Though many soldiers became writers, very few of these had, with their comrades, unearthed 3,000 corpses buried in the moat outside Yancheng or actually fought in battle. And none other than Chang had ever been a "substitute horse."
軍中作家雖多，但像他那樣，與弟兄們在江蘇鹽城外早已填平的護城河裡挖出 3,000 具屍體，也真正扛過槍打過仗者寥寥無幾，做過「代馬輸卒」的，則大概是唯一。