In the early morning of the 4th, Mellon Garnard woke up from his sleep. He finished washing up with a depressed expression and went to the castle's restaurant for breakfast.
At night, he dreamed of the scene when he overheard the conspiracy again. This incident had already caused a major blow to his soul.
Yesterday, his brother Paul Greiman led his troops to Bairdin to attack those rebels. I wonder what the current situation is like.
He trusts Paul very much. Seeing how confident Paul is, he should be able to end the war soon.
After breakfast, Philip, the housekeeper of Greiman's family, came to him and said that Chief Steward Ford and Baron Abbott wanted to see him, so he came to the hall to meet them.
"Congratulations, Earl!" Chief Steward Ford and Baron Abbott stood up to congratulate him as soon as they saw him.
Mellon's head was full of questions. "What happened?"
Old Ford explained, "Yesterday afternoon, Lord Greiman defeated the rebels Anqiluo, Aibute and others. Butuya City is already under the control of our army."
Mellon opened his mouth in surprise and asked in disbelief, "This... so fast? Didn't he just set off yesterday?"
He thought that even if Anqiluo and others could be defeated in a field battle, with Butuya's city wall and the reserves inside, it would still take a week to break the city. Last night I was worried about the safety of the residents in the city for half the night.
"Anqiluo and others' troops are just a bunch of farmers who have just been recruited for a few days. They are just a ragtag group. Even if they have some private soldiers on weekdays, they can't change the overall situation." Hansel in Butuya When I was, I saw those Soldiers patrolling the streets. They were loose and shapeless, and they were far inferior to the elite Soldiers Lakeheart Town.
Mellon held his hands in front of his chest in a prayer gesture. "Thank you Lord of Light for your blessing!"
Chief Steward Ford smiled and said to Mellon, "Lord Greiman please come back to Butuya today so that Bairdin's people can be calmed down as soon as possible."
Mellon nodded. "Okay, I'll leave right away."
Paul In the Lord's Manor of Butuya, listen to the report on the results of yesterday's battle.
According to the information obtained from the interrogation of several knights and small leaders, of the more than 2,000 rebels, nearly 400 were private soldiers who had existed before Anqiluo and others, about 300 were mercenaries, and the rest were farmers or serfs recruited from various places by Bairdin.
After the battle, Alarda Army captured a total of 823 prisoners of all kinds. All the other living people were scattered in the battle. Together with the knights who were killed by shotguns, a total of 98 enemies were killed, and there were a large number of injured who were not counted.
He told the officer in charge of the prisoners, "Screen them carefully. If they are farmers who have just been recruited, feed them a full meal and let them go home. If they are the former private soldiers of the rebels, they will have to eat our food. If they are former private soldiers of the rebels, they will be temporarily detained for a while and released when the situation stabilizes. If they are knights, they will not be released without my order."
The officer asked, "Don't you stay with those serfs? Theoretically, they are not prisoners, but trophies."
Paul was startled and said, "Let them choose for themselves. If they are willing to come to Arda, I will let them become free citizens. If they want to return to their original place, don't stop them."
Although Paul's decision was strange, the officer still wrote it down.
Paul continued, "Those who have been killed, let the news of our victory be released, and let their families come to claim them. If no one claims them or can't wait, just bury them first."
As for the Alarda Army itself, there were only 16 slightly injured people and 3 seriously injured people, but there were no serious injuries.
This is thanks to the large number of firearms. When the enemy approaches, a row of Lead Bullets can be hit or a few Hand Grenades can be thrown to disperse a large group of people.
One of the managers, Soldiers, asked with some embarrassment, "There are some seriously injured but still alive prisoners. Look..."
"How many injuries?"
"Incapacitated or even unconscious."
Paul became embarrassed. After thinking for a while, he said, "Save him if you can. I don't want Alarda Army to bear the reputation of being cold and cruel. First, take me to the place where these prisoners are placed."
After arriving at the camp where severely injured prisoners were placed, the smell was very unpleasant, mixed with carrion, spirits, herbs, olive oil (used to stop bleeding) and various other indistinguishable odors.
Painful moans and groans came one after another in the camp, constantly stimulating Paul's nerves.
Alarda Army has not yet been equipped with a full-time military doctor, so some people with experience in treating wounds can only be used as guest stars, and the methods are relatively crude.
Almost none of those who were directly hit in the body by solid shells survived. The adults placed here were all injured by spears, bullets, and shotguns.
Those injured by spears were fine, but for those injured by muskets or shotguns, they could only follow their previous experience in dealing with arrow wounds. They tied the patient and held him tightly, stuffed a wooden stick in his mouth, and then used a knife to dig Lead Bullet out of the wound, applied herbal ointment and wrapped it with a bandage.
For those injured whose limbs were obviously irreparable, there was only one method available - to cut them off with a saw.
Paul happened to see such an unfortunate operation. The tragic scene made him quickly exit the tent after just one glance.
Bryce said to him quietly, "Those people who are obviously unable to be saved, aren't they..." He made a gesture of wiping his neck.
After struggling for a while, Paul said helplessly, "Give them a happy life."
Even the captives and wounded who were being treated could only do their best and obey fate. In this world with backward medical technology and almost no concept of hygiene, even if their lives are temporarily saved, many injured people will die from wound infections such as tetanus, and the mortality rate is extremely high.
This inspection reminded Paul that it is time to establish a more formal medical system, especially in the military.
In the previous battles, Alarda Army relied on its equipment and system advantages to crush the opponent, with very few casualties, but what about the future?
If you encounter an evenly matched or more powerful opponent in the future, there will definitely be a large number of seriously injured people, so battlefield medical treatment will be very important. Do you have to rely on these primitive medical technologies or the Holy Water of the magicians to save your precious Soldiers?
Absolutely not! Every Soldiers is precious, how much effort they have put into them. In the current situation where the army is small, the death of every Soldiers is an extremely heavy loss, especially those experienced veterans, who are the seeds for future army expansion.
Moreover, the private sector also needs an advanced medical system. Not to mention other things, just when a woman gives birth, the mortality rate from maternal to infant mortality is extremely high.
Paul I remember reading some information in my previous life, which showed that the maternal mortality rate in ancient China was as high as 30%, and the infant mortality rate before the founding of New China was about 20%. Presumably in this world where the level of social development is similar to that of the Middle Ages, these data will not look good.
"Even if the medical level cannot be improved immediately, the nursing level must at least be improved. This is quite easy to do."
Paul looked at the dirty and messy wounded camp and thought so.
He remembered that during the Crimean War, despite the presence of military doctors in the British army, the casualty mortality rate was still very high until the arrival of Florence Nightingale, the originator of nursing.
Although Nightingale did not have superb medical skills, by cleaning the hospital wards, washing the soldiers' clothes, and improving the ventilation and drainage environment, the mortality rate of British soldiers dropped from 42% to 2.2%. She also earned the title of "The Lady with the Lamp" because of her meticulous care for the soldiers.
Based on her own investigations and military data, Nightingale used statistical knowledge to make a Soldiers health analysis report, thereby confirming that the number of people who died from disease infections during the war far exceeded the casualties directly caused by the war.
Let's start by improving the hygiene of Prisoner Camp. Paul Since the day of the military reform, we have always emphasized the sanitary conditions in the military camps, so the place where Soldierss live is very clean, but the place where prisoners are placed is not very particular. It is not like housing a group of uncles, so why bother doing it.
He called the officer in charge of Prisoner Camp and severely criticized him.
"The prison camp is so dirty and messy. What if a disease breaks out and we are infected too?"
The earl was very angry, and the officer was so disciplined that he did not dare to say anything.
A lot of care measures for the wounded were put forward, such as: garbage and dirty water must be cleaned up in time; tents must be ventilated; and the wounded's clothes must be boiled and sterilized with boiling water.
"What is sterilization? Just follow it first."
After giving some advice, Paul returned to the Lord's Manor. Soldiers, who was standing guard, told him that Count Mellon Garnard was already waiting for him inside.
So fast? He was a little surprised.
Well, it's time to have a good talk with this Blood Oath Brothers.
I worked overtime tonight and came back quite late, so the upload was late, sorry!