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Jeyoon Jung wrote on Thu, Nov 11, 2021 11:59 PM UTC in reply to Bn Em from 08:56 PM:

Though a sensible meaning for “前鋒出兵未交” (lit. “Until the Vanguard dispatches troops they [who?] don't meet” afaict?) in isolation (as suggested by the full stops) eludes me on a first attempt.

It seems like it means the spearman is dispatched, not the spearman dispatches. 未 should be interpreted as "not" and 交 as "fight", so I translated it as "The spearman goes out but does not fight." Also, the text separates everything with full stops, so no need to worry about it.

Incidentally re the position of the infantry and cavalry, “步與騎相間” does seem to mean “infantry and cavalry alternate”…

It just means that they are placed with a space in between. It seems that we cannot infer that they alternate.


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