重上征鞍命若絲 - 古德明

重上征鞍命若絲 - 古德明

ThebattleofLutzenin1632wasadecisivebattleoftheThirtyYearsWar*.AsoldieroftheProtestantUniongivesthefollowingaccountofhispartinthebattle.
"Myhorsewasshot,andhissuddenfallthrustmybumafootintotheground.Hefelluponmeandtherelaygrovellinguponme,puttingmeoutofmysenses.IknewnothowIwas,butatlengthcomingtomyselfIgotupandtookahorsewithoutamaster.However,IwassobruisedandmyarmourwassoheavythatIcouldnotgetmylegintothesaddle.Myhorseranawaywithmeinthatposture,halfinmysaddleandhalfout.Iescapedverynarrowlyfrombeingthrowncleanoff.Finally,Igotintomysaddlefullofpainandcouldhardlysit."
一六三二年呂岑之役,是三十年戰爭中決定大局的戰役之一。一名新教聯盟軍人談到他在戰役中的情況。
「我的馬中彈,突然仆倒,我重重摔下來,屁股陷入地面一英尺。馬倒在我身上,壓着我翻滾。我昏了過去,不知怎樣,終於醒來,站起身,抓到一匹無主的馬,但因身上瘀傷厲害,盔甲又重,一條腿跨不過馬鞍,就這樣半在鞍上半不在的時候,馬帶着我跑起來,差點兒把我拋下,最後,我上了馬鞍,但渾身疼痛,難以安坐。」
*一六一八年至四八年的三十年戰爭,是歐洲一場宗教戰爭。呂岑之役,新教聯盟慘勝。