Chapter 200: The snare drum beats
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Ten seconds later, Wu Fei flew directly into the tower of Huangsha City from the air, and then quickly came to the gate of the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
In order to be able to notify everyone of the emergency military situation in a short period of time, a snare drum made of rhinoceros skin is usually set up outside the main hall of the main hall of the castle guarding the city in the border area. If there is a sudden emergency, you can beat this snare drum to gather all the soldiers and fight the enemy together.
The epidermis of the rhinoceros is tough and very transmissible. The snare drum made with it not only has a loud sound, but also has a strong penetrating power, and even from thousands of miles away, you can hear the powerful sound of the drum.
Huangsha City, as an important barrier on the wilderness frontier of the Great Qin Empire, naturally also has the establishment of military drums.
It's just that this snare drum has never been played since its inception, so that people have gradually forgotten its existence.
After Wu Fei came to the location of the snare drum outside the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, he fell from the air to the ground, and then carefully put down the Sally on his back.
"Sally, when I hit this drum later, you'll cover your ears, okay?"
He reminded Sally because he knew the power of the ancient snare drum. Once played, it is simply torture for the human eardrum. So, before he played, he instructed Sally.
"Well, Dad, I got it"!
For Wu Fei's instructions, Sally chose to obey unconditionally.
That is, when Wu Fei held two thigh-thick drumsticks, Sally covered her ears with both hands.
The next moment, Wu Fei held a pair of drumsticks in his hand and struck heavily on the rhinoceros skin drum that had not been beaten for a long time.
"Knock~Knock~Knock"~
Bursts of deep and powerful drums, with powerful eardrums piercing, came out from the drum surface in a steady stream, far, far away.
"What's the sound"?
"Who's not going to let people sleep in the middle of the night"?
"The voice, it sounds like it."
Within a few minutes after Wu Fei played the snare drum, the defenders of Huangsha City, who had already rested, were woken up from their sweet dreams by the sound of drums.
"Oh no, it's the sound of a snare drum. If there is an enemy situation, quickly, urgently assemble"!
The first to react was the vanguard officer of the defenders of Huangsha City, who was in charge of snare drums on weekdays, so he was no longer familiar with this sound.
"If there is an enemy, everyone quickly assemble"!
After being stunned for a few seconds, the vanguard officer reacted quickly, and then quickly dressed and ran out of the tent, allowing all the soldiers who had entered a state of rest to start gathering.
"Huh? What's going on out there? Why does it sound so noisy"?
At this time, Zhao Wu, the guard general of Huangsha City, who was resting, heard the sound of constant screaming and footsteps outside in his ears in the haze.
He was wondering what was going on outside when the door to the room, bang! Someone knocked it out from the outside.
"General Zhao, get up and take a look, the snare drum at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion has been beaten!"
It was his lieutenant who slammed in the door, and he looked very anxious, panting as he spoke.
"What? Someone beat the snare drum? Is there an enemy coming"?
After hearing the deputy general's report, Zhao Wu's face changed, and he quickly picked up the general uniform that he put aside and put it on.
When the snare drum is played, it means that the enemy situation has occurred. In the middle of the night, someone actually beat the snare drum, which made him inexplicably nervous.
In ancient times, playing the snare drum was a very serious matter, and it was absolutely forbidden to play it indiscriminately. If someone maliciously plays it, and is held accountable afterwards, it will be the consequence of losing his head. If it is serious, it is more likely to be tortured such as the dismemberment of the corpse of the five horses and the death of Ling Chi.
Moreover, this snare drum in Huangsha City has not been played for a long time since it was established. It suddenly sounded tonight, and it was just in time for Li Si, Meng Tian, and Zhao Gao, the three bigwigs of the Great Qin Empire, if there was a mistake, as the guard and supreme person in charge of Huangsha City, he would not be able to escape his responsibility.
"My lord, I don't know if there is any enemy situation for the time being, and the sentry on the city tower has not given a warning. However, after the snare drum was played, some of the adults must have heard it at this time, so let's go and find out the cause and report the situation to the adults."
"Okay, adjutant general, you first go to the location of the city lord's mansion where the snare drum is located to find out who is playing the snare drum, and I will go over as soon as I get dressed."
The stakes are very high, and Zhao Wu does not dare to take it lightly.
"Okay, my lord, the last general will immediately go to the direction where the snare drum is to find out the reason."
After receiving Zhao Wu's order, the deputy general immediately withdrew from the room and went to the City Lord's Mansion to investigate the situation.
After the snare drum was played three times, Wu Fei put down the two drumsticks, and then entered the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion and quietly waited for the others to arrive.
The heavy and powerful snare drum beat made Li Si, Zhao Gao, and Meng Tian, who had already fallen asleep, wake up immediately. Comparatively speaking, Meng Tian was the first to react, he didn't fall asleep at all, just a small light sleep.
Years of conquest have made him develop this habit. Whenever he arrives in an unfamiliar area or place, he will never fall into a deep sleep at night.
The first is to maintain full vigilance to prevent the enemy's sneak attack; The second is to prevent those subordinates who have different intentions from taking the opportunity to commit the following and make big rebellious actions. Only when he returns to the mansion and stays with Bu Xianglian will he sleep comfortably.
"General Meng, are you awake too? It's so noisy outside, what the hell is going on"?
Li Si, who was woken up from his sleep by the sound of drums, got dressed and walked out of his room, and when he saw Meng Tian coming to him, he immediately asked suspiciously.
"If you return to the Prime Minister's words, the last general will not know the inside story. However, the sound of the drums that sounded just now, the sound produced by the sound of the unique snare drums set up in the frontier land, is normally played only when the enemy situation is discovered."
Although Meng Tian woke up early, he was also confused and at a loss for what to do at the sudden sound of the snare drum. Nothing is known about the source of this drum sound.
"Lord Xiangguo, General Meng, you are also awake"?
As the two stood outside the room, puzzled by the sudden sound of the snare drum. The side door next to it was opened, and Zhao Gao walked out under the layers of guards of the six masters.
"Lord Zhao, I wonder if you know anything about the sudden sound of the snare drum?"
After seeing Zhao Gao come out, Li Si put his eyes on him, and then asked.
Although Zhao Gao is inferior to him in status and identity, the gang of killers under him are not vegetarians. Every move within a radius of ten miles is firmly mastered. This point, even if he is the prime minister of the Great Qin Empire, he can't do it.
"Don't you know? The subordinate had learned some news from the mouths of the minions; The man beating the snare drum is the God-Sent One. As for the reason and other things, the last general does not know."
Facing Li Si's inquiry, Zhao Gao opened his mouth to answer.
(To be continued.) )