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 a bugle. 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 had Mr. Ying called. Mr. Ying is a thin old man in his fifties. He was originally the accountant of the Chai Mansion, but now he is the housekeeper of the "Women's Army", in charge of money, food, military equipment and other miscellaneous matters.
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 must be made. Mr. Ying quickly found a coppersmith. Li Zhiyun explained to the coppersmith. After the coppersmith returned with the drawings, he sent a bugle within half a day.
Li Zhiyun doesn't know how to blow the bugle at all. He asked Mr. Ying to find someone who knew music. There are more than 10,000 people in the "Women's Army", and there are all kinds of birds in the forest. Mr. Ying actually found one for him.
This man's name is 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 you, Fifth Young Master, I was originally a court musician in the imperial court. Because of Ding You, I went home to serve my father." , and later joined the 'Women's Army'."
Wow! Talent! Li Zhiyun was very happy and quickly handed the trumpet to the other party and asked him to blow it.
Tao Yu took the bugle and played a piece of music easily. Although Li Zhiyun didn't know what he was talking about, he knew that he was an expert. In addition, the coppersmith's craftsmanship is also good, and the sound quality of the bugle is very loud.
Next, Li Zhiyun began to tell Tao Yu the bugles, which were lights out, reveille, assembly, and charge.
Li Zhiyun remembers "Lights Out" and "Charge" most clearly. 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-ta-ta-ta! Tick-tick-tick! …
Li Zhiyun explained and Tao Yu took notes. He used "Gongchipu", 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 made modifications based on Li Zhiyun's suggestions. After repeating this process, the tunes of "Lights Out" and "Charge" were finally composed. Especially the charge horn, when Tao Yu blew it, it was almost exactly 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 was between the lights out signal and the Charge signal. He gave Tao Yu free rein to create his own creations.
Not to mention, Tao Yu is really a musical genius. He composed his own composition based on the tunes of the lights-out and charging horns, combined with the functions of the reveille and assembly horns, and it turned out to be exactly like that, which made Li Zhiyun very satisfied!
Finally, it’s time to find the trumpeter. This is much simpler, because there are many people who can play and play, and Mr. Ying quickly found ten people.
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. When they saw that there was no one on the playground. They entered the courtyard and looked in from the window of the room. They saw the rebel brothers sleeping soundly. Scarface frowned and said, "It's already three o'clock in the morning and the sun is scorching our butts. Why are you guys still sleeping?"
Li Zhiyun asked someone to call the bugler and asked, "Didn't you blow the morning bugle?"
"Blow it!"
"What are you blowing? Play it again and let me hear it."
The trumpeter took out his bugle and blew it once. As soon as he finished blowing, Li Zhiyun kicked him on the butt: "You were playing the fucking lights-out horn! Didn't they fall asleep again when you blew it?!"
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 huff. After the brothers finished their breakfast, Li Zhiyun asked the bugler to blow the rally call and gather all the rebel brothers on the playground.
Then, Li Zhiyun asked the instructor to take the team to a field outside the city and divide it into two teams, each with 500 people. 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 felt 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 days ago, a large family in Hu County who sympathized with the "Detachment of Women" donated 50,000 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 rides a white horse and shows off his power in front of the formation. He galloped forward, laughed triumphantly, and shouted: "The beggar is here to die again?!..."
Li Zhiyun said loudly: "Hei Tantou, I'll make you look good later!" Hei Tan sneered and said, "What skills do you have? Use them all!"
The third sister on horseback raised her sword and commanded: Beat the drum! Blow the trumpet!
So, ten trumpeters raised their bugles and blew the charge. These ten people are all strong young men, full of energy, and the trumpet sounds they play are very loud.
Heitan Tou was stunned by the harsh trumpet sound: What is this?
When the rebel brothers heard the charge, they rushed forward as if they had been given blood, 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 army has been defeated! The army has been defeated!" She ran up to Li Zhiyun and said with a smile: "Young Master Fifth, you are so awesome!"
"What's this?" Li Zhiyun said disdainfully, "I'll let you see something even more powerful in the future!"
Two thousand officers and soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and retreated all the way to Wugong County. After entering the city, they closed the city gates and could not leave.
