Recovering the Hetao, such an immortal achievement, what reward will Jiajing give?

It stands to reason that coach Yang Cong should be like Wang Yangming, Qiu Yue and other great heroes, Feng Bo or even Feng Hou, Wang Xuan, Zhang Juzheng, Yu Dayou, Zhang Da and other civil and military generals, at least one level of official promotion, if the position is not high, it is possible to even be promoted to three levels.

It's a pity that Yang Cong and others are waiting for not a reward, but bad news, the prince Zhu Zaili died at this time!

When Yang Cong received the news, he had mixed feelings in his heart.

The crown prince Zhu Zaili can't survive Jiajing, he already knew this, but he never imagined that this short-lived prince would die at this juncture.

The recovery of the Hetao was originally a celebration of the whole world, and the death of the crown prince Zhu Zaili, how to celebrate this?

It's strange that Jiajing is still in the mood to celebrate at this time!

If you want to talk about Jiajing's luck, when it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad, it's okay.

In other things, his luck seems to be good, but in the matter of the heir, his luck has been very bad.

As an emperor, he has seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courts, and the number of concubines in the harem is too many to count, but until the twelfth year of Jiajing, he has no heirs!

In the twelve years of his reign, he did not give birth to an heir, except for those emperors who were born unable to have children, he should be the most unlucky.

That's not the most unlucky, though.

On August 19, the twelfth year of Jiajing, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Zaiji, was born, and Jiajing was so happy that he almost fainted.

However, two months later, on October 10 of the twelfth year of Jiajing, Zhu Zaiji, the eldest son of the emperor, suddenly died.

Immediately afterwards, in the fifteenth year of Jiajing, the second son of the emperor, Zhu Zaili, was born.

This prince is not as fragile as his eldest brother, and by the time he was three years old, he was still alive and well, and he had been living well until a few years ago, when Jiajing put him in charge of the country.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, he died suddenly!

At this time, Jiajing is probably in pain.

Yang Cong also has children, so he naturally knows how important children are in the hearts of parents.

Some people in later generations commented on Jiajing, always saying that he was unkind, didn't care about family affection, and ignored his children.

This is actually a rumor.

If nothing else, let's just say Princess Zhu Luyuan of Ning'an, Jiajing's favor to her is recorded in many historical materials.

Princess Zhu Luyuan of Ning'an, born in the eighteenth year of Jiajing, is the third daughter of Jiajing of Ming Shizong.

Jiajing married Li He in the thirty-fourth year, and at that time, Jiajing specially built a luxurious mansion covering an area of more than 1,000 acres, which was second only to the palace in terms of luxury.

That's it, will he be a heartless father?

Jiajing is not a merciless person, which can be seen from his favor to Huang Jin and Lu Bing and other old people who dedicated the palace.

The sudden death of the crown prince Zhu Zaili can also imagine the heavy blow to him.

At this time, Yang Cong did not blame Jiajing for his meritorious service, the prince was dead, and it would be strange if Jiajing was still in the mood to reward the meritorious heroes.

When this happened, Yang Cong didn't know how to comfort Jiajing, he could only do his own thing as well as possible, and wait for Jiajing to recover from the pain of losing his son.

At this time, although the Hetao has been recovered, it does not mean that everything is fine, and the disaster of the northern captives has been eliminated since then.

Although Altan Khan retreated in embarrassment, his strength did not lose much, and he had to be guarded.

So, how to prevent Altan Khan from fighting back?

He looked at the map, thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a good solution.

His idea was to build a fortress on the front line of Yinshan Mountain, so that the Tartars would completely lose their thoughts of going south to the Hetao!

In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Long March has not been returned.

But to make the dragon city fly will not teach Humadu Yin Mountain.

The Yinshan Mountain Range is a huge mountain range, its length is more than 2,000 miles, and its southern foot is just north of the bend of the Yellow River.

In other words, as long as a fortress was built on the few passes in Yinshan and all the southward passages were choked, it would be almost impossible for the Tartars to return to the Hetao.

You must know that the Yinshan Mountain Range is not an ordinary mountain range, its height, most of which are more than a thousand meters, and the terrain is dangerous, if the Tartars want to go south, they must take the only few mountain passes, otherwise, they will not want to reach the Hetao.

As for climbing the mountain or something, it's almost impossible, even if people can climb over, the horse can't pass, and the Tartar has no horse, even if he crosses the Yin Mountain, what can he do?

Yang Cong took a group of guards, sat on the boat, and after a field investigation, he strengthened his thoughts.

This Yin Mountain is indeed a natural barrier, and under the existing conditions, it is almost impossible to climb over such a lofty mountain, as long as a few fortresses are built and the only few mountain passes are blocked, the Tartars can despair.

As for the question of the guards, as long as the Dragon City is built, are you still afraid that there will be no flying generals?

Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan, Tang Shunzhi, and even Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang in the back, they are all rare generals, as long as one of them is stationed here, the Tartars will never want to cross the Yin Mountain!

Moreover, after these forts are repaired, they can also be used as a stronghold for the future march to Monan, as long as a large army is gathered here, you can directly wave the army to attack Monan, which is very convenient.

This construction of the fortress for the current Ming army, it is not too simple, they have built more than ten fortresses in a row, rich experience, not to mention that there is no one to come, there is no ancient, that is for sure.

Yang Cong gave an order, and Zhang Juzheng, the contractor, took tens of thousands of guards to the horse.

At this time, Wang Xuan was also idle, full-time responsible for dispatching materials, under his supervision, truckloads of timber and stone from Shanxi, Beijing, and even Jinling to the Hetao, and then through several newly built ferries to the north bank of the Yellow River, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, several fortresses simply appeared at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When Altan Khan heard the news, he sighed with hope, because the Ming army's chariot array was already there, blocking all the mountain passes.

He could only order the scouts to do their best, climb the top of the mountains everywhere, and keep a close watch to prevent the Ming army from continuing to advance towards Monan.

Within a few months, the forts had been built, and on this day, Yang Cong led a group of civil officials and military generals to the north bank of the Yellow River again to inspect the Yinshan defense line.

He stood on the newly built city wall of Wuyuan County, looked at the reckless Yinshan Mountain in the north, and was silent for a long time, and then said solemnly: "Changsheng, this Yinshan defense line will be handed over to you, I will give an order to move Yulin Town, Yansui Town, and Taiyuan Town to the north and west, and enter the Hetao grassland, thinking that the defenders are in reserve, you will lead 50,000 horses, take these Wuyuan counties as the center, build a defensive communication system, strictly guard against death, and do not let the Tartars cross Yinshan, how about it, have confidence?" ”

But to make the dragon city fly, do not teach Hu Ma to Yin Mountain!

Tang Kekuan couldn't help but think of this famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages, and he couldn't help but say impassionedly: "Don't worry, my lord, although the last general does not dare to compare himself to General Li Guang, he can also make Tartar unable to cross Yin Mountain by half a step." ”