So, the guys in the back turn and run, which is the only thing you can possibly do once you feel our phalanx is broken.

然后,后面的人转过身去,夺路而逃,当你感到方阵快要被打散时,你唯一可能做的就是逃跑

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And so the big issue is -- this is what you must never do, but this is what you got to do if your phalanx is broken.

所以现在的大问题是,这也许是你在战场上永远不能做的事,但你在方阵被打散时不得不这么干

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That's what you need for a phalanx, because to maintain the integrity of the hoplite line, you can't have bumps and grooves, and trees and rivers in the way; it will break things up.

而是方阵作战所必备的条件,为了维持重装步兵队列的完整性,就不能在坑坑洼洼,有树林有河流的地方布阵,这会把方阵打散

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