Folk tale - Mulan joined the army

The Northern Turks invaded every year. Every autumn, the northern border pass would be in a hurry, which became a problem for the Sui Emperor. In the autumn of that year, the Sui Emperor sent the general He Tingyu to lead the army against the enemy. He Tingyu suggested to the emperor that more generals should be recruited in this war, and after the war, the soldiers should be stationed on the border, so that when the Turks invaded again, they could resist at any time. Therefore, the emperor ordered He Tingyu to recruit troops throughout the country.

　　The famous general Hua of the former dynasty lived outside Xi'an after he resigned his official position in the spring and changed his name to Hua Gu. He had a daughter named Mulan, who had been learning to read and write with her mother since she was a child, could weave and tailor cloth, and could recite poems and paint. At the same time, Mulan also learned from her father to ride a horse and pull a bow, dance a gun and get a stick, and learn a good martial art.

　　He Tingyu was conscripted throughout the country, and the conscription book was sent to every household, and as long as there were adult men in the family, they had to enlist in the army. Hua Gu's family also received a notice of conscription, and pointed out that Hua Gu should be conscripted into the army. At this time, Hua Gu was already in his sixties. The old general and his wife discussed and decided to become a soldier in anonymity and be loyal to the country. At this time, suddenly a teenager wearing a battle robe appeared in front of them, and they took a closer look, and it turned out to be their daughter Mulan.

　　Mulan said that from the day of the conscription, she was ready to dress up as a man and replace her father to fight as a soldier. The parents listened to Mulan's words and had a hard time agreeing for a while. Mulan said: "Father is old and should rest at home. I don't have an older brother, and my younger siblings are still young, so I am most suitable to take on the responsibility of joining the army. After some persuasion from her, her parents finally agreed.

　　The marshal of the expedition was He Tingyu. Hua Mulan followed the troops all the way to the march, camped on the Yellow River that night, only to hear the yellow river gushing water, the sound seemed to come from the sky. At home, when her parents called her to eat or write, she felt a little homesick. The next day, the team crossed the Yellow River, and when they slept at night, Mulan could already hear the hissing of the enemy's warhorses.

　　In folklore, Mulan is skilled in martial arts and is familiar with leading soldiers to fight. In one battle, after analyzing the specific conditions of both sides, she suggested sneaking up on the enemy at night, and the result was to win the battle with less victory and more. After several battles, Mulan's military talent was noted, and twice it was promoted.

　　Four years later, Mulan was transferred to the Chinese Army, promoted to the position of Metropolitan Commander, and directly participated in various military decisions. In a winter combat deployment, Marshal He Tingyu chose a route to attack the enemy, and Mulan believed that the weather was changeable at that time, and if the march encountered heavy snow and closed the mountain, the troops would have no way in and out, and the consequences would be unimaginable. But He Tingyu was eager to win, thinking that it would not snow in just three days.

　　Mulan had no choice but to ask another army and horse to attack on a different line with the army he led, so that the two armies could meet each other. Things were indeed the same as Hua Mulan expected, the three-day march had not yet been completed, and the heavy snow trapped He Tingyu and his soldiers and horses in the deep mountains. While sending people to inquire about the enemy's movements, Hua Mulan quickly organized her forces and personally received He Tingyu out of the mountain and saved He Tingyu's life.

　　Twelve years later, the frontier war was calmed down, and He Tingyu won the victory and returned to the dynasty. He played the battle achievements made by Hua Mulan to the son of tomorrow, and the emperor wanted Hua Mulan to be the shangshu of the military department. Hua Mulan was very grateful to the emperor for her reuse, but she said that she did not want to be an official and only hoped to go home soon. He Tingyu led the centaurs to personally send Mulan home, recognized the flower in the spring, who was already more than seventy years old, and only then did he know that Mulan was originally a child who was in the spring. He kept praising the door as a real tiger. At this moment, a woman came out of the house. After twelve years of leading soldiers to fight together, Marshal He just learned that Mulan turned out to be a girl.