Under the heroic leadership of the general T'ien Tan the remaining forces of Ch'i were able to drive out the invaders. A popular idiomatic metaphor uses this incident to emphasize that even the smallest force can defeat the enemy.
今年國防部從陸、海、空、聯勤、警備、憲兵等軍種中，共核定了卅七個當年度表現最優的單位為莒光連隊，他們都是思想武德最精純、武藝技術最精練、武器裝備最精良、組織制度最嚴明的單位。