Because the beacon tower was so high, the feathered arrows could reach less than half of the walls below, but the rolling stones showed no mercy, and smashed the ranks of archers to pieces in a few strokes. Even Chen Ying's hands and feet were injured, and while scolding, he continued to raise his bow and arrow and shoot indiscriminately.

The beacon tower is a cheer, the location of the beacon tower is really too well chosen, the ground to the top of the platform is more than ten zhang high, only a very narrow ladder can be passed, the top of the platform is a perfect circle shape, flat and broad, can accommodate more than 2,000 people. The four sides of the wall are majestic, and there are nine guard towers distributed along the side, which store bows and arrows and food, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is indeed the best hiding place in times of crisis. The beacon tower that Chen Ao painstakingly built in the past is now coming in handy, and people have to admire his complete defensive measures.

The fire on the beacon tower was prosperous, Xiang Zhuang snatched the feather arrow in Chen Ying's hand with one hand, and shouted to the stage: "Listen to the people above, you have no way to escape, if you obediently come down and surrender, you can still spare you from dying, otherwise you will not blame me!"

There was an exclamation from the stage. The fire on the wall was even stronger, and a group of officers and soldiers escorted Chen Ao to the wall. Chen Ao had regained his composure at this time, with a long beard fluttering, standing at the head of the city and saying in a deep voice: "Who are you, why are you attacking my Qi country?"

Xiang Zhuang smiled coldly and said: "Lord County Order, I am Xiang Zhuang, the Great Chu Army, if there is a big chaos today, the general trend of Qi Wangtian Heng has gone, my Chu Army is invincible, invincible, invincible, why don't Lord Chen know the current affairs and submit to my Great Chu?"

Chen Ao was taken aback, but he didn't expect that it was really the Chu army coming, so he had to reluctantly calm down and said: "Si Jun Zhilu, the matter of loyalty to the king, I, Chen Ao, have always been favored by the King of Qi, how can I do such a disloyal thing? You just temporarily broke through Ao Cang, and when you brought my Qi army to come, how can you tens of thousands of people in this area resist, if you know each other, you should abandon the city and flee as soon as possible!"

Xiang Zhuang laughed and said: "Lord Chen is in danger, he can still talk eloquently, I admire it, my Chu army has always been brave, your words are useless to me, I only ask you, are you coming down or not?"

Chen Ao said angrily: "Xiang Zhuang, you don't know the height of the sky, do you think that with your tens of thousands of people, you can really break through the beacon tower and really resist my Qi army?"

Xiang Zhuang sneered sideways, reached out and snatched a torch from the hands of others, put on a longbow, and shot an arrow at Chen Ao. Although the torch was heavy, it was faster than the feather arrow just now, and it had reached Chen Ao's eyes in an instant.

The doorman next to Chen Ao shouted: "Be careful, adults!" didn't care about offending, pressed Chen Ao's body down, and the two of them fell to the ground together, and the torch grazed over the top of the two of them with the sound of breaking the sky, and landed on the top of the stage.

Although Xiang Zhuang missed the blow, he did not show any discouragement, but laughed even more rampantly.

It turned out that although this beacon tower was built very high, Chen Ao piled up a thick layer of bud grass on the ground all the year round in order to not be particularly cold on it, and the top of the platform was exposed to the wind and sun, and the bud grass had already dried out.

Chen Ao was shocked and immediately ordered to extinguish the fire. The soldiers and guests on the stage worked hard to extinguish the fire for a long time, but the green smoke was still curling, and once the wind blew, it could rekindle at any time, and everyone's mood became extremely heavy.

These buds are accumulated year by year, and they are already half a person thick, even if they are immediately thrown off the stage now, it is too late. Chen Ao has been involved in Ao Cang's confidential information for a long time, and he knows these situations well. He shot a small torch, and the platform was almost uncontrollable, and if ten thousand arrows were fired, the beacon tower would immediately turn into a sea of fire, and the soldiers would be on the platform, like turtles in an urn, with nowhere to escape.

Xiang Zhuang waved the longbow in his hand and ordered his subordinates to use torches as arrows. He laughed as he held out his five fingers to count down.

At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun was shining down, reflecting his face uncertainly, and everyone's hearts were sinking deeper and deeper in this countdown.

Ling'er turned her head and looked at Xiang Zhuang and said, "Brother Zhuang, although Chen Ao is our enemy, we can't just burn these thousands of people alive on the stage, not to mention that we can't kill Chen Ao now." ”

Xiang Zhuang looked at Ling'er's flushed face, and his heart moved slightly, she was so kind and strategic, she immediately nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll let him go for the time being." Immediately, he yelled at Chen Ao on the stage: "Chen Ao listen to me, my Chu army is benevolent and righteous, give you three days to consider, whether to surrender or fight, if you figure it out, come and inform me at any time, if you are obsessed, don't blame me Chu Jun rocket has no eyes." ”

Only then did Xiang Zhuang turn around and shout to Chen Ying, Peng Yue and the pioneer dead soldiers who had survived the battle: "The pioneer battalion has made a meritorious attack on Aocang, and all the soldiers of the battalion have been promoted to the first class, regardless of their titles! Although the fifty dead soldiers who Chen Ying defended the city gate have been promoted to two ranks, the war dead will be registered in the register, and their children and relatives will inherit the title in the future!"

Chen Ying and the dead soldiers of the pioneer battalion suddenly cheered like a tsunami, and the soldiers of the Nufeng battalion who passed by from the side cast envious eyes on the vanguard dead soldiers, the Chu army title system followed the old Qin system, divided into gongshi, Shangzao, not more, doctor... The Marquis of Guannei, waiting for twenty levels, the higher the title, the more difficult it is to advance.

In the tsunami of the dead soldiers in the pioneer battalion, Xiang Zhuang was surrounded by officials and entered the Aocang office.

After entering the office, Peng Yue said: "General, Chen Ao has already lit the beacon fire, the defenders of the nearby cities of Jingyi, Suoyi, Guangwu, Chenggao, and Xingyang will definitely come to hear the wind, or in two days, the defenders of Sanchuan, Yingchuan, Chenjun, and Dongjun will also know the news, should we burn Aocang now, and then attack Daliang in the east?"

As the saying goes, people are not as good as heaven, and no one thought that Chen Ao would actually build a beacon tower on Ao Mountain!

The Chu army originally planned to scatter the millet of Ao Cang in exchange for fame, but together with this beacon fire, the counties and counties must come to the aid of the wind, although now the elite soldiers of Qi have been exhausted by Qi Wangtian, and there are only tens of thousands of old and weak remnants left, but if they meet a powerful one, maybe they can also use these tens of thousands of old and weak remnants to entangle the Chu army, careless!

What's more, with the Aoshan beacon fire, the Liang defenders will soon know the news!

If it weren't for many coincidences and mistakes, the Chu army might not have been able to easily succeed! And Daliang is the capital of Qi State, and the garrison must be extremely strict, if the news of the loss of Aocang arrives, the Chu army will basically be wishful thinking if it wants to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the people to attack Daliang.

For a moment, Xiang Zhuang was a little undecided, and immediately turned his head to look at Ling'er.

Ling'er also looked solemn, such a trade-off is really embarrassing, on the one hand, there is the endless Su of Aocang, and on the other hand, there is the capital of Qi State, which is more important, it's hard to say, it's hard to say!

Ling'er's brisk figure was pacing back and forth in the hall, and accidentally saw an official seal on the desk in the middle of the hall, so his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the official seal, and saw that it was indeed the official seal of Ao Cangling Chen Ao!