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They feasted on the supplies they captured. Genghis Khan turned Beijing into a prison. Within the walls, thousands starved to death. The survivors1 resorted to cannibalism2. Finally, Genghis Khan's army was ready to attack.
"All who surrender would be spared. Those who did not surrender but opposed with struggle and dissension would be annihilated3."
Despite enduring months of starvation, the commander of the Chinese army still controlled a formidable garrison4 with thousands of men and a powerful array of weapons. Genghis Khan knew that few in the first wave of the attack would survive. So he forced captured enemy prisoners to wheel the siege engine forward into the killing5 zone. It is said that each of his own warriors6 was given a silk shirt. If the arrow penetrated7 the body, it took the silk with it, making it easier to draw the arrow out and minimizing the wound.
feast: gorge, devour, consume
cannibalism: act of eating human flesh
annihilate: destroy, demolish; exterminate
1 survivors | |
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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2 cannibalism | |
n.同类相食;吃人肉 | |
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3 annihilated | |
v.(彻底)消灭( annihilate的过去式和过去分词 );使无效;废止;彻底击溃 | |
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4 garrison | |
n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防 | |
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5 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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6 warriors | |
武士,勇士,战士( warrior的名词复数 ) | |
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7 penetrated | |
adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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