Yang Cong didn't expect Jiajing to be promoted to the head of the military department and the governor of Xuanda, this Jiajing, sometimes it really makes people speechless, he is a new champion, and in less than two years, he has been promoted to the important member of the court of Zhengsanpin, and it is almost impossible to change to other emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

This promotion can be said to be a completely unexpected surprise, but after the surprise, Yang Cong couldn't help but be a little worried, because the Great Wall in Datong Town was too difficult to guard.

Although the Great Wall of Datong Town and Xuanfu Town is more than 1,000 miles, the north of Xuanfu Town is mostly mountainous, and many places are impassable, only the section from Xinkou to Zhangjiakou is less than 100 miles away, and there is a passage leading to the outside of the plug, which is relatively easy to defend.

Although there are some mountains in the north of Datong Town, most of them are mainly deserts and Gobi, and there are many passages leading to the outside of the Saiwai, such as Yulinwei, Yanghewei, and Zhenyuwei, and there are roads leading to the outside of the Saiwai everywhere, and I don't know how difficult it is to defend.

This is the fundamental reason why the Tartar cavalry can easily break into Datong Town this time, and this is also the reason why Datong Town is full of city fortresses, because the Great Wall north of Datong Town is too difficult to defend.

Liu Tianhe is not a wine bag and rice bag, he doesn't know how to defend at all, the main reason is that there are too many places that need to be defended, and he can't arrange so many people to defend at all.

This problem can't be taken lightly, this time the Tartar can easily break into Datong Town, and next time he can, if he doesn't change the status quo of Datong Town's defense, it is very likely that next year he will be the same as Liu Tianhe, and he will be charged with the crime of being attacked in the border town.

So, how to defend the Great Wall north of Datong Town?

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Cong went to the imperial court, gave meritorious service to generals such as Li Fengming and Tang Kekuan, and asked the imperial court to give corresponding rewards.

This seemingly normal move is the first step for him to take over the defense of Datong Town, Li Fengming is second, because he is the chief soldier, and then he will be rewarded as the right governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the rank will be promoted to the first grade, he mainly wants to promote Tang Kekuan to the position of the chief soldier of Datong and help him control the military power of Datong.

At this time, Lu Gang, the former general of Datong, has been demoted to a general, and it is impossible to be promoted in a short period of time, and it is the right time for Tang Kekuan to take the position.

Jiajing didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, because Tang Kekuan, who had won two great victories in Shanfangbao and Guangling, participated in it, and his performance was quite outstanding, and Tang Kekuan was born in Jiangmen, and his father was the chief military officer, the so-called "tiger father has no dog son", and it was normal for him to be promoted to chief military officer.

Soon, Tang Kekuan was appointed as the chief military officer of Datong Town, and took charge of the military power of Datong Town.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong took Zhu Xizhong, Tang Kekuan, Qi Jingtong and other generals and Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and other Wenchen to inspect along the Great Wall north of Datong Town.

After this inspection, his head is a little big, most of the north of the Great Wall in Datong Town is the Gobi Desert, and the Great Wall of five or six hundred miles long is exposed to the iron hooves of the Tartars, how can this be guarded!

Fortunately, he still has nearly a year to prepare, at least this year, it is unlikely that the Tartars will attack Datong Town again.

After he finished his inspection, he summoned all his civil and military generals to the Yamen, the governor of Xuanda, to discuss the defense of Datong Town.

On this day, the civil and military generals of Xuanfu and Datong gathered together and rushed to the Xuanda Governor's Mansion to wait for the Governor's Dispatch.

Yang Cong sat on the main seat, glanced around majestically, and then said slowly: "Everyone, I believe everyone knows what the situation of the Great Wall north of Datong Town is, to say something unpleasant, it is simply nothing, once the Tartars attack, it will be able to break into Datong Mansion without much effort!" I believe that what happened to Liu Tian and Lord Liu is also clear to everyone, once the Great Wall is lost, everyone will be implicated. Today, this official invited everyone to come here, just to discuss, how to defend the Great Wall in the north of Datong Town, and if you have any good suggestions, let's talk about it. ”

This guy, how to defend the Great Wall, more than 1,000 miles, even if only 100 people are arranged to defend it in one mile, it will take more than 100,000 horses, and Datong Town does not even have so many elite border troops plus guards.

Can a hundred centaurs hold the Great Wall for a mile?

Obviously, no!

As soon as the Tartars came, there were tens of thousands of horses, how could a hundred people and horses defend a mile-long section of the Great Wall, and people could pile you to death.

There is really no way to do this, Yang Cong waited for a long time, and he didn't see anyone who meant to be angry.

This obviously doesn't work, he simply named and said: "General Lu, you haven't been in command of the army in Datong Town for a year or two, have you ever thought about it, what can you do?" ”

When Lu Gang, the former chief soldier of Datong Town, heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, if he had a way, he would not be demoted to a general because of the loss of the Great Wall, how to answer this question?

He thought for a while, and then he stubbornly said: "Lord Hui, the last general thinks that if you want to defend the Great Wall north of Datong Town, you must first repair that section of the Great Wall. ”

Everyone understands this truth, but Liu Tianhe didn't cultivate it when he was in office, why?

It's very simple, there is no money, although the labor to build the Great Wall can directly recruit the guards, no money, but you have to give people food, who has no food to build the Great Wall, this is a gap everywhere, it is estimated that the recruitment of 10,000 guards will have to work for several months, that is tens of thousands of taels of silver, an ordinary governor, who can take out so much money.

Even if they could, people wouldn't pay for it, it was tens of thousands of taels of silver, and even if the corrupt officials were so greedy, it would be impossible to take it out to build the Great Wall.

However, Yang Cong didn't care about this bit of silver.

He nodded slightly and said: "Well, that's right, this Great Wall must be repaired before it can be defended, how many people need to be recruited, how much silver is needed, you think about it, report the number, and you will be responsible for this matter." ”

When Lu Gang heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he had already heard that the governor was rich, but he didn't expect to be so rich, tens of thousands of taels of silver, and no one hesitated.

He was stunned for a moment, and then he arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Yang Cong then called again: "General Zhou, you haven't been in charge of the Tunwei in Datong Town for a year or two, have you ever thought about what to do?" ”

When Zhou Mian, the former commander of Datong Town, heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.

He naturally thought about this method, the problem is not realistic, at this time, the governor has been named, he can only stubbornly say: "Back to my lordship, the last general thinks that when the beacon tower is restarted, he thinks that he is on alert, so that the Tartar cavalry can know in the fastest time when they attack us." ”

This also makes sense, there are no mobile phones these days, and the transmission is very troublesome, but the transmission of the beacon tower is quite fast, and it can be transmitted hundreds or even thousands of miles in an hour.

However, successive governors rarely considered this, because the beacon tower also needed manpower for communication, generally there was a beacon tower every five to ten miles, and the Great Wall of more than 1,000 miles had at least more than 100 beacon towers, even if each beacon tower only arranged a team of men and horses to garrison, it would have to be one or two thousand people, and the food and salary of these two thousand people was tens of thousands of taels a year.

Of course, Yang Cong is not short of this money, he nodded and said: "Well, this is a good idea, you are responsible for restarting the transmission of the beacon tower, how many people are needed, how much salary is paid a year, you can calculate it and report it." ”

When Zhou Mian heard this, he was also stunned for a moment, and then he arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

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