"Lao Liu, what I just said, you go back and think about it, if you miss it, then it's really like you said, there will be no store in this village after that." Li Ming said with a smile.

Liu Tong listened to Li Ming's words and wanted to say something, but because he was so nervous, he didn't say it for a long time. And the legs are so weak that I can't help but kneel.

Song Tao next to him grabbed him, and then said with a smile: "Lao Liu, you are a big man, don't kneel down to people at every turn, the backbone of the man is gone." I heard Sun Zhou say, you have behaved very well in the past few days, and you don't need to engage in any crooked ways in our Far East, as long as you do things well. ”

Liu Tong's face flushed with excitement when he heard this, and he finally mustered up the courage to say: "Please rest assured, my old Liu will follow the Far East, and my life will also be from the Far East in the future, I ......"

Li Ming interrupted him with a smile, and then said: "What do we want your life for, remember, the Ming Dynasty's set will not work in our Far East." In the future, do more things and talk less, everything here we only look at military merits. ”

Liu Tong felt that the blood on his body was hot when he heard this, and he subconsciously wanted to kneel again, but suddenly thought of Song Tao's words just now, so he could only stand up straight, and look at the two big officials opposite with fiery eyes.

Li Ming patted Liu Tong on the shoulder, and then walked towards the dock with Song Tao. Liu Tong looked at the backs of the two and was very excited. Although he had been with the Far Eastern Army for a while, he didn't really know much about the Far Eastern Army, but what he had seen and heard these days still made him determined to become a part of it.

If nothing else, he is an officer as big as the deputy commander of the people, and he has worked for half a day like him, it is not a show, but a real work, such a unit is by no means comparable to the Ming army.

Li Ming and Song Tao stood next to an inland river sailboat, preparing to leave Yuezhou Mansion by boat. Sun Zhou and several company commanders saw each other off at the dock, in fact, they hoped that Li Ming and the two would stay here for one more day, but the main force had already gone south, and Li Ming still had a lot of places to go.

"Sun Zhou, you have inspected Liu Tong in the past few days, if you feel okay, try to win him over, this guy is the living map here, and it will be of great use to us in the future."

Sun Zhou nodded and said, "Although Liu Tong has a lot of bad habits of the Ming army, through this period of contact, I think it can still be transformed." ”

Li Ming nodded with satisfaction, then jumped on the boat with Song Tao, waved to everyone and said, "Go back, everyone must hurry up and strive to transport the supplies to Jiangbei as soon as possible." ”

With the support of the Yellow River Fleet and the Canal Fleet in the north, the Yangtze River Fleet's plan to plunder the south of the Yangtze River was carried out very smoothly. The two fleets captured and requisitioned a large number of local civilian ships and boats on the Yellow River and canals in the north, and brought them all to the south of the Yangtze River.

These ships were simply processed by the Far East engineering troops, and were hung behind the barges on the inland steam deck, and even the inland river sailing ships towed several Ming river boats, and took advantage of the dense water network in the south of the Yangtze River to enter all parts of the south of the Yangtze River.

The various units of the Yangtze River Fleet occupied the wharves of various rivers south of the Yangtze River, and the seized grain and other materials were piled up. However, because there were not enough ships to transport them, they had to work in rows and rows to guard the supplies at various docks.

As the ships of the two fleets continued to arrive, the grain and other materials captured by the Far Eastern Army in the Jiangnan area began to be transferred to the Jiangbei region in an intense and orderly manner.

A large fleet of ships towed by steam-deck barges constantly travels back and forth between the banks of the Yangtze River. Today's Hanyang and Hankou have completely changed, and Far Eastern engineers are working various wharves along the river, and a large number of simple Zhanqiao wharves and simple warehouses have been established.

Both sides of the Yangtze River were densely packed with local laborers requisitioned by the Far Eastern Army, and many of them were captured by the Ming army. Even the officers and soldiers stationed in the Far East joined in, racing against time to rush grain to Jiangbei.

Because of the shortage of troops in the Yangtze River Fleet in the south of the Yangtze River, the officers and men of the Far East carried by the Yellow River Fleet also left a small number of troops to garrison the areas under their control, and the rest of the men and horses began to move south, strengthening the strength of the Yangtze River Fleet in the south of the Yangtze River.

Li Ming and Song Tao stayed in the Huguang area for three days, and then rushed back to the north by airship.

The main forces participating in the Central Plains Campaign are now basically interspersed in place. Guerrilla squadrons and militia forces in various base areas, with the assistance of intelligence departments in various localities, launched attacks on various parts of the northern Ming Dynasty.

In particular, the 10 main new cavalry divisions have been breaking through all the way, and the fastest cavalry brigade has already set foot on the north bank of the Yellow River. Battalions are attacking cities and towns with the assistance of local intelligence services.

The main force of the Far Eastern Army and the armed police force, as well as a large number of militia forces, the total number of people reached hundreds of thousands, but the northern part of the Ming Dynasty was vast, and the troops could only occupy the county towns and prefectures in various places in a short period of time, and quickly control the situation in various regions.

The Far Eastern Army occupied cities and towns in various places, first of all, to maintain law and order, and severely cracked down on some city foxes, community rats, and miscellaneous ruffians who took advantage of the chaos to loot in the city.

Other than that, no further measures have been taken. Before the arrival of the grassroots management cadres of the company's people's committee, the local administration was still handed over to the local officials of Daming to continue to manage, and to maintain regional stability as much as possible.

All units of the Far Eastern Army also strictly observed military discipline, and officers and men of the troops were not allowed to set foot in civilian houses, and they slept on the streets at night. Supplies are usually purchased in the city at market prices.

Although there was great chaos in various parts of the Ming Dynasty in the early stage of the Far Eastern Army's offensive, through the efforts of the Far Eastern Army, the situation in various places gradually stabilized in a short period of time.

At present, the grassroots management cadres of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the Far Eastern Group have also crossed the border wall into the Central Plains, and are gradually spreading in various places, penetrating into the grassroots villages and towns in various places, and establishing administrative units there.

Each township has set up a brigade, composed of a brigade leader, deputy brigade leader, instructors, deputy instructors, and staff members of the brigade headquarters, and in order to ensure the safety of grassroots units, each brigade is also equipped with a musket militia platoon.

Squadrons were formed in each of the following villages, consisting of squadron leaders, deputy squadron leaders, instructors and deputy instructors, as well as personnel from the squadron headquarters, and equipped with a musket militia squad.

When the grassroots units went down to the villages and towns in various localities, they did not immediately enter the state of work, but conducted large-scale visits and inspections, first found out the local situation, and conducted in-depth exchanges with the peasants at the bottom.

(To be continued.) )