First lunar month.

The ice and snow in Liaodong have not yet melted.

However, on several main roads in eastern Liaodong, soldiers and horses are already marching non-stop.

In addition to the 4,000 county soldiers brought by the eldest grandson Shunde to Xuansu, there is also Song Laosheng's army in Lelang. Luo Cheng was outside the pass, leaving only one army to garrison.

He asked Zhang Xutuo to stay in Liaodong with Luo Gui.

Then he recruited his own soldiers and horses and began to move south.

The Chungmu Army had previously formed six armies, and the first two armies were in the south of Shandong and in Pyongyang.

Now there is another army left, so the loyal army that went south this time has three corps, and this is the result of the previous county soldiers have also been incorporated into it.

The three loyal armies totaled 72,000 men and horses, and then Xi Qixi's three divisions organized an army of 20,000, and the Turks, Yaya, and Goguryeo people formed another army.

There were five armies in total, with a total of 120,000 horses.

Battalions are brought together, and eventually they are assembled into regiments, and then regiments are gathered, and then they are assembled into boxes, and finally they are combined into armies.

This time, Luo Cheng personally led the army to the battle.

Emperor Yang Xuan also went to see him off outside the city of Liaodong, and he awarded Luo Cheng a golden armor and a golden sword, and gave him a yellow and gold seal.

On the red flag, the white tiger roared into the sky.

Five armies, with a total of 120,000 men and horses, gathered from all over the border to the two ports of Lushun and Dalian, where they were to take ships and then go to Donglai in Shandong and Qinhuangdao in Hebei.

The soldiers, carrying spears and armor on their backs, strode south.

On the main road along the Liao River, the local governments of various counties along the way also requisitioned militia and strong men to assist in transporting ordnance, grain and grass to the second port in southern Liaoning.

In the two major ports, countless ships have gathered.

There were not only sailors' ships, but also merchant ships from Liaodong, as well as many merchant ships from Donglai Port and Qingdao Port, most of whom were hired by Luo Cheng.

The businessmen are very positive, but there is also a reason, not just because they are optimistic about Luo Cheng's chances of winning.

Instead, Luo Cheng had promised the merchants to exchange the ship for the monopoly ticket of the salt, iron, tea and wine of the Liaodong Imperial Court. With the prosperity of the border city and the growing power of the Liaodong Imperial Court, this system implemented by Luo Cheng also began to be implemented in the control areas of Dingxiang, Daibei, and Jiangnan.

Without the court's citation, it would be difficult to do these businesses.

And these businesses, even if they pay taxes and get tickets, they still have amazing profits, and because of this, Luo Cheng now lets businessmen exchange ships for citations, and the results will be so good.

In front of Liaodong City, Luo Chengzheng explained to Luo Gui and Zhang Xutuo, who came to see him off.

"With you two elders here, I can rest assured at home."

There are many brothers who asked Luo Cheng to take Yang Jun on the expedition, but Luo Cheng finally let Yang Jun stay here, he believes that a lonely person will not make any noise.

"Spring is coming soon, I hope you can win as soon as possible, and then let the soldiers come back for spring plowing and sowing." Zhang Xutuo patted Luo Cheng's back.

Luo Cheng said with a smile, "Then borrow the teacher's auspicious words and triumph as soon as possible." ”

Several times the army was dispatched, and the loyal army dispatched no less than 100,000 people, which is an all-out effort for Guanwai, which has a population of less than 2 million, and so many strong men went to the front, not to mention the innumerable amount of grain, grass, money and grain consumed, and it will inevitably affect the cultivation of tuntian outside the Guanguan this year.

If the war drags on for a long time and stalemate, the outside of the border may be dragged out.

Du Ruhui calculated the account for Luo Cheng.

The Sixth Army of Zhongwu, the Fourth Army went out, the two armies stayed behind, and two more vassal armies were requisitioned to support these soldiers and horses to enter the customs to fight, and the pressure on logistics was huge.

Du Ruhui told Luo Cheng that it would support for half a year at most.

If you can't end the war within half a year, or get supplies from the Kannai, then it's over.

After all, the population outside the border is too small, only 2 million people, but it has to support 100,000 people to fight, if it is not for the rest and savings of several years, it will not even be able to start a war.

The three counties of Xuanxuan, Lelang, and Daifang have a population of almost four million, but now there is still a mess over there, and they have to straighten it out, and they want to get money and grain from there and send it to Liaodong City, but they don't know when they will have to wait.

Fang Xuanling did not accompany the expedition this time, Zhang Xutuo and Luo Gui were in charge of the military, while Fang Du was in charge of internal affairs and stayed together. He said to Luo Cheng with some concern, "It's a bit risky to start a war on two fronts at the same time." ”

"Now that the two armies of Xia and Wei are in a big war, if we don't take the risk of solving Fanyang's Dugu Usuru and Jiangdu's Chen Ling at this time, it will be even more difficult in the future."

Sending troops to Jiangdu was also Luo Cheng's decision after a long period of thought.

Du Fuwei's lone army is in Jianghuai, although he now occupies the land of the five counties, but he is surrounded by enemies, if Luo Cheng does not support him again, it will be very dangerous, especially now that Du Fuwei is going north to attack Jiangdu, but several battles are unfavorable, and he is dragged under the Jiangdu city by Chen Ling. And in Jiangnan, Shen Faxing, Lin Shihong, and Zuo Caixiang all began to take the opportunity to attack Fugong Yi who stayed in Jiangnan.

The third assistant also lost several times in a row.

It is impossible for Luo Cheng to let Du Fuwei withdraw to Shandong, he can't take Chen Ling, he wants to withdraw to Shandong, and Peng Cheng will block the way.

Bidding farewell to everyone, Luo Cheng also rode on horseback and embarked on the journey.

His wife, Shan Binbin, caught up, "Speaking of the Zheng family's vixen, I don't want to tell you here today, you don't have to be in charge of the expedition in person." ”

"The country has to fight by itself, how can it fake others?" Luo Cheng smiled and said to his wife, "Take good care of Jiawen, I hope you are pregnant again this time." ”

Shan Binbin nodded, and said to Luo Chengdao, "Remember to be careful, you are not as good as before, you are no longer just the master of the army, you are still the pillar of the imperial court, so don't take any more risks, as for the affairs of the family, leave it to me, don't worry, although I don't like the Cui clan and the Zheng clan, I won't poison them." ”

Shan Binbin handed over Zuo Shenyong's army to his brother Shan Xiongxin before, and then returned to Liaodong. In her eyes, even the lord of an army can't restrain her.

"Bring the Lin sisters, they can not only serve you in the army, but also protect you closely."

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand and wrapped his wife's hair.

"When I return, I will canonize you as the queen and make Jiawen the crown prince."

These words made Shan Binbin smile all over his face.

"You have a conscience."

"This time I go south, I swear that I will win. This is a thunderous blow that has been gaining momentum for a long time, destroying Dugu in the north, and then breaking Chen Ling in the south, collecting Fanyang and Beiping, and capturing Pengcheng Jiangdu. When the mountains are full of flowers in the summer, Siye and Liu Wuzhou will also send troops to the south, when the military cavalry is a thousand groups, the horses will step on the Central Plains, collect Luoyang and restore Chang'an, and the rivers and mountains will be determined. ”

"Okay, I believe in you, and I'm here waiting for you to canonize me as the queen!"

On the high south gate tower of Liaodong, the red line was looking out of the city with a few years old Jia Diploma, watching Luo Cheng leave.

"Da Lang, your father took command and went south to the Central Plains to lay a big country for you."

"Aunt Red Line, what is Jiang Shan, is there a mountain of Jiang Shan? Then I don't want Jiang Shan, it's too spicy. Jiawen, the immature prince of King Qin, said with big eyes.