第一章 Aegon's Conquest 部分7 - 知乎
《冰与火之歌前传火与血 英文原版 权力的游戏300年前的故事Fire and Blood Game of Thrones Song of Ice 乔治马丁 [精装] George R.R. Martin [平装] George R.R. Martin》 George R.R. Martin【摘要 书评 试读】图书
The fighting lasted well into the night, a bloody business and far less one-sided than Aegon's conquest of Harrenhal. Thrice Argilac the Arrogant led his knights against the Baratheon positions, but the slopes were steep and the rains had turned the ground soft and muddy, so the warhorses struggled and foundered, and the charges lost all cohesion and momentum. The stormlanders fared better when they sent their supermen up the hills on foots. Blinded by the rain, the invaders did not see them climbing until it was too late, and the wet bowstrings of the archers made their bows useless. One hill fell, and then another, and the fourth and final charge of the Storm King and his knights broke through the Baratheon center ... only to come upon Queen Rhaenys and Meraxes. Even on the ground, the dragon proved formidable. Dickon Morrigen and the Bastard of Blackhaven, commanding the vanguard, were engulfed in dragon flame, along with the knights of King Argilac's personal guard. The warhorses panicked and fled in terror, crashing into riders behind them, and turning the charge into chaos. The Storm King himself was thrown from his saddle.
战斗一直持续到晚上，这场血腥的战斗并没有向伊耿征服赫伦堡那样一边倒。“自大的”亚拉吉尔带领骑士向拜拉席恩发起三次进攻，但山坡太陡，并且雨水使得道路泥泞不堪，所以战马在挣扎中倒下，并且军队失去了所有的凝聚力和勇气。当风暴地派出他们的勇士徒步上山时，情况好了很多。由于大雨的遮蔽，侵略者发现他们登山的时候为时已晚，弓箭手的湿漉漉的弓弦使得弓箭变得无用。攻克一座山接着一座山，风暴之王第四次也是最后一次冲锋，他和他的骑士们冲破了拜拉席恩中心……却遇到了蕾妮斯王后和米拉克斯。即使在地上，巨龙也表现出了不可战胜的一面。狄肯·莫里根和先锋统帅布莱克海文的私生子以及跟随亚拉吉尔的私人骑士护卫们一起被龙焰吞没。战马恐慌在惊慌中逃奔，冲散了它们身后的骑士，使冲锋变得一片混乱。风暴王从马鞍上跌落。
Yet still Argilac continued to battle. When Orys Baratheon came down the muddy hill with his own men, he found the old king holding off half a dozen men, with as many corpses at his feet. "Stand aside," Baratheon commanded. He dismounted, so as to meet the king on equal footing, and offered the Storm King one last chance to yield. Argilac cursed him instead. And so they fought, the old warrior king with his streaming white hair and Aegon's fierce, black-bearded Hand. Each man took a wound from the other, it was said, but in the end the last of the Durrandon got his wish, and died with a sword in his hand and a curse on his lips. The death of their king took all heart out of the stormlanders, and as the word spread that Argilac had fallen, his lords and knights threw down their swords and fled.
在地面上巨龙仍然无法战胜，龙焰吞没了指挥前锋的狄肯·莫里根与黑港的私生子与亚尔吉拉的近卫骑士，战马受惊逃跑，骑士相撞而队型立刻混乱起来，连风暴王也被抛下马，但他顽强地战斗下去。奥里斯带人冲下山作战，与风暴王决斗。他给风暴王最后一次投降的机会，但换来了对方的辱骂。两人搏斗，各自都受伤了，但是最后奥里斯赢了，亚尔吉拉得偿所愿，持剑奋战至死，嘴里仍然咒骂着。风暴王之死粉碎了他的部下的军心，他们纷纷逃跑回到风息堡。
For a few days it was feared that Storm's End might suffer the same fate as Harrenhal, for Argilac's daughter Argella barred her gates at the approach of Orys Baratheon and the Targaryen host, and declared herself the Storm Queen. Rather than bend the knee, the defenders of Storm's End would die to the last mean, she promised when Queen Rhaenys flew Meraxes into the castle to parley. "You may take my castle, but you will win only bones and blood and blood and ashes," she announced ... but the soldiers of the garrison proved less eager to die. That night they raised a peace banner, threw open the castle gate, and delivered Lands Argella gagged, chained, and naked to the camp of Ors Baratheon.
接下来几天，亚拉吉尔的女儿亚吉菈封锁城门以拒奥里斯拜拉席恩和坦格利安的军队，并自称风暴女王，但城堡中的人都担忧风息堡遭受像赫伦堡一样的命运。她向前来谈判劝降的骑着米拉克斯的蕾妮斯王后保证，风息堡将会战至最后一兵一卒。她宣称“你可以夺走我的城堡，但是你获得的只会是骨头和血液以及灰烬与血液”，但是守城的士兵并不想战死。当夜他们举起白旗，打开城门投降，把赤裸的亚吉菈绑起上锁，将城堡与她献给奥里斯拜拉席恩。
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bloody business 血腥的战斗
Thrice：adv 三次
slope：n斜坡，陡坡
steep：adj陡峭的
foundered：vt 失败，沉没，摔倒在地
cohesion：n凝聚,结合
momentum：n势头，动量
fared: vt表现
invader：n 侵略者
bowstrings：n弓弦
formidable：adj 不可战胜的
vanguard：n先锋
engulf：vt吞没
panicked : vt 使恐慌
terror： n 恐怖
chaos：n 混乱
saddle: n 马鞍
corpses：n 尸体
fierce： n 勇士
wound： n创伤，伤口
die to the last mean 奋战至最后一刻
garrison：n 要塞，卫戍部队
gagged：n 塞口