古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
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spanish warrior el cid （ 1040? - 1099 ） was a champion of christianity against the muslim moors, who ruled most of the central and south parts of spain. wounded in battle in 1099 and dying, el cid asked that his body be embalmed, and then seated on his horse, babieca, during the next battle.
soon the next battle came - an attack by king bucar of morocco on the city of valencia, which el cid had taken from the moors. the spanish were on the verge of defeat when the corpse of el cid, mounted on his horse, appeared on the battlefield. heartened, the spanish troops rallied, and were victorious.
