"This is the new weapon you invented? Appis? ”

Rabbi Enus walked to Appis's tent and saw a waist drum that could not have been simpler, it was the leather drum of the captured barbarians, except that Apis had removed the leather layer and replaced it with an iron metal drum surface. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes, music is the best weapon for human fighting, General."

Faced with Rabienus's somewhat skeptical eyes, Apis replied confidently. In fact, Appis originally intended to design a drum kit similar to that found in later modern musical instruments, and when the soldiers heard the passionate rock music, they would kill the enemy with enthusiasm. However, considering that the drum kit was too large to be used in the battlefield, after some thought, Appis still decided to make a simple modification of the barbarian's leather waist drum, so that the drummers could wear it with them and follow the hundred-man team. That way, when the soldiers hear the rhythmic music, it will also inspire some motivation and enthusiasm.

It's just that Rabienus seems to have some grievances with this instrument......

"He's a tool of the barbarians, how can we use the tools of the barbarians in the legion?"

As soon as Rabienus answered, Appis knew what his superiors were worried about. The Romans of this era always regarded themselves as civilized and backward barbarians, so the Romans despised all the tools used by the barbarians.

"He's a barbarian's tool, yes, but I've modified him, and the music I use (if that's music...... It's not the barbarians' ramblings, but the drumming with a special rhythm. It is another form of high musical art. It can stimulate the morale of the soldiers on the battlefield and stimulate their inner desire to fight. This is another level that music can reach. ”

Appis stood beside his waist drum and spoke eloquently to Rabbi Enus. Fooling superiors is sometimes a kind of ability, a thing that turned out to be a tool of a barbarian, in Apis, but it was raised to the height of human civilization, Rome has a special concert hall, and Apis took advantage of the Romans' reverence for music, and recommended this battlefield tool to Rabienus. Of course, before Rabienus could convince him of his words, Apis had to train his soldiers how to beat this strange waist drum rhythmically.

"You're saying you want to use music instead of the barbarians' roaring and beating?"

Rabienus looked at Appis in amazement. He couldn't believe it, but he also trusted it. After all, in the Battle of Venetti before, this young Roman officer had invented the design of the water trap, which made a qualitative leap in the survivability of Roman warships in naval battles. Caesar was overjoyed when he found out. So this time, I wonder if this Apis can really invent something new, Rabienus didn't dare to deny it entirely, so he simply sat down and listened to the soldiers under Apis "playing" this novel "instrument"? ”

"Now, Glass, show the Legion Commander a rehearsal of the striking method I taught you."

Seeing Rabienus sitting down patiently, Appis called his first drummer as he spoke.

With the sticks in the hands of the drummers beating rhythmically and slowly on the metal brass drums, rock music, this kind of American music that only existed in the 20th and 50s in the 20th century, was born in the ancient Roman world 2,000 years ago!

"Knock knock, knock knock."

He had no lyrics, no accompaniment from other instruments, no stage lighting effects, just such a simple blow, the rhythmic beating of two short sticks like Roman wooden swords on the drum, which made the soldiers, officers, and rabbis slowly excited.

At first, the speed of the wooden stick hitting the drum surface was not fast, but it was a gentle transition, and in the middle of the process, the rhythm became faster and faster, and the intensity became more and more intense, whether it was the Roman soldier beating the waist drum or the Rabienus sitting on the chair, they gradually became excited, and Rabienus could not even control his emotions, and the soles of his feet moved rhythmically with the rhythm.

The drummers became more and more excited, and in the end, the March of the Storm was perfectly interpreted by the drummers, and the sticks fell like a storm, with a fixed and simple rhythm, but everyone present could no longer hold back, and danced excitedly. Rabienus was an old general who had personally gone into battle to kill the enemy, and his enthusiasm was like that of Caesar, and you can imagine what such a passionate general would have been like after hearing this bloody melody and rhythm. When the last wooden stick was struck on the brass drum, everyone in the entire military tent roared happily. If there were one or two barbarians on the scene now, I am afraid that they would be beaten to the point by these fanatical Roman soldiers......

"How? General, I said that this is another form of music, we only need a light drum to make the soldiers on the battlefield enthusiastic and fearlessly kill the enemy. Let this form of civilization spread among the legions, this kind of music, this kind of instrument, is not at all the height that the barbarian kind of leather waist drum can reach. ”

After the performance, Appis confidently spoke to Rabienus.

At the same time, Appis also saw the look of surprise and joy on the face of the old legionnaire, and it was obvious that this suggestion and invention of Apis had once again convinced the Roman veteran.

"Appis, you are simply an all-rounder, your wisdom has surpassed that of your peers of your age, Octavian's previous evaluation of you, we thought it was a child bragging about it, but today it seems that you are indeed a genius."

Sitting in his chair, it took him a long time to react, and he was enthusiastic about this rhythmic and high-pitched "percussion". He was even more amazed by Apis, and even began to suspect that Apis was really the son of the gods......

Rabbi Enus took the sample of Apis on the spot, and the trained drummer to Caesar's tent. In front of all the regimental commanders and Anthony Lepida, this "artifact" was demonstrated.

After the performance, even Mark Anthony, who was the most unhappy at Appis, couldn't help but admire such music, such a rhythm, it was so exciting.

A few days later, the entire Roman legion camp could be seen frantically copying the barbarian leather waist drums, except that the drum surfaces were not made of cowhide, but with the crispest and lightest metal.

The entire Roman legion began to develop a new field profession - the drummer......

And the invention of Apis even sparked a frenzy of learning and listening to "rock music" in the legions, and of course, the number of fights increased a lot......