《宋史·列传·卷四十二》
夏竦害怕战争或者失败，是借兵少为辞而已。
竦惧战或败衄，托以兵少为辞尔。
Xia Song was afraid of war or failure, and just used the reason of having few soldiers.
<s>[INST] Give the modern Chinese and English translation for the following Classical Chinese passage: 竦惧战或败衄，托以兵少为辞尔。 [/INST] Modern Chinese: 夏竦害怕战争或者失败，是借兵少为辞而已。 English: Xia Song was afraid of war or failure, and just used the reason of having few soldiers.</s>
Give the modern Chinese and English translation for the following Classical Chinese passage: 竦惧战或败衄，托以兵少为辞尔。
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Modern Chinese: 夏竦害怕战争或者失败，是借兵少为辞而已。 English: Xia Song was afraid of war or failure, and just used the reason of having few soldiers.
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