Several times at public executions in 1698 and 1699, he brushed the executioner away, grabbed the axe and did the dirty work himself, chopping off a head or two.

在1698年和1699年的数次公开行刑里,他轰走了刽子手,抄起斧子亲自动手,手刃了几个囚犯

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Either there will be nobody there or more likely there will be not a very big population, and it's not very tough, and they could be easily brushed aside.

所以要么那个地方没有人烟,要么就是人口稀少的部落,并不是很顽强,很容易就能被军队驱逐

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