Chapter 28: Spoils of War

  Sorry about this chapter being missed!

  Zhou Yue quietly left and returned, the whole process took less than a minute and a half. By the time Tang Kun and others realized it, it was only fifty seconds later. Tang Kun didn't even have time to get angry before seeing Zhou Yue jump into the yard with a pack of sausages, chuckle, and start eating them as if nothing had happened.

  Tang Kun was furious, but he couldn't say anything. He didn't believe that Zhou Yue could do something earth-shattering in less than a minute, so he just let out a low hum and ignored him. Only Liang Xiaoxue's eyes shone brightly as she gazed at Zhou Yue with boundless admiration.

  Next, Zhou Yue never made another move, but instead was busy dealing with the package of sausages in his hand. Although Tang Kun and others were starving at this moment, eating under the circumstances of being covered in blood and flesh was absolutely unbearable, especially when it came to sausages. Even looking at them made people feel nauseous, so everyone's gaze towards Zhou Yue was one of avoidance and fear.

  But in fact, they didn't know that Zhou Yue's disgust was no less than theirs. Just now, he took out this package of sausages not to cover his tracks, but because he knew very well that he needed energy now, urgently needed it, which was the foundation and guarantee for him to cope with any crisis, so he almost forced himself to eat the whole package of sausages!

  At last, the heavy machine guns on the western outskirts of the town roared to life, while Zhou Yue and others quickly retreated from the town under Tang Kun's leadership. At this time, the entire town had been occupied by a large number of evil spirits, which then chased after the crowd like a tide.

  At this time, Tang Kun's previous deployment was revealed. Three hundred meters away, there was a sniper position, and three kilometers away, there was artillery support. Under such coordination, the pursuing evil spirit tide was finally completely dispersed. However, at this time, the Yellow Turban Army soldiers reappeared, still launching a frontal assault with the evil spirit tide. The archers and shield-bearing infantrymen on both sides cooperated with the evil spirits to encircle them, almost identical to the previous battle at the bridgehead.

  At this time, including Tang Kun, no one had the heart to fight again, and they all turned around and escaped. Fortunately, they managed to escape from the range of those Yellow Turban army archers.

  However, it was strange that the Yellow Turban soldiers and the evil spirits retreated in an orderly manner to the Bridgehead Town after chasing for about six or seven miles, and began to set up camp on the open spaces around the town. They also made wooden stakes from somewhere, creating a row of wooden fences, looking quite impressive!

  If an ordinary person who had not experienced the previous battle saw it, they would probably think it was very novel and fun. However, Zhou Yue and Tang Kun looked from a distance, but they all felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts. Even if they were unwilling, they had to admit that the opponent they faced now was not some kind of wild monster, but an entire army. Facing such an army, relying solely on individual martial arts skills had no meaning at all.

  "Zhang Guangyi, leave your second row behind and stay here to monitor the movements of those Yellow Turbans for me. Note that you must keep a distance of more than two kilometers and pay attention not to be ambushed from behind. Every half hour, use wireless telegraphy to contact Ning County Command!"

  At this time, Tang Kun gave the order to monitor after thinking for a while. Immediately, 20 fully armed soldiers jumped off the truck. Then, Tang Kun bought 40 rough cakes from Zhou Yue and others at a price of one copper plate per cake, leaving them to Zhang Guangyi's 20 soldiers, because now they can hardly get other supplies except ammunition.

  Watching these soldiers quickly disperse to find advantageous terrain to hide, Zhou Yue's heart moved, and he came to Tang Kun's side and said: "Tang Company Commander, let me stay behind too. If those Yellow Turbans send out a small team of soldiers to scout, they might have trouble dealing with them!"

  As soon as Zhou Yue made this statement, Zhao Dashan and Qin Lang were also moved. If they had been asked to stay behind themselves, they would not have dared or been willing to do so. However, since Zhou Yue took the initiative to stay behind, they too wanted to follow suit. On one hand, it was because of the powerful combat strength Zhou Yue had previously demonstrated; on the other hand, they did not want to fall too far behind Zhou Yue in terms of leveling up!

  "No! Except for Zhang Guangyi's scouting team, all of you must return to Ning County to rest and regroup. There will be other tasks waiting for you when the time comes. And I'm reiterating again, Zhou Yue, especially you, although you're not real soldiers, since you've been drafted, everything must follow military orders. Those who disobey will be charged with desertion! Let's move out!" Tang Kun refused without any hesitation.

  Zhou Yue could only sigh and return to the tow truck. For a moment, he really wanted to find an opportunity to escape from Tang Kun's control, but his rationality told him that it was a wrong choice. Their enemy was the army, and even if he were very strong, what could he do alone? Could he defeat an entire army? So he had no choice but to follow Tang Kun's arrangements! Moreover, after the disaster occurred, the military's organization had not suffered much damage, so once they adapted to this upgraded way of life, their growth would absolutely surpass that of ordinary people.

  The simplest example, yesterday afternoon, more than 50 survivors who were promoted to level 2 were recruited, but now only eight or nine of them are left. However, on the soldier's side, ten people have been promoted to level 3 and occupy the main force of this team!

  All the way in silence, Zhou Yue also happened to lightly tap on those twenty small bags, and the harvest was surprisingly rich. A total of one Evil Spirit Tooth, two Evil Spirit Rings, one hundred copper coins, and seven pieces of rice cakes fell out.

  That evil spirit tooth was directly given by Zhou Yue to Liang Xiaoxue sitting next to him. He wore one of the two evil spirit rings himself, and the remaining one was left unused.

  As a result, Liang Xiaoxue's attributes have undergone tremendous changes: life value 14 points, energy value 5 points, strength 11 points, agility 20 points, attack 2 points. In terms of agility, she has already surpassed Qin Lang and is second only to Zhou Yue. Unfortunately, even with such high agility, it is now only reflected in her running and dodging abilities, and cannot form any combat effectiveness at all.

  As for Zhou Yue, after equipping the evil spirit ring, his attributes have returned to their peak. His strength is now 14 points and agility is 23 points, currently making him the person with the highest single attribute among everyone.

  The change in attributes on Liang Xiaoxue's body made everyone envy her, because her upgrade process was as simple as it gets. Zhang Ying was even more envious of Liang Xiaoxue, although she was also level 2, but there was no way to compare with Liang Xiaoxue. Zhao Dashan and Li Dan had previously fought desperately, and currently they only had two evil spirit rings each, a pair of evil spirit fangs, and then gave one more evil spirit ring to her.

  From the bridgehead town to Ning County, only twenty-five kilometers away, Zhou Yue and others retreated by tractor-trailer for about fifteen kilometers before encountering a patrol guard team. As they moved forward, they encountered more and more guard teams. It seemed that the government of Chishan City had not really collapsed yet, and the military's operation was normal in all aspects.

  When the crowd arrived at Ning County, Zhou Yue and others who were familiar with Ning County saw the current Ning County city and were shocked. In less than a day's time, in the direction of Chishan City facing Ning County, a section of city wall over one kilometer long and about three zhang high had suddenly risen, and this city wall seemed to be still under construction, with some dark forts being built on top, looking like ancient city walls.

  And countless workers are working like ants in a frenzy of construction, the vast majority of whom are survivors who escaped from Chishan.

  There is no doubt that this should be the method of resistance against the Yellow Turbans thought up by the government of Chixian in a short period of time. After all, the regular army in Chixian is really too small at present, and it can't be gathered from other places. Otherwise, the reinforcements that went to Qiaotou Town before should not have been just one company.

  "What a magnificent sight! Are they planning to surround the entire Ning County city?" Zhang Ying exclaimed, sitting in the car. With Zhao Dahan and Li Dan's protection, she was one of the most relaxed among the group, so now she showed great interest, but people like Zhou Yue looked somewhat numb. The Yellow Turbans had already occupied Bridgehead Town, although there were no signs of attack, once they launched an attack, their target would certainly be Ning County city, which was just a stone's throw away. Could Ning County hold its ground?

  As everyone was lost in thought, the tractor-trailer came to a stop. It turned out that under the city wall being built, there were about two companies of troops on guard duty.