I want to be emperor

Chapter 249 Gaozheng Assault (Sixth update for subscription)
In the eighth year of Ming Chongzhen, in the morning of October 22, the first year of Chu Chengshun.

Wuchang City.

Gao Zheng, wearing double armor, rushed forward with small brisk steps, scanning left and right while rushing, shouting from time to time: "Quick, rush up, don't stop!"

When he crossed the filled moat and came to the city wall that was still filled with smoke and dust but had collapsed into ruins, he glanced left and right and said loudly: "The ones in front climb up directly and grab the top of the ruins. Be careful and guard against the enemy. counterattack with firepower!"

"The musketeers are ready to follow, ready to suppress fire at any time."

"Hurry up, Wang Paozi at the back, a few people are carrying a guy who weighs [-] catties and still running so slowly, eating so much every day, it's all in the dog's stomach!"

While commanding the troops under his command, Gao Zheng also struggled to climb towards the top of the ruins.

After the blasting of this section of the city wall, the whole collapsed into ruins, a ruin still several meters high.

The power of the blasting explosives is also impossible to blow up the entire city wall into ruins. It just blows up the originally tall and straight city wall that makes it impossible to climb. advance pace.

However, such ruins can already make it easier for soldiers to climb.

After all, climbing a mountain is easier than climbing a dozen meters high without even a point of strength, and you can only rely on long ladders to climb.

Now Gao Zheng wants to lead the troops to quickly climb to seize the commanding heights at the top of the ruins, and to block the expected counterattack of the Ming army from a condescending height.

This is the first time he participated in an assault operation as the deputy battalion commander of the assault battalion, and he led a battle group of more than 200 people to fight alone. The success of this operation cannot fail.

If you succeed, you will have a bright future in the future. The epaulets on your shoulders must add another star, and it is very possible to become the head of the regiment in the future.

Gao Zheng, the man whose parents died and who was once called a fool, turned to the thief without hesitation when the rural protection army left Luyang County.

After he became a thief, because of his good attitude and hard training, he studied very hard in the literacy class and his academic performance was also good, so he quickly gained the attention and training of his superiors.

By the time of the Battle of Yuzhou, he had already served as the captain of the main force, that is, the First Division, and participated in the battle. After the battle, he was rewarded for his meritorious service, and he was promoted to deputy commander.

After the rural protection army implemented the military rank system, he was awarded the title of lieutenant.

Later, he went south to Xiangyang with the army, and participated in a series of battles against Anlu Mansion and Hanyang Mansion. During this period, he was promoted to post commander, deputy battalion commander, and was awarded the rank of captain. He also participated in the training class during the period.

After Luo Zhixue established the country and proclaimed himself emperor, a large number of people were promoted because of the continuous expansion of the army, and also for the sake of ennobling heroes.

Gao Zheng was also promoted in this wave of large-scale military expansion, becoming the deputy commander of the Fourth Infantry Regiment, and awarded the rank of major.

Because this person was born as a heavy armored spearman, he dared to fight and fight hard, and he was very good at commanding heavy armored troops in hand-to-hand combat.

Therefore, this time when they stormed Wuchang, Gao Zheng was also selected as the deputy battalion commander of the first assault battalion when the rural protection army mobilized elites from the whole army to form an assault battalion according to the past practice.

Although the assault battalion was only a temporary campaign establishment and would be disbanded after the Battle of Wuchang, and the soldiers would return to their original units, but the main officers of each assault battalion would be promoted after the war.

After all, the work of the assault battalion is very dangerous. If you rush to the front, the possibility of casualties is relatively high.

For the soldiers to do such a dangerous job, the superiors naturally need to give corresponding rewards, otherwise the soldiers selected for the assault battalion will have some opinions.

The captain and vice-captain of the previous commando crossing the river were promoted after successfully crossing the river.

The captain was still his fellow villager Gao Quan, also known as Gouzi, who was still a lieutenant colonel before the war, but was directly named a colonel after the war.

Now he has been transferred to the fifth division as the head of the regiment.

Gao Zheng also wanted to replicate this successful path, accumulating undisputed military exploits for himself through a surprise battle, and finally succeeded in being awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, hitting the rank of colonel, and hitting the position of head of the main regiment.

With anticipation of the battle exploits, Gao Zheng commanded more than 200 people under his command to climb among the ruins, and soon rushed all the way to the top of the ruins.

However, the expected counterattack of the Ming army did not appear, but hundreds of Ming troops approached in a panic on the right side.

"These puppet Ming soldiers are too slow to react!" Gao Zheng only glanced at him, showing a hint of disdain for the Ming army on his face, and then shouted: "Wang Paozi, hurry up and get me up with the cannon!"

"Mingbing is coming, if you don't come again, I will marry your mother later, and let you call me father!"

A young man wearing the rank of lieutenant at the back was struggling to climb up with several subordinate gunners carrying a [-]-jin light cannon, ignoring that his right hand had been scratched by a sharp stone, and shouted to Gao Zheng above: "Gao Tuan!" Although you are my officer, it's a little bit of a waste of time to want to be my father!"

"I'm coming up now."

After shouting, Wang Paozi yelled again: "Everyone work harder!"

When Wang Paozi and a few subordinates raised the [-]-jin cannon and crossed a boulder, they kept cursing and grinning: "Damn it, it's all because of Liuzi's soft-legged shrimp, it's just halfway through the climb!" Just slipped and broke my own leg, but also dropped my cannon and rolled it down again, it's so damn unlucky!"

As he said that, he looked back at Liu Zi, who was dragging a broken leg behind him, but still struggling to climb up the ruins, and immediately shouted behind him: "Liu Zi, you bastard, if you hurt your leg, let me stay behind!" Wait, you're still beating a fart just like you are now, just wait obediently behind me, I will beat you personally, you motherfucker learn!"

"Damn, I've worked so hard to teach a few gunners that they don't have to shoot the cannons themselves. That's good. It's only half a month before I have to go into battle again!"

When Wang Paozi climbed to the top of the ruins while swearing and carrying the cannon, Gao Zheng glanced at the blood on his right hand and frowned slightly: "You bastard, you've paid off for me before Mingbing sees you?"

Gao Zhengdao: "Your gunner is already disabled, you have to come and shoot this gun yourself, is there any problem with your injury?"

Wang Paozi grinned again: "It's okay, even if you scrape off the stone, it won't hurt!"

As he spoke, he made a gesture to raise his injured right hand, but he couldn't help gritting his teeth as soon as he lifted it up, and his right hand began to tremble, but he still forced himself to say: "Oh, let alone, it hurts more than being bitten by a mosquito." A little bit, but Gao Tuan, don’t worry, it won’t affect the cannon, there are other people for loading and so on, I can just aim and fire, this little injury is not a problem!”

Gao Zheng didn't hesitate after hearing this, and pointed directly at a group of Ming soldiers on the right side: "That's good, have you seen the hundreds of Ming soldiers on the right? Now the distance is just right, you can give them a hard time, save the trouble." They are thinking about rushing over!"

Wang Paozi said: "Gao Tuan, take a look!"

After all, Wang Paozi began to direct the gunners under him to fix the artillery and load it.

Gao Zheng at the side looked at Wang Paozi's right hand that was still dripping blood, and immediately said to the soldiers beside him: "Bring the medical soldiers to bandage him!"

The gunners under Wang Paozi quickly fixed the [-]-jin short robe and finished loading it quickly. After half-squatting and aiming, Wang Paozi shouted: "It's ready to fire, the gun position is not stable. , hide away!"

After a few comrades-in-arms at the side got out of the way, Wang Paozi directly ignited the guide rope on the cannon. With a loud noise, the gunpowder smoke rose, and at the same time, a large number of iron beads and shrapnel formed by the cannonballs fired by the cannon also shot towards the ground. Fly forward.

As the shrapnel advanced, its range gradually expanded, forming a barrage invisible to the naked eye, directly covering a group of Ming soldiers about a hundred meters away.

Immediately, more than ten people from this group of Ming soldiers fell down on the spot.

"Okay, it's not in vain. I'll draw you, Wang Paozi, to the assault battalion. Just hit like this. Hurry up and reload!"

After Gao Zheng finished speaking, he immediately looked away from the gun emplacement, and said to the other people around him: "Are you ready for the musketeers? Don't rush to shoot when they rush over, wait until they get close!"

"There are people coming from the right-wing city wall, rush up and defeat them!"

More than 200 people led by Gao Zheng rushed to the top of the ruins immediately, and the Ming army actually responded during this process.

Although they were frightened by the explosion, and this explosion also caused heavy casualties to more than a hundred Ming soldiers on the top of the city wall and behind the city wall, some Ming troops nearby were forced after the initial shock.

After seeing a large number of infantry of the Township Protection Army rushing up, the nearby Ming army still rushed towards the ruins of the city wall under the leadership of the general.

On both sides of the ruins, Ming soldiers actually came from the top of the city wall and tried to counterattack.

The soldiers of the assault battalion on the left and right also counterattacked with their muskets. At the same time, a group of soldiers of the assault battalion in heavy armor had already climbed to the top of the intact city wall on the right, waving their waist knives, spears, He rushed over with a musket.

The task of the assault battalion was not just to occupy the top of the ruins. They also needed to advance towards the top of the still intact city walls on both sides after they boarded the ruins to prevent the counterattack of the Ming army.

When twenty or thirty soldiers of the Assault Battalion of the Rural Protection Army climbed up the intact city wall on the right side and killed dozens of Ming troops in front, the battle had entered an incandescent stage.

The Ming army who had just reacted couldn't stop it from being armed to the teeth, and all of them were in armor. The spearmen and sword and shield hands were all heavily armored soldiers of the Assault Battalion of the Township Protection Army. Many people were killed and injured very quickly. The people below had to flee towards the rear.

This scene was also seen by several senior civil and military officials of the Ming army in the distant city.

One of the middle-aged red-robed officials, Zeng Daowei, Huguang's political envoy, was flustered: "I can't retreat, this retreat will be over, hurry up, let them rush up, and we must block the gap!"

"Anyone who retreats will be killed immediately!"

"The reinforcements, why don't you go up!"

"Hurry up, rush up to me and block these goddamn security thieves!"

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