When the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone on the land of Nanyue, the battle last night had subsided. Looking at the still rolling smoke of artillery fire and the wounded corpses all over the ground, Xu Ting suddenly felt powerless. Suluna led his men to chase after him, with not many men under his command, and cooperated with the counterattack of the First Infantry Regiment. But it seems that the effect should not be very good, because before dawn, the Dragon King Sect had already evacuated the rebels. This attack on Phnom Penh brought Xu Ting a lot of unexpected shock, and I believe the upper level of the Northeast will also notice it.

The Dragon King Sect is definitely not a simple rebellious armed force, otherwise how could a military force that can control artillery appear in Cambodia, which had just been calm for half a year. In this attack, the main focus of the Dragon King Sect was on the artillery regiment. Relatively speaking, although the infantry regiment with more Han soldiers was also attacked by the Dragon King Sect, its strength was far less powerful than the artillery regiment encountered. But even so, he did not dare to give way to the regiment commander to counterattack or encircle the enemy's retreat. The reason inside was very simple. Night battles and field battles were not something that could be completed by this division that had been several months. Anyway, Xu Ting also wanted to do it. As long as the Phnom Penh was in his own hands, Cambodia would not have a big problem. But once he was greedy for merit and proactive, he would probably die with the local natives of the Dragon King Sect.

As he was directing his subordinates to treat the wounded and burn the bodies of the wounded, his Khmer soldiers came over and saluted: "Teacher, the monks from nearby Buddhist temples hope to come and help us collect the bodies. What do you mean?"

Cambodia is a place where Mahayana Buddhism flourishes, and there are many Buddhist temples around Phnom Penh. Since these monks are willing to come out to help, Xu Ting did not reject it too much, just said: "Yes, but you have to tell them how to deal with the corpse correctly. Don't be careless at that time, which will cause a large-scale epidemic."

The bodies of soldiers in the insurance team are handled by a dedicated person, and there is no need to bother those monks. As for the funeral, there are also dedicated people to be responsible for it. This is the tradition of the Northeast Insurance Team. Although Xu Ting's division was not established for a long time, these rules were still inherited from the local division.

Not long after, Suruna brought the people back. Seeing his dejected appearance, he also knew that the results of the battle were not ideal.

"How is it? I haven't chased you?" Xu Ting did not blame Suluna.

"We chased after you at dawn. The Dragon King Sect's people have run away. I don't know if there is any gain in the airship..."

The battle was awkward, and no one was in a good mood. Xu Ting guessed the result, so he just nodded and finally comforted: "We have done our best, after all, the division has just been formed, so let's talk about the others until the summary meeting is held in the evening."

"Yes! Commander!"

After the matter was handled here, Xu Ting came to Shen Yazhi's residence. Shen Yazhi didn't sleep all night last night, and now she is somewhat unconscious. However, when she saw Xu Ting coming to see her, she still smiled in her tired face.

"Teacher Xu, thanks to your good command last night, I was able to ensure the safety of the Phnom Penh."

Xu Ting's old face turned red, he glanced at Shen Baiyu who was accompanying him, and nodded politely.

"I dare not take it! I am ashamed. If Miss Shen had not rescued her in time and had the personal guards rushed to the artillery regiment position, making up for the shortcomings at that time and suppressing the chaos, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"This is what I should do." Chen Yazhi did not take credit because there was no need. "I don't know what the situation outside is now?"

"The people of the Dragon King Sect have retreated, and now there is an air force responsible for the reconnaissance around us. Originally, our airships were insufficient, and just an hour ago, the South Vietnamese airship arrived in time to reverse the situation. The only regret is that due to the hesitation of the subordinates, our troops did not launch a counterattack in time, which allowed the people of the Dragon King Sect to escape and ask the lady to punish him."

"It's no wonder you are this matter. We are new to the people and are not popular. It's also Wang Yi who was careless and inadequate. He has drawn too much troops from Southeast Asia for Africa, otherwise others wouldn't have the opportunity to take advantage of it."

Although he said this, Xu Ting did not dare. Maybe he was a little braver in front of Wang Yi, but he was facing Chen Yazhi, so there was no need for this. So Xu Ting just laughed dryly and said, "This battle was quite strange. Logically, we just evaluated Cambodia not long ago. Even though there was a flood, the armed forces appeared too suddenly. And last night they launched artillery bombardment on our artillery positions. Although the specific situation is not clear, artillery training cannot be completed overnight. We occupy local power, as well as local logistics, artillery training, and these so-called Dragon King Cultists naturally cannot have better conditions than us. Then their origin is very suspicious, and I am afraid it is not as simple as the Dragon King Cult."

"Teacher Xu is right. The Intelligence Bureau has begun to intervene in the investigation, but I want to tell you a new news here."

Chen Yazhi frowned, and the same was true for Chen Baiyu beside her. Although Xu Ting didn't know the reason, he felt a little bad in his heart.

"Please make it clear to me, Miss."

"Just this morning, I just received news from Nanyue that Dongtai Province was attacked! Two troops of the Dragon King Cult surprise attacked Buriram and Siseku in Dongtai Province. All the areas along the Meng River were lost. The 25th Division, which remained in Dongtai Province, was originally stationed in Khon Kyung, Shagongnakong and Buriram. However, in order to help us eliminate the Dragon King Cult, the First Infantry Regiment of the 25th Division began to move south from Buriram, but did not expect to be ambushed halfway. The regiment commander died and more than 500 soldiers were injured or killed."

When Xu Ting heard the news, he was stunned on the spot and didn't react for a long time.

Chen Yazhi continued: "The latest news has been heard from our eyes in Siam. The Siam king, Zhulalongkorn, ordered his younger brother, the Minister of Military Affairs, Pan Nulang Jisi, to assemble troops in our border areas. Although there is no further attack at present, it is only a matter of time to see what it means." Speaking of this, Chen Yazhi sighed and said: "We were still taught by the Dragon King. They made a fuss in South Vietnam, which was just an act of attracting our troops. When we thought Cambodia was their primary target, their real gun pointed at Dongtai Province."

As the commander of the first division, Xu Ting naturally could not be a wine bag. Chen Yazhi only reminded him a little and understood the reason.

Dongtai Province was defeated by the Northeast because of the intervention of the Nguyen Phuc rebellion in South Vietnam, and was defeated by the Northeast. However, the Northeast did not intend to go to war with Siam in a full range. Therefore, Siam allowed all the people in the present Dongtai Province to move away, so it became a vacuum zone.
Chapter completed!