王室谍报行动
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Royal Espionage
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第1段
Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel. In those days wandering minstrels were welcome everywhere. They were not fighting men, and their harp was their passport. Alfred had learned many of their ballads in his youth, and could vary his programme with acrobatic tricks and simple conjuring.
阿尔弗雷德大帝曾亲自化身间谍，以一身吟游歌手的装扮深入丹麦军营。那个年代，浪迹天涯的吟游歌手到哪都受欢迎。他们不是作战人员，他们的竖琴可作护照之用。阿尔弗雷德青年时学过许多民歌，并能在表演中穿插些杂技和小魔术，使节目更加丰富。
第2段
While Alfred's little army slowly began to gather at Athelney, the king himself set out to penetrate the camp of Guthrum, the commander of the Danish invaders. These had settled down for the winter at Chippenham: thither Alfred went. He noticed at once that discipline was slack: the Danes had the self-confidence of conquerors, and their security precautions were casual. They lived well, on the proceeds of raids on neighbouring regions. There they collected women as well as food and drink, and a life of ease had made them soft.
阿尔弗雷德的小规模部队开始在阿塞尔纳慢慢集结时，他亲自潜入丹麦入侵司令官古什鲁姆的军营。 丹麦军已在奇彭纳姆驻扎，准备过冬，阿尔弗雷德随即赶到。他很快发现丹麦军队纪律松懈，他们有着征服者的自信，对安全防范却漫不经心。他们依靠掠夺周边的财物，生活很是滋润。他们抢夺民女，还搜刮食物酒水，淫逸的生活让丹麦军人丧失斗志。
第3段
Alfred stayed in the camp a week before he returned to Athelney. The force there assembled was trivial compared with the Danish horde. But Alfred had deduced that the Danes were no longer fit for prolonged battle: and that their commissariat had no organization, but depended on irregular raids.
阿尔弗雷德在敌营停留了大约一个星期，便回到了阿塞尔纳。他在那里集结的军队，和丹麦大军一比相形见绌。然而，阿尔弗雷德推断，丹麦军人已不再适应持久战役，他们的后勤保障毫无组织可言，只靠零星的劫掠维持补给。
第4段
So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy. He was constantly
因此，面对丹麦人的进攻，阿尔弗雷德没有冒着风险正面御敌，而是反复袭击敌人。他率部队
第5段
on the move, drawing the Danes after him. His patrols halted the raiding parties: hunger assailed the Danish army. Now Alfred began a long series of skirmishes—and within a month the Danes had surrendered. The episode could reasonably serve as a unique epic of royal espionage!
不停地移动，吸引丹麦军队追赶自己。他的巡逻小队阻止进行抢夺的敌人： （缺乏补给）饥饿威胁着丹麦军队。阿尔弗雷德这才发起了一连串小规模的战斗，不出一个月，丹麦军队就投降了。这完全算得上王室谍报行动史诗中最独特的篇章了。
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