The officer class of these Yu Shengjun Auxiliary Defense Corps is basically drawn from the regular army of Yu Shengjun, although they are all hung with regiments, battalions, companies, and other establishments, but except for the First Auxiliary Defense Regiment and the Fourth Auxiliary Defense Regiment, the ranks and establishments of the two first-class auxiliary defense regiments are the same as those of Yu Shengjun's infantry regiment, the others are much lower.

The commander of a mixed regiment of Yu Shengjun may be a lieutenant colonel or colonel, but the commander of the second-class auxiliary defense regiment is only a major, and the rest of the deputy regiment commanders, battalion commanders, and deputy battalion commanders range from second lieutenant to captain.

And those few who shouted loudly were the company commanders, deputy company commanders and other non-commissioned officers selected from the soldiers of the auxiliary defense regiment.

Don't think that they think how brave they are when they shout to kill thieves now, in fact, they are also forced, Yu Shengjun's strict military law is notoriously harsh.

It doesn't matter if you are the regular army of Yu Shengjun or the auxiliary defense regiment, if you turn around and flee without the order to retreat, you will be shot on the spot without saying a word.

Don't you see the regular army of the rest of the victorious army in the first row, if the 16th Auxiliary Defense Regiment dares to escape, it is estimated that people will immediately come with a row of guns, and in the face of the platoon guns of the supervising team, those who dare to flee are 100% dead.

And if you attack the city, although it is also dangerous, there is a chance of life!

Moreover, Yu Sheng's army has clear rewards and punishments, and the military law is strict at the same time, and the rewards for meritorious soldiers are also very generous, if the non-commissioned officer and company commander of an auxiliary defense regiment can lead the troops to the first place on the wall, the officer will be immediately promoted to one level, and the reward will range from hundreds to 1,000 taels of silver. If you can block the enemy's counterattack and cover more friendly troops to enter the city, and finally occupy that section of the city wall, not only will you be promoted to the next level, but you will also be able to go to the crash course for students in the camp.

With the skin of the Suiying Academy, your future in the Yu Shengjun system is limitless.

Even if it is an ordinary soldier of the Auxiliary Defense Regiment, as long as he makes meritorious contributions, he can directly enter the first-class auxiliary defense regiment, and in the future, he will be able to take four taels of silver every month in addition to being fed every day. Even if you have a lot of credit, it is not impossible to be directly promoted to an officer.

Stimulated by strict military law and rich rewards, the soldiers of the 16th Auxiliary Defense Regiment stopped the chaos and small-scale escape just now, and continued to attack the city under the cover of the regular army of Yu Sheng's army.

Some of the soldiers carried a simple long ladder, and as soon as the ladder was hit, one after another had long knives in their mouths and quickly climbed up to the top of the city with their hands and feet.

From time to time, there were Qing troops who braved the dense covering fire of Yu Shengjun to try to cut off the hooks and locks of these wall climbing ladders, and some people lifted stones or rolled logs and smashed them down, and many soldiers of the Yu Shengjun Auxiliary Defense Regiment were smashed down by them, and then fell into a piece of meat cake under the city wall.

However, those Qing soldiers who dared to fight back would also be hit by the guns in the hands of Yu Shengjun's regular army at the same time!

In the midst of such chaos, I saw a soldier of the Auxiliary Defense Regiment who was still wearing only thin clothes in the early winter of December jumped up the long ladder and jumped directly onto the city wall, holding a standard waist knife of the Qing army and a rattan shield in his hand.

I saw that this person had just jumped into the city wall, and immediately used a rattan shield to protect his front body, blocking the two long knives that slashed at him, and then the shield in his hand was suddenly raised with his left hand, and at the same time, after taking a step forward, the waist knife in his right hand took the opportunity to swing forward.

Immediately, a Qing soldier in front of him fell to the ground wailing, only to see him clutching his stomach, but he still couldn't stop the blood from flowing.

"Ten taels!"

The tall and powerful soldier of the Yu Sheng Army Auxiliary Defense Regiment did not pay attention to the Qing soldier who had fallen in front of him, but quickly waved the shield in his hand to the left, and immediately blocked a spear stabbed by the Qing army.

"Twenty taels!"

In the next moment, his movements did not stop at all, and the waist knife that had just cut over the second Qing soldier had already slashed at the Qing spearman on the left side.

Another wail sounded, accompanied by the voice that muttered to his mouth: "Thirty taels! ”

Half of the Qing soldiers who surrounded him just now had fallen, and only two people remained, and these two people saw that he had beheaded three people in a row in the blink of an eye, and they dared to continue to fight again, so they turned around and ran towards the other end of the city wall.

The soldier of the Yusheng Army Auxiliary Defense Regiment looked at the man, and immediately snorted coldly, immediately ran two steps, sprinted two steps and then jumped, and immediately rushed to the back of the Qing soldier, the Qing soldier only felt a gust of wind behind him, and then lost consciousness as soon as it was dark in front of him.

After the strong soldier of the Assistance Defense Regiment directly smashed the head of the Qing soldier with his shield, he continued his counting: "Forty taels!" ”

At this time, he looked up and saw that the only remaining Qing soldier had run away with a strange scream, he immediately threw the waist knife in his hand forward, and in the next moment, the waist knife was to pass the Qing soldier through his chest!

"Fifty taels!"

When he was talking to himself, he also leaned over and picked up a waist knife from the Qing soldiers he had killed!

At this time, there were also two soldiers of the auxiliary defense regiment behind him who climbed up to the top of the city, and stood with the Qing soldiers who rushed over on the other side, but in the face of the seven or eight Qing soldiers who rushed over, although they fought to kill and wound two Qing soldiers, but in less than ten seconds, they fell under the swords and spears of the Qing army one after another.

However, in this short period of time, five or six soldiers of the auxiliary defense regiment have climbed the top of the city, and soon another long ladder has been set up on the top of this city, and when I look down from the city, I can see that these two long ladders are crowded with soldiers of the Yusheng army auxiliary defense regiment, most of these are sword and shield hands, and a few people are carrying muskets with bayonets on their backs.

In less than a minute, nearly twenty soldiers of the Auxiliary Defense Regiment would climb up on the top of this small city, and they engaged in the most brutal hand-to-hand combat with the swarming Qing soldiers with their swords or bayonet muskets.

And the screams rang out from time to time, and soon the small city wall was covered with corpses and wailing wounded!

When the city was engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand battle, Xu Yanqing in the rear continued to observe the battle situation on the city with a telescope, and said on the other hand: "Yes, although the 16th Auxiliary Defense Regiment is worse as a whole, the 'trapped camp' selected in a centralized manner is still good, and this battle should be recorded for them a great achievement, and all the soldiers in the trapped camp will be promoted to first-class treatment after the war!" ”

"Also, who was the first soldier to go to the top of the city and kill all sides? Such a brave man is not rewarded heavily, which is not enough to show that our army has clear rewards and punishments! ”

When Xu Yanqing said these words, he still didn't put down the single-pass telescope in his hand, but several officers accompanying him quickly exchanged ears, and soon a major stepped forward two steps quickly:

"General Hui, the first to climb to the top of the city is Li Ada, who was in the camp of the 16th Auxiliary Defense Regiment, originally a township warrior in Jiashan County, after our army marched into Jiashan, he led many people to take the initiative to surrender to our army, because of his strong body, he was quite brave and brave to make up for the trapped camp!"

"Take the initiative to surrender to my Great China King Division, and have a brave and decisive battle, good! After this battle, call him here, and I want to see him in person! When Xu Yanqing spoke, he still didn't put down the single-way telescope in his hand.

He wanted to see Li Ada, not because he really appreciated Li Ada, but because he knew that before the war, the soldiers needed people and things that could boost morale, and his generous reward for Li Ada, so that more people could see it, as long as you fought hard and made achievements, then Yu Shengjun would definitely not be stingy with rich rewards.

The battle continued, and after the 16th Auxiliary Defense Regiment of Yu Sheng's Army climbed a section of the city wall and stabilized it, the infantry phalanx of Yu Shengjun's regular army, which had been acting as fire cover and supervising the battle team, also moved quickly.

Soon two infantry companies rushed forward one after another, and after they reached the head of the city, they quickly replaced the soldiers of the trapped camp of the auxiliary defense regiment, and took advantage of the advantage of firepower to establish a more stable position at the head of the city.

When the regular army of Yu Shengjun ascended to the head of the city, it was basically possible to declare the victory or defeat of the battle for the city wall, under the strong firepower of the first infantry battalion of the eighth mixed regiment of Yu Shengjun, the position of the city head was rapidly expanded, and then directly occupied and opened a gate of the east city wall of Hangzhou, followed by the troops of the eighth mixed regiment quickly poured into the city.

The Qing army in the city did not collapse directly, but quickly retreated from the eastern city wall, and then retreated into the city to continue to resist.

Considering the staggered buildings in the city, Xu Yanqing did not rush in to let the troops go deep into it, but let the troops occupy the city wall and stop advancing, he had to wait for the 9th Mixed Regiment and the 10th Mixed Regiment to follow up, and then go deep into the urban area of Hangzhou to suppress the resistance of the remnants of the Qing army, and capture important places such as the governor's yamen, the yamen of Hangjiahu Bingbei Road, the yamen of the prefect of Hangzhou, and the school barracks.

Anyway, the city wall of Hangzhou has been taken, are you still afraid that He Guiqing will turn the sky upside down!

When the battle stopped for a while, Xu Yanqing saw Li Ada, the fierce soldier who was the first to attack the city in the siege battle just now, and killed all the enemy soldiers with the absolute disadvantage of one enemy and five.

This strong man, who was calm during the battle and did not change his face, saw that he was a little nervous when he saw Xu Yanqing at this time.

"Li Ada, in the first battle, you fought bravely, and set a good example for my Yu Shengjun soldiers, and my Yu Shengjun has always had clear rewards and punishments, so I have reported to the Supervision and Training Department and promoted you to the deputy battalion commander of the trapping camp."

The reason why it should be reported to the Supervision and Training Department is that Yu Shengjun's arrangements for the appointment of officers are all under the sole responsibility of the Military Administration Department under the Supervision and Training Department, and the commanders of various departments have no right to directly intervene in the appointment of resident officers, even if Xu Yanqinggui is the commander of the Fourth Division.

Of course, although the commander-in-chief of each department cannot directly appoint officers, in order to ensure that the commander-in-chief of the unit has control over the troops under his jurisdiction in wartime, the commander-in-chief of the unit can report to the supervision and training office to promote the appointment of battalion, company and below.

In the event of dismissal, if a subordinate officer violates the order, the commander in chief of the unit shall notify the military police unit accompanying the army to arrest him directly.

Then Li Ah naturally didn't know some of Yu Shengjun's military rules, he only knew that he had changed from an ordinary soldier to a deputy battalion commander in the camp overnight?

How big does that have to be? He hasn't changed much, and he thinks it's just a small boss in charge of dozens of people, and he cares more about another issue than before.

I heard him ask softly in a slightly trembling tone: "That, my lord, the villain's bounty is still there!" (To be continued.) )