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www.yicui.mewww.fengxuan.meHidden in a high crevice, Mulan looked down at the ridge where the Rouran ar prepared their attack. As she watched, one of the n shouted orders, sending so soldiers toward the edge of the ridge with bows and arrows while others loaded a large, heavy boulder onto the trebuchet. Groaning with effort, the n ved it into position so that it was aid at the valley—and the Ierial soldiers—below.
Taking a nt to ke sure she was ready, Mulan looked in front of her. The helts she had taken fronbsp; the battlefield were lined up in a row. Black Wind was safely hidden. She was ready. Lifting her bow, she turned and took ainbsp; at the Rourans.
Her first arrow flew through the air. There was a surprised cry as an invader fell to the ground. Then another. And another. It didn’t take long for the soldiers to notice what was happening. One turned, and Mulan saw hinbsp; scan the ridge where she was hiding. Spotting the Ierial helts, he let out an angry cry. Shouting new orders, he had his n turn their attention fronbsp; the valley. The trebuchet was ved until it, too, was pointed toward the untain where Mulan stood, hidden fronbsp; view.
At the leader’s signal, the Rourans fired arrows at the row of Ierial helts, unaware that they were nothing but ety shells, duies to trick the ene. When it appeared that the Ierial soldiers were unhard, the Rourans grew angrier. Their attention turned to the trebuchet. Mulan watched and waited, hoping she had planned correctly.
A nt later, the group of invaders lit the fuel-covered boulder that sat in its perch on the trebuchet. Instantly, the boulder ignited, bursting into fla. The invaders released the trebuchet.
As the flang boulder flew, Mulan held her breath. The rock was huge and heavy, and even though it had been propelled with great force, it seed to ve in slow tion across the sky. For Mulan’s plan to work, she needed the boulder to fly strong and true.
Closer and closer the boulder flew until, with a loud boo it slaed into the snowy untainside behind her. The noise of the iact echoed down the untain and over the valley floor below. The Ierial Ar, appearing as sll as ants fronbsp; Mulan’s perch high above, seed to pause as the sound reached the Mulan waited, listening. She reached down and put her hand to the ground.
She felt it. Just the sllest of vibrations, but it was enough to tell her that her plan had worked.
Not waiting to see the result of the avalanche that had already begun to roll fronbsp; its pe
Taking a nt to ke sure she was ready, Mulan looked in front of her. The helts she had taken fronbsp; the battlefield were lined up in a row. Black Wind was safely hidden. She was ready. Lifting her bow, she turned and took ainbsp; at the Rourans.
Her first arrow flew through the air. There was a surprised cry as an invader fell to the ground. Then another. And another. It didn’t take long for the soldiers to notice what was happening. One turned, and Mulan saw hinbsp; scan the ridge where she was hiding. Spotting the Ierial helts, he let out an angry cry. Shouting new orders, he had his n turn their attention fronbsp; the valley. The trebuchet was ved until it, too, was pointed toward the untain where Mulan stood, hidden fronbsp; view.
At the leader’s signal, the Rourans fired arrows at the row of Ierial helts, unaware that they were nothing but ety shells, duies to trick the ene. When it appeared that the Ierial soldiers were unhard, the Rourans grew angrier. Their attention turned to the trebuchet. Mulan watched and waited, hoping she had planned correctly.
A nt later, the group of invaders lit the fuel-covered boulder that sat in its perch on the trebuchet. Instantly, the boulder ignited, bursting into fla. The invaders released the trebuchet.
As the flang boulder flew, Mulan held her breath. The rock was huge and heavy, and even though it had been propelled with great force, it seed to ve in slow tion across the sky. For Mulan’s plan to work, she needed the boulder to fly strong and true.
Closer and closer the boulder flew until, with a loud boo it slaed into the snowy untainside behind her. The noise of the iact echoed down the untain and over the valley floor below. The Ierial Ar, appearing as sll as ants fronbsp; Mulan’s perch high above, seed to pause as the sound reached the Mulan waited, listening. She reached down and put her hand to the ground.
She felt it. Just the sllest of vibrations, but it was enough to tell her that her plan had worked.
Not waiting to see the result of the avalanche that had already begun to roll fronbsp; its pe