"Four of Seven Poems on the Military March" - Tang Dynasty: Wang Changling
The snow-capped mountains are covered with long clouds in Qinghai, and the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass in the distance. Yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned until it is broken.
Translation: The Qinghai Lake is covered with dark clouds, and the continuous snow-capped mountains are dim. The ancient border city and Yumen Pass are thousands of miles apart, facing each other from afar. The soldiers guarding the border have experienced hundreds of battles, their armor has been worn out, and their ambition is unquenchable. They vow not to return home until they defeat the invading enemy.
Extended information:
1. The two sentences "The yellow sand wears golden armor in a hundred battles, and the Loulan will never be returned until it is broken", which concentrates on the combat life and ambition of the border guards. General expression and expression. This means that in the desolate desert, there are many battles, and the soldiers have been through hundreds of battles, and even the iron helmets and armor on their bodies are worn out, but as long as the border troubles have not been eliminated, they will never disarm and return home.
2. The main enemies of the West in the Tang Dynasty were Tibet and Turks. The shores of Qinghai Lake were the frontline of the border defenses where the Tang Dynasty government troops and the Tibetan aristocratic armies fought many times and were fiercely contested; while the Yumen Pass area faced the Turks to the west, and this area was also constantly at war with fierce battles for years.
3. "Yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles" is a powerful summary of this kind of fighting life. This is a very powerful verse. The long time of guarding the border, the frequency of battles, the arduousness of the battles, the strength of the enemy troops, and the desolation of the border areas are all summarized in these seven words.
4. Among them, the word "yellow sand" is not only a real scene, rendering the typical environment of the frontier battlefield, but also showing the desolation and desolation of the frontier; the word "hundred battles" vividly illustrates The soldiers guarded the border for a long time and the frontier battles were frequent. The words "wearing golden armor" exaggerated the hardship and fierceness of the battle, and also showed how heavy the price the soldiers paid and even sacrificed to protect their homeland and country.