Zhou Fashang and Zhou Luoyu have the same surname Zhou, however, they are not related, the same is that the two are both sailor generals from Nanchen, the difference is that Zhou Fashang was in Nanchen when Emperor Xuan of Nanchen offended Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, was falsely accused of rebellion by Chen Shujian, and in desperation, he took the sailor to the then Emperor Zhou Xuan to surrender to the city, and Zhou Luoyu was unable to violate the situation when Nanchen perished, so he surrendered to the Sui army.

If you want to talk about the sailor, naturally the generals from the south are far more advantageous than the north, Zhou Fashang, Zhou Luoyu are both the best in the former South Chen Sailor, Yang Yong intends to form a navy after the destruction of Chen, and attaches great importance to the talents of the sailor, but although Yang Jian can be said to be a generation of heroes, he still subconsciously avoids the unpredictable sea, in order to prevent the remnants of Nanchen from rebelling and escaping to the sea, and even the people are not allowed to have ships more than three zhang long, Zhou Fashang has taken refuge early, but from the sailor to the land division, Zhou Luoyu is almost idle.

After Yang Yong ascended the throne, Zhou Fashang was immediately transferred back to the water division, and a large amount of military spending also began to be invested in the water division.

"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty! Banzai! Hooray! ”

Zhou Fashang is over fifty years old, Zhou Luoyan is also over forty years old, Zhou Fashang is slightly taller, his beard is half white, and his skin is dark and shiny, Zhou Luoyan is slightly shorter, and his skin is rough and black, but the eyes of both of them are shiny and shiny, and they have a stunning demeanor.

Yang Yong said with a smile: "The two generals are flat, and today I announced that the two generals came over to ask about the situation of the water division." ”

Zhou Fashang spoke first: "Your Majesty." In the past four years, our naval division has built 30 large seagoing vessels with more than 5,000 materials, 72 medium-sized seagoing vessels with more than 2,000 materials, and more than 300 auxiliary ships with more than 800 materials. The training of 50,000 sailors is described, and they can cross the sea to fight for His Majesty at any time. ”

Although Yang Yong already knew this number, he was still overjoyed when he heard it, a large ship of five thousand materials, that is, a ship that can transport five thousand stone goods at one time, and so many sea ships, if they are used to transport grain, can transport nearly one million stone grain at a time. If it is to transport soldiers and horses, it can also transport more than 200,000 people at a time.

In order not to let the Goguryeo people perceive the Great Sui's intention to develop the navy, the shipbuilding and training bases of the navy army were all in the south, and Yang Yong stayed in Zhuojun without moving, naturally to wait for the arrival of the navy, Zhuojun and Goguryeo face each other across the sea, if you start by land. Attack from Liaodong to Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo. It would take months just to walk, but if you set off from Zhuojun by sea, it would take only five or six days to reach the capital of Little Chang'an, which the Goguryeo people called Little Chang'an.

"Okay, the two Aiqing obeyed the order, and I took Zhou Fashang as the chief of the water division, Zhou Luoyu as the deputy head of the water division, and together with 50,000 troops by land, we set off three days later and attacked Pyongyang directly."

"Your Ministers obey! Thank you, Your Majesty! Zhou Fashang and Zhou Luoyu replied together.

This time, the emperor drove the expedition in person. Most of the Sui army was undoubtedly full of confidence, believing that the Goguryeo people would be vulnerable, and that as soon as the army pushed under the Goguryeo city, the Goguryeo people would be so frightened that they would surrender immediately, if it was a little later. The credit will be snatched away. Fortunately, Yang Yong himself was sober-minded and knew that the Goguryeo people would not give in so easily. Hearing the news that the progress was not going well, many people were quite stunned, but the emperor already knew it.

In history, Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo failed, although there are such and such objective reasons, Goguryeo is small and strong is a fact, for hundreds of years, Goguryeo has not stopped expanding after the establishment of the country, there is no such thing as surrendering without a fight, if Yang Yong, as a descendant, will also put his hope on the hope of the Goguryeo people to win without a fight, it is undoubtedly a stupid thing.

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, and Luo Shixin thought that as long as they arrived in Zhuo County, they would immediately go to the front line to fight with the enemy, and they would soon be able to stand out with their martial arts and realize their desire to make meritorious contributions, but they knew that they first became the imperial personnel who accompanied the emperor on his expedition, and there was nothing, at most they stayed for a few days, but what they didn't expect was that the emperor arrived in Zhuojun for more than half a month but there was no movement at all, and now many government soldiers were waiting in a hurry, and there were 200,000 troops in front, and there were only a few people in Goguryeo, If it were not for the strict military discipline and the fact that the few people in charge of leading the troops were all well-known generals, there would definitely be trouble in the barracks.

Finally, they received the order to send troops, but what they did not expect was that they did not march by land, but to board the big ship and set off again, the emperor's will had just been handed down, and the various ports of Zhuojun were filled with dense ships, just waiting for the soldiers and horses to be carried on the ship.

So many sea ships together, let some of the government soldiers who have only seen a small boat in the river open their eyes, however, many of the government soldiers who have never been on a boat can't help but feel numb in their hearts, but the military order is like a mountain, an order, they also have to obey, the large sea ship moored on the side of the canal is like a monster that can swallow people, tens of thousands of government soldiers and their war horses are loaded on the boat, and then pull up the sail and go slowly in the direction of the sea.

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin both know a little water, but Cheng Biting Jin is completely a landlubber, he couldn't help but tremble when he boarded the ship, and when he heard that he was going to enter the sea, Cheng Biting Jin was even more frightened, if he could turn back, he couldn't wait to get off the boat and return to the shore immediately, but unfortunately, since he became a government soldier, he could only help himself.

Qin Qiong suddenly realized, no wonder that most of the remaining government soldiers seem to be from the coastal area, but it is a pity that even if they live on the coast, in this era, most people look at the sea and fear the way, and many people have never gone to the sea.

Fortunately, there are many sailors on the ship itself, and these new soldiers on board the ship are dizzy, but it does not affect the passage of the ship itself, and the elite degree of these sailors is not inferior to the government soldiers on land, and they are on the ship.

It took a whole day, all 50,000 soldiers boarded the sea ships, went down the river, straight into the sea, hundreds of warships on the sea as if covering the sky and the sun, standing on the ship and looking around, the eyes are full of dense sails and masts, if successful, this is the first time in the history of mankind that an army of more than 100,000 people has fought across the sea.

Zhou Fashang felt heavy in his heart at this time, and did not have the consciousness of creating history and leaving a name in history, although these big ships have been tested by the waves, each navy has more than ten sea voyages of experience, in the south of the Yangtze River, there are barbarians who have come from thousands of miles across the sea, but the sea is too dangerous, as long as it encounters a storm, the fleet that seems to be majestic will be torn apart by the storm and become a pile of broken wood floating on the sea.

If he is allowed to dispatch thousands or tens of thousands of horses at a time, the pressure on Zhou Fashang will not be so great, but he will dispatch 100,000 people at a time, in case there is a mistake, he will be dead, but unfortunately they are going to attack the capital of the Goguryeo people, if the number is too small, they can only return without attacking, and such a dispatch of 100,000 people, if it is an attack, the Goguryeo people will not have time to react.

This is a real adventurous action, it is done, the Goguryeo people destroy the country, if it fails, the army may not only suffer heavy losses but even the whole army may be wiped out, which will greatly encourage the resistance of the Goguryeo people on the land route, perhaps, the emperor's first imperial expedition may become a joke, for the emperor's prestige is a great damage, to rebuild a naval army, it will take at least ten years.

"Father, rest assured, these days are all sunny and beautiful, and the child is ninety percent sure that our army can reach the capital of the Goguryeo people smoothly, hmph, since they are called Xiao Chang'an, then don't blame us for retaking our own territory." His youngest son, Zhou Shaofan, saw that his father's face was heavy, and hurriedly spoke comfortingly.

Ninety percent of the certainty, I'm afraid of the accident, the eighteenth year of the emperor's march is not the case, the land is clearly empty, as soon as the army goes out to sea, it encounters a storm, those barbarian merchants who crossed the sea to the Great Sui heard that a trip back and forth can earn dozens of times hundreds of times the profit, even if ten ships sink nine can also save the capital, how can he be as lonely as him, if there is a case, it will be over, Zhou Fashang thought to himself.

In order to avoid the storm, the fleet sailed as close to the coast as possible on the first day, so that those soldiers who went to sea for the first time could see the land and not be too nervous, and on the second day, the whole fleet still left the coast, spread its sails, and sailed into the vast sea, and the coastline became farther and farther away from them, gradually fading out of sight.

"Dead, dead, I'm going to die." Cheng Yanjin spread his limbs, lay on the deck and shouted loudly, the axe that he had never left was gone, just got on the boat yesterday, Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but vomit, today is also weak, not the slightest improvement, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin are slightly better than Cheng Yanjin, but they are also lazy and weak, although they know a little water, but they have only swam in the river, and have never been out to sea.