On the battlefield, once they entered a state of war, war drums not only transmitted orders but also boosted morale.
General Long Tenghai had invited Li Chengfeng to play drums to boost morale. To him, this was definitely a chance to show off.
When Li Chengfeng arrived in front of Long Tenghai, he saw the general, clad in silver armour and riding on a tall horse, put down the monocular in his hand and turned to smile at him. "Zhenren Li, you're from a military family, do you still remember the drums of war?"
On the battlefield, drumming was not just a matter of strength, it was also a matter of technique. You would not be able to do it without long periods of training. Drumming randomly like in movies was all nonsense.
Li Chengfeng flipped through some of the military books he kept at home. When he read about drumming for orders and boosting morale, he realised that drumming was not only differentiated by tempo, it was also differentiated by pitch, just like other musical instruments.
The Emperor wielded the Lu Drum, the Hou wielded the Ben Drum, the General wielded the Jin Drum, the Marshal wielded the Qiu Drum, and the Marshal wielded the Qiu Drum. Every drum had a different pitch. The General Drum's pitch was Shang, while the Marshal Drum's pitch was Jiao, equivalent to the '1' do and '3' mi in music.
The General Drum's pitch was the lowest and most powerful, while the Marshal Drum's pitch was deep and powerful. It was the drum that boosted morale on the battlefield.
Li Chengfeng cupped his fists at Long Tenghai and smiled. "I will never forget my family's teachings!"
Long Tenghai clapped his hands and praised, "Good!
Let us witness the Cleansing Moon Li Family's secret technique today! "
Li Chengfeng bowed with a smile and leapt towards the drum stage.
This drum platform was located not too far away from the central army tent. It was a trapezoidal structure with a total of ten parts. Each part had a large drum placed on it, and the one in the center was an incomparably large drum.
The drum was huge, its surface covered with demonic leather. The drumsticks were inlaid with copper and gold, and the entire body was polished to a jade-like luster. Li Chengfeng could feel that the drumsticks weighed about thirty to forty kilograms, and only the strongest man in the world could beat this drum. Beating this drum for a long time would exhaust one's strength. Hence, if one wanted to beat this drum for a long time, they would need to be extremely skilled.
Fortunately, the Li Family of the Cleansing Moon Sect had a long history of learning, and he had learned this technique from a young age.
The drummers around him were all tall, bare-chested men with exaggerated muscles. Each of them looked at Li Chengfeng suspiciously, their eyes filled with distrust.
Without another word, Li Chengfeng kicked the drum stick that weighed tens of kilograms into the air. Then, he flipped over to catch it, and smashed it hard on the drum's heart.
Such a huge drum would produce different sounds depending on where it was struck. The closer to the center, the deeper the pitch, and the closer to the edge, the higher the pitch.
With this heavy blow, the huge drum immediately let out a loud "boom" sound!
Li Chengfeng did not wait for his fall to the ground. He flipped in the air, using the force of his fall to drive the drumsticks to hit the drum again. With a loud boom, he struck the drum again.
When Li Chengfeng's body fell again, he used the rebound force to flip over and hit the drum again. At this time, Li Chengfeng had already fallen a distance away from the drum's heart. However, he flipped over like a sparrow hawk and hit the drum from the bottom up, hitting the drum's heart once more. Only then did he fall to the ground!
Li Chengfeng had hit the drum four times in the blink of an eye. Four booms sounded like rolling thunder from afar, a majestic aura surging towards them.
The surrounding drummers were dumbfounded by what they saw!
To them, anyone who could hit the drum's heart twice in a row was an expert. After all, the drum's heart was more than three meters tall. A normal person with the height of the drumsticks would barely be able to reach it. Waving the drumsticks to hit the drum's heart was difficult, especially if one wanted to make such a huge drum rumble. One had to use all one's strength!
If one hammer hit the drum twice, one would have to use all one's strength again, not to mention hitting the drum three times and four times in the blink of an eye.
Long Tenghai, who was watching from afar, nodded in approval. They watched as Li Chengfeng's body flipped quickly, the drumsticks in his hands moving like dragons, striking rhythmically on the heart, sides, sides, and sides of the drum. The sound was rhythmic and rhythmic.
The other drummers perked up and followed Li Chengfeng's lead. They were all people who had played drums their entire lives. The moment they heard Li Chengfeng's rhythm, they knew it was the famous' Song of the General Breaking the Formation '. They immediately followed suit.
In an instant, Daqi's drumming shook the heavens. The rhythm was impassioned, the drum's pitch changing beautifully. The soldiers on the battlefield could only feel their blood pumping. They could now use up to ten or even twelve percent of their strength.
The battle line that was initially in a stalemate was slowly being pushed forward by the high-spirited soldiers. The puppet country's heavy armoured vanguard was slowly being beaten back.
The puppet kingdom responded quickly. A series of horns sounded from the rear, followed by a series of howls. The heavy shield bearers in the front row thrust their heavy shields deep into the ground, desperately pressing their bodies against the shields to maintain the battle line. Meanwhile, the soldiers behind them quickly began to put up their shields, forming a dozen long slopes. After that, a dozen groups of warriors wearing golden armors, feathered crowns, and two blades strapped to their backs rushed along the slopes, diving into the heavy armored infantry corps of Da Qi.
Almost every single one of these soldiers who had just jumped into the formation was pierced to death by the dense spears as soon as they landed. However, immediately after, more soldiers jumped down. With a flip, they rolled into the formation along with the spears that they hadn't retracted in time. As soon as they landed, the two blades on their backs were pulled out and slashed horizontally in all directions.
The surrounding Daqi soldiers screamed and fell to the ground. Their legs and feet were chopped off, creating many gaps in the formation. More and more soldiers jumped into the gaps, and the formation was immediately thrown into chaos!
These soldiers were obviously elite soldiers. They were highly skilled in martial arts and were not afraid of death. They moved and flashed in the dense shield and spear formations like ghosts. Even if they were stabbed by spears or knocked down by heavy shields, they would still swing their dual blades and cut down a few people.
The elite soldiers of the Puppet Kingdom rushed into the formation of the Da Qi Kingdom like a hot knife cutting through cheese. As more and more of them poured in, the formation of the Da Qi Kingdom was thrown into chaos. The frontline was shaken, and the vanguard army was in danger of collapsing.
At this moment, Long Tenghai, who was observing the formation, immediately gave an order: "Soldiers with blades and shields, press forward!"
At this time, the army that was slightly behind immediately pressed forward under the sound of the command. They stepped on the drum beats and rushed forward in an orderly manner. The soldiers at the front also immediately opened up a path in the middle, allowing the saber and shield bearers at the back to rush into the battlefield quickly without causing the awkward situation of being stuck at the back.
Although the names of these soldiers with blades and shields were not pleasant to hear, they were also elite soldiers. Moreover, the blades and shields they held were obviously the bane of dual blades. In this environment where there were people everywhere, dual blades could suppress spears, but blades and shields could suppress dual blades. Therefore, these elite soldiers were killed not long after the battle began.
However, it was also because of their sacrifice that the vanguard army had obviously loosened up, and the formation was no longer tight.