Appreciation of Seven Military Poems (Ⅳ);
At the beginning, the poet painted a magnificent and desolate frontier fortress scenery, summarizing the face of the northwest frontier fortress. The scenery contains rich feelings, the attention of the soldiers guarding the border, the pride of being able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the country, and the loneliness of the harsh border environment and the hard life of the generals. All kinds of feelings are integrated into this desolate and vast, confused and dim scene.
"Yellow sand wears golden armor in hundreds of battles, and it will not be returned without breaking Loulan." These two sentences have changed from the description of the environment with mixed scenes to direct lyricism. "Yellow sand wears golden armor in hundreds of battles" is a poem with strong generalization. The length of the border defense, the frequency of wars, the hardship of fighting, the toughness of the enemy and the desolation of the border are all summed up in these seven words. "Hundreds of battles" is more abstract, and the word "yellow sand" highlights the characteristics of the northwest battlefield. From "winning every battle" to "wearing golden armor", we can imagine the arduousness and fierceness of the battle, and we can also imagine a series of heroic sacrifices in this long time. However, although the shining golden armor has worn out, the soldiers' ambition to serve the country has not been tempered, but has become more determined in the tempering of desert sand. "Never break the Loulan, never return it" is the heroic oath of the battle-hardened soldiers. The more the last sentence emphasizes the hardships of fighting and the frequent wars, the more powerful and shocking it becomes.