"I was still too careless... Those players never had good intentions towards me. They probably sent that mage just to conveniently gather intelligence from my side, and then they chose this exact moment to deal with me... Could it be that they've already allied with Tao Country?"
By now, even if Wang Zhifan were more obtuse, he would understand the situation. The highly-valued Mr. Sun suddenly died with his head exploding, clearly shot remotely by a player with a gun, and the mysterious death of Mr. Han likely cannot be separated from the players' myriad tricks. After all, they both died suddenly within the army. If Tao Country's native forces had such methods, they would have used them years ago and not waited until he swallowed Yin Country first to act.
"Send down the orders! Each unit defend in place and await reinforcements! I will personally take action now!"
