I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 34 Recruiting Civilians

“I know very well that you became bandits out of necessity and do not want to live on the edge of a knife, with your life in danger. Each of you has your own family and you all hope that your family can live a stable and happy life.

Now, I will give you a chance to reform. If you can go with us to suppress the bandits, and wait until the bandit problem is eliminated, you will be meritorious officials. At that time, the city lord will pardon your punishment, arrange a suitable home for you, and give you land and money to let you go free. "However, Alpha's speech was not recognized by everyone, and very few people were willing to follow everyone to the west. Even if everyone was unwilling to be a bandit at the beginning, after experiencing the sweetness of getting something for nothing, everyone did not want to live the same life as before.

“I know you may think that this time the bandit suppression is the same as the previous ones, driving away the bandits in the jurisdiction, and then when the Knights left, the bandits came back again.

No, this time the city lord spent a huge price to suppress the bandits, the purpose is to completely solve the problem of bandits, not only to completely eliminate the bandits in the jurisdiction, but also to normalize the prevention and control of bandits in the future. "Alpha's reminder finally moved the captives in the audience. After all, not all people want to live a life of uncertainty and bloodshed.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Alpha knew that he had hit the point. Everyone just didn't believe that this bandit suppression was any different from the previous ones.

"Lord Alpha, let me say a few words!" When Captain Alpha finished speaking, the scene fell into silence. Freese could no longer sit still, and could not help but stand up and break the silence.

"Now I only give you two choices: leave with us and fight the bandits together, or we will send you to the town ahead to face the judgment of fate, perhaps hanging or beheading, you decide for yourself." After Freese finished speaking, everyone present looked at each other, their hearts filled with anxiety and fear. They knew that this was not a multiple-choice question at all, they had no other choice but to follow Freese and Alpha and leave.

Although the explanation given by Captain Alpha did not change the fate of the group, nor did it eliminate the doubts in everyone's hearts, it gave everyone a glimmer of hope. However, this glimmer of hope was quickly extinguished by Freese's words.

"Disband." The personnel have been allocated, and more than eighty prisoners have been distributed to three knightly orders according to the proportion of the number of knights.

In Alpha's team, three bandits did not leave, but walked up to Alpha. One of the bandits asked cautiously, "Sir Knight, is everything you said true? Is the Lord of the City going to completely solve the bandit problem?" The bandits had hope and despair in their eyes, and they didn't know who to believe.

"I know you don't believe what I say now, but we will show you with actual actions. You must believe that the Grand Duke and the City Lord will not give up on you." Captain Alpha's words made the three bandits half-believing and half-doubting.

"By the way, what's your name?" Alpha's question made the other party stunned for a moment.

"Fess Gurudo." The bandit said his name carefully.

"Okay, Faith, you will be in charge of these people from now on. You two will be responsible for helping. If there are any problems, report directly to Quinn." Alpha looked at the monkey waiting on the side.

"I promise to complete the mission, Lord Alpha." Monkey accepted the mission excitedly. Which man doesn't have a passionate dream? However, Monkey couldn't go into battle himself due to physical reasons, but this time he had the opportunity to command thirty or forty people, and he couldn't wait to show his skills.

Suddenly, Lina ran over and said, "Lord Alpha, the seriously injured person's wound is still bleeding. I can't heal him at all. I can only amputate."

Today, Lina is not only a communications liaison officer, but also a part-time doctor, and the rescue of the wounded falls on her shoulders.

Alpha was not a doctor, but he knew what amputation meant to a knight - it was more terrible than death.

"Take me to see it."

...

"What's the problem now?" Alpha looked at the seriously injured people in the tents, feeling confused. He knew that he had no experience or ability to deal with such a problem, and the only basic first aid knowledge of the 21st century seemed pale and powerless in this situation.

"The problem now is that we can't stop the bleeding of these seriously injured soldiers. The wounds that have just been bandaged will reopen as soon as they move, and the bleeding can't be stopped at all." Even if Lina tied up all these seriously injured soldiers, she couldn't solve the current problem.

"Can we use needle and thread suturing and splinting techniques?" This was the only solution Alpha could think of. Although Zhang Mo had several stitches when he was a child, he only knew of this treatment method and had never tried to sew others.

"What needle and thread suturing? What splinting technology? Lord Alpha, you are not kidding." Lina obviously had never heard of such medical technology.

"Use needles and thread to sew the wound together, and use wooden boards to fix the parts that cannot be moved." This is Alpha's understanding, the simplest common sense from modern people. Of course, there is also plaster, which Alpha has not tried, and it is too late now.

"Lord Alpha, is this method okay?" Lina had never seen this method before and thought Alpha was just trying anything desperate.

"Let's try it first! By the way, both needles and threads need to be sterilized in advance." Alpha reminded specifically.

"What disinfection?" Lina was confused by Alpha.

"Is there any alcohol?" Alpha suddenly remembered that there was only low-alcohol fruit wine here, which could not meet the needs of disinfection at all.

"We can only use boiling water to boil needles and threads, and all the bandages that need to be changed for the wounded must be disinfected with boiling water." Alpha has no time to prepare alcohol now. Whether they can survive depends on their luck.

"I'll prepare it right away." Although she didn't know the effect, Lina still chose to believe Alpha.

Alpha tried to use needle and thread suturing and splinting techniques to treat the wounds of the seriously injured, and asked Lina to disinfect all tools and bandages with boiling water.

Although these methods are extremely common in modern medicine, they are unheard of for Lina's staff.

Lina began to prepare for the application of these new techniques, and Alpha and Lina began to prepare for the stitching and splinting.

Lina boiled a pot of water and put all the needles, threads and bandages into the water for boiling and disinfection. Alpha carefully examined the wounds of each seriously injured person and selected the most suitable parts for suturing and fixation.

Although it was very difficult at the beginning, under Alpha's careful research and guidance, Lina gradually mastered the techniques of suturing and fixation.

As time went on, more and more seriously injured people were treated with the new technology, their wounds were effectively stopped from bleeding, and they were able to recover their mobility faster.

Alpha's innovation not only brought hope of life to the members of the Knights, but also brought a breakthrough change to the entire Knights rescue culture.

Thanks to Alpha's contribution, the Knights gradually began to pay attention to the development and application of medical technology, and medical staff became one of the most respected professions among the Knights. Lina and several doctors who worked part-time as messengers also became the most popular people, which was something Alpha had not expected.

"I'm so tired." It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when they finished everything. Alpha and Lina simply washed up and lay down. Lina was also very tired and began to snore faintly as soon as she lay down.

Alpha looked at Lina's sleeping face, his heart filled with warmth and emotion. He gently touched her hair and sighed: "In this world, with your company, my life has become more beautiful." Alpha gently kissed Lina's forehead, and he secretly vowed: cherish the person in front of you, perhaps this is the most important thing in life.

"Has Lord Alpha rested?" This was Fattam's voice.

"What's wrong, Fatma?" Before Alpha crawled out of the bed, he felt a warm and soft girl crawling into his bed.

"What's wrong with Fattam? Isn't it warm in the bed?" Alpha turned around and hugged Fattam who was in the bed.

"No, I can't sleep with Rowling and the others snoring." Fattam responded softly, as if she had made up her mind. However, after getting into Alpha's bed, she was so nervous that her body was so stiff that she dared not move at all.

"Well, let's go to sleep!" Alpha stroked Fattam's hair gently. Alpha didn't want to move. He had used the power of shock continuously today and his body was almost hollowed out.

"Ah! Lord Alpha doesn't like me?" Fattam hugged Alpha's tall body in disappointment.

"Fatam is so cute, how can I not like him?" Feeling the body fragrance emanating from Fatam's body, Alpha's body also responded.

"Then why don't you do those things to me?" Fattam blushed and hid in Alpha's arms.

"What's the matter?" Alpha's hands began to grope Fattam's body dishonestly.

"It's the lewd things you and Lina did." Fatam panted, and soon his clothes were taken off by Alpha. Listening carefully, a faint sound of languor came from the tent, which lasted until late at night.

……

The next day, Alpha left behind two medics, two lightly wounded soldiers and a knight to take care of the seriously wounded. The medics were just female knights who were responsible for taking care of the wounded and were unable to handle any special problems.

In fact, everyone knew that the chances of these seriously injured soldiers surviving were very slim. According to convention, there was only a one in ten chance. However, with Alpha's intervention, 50% of these seriously injured soldiers finally survived, which was a good thing for everyone.

"Lord Alpha, our area is getting bigger and bigger. Even if we add those bandit captives, it's still seriously insufficient, right?" Freese is now in serious trouble.

"At present, the area we need to patrol is 20 kilometers in total, and my area is 8 kilometers. In order to leave no blind spots, my people need to go back and forth several times, which seriously affects the efficiency of our work." Freese was also talking about the difficulties everyone is facing now.

"Lord Alpha, the number of people we are responsible for managing has reached 400, and it is a bit difficult for us to continue managing them." Fattam's heavy cavalry is now responsible for the management of the people, but they have encountered a bottleneck in manpower.

"Establish a self-help committee for the people, let them manage their own affairs, and call back half of our cavalry." Alpha chewed a large piece of horse meat and thought about countermeasures. In the previous battle with the bandits, many war horses were left behind. The intact horses were kept for their own use, and the horses with problems were given to the knights.

There are now twenty knights in charge of managing the people. Alpha's plan is to leave only five of them to serve as a deterrent. However, this requires gradual progress and cannot be accomplished all at once.

"By the way, recruit civilians to be responsible for patrolling, so that these people have something to do. They can't just eat and not work." Thinking of this suddenly, Alpha told himself in his heart. Alpha also knew the truth that people with nothing to do would have more troubles.

“But these people will only cut corners and fish in troubled waters, they will not really help us.

Moreover, this would not fundamentally solve the problem. After all, the common people themselves are not professional warriors and it is difficult for them to deal with emergencies and attacks by bandits. "It was Frith who spoke.

"Divide them into three groups. The first group consists of those who are capable and willing to work. Give them the same living conditions and wages as us. The second group consists of those who are not capable and not willing to work. Improve the quality of their food. The third group consists of those who are unwilling to work, and only provide them with food and clothing." Alpha seemed to have thought of a corresponding countermeasure.

"Then how do we distinguish these three types of people?" Fattam seemed to understand what Alpha meant, but he was unable to figure out the specific operations.

"The first type is strong and healthy people. These people are capable of doing things for us. We can recruit them and train them a little to use them as temporary warriors. The current salary for a knight is five gold coins, so we will calculate it as two gold coins."

"The second type of people are those who are not physically fit, but are willing to help us with things like cooking, washing clothes, cleaning horses and armor, and other things within their abilities. These people will have their food benefits improved."

"The third type of people are those who cut corners and try to take advantage of the situation. Regardless of their physical fitness, they only need to be given basic food." Alpha briefly introduced his method.

"Okay, I understand, Lord Alpha." Since becoming Alpha's woman, Fattam has served Alpha wholeheartedly.

"Alpha will be responsible for the training in the early stages, cultivating their military qualities and simple weapon usage skills so that they can better protect themselves," Alpha suggested.

“The next step is to select the right people to organize a militia team to assist us in completing low-intensity work.”

"Okay, I will do it now." Fattam did not expect that the enthusiasm of the people was like a raging fire. As soon as he issued the announcement, he received a large number of responses from the people.

This forced Fattam to immediately organize manpower to carry out the selection work. Alpha did not let the twenty knights withdraw from their jobs and continued to cooperate with Fattam.

The first batch of militiamen totaled 100 people. Fatam conducted two days of basic training and equipped them with corresponding weapons and equipment. The training content mainly focused on obeying commands and mastering simple weapon use methods, with the focus on the subsequent team cooperation training.

After a period of training and equipment configuration, Alpha formed the first militia team and incorporated them into the patrol force to perform patrol missions together with the soldiers.

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