzhi pouted, patted Jiao Zhongqing vigorously, and said unhappily: "Hmph, even if I was killed by the two of you!" and worried about his injury, he helped him slowly follow him in the direction where Mulan left.

The rebels in the north of Xinjiang patrolled and defended the country, and the war came.

"An Lushan ······"

Gao Xianzhi slammed his fist into the wall of Tongguan and scolded: "How can this dead ghost come from to be so bold? This is a rebellion? Good northern border pass······ The war is back in flames. Fortunately, I still like to fight, hahahahahaha!"

Li Jinglong leaned against the wall on the side, and said nonchalantly: "Is it up to him to be An Lushan? What is there to be afraid of? Why are they guarding Tongguan here, so he doesn't want to come in." If he can't get in, all the wilderness and poor places outside will be given to him. Anyway, as soon as the heavy snow comes in winter, he has to go if he doesn't leave. At the beginning of the next spring, we will assemble a large army, and as soon as we get out of the pass, it will be the time for him to finish playing. ”

"That's what I'm saying, that's right!" Gao Xianzhi smiled and looked at the alien rebel camp of An Lushan that was faintly visible in the distance outside the pass, rubbing his hands uncontrollably, and said, "I can't wait for the time when we will go out of the pass to strangle An Lushan next spring." ”

"No hurry, no hurry. Li Jinglong smiled wickedly, took out a silver needle and began to pick his teeth: "This kind of exciting thing, you should have patience to wait." I heard that Her Majesty the Empress is already on the front line, so you still have to obey the emperor's orders to do things. ”

"Hmph, the emperor's order!" Gao Xianzhi was very disdainful, he was demoted to the Great Wall because of the emperor's order, and he had long been indifferent to this emperor's order. However, he didn't dare to fight against Wu Zetian, but said: "Understand, the emperor asked you to fight, and we will fight again." ”

As everyone knows, in addition to clearing the customs, thousands of pairs of eyes are also staring at them, glowing green like hungry wolves. In their opinion, after this Tongguan, there are countless gold and silver treasures and glory and wealth, once they succeed, the future ······ It's harvest time!