The first time in history

"Are we the only ones stationed here?" Qian Mingduo felt something cushioning his lower back. He turned over and sat up, touching his lower back casually.

"Fuck!" Qian Mingduo yelled "Browning!"

"General..." the soldier asked in surprise, "What are you talking about?"

"Oh!" Qian Mingduo smiled at his guards, "It's okay, go on."

"Yes...I...what should I say?" The bodyguard looked confused.

"I want to ask you how many troops are stationed here?"

"Yes, we are the only group of people within a hundred miles."

"Okay, have you found anyone with the surname Mulan?"

"General," the guard said, "We have more than 50 people with the surname Mulan. I wonder which Mulan you are looking for?"

"Are there so many?" Qian Mingduo asked doubtfully.

"Yes," the soldier bowed and said, "In addition to Mulan, there are Tuoba, Yuwen, and Murong. By the way, your deputy general's surname is Mulan."

"Then go and ask General Mulan to come to my tent to discuss matters." Qian Mingduo glanced at the dim tent and said, "Can you light a few more candles?"

Qian Mingduo was a little excited. He was not sure whether this deputy general with the surname Mulan was the famous Hua Mulan in history.

“Luckily I’m a history major.” Qian Mingduo smiled inwardly, “Otherwise, when I saw the words ‘Mulan joins the army’ in the blind box, I would have asked my personal soldiers to find someone with the surname Hua.”

Xu Wei, a great writer in the Ming Dynasty, created a drama called "Female Mulan Joins the Army in Place of Her Father", which is as influential as the famous "The Ballad of Mulan".

In this play, Xu Wei gave Mulan a name, Hua Mulan, and Mulan is a common double surname among the Xianbei people.

"General." The guards outside the tent reported, "General Mulan wants to see you."

"You're welcome." Qian Mingduo couldn't help but straighten his body.

"I am honored to meet you, General Wen." The Mulan deputy general bowed and saluted.

She didn't have a man's build, but she wasn't short either. Her voice was fake, trying to sound deeper. This was Qian Mingduo's first impression of the person in front of him. Could it be the legendary Hua Mulan?

"There is no table or stool in my tent." Qian Mingduo sat cross-legged on the bed and said, "General Mulan, please sit on the bed and talk!"

"This..." General Mulan hesitated for a moment, "I'd better stand and reply to the general's question."

The personal soldier guarding outside the tent showed a surprised expression when he heard Qian Mingduo's words, and he couldn't help but look inside the tent.

The light from the candles was too dim, Qian Mingduo couldn't see the deputy general's face at all. He was too embarrassed to get close to him to take a look.

"What does General Mulan think of the battle situation?" Qian Mingduo asked loudly.

"General, I have a few humble opinions on the tactics of today's battle." The deputy general said, "When the enemy first arrived, they were aggressive. Our army used defense as offense and stabilized the position. This was a good thing."

At this time, the guards lit a few more candles. Qian Mingduo signaled with his eyes to place the candles next to the deputy general.

"Furthermore, although the coordination among our various military units has been effective..."

The light of the candle illuminated Mulan's face. Qian Mingduo laughed secretly: "Such a beautiful, feminine face, has been in the army for several years without being noticed by anyone? Isn't this nonsense?"

"General Mulan." Qian Mingduo asked, "When did you join my Feiyu Army?"

"I came here about ten days ago."

"So what military camp did the general serve in, and what position did he hold?"

Mulan looked at Qian Mingduo and thought to herself, "What happened to General Wen today? Was he upset by the battle? Did he become stupid?"

"I was originally in the Feiyu Army," but as a subordinate, I had to reply, "I served as deputy general."

Qian Mingduo flipped through the roster, which read "The List of the Crimson Feather Army" on the cover. On the second page, "Wen Yuxuan" was written in the column for the chief general, and "Mulanrong" was written in a few small characters in the column for the deputy general.

"Magnolia?" Qian Mingduo couldn't help but read it out loud.

"What do you want, General?" Mulan asked.

"Oh! Nothing." Qian Mingduo closed the list. "I was just looking at the list of my Feiyu Army. I saw the general's name and called out casually."

"I think General Mulan's name could be Mulan Rong'er, wouldn't that be more appropriate?"

"General, how do you know my name is Rong'er?" Mulan said, lowering her head slightly.

"Why are you really called Mulan Rong'er?" Qian Mingduo asked curiously, "I just said it casually."

"General, Mulan's real name is Mulan Rong'er. It was only when she joined the army that she dropped the "er" in her name."

"Mulan Rong'er is such a nice name. Why change it?"

"At the beginning, Mulan joined the army to replace her father. She was afraid of causing any inconvenience, so...she was given a name that sounded like a man's."

"You said you joined the army to replace your father?" Qian Mingduo raised his voice and asked with a questioning look on his face, "Didn't you keep the fact that you joined the army to replace your father a secret from everyone?"

Mulan Ronger glanced at Qian Mingduo and said softly, "When I first joined the army, I did hide it from others, but later I found that there were many people in the army who joined the army for their fathers and brothers like me, so no one concealed the fact that they were girls anymore!"

"I'm totally confused." Qian Mingduo shook his head and said, "This is totally contrary to the legend of Hua Mulan joining the army."

"What legend did the general mention?" Mulan Ronger asked, tilting her head.

"The legendary Hua Mulan had been hiding the fact that she was a girl in the army," Qian Mingduo said, "It was not until she returned to her hometown, put on her old clothes in front of the mirror, and was discovered by her companions that she was a girl."

"General, you are joking." Mulan Rong'er smiled and said, "All of us in the Feiyu Army are women, only... only you, General, are... a man!"

"What did you say..." Qian Mingduo jumped up from the bed: "Sister, are you teasing me?"

"General." Mulan Rong'er looked at Qian Mingduo in surprise. "What's wrong with you? Why are you like this... It's unacceptable..."

"Okay, okay, okay." Qian Mingduo walked out of the account and said, "Don't try to make fun of me. I'll go and see for myself."

After walking a few steps out of the tent, Qian Mingduo stopped.

"No need to look." He said to himself, "It's the sound of girls talking." He turned and went back to the tent.

"General Mulan, you have worked hard." Qian Mingduo said, "Please go back to your tent and rest."

Watching Mulan Rong'er leave his tent, Qian Mingduo slowly walked outside the tent. He approached his personal guard and asked quietly, "Are you... a man or a woman?"

"General," the soldier bowed and replied, "I am a woman, but my voice is rough and dull, like a man's."

"So..." Qian Mingduo looked at the crowded military camp and asked in confusion, "Am I the only man in our Feiyu Army?"

"General, yes." The personal soldiers also felt that Qian Mingduo was a little stimulated and became stupid.