Chapter 19: Winter Night

  The process of changing shifts was simple. As soon as Zhou Yue and the others walked onto the bridge, those more than a dozen members of the second squad who had been frozen stiff with fear and had turned pale with fright joyfully escaped back, just like they had picked up their lives again.

  On the contrary, the third small team was like stepping into an abyss, but what made Zhou Yue very curious was that Qin Lang, the high-rich-handsome guy, and his two subordinates actually came too, which was quite interesting, aren't they afraid of hardship?

  Zhou Yue himself was not worried, he had noticed during the day that those evil spirits and the Yellow Turban soldiers never left the line of the city district. What did this mean? It meant they were not disorganized monsters, but an army, a disciplined army. Although in history the Yellow Turbans were indeed trash, now it was another matter. They must be waiting to occupy Red Mountain City, so before Red Mountain City was completely controlled, the Yellow Turban army should not have moved.

  "Huh?"

  Zhou Yue Zheng was thinking this way, when he suddenly discovered that the woman he had rescued earlier was wrapped in that silk quilt, still holding that Type 81 rifle, stumbling and staggering behind everyone, with disheveled hair and wearing that white silk quilt, looking exactly like a wandering little ghost.

  But Zhou Yue immediately curled her lips, that foolish woman, really didn't know what was good for her, who cared about her anyway! At this moment, he directly leaned against the bridge piers on both sides of the big bridge, continuing to pretend to sleep with his eyes closed. Although he wasn't at ease and couldn't fall asleep, he also needed a certain amount of rest, otherwise how could he have the energy to kill the evil spirits?

  However, Zhou Yue soon opened her eyes unhappily because that silly woman actually came over stuttering.

  "What's going on?"

  Zhou Yue frowned in annoyance and said, "This woman is like sticky candy, sticking to me!"

  "I... I, you, you... cold..."

  The woman said in a very low voice, her voice trembling, it was unclear whether she was frozen or scared by Zhou Yue, but she handed over a quilt.

  Zhou Yue was taken aback for a moment, to be honest, he was still very satisfied with the woman's actions at this moment, although she looked very annoying, but indeed very meticulous, however, he would never admit it.

  He let out a cold snort, and Zhou Yue pulled the quilt over to wrap it around his body in a messy way. He continued to rest with his eyes closed. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes to find that silly woman still standing beside him like a wooden stake. Oh, no, not like a wooden stake - where did you see a wooden stake shivering?

  She sighed and said, "Is it that serious? He's not a wicked ghost, why be so scared? Aren't women of the new era supposed to be able to hold up half the sky? This woman isn't even old, she's at the peak of her youth, carefree and rebellious, doing whatever she wants, daring to defy the world. Why has she become like a timid little wife now?"

  "Go back! Are you waiting to be frozen into an ice stick here?" Zhou Yue instructed, trying to slow down her tone.

  "I - I, I - I won't, just - right here." The woman's thinking mode was obviously far beyond Zhou Yue's expectation, and it was actually very stubborn!

  Zhou Yue glared, about to lose her temper, but then thought, what's it to him? Love to leave or not! So, she simply covered her head with the quilt and lay down horizontally on the pedestrian path near the railing, while the woman sat cautiously not far away.

  At this time, the crowd around was frightened, but except for He Ming and four or five others who were still in front of the machine gun controlling the searchlight and machine gun, the rest, such as Zhao Dashan's three people and Qin Lang's three people, all found a place with defense to hide. The entire bridge deck was left with only Zhou Yue, who was not afraid of death, and that woman.

  Lying on the cold, hard concrete bridge for a few minutes, Zhou Yue finally couldn't bear it anymore. He wasn't afraid of the cold now, but this was uncomfortable! He glanced up at the trembling figure not far away and thought for a moment before saying with a straight face: "Come over and sit down, I need a pillow, lend me your thigh!"

  That woman was clearly stunned, but still very obediently came over, however her body shook even more violently. Zhou Yue didn't care about those things, he now didn't have so many romantic thoughts, after seeing so many dead people, he understood what was most important. What he needed now was a good rest!

  The woman's thighs were soft and elastic, with a youthful aura, the only shortcoming was that they kept trembling. It wasn't until then that Zhou Yue realized this woman was indeed foolish - he had clearly brought her several clothes from the room earlier, but she hadn't changed into them, still wrapped in that silk quilt, despite its good quality, it couldn't withstand the chill of a winter night at two or three o'clock!

  To get a good night's sleep, Zhou Yue still set aside half of the quilt and whispered: "Don't fall asleep! Keep your eyes open and be on guard for me. Remember, no matter who it is, even if it's those guys, as long as they dare to approach, wake me up immediately, got it?"

  Zhou Yue finished speaking and didn't care whether the woman understood or not. He knew he had to get a good night's sleep!

  This sleep was extremely sweet, and I had a dream that seemed very romantic, but before I could get my hands on it, I was woken up by someone's slap, and then I heard Zhao Dashan's signature loud shout.

  "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Hurry up!"

  The voice startled Zhou Yue, who jumped up from the bridge, opened his eyes to see that it was just dawn, and in the direction of Chishan City, the black city seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, occupying almost half of the center of Chishan City. However, where were the Yellow Turbans in the nearly three-kilometer-wide open field?

  "Zhao Dashan, what the devil are you yelling about? Where is the enemy attack?" Zhou Yue shouted in extreme dissatisfaction, he was sleeping so soundly!

  "With binoculars!"

  At this time, Qin Lang walked onto the bridge and handed a military telescope to Zhou Yue. He took it over and looked in the direction of Red Mountain City. Suddenly, he sucked in a cold breath. In the telescope, he saw that in the area they had escaped from yesterday, a group of evil spirits were constantly emerging. What was even more terrifying was that all these evil spirits were level 2. There was no doubt that the Yellow Turbans were indeed going to launch an attack, but it seemed they were using these level 2 evil spirits as the vanguard!

  At this time, Tang Kun, who also received the news, led everyone to rush to the big bridge. After seeing the 2nd-level evil spirits appearing in a queue, he was also frightened and trembled with fear.

  "Hurry! Guards, immediately evacuate all unrelated personnel from Qiaotou Town. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th squads will defend in place on the east side of the big bridge. The rest will set up defensive positions on both banks of the west side of the big bridge. Put all heavy machine guns into position! Reinforcements have started from Ning County and will arrive within half an hour at most. Everyone, hold your ground for me! Whoever dares to retreat will be executed!"

  Tang Kun's roar was nothing to those soldiers, they definitely wouldn't run away. But Zhou Yue and the others who were temporarily mobilized were startled because they were all in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th squads, which were responsible for guarding the east side of the bridge. If they wanted to escape, they would have to face the nearly eighty soldiers on the west side of the bridge. Tang Kun was really ruthless!

  However, his deployment was quite formidable because the entire bridge is about 80 meters long and 15 meters wide, which happens to be the most prominent position on the entire defensive line and will also be the area that those evil spirits will prioritize attacking. These highest-level people who are best at close combat with cold weapons can play a huge role in the entire battle line if they are pinned here.

  The position on the west side of the big bridge 80 meters away can alleviate the pressure on both wings of the bridgehead, with four heavy machine guns on each side, enough to deter, although this river has been frozen, but the riverbed of nearly 100 meters wide is enough to buffer.

  At this time, the 2nd-level evil spirits that kept emerging from Chishan City gradually increased in number, eventually reaching five or six thousand heads. It seems that this is the vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army.

  Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yue's heart was not filled with too much fear. A 2nd-level evil spirit was already enough to suppress him at this point. As long as there were no Yellow Turban archers appearing, he wasn't too worried. He was currently level 3, and according to that leveling rule, as long as he killed another hundred 2nd-level evil spirits, he could advance to level 4.

  "Put the two heavy machine guns in the central position of the big bridge, the first and second squads defend the left side, the third and fourth squads defend the right side. Don't think about escaping, the heavy machine guns will leave some scattered 2nd-level evil spirits for you, you just need to get rid of them! Also, the sentry at the back will pay attention to the bowmen of the Yellow Turbans at all times. Once there are bowmen appearing, I will immediately order to retreat back to the Bridgehead Town and then use the houses as cover to fight in a narrow alley!" Tang Kun loudly commanded, and with that, everyone's minds were put at ease, because compared to those 2nd-level evil spirits, the Yellow Turbans' bowmen were really too terrifying.