The suggestions of Lu Gang and Zhou Mian seem to have no substantial significance, but they provide everyone with a prerequisite for pioneering ideas. The Great Wall has been restored and the beacon tower has also given warnings. So can we just arrange enough reinforcements in appropriate places to guard the Great Wall?

This idea is obviously quite reliable, because since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty has defended against the invasion of nomadic peoples outside the border. It is not only thousands of miles away. It is obviously unrealistic to send people to garrison them all the time. No dynasty can afford so much border troops. Therefore, since ancient times, it has set up military towns, divided areas, communicated with beacons, and quickly supported.

In this way, there are much fewer border troops needed, because most of the nomadic people outside the border are not good at siegeing cities. If there are tens of thousands of people stationed in a section of the Great Wall, they will basically not be able to break through. However, there are tens of thousands of elite border troops in Datong Town. As long as they can support it in time, the Tartars will not be able to break through the Great Wall of Datong Town.

The question now is how the elite troops of the tens of thousands of border troops in Datong Town arrived at the area where the Tatars attacked in time.

This problem seems not difficult to solve. After Lu Gang and Zhou Mian proposed one after another, Tang Shunzhi bowed and said, "Sir, why not do this? We will gather all tens of thousands of elite troops in Datong Town north of Datong Prefecture. In this way, they will not be more than 300 miles away from any Great Wall. In addition, they are equipped with fire dragon chariots, and it will definitely be fine to rush to the Tartars attacking area within one day to support. And this day can be achieved by relying on the Tunwei near the Great Wall. As long as we equip them with enough fast horses and sky-blasting thunder, it should not be a big problem for them to resist for a day."

When Yang Cong heard this, his eyes lit up. Yes, the problem of using the old methods of the past combined with the current gunpowder weapons can basically be solved!

There was an allusion of "beacon fires play with the princes" during the Western Zhou Dynasty. Did King You of Zhou use this to tease the princes and please Bao Si for the time being? This allusion is enough to prove that the beacon fires and quick support were already available during the Western Zhou Dynasty. This method has long passed the test of history.

Yang Cong immediately made a decision: "Okay, use this method to defend the enemy."

Immediately afterwards, he began to discuss with everyone the specific deployment of Qitunwei.

At this time, he discovered that most of the garrisons and guardians in Datong Town were set up according to the warning system of the beacon fire. However, after more than a hundred years, this system has been abandoned.

For example, there are not no garrisons nearby in the Great Wall north of Datong Town. In fact, there is a garrison every 100 miles away. It is just that the garrison is still a certain distance from the Great Wall. If all the garrisons under the garrisons are moved to the foot of the Great Wall, there will basically be a garrison every ten or twenty miles. In this way, no matter where the Tartars attack, they will first face the resistance of thousands of garrisons.

Of course, before the Thousand Tun Guards of Heavenly Thunder would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Tartars. However, with the Thunder Thunder, it would be different. As long as the Tartars were thrown down a few small Thunders or a giant Thunder when they climbed the city wall, they would not have to do anything. The Tartars would definitely be bombed and rolled down from the ladder. As long as the Thunder Thunder was enough, it would be fine for Thousand Tun Guards to resist for one or two hours.

After one or two hours, the nearby thousand guards will surely come to support, and more and more troops will be stationed on the Great Wall. Moreover, as long as it can withstand a day, ten thousand elite troops of the border will come. In this way, it is almost impossible for the Tartars to break through the Great Wall.

On the same day, Yang Cong discussed a detailed plan with everyone.

First, Lu Gang is responsible for organizing people to repair all gaps in the Great Wall north of Datong Town.

Then, Zhou Mian was responsible for arranging personnel to station the beacon tower and establishing a beacon tower warning system.

Then, Tang Shunzhi and Zhao Shichun were responsible for setting up and establishing Qianhukou stations along the Great Wall, and all the garrisons and Qianhukou stations in Datong Town were arranged along the Great Wall to be responsible for the first wave of defense.

Finally, Tang Kekuan was responsible for training the elite troops of Datong Town’s border troops and was always ready to support the Great Wall.

After this plan was confirmed, Yang Cong finally felt a little relieved. As long as all the elite border troops and guards were not slackened, it would be impossible for the Tatars to attack Datong Town.

Of course, such a rigorous defense system does not mean that there will be no problem after he determines the plan. The execution strength of the people below is also a very critical factor. After all, most of the garrisons have been stocking sheep for hundreds of years. Whether they can fight on the battlefield or not, whether they will always be vigilant in peacetime is a big problem. Active defense is a big problem.

For this purpose, Yang Cong deliberately followed the Great Wall to inspect each nearby garrison.

This time he was not done just by walking around. He checked all the garrisons in detail. He would carefully check whether the guards were in sufficient capacity and whether the weapons were equipped. If the guards were not sufficient, he would draw guards from other garrisons in the rear. If the weapons were not complete, he would immediately order someone to make them.

At the same time, he also stipulated detailed exercise procedures and strictly ordered each garrison station to practice the garrison stations according to the regulations. If anyone dared to slack off or disobeyed him, he would immediately dismiss the commander of the garrison station and investigate.

After working hard like this for several months, the defense system of the Great Wall in the northern part of Datong Town was finally slowly established. At this time, all the gaps in the Great Wall had been repaired, and the entire Great Wall was completely renewed.

Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon, and the specific effect remains to be tested.

On this day, Yang Cong suddenly appeared at the Qianhu Station of the Zuoqianhu, including Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun, Zhu Xizhong and other civil and military officials.

At this moment, the Qianhu Districts of all the garrisons along the Great Wall have basically been moved to the foot of the Great Wall. Basically, the garrisons are connected to the Great Wall, which means a small castle built using a section of the Great Wall as the north wall.

Yang Cong inspected the defense facilities accompanied by Zuoqiansuoqian, and then came under a beacon tower and suddenly ordered loudly: "Look the beacon."

Damn, the Qianhu was stunned by what he said, "What a joke, I'm going to do, there's no attack from the Tartars at this moment. The Qianhu subconsciously looked at the Gobi Desert north of the Great Wall, then looked at Yang Cong, and suddenly realized, what kind of exercise is the Governor General going to do?

He quickly shouted: "Hurry up, light the bell, ring the bell, and inform everyone to gather on the city wall."

"Dongdongdongdongdong" A dull bell rang, and the Qianhu Station's base below suddenly became noisy. After a shout, teams of guards ran up the city wall quickly, and soon filled the Great Wall at both ends of the beacon tower. At this time, the beacon fire had gradually transmitted to the east and west sides, spreading to the distance.

Yang Cong stood there silently, calculating the time.

About half an hour later, more than a thousand Tun Guards ran over panting. Then, Tun Guards kept running towards this side. In less than an hour, more than 5,000 Tun Guards, including the five Yulin Guards, arrived.

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then ordered the commander of the Yulin Guard to start offensive and defensive drills. He took out all small sky thunders and giant sky thunders, and threw some rolling stones and mumus to see.

After working like this for a long time, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the direction of Datong Prefecture City to the east. The elite border troops led by Tang Kekuan arrived on time!

Looking at Tang Kekuan's hurried appearance, Yang Cong finally showed a smile on his face. Of course, he was not playing a beacon to play with the princes, but practicing the defense system.
Chapter completed!