Xuanfu Town, at the pass of the Great Wall in Zhangjiakou, Yang Cong stood on the high city gate tower, scanning the inside and outside of the Great Wall with a telescope, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

More than ten years, going around for more than ten years, he returned to the northwest border town.

However, this time, he is not here to defend against the Tartars, but to clean up the Tartars!

And how is this tartar to be cleaned up?

In fact, he has already had a belly case, but the northwest has been in the hands of Xianning Hou Qiuluan all these years, and he doesn't want to help this traitorous villain make this immortal achievement.

If you want to clean up the Tartars, it's actually not difficult, a railway is repaired, and the Tartars are basically scrapped.

The reason why the Tartars have been able to wreak havoc in the northwest for so many years is because of their cavalry.

The cavalry came and went like the wind, and the foot soldiers couldn't keep up with their footsteps at all, so even if there were more troops in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, they would not be able to take them.

If there is a railway, it will be different, no matter how fast the cavalry is, can there be a fast train, even if the horse's leg is broken, I am afraid it will not be able to run the train, you know, the train can be day and night, and the war horse, running for hundreds of miles, has to rest.

When the time comes, as long as the early warning and communication system is established, the Tartar cavalry will not have anything to worry about.

Of course, this railway is not so easy to repair, even if it is repaired, you have to consider the safety of the railway, if the Tartar cavalry can easily dig up the railway, then this railway will be repaired in vain.

This is the key to the tactics of building railways.

Yang Cong put down the binoculars and thought about it for a while, then turned around and said to Tang Kekuan: "Changsheng, you work hard, first go to establish the trilateral defense system in Shaanxi, I will give you a quota of 60,000 horses, and you can recruit 20,000 guards in each border town, I don't ask you to send troops to assist, as long as you can guard the Shaanxi side like an iron bucket." ”

He also had no choice but to do it, because it took too long to build the railway to Shaanxi, and he couldn't wait so long, so he couldn't take care of it in Shaanxi for the time being, so he could only send a capable general to defend it first.

When Tang Kekuan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, recovering the Hetao was a great achievement, if he could lead the army to destroy the main force of the Tartars in one fell swoop as the main general, then this life would be brilliant.

It's a pity that the Governor seems to value Yu Dayou more.

Alas, there is no way, if you want to talk about martial arts, he is indeed far worse than Yu Dayou, and if you want to write papers, he is also far worse than Yu Dayou, these are all facts, and he can't accept it.

He could only say with a little regret: "Your Excellency the Governor, rest assured, the last general will do his best not to let the Tartars step into Shaanxi for half a step." ”

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help patting him on the shoulder and comforting: "Don't worry, recovering the Hetao is only the first step, in the future, we will go deep into the south of the desert or even the north of the desert to completely subdue the Tartars." When the time comes, some will fight, and some will have the opportunity to make contributions, but I am afraid that you will be tired and tired and do not want to fight. ”

When Tang Kekuan heard this, he couldn't help but smile embarrassedly: "How can it, the last general is afraid that he can't contribute to the country, how can he get tired of fighting, tired." ”

Yang Cong smiled and nodded: "Okay, if you have this heart, you can rest assured, you will definitely be indispensable when the time comes." ”

After saying that, he turned his head to his disciple Tan Lun and said, "Zili, you follow Changsheng to help him deal with military affairs, and at the same time study hard." ”

Tan Lun is just a gentleman at this time, and he is still studying in the Hanlin Academy, to put it bluntly, he is learning how to deal with court affairs, and Yang Cong did not open the back door for him, and promoted the official position indiscriminately.

Of course, he still has to create this opportunity for others, and every disciple, he will give a certain opportunity to exercise, as for the final achievement, it depends on their own creation.

For example, this Tan Lun, his specialty lies in leading troops to fight, he followed Tang Kekuan to Shaanxi, although he can't make meritorious contributions, but he can accumulate experience, and once the imperial army goes deep into Monan or even Mobei to subdue the Tartars, there will be more places to employ people, and he will also have a place to use. “

Of course, Tan Lun knew Yang Cong's intentions, and he was moved to arch his hand and said, "Thank you for the teachings of the teacher, the disciple will not let the teacher down." ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then said to Wang Xuan on the side: "Sir, the matter of building the railway will be handed over to you, this time the situation is more special, this railway cannot be completely repaired according to the terrain, it needs to be close to the Great Wall, so as to ensure that the railway is not damaged by the Tartars." ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but look back at the terrain inside the Great Wall.

This guy, this railway is really not easy to repair, because most of the Great Wall is built in dangerous places, and the dangerous places are basically mountains or rivers, and it is really not difficult to build a railway in such a terrain.

He frowned slightly, and then arched his hand and asked, "My lord, must this railway be built with the Great Wall?" ”

Yang Cong smiled and shook his head and said: "Of course it's not with the Great Wall, it's too difficult, what I mean is to try to be as close to the Great Wall as possible, if you can, it's best to be within thirty miles, if the terrain is too complicated, fifty miles or even a hundred miles is okay, and then we can find a way to transfer the guards to garrison it." In short, the closer the better, which will also facilitate our troop deployment. ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, he nodded thoughtfully and said, "Xiaguan understands." ”

Yang Cong then said: "Sir, this matter has to be paid attention to, it is best to repair the railway to Baode Prefecture within a year, so that we can enter the Hetao and send troops to assist Changsheng to garrison the three sides of Shaanxi, and the plan to recover the Hetao can be fully launched." ”

This guy is building a railway for more than 1,000 miles in a year, and he is still building it in a place with complex terrain such as a border pass, which is really terrible.

However, no matter how difficult it is, it must be completed on time, Wang Xuan knows that the consumption of more than 100,000 troops in a year, this army has been assembled and practiced for a year and cannot go out, not to mention what the emperor will think, the consumption of this food and salary is not a joke.

He gritted his teeth and nodded: "My lord, don't worry, the lower officials will do their best, and within a year, how can they repair the railway to Baodezhou." ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then said to Zhang Juzheng on the side: "Uncle, you follow Mr. and study hard." ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he is the champion, and this vacation is also a Hanlin Academy to repair and learn to repair the railway, what are you kidding?

However, he didn't dare to do this disobedient to his teacher.

He could only stubbornly bow his hand and say, "The disciple must obey the master's orders." ”

This guy seems to be a little unhappy.

Yang Cong didn't bother to explain, this Zhang Juzheng was cultivated as the head of the cabinet, how can he do it without sharpening and sharpening.

He then said to Hai Rui on the side: "Ruxian, for the teacher, I will invite you to patrol the three prefectures of Xuanfu, Datong, and Taiyuan, you can help Mr. keep an eye on it, and the local officials will be dismissed and investigated if they are slack!" ”

It's a good errand!

When Hai Rui heard this, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Thank you teacher, the disciples will keep an eye on them." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but feel aggrieved, he is also a disciple, why can this Hai Rui, the second and third with the worst grades, be a patrol, but he, the champion with the best grades, can only learn from Wang Xuan?

This Yang Cong will not explain, Hai Rui's talent is in this regard, he believes that slowly, Zhang Juzheng can also see it.

After this arrangement, his strategy is relatively clear.

The three towns of Shanxi will be the main attack, and the three towns of Shaanxi will be the main defense, and the railway will be repaired first, and then the attack will be launched in one fell swoop when the railway is repaired to the vicinity of the Hetao.