Donglai Water Division Battalion.

Although Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang are far superior to Luo Cheng in terms of age and qualifications, the failure of the two of them in the last Eastern Crusade can be said to have affected the entire Eastern Crusade.

So this time, both of them are relatively low-key, although they are holding the position of deputy marshal, they have no idea of competing with Luo Cheng for power.

Both of them were willing to be Luo Cheng's deputy, and everything was arranged by Luo Cheng.

With such a coordinated deputy, the preparations for the Eastern Expedition of the Donglai Water Division Battalion were naturally very smooth.

In mid-February, all the 100,000 soldiers and horses recruited had arrived in Donglai to assemble. Among these 100,000 horses, there were 25,000 men from the original Left Fifth Army.

The total strength of this expedition was 500,000, and each army still had more than 30,000 men.

Among them, the emperor's 100,000 Xiaoguo army was organized into the 123rd Army, while Luo Cheng's Donglai Water Division was organized into the 456th Army, and the 100,000 horses of Luo Yi, Li Jing, and Li Yuan were organized into the 789th Army.

The 200,000 horses of Yuwenshu and Yang Yichen were given the numbers of eleven to sixteenth and six armies.

Compared with the last 30 armies, this time the number of troops is nearly half less.

Of course, externally, it claimed to have sent a million troops, and organized 32 armies, divided into left and right wings. But in fact, there was only the Sixteenth Army on the left flank, and the Sixteenth Army on the right flank only existed in the emperor's edict.

The four major army groups of water and land, Xue Shixiong commanded the emperor's 100,000 Xiaoguo army, Yuwenshu and Yang Yichen commanded the 200,000 domestic expeditionary corps, Luo Yi commanded the 100,000 Liaodong legions, and Luo Chengtong commanded the 100,000 sailor corps.

Yang Guang also learned a few lessons from the failure last time, such as this time no longer setting up surrender envoys in each army.

Each group army group also specially appointed a general commander.

For example, the Six Armies Expeditionary Corps led by Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen, the emperor made it clear that if the Six Armies were divided into two routes, Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen would each command three armies. If the six armies assemble to fight, Yang Yichen will be the main general, and Yu Wenshu will be the deputy general.

The 100,000 army of Luo Yi, Li Jing and Li Yuan, the emperor also specially appointed Luo Yi as the commander-in-chief, and Li Jing and Li Yuan as the deputy commander-in-chief.

In order to avoid the defeat of the Ninth Army last time, the emperor also awarded the Shang Fang Sword to each of the four group commanders, gave them the power to make decisions on the spot, and allowed them to cut down the generals who disobeyed the military order, even if the deputy commander dared to disobey the order, he could also ask the Shang Fang Sword to cut him.

If Yang Yichen's six armies and Luo Cheng's three armies met on land and water in the domestic city, the emperor also specifically pointed out that Yang Yichen would be the main commander, Luo would become the second deputy marshal, and Yuwenshu would be the third.

Among the three generals, Yang Yichen and Luo Cheng have Shang Fang Sword, but Yu Wenshu does not, so Yang Yichen and Luo Cheng have the opportunity to kill Yu Wenshu, but Yu Wenshu has no power to move the two of them.

This made Yuwenshu extremely depressed, but the emperor didn't care about his mood, the last time the Eighth Army was defeated, Yuwenshu and Laihu'er were the most responsible, and they still retained their official titles, just because they were their own henchmen.

In these two Eastern Crusades, Yang Guang encountered greater resistance than the first one, and he also eliminated differences and insisted on going his own way. If he can't win the war, his authority as an emperor will also be lost.

In order to ensure that this second crusade can be won, Yang Guang can't care too much about the faces of these henchmen.

In Donglai Port, Luo Cheng set up three naval battalions, and one army was stationed in one battalion.

Luo Cheng still organized the old brothers of the original Left Fifth Army into the First Army, and still awarded them the title of the Fifth Army. He also added a lot of elite soldiers to the Left Fifth Army, with a full strength of more than 30,000.

Qin Qiong, Shan Xiong, Xincheng Biting Jin and other brothers were all arranged by him to serve as captains of the first battalion in the Left Fifth Army.

Compared with the Fifth Army, the Fourth Army and the Sixth Army are obviously much weaker, and the two armies are separated from Hu'er and Zhou Fashang. The two of them have no opinion on Luo Cheng's concentration of the elite in the Fifth Army.

"The marshal summoned us, what's the matter?"

Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fa Shang heard the order.

"You two, please sit down, this is the case, this time the task of our sailors is to cross the sea from the sea to the Yalu River, and then the troops will arrive at the domestic city, and cooperate with the land Sixth Army to fight the domestic city, the task is still quite arduous."

The two old commanders sat down, and they were not in a hurry to express their opinions.

"Does Luo Shuai have any ideas?"

"There is still a little idea, Your Majesty's will is to let our sailors cooperate with the Sixth Army of the Army, but in fact, they look down on our sailors. But I think in my heart that Lu Liujun is not very reliable, it's not that he looks down on those brothers, it's that this time Lu Liujun has Yuwenshu this old dog, I think this person is not successful enough, and there are more failures, so we have to make some preparations early, we can't go on a business trip at that time, we have to take the blame for this old dog. ”

Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang shouted at Luo Cheng that the emperor's favored ministers were an old dog, and they didn't take it to heart. Anyway, they don't have a good impression of Yuwenshu!

"What does that mean?"

"We can't listen to the above arrangements in this battle, on this battlefield, it is changing rapidly, and many times we have to rely on ourselves. This time it will be easier to fight in the city than the last time it was in Pyongyang. The Goguryeo people moved the capital to the country this time, although the distance from the direction of Liaodong was shorter, but in the same way, the Goguryeo people from Liaodong to help the country were also close. In addition, Pyongyang is a plain city, but the domestic city is a gathering of three cities, and there are dangerous mountain cities such as black bones and Tsumaru in the surrounding area, so I say that domestic cities may not be easy to fight. ”

Luo Cheng pointed to the map.

"The biggest problem of the last failure is the problem of grain and grass, and if the food supply is not available, then it may collapse at any time. And this battle plan is still that the Sixth Army will carry 100 days of food to bypass Zhucheng and reach the domestic cities, and there is still a danger of running out of food at any time. We can't pin all our hopes on Yan Guogong's side. ”

Lai Hu'er smiled, Luo Yi is Luo Cheng's uncle, he is responsible for leading the three armies to open up the passage from Xincheng to China, if this passage is opened, there is no need to worry about food.

But Luo Cheng didn't even believe his uncle.

"No one can be gullible on the battlefield, not even us. We can transport 100,000 soldiers and horses to the Yalu River at one time, but it will take a lot of time to transport grain to the Yalu River, and there may be mistakes in the middle, in case of a little accident, not to mention that we cannot support the grain and grass for the Sixth Army, and we may run out of food. ”

The danger of running out of food is too great, the last time the Eighth Army was defeated, it was not because of the lack of food, Luo Cheng was not defeated, or because he had never run out of food.

In order to prevent this kind of accident, Luo Cheng planned to shorten the supply distance of food.

He pointed his finger at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Beisha City, located on the Great Black Mountain at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. ”

As long as Beisha City is taken, then the Sui army can establish its own water port at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, and then set up a grain transshipment warehouse here, so that when Luo Cheng's sailors fought on the Yalu River, their food supply was from the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, not on the Shandong Peninsula, which reduced the supply distance and time greatly.

"Luo Shuai, Beisha is a dangerous mountain city, easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"No matter how difficult the city is, as long as you use the right method, you can also attack it, if we don't try, how do we know that we can't beat it?" Luo Cheng looked like he was in his chest.