Songshan Fort, located in the middle of the Dasong Mountains and the Xiaosheng Mountain Range, was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and has a history of more than 160 years.

However, the history of its existence is only more than 60 years, because after the orthodoxy year of Ming Yingzong, the Ming Dynasty basically lost control of the grassland outside the Guan, and Songshan Fort was destroyed by the Tartars, and it has never been recovered or repaired.

Originally, the fate of this Songshan Fort was gradually covered in the dust of history with the decline and demise of the Ming Dynasty, but the trajectory of history seems to have changed, and the Ming Dynasty does not seem to die so soon, and Songshan Fort does not seem to die because of this.

At this time, Songshan Fort has been repaired by Altan Khan, but it is only the appearance of the repair, how to say?

Altan Khan walked cautiously on the wall of Songshan Fort, his eyes swept to his feet from time to time, like that, as if he was afraid of tripping over something, no way, this city wall is really a bit rugged, there are many places with pits, and there are also many places with protruding stones, if you are not careful, you may really fall.

This fortress is repaired, but the appearance after the repair is really a bit miserable, at least you can see a little road surface on the city wall, the female wall and the arrow stack are like a dog gnawed, uneven, as for the city gate tower, not to mention, it is just like a pile of stones.

Altan Khan walked a short distance on the "rugged" city wall, and then he lost interest in continuing on, and the fortress was repaired, which really made him a little embarrassed.

It's not that he hasn't conquered the fortress of the Ming army, and if the fortress is repaired, it's called a fortress!

Forget it, it's going to be done.

He closed his eyes and calmed down his somewhat complicated feelings due to embarrassment, then opened his eyes and said with a little annoyance: "Tiebeitai, can't you order someone to bring some soil up to fill in this city wall?" If there is a war, how many people will have to fall and fight? ”

The ironback platform is not an ironback or a platform, but a young man who looks a little like Altan Khan.

This guy is Altan Khan's only son, and this Songshan Fort was built by this little prince of the Iron Backed Terrace.

The iron back platform was also very embarrassed at this time, he had already seen a serious dissatisfaction in the eyes of Altan Khan, but he couldn't help it, because the time was too tight, and he didn't have any experience in building fortresses, so he could only make do with the city wall first.

Fortunately, this was originally a fortress, although the city wall has long been destroyed, the foundation is still there, if he is asked to organize people to dig the foundation, let alone a month, I am afraid it will be difficult to build such a large fortress in a year.

He said with a little shame: "Father Khan, didn't this start with a shortage of manpower, but fortunately, there are people here, so I will ask someone to carry the soil." ”

With that, he ran away without a trace.

I snorted coldly, and then turned his gaze to the busy pawn on the side.

These people are busy making giant shields, and this wooden giant shield is his killer weapon against the Ming army.

Isn't there a lot of muskets and artillery in the Ming army, it doesn't matter, the artillery power of the Ming army is not very large, and the thigh-thick logs, the artillery of the Ming army can't be bombarded by the mountains, as for the muskets, not to mention, the arm-thick logs can't be pierced.

In fact, the artillery of the Ming army is not difficult to deal with, as long as you can put together thigh-thick logs and make a wooden giant shield, you don't have to worry about being injured by shells.

It's a pity that such a heavy "giant shield" cavalry can't be carried at all, and the foot soldiers basically can't carry it, so he didn't use it when he fought against the Ming army in the past.

This time it's different, anyway, it's defending the city, you don't have to run around with a giant shield at all, it doesn't matter how heavy the giant shield is, as long as a few people can lift it.

At this time, countless logs had already piled up on the city wall, and thousands of foot soldiers were desperately trying to make huge shields, saws, axes, scimitars, and even kitchen knives, as long as they could be used, they were basically used.

As for the "giant shield" they rushed out, it was really a bit flattering, and some of the branches on the "giant shield" hadn't even been cleaned up.

Can't you just put some effort into acting like a "giant shield"?

Altan Khan closed his eyes again and calmed his complicated feelings.

Forget it, as long as it can be used, anyway, this thing is used to block the shells and bullets of the Ming army, not for the Ming army, if it is ugly, it will be ugly.

He took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and looked up at the far east.

This time, the Ming army can't advance, right?

He didn't believe that the Ming army could organize more than 200,000 horses to attack the city, because the food and salary of more than 200,000 horses was too terrifying, and the siege was not a matter of one or two days or even a month or two.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the commander of the Ming army went crazy and wanted to take this Songshan Fort desperately.

That doesn't matter much, and even, even if the Ming army really knocks down Songshan Fort, it doesn't matter much, because the people guarding Songshan Fort are basically young and strong people from other tribes, and they have little to do with their Tatar department, and it's not a big deal if it's all consumed.

And the Ming army is different, if the main army of more than 200,000 is really filled here, then there is basically no garrison in the northwest to requisition, and when the time comes, he can even lead the army to counterattack and directly recover the Dongtao!

What he thinks is very beautiful, will the Ming army follow his ideas?

When Yang Cong received the news, he was really a little crying and laughing.

Tartars, build fortresses?

Are you kidding?

Isn't this a hatchet?

When it comes to siege the city, the Tartars are really not good, let alone five times the number of troops, even if it is ten times the number of troops, as long as the Ming soldiers defending the city do not retreat, the Tartars basically cannot be attacked.

When it comes to defending the city, can the Tartars do it?

Yang Cong was really a little skeptical that the Tartars would defend the city.

Defending the city is also learned, first of all, you must have the equipment to defend the city, muskets and artillery or something, it is the best equipment to defend the city, especially artillery, that guy, hide in the city and fire, not to mention how energetic.

The problem is that the Tartars don't have muskets and artillery at all, and as for the bow loss or the rolling stone and wood or something, in front of the muskets and artillery, it's a fart.

He really couldn't think of why the Tartars were defending the city.

He knew that the reason why he built the fortress and railway in the direction of Songshan Fort was originally to make use of the ruins of Songshan Fort, but he didn't expect it to be used by the Tartars at this time.

This whole thing really makes people laugh and cry.

He is not in a hurry, anyway, the fortress and the railway are about to be repaired to Songshan Fort at this time, and there is no need for him to lead the army to rush up immediately, just come step by step.

More than a month later, the Ming army finally repaired the fortress to a position about fifty miles away from Songshan Fort, and at this time it was time to consider attacking Songshan Fort.

Yang Cong did not gather more than 200,000 troops this time, not even 190,000, he gathered a total of 160,000 troops, 60,000 troops to guard the six border towns, and 100,000 troops to protect the strong guards who built fortresses and railways, a total of so many people.

Although the treasury has money at this time, it can't be spent indiscriminately, and this small part of the recovery of the western set does not need too many people, and he will not waste money for the sake of pomp and circumstance, recruiting it with an army of 200,000 or even 300,000.

At this time, because the fortresses along the way need to be garrisoned, he can not even gather 80,000 men and horses, can this number of men and horses capture this Songshan Fort?