QA：中世紀城堡最詭異的設計元素_風聞

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Susan Campbell, I have studied primarily Medi English history.

upxed July 27, 2019

CAUTION: The answer may contain upsetting information.

What were the most devious design elements of medi castles?

Although Medi castles had a few nasty surprises for invaders, my favorite is Bodiam Castle’s murder holes. They are in the ceiling of the gatehouse.

注意:答案可能令人不適。

中世紀城堡最詭異的設計元素是什麼？

儘管中世紀的城堡會給入侵者帶來一些令人討厭的驚喜，但我最喜歡的是波迪安城堡的謀殺洞。它們在警衞室的天花板上。 

Defenders stood on the floor above and when some poor invader came charging through the opened gate dropped a variety of nasty things on his head. They might drop rocks, cannonballs, garbage, poop, flammable substances, or anything else which would injure, infect, or preferably murder the poor soldier.

守衞者站在上面的樓層，然後在某個可憐的入侵者從敞開的大門衝進來時，就把各種髒東西砸在他頭上。他們可能會扔石頭、炮彈、垃圾、糞便、易燃物質，或者其他任何會傷害、感染，或者最好能幹掉那個可憐士兵的東西。 0

Punji sticks from the Vietnam War.

越戰中的尖竹釘陷阱。 0

grand, or any of the other illusions in which men indulged.

偉大的，或其他任何令男人沉溺其中的幻想。

回答二 0

Ronald Kelly, former Cab Driver at Self-Employment (1998-2010)

Answered July 17, 2019

What were the most devious design elements of medi castles?

Susan, I especially like the bent entrance, which, as was stated, exposes an enemy’s right flank (weapons arm), leaving the left shield arm useless in the advance.

蘇珊（譯註：回答一答主），我特別喜歡那個彎曲的入口，就像前面説的那樣，它暴露了敵人的右翼(武器臂)，使左盾臂在前進中毫無用處。 0

Do you think they learned this from the Spartans at Thermopylae? You may know or remember this, but it’s sure to be new to some.

你認為他們是從温泉關的斯巴達人那裏學來的嗎?

你或許知道或者記得這個，但它對一些人來説肯定是新知識。

（譯註：温泉關，即著名的“斯巴達三百勇士”温泉關之戰發生地，是希波戰爭中的一次著名戰役，也是西方歷史上一次重要戰役，歷史意義和軍事意義非常高。希臘的斯巴達國王列奧尼達一世，率三百名斯巴達精鋭戰士與部分希臘城邦聯軍於温泉關抵抗波斯帝國，成功拖延波斯軍隊進攻，爭取到雅典及其他城邦準備戰役的寶貴時間，為之後希臘的勝利立下大功。但因寡不敵眾，三百名斯巴達戰士及殿後的志願軍全部陣亡，無人被俘或投降，列奧尼達被梟首。） 0

The Greeks had several walls that they could use to defend themselves and slow the advance of the Persians. To the left, impassable scrub and mountainside, to the right, the sea. The left flank was naturally defended, but the right flank not so readily defended, as an opponent would simply walk around the wall at it’s terminus in the water.

希臘人有好幾堵牆可以用來防禦和延緩波斯人的進攻。左邊是無法通過的灌木叢和山坡，右邊是大海。左翼是天險，但是右翼並沒有那麼容易防守，因為對手會繞過伸入水中的牆的終點。 0

So here’s what the Spartan’s did: they added on to the seawall at the seaward edge of the beach, but at a right angle to it. The Persians could have potentially walked out past the seawall, turn right, walked a bit, and out flanked the Spartans. Except, the structure was built in such a way that it exposed the weapons arm to the Spartans, rendering it useless and made the shield arm equally useless. This wall was over a hundred yards long. Quite a task to make it all the way to the end of the wall, turn right, and flank the Spartans. I doubt one in a hundred Persians would survive this trek, and unit cohesion would go to Hell in the process.

斯巴達人是這樣做的:他們在海灘上向海一面的邊緣加建了海堤，但是與之成直角。波斯人本來可以穿過海堤，向右轉，走一段路，然後繞出去後從側翼攻擊斯巴達人。但是，這座海堤的建造方式使得武器臂暴露在斯巴達人面前，使它和盾臂同樣無用。這堵牆有一百多碼長。要一直走到牆的盡頭，然後向右轉，從側翼包抄斯巴達人，任務可真夠艱鉅的。我懷疑每一百個波斯人中，能有一個能在這次長途跋涉中倖存下來就不錯了，在此過程中，軍隊的凝聚力將會瓦解。