Dark clouds: Thick dark clouds. Suggest the momentum of attacking the enemy.
Destruction: destruction. Describe the tense atmosphere and crisis situation in Enemy at the Gates. ?
Original text:
Batavia on Yanmenguan Line
Author Li He? the Tang Dynasty
Enemy soldiers rolled in like dark clouds in an attempt to tear down the city wall; Our army was ready, and the sun shone on the armor, glittering with gold.
In autumn, the loud bugle sounded; The soldier's blood became dark in the night.
The red flag rolled half, and the reinforcements rushed to Xiao; The night frost is heavy and the drums are gloomy.
I want to report to you on the golden platform, and I want to take Yulong to your death.
Translation:
The enemy is like a cloud, and Chengwei seems to be destroyed; The sun shone on the fish-scale armor, glittering with gold.
The sound of the horn resounded through the sky in this autumn; The pollution is like rouge, and the night is like purple.
The cold wind rolled the red flag, and the troops quietly approached Xiao; The dignified frost soaked the drum skin, and the drums were low and could not be lifted.
In order to repay the reward and love of the monarch, I am willing to fight for my country to the death with a sword in my hand!
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Creative background:
There are two versions about the age of this poem. One theory is that this poem was written in the 9th year of Tang Xianzong Yuanhe (8 14). At that time, Tang Xianzong took Zhang Xu as our time and led the troops to quell the rebellion (mutiny) in Yanmen County. Li He improvised poems to boost morale and made this song "Wild Goose Gate".
To put it another way, according to Tang Zhanggu's Advocating Leisure, Li He showed Han Yu a volume of poetry, and Han Yu appreciated it after reading it. Yuan and two years (807).
Zhu Shiying, executive director of the Chinese Ancient Prose Society, speculated from some legends and data records about the poem "Wild Goose Gate Taishouxing" that this poem may be about the war between the imperial court and the buffer region. In the era when Li He lived, rebellion broke out one after another and wars continued.
In the fourth year of Yuanhe (809), Wang Chengzong's rebel army attacked Yizhou and Dingzhou, and patriotic general Li led his troops to rescue them. In the ninth year of Yuanhe (8 14), he took the lead, striking a blow to the siege of Wu Yuanji's rebels, and killing the enemy went belly-up.
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