Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 455 Fighting to Be the Protagonist
Donglai Navy Camp.

Although Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang were far superior to Luo Cheng in terms of age and qualifications, but the failure of the two men in the last Eastern Expedition can be said to have dragged down the entire Eastern Expedition.

So this time, both of them kept a low profile. Although they held the post of deputy commander, neither of them had any intention of competing with Luo Cheng for power.

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

With such a cooperative deputy, the preparations for the Eastern Expedition of the Donglai Navy Camp will naturally go very smoothly.

In mid-February, all the 10 soldiers and horses conscripted had arrived in Donglai for assembly.Among the 5000 troops, there were [-] from the original Left Fifth Army.

The total strength of this Eastern Expedition is 50, and each army still has more than [-] people.

Among them, the emperor's 10 Xiaoguo army formed the first, second, and third armies, while Luo Cheng's Donglai Navy formed the fourth, fifth, and sixth armies, and Luo Yi, Li Jing, and Li Yuan's [-] horses formed the seventh, eighth, and ninth armies.

The 20 troops of Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen were given the numbers of eleven to sixteen, six armies.

Compared with the thirty armies last time, this time the number of bugles has been reduced by nearly half.

Of course, to the outside world, it is claimed to have sent millions of troops, and 32 armies have been organized, divided into left and right wings.But in fact, only the left-wing Sixteenth Army, and the right-wing Sixteenth Army only existed in the emperor's edict.

Of the four land and water armies, Xue Shixiong commanded the emperor's 20 Xiaoguo Army, Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen commanded the [-] Domestic Expeditionary Army, Luo Yi commanded the [-] Liaodong Army, and Luo Cheng commanded the [-] Naval Army.

Yang Guang also learned some lessons from the previous failure, for example, this time he no longer set up surrender envoys among the armies.

Each army group also specially appointed a general.

For example, for the Sixth Army Expeditionary Corps led by Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen, the emperor specifically stated that if the Sixth Army were divided into two groups, Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen would each lead the three armies.If the six armies gather for battle, Yang Yichen will be the chief general, and Yu Wenshu will be the deputy general.

Luo Yi, Li Jing and Li Yuan formed a [-] legion, and the emperor specially appointed Luo Yi as the head coach, and Li Jing and Li Yuan as the deputy.

In order to avoid the defeat of the Nine Armies last time, the emperor also awarded Shangfang swords to each of the four group commanders, giving them the power to make decisions on the fly and act cheaply, and allowed them to kill generals who disobeyed military orders with swords. If you don't obey the order, you can also ask Shang Fang's sword to kill it.

If Yang Yichen and his six armies and Luo Cheng's three armies join forces in the domestic city by water and land, the emperor also specified that Yang Yichen will be the commander in chief, Luo will be the second deputy commander, and Yu Wenshu will be the third.

Among the three generals, Yang Yichen and Luo Cheng have Shangfang swords, 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 them.

This made Yu Wenshu extremely depressed, but the emperor didn't care about his mood, the last time the Eighth Army was defeated, Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer had the greatest responsibility, and they still retained their official titles, it was only because they were his confidants .

In this second expedition, Yang Guang encountered greater resistance than the first time. He also rejected all differences and insisted on going his own way.If he can't win again, his authority as the emperor will also be lost.

In order to ensure the victory of the second Eastern Expedition, Yang Guang no longer cared too much about the faces of his confidants.

At Donglai Port, Luo Cheng set up three naval battalions, one for the army and one for the other.

Luo Cheng organized all the old brothers from the left fifth army into the first army, and still gave them the title of the fifth army.He also added a lot of elite soldiers to the Left Fifth Army, with a full staff of more than [-].

Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, Cheng Yaojin and other brothers were all arranged by him to serve as the first battalion lieutenant in the Fifth Left Army.

Compared with the Fifth Army, the Fourth Army and the Sixth Army are obviously much weaker. The reason for these two armies is that Hu'er and Zhou Fashang are the generals.Both of them have no objection to Luo Cheng's concentration of elites in the five armies.

"The commander-in-chief called us, what's the matter?"

Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang came after hearing the order.

"Please sit down, both of you. This is the case. This time, the mission of our navy is to cross the sea from the sea to the Yalu River, and then arrive at the inner city, and cooperate with the six land armies to attack the inner city. The task is quite difficult."

The two veterans sat down, neither in a hurry to express their opinions.

"Does Luo Shuai have any ideas?"

"I still have a little idea. Your Majesty's will is to let our navy cooperate with Lu Liujun. In fact, he looks down on our navy. But I feel that Lu Liujun is not reliable. It's not that I look down on those brothers, but this time Lu Liujun There is also this old dog Yu Wenshu, I think this person is not good enough for success, and more than bad for failure, so we have to make some preparations in advance, we will not be able to go on business again when the time comes, and we have to take the blame for this old dog."

Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang didn't take it to heart when they yelled at Luo Cheng about the emperor's favored officials.Anyway, they don't have a good opinion of Yu Wenshu!

"What does the handsome mean?"

"We can't completely listen to the arrangements of the higher authorities in this battle. On this battlefield, things change rapidly, and most of the time we have to rely on ourselves. This time the domestic city may not be easier to fight than the last time we fought in Pyongyang. The Goguryeo people moved their capital to the country this time. The distance to the Liaodong direction is short, but similarly, the Goguryeo people from Liaodong to aid the country are also close. Another thing is that Pyongyang is a plain city, but the domestic city is a collection of three cities, and there are Wugu and Duwan in the surrounding area. The dangerous mountain city, so I said, the domestic city may not be easy to fight."

Luo Cheng pointed to the map.

"The biggest problem in the last failure was the problem of food and grass. If the food supply is not enough, it may collapse at any time. But this time the battle plan is still that the Sixth Army will carry a hundred days of food around Zhucheng and reach the domestic city. There is still food shortage at any time. danger. We cannot pin all our hopes on Duke Yan."

Lai Huer smiled, Luo Yi is Luo Cheng's uncle, he is in charge of leading the three armies to open the passage from Xincheng to the country, 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 trusted on the battlefield, even ourselves. It is much closer than Pyongyang to transport grain from Dongnae to the Yalu River, but the distance is still not short, and the ships are limited. We can transport [-] people at one time The soldiers and horses arrived at the Yalu River, but they did not carry much food and grass. It would take a long time for the fleet to return to transport the food, and there might be mistakes in the middle. , we may run out of food ourselves.”

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 been without food.

In order to prevent such accidents, Luo Cheng planned to shorten the supply distance of food.

He pointed at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, "Everyone, this is Beisha City, which is located on the Dahei Mountain at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. Set up a military port at the southern end and set up a grain transshipment warehouse."

As long as Beisha City is captured, the Sui army can build its own water port at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, and then set up a grain transshipment warehouse here. In this way, when Luo Cheng's navy is fighting on the Yalu River, its food supply will come from Liaodong. Departing from the southern tip of the peninsula instead of the Shandong Peninsula, this greatly shortens the supply distance and time.

"Luo Shuai, Beisha is a fortified mountain city, easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"No matter how difficult it is to attack a city, as long as we use the right method, we can still attack it. If we don't try, how do we know we can't?" Luo Cheng looked confident.

　Good morning
　　
　
(End of this chapter)