But some things seem to be indisputable, for instance, if I say we won the battle I can prove that to you most of the time.

但有些东西还是没有争议的,举个例子,我说我们赢得了战役,我可以证明这一点

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Even Sweden, 100 at the time of the Battle of Poltava. Forget it.

在波尔塔瓦战役时,瑞典也有十万军队

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I don't have any very good answers for that and yet it is one part of the traditional explanation is this, and it's a very important one and much debated, that at a critical time in the battle one technique would be one side would give one great big shove.

我并没有令人满意的答案,目前还有一种传统解释,很重要,同时也饱受争议,那就是在战局千钧一发的时刻,有一项技术就是一方给对方致命一推

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