Chapter Twelve The Bugles Are Loud
After returning to Huxian County, Li Zhiyun locked himself in the house to think of a solution.
The room he lived in was originally the room of a bookkeeper. There were ready-made pens, inkstones and papers on the desk. He lay on the desk and began to draw bugles. After he finished drawing, he showed it to his third sister.
The third sister took a look and said disapprovingly: "Isn't this just a trumpet? What's so strange about it?"
"This is called the bugle," Li Zhiyun explained. "It can be said to be the soul of an army. It is the fastest and easiest way to improve the organizational power of the army..."
Although the third sister didn't believe it, she still called Mr. Ying. Mr. Ying was a thin old man in his fifties. He was originally the accountant of Chai Mansion, but now he is the housekeeper of the "Women's Army", in charge of money, food and weapons.
Wait for some chores.
The third sister explained a few words to Mr. Ying, and then asked Li Zhiyun to contact Mr. Ying if he needed anything.
First, the bugle had to be made. Mr. Ying quickly found a coppersmith. Li Zhiyun explained to the coppersmith, and after the coppersmith returned with the drawings, a bugle was delivered in less than half a day.
Li Zhiyun didn't know how to play the bugle at all. He asked Mr. Ying to find someone who knew music. There were more than 10,000 people in the "Women's Army" and there were all kinds of birds in the forest. Mr. Ying actually found one for him.
This man's name was Tao Yu, a short and fat man. Li Zhiyun looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Do you really understand music?" Tao Yu smiled and said, "To be honest with the fifth young master, this villain was originally a member of the imperial court.
The musician, because of Ding You, went home to guard the system for his father, and later joined the 'Women's Army'."
Wow! What a talent! Li Zhiyun was very happy and quickly handed the trumpet to the other party and asked him to blow it.
Tao Yu took over the bugle and played a piece of music easily. Although Li Zhiyun didn't know what he was playing, he knew that he was an expert. In addition, the coppersmith's craftsmanship was also good, and the bugle's sound was very loud.
Next, Li Zhiyun began to tell Tao Yu the bugles, which were the lights-out bugle, the reveille bugle, the assembly bugle, and the charge bugle.
Li Zhiyun remembers the lights-out horn and the charge horn best. The rhythm of the lights-out horn is very slow, and each tone is very long: da-da-da--, while the charge horn has a sharp and intense tone: tick da da da! di.
Ta-ta-ta!...
While Li Zhiyun was explaining, Tao Yu was noting the notation. He used "Gongchi Pu", which is similar to the simplified musical notation of later generations.
After Tao Yu finished memorizing the score, he played the trumpet according to the score, and then modified it according to Li Zhiyun's suggestions. After repeated iterations, he finally composed the tunes for the lights-out horn and the charge horn. Especially for the charge horn, as soon as Tao Yu started blowing it, he followed the music.
It's almost the same as in the movie.
As for the reveille signal and the assembly signal, Li Zhiyun's memory is rather vague. He only remembers that the rhythm is between the lights out signal and the charge signal. He let Tao Yu freely play and create his own.
Not to mention, Tao Yu is really a musical genius. He composed his own composition based on the tunes of the lights-out horn and the charge horn, combined with the functions of the reveille horn and the assembly horn, and the result was that it sounded like that, which made Li Zhiyun very satisfied!
Finally, it was time to find a trumpeter. This was much easier because there were many people who knew how to play, and Mr. Ying quickly found ten of them.
After Tao Yu taught them how to play the bugle, ten buglers were assigned to various stations of the "Detachment of Women" and began to train the army according to the bugle.
Ten days later, Li Zhiyun invited the third sister to check the training results.
The third sister led Ma Sanbao, Yinggu, Scarface and several other leaders to the Cai family ancestral hall. At first glance, the playground was empty. They entered the yard and looked in from the window of the room. The rebel brothers were shouting loudly.
Sleeping. Scarface frowned and said: "It's three o'clock in the morning, the sun is shining on your buttocks, why are you guys still sleeping?"
Li Zhiyun asked someone to call the trumpeter and asked, "Didn't you blow the morning bugle?"
"Blow!"
"What are you blowing? Play it again and let me hear it."
The bugler took out the bugle and blew it once. As soon as he finished blowing, Li Zhiyun kicked him on the butt: "What the hell you were playing was the lights-out horn! When you blew it, didn't they fall asleep again?!"
The third sister frowned slightly and said, "Zhiyun, is this bugle going to work?" Li Zhiyun said awkwardly, "I blew it wrong! Blow it again! Blow it again!" He asked the bugler to blow the morning bugle again.
As soon as the wake-up call sounded, the brothers all got up with a roar. After the brothers finished their breakfast, Li Zhiyun asked the bugler to blow the assembly call and gather all the rebel brothers on the playground.
Then, Li Zhiyun asked the instructor to take the troops to a field outside the city and divide them into two teams of five hundred people each. The two armies were two hundred feet apart. One team was equipped with war drums and bugles, and the other team was equipped with war drums only.
The third sister led everyone to watch the battle on a hillside.
Li Zhiyun ordered the attack to begin. The war drums beat and the bugler blew the charge horn.
Scarface said loudly: "Hey, this copper trumpet is really exciting when you blow it. I want to rush forward and fight!"
Sure enough, the morale of the team with the bugle was even higher, and the drill soon came to fruition.
Facing everyone's praise, Li Zhiyun was very proud. The third sister scratched his nose with her finger and said with a smile: "You brat, you have done something serious!"
The third sister announced: Three days later it will be Ding Mao Day, and we will attack Wugong County again.
Some time ago, a large family in Hu County who sympathized with the "Detachment of Women" donated fifty thousand taels of silver. The third sister used the money to purchase a batch of military supplies and build a batch of weapons.
On Dingmao day, the "Women's Army" set out early in the morning. Just like last time, the officers and soldiers were already waiting in formation at Wuzhangyuan.
Hei Tantou rode a white horse in front of the battle to show off his power. He galloped forward, laughed proudly, and shouted: "The beggar is here to die again?!..."
Li Zhiyun said loudly: "Heitan, I will make you look good later!" Heitan sneered and said: "What skills do you have? Use them all!"
The third sister on horseback raised her sword and commanded: Beat the drums! Blow the trumpets!
So, ten buglers raised their bugles and blew the charge bugle. These ten were all strong young men, full of energy, and the trumpet sounds they blew were very loud.
Heitan Tou was stunned by the harsh trumpet sound: What is this?
When the rebel brothers heard the charge, they charged forward with all their strength, and rushed in front of the officers and soldiers in the blink of an eye. Before the officers and soldiers understood what was going on, the swords and axes came down...
After a burst of killing by the "Women's Army", the officers and soldiers could no longer resist and began to retreat.
When Aunt Ying saw it, she jumped up and down with joy and shouted: "The official army has been defeated! The official army has been defeated!" She ran to Li Zhiyun and said with a smile: "Fifth Young Master, you are so awesome!"
"What's this?" Li Zhiyun said disdainfully, "I'll show you something even better in the future!"
Chapter completed!