The troops of the emergency unit galloped away on horseback. Ten miles on a horse, five miles on a whip, and travel with lightning.
This is the army of the Northwest Military Command. He came to the emergency military book and reported that the Xiongnu army had surrounded the western region of Jiuquan in the western region of China.
After receiving the military books, I looked to the west, but I saw snow falling and hazy, and there was no smoke on the mountain. The original flame of military ties had been broken.
Sentence annotation
(1) Longxi: It was called Yuefu in ancient times, also known as "Walking out of Xiamen", and it belongs to "harmony songs and melody tunes". Longxi, west of Longshan, east of Longxi County, Gansu Province.
⑵ Duhu: official name. In the Han Dynasty, the western regions were established as capitals, and in the Tang Dynasty, six capitals were established to govern the western regions.
(3) Xiongnu: This refers to the ethnic minorities in the north and west of China. Jiuquan: county name, in the northeast of Jiuquan city today.
(4) Guanshan: generally refers to the mountain Yuan Ye in the border area.
(5) Afforestation: beacon towers and border camps. In ancient times, the warning of frontier defense took the beacon as the signal, and the smoke was raised as a "whistle" during the day and the fire was raised as a "beacon" at night. A book by Garrison, called Fire. Disconnect: Disconnect.
Vernacular translation
The anxious army commander galloped with a whip. Holding a horse is ten miles, and a whip is five miles. The long journey flashed by like lightning. This is the military envoy of the northwest capital. He sent an urgent military report, reporting that Xiongnu troops had surrounded Jiuquan, an important town in the western regions of Datang. After receiving the military documents, I looked up to the west and saw the snow flying all over the sky, confused, looking at the foot of the mountain, but no trace of the beacon smoke. The original bonfire connection in the army has been interrupted. [
Literary appreciation
This poem belongs to archaism in style and frontier fortress in subject matter.
The beginning of the poem was written in an emergency. On the way, the military commander galloped and came with a whip, which immediately attracted the reader's attention. One or two sentences describe the distance between "ten miles" and "five miles" in a flash, and exaggerate the tense atmosphere with exaggerated language, giving people an extremely vivid and flying image. These are two inverted sentences, which are generally written like this: a horse travels ten miles and a whip travels five miles. But writing in this way, in five words, does not conform to the normal rhythm of poetic language, and it is very difficult to read. This kind of "one horse in ten miles, one whip in five miles" is not only catchy, but also highlights the speed of the horse because it emphasizes "ten miles" and "five miles" in advance. The middle two sentences point out the identity of the rider and the reason why the matter is urgent. A word "wai" shows the seriousness of the situation. A word "to" tells us that the military envoy has been speeding through "riding" and "flogging" and finally delivered the military book in time. The last two sentences supplement the influence of climate on bonfire alarm. It stands to reason that we should watch the bonfire first, and then read the art of war. However, now, after receiving the military documents, I look up to the west, only to see snow flying all over the sky, confused, looking down the hill, but no smoke. Is it because the snow is too heavy to light the bonfire, or if it is lit, you can't see it. Anyway, the connection between bonfires is broken. This highlights the urgent need for flying horses to pass books. At this point, the whole poem came to an abrupt end and ended neatly, leaving readers with room for imagination. Although the writing situation is critical and the atmosphere is tense, the emotions expressed in the poem are warm, calm and confident.
This poem, the angle of materials is very distinctive. It reflects the border war, but it does not describe the war positively. The focus of the poet's concern is not how the frontier was besieged before the military book was issued, nor how the reinforcements were dispatched after the military book was issued, but only a fragment and a side of the military emergency. As for the situation before and after, let readers use their imagination to supplement it. This kind of writing is short in rhythm, in one go, concentrated in length, rich in connotation, and unconventional in artistic conception.