What is the beacon tower on the Great Wall for?

Beacon towers are mainly used to facilitate investigation. At the same time, when the enemy invades, combustible substances such as straw can be burned to inform the enemy of the situation with fireworks, thus making the next post vigilant. The most important thing is to transmit military information, which needs to be closely coordinated with the Great Wall buildings such as enemy platforms and wall platforms.

The enemy platform can be used as a dock for transmitting beacon information. Where there are no enemy stations and no wall stations suitable for beacons, beacon towers must be built according to the beacon transmission route.

Qi Jiguang, the chief soldier of Jiyun Town, said in the training documentary: "Since ancient times, we have been guarding the border but not far from the bonfire. A lucky town can lean on danger, but a bonfire cannot be repaired for a long time. The commander-in-chief of the frontier fortress army did not practice distribution and regarded the bonfire as useless. Today, the proposal should be submitted to the Governor for deliberation: where there is no hollow platform, it should be filled with the original pier, and if there is a hollow platform within 100 steps, it should be filled with a hollow platform.

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Liaodong great wall beacon tower

Liaohe River gathers the Great Wall in Liaoyang section, which is at the western end of Liaodong Town and has an important strategic position in Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming government had set up Company commanders mansion, an important town in Liaodong, in Liaoyang, to administer the Liaodong Great Wall defense line, which started from Yalu River in the east and reached Shanhaiguan in the west, and was nearly 1000 km long, and set up a 5 km battery and a 2.5 km beacon tower on one side. There are as many as 500 people stationed in each fortress, ranging from 40 to 50 people, totaling 1 1365438.

With the passage of time, the Great Wall of Liaohe River gradually melted into fertile soil, leaving only the remains that are hard to be noticed by people. However, in those days, Company commanders mansion in Liaodong Town engraved the eight characters "Hedong Town, Langwai Great Wall", and the Great Wall of Liaodong was recorded in Liaoyang County annals forever, which is immortal.

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