QA：中世纪城堡最诡异的设计元素_风闻

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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:答案可能令人不适。

中世纪城堡最诡异的设计元素是什么？

尽管中世纪的城堡会给入侵者带来一些令人讨厌的惊喜，但我最喜欢的是波迪安城堡的谋杀洞。它们在警卫室的天花板上。 

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.

守卫者站在上面的楼层，然后在某个可怜的入侵者从敞开的大门冲进来时，就把各种脏东西砸在他头上。他们可能会扔石头、炮弹、垃圾、粪便、易燃物质，或者其他任何会伤害、感染，或者最好能干掉那个可怜士兵的东西。 0

Punji sticks from the Vietnam War.

越战中的尖竹钉陷阱。 0

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

伟大的，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.

苏珊（译注：回答一答主），我特别喜欢那个弯曲的入口，就像前面说的那样，它暴露了敌人的右翼(武器臂)，使左盾臂在前进中毫无用处。 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.

你认为他们是从温泉关的斯巴达人那里学来的吗?

你或许知道或者记得这个，但它对一些人来说肯定是新知识。

（译注：温泉关，即著名的“斯巴达三百勇士”温泉关之战发生地，是希波战争中的一次著名战役，也是西方历史上一次重要战役，历史意义和军事意义非常高。希腊的斯巴达国王列奥尼达一世，率三百名斯巴达精锐战士与部分希腊城邦联军于温泉关抵抗波斯帝国，成功拖延波斯军队进攻，争取到雅典及其他城邦准备战役的宝贵时间，为之后希腊的胜利立下大功。但因寡不敌众，三百名斯巴达战士及殿后的志愿军全部阵亡，无人被俘或投降，列奥尼达被枭首。） 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.

希腊人有好几堵墙可以用来防御和延缓波斯人的进攻。左边是无法通过的灌木丛和山坡，右边是大海。左翼是天险，但是右翼并没有那么容易防守，因为对手会绕过伸入水中的墙的终点。 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.

斯巴达人是这样做的:他们在海滩上向海一面的边缘加建了海堤，但是与之成直角。波斯人本来可以穿过海堤，向右转，走一段路，然后绕出去后从侧翼攻击斯巴达人。但是，这座海堤的建造方式使得武器臂暴露在斯巴达人面前，使它和盾臂同样无用。这堵墙有一百多码长。要一直走到墙的尽头，然后向右转，从侧翼包抄斯巴达人，任务可真够艰巨的。我怀疑每一百个波斯人中，能有一个能在这次长途跋涉中幸存下来就不错了，在此过程中，军队的凝聚力将会瓦解。