In the dormitory of the deep courtyard of the palace, Tang Ba, Dou Niang and others, who had been properly arranged, gathered.

"A group of old gentlemen, they can't see clearly, they really regard the young master as a savior?!" Tang Yan hurried back depressedly, picked up the water cup and poured saliva, and said directly: "Starling, ask a question, what happened in the end?" give me a detailed introduction. ”

"I haven't come back to my senses yet, and the troops of Da Zhou are like they have suddenly gone crazy and completely changed their style. I have communicated with Jin Wuwei and Jian Wei, and I can basically conclude that the weakness of the Great Zhou army in the early stage is not like a pretense, and the madness in the later stage is very sudden, like an injection of some kind of drug, almost a loss of reason. ”

Tang Ba still had some palpitations when he thought about it now, that scene was like being surrounded by countless beasts, and his eyes glowed with an evil red light in the reflection of the firelight.

Dou Niang muttered: "If this situation happened to a small number of people, it would be understandable, but suddenly, all the two million troops changed, and there must be something strange among them. We were just talking about it, could it be some kind of mind-control martial art......? To be able to control such a number of soldiers, even we are affected, what level does this have? Could it be that there are demi-saints in their main camp? It seems that the demi-saints can't do this kind of thing. ”

"It's the beat of the drum!" said the Nalan disciple in the corner.

"Drumbeat?"

Nalan lowered his head and didn't look at the eyes of everyone, so he wouldn't be restrained: "You were fighting at the time, and you probably didn't notice. I observed the military deployment and the state of the strong in the Great Zhou in the clouds from beginning to end, and noticed another phenomenon that occurred when this anomaly occurred.

There are more than 1,000 drum stands outside the four city gates, and all the war drums are beating according to the instructions of the main camp, and the situation of the soldiers begins to change from the reverberation of the drums, and then the war drums beat rapidly, and the soldiers want to go crazy. When you all withdrew into the Imperial City, the drums of war stopped one after another, and the soldiers were sluggish as if they had drained their strength. ”

Everyone was quite surprised: "War drums can control the spirit of zhì people?"

"That's right, it's the drums of war!" Niya walked in from outside the door, her noble and cold aura and alluring appearance suddenly added a little more color to the slightly dim hall, and everyone's eyes flashed with amazement.

"Ma'am. Dou Niang hurriedly got up and showed respect.

She still can't accept that such a beautiful woman is occupied by Tang Yan, but Tang Yan is the owner of the village, Niya may have to return to Wagangzhai with her, and she will be the wife of the owner of the village in the future, and she should do her best as the deputy owner of the village.

Even Tang Ba got up to show his politeness, but the five bald heads of the Pang family shook their heads unceremoniously, sighed long, and muttered: "What a tender cabbage, just like that...... Alas...... Bad fate......"

"Believe it or not, I'm throwing you off the wall?" Tang Yan glanced into the corner with murderous eyes.

The five bald heads pouted in unison, lowered their heads, and continued to mumble.

"Look at it, I'm in a hurry!

"That's it, what a tender cabbage, what a new flower, alas, it's a pity. ”

"Nowadays, flowers like to stick cow dung?"

"Is cow dung nutritious?"

"Oh??? there's depth to that!"

Tang Yan hated it so much, but he really couldn't help it with the five best products, so he simply didn't listen to it and asked, "What's so special about the war drums of the Great Zhou?"

Niya said: "We have paid attention to this problem for a long time, every ten times the war drums of the Great Zhou Empire beat, more than half of the soldiers will go crazy, and since they crossed the Mangdang River to besiege the imperial city, the influence of the war drums has become stronger and stronger. King Zhou Ling was able to continue to create the miracle of forcibly breaking the enemy and winning more with less, and these war drums played a great role.

We have tried to sneak attack these war drums, and we have organized several raid plans, and we have paid a very heavy price to destroy all the war drums, and Denzel and they died in those sneak attacks. But the day after each destruction, new war drums are erected, and strange scenes reappear. ”

"It's been four years in a row, and you haven't found the reason?"

"There's a big possibility - scalp drums!"

"Scalp bulge?!" Tang Ba and the others looked at each other, but Tang Yan's face changed slightly.

Niya said: "You should still remember that when the Taiwu mining area collapsed, the mysterious ancient city that appeared in the underground world, the golden ancient war halberd, the wooden ox, and the scalp drum, together created a storm of destruction. In the melee of the Thundercloud Mountains, there was also a mysterious drum beat that summoned countless dead corpses. Later, it was said that the three treasures were scraped separately, among which the scalp drum was controlled by five fierce swords. ”

The scalp drum is in the hands of King Zhou Ling?

Tang Yan remembered that there was a lot of chaos at that time, but his strength was weak, and he only cared about running for his life, without in-depth understanding, and did not know the specific process. "You didn't find a way to destroy that thing?"

"If it was so easy to destroy, we would have acted a long time ago. The half-saint ancestor of the royal family was surrounded by design because of snatching it, and almost fell. King Zhou Ling was very strict in guarding the scalp drum and stayed in the main camp all the time. He usually doesn't leave there, and the strongest of the five fierce swords, that is, the strong man who hit Dugu Xin hard, will basically stay there and wait. ”

"Can you be sure it's a scalp drum?" Tang Yan asked.

"Pretty much sure. ”

Tang Yan was silent, the scalp drum was a murderous thing 10,000 years ago, and it is understandable that it can control an army of more than two million people, and it is not something that can be destroyed casually. As soon as the scalp drum sounded, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty went berserk again, and the troops such as the Tiger Ben Iron Cavalry could only barely protect themselves, how could they still protect Delos's 2,000 'hopes'?

If there is any accident, even the tiger and the iron rider will have to be buried with him.

"What guarantees did you make to the royal family?" asked Tang Yan suddenly.

"Take two thousand people. ”

Tang Ba and the others frowned together: "Young Master, now is not the time to be kind, even the people of the Rao family are difficult to protect, how can we guarantee the safety of two thousand people." ”

Tang Yan glanced at Niya and hesitated: "This is no way, if we want to leave here, we will definitely not be able to rely on our own strength, and I have to try my best to ensure that Su Li and them will not pay for their lives, so someone has to ...... for us." Well...... Be cannon fodder. ”

Niya frowned slightly and looked at Tang Yan, but didn't say anything.

She is also a smart woman, when she runs the mine, she plays with scheming and calculation, and after some questioning in the hall, she has understood Tang Yan's situation and difficulties, and she has also seen the current situation thoroughly.

The demise of Delos could no longer be stopped, and the people of the Imperial City either surrendered or fought to the death. With the fierce character of the emperor, it can be concluded that he will fight to the death and live and die with the imperial city. It can be said that death has become a foregone conclusion, and if Tang Yan does not come over, Delos can only choose more than 100 people to 'hope', and the possibility of escaping is almost zero. Tang Yan can guarantee to take away 2,000 people, which is actually a big surprise.

But the situation in the imperial city is dangerous, and if Tang Yan wants to leave successfully, someone must contain him, that is...... Cannon fodder, the remnants of the entire empire as cannon fodder, in exchange for the hope of survival for their two thousand people.

A way to get the best of both worlds, but also a very cruel price exchange.

"The royal family is willing to give us a chance? don't wait for us to rush out, they will use us as cannon fodder and take the opportunity to escape. "Dou Niang has a cautious temperament and has to think about the bad side.

Tang Badao: "What Dou Niang is worried about is that King Zhou Ling is in a hurry to destroy Miè Delos, but he will not let go of you, young master." Once a big battle breaks out between the two directions, who can guarantee which one King Zhou Ling will abandon?"

"The key is to consider the staffing of these two thousand people, they must all be the hopes of the major families, the people they love and value, and the people who must leave alive. In this way, the major families will be restrained with their lives, and as long as they are crazy enough, King Zhou Ling will have to pay more attention to them. If we speed up our advance, we should be able to avoid the danger of being surrounded.

The specific plan of action has to be discussed with the royal family, and a question of 'degree' and 'time' must be discussed thoroughly. You don't need to worry about the attitude of the royal family, what needs to be solved urgently now is how to break through the encirclement and minimize the impact of the scalp drum. ”

Everyone frowned, fell silent, and struggled to think of a solution. Niya didn't even speak, if they could solve the problem of the scalp drum, they would have solved it a long time ago, and they still have to wait until now? Play sneak attack? It's impossible, it's a big problem to simply sneak in, and once the scalp drum is stolen or destroyed, it will inevitably cause vigilance, and when the time comes...... How did the man escape?

Just when they were secretly meditating, some faint spatial ripples suddenly appeared on the beams of the palace, and a big round head appeared out of thin air, with a roll of their eyes, first vigilant, then searching, and soon their eyes lit up, staring straight at Tang Yan: "Big brother, what are you doing?"