Chapter 81: Wounded Soldiers
The pungent smell of disinfectant water, the bandages hanging all over the courtyard, the stacks of thick cloth stretchers leaning against the courtyard wall, the half-sized children wearing neat blue cloth shirts back and forth, and occasionally passing one or two old men in white coats, this is the scene Liu Yu saw when he stepped into the Mercy and Grace Bureau.
Except for the female nurse who is not cute, this is almost a copycat version of a war hospital, Liu Yu walked straight into the ward, which was already full of people. Those who only have skin injuries will not live here, most of them can be here are seriously injured, and a wounded man with half of his eye covered in bandages saw him and struggled to get up.
Liu Yu recognized him, this was a crossbowman on the wall of the West Gate, who shot a good arrow. In yesterday's battle, he was unfortunately shot in the left eye by an arrow on the Tartar arrow cart, but he persisted for a while before being forcibly carried down, which left a deep impression on Liu Yu.
Seeing the movements of the wounded, Liu Yu hurriedly walked a few steps, stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder, it was a pity that his left eye must not be saved, fortunately, the feather arrow was not deep, but his life was saved. Looking at the young face of the wounded, Liu Yu secretly sighed and whispered words to comfort him and recuperate from his injuries.
"Taishou, what are you afraid of with one less eye, I still have one, still one arrow at a time, don't let me go home, I'm not a waste." Liu Yu saw that he was a little excited, so he had to tell him that his merits were enough to make a change, and now he would be at least a "deputy lieutenant of the righteous guard".
"Really, when can I go back to defend the city, and my soldiers are still waiting for me at home." Liu Yu understood what he meant, according to the current military law of the Great Song Dynasty, if the only adult man in his family died in battle, the imperial court would support his parents for the rest of his life, two liters of rice per person per day.
"Take good care of your injuries, your soldiers, and all the brothers here, there will be no shortage of rice, and someone will send it to your home, if there is any shortage, just come to Liu." Seeing that the wounded in the room were all around, Liu Yu stood up and said loudly.
The wounded in this room are all kinds of people, missing arms, broken legs, burns, almost all of them are disabled for life, and most of them will not return to the army. However, after the meritorious service, a piece of money is indispensable, and the thickness of the Great Song Dynasty is rare in previous dynasties.
Despite this, looking at these wounded, Liu Yu was still a little sad, they did not complain, and even heard that Taishou could make decisions for them, they were a little happy. As long as they don't withhold their little grain and rice, they can even sacrifice their lives to the court.
Liu Yu looked from ward to ward, met many of his subordinates, and said the same thing over and over again to those wounded who knew or didn't know. Liu Yu didn't feel bored, compared to what they paid, what they did was insignificant.
"Why should the Taishou blame himself, according to the law of the Taishou, the number of deaths among the injured has been reduced by a full forty percent, and the merit of this law is not exaggerated to enshrine the shrine." The person in charge of the Mercy and Grace Bureau was an old man in the city, not a standard military doctor, and when he saw that Liu Yu was a little sad, he comforted him.
Liu Yu knew that what he said was also the truth, and nodded silently. The most important measures he implemented were to disinfect and clean the patients in a clean and hygienic environment. As for those medicines, and some treatment techniques are secondary.
After Lao Langzhong finished watching a complete trauma treatment process, Liu Yu said goodbye and went out, and the loudspeaker standing in the courtyard was playing the list of defenders who died in battle yesterday. One by one, the names came out of Yinghong's mouth, and the low tone lasted for a long time.
Coming out of the Ci'en Bureau, Liu Yu rode his horse along the street all the way to the north gate, his horse ran back by himself, and when the fire bomb fell, he didn't know where to hide. Liu Yu felt that this horse was smarter than himself, at least he was unharmed and knew how to avoid danger.
When passing by Jiang Cai's east gate, the two only said hello, and each reported that the battle on Jiang Cai's side was flat and fast, and there were no casualties from beginning to end. On the contrary, hearing Liu Yu's introduction, he was a little envious, and he couldn't wait for the two to change each other.
Yuan Hong was sending off a group of village soldiers outside the north gate, and they were about to be incorporated into the forbidden army at the south gate. With a stroke of Liu Yu's pen, he stabbed directly on the back of his hand, which was not without precedent, so no one objected.
Liu Yu has a lot of complaints about this rule of the Great Song Dynasty, and in his cognition, the soldiers who defend the country are not held high in the sky. At least a minimum of respect must be given, tattooing on the face, although the Great Song people are tattooed, but the people still regard this as an insult.
Liu Yu didn't come to the north gate for the problem of the township soldiers' reorganization, and the Tartars didn't fight at the north gate empty, so he was never at ease. Now that the already thin defenders are thinned again, it will be a hidden danger no matter how you say it.
Therefore, he wanted to discuss with Yuan Hong to see what could be done to avoid this danger as much as possible. Seeing Yuan Hong standing under the city tower from a distance, Liu Yu did not step forward immediately after getting off the horse, but quietly waited for him to finish his work, and saw that the spirit of the village soldiers was not bad, which also made him feel a lot more relieved.
"Please." Seeing him coming, the two of them gave their own salutes, and Yuan Hong took Liu Yu to the city tower, which is also in addition to Jiang Cai's east gate, as well as the city gate between the wooden buildings, Liu Yu's west gate, Jin Ming's south gate and Liu Shiyong's Longguang Gate After the shelling that night, it is now bare and only a high platform left.
"What the Taishou said was very true, and he was also disturbed for a few days, afraid that the Tartars had other tricks. Today, more than 1,000 township soldiers were transferred, but the volunteers who were supplemented were all untrained soldiers, and if they suddenly encountered a strong enemy, they might collapse, and they had to be guarded against. ”
After listening to Liu Yu's question, Yuan Hong is also related, the Tartar rangers outside the north gate are monitoring day and night, and there are more and more recently, just like grazing outside the city, the Tartars are doing all kinds of actions unscrupulously outside the range of the guards, as if they want to lure the enemy out of the city.
When Liu Yu went upstairs, he looked left and right, and the defense of the north gate was also according to the standards of the rest of the gates, and there should be something on the head of the city, and the township soldiers were also practicing day and night, and they never slackened. It's just that those who have seen blood in the garrison are those who put down the rebellion, and these can't be made up for with training.
"If you add some forbidden army veterans to your army as team officers, will it be beneficial to defend the city?" Liu Yu looked at the figure of the Tartar scout outside the city with a telescope, and said without looking back.
"If that's the case, it's a great good, but there is a shortage of major generals in the city, and they have to be drawn from this township soldier, where are the forbidden army veterans?" When Yuan Hong heard Liu Yu's words, he couldn't think of where this soldier came from, and after thinking about it carefully, he guessed a possibility and couldn't help but be taken aback.
Liu Yu put down the binoculars, turned to look at him, knew what he was thinking, and nodded. There are more than 200 guards in Wang Lixin's yamen, and they are the veterans of the forbidden army he brought from Lin'an.
Not only that, but there are also some lightly injured sergeants in the Mercy Bureau who can also be transferred, they should have been promoted, and now they are in good use.
"But what to do about that place, although the city seems to be stable, the system is also the top priority, and there can be no loss." After the joy, Yuan Hong calmed down, there was still something risky about doing so.
"That's right, let's do it, only a hundred people will be transferred from the department, plus more than 100 injured veterans, so it will be feasible." Liu Yu made a compromise and made up two hundred pawns for Yuan Hong, which could also improve the combat effectiveness of the North Gate to some extent. Yuan Hong nodded, this result was already unexpected, with these people as the backbone, at least the township soldiers would not collapse at the first touch.