Sun Zhou stood on the dock, looking anxiously into the distance. The main forces of the 1st Detachment still have not arrived. He had already led his troops to hold out at the dock of Yuezhou Mansion for three days, and the Ming army in the surrounding area was assembling near Yuezhou Mansion.

Although he was not worried about the arrival of these Ming troops, the fleet of the main force had not arrived for a long time, and he could not do anything, so he could only stubbornly guard the supplies at the dock, and could only watch with his eyes as the ships of the brother troops roared south from the dock of Yuezhou Mansion.

The Far Eastern Army has the heaviest military merits, but he can only watch the military exploits slip away from him. In fact, this situation is also a common phenomenon in the Far Eastern Army in Huguang. There was no way, the first detachment did not have many troops and ships, and the troops occupied a dock, so they had to leave the troops to guard the supplies.

After all, the Huguang area is too large, the water network is dense, and there are wharves everywhere to store grain, and the officers and men of the Far East must of course clean it up. The First Squadron had a limited number of troops, and there was only one platoon of troops left behind in various places, and in some places only one squad was stationed.

"Battalion commander, a telegram has been sent from the fleet command that the main forces are about to arrive ......"

The battalion communications officer, carrying the radio on his back, ran panting from a distance, shouting excitedly as he ran, which made the officers and men of the Far East on the dock cheer. A sailing ship on the river also sounded its whistle, and then quickly turned around and increased its horsepower to meet the arrival of the main force.

Sun Zhou excitedly took out a cigarette and took a hard puff, finally looking forward to the main force, staying here for a few more days, he had to suffocate him.

Half an hour later, Sun Zhou, who was standing on the pier and looking through it, finally saw clusters of thick black smoke in the distance, and the fleet of the main force rushed to Yuezhou Mansion.

The cheers on the pier also attracted Liu Tong to the shore. The first thing that caught his eye was the thick black smoke that obscured the sky. At the forefront of the fleet were several assault boats rowing across the river at great speed, whistling past the wharf of Yuezhou Prefecture.

This was followed by a fleet of river steam-deck barges, towing unpowered barges. A large number of ships requisitioned by the Far Eastern Army from various places were also connected by the Far Eastern engineering units by various means and hung in the rear of the fleet.

In order to make the most of the resources, each steam-deck barge of the fleet towed dozens of ships, forming several spectacular columns on the wide river, and sailing mightily past the Yuezhou Mansion wharf.

When had a large number of laborers and Ming army captives on the dock seen such a spectacular scene, they all subconsciously put down their work and looked at the river in amazement.

In the distance, the head of the Yuezhou capital city also became chaotic. In the past few days, the Far Eastern Army has not attacked the city, which also made the officers and soldiers defending the city breathe a sigh of relief.

And they found that the thief army occupying the dock was only more than a hundred people. This also made many big families in the city think about it. After all, their shops and warehouses are on the docks, and these days they are watching the Far Eastern Army scrape away their wealth, beating their chests one by one.

Therefore, many gentry and big families in the city have exerted pressure on several lords of Yuezhou Mansion, asking Yuezhou Mansion to mobilize troops in the surrounding counties, trying to concentrate troops to recover the docks of Yuezhou Mansion in one fell swoop.

Several lords of the government were forced to have no choice but to issue orders to gather troops to several surrounding counties. But after all, fighting a war is a matter of life, and the lords of the surrounding counties are of course unwilling to take risks, but they can't disobey the orders of the government, so they have to mobilize troops and young people slowly, and ask for help from various nearby guards.

Three days passed, and only a few thousand people gathered nearby, slowly converging towards Yuezhou Mansion. Before the military households of the nearest county arrived at Yuezhou Mansion, the main fleet of the Far East rushed to the dock of Yuezhou Mansion, almost scaring the Ming army defending the city.

The Yuezhou Mansion City was also suddenly chaotic, and I don't know who opened the city gate first, the Ming army guarding the city, and the big families in the city fled from the Yuezhou Mansion City before the Far Eastern Army attacked the city.

The vast majority of the fleet did not stop and continued to sail towards the southern part of Huguang. Several long fleets docked at the dock of Yuezhou Mansion one after another, and as soon as Li Ming and Song Tao came from a sailboat, Sun Zhou excitedly went up to salute and report.

"It's all this time, why are you still talking about this, hurry up and organize forces to load the ship." Li Ming smiled and waved his hand.

"Yes......"

Listening to Li Ming's words, Sun Zhou hurriedly shouted, then turned around and ran to the dock. Organize a large number of laborers to load and unload grain and other materials.

Li Ming smiled at Song Tao: "Let's go and help too......"

"This is food, it must be ......" Song Tao finished with a smile, then turned around and walked with Li Ming to the place where the supplies were stored at the dock.

Liu Tong is now in a hurry to show himself, the workers on the dock are loading grain to the fleet, and even Sun Zhou and they are personally carrying the grain bags to work, so he doesn't dare to be idle, and he is also desperately carrying the grain bags to the ships docked on the dock one by one.

Li Ming and Song Tao also joined them, now they are not young, after taking up leadership positions over the years, because of their busy work, they have no time to exercise, so they carry a few bags of food, and they are all out of breath.

Song Tao saw that Liu Tong next to him was wearing the clothes of the Ming Army, and he was wearing a standard steel helmet from the Far East, carrying a kettle and a satchel on his shoulders, which looked extremely funny, but he worked very hard.

This also aroused Song Tao's interest, so he asked: "Brother, you are the Ming army, right?" ”

Liu Tong turned around and found that next to him were two generals of the Far Eastern Army, because Li Ming and Song Tao were wearing field training uniforms, and Liu Tong couldn't see the ranks, because they were just ordinary Far Eastern generals.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said respectfully: "General, the younger one is the general of the Wuchang Mansion, because he is familiar with the waterways around Wuchang Mansion, he is grateful to the generals and can be a guide for the army." ”

Song Tao listened to Liu Tong's words, looked at him again, and then nodded: "Oh...... Hey...... We're here, are we delaying your business, I've heard that river cruisers are a lucrative errand. ”

"My general, this little errand is fat, but you still have to be filial to your superiors and maintain your subordinates, and in the end, you won't be able to leave much. You have to float on the river for seven or eight months a year, not to mention the wind and rain, if you go away that day, you offend the dignitaries and nobles on the river, and you have to put your life on the line, and you have to work hard when you meet all kinds of water thieves and heroes on the water, and to put it bluntly, it is the job of tying your head to the waistband of your trousers. ”

(To be continued.) )