它的人民充当了同邻国交战时的炮灰。

Its people are cannon fodder in wars with bordering states.

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当人们拒绝跟我们交战时情况就变得不妙了。

Things went bad when people refused to fight us.

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这是在两国交战时期。

This was a time when the two countries were at war.

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The traditional answer is that These guys actually did press up against the rows in front of them And that this provided a momentum That gave the front line an advantage in beating the enemy facing them.

传统的回答是,他们实际上是在推挤前面几排友军,为其提供一种动力,使前线在与对面的敌人交战时具有优势

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So just to give an example, if he goes through the hard pass and you defend the hard pass, he loses one of those battalions going over the mountains and the other one because he meets you.

举个例子吧,如果入侵者与你在崎岖之途上狭路相逢,他在翻越山岭时损失一营,与你交战再损失一营

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