The first volume of the rich family in the Ming Dynasty. Volume 1 of Quanzhou Prefecture. Volume 3 of the Storm and Clouds Chapter 67 of the Defensive Issues Yang Cong did not expect that Jiajing would be promoted to the Minister of War and Governor of Xuanda. Jiajing is sometimes really speechless. He is a new top scholar and has been promoted to the third-rank official in less than two years. If it were other emperors of the Ming Dynasty, it would be almost impossible.

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

Although the Great Walls of Datong Town and Xuanfu Town are more than 1,000 miles away, the north side of Xuanfu Town is mostly mountainous and cannot be accessed in many places. Only the area less than 100 miles away from Xinkaikou to Zhangjiakou has a passage leading to the outside of the frontier, 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. There are many passages leading to the outside of the Great Wall, such as Yulin Wei, Yanghe Wei, and Zhenlu Wei. There are roads leading to the outside of the Great Wall everywhere. I don’t know how difficult it is to defend.

This is the fundamental reason why the Tartar cavalry could easily break into Datong Town this time, and it is also the reason why there are city fortresses everywhere in Datong Town, because the Great Wall to the north of Datong Town is too difficult to defend.

Liu Tianhe is not a cash bag, and he doesn't know how to defend at all. The main reason is that there are too many places to defend, so he can't arrange so many people to defend.

This issue cannot be taken lightly. This time the Tartars can easily break into Datong Town, and it will be fine next time. If he does not change the current situation of Datong Town's defense, it is very likely that he will be charged with the crime of being compromised in the upper town like Liu Tianhe next year.

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

After thinking for a while, Yang Cong submitted a memorial to the court, saying goodwill to generals such as Li Fengming and Tang Kekuan, and asked the court to give corresponding rewards.

This seemingly normal behavior was the first step for him to take over the defense of Datong Town. Li Fengming was second, because he was the general himself, and he was rewarded with the right governor of the Five Army Governor's Office and raised his rank to the first rank. He mainly wanted to lift Tang Kekuan into the position of General Datong and help him control the military power of Datong.

At this moment, the former general of Datong, Lu Gang, has been demoted to the rank of the general, and it is impossible to raise it in a short period of time. It is just the right time for Tang Kekuan to take office.

Jiajing didn't think there was anything wrong with going there, because Tang Kekuan participated in the two Grand Victories of the Kitchen Fort and Guangling, and his performance was quite outstanding. Moreover, Tang Kekuan was born in a general, and his father was the general officer. As the saying goes, "a tiger father has no dog son", it is normal for him to be promoted to a general officer.

Soon, Tang Kekuan was appointed as the general 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, as well as Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun and other civil officials, to patrol along the Great Wall north of Datong Town.

After this inspection, his head was a little big. Most of the north of the Great Wall of Datong Town is the Gobi Desert. The five or six hundred miles long Great Wall was exposed under the iron hooves of the Tartars. How can I guard this?

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

After the inspection, he summoned all his civil and military officials to the Governor General of Xuanda to discuss the defense issues in Datong Town.

On this day, civil officials and generals from Xuanfu and Datong towns gathered together and rushed to the Xuanda Governor's Office and waited for the Governor's order.

Yang Conggao sat in the main seat, glanced around majesticly, and then slowly said: "Everyone, I believe everyone knows what the Great Wall is in the north of Datong Town is. To put it bluntly, it is useless. Once the Tartars attack, you can break into Datong Mansion without any effort! I believe everyone knows what Liu Tian and Lord Liu have to experience. Once the Great Wall is lost, everyone will be implicated. Today I am recruiting everyone to discuss how to defend the Great Wall in the north of Datong Town. Let me tell you any good suggestions."

How can this guy guard the Great Wall for more than a thousand miles, even if only one hundred men are arranged to defend one mile, it will cost more than one hundred thousand men. Datong Town, along with the elite border troops and the guards, do not have so many people.

Can a hundred men guard the Great Wall for one mile?

Obviously, it can't!

The Tartars had tens of thousands of people. How could a hundred people defend a Great Wall that was a mile long? People could even pile up people to death.

There is really nothing we can do about this. Yang Cong waited for a long time, but he didn't see anyone saying anything.

This obviously doesn't work, so he simply named him: "General Lu, you have been in Datong Town for more than a year or two, have you ever thought about what can I do?"

When Lu Gang, the former general of Datong Town, heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He had a way to avoid being demoted to a general because of the loss of the Great Wall. How can he answer this question?

He thought for a while, then he said with a thorn in his mouth: "Sir, I finally think that if you want to defend the Great Wall north of Datong Town, you must first repair the Great Wall. Now there has been a lot of holes dug by the Tartars. If it is not repaired, it will be impossible to guard it."

Everyone understands this principle, but Liu Tianhe did not practice it when he was in office. Why?

It's very simple. Although the laborers who build the Great Wall can directly recruit Tunwei, so there is no money, you have to give them food. Whoever has the strength to build the Great Wall is full of gaps. It is estimated that if you recruit Tunwei for a few months, it will only cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. An ordinary governor, who can take so much money?

Even if they can, they won’t pay it. That’s tens of thousands of taels of silver. Even if corrupt officials are greedy for so much, they will never be able to use it to build the Great Wall.

However, Yang Cong didn't care about this amount of money.

He nodded slightly and said, "Well, this Great Wall must be restored to guard it. How many people need to be recruited and how much money is needed, you think about it and report it, and you will be responsible for this matter."

When Lu Gang heard this, he was stunned. He had heard that the Governor was rich, but he didn't expect that he was so rich, tens of thousands of taels of silver, and no one could hesitate.

He was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said, "I will obey the order."

Yang Cong immediately named him again: "General Zhou, you have been in the guards and guards of Datong Town for more than a year or two, have you ever thought about what can I do?"

Zhou Mian, the commander of the former Datong Town, couldn't help but feel a little shocked when he heard this.

He naturally thought about this method, and the problem was unrealistic. At this moment, the governor had already named it, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Sir, I will think that when the beacon tower is restarted, I think that we will be alert, so that the Tatar cavalry will attack us as soon as possible."

This makes sense. There are no mobile phone calls these days, so it is very troublesome to send messages. However, the beacon tower is quite fast, and it can usually be transmitted hundreds or even thousands of miles in one hour.

However, previous governors rarely considered this, because the beacon tower also requires manpower to send messages. Generally, there is a beacon tower every five to ten miles. There are at least one hundred beacon towers in the Great Wall of more than a thousand miles. Even if only one team of people is arranged to garrison each beacon tower, it will cost one or two thousand people, and the food and salary of these two thousand people is tens of thousands of taels a year.

Of course, Yang Cong was not short of this amount of money. He nodded immediately and said, "Well, this idea is good. You will be responsible for restarting the beacon tower's messaging. You can calculate how many people you need and how much food and salary you pay in a year. You can report it."
Chapter completed!