Luo Dan's sad self-blame can not be suppressed, the casualties in this battle are tragic, the number of casualties is as high as nearly half, although the dead are mostly those militia and civilian guards, but those militia and civilian guards are also the labor force of various factories and production units, and their death is also a loss to the industry of the mountain village.

And now even the surviving soldiers are almost all wounded, many have been classified into the ranks of combat attrition, people who know a little military knowledge know that combat attrition is no longer able to continue fighting, the only good news is that the vast majority of the wounded have not been seriously injured such as amputation and discharge, if they are treated in time and recover normally, they can still return to their combat and work posts. Even the precision shooter plate survived, and when the lookout post fell, he was pushed by the wounded, which not only caused him to only suffer a fall, but also avoided the slashing of the pursuers below in time, but the wounded soldier did so at the cost of making himself the object of anger for all the attackers, and almost all the attackers hated the lookout post that was constantly spewing deadly bullets...... When cleaning the battlefield, the plate could not even find the opponent's head......

The tragic casualties made many soldiers feel a little depressed, and they were still eating in a pot before, and a comrade-in-arms who slept on a kang bed left him like this, and no one could accept such a reality; Even the artillerymen, who suffered the smallest casualties, lost three men in the final battle, one of whom was a guard who entered the mountain with Lao Ma, and died in front of him with an axe to protect Huang Shicheng...... The splattered blood spilled Huang Shicheng's head and face all over his body...... Now Huang Shicheng is holding the old guard and crying......

"Teacher, I'm sorry for you......" Luo Dan also couldn't control his emotions, and stood in front of Deng Shifeng crying like a child.

"You're not wrong, you're not responsible......"

Deng Shifeng comforted Luo Dan, but in the end, Deng Shifeng didn't say the last half of the sentence, so he could only suffocate in his heart: "It's me ...... who is wrong."

From a tactical point of view, it was caused by Luo Dan's failure to send a reconnaissance post to the north and the underestimation of the associated danger to many materials in the fort, so Luo Dan should bear a great deal of responsibility from a tactical point of view. However, from a strategic point of view, it was actually caused by Deng Shifeng's premature expansion of territory when his strength was insufficient.

In fact, if Deng Shifeng's prepared troops were more sufficient, the speed of land acquisition would be slower a little more...... Even if there was one more platoon in the defense, such a thing might not happen. The strength of the outgoing combat unit is only a reorganized company, and it also has to divide troops to defend key locations such as bridgeheads and Shanhuang Village, even if you count the baggage militia and civilian guards who can fight, this strength is still a little too thin. Of course, the fact that the officials of Liuzhou were ready to attack the mountain village caused the transfer of some troops to stay in the mountain village was also a reason, but then again, even if there was no early warning of the invaders, would they not leave troops to defend the mountain village?

Regarding the battle that took place in Chabao, many years after the war, some people also sarcastically ridiculed Deng Shifeng's recklessness at that time, saying that Deng Shifeng's action this time was completely a slap in the head, and he did not have the ability to strategize and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away in the praise of merit......

It's just that the true secret that everyone doesn't know, and what these people deliberately ignore for the black Deng Shifeng is: a few years later, when the barbarians in the north of China invaded the Central Plains and even swept the whole of China, these barbarians encountered an army that they had never seen before, and under the blow of this army, the barbarians suffered the most painful head-on attack in history, thus finally stopping the final footsteps of these barbarian invasions and being gradually recaptured to their own territory. In the end, before even their own territory was conquered and disappeared into the long river of history, the final benefits of the mountain pushing operation played a huge role in promoting the expansion and growth of this army! And if you use Deng Shifeng's own simple description, it is - there is no time!

As a traverser, Deng Shifeng understands a truth that many people in later generations understand - risk and return are proportional! Of course, he knew the risk that he would have to take if he wanted to eat this area in the north with the current strength and strength of the mountain village, but he also had to see the huge benefits that could be brought by this adventurous advancement, not to mention that this area was rich in population and materials, and most of the population was the descendants of the century-old Gutian Uprising, so it was natural not to say much about the benefits that these people could bring.

Moreover, it should be noted that the reason why the Gutian Uprising has been able to persist for more than 100 years, and another very important reason why the Ming Dynasty's political axe has been unable to quell the chaos is that the terrain here is dangerous, the road leading to the outside is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is not conducive to the army entering the rebellion, especially this year, that is, in 1639, the situation in the north is becoming more and more difficult, and it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty political axe to raise a large amount of money and troops to enter the mountains to conquer and suppress it more than 60 years ago, and Deng Shifeng dared to take the risk and let go!

But no matter what, such casualties are undesirable for anyone in the mountain village, but they must also learn to bear it, compared with the families who lost their loved ones, although Deng Shifeng feels sorry for these soldiers, he has begun to learn to know how to choose between the pros and cons; Warriors can be cultivated again, but time can not wait, as a careerist, as a strong man who wants to stand at the pinnacle of power in the future, he must know how to choose the relationship between human life and interests! It is precisely because of this that Deng Shifeng did not say the last sentence of taking responsibility, he is the chief decision-maker of formulating the strategy and the commander-in-chief of the future development, he must stand higher than others, see farther, and cannot ultimately affect the development of the strategy because of a small gain or loss: the gain or loss of the great strategic interest...... More than tactical gains and losses!!

That night, the detailed report of the battle in Chabao and a secret letter written by Deng Shifeng himself were rushed back to the mountain village overnight, and Qin Er and the old grandson who were woken up were quite surprised to hear such a tragic casualty in front of them, but after opening the secret letter sealed by Deng Shifeng with wax, the old grandson and Qin Er also understood the seriousness of the matter, and knew what to do next.

First of all, early the next morning, it was widely publicized that the mountain village had fought a big battle at Chabao, and successfully withstood the attack of thousands of people. And demonize those officers and ordinary civil officials of the Gutian Institute, portraying these people as drinking the blood of soldiers to make empty salaries and driving the low-level soldiers to launch an endless attack on Chabao for their own selfishness, because Chabao stores a large amount of food and silver money that will fall into the pockets of these officials, and at this point, Shangshan Village has not relaxed its propaganda and blackening, so don't worry too much. Then it is to publicize the intensity of the battle at that time, use the means of story surnames and literary surnames to improve the villagers' feelings about the cruelty of war, and then try to beautify the artistic surnames of the fallen soldiers in the process of death, so as to highlight the heroic image of the soldiers who are brave and unyielding, and have fewer enemies and more enemies......

In the school in the mountain village, because there is a story-telling evening class every night, when Deng Shifeng is busy with work or other things, he also allows the students to make up stories or tell each other ordinary things to improve the students' expression skills...... When the students began to tell the whole village about the whole battle the next day, it not only aroused the emotions of the villagers, but also greatly weakened the sadness of the families of the fallen soldiers.

In addition to creating the glorious image of these fallen personnel, there is also the creation of a sense of honor and belonging that cannot be forgotten, Qin Er and Lao Sun Tou selected a place with the best feng shui near the mountain village, and announced that a heroic cemetery will be built there, where all military personnel and militia guards who died in the battle will be buried, which will be used as a cemetery for heroes, and a towering monument will be built to commemorate these fallen soldiers. Of course, the bereavement pension for the families of military personnel is also the most direct and practical compensation, in addition to giving economic and material compensation, there are also regulations on the support of the families of military martyrs prepared in advance, and those who have elderly people and children in the family will be paid a corresponding amount from the public expenses of the mountain villages every month according to the specific situation of the family to carry out the pensions, and the elderly and children who do not have enough labor at home to support and raise will also be coordinated and arranged by the mountain villages......

Such a multi-pronged approach is to reduce the overall morale of the mountain village under such heavy casualties, and to avoid the attack on the active surnames of other personnel joining the army after seeing the dangerous surnames of joining the army......

In addition to the above things that Qin Er's old grandson wanted to do, Deng Shifeng also mentioned in the secret letter that although the battle losses in Chabao were very large, the losses of the other party were far greater than his own!

Through the interrogation of the captives, Deng Shifeng has figured out a lot of valuable information such as the current staffing, number of troops, and key areas of the Gutian Institute; What we need to do later is to set off a wave of revenge in the mountain village**, under the premise of ensuring the safety of the mountain village, concentrate manpower and material resources, and organize a group of personnel to gather in Chabao, Deng Shifeng wants to take these people to the north and bombard the Gutian Institute ten kilometers away, and stab such a fatal knife as soon as possible when the Gutian Institute is hit hard! ! !

Such madness is not that Deng Shifeng is crazy, but the risk and benefit are proportional, if Gutian can be bombarded and even fought a war of annihilation, then the entire west of Yongfu County, the east of Rong'an County, there is no longer any military power of the Ming Dynasty government that can threaten the development of the mountain village in this area; On the entire territory of more than 200 square kilometers in Yongning Prefecture - that is the new boss of the mountain village has the final say!!

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