Rome must fall.

Chapter 45 Horace and Nesia

"Her name is Nesia, the head nurse of the medical team and the deputy captain of the medical team!" Maximus said loudly.

Nesia, a Greek slave girl, was bought as a concubine by a steward of a nearby farm. She suffered various abuses and had two miscarriages. When the rebel army attacked her farm, she incited the slaves in the farm to directly kill the steward and his subordinates and join the rebel army. She looks weak and is good at socializing, but in fact she is strong on the inside and can be quite tolerant.

At this moment, Nesia was surprised and puzzled after hearing Maximus's words: "What is a head nurse?"

"The soldiers who care for and care for the wounded are called nurses, and the head of the nurses is called the head nurse." Maximus deliberately distorted the meaning of nurses.

Nesia and the other women suddenly became happy and called them soldiers, which obviously enhanced their status in the rebel army.

Nesia then asked: "What should we do if these wounded soldiers behave... rudely to us when we are taking care of them?"

Maximus said seriously: "Every wounded soldier stationed in the medical team camp must be reminded in advance that if he harasses you again, you can give him a warning. If he still messes around after the warning, he will be kicked out of the medical team. Team, we won’t accept wounded soldiers like this!”

"Okay!" Nesia smiled, satisfied with Maximus's answer.

Horace, who had just been deep in thought after hearing Maximus's request and did not make any noise like other army slaves, then asked: "Why do you need to boil water to soak the linen for binding the wound?"

Maximus was well prepared. He said with a serious face: "We can often see densely packed insects at the bottom of some ditches in the wild. In fact, this is only what we can see. There are also some insects around us. Invisible bugs live on dirty things and can cause us to get sick due to high fever. But usually our skin is like armor, protecting us tightly. In addition, our body is strong, so we can live a normal life. But if we are affected by When injured and weak, they can easily invade the body through the wound, causing the wounded soldier to develop pus in the wound, high fever in the body, and eventually die. High temperature can kill these bugs, and a clean environment can also reduce their existence..."

Not only was Horace shocked when he heard Maximus's words, the others also subconsciously looked around nervously.

Maximus' serious look made Horace doubtful, and he asked eagerly: "Which doctor did you learn what you said?"

Maximus was too lazy to explain to him in detail and said in a more serious tone: "Don't worry about where I learned it from. You can practice it first and see if it is effective after a while. If it is effective, continue to implement it. If it doesn’t work, how about taking care of the wounded soldiers according to your original method?”

Horace had never studied medicine, so he would not believe in a certain set of theories and reject other "heretical theories." Instead, he felt that what Maximus said made sense, and since he was a farmer, he would not find it troublesome to work more.

"Okay, let's try it first as you said."

Horace's reply made Maximus feel relieved. He had already made up his mind: if Horace objected, he would not mind changing to another obedient person as the captain of the medical team.

Maximus looked at Nesia, then at Horace, and said sincerely: "I hope you two will work together to improve our medical team and allow more wounded soldiers to recover!"

Nesia immediately expressed her position: "I will fully cooperate with the captain and lead the sisters to do a good job!"

Horace said: "I have never been a captain. I don't know if I can do it well, but I will try my best!"

This is an honest man! ...When they met for the first time, Maximus had a good impression of Horace.

Next, the three of them made a simple plan for the medical team camp based on the severity of the wounded soldier's condition, and then began to carry the wounded soldier to the tent.

At this moment, Maximus approached Nesia and whispered: "Nesia, I will give you another task. While you are leading the sisters to take care of the wounded soldiers, you can implicitly persuade them to recover from the injuries. Then stay and stay in our baggage team." This is another purpose of Maximus's establishment of a medical team. Since several leaders are unwilling to give more to the soldiers in the baggage team, he will make a fuss among the wounded soldiers. After all, the rebel army Nowadays, people who join the team are on a voluntary basis, but the vast majority of people do not understand the internal situation of the rebel army, so they just follow the arrangements. If the wounded soldiers insist on staying in the baggage train, it is difficult for others to object. Moreover, the wounded soldiers have experienced combat and are of better quality than the new recruits.

"I know, we will persuade you quietly." Nesia whispered, giving him a wink: "If I do a good job, captain, how will you thank me?"

Maximus's heart skipped a beat at her sight, and he said calmly: "You did a good job, which means I didn't see the wrong person."

Eyes turned on Maximus' face a few times, and Nesia chuckled.

Of course, it was not only the medical team that carried the wounded soldiers into the tents, Maximus also called the escort team to help, so the wounded soldiers were settled properly within half an hour.

Then, Maximus worked tirelessly to express condolences one by one, and also deliberately told the wounded soldiers that he took the initiative to apply to the leaders to establish a medical team and would do his best to ensure their recovery.

Since these wounded soldiers were injured, the rebels have been busy in the past two days. As a result, they were left aside without anyone to take care of them, and they were very depressed. Now that I heard that the baggage team specially sent women to take care of them, I suddenly felt like I had arrived from hell. Heaven, not only was very grateful to Maximus, but also promised to respect these women who would take good care of themselves.

Following Horace's instructions, several army slaves were chopping wood, boiling water, and preparing to scald and wash linen outside the medical team's camp. Horace began to carefully teach Nesia and the others how to clean the injured areas of wounded soldiers, how to stop bleeding, and how to tie bandages...

Seeing that the work of the medical team was starting to get on track, Maximus quietly left. Thinking of the grateful eyes of the wounded soldiers just now, he decided: from now on, he would visit here every day to continue to win the favor of the wounded soldiers. It's a good thing that comes at no cost.

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Since the number of the rebels was only two thousand, the simple camp that the Roman army had built at the olive oil farm could fully accommodate it. However, even so, the soldiers were busy all day and did not quiet down until late at night.

Early the next morning, Spartacus and Cross led the team and escorted the hundreds of Campania prisoners to Naples.

The city of Naples is northwest of the rebel army's current camp, only twenty miles away.

By noon, the team arrived at the city.

The Neapolitans had already learned of the incoming rebel army, and the city gates had been closed long ago. All city guard soldiers were sent to the top of the city, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Spartacus shouted loudly outside the city, claiming that they could not bear the oppression of the Romans and so they rebelled. They originally had no ill intentions towards the Neapolitans. However, Naples helped the Romans and sent troops to assist the Roman army in attacking their camp. Now the Roman army has been wiped out by them, and most of the Campanian soldiers, mainly Naples, have been captured. The rebels decided to punish the Neapolitans. Unless Napoli provided 500 pairs of armor, 500 daggers, 500 spears and 500 shields in exchange for the lives of these prisoners, they would All were executed here.

Spartacus's shouting caused an uproar among the Naples officials, parliamentarians and city guard soldiers who were watching at the top of the city.

Through the defeated troops who escaped yesterday, the Neapolitans already knew the news of the disastrous defeat of the Roman army. The families of the soldiers who had not seen their relatives return were already preparing for funerals, and there was mourning everywhere in the city.

Now they saw that there were so many Neapolitan soldiers alive, and they were still shouting miserably outside the city. Most of them wanted to agree to Spartacus's conditions.

　I went to Kaifeng for three days and finally came back!

　　
  　
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