"He's dead!"
Glancing at the messy red wine glasses and bullet shells on the table, it was not difficult for Cai Rui to determine the cause of Dunn's death.
He committed suicide!
Although his death was not as generous as Long Yun's, who led the 11th division, dying on the battlefield, it still preserved Tang Yao's dignity as the overlord of a province before he died.
"Sigh, you're different from Long Tian Yun. Actually…you don't have to die!!!”
As Tang Yao who had started the war with Cai E, Cai Rui had no reason to kill him.
At most, Cai Rui would send Tang Yao, the former Southwest King, out of the Southern Mountain Range.
However, Cai Rui did not know that Tang Jiyao's suicide was not entirely due to him. The betrayal of the four Guardians was also a major factor.
His sudden rise could at most be regarded as the catalyst for Tang Yao's death.
In his previous life, after Tang Yao was forced out of his position by Long Tian Yun and the other four guardians, he only managed to survive for two months before dying of a sudden illness.
Turning around, Cai Rui no longer looked at the dead Tang Jiyao. He coldly said to Chu Yunfei,""After clearing out the remnants of the 1st Division, order the 1st Regiment and the 11th Division to defend Kunming City!”
"In addition, the 11th Division will temporarily be the 5th Regiment of the 74th Brigade. Due to Fang Chen's good performance in the siege, he was temporarily promoted to the acting commander of the 5th regiment. The positions of the other platoon leaders remained unchanged!”
"If anyone disagrees with Fang Chen's orders, let him come to me and reason with me!!!”
After saying that, Cai Rui walked out of the manor. Compared to the Governor's Mansion where Tang Yao was, he was more used to the jeep that he treated as a temporary command center.
However, after taking a few steps, Cai Rui's face revealed a bitter smile.
"Turn around, let's go to the former Governor's Mansion!”
After hesitating for a moment, Cai Rui decided to make a trip back to his residence.
After the Kunming Incident, it would be a lie to say that he was not worried about the safety of the Cai family.
When he arrived at the Cai Residence, he saw that the door was tightly shut and that the Cai Residence had not suffered any military disaster. Cai Rui could not help but heave a sigh of relief. He had an additional sense of respect for the dead Tang Yao.
As a soldier, Tang Yao had never used his family to force Cai Rui to submit even during the most critical moments of the battle.
"Send someone to bury the Tang Overseer and observe his life.”
"This subordinate understands. This subordinate will go down and make arrangements!!!”
Chu Yunfei whispered to the guards beside him, and a team of soldiers went down to prepare for Tang Yao's funeral.
After hesitating for a moment, Cai Rui personally came to the front door and knocked on it.
"Open the door, I'm back. It's safe outside!”
Not long after, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard from inside the door. The door of the Cai Residence creaked open, and a woman in her forties rushed out.
Looking at the biological mother of this body that was rushing towards him, Cai Rui's heart was filled with all sorts of emotions. In the end, he did not choose to avoid her embrace.
"Mother, isn't son back? I've been unfilial during this period of time, and I've made mother worry!”
Feeling the affection in his arms, Cai Rui patted his mother's shoulder and smiled awkwardly.
After calming down his mother and everyone in the Cai Residence, Cai Rui did not choose to enter the residence. Instead, he left again with the excuse that he had military matters to attend to.
After leaving, Cai Rui went to a temporary command post built from an abandoned warehouse in the city.
There, Cai Rui used his points to exchange for some equipment and waited for Li Yunlong, Wang Ben, Cunqi, and his newly appointed 5th Regiment Commander Fang Chen to arrive.
It didn't take long before Cai Rui saw the various regiment commanders arriving one after another. He immediately announced the upcoming battle arrangements.
"Since everyone is here, then I will assign the combat missions to each regiment!”
"Li Yun Long, listen up. Immediately lead the three regiments under your command to Jinshan overnight and occupy a favorable terrain. Stop Zhang Ji's 9th Division and Lu Tian Han's 81st Brigade.
"As for the required weapons and ammunition, you will have priority in replenishing them later!”
Cai Rui pointed at the 100 60mm mortars, 500 machine guns, 10 German howitzers, 5,000 Mauser rifles, 1,000 Thompson submachine guns, and the nearly 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition and cannonballs from the system.
It could be said that the 50,000 points that the 74th regiment had earned from defeating the 11th division and the 1st division after a day and night of fierce battles were all used to exchange for these weapons and equipment.
Cai Rui ignored the shock of the other regiment commanders and looked at Li Yunlong seriously.
"I only have one request for you. Kill until Zhang Ji is terrified. Use the chicken of Zhang's 9th Division to warn the monkey of Lu Tianhan's 81st Brigade!”
After saying that, Cai Rui's gaze fell on the third leader, Chu Yunfei.
"Chu Yunfei, listen up. After resupplying your equipment, you will immediately lead three regiments to Gonglin Cheng and Lianglin Yi, and attack the Hu Yu's 12th Division that is blocking Zhou Yuan's 3rd Division.”
"If…if that Zhou Yuan doesn't know what's good for him, then after you destroy Hu Ruoyu, destroy Zhou Yuan's third master as well!”
"I don't have that much time to waste with them. What I want is a unified Southern Mountain Range!”
When he thought of the war in the north that was about to break out in July this year, Cai Rui felt an inexplicable sense of urgency.
If he couldn't consolidate the Southern Mountain Range within the next six months, he wouldn't naively think that Principal Jiang would let go of the opportunity to take control of the Southern Mountain Range.
What's more, the principal might even send a small division of the Northern Expedition Army to invade the Southern Mountain Range.
This was something he could not allow.
In the end, Cai Rui's gaze landed on the Second Regiment's leader, Inch.
However, before he could say anything, Fang Chen, who knew that if he did not speak, he would not have the chance to fight, stood up.
"Major, the 5th regiment of the 74th regiment requests to fight!!!”
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