In autumn, the red leaves are becoming more and more vivid, and Penglai Wharf is becoming more and more lively.

Under the order of the Eastern Expedition again, Donglai once again served as the base camp of the sailors, and countless sailors, government soldiers, grain and grass were gathered here.

And because Lushun had become a newly occupied county of the Great Sui, the 10,000 Sui troops stationed in Lushun and Jian'an were also completely dependent on supplies from Donglai Port.

"We are starting to assemble now, but it is estimated that the official expedition will not be until after March next year, or even in April or May."

The father and his son walked on the pier of Penglai Port, watching the countless flow of people.

"Every year in the east, I don't know why I went to the east now." Daddy sighed.

Luo Cheng didn't speak.

Initially, the plan to conquer the east was not wrong, after all, the threat of Goguryeo was real, and if the Great Sui did not attack Goguryeo, sooner or later Goguryeo would attack the Great Sui. The mistake can only be said to be that there were some mistakes in the strategy at the beginning, the first time there were too many troops, or the command was not unified.

Then the Second Eastern Expedition was somewhat reluctant, the Central Plains was in turmoil, but the emperor was in a hurry for the Second Expedition. These two expeditions finally encountered a great rebellion, and although the rebellion was quickly quelled, the emperor immediately made three expeditions, and the emperor's eyes were only staring at Liaodong, but he did not know that the situation had already changed.

Although Goguryeo is getting weaker and weaker every time, the Central Plains is also becoming more and more unstable day by day.

"When will my father enter Beijing?"

Luo Gui shook his head, "The heirs are already married, what else am I going to do in Beijing." ”

The heir was married in August, and the emperor was indeed quite fond of Princess Izumo, and it is said that on the day of the wedding, ten miles were married.

The emperor not only gave the princess 3,000 fiefdoms, but also took out 1 million yuan of money and silk for weddings and rewards, and the emperor also directly transferred Li Min and Yuwen Eying's mansion property in Luoyang to the heir.

"Now there are six of you brothers, and Xiao Liu is the only one who has not yet married."

"Dad, I discussed with Shiji before, and he also told his father that Uncle Xu agreed to Xiaoliu and the little mother of the Xu family."

"It's good to agree, the Xu family agrees with me, naturally I have no opinion, I'll just do one, get married early, get married early." Dad is more worried about Xiaoliu's affairs, although this kid is only seventeen, but his wife has not yet married, but there are many women in the house, and now the children have given birth to four or five, and the eldest one is already four years old, so he is really a little nonsense. "The Xu family knows that Xiaoliu has a child, right?"

"I know, they don't have a problem."

Taking a concubine before marrying a wife, or even having children with a husband, is a very common thing in this era, especially those big and famous families, and there is nothing against this.

"Year after year, I can't stop, hey."

Daddy sighed.

Luo Cheng could only smile bitterly, since the beginning of the Eastern Crusade, he has been fighting outside almost all the year round, and every time he comes back, he stays for a day or two, and he didn't even stay for a day last time.

Right now, I just came from Jiangnan and am going to Liaodong again.

Many soldiers hope to take a vacation and let them go home for a reunion, but the intention is to let them go directly to Liaodong, and Luo Cheng can't help it.

"I hope that after Yang Xuangan's rebellion is quelled this time, Henan will be able to stabilize for a while."

The next day, Luo Cheng said goodbye to his wife and concubine and son, and set off again.

Dock.

Li Xuanba arrived on horseback.

"Brother-in-law, wait for me."

Luo Cheng looked at Xuanba, "Why are you here, didn't you say that you would stay in Donglai to take care of your sister?" ”

"My sister is fine, I want to go to Liaodong with my brother-in-law, brother-in-law, you look at me this year, according to the prescription you gave me every day to regulate my body, and run every morning, and I have been pulling the bellows and hammering in the iron workshop for almost a year, you see how strong my body is now."

As he spoke, Xuanba also took out a hammer.

"This hammer is as heavy as your brother-in-law, you see that I dance very well."

Luo Cheng looked at this kid, this year's kung fu has indeed changed a lot.

Before he was weak, Luo Cheng knew an earthwork for him, and then let him exercise more, this kid listened to Luo Cheng's words very much, ran every day, and really went to the iron workshop to learn to strike iron, starting from pulling the bellows, to the back of the sledgehammer.

Every day, I also take a lot of precious medicinal herbs and medicinal baths, and in the summer, I swim in the sea again.

After practice, this kid has changed drastically from a sick seedling, and now he has grown a lot taller, his body is much stronger, and his arms are actually full of muscles.

A hammer swung on the ground and the wind whirred.

"Does your sister know you're coming?"

"I know, the third sister said that I would follow you."

"Okay, then you can join my White Horse Followers and follow me."

"Thank you, brother-in-law." Xuanba was very pleased.

In Donglai Port, Luo Cheng and his entourage changed to Donglai's big warships, many of which can take 800 people Wuya warship, and there can take 500 people Huanglong warship, these are all building ships, in fact, they are not very conducive to sea navigation, fortunately, they only sail along the coast, and do not carry out deep-sea navigation, and there is no major storm in this season.

In addition to these building ships, there are also many ships and fighting ships suitable for fighting at sea, as well as some speedboats that move quickly.

These ships are all new and have been built specifically for the Crusades in recent years.

The crew and sailors are basically young and strong people from Jianghuai and other places, and most of these people are fishermen and crew members who live along the river and coast, and are good at boating.

In addition to transporting Luo Cheng's 25,000 people, the fleet was followed by a large fleet, some of which were loaded with supplies to Lushun and Jian'an, and some of the ships were loaded with criminals who were exiled to Liaodong.

As many as nearly 100,000 people were sentenced to exile in Liaodong, and after leaving Donglai Port, people were already released to the islands along the Miaodao Islands on the way.

The islands of the archipelago, which were relatively inhospitable in the early years, are now full of people, and these homeless people can only cultivate the land on the islands, fish, and do some things to repair and replenish passing ships.

"Shicheng, there is an acquaintance on the boat behind, and Wang Bo is also there."

Qin Qiong came over and said to him.

"He's not dead?" Luo Cheng was a little surprised, after all, he was the pseudo-Chu Duke of Qi, and he was an important backbone leader. As a result, Qin Qiong said that because Wang Bo surrendered earlier, and directly led his subordinates to surrender with 50,000 people, so this time he was lucky, he was not executed, but all his family property was confiscated, and then the whole clan was exiled to Liaodong together.

"Call him here."

When we met again, Wang Bo was already much older, and his whole body was half white.

Luo Cheng poured him a glass of wine.

Wang Bo drank it all, full of bitterness.

"What are your plans to go to Liaodong?" Luo Cheng asked.

"What can you do, exile Liaodong and monitor the reclamation."

"Why don't you come to my army, follow me to conquer Goguryeo, and it will be regarded as atonement."

Wang Bo was speechless in surprise.

"If you don't want to, forget it."

Wang Bo was stunned for a long time, and said, "I am willing." ”