古德明英語軍事小故事：烏鳶啄人腸(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。烏鳶啄人腸
in 1462 the forces of the ottoman sultan mehmed Ⅱ were approaching the capital of their enemy, vlad dracul, when they encountered a scene of horror. stretching for more than a mile were thousands of sharpened stakes on which were impaled the bodies of turkish prisoners, who had been left to die there. the bodies were in various stages of decomposition, and the stench was indescribable. as the turks moved closer, clouds of ravens and other birds of prey rose up from the corpses they had been pecking. so appalling was the sight that even the ferocious mehmed was shaken and called off the invasion.in1462theforcesoftheottomansultanmehmedwereapproachingthecapitaloftheirenemy,vladdracul,whentheyencounteredasceneofhorror.stretchingformorethanamilewerethousandsofsharpenedstakesonwhichwereimpaledthebodiesofturkishprisoners,whohadbeenlefttodiethere.thebodieswereinvariousstagesofdecomposition,andthestenchwasindescribable.astheturksmovedcloser,cloudsofravensandotherbirdsofpreyroseupfromthecorpsestheyhadbeenpecking.soappallingwasthesightthateventheferociousmehmedwasshakenandcalledofftheinvasion.
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