He wanted to go all the way to the Ganges River, but his army forced him to turn back.

他还想继续向恒河进军，但是他的军队迫使他返回波斯。

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So there is this story about his Uncle Hoskins who takes his horse and cart with Richard in the back and drives it into the middle of the Mississippi River as a kind of practical joke on Richard.

有个故事是关于他的叔叔Hoskins的,他让理查坐在他的马车后,却连人带车掉到密西西比河里,这被作为了一个理查的真实笑话。

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