Chapter Eighty-Three: Victory
After carefully searching the surroundings, Han Dali found no trace of Chen Sheng. Han Dali was a little surprised in his heart. According to estimates, Chen Sheng should have been driven in this direction by them, but nothing abnormal was found in front of him. This Chen Sheng, could it be that he flew into the sky?
Han Dali didn't care about so much, and immediately found an open river beach, and asked the guards to build a sand wall, ready to defend and delay the time. Although this victory is not honorable, it is better than having a teenager who is only sixteen years old and has not yet begun to grow hair on his lips to be their instructor, right? Though...... Although this kid really has such a few hits, if this matter is reported back to Xianyang, then how can he Han Dali and the hundreds of Praetorian Guards under him be able to hold their heads up in front of his Praetorian Guard colleagues in Xianyang in the future?
Although there were no tools in hand, it was easy to dig up the sand on the river beach with a wooden knife in hand, and a dozen people were in charge of guarding, and the rest were working hard, and the sand wall was quickly piled up. The sand wall is no more than a meter high, forming a semicircle, which is extremely simple, and the defense only needs to face the mountain forest. With such a sand wall, Chen Sheng's can no longer hurt people with cold arrows. Although the sand wall can't resist the bow and crossbow, the wax-headed crossbow arrow can't leave a mark on the person after it breaks through the sand wall, and it is also versatile when shot.
The Praetorian Guards all had a bitter feeling on their faces. Chen Sheng's elusiveness caused them great trouble.
If they were fighting to the death, the guards would definitely not be in such an embarrassing situation, and they would not even need to lose so many people, they would still be at a disadvantage. And dozens of guards were forced to a place by a yellow-haired boy to guard to the death, which is an unheard of miracle. It's not that Chen Sheng is too powerful, it's just that the guards don't want to lose, they can't afford to lose, so they can only choose this ostrich tactic to delay time and exchange time for victory. But I have to say that even Han Dali believes that this practice is detrimental to the honor of the Praetorian Guard and is despicable. But thinking of Chen Sheng's ruthless methods, everyone chose to ignore the matter of dignity and glory very tacitly. If you fight in a dignified manner, there is no shame in losing, but ...... But......
Leaning against the edge of the sand wall, the guards fell into an eerily silence. After the pause, everyone felt a wave of physical and mental exhaustion. This situation is unprecedented. The Praetorian Guards were the elite of the battlefield, and often after a major battle for several hours, they did not show fatigue, but carried more and more things with them--- heads, beheading the enemy, and the heads were hard currency that could be exchanged for money, food, titles, and official positions.
Many guards took out the dry food they had brought with them and nibbled on them. Most of the military rations consisted of dried beef and flatbread, and most of these things needed to be swallowed with water. However, after a few hours of consumption, the water bladders on the guards were almost empty, and many of the guards immediately picked up the water bladders and carefully left the sand wall to get water near the river.
Han Dali did not stop the Praetorian Guards from making this move. He didn't have to worry about the military quality of the Praetorian Guards. Besides, there can be no danger in the water, as long as you keep the direction of the mountains and forests, everyone is absolutely safe. At this time, Han Dali was fantasizing in his heart, when would this Chen Sheng be impatient, burst out of the hidden place, and was shot into a hedgehog by everyone's random arrows.
A short, mournful chirp of "Di ......" sounded from the right side of the sand wall, and all the guards were suddenly vigilant and looked up at the chirping. A few of the guards who were leaning over the river to fetch water even stopped what they were doing and stared blankly to the right, not knowing what was going on.
And at this moment, there was a sudden storm under the water.
With a "bang", Chen Sheng floated up from the bottom of the water, and the wooden knife in his hand peeled off and wiped it off at the guards who leaned over to get water, and his movements were clean and neat, and he put down the three guards at once.
"Ah......" The guards were shocked, they couldn't imagine that Chen Sheng could hide under the water and suddenly attack them.
The rest of the guards who were guarding in the sand wall came back to their senses one after another, pulling the strings and shooting arrows at Chen Sheng.
But after Chen Sheng's successful attack, he never stopped. Dive quickly into the water. Only then did the guards realize that a cyan reed pole was quickly swinging away at the river in the distance.
The crowd was so angry that they fired all the feather arrows in their hands. But how can a feathered arrow with a wax head removed from the cluster of arrows be shot underwater? Han Dali's face was hideous, and he said angrily: "Brothers! Get into the water and pull this little bunny up! Han Dali was indeed in a hurry. Otherwise, such swearing words should never come out of his mouth. Although Chen Sheng is young, he has already been knighted as a doctor, and the title is on par with him, although he has no official status, but his status is similar to Han Dali, and in normal times, Han Dali also has to respectfully call Dr. Chen.
At this time, the defeat was decided, and Han Dali was extremely angry in his heart, so remember the etiquette of the imperial court? He didn't shout out and pulled the rabbit cub up and slaughtered it, which was already his politeness.
Chen Sheng emerged from the middle of the river. "Phew", spit out a mouthful of river water, and looked at the guards who rushed into the water, with a weird smile on their faces. In this river, he chose the final place to fight the Praetorian Guards.
The Praetorian Guards are good at land warfare, especially when they are wearing heavy armor and riding on horses, each of them is a super killing machine. But the guards who were born on the loess high slope are not very good at water, and those who know how to swim in the dog-planing style are considered to be masters of swimming. Sailing all the way, there are a lot of seasickness among these guards on the way, how can they be his opponents in the water?
A happy smile appeared on Chen Sheng's face, and he dived underwater, and suddenly disappeared.
However, the nightmare of the Praetorian guards in the water officially began.
"Liu Hanqing, pay attention to your back!" One of the Praetorian guards suddenly shouted to alert his nearby comrades, but it was too late. Chen Sheng emerged from behind the guard, and as soon as his left hand pressed on the person's shoulder, the wooden knife had already reached the front and wiped it on his neck!
"One!" Chen Sheng laughed, and actually started counting the number of people again.
"Chen Sheng, Hugh is arrogant!" Han Dali's eyes erupted like fire and jumped off the shore. Han Dali was really powerful, he actually nailed his body to the riverbed, took a deep breath, stepped on the soft sand at the bottom of the river step by step, waded to Chen Sheng's position, and didn't care if the river soaked the top of his head.
Chen Shengcai ignored Han Dali, the resistance in the water was so great that it was not something that manpower could resist brutally. Like a fish, Chen Sheng dived to the bottom of the river again and killed the landlubbers who were fluttering in the water...... It's a bit of a bully. Chen Sheng sighed to himself.