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His own remote ancestor, King Loren of the Rock, had tried to stand against the fire when he joined with King Mern of the Reach to oppose the Targaryen conquest. That was close on three hundred years ago, when the Seven Kingdoms were kingdoms, and not mere provinces of a greater realm. Between them, the Two Kings had six hundred banners flying, five thousand mounted knights, and ten times as many freeriders and men-at-arms. Aegon Dragonlord had perhaps a fifth that number, the chroniclers said, and most of those were conscripts from the ranks of the last king he had slain, their loyalties uncertain.
他的遠祖凱巖王羅倫，曾與河灣王孟恩聯軍抵抗坦格利安的征服。那是約三百年前的事，當時七大王國真的是各自為政的王國，而非今日大一統國度下的屬地。兩軍合計有六百諸侯，五千騎兵，以及五萬以上的雇傭軍和步兵。據史家記載，"龍王"伊耿的軍力大概只有對手的五分之一，其中多半是從他之前擊敗的敵手軍隊中召募而來，忠誠堪憂?！ ?/p>
The hosts met on the broad plains of the Reach, amidst golden fields of wheat ripe for harvest. When the Two Kings charged, the Targaryen army shivered and shattered and began to run. For a few moments, the chroniclers wrote, the conquest was at an end. but only for those few moments, before Aegon Targaryen and his sisters joined the battle.
兩軍在河灣沿岸的沃野平疇中相遇，在遍地結實累累、等待收獲的金黃麥田上交戰。聯軍發動沖鋒，坦格利安軍立時四散潰逃。短短幾分鐘內，史家又如此寫道，連年的征服似乎就要劃上休止符……但這只是伊耿·坦格利安和他兩個妹妹投入戰局之前的那幾分鐘。
It was the only time that Vhaghar, Meraxes, and Balerion were all unleashed at once. The singers called it the Field of Fire.
這是歷史上惟一一次瓦格哈爾、米拉西斯和貝勒里恩同時出擊，后世的吟游詩人稱之為"怒火燎原".
Near four thousand men had burned that day, among them King Mern of the Reach. King Loren had escaped, and lived long enough to surrender, pledge his fealty to the Targaryens, and beget a son, for which Tyrion was duly grateful.
那天共有將近四千名士兵被燒成灰燼，其中包括河灣王孟恩。羅倫王僥幸逃脫，沒過多久便向坦格利安家族投降稱臣，后來還產下一子，為此提利昂只有感激的份。
背景介紹：
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式，多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學界，轉而投身演藝界發展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作，處女作便是《權力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲?！稒嗔Φ挠螒颉犯Τ霰隳孟铝薆ritish Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
