A funeral is held for the army commander, who died in the assault, and, having lost his uncle, Turtle ceases bullying and befriends the other soldiers. As a result, she is pardoned and is promoted to be a sub-commander. Mulan, however, stays to fight and ends up killing the Rouran assault's commander.

However, the Rourans launch a surprise attack on the camp and in the confusion, Wentai releases Mulan from jail. Wentai agrees and states that he will personally burn her body so that nobody will know her secret. In prison awaiting execution, she tells Wentai the truth that she is a woman and asks him to keep her death secret from her father. Tiger is unable to find the jade pendant in the lake and Mulan, terrified to reveal herself as a woman and tarnish her father's reputation, admits to having committed the theft. Accusing the battalion of theft, the army commander orders a strip-search. To make matters worse, during training Turtle unknowingly dropped a valuable jade pendant, which Tiger furtively kicked into a nearby lake as an act of revenge. However, Wentai becomes determined to uncover the woman hiding in the camp. After a brief skirmish, Mulan escapes without exposing her identity. One night, when Mulan is taking a bath in a secluded hot spring, Wentai unexpectedly runs into Mulan. Throughout the harsh military training, Mulan proves to be courageous and already skilled in combat, defending others from the bullying of the army commander's nephew, 'Turtle'. Mulan befriends Wentai ( Chen Kun), the battalion's sub commander, as well as other recruits 'Scholar' and 'Fatso' and his younger brother. Enlisting with the Wei army in her father's place, she is recognized by her friend Fei Xiaohu 'Tiger' ( Jaycee Chan), who agrees to keep her secret. At night, Mulan takes her father's armor and weapon, disguises herself as a man and slips out of the house with the family horse. But because she is a woman, she cannot enlist. Hua Mulan ( Zhao Wei), his young daughter, is quite intelligent and skilled in various martial arts.

A retired soldier named Hua Hu insists on enlisting again to serve his country.

The Chinese army conducts a nationwide draft. In 450 A.D., the ruling Chinese dynasty of Northern Wei is under constant threat from the Rouran tribes. Zhao Wei was cast by Ma as Hua Mulan over actresses Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, and Liu Yifei, who were all considered for the role. The director, Jingle Ma, has explained that this film is vastly different from the 1998 Walt Disney animated film and that the looks from the character in this movie adheres more to his imagination. Mulan: Rise of a Warrior ( simplified Chinese: 花木兰 traditional Chinese: 花木蘭 pinyin: Huā Mùlán), also known as Mulan: Legendary Warrior, is a 2009 Chinese action war film starring Zhao Wei as the titular protagonist.

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