But if that broke, if that wasn't available to him, he could turn to his short sword, which was a thrusting sword, not like the Roman short sword which was double edged and slashing.

但是如果矛断了,他就不能使用矛了,那么他就得使用短剑了,这种短剑也是用来刺的,不像罗马士兵的双刃剑那样用砍的

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But if you're going to have a big old fort, and you're going to have lots of cannon that you hope to use against your craven, reptile enemies that would want to get in your way, you've got to have people to try out the cannon.

如果你想攻占一个大型的旧式堡垒,你必须要有很多大炮,来对付那些缩在城堡中的敌人,还需要很多士兵来操纵这些大炮

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