Chapter XVI: Conflict

While Davers and Phelps were debating how to treat the wounded more efficiently, Menon sent a guard to call him over. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he entered the door, Menon shouted angrily: "I said, 'If you have any new ideas, you have to tell me first'!" You agreed, too. But now, you've deceived me! You broke your promise! ”

"What did I do wrong?" Davers was inexplicable.

"You can save those unconscious soldiers, and you didn't tell me beforehand, but you did it secretly!" Menon looked pale.

When Davers heard this, he suddenly felt amused: "Respected Menon chief, the situation was urgent at that time, and it was important to save people, if I had to report to you first, and then organize people to treat him, Arcises would have died early!" ”

Davers said sarcastically, "Besides, this is not a new idea, but a medical tradition of my ancestors. I'm here to be a mercenary, but I'm not here to be a slave, and I have to get your approval to even heal diseases! ”

Menon was momentarily speechless. The soldiers chanting the name "Davers" just now made him get carried away with jealousy for a moment, and he called Davers angrily without thinking, and was embarrassed.

He simply said: "I still lack a guard here, from now on, you are responsible for guarding my safety, and you must not leave at will without an order!" He had a hunch that he had to separate Davers from the soldiers, so as not to further influence them, and thus weaken his grip on the mercenary army.

"I'm sorry, Chief Menon. I'm better suited to be an ordinary soldier than a bodyguard. Besides, my captain won't agree either! Davers had guessed Menon's intentions, and of course he wouldn't agree.

Menon didn't expect him to refuse directly, and laughed angrily: "I am your leader!" My order, who dares to disagree! ”

"I disagree!" With a shout, Antonios stepped into the living room.

"I don't agree either!" He was followed by Kapouse, followed by several squadron leaders.

Seeing Antonios nodding at him, Davers breathed a sigh of relief: he was safe. Of course, he didn't know that when the guards called him away in a menacing manner, Shilos felt bad and immediately ran to inform Antonios, who was here so soon.

"Who let you in?! Where's my bodyguard?! Menon was anxious and angry. Several of his main captains came without warning, which made him feel uneasy.

"Chief, the wounded in the camp are still waiting for Davers to be treated, so we can't delay!" Antonios listened calmly, and the words of the hidden threat made Menon's heart sink, and the cold gaze of the crowd made him feel even more empty.

He chose to back down and stammered, "Hmm...... Davers used his brilliant medical skills to save the wounded and unconscious soldiers, I ...... It's a pleasure. So call him...... Well...... I want to appoint him as a barracks doctor to treat more soldiers. ”

"I would love to heal the wounded brothers! But neither the doctor nor the guards you mentioned earlier, I will not be a doctor! I would only like to be a soldier under Shiroth. Davers replied dryly. Although it was safe to be a barracks doctor, it was not in line with his plan, not to mention that he was unwilling to accept Menon's reconciliation, since he had torn his face, with his initial understanding of Menon, it would be difficult to bridge. He didn't need to be polite to him, and give the wrong signal to the officers who came to support him.

In front of everyone, Menon was refuted by an ordinary soldier of low status, and was greatly embarrassed, and immediately shouted: "Davers! ”

As soon as the words came out, an earth-shattering voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard: "Put back our Davers and give the soldiers a way out!" ”

"Menon, if you don't let Davers out, we'll rush in!!"

It was the shouts of countless soldiers, and Menon was terrified.

"Davers, you go back first." Antonios said.

Davers nodded and said loudly, "Thank you captains for your help!" ”

When Menon heard this, he immediately turned his resentful gaze to the captains. As soon as Davers went out, he said quietly, "Antonios, Capuz...... You're starting to turn against me too? ”

"Menon, you are our leader, and of course we will be at your command. But Davers was a god of Hades, and the soldiers witnessed the many miracles he wrought! The gods watch over us from heaven, bless us with a smooth return from a foreign land, and do not allow us to blaspheme in the slightest. Antonios replied tactfully.

Menon certainly understood what he meant: We all know what you did to Davers. We can do your bidding, but when it comes to Davers, we have to defend him. He also wanted to retort a few words in order to preserve the dignity of his chief, and Amintas, who was most disgusted by the officers, shouted: "Listen to Menon! Our hiring assignment is over. If you mess around again, we don't mind electing a new leader! I'm sure the soldiers will never choose you again! ”

Amintas's words hit the nail on the head: mercenaries were loose military organizations, and Menon was able to become their leader because of his connections, his ability to receive assignments, get money, and pay his soldiers. The current situation is that after the death of Cyrus the Younger, Menon lost his employer and could no longer get money and could no longer pay the soldiers. The reason why the soldiers still obeyed him was because returning home safely was the common goal of everyone, and they had to be held together, and stragglers could not survive in the land of the Persians. The command system of the mercenaries was ready-made, and the management was effective, and the soldiers were used to it. The second is that after many years of mercenary life, these experienced officers under him are rarely replaced, and most of them have a good relationship with Menon and help him control the entire team. Now, for Davers's sake, the officers and soldiers have united against him, and have shown that his control of the team is in jeopardy.

Menon did not have a good reputation in the hearts of the soldiers, and he knew it in his own heart. He didn't care before, because as long as he had money, he could replace a group of soldiers at any time, and because of the barren land in Greece and the previous Peloponnesian War, people's livelihood withered, and there were many young and middle-aged people who went out to survive. But now it has become his biggest heart disease.

After he forced Antonios and Capus away calmly, he returned to the living room and roared angrily, venting the frustration in his chest: "I'm going to kill that kid!" As soon as the words came out, he realized something, and hurriedly walked to the gate of the courtyard, where the guards who had been following him for more than a year had disappeared at some point.

Frightened, he sat restless in the drawing-room, looked at the house that had become a mess because of his anger, hesitated for a while, and finally decided to go to Arirous: I had heard that many of Arirous's relatives had come to him in the past two days, and with their help, the mercenaries might not have to go back so hard......

Thinking of this, Menon had an idea. He tidied up his makeup, went to the yard to lead a horse, pinched the horse's belly fiercely, and galloped north.

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After testing his influence at Menon Barracks through this incident, Davers returned to his residence and took the initiative to recruit Herps to discuss the treatment of the wounded.

Although Davers was not a doctor in his previous life, he accumulated more than 2,000 years of knowledge than the people of this era, which was enough for him to formulate a relatively complete medical plan far beyond this era: first, set up a medical team, mainly Herps, and then find one or two soldiers from the barracks who were interested in medical skills to serve as doctors, and ask a few female slaves from the baggage camp to serve as nurses, training and treating at the same time, believing that they would soon adapt to their new roles; secondly, to open up an area as a wartime hospital to concentrate the wounded for treatment and improve efficiency; Thirdly, the development of a medical system in line with the actual situation, the cultivation of doctors and nurses of the concept of sterile hygiene, the most common in the army is trauma, as long as the infection can be prevented, with the strong physical condition of soldiers, most of the mild and moderate trauma can be improved; Finally, along the way, collect some local methods from the Persian locals, the Mesopotamian civilization is one of the oldest civilizations on the earth, and the people who have lived in this land for thousands of years certainly have their own unique means and methods of coping with diseases.

Davers intends to develop this medical team into a permanent and essential organization in the barracks for the future.

To master the health of the soldiers is to master the morale of the army.