Chenjiaya has fallen, and the battle of the Mengshan army has come to an end.

After leaving Mengshan, Xiaosu's forced march at night, followed by fierce fighting all night, made all the officers and soldiers tired. At the end of the battle, some soldiers who were not assigned to the task simply found a sheltered place and fell asleep. That night, Long Qian personally led the officers and cavalry to patrol and guard, arranged and urged all the soldiers to eat hot meals, wash their feet, and let the soldiers sleep well.

The casualties were what Long Qian was most concerned about, and before dinner, the casualties carefully counted by each company were counted by the staff group, and in the one-night battle, the whole army suffered a total of 57 casualties, of which 21 were killed and 13 were seriously wounded. The highest number of officers killed in battle was the platoon commander, and the second platoon commander of the Lushan Fifth Company was killed.

A total of 962 soldiers from Sanzhuang Township were annihilated, of which 81 were killed, 101 were wounded, and the rest were taken prisoner, including 94 people disarmed by Chen Jiaya.

With less than 60 casualties, he captured Sanzhuang and killed and wounded nearly 1,000 of the enemy, which was a great victory in any case. In particular, the seizure of a large number of weapons solved the extreme shortage of ammunition in the Mengshan army at once. Zheng Jing bought German commission-style rifles, not domestic imitation products, and Zhengjiazhuang's rifles alone completely unified the original variety of guns. And the captured bullets also exceeded Long Qian's expectations, he ordered all the troops to be reloaded, and the bullets were all unified to 7.92mm caliber, each person was allocated 30 bullets, packed in leather bullet boxes, and the rest were temporarily preserved, preliminary statistics, the captured 7.92mm bullets exceeded 50,000 rounds, enough for another big battle.

As for the grain and silver, the granary that had been found from Zheng Zhai surprised Long Qian and the others, and the specific amount still needs to be counted, and the same is true for silver, more than 20,000 taels have been found, most of which are fifty taels of official silver, with white and dazzling eyes.

Zheng's house needs to be searched thoroughly, and Zheng Jing ran away, but his family wealth is there. This is not in a hurry, Long Qian has to wait for his "red butler" Song Jinguo to come and then carefully search and count the books, in this regard, Long Qian trusts Shanxi Lao Song Jinguo very much.

But Long Qian's mood was very heavy, and he couldn't be happy. The elite soldiers who were trained in half a year lost one-fifth of the battle in the first battle, and it hurts to feel heartache no matter how you think about it. Long Qian's mood also affected the officers, and everyone's excitement finally calmed down.

In the morning, Long Qian watched as the two soil doctors treated the wounds of the wounded. The hospital is located in the front yard of the Zheng Family Ancestral Hall, a very spacious two-entry courtyard, which is enough to house the wounded. The doctor was found below, a Chinese medicine doctor, a bone-setting doctor, in addition to surgical treatment, he also prescribed traditional Chinese medicine. Long Qian doesn't understand pharmacology, so he thinks it's all a recipe for reducing inflammation and removing fire.

The wounded villagers in Zhengjiazhuang were handed over to their families, and the outsiders who were recruited were also placed in the ancestral hall, and Long Qian ordered the wounded prisoners to be treated and bandaged. This move greatly calmed the panicked villagers of Zhengjiazhuang.

After lunch, Long Qian squinted for an hour, and Li San woke him up on time according to his orders. The officers came to the ancestral hall one after another, and in the inner courtyard, Long Qian convened a post-war summary meeting of officers above the platoon commander, and Long Qian spoke first.

"Brothers, we won a great victory, beyond my expectations, and we captured Baiwei, Zhengjiazhuang, and Chenjiaya in one night, and obtained our first base after leaving the mountain. What is a base area? For a tree to grow, it must take deep roots, otherwise it will be difficult to survive. The army is the same, without its own territory, we can't solve the problem of food and clothing, so there must be a territory suitable for our survival. Now, the three Zhuangzi are our territory, and I call it the base area.

"In the past, was Mengshan considered a base area? It's okay, but it's not ideal, or it's just a place for the horses to live, and it's not suitable for the survival and development of an army. I have talked about this truth many times in Mengshan, and now I will say it again: we are not bandits anymore, and we must give up the idea of surviving by robbery and kidnapping, otherwise, we will not have a bright future. From now on, everyone must have economic consciousness in their heads, what is economic consciousness? To put it bluntly, we have to consider the problem of food and clothing, but also the expansion of the team, last night's battle, caused the death of our twenty-one good brothers, dozens of wounded, some people think that this is no way, indeed, there is really no way, as long as there is a war, there will be casualties. However, if there is no replenishment, our small army is quickly exhausted. Therefore, we need to establish a recruit replenishment mechanism, that is, to use a method to continuously replenish qualified recruits. Now, there are 100 captives in Mengshan who are willing to join us, that is, those men of Lu San Mazi. I have sent people back to fetch them, but I would like to warn you that they are unreliable, lack military training, and do not understand the rules of our Mengshan army. After they come, we must set up a recruit company and train them for two or three months, so that they can understand the various rules of our Mengshan Army, and then they can be added to the current five companies.

"You must learn a kind of thinking, what is thinking, that is, the habit of thinking about things, and what problems should we pay attention to after we have won the battle? Without this kind of thinking, we will suffer a lot! Many people last night, including those of you here, were so excited that the soldiers could do that, but the officers couldn't. So I didn't let everyone rest last night, that's what it meant. After winning the battle, the first thing is to summarize and analyze the situation and the problems existing in the battle.

"Now we are facing a very dangerous situation, we can encounter defeat at any time, and we cannot afford to fail. Outside, the official troops of Yizhou, Yanzhou, Caozhou and even Jinan Prefecture may send troops to attack us at any time, it has been verified, Zheng Jing ran away, this is very troublesome, this old thing has two sons who are on errands in the government, and it is very likely that we will be informed of our situation as it is, Yuan Shikai has at least 20,000 well-equipped and well-trained new troops, and with my understanding of this Lord Yuan, he will not allow us to occupy this territory. Let's think about it, let's not say 20,000 people, even 3,000 people, we can only try to escape. It's a danger out there. What about the interior? After this battle, although we have been replenished with food and weapons, our strength has decreased, dozens of wounded people need to be taken care of by us, and our available troops are nearly half! This is very, very dangerous. Moreover, Sanzhuang, including Chen Jiaya, who laid down his arms, has hatred for us, especially Zhengjiazhuang, who has killed and injured so many children, resting on your head, don't you want to take revenge? Aren't we afraid that we live in the midst of so many hateful people? I was so scared that I couldn't sleep.

"Therefore, you must not have any happy thoughts, you must not have the thoughts of relaxing and enjoying yourself. Otherwise, we will be unlucky, unlucky! ”

Everyone get serious, think about it, it's really a lot of trouble.

"Now we are going to start doing things to consolidate the base areas, and we will all have to work around this matter for some time to come. Building a base is much more difficult than building a site, and you'll soon understand that I'm not exaggerating. What to do first? First, it is necessary to conduct as detailed reconnaissance as possible of the surrounding enemy situation. Jiang Yun is in charge of this matter. The people left behind by the cavalry, as well as the people drawn by Jiang Yun from each company, formed a temporary reconnaissance team, equipped with horses, and checked the surrounding Zhuangzi, the terrain, and the reactions of the common people for me, but I was not allowed to alarm them. The nearest villages are thirty miles away, and we don't have the strength to occupy them for the time being, so don't alarm them yet, let us take a breath. Second, it is necessary to sort out all the weapons and food that have been seized. The villagers are no longer allowed to have weapons, and whoever hides them is ready to fight against us! Find out and shoot! This must be explained clearly to the villagers. Whoever doesn't have long eyes deserves to be unlucky! Third, it is necessary to do a good job in the registration of villagers in Sanzhuang, how many people are there and how many young and middle-aged people are there? How many have served as village soldiers? How much land is there? How many workshops? This must be registered. This is our capital, and we can't be sloppy. For the time being, only Zheng Jing's old thief can confiscate the grain, and the others will not be moved first, including Xiao Guanyu of Bai Wei and Chen Chao of Chen Jiaya. In doing so, we are the least isolated people, and we are enlisting the most people to support us, at least to make the villagers accept the reality of our stationing.

"Divide the work, Baiwei Town, and Mingyuan and Feng Lun will be stationed with the second and third companies. Mingyuan is always responsible. Chenjiaya sent a platoon to set up several sentry posts on the north mountain of Chenjiaya, and the villagers were not allowed to go out from there. This matter is in charge of Lu Shan. The rest of the troops are stationed in Zhengjiazhuang, which is the core of our time, and if we handle the affairs of Zhengjiazhuang well, we will basically stand still.

"Guozhu and Chunxian took the fourth company and ten cavalry members back to Mengshan, and brought the logistics group, ordnance team and prisoners back to Mengshan. Leave tomorrow, bring enough ammo and make sure you are safe on the road. Guozhu grasped the general, be careful not to alarm the villages and towns along the way, or follow the method when we came, march at night, rest during the day, go quietly, and return quietly.

"Zhengjiazhuang is a big village, and I and Deputy Commander Zhou will personally grasp the matter here, first of all, we must do a thorough inventory of the property of Zheng Jing's old thief, except for the necessary living expenses left for his family, and confiscate all of them for military use. After the fourth company left, Ye Yanbing was specifically responsible for the management of Zheng's house, but did not infringe on his family. Zheng Jing is an old thief in the fish and meat township, and the people are very angry. The bad things he did had little to do with his family, especially his wife and daughter, women, how many people in foreign affairs could be the master of their husbands? Erhu and Zheng Lao Thief have a deep blood feud, and I understand the feeling of wanting to take revenge, but there is a master of revenge, we are manly husbands, and we don't compare with women. ”

Last night, Cheng Erhu entered Zheng's house to search Zheng Jing again, wanting to execute this bully who forced his father and brother to death, but of course he couldn't find it. In a fit of anger, he wanted to find Zheng Jing's wife, but was blocked by the soldiers on duty in the fourth company, and almost clashed, and waited for Long Qian and Feng Guozhu to come before persuading Erhu to go back. So Long Qian specifically said this.

"Brothers, everything at present should revolve around the establishment of Zhengjiazhuang and other three villages. Zheng Jing's old thief's sins must be liquidated, and Erhu also proved that this old boy has done a lot of bad things, and it is definitely not Erhu's family that he oppresses. Erhu has been on the mountain for more than three years, and how many bad things Zheng Lao Thief has done during this period is only clear to the villagers of Zhengjiazhuang. I'm not talking nonsense, Jiang Yun and I saw it with our own eyes. I'm going to mobilize those poor guys who have been bullied by Zheng Jing, and they will rise up to support our Mengshan army, and we will basically stand on our feet. However, it is necessary to strictly distinguish between Zheng Jing and a very small number of inferior gentry and ordinary villagers, and my demand is that ordinary villagers will not be raided or confiscated from their property, let alone arrested, tortured, or even killed people at will. Killing people has the fastest effect, if you kill a few people who are not convinced, others will not dare to come forward, but the people will not be convinced. The common people are not convinced and unwilling to accept us, so it will be difficult for us to stand in Zhengjiazhuang. ”

Long Qian's mouth was dry, he picked up the bowl and drank water, Zhou Yi finally got room to speak, "I know the commander's love for the people, and we haven't done the original business in Mengshan for half a year." But I doubt that the commander's method, I mean the method of occupying Zhengjiazhuang, will work. For no other reason, we are the ringing horses that open people's Zhuangzi, many of them died under our guns last night, these people have parents and brothers, can they not hate us? Therefore, the necessary force still has to be had, and whoever refuses to accept it, pulls it out and cuts it, and the dogs will be honest. ”

"The deputy commander is right, I agree." Feng Lun said.

"The commander has repeatedly talked about the significance of occupying Zhengjiazhuang, I don't know about you, anyway, I think I understand the commander's thoughts. It's just that this is the second Mongolian cottage. It was Wang Mingyuan who spoke, "This place is really good." Surrounded by mountains and water, the terrain is very good. I really didn't expect that there was such a rich village hidden in the mountains and the Caspian Sea, look at the walls and gates of Zhengjiazhuang, it's really fucking magnificent! Seriously, if it weren't for the commander's good command, let us climb the wall like fighting Bai Wei, I don't know how many people would die. We can occupy this place, and there are people who have food, which is enough for us to do a big job. I think ah, for how to digest this big pie, the commander's idea must be clever, we might as well follow the commander's method first, no, let's change it again. ”

Ye Yanbing answered, "What Brother Mingyuan said is that I agree." It's certainly not good to kill people indiscriminately. Fighting a war and killing people are not the same thing as using force against a defenseless people__"

Feng Lun said loudly, "It's not my way to oppose the commander, I'm worried that the people here won't be so easy to tame." ”