第6部分(第2/7 頁)

in　in　wait　for　so　long；　rose　up　out　of　the　grass　and　charged　the　gazelles　from　the　east；　west；　and　north。　Never　had　Chen　Zhen　witnessed　such　a　terrifying　attack。　When　men　charge　the　enemy；　they　shout　“Charge！”

or　“Kill！”　Dog　attacks　are　acpanied　by　frenzied　barking　to　intimi—date　and　instill　fear。　But　when　wolves　attack；　they　do　so　in　silence—no　shouts；　no　wolfish　howls。　Warrior　wolves！

The　wolves　flew　out　of　the　tall　grass　like　torpedoes　armed　with　the　sharpest；　most　fearsome　teeth　and　menacing　glares；　heading　straight　for　the　herd。

Stuffed　from　overeating；　the　gazelles　were　thrown　into　a　panic。　Denied　their　primary　weapon—speed—they　were　now　little　more　than　sheep；　nothing　but　meat　on　the　hoof。　Chen　imagined　their　great　terror。　Souls　had　probably　already　fled　from　most　of　them　and　were　on　their　way　up　to　Tengger。　Many　merely　stood　where　they　were　and　quaked；　others　crumpled　to　the　ground　as　if　kneeling；　their　tongues　out；　their　short　tails　twitching。

狼圖騰（英文版）　2（10）

Chen　was　witness　to　the　wolves’　intelligence　and　patience；　their　organi—zation　and　discipline。　Faced　with　a　bat　opportunity　that　came　around　only　once　every　few　years；　they　were　still　able　to　wait　patiently；　keeping　their　hunger　and　their　appetite　in　check；　then　disarm　the　enemy—the　herd　of　gazelles—with　ease。

Now　he　understood　how　the　great；　unlettered　military　genius　Genghis　Khan；　as　well　as　the　illiterate　or　semiliterate　military　leaders　of　peoples　such　as　the　Quanrong；　the　Huns；　the　Tungus；　the　Turks；　the　Mongols；　and　the　Jurchens；　were　able　to　bring　the　Chinese　（whose　great　military　sage　Sun…tzu　had　produced　his　universally　acclaimed　treatise　The　Art　of　War）　to　their　knees；　to　run　roughshod　over　their　ter—ritory；　and　to　interrupt　their　dynastic　cycles。　They　had