Catherine?!

Zhu Youzhen was secretly taken aback in his heart, thinking that there had been two female tsarins named "Catherine" in Russian history. Catherine I was the wife of Peter the Great, and the legend said that she was infinitely powerful and could be called a typical woman.

Catherine II was even more powerful, after she seized the Tsar's throne by launching a palace coup, she launched foreign wars for many years, attacked Turkey in the south, attacked Sweden in the north, divided Poland three times, and opened up Russia's exit to the Black Sea, laying the map of modern Russia, which can be called a figure in Russian history that can be as famous as Peter the Great.

However, neither of these two people seems to be from this era, and it will be another hundred years before they will appear on the stage of history. Could it be that because of his own crossing, there was a butterfly effect, and all the giants in the history of various countries crossed over?

But Zhu Youzhen thought about it, this "Catherine" is just a very ordinary female name of the Russian nation, just like what what sky, what what nov, there are many people who call these names, and the girl in front of her should just have the same name as a historical figure. And seeing that she is harmless and pitiful, she is clearly just a weak woman, and she can't see that she has the potential to be a tsar.

After figuring out this section, Zhu Youzhen also secretly laughed at his carelessness, and then asked this Miss Catherine what her plans were in the future.

Catherine, who was in high spirits, turned gloomy when she heard this, and whispered in English: "I really have nowhere to go!" I can't go back to Russia, where people keep arresting me. And the road was so far that I couldn't go back alone. It was a complete foreign country to me, and I knew no one but the Prince and the two young ladies. It seems that I can only follow His Excellency Prince, I hope you will take me in!" ”

Zhu Youzhen deliberately embarrassed: "This... After all, you are a foreigner, and we are going to war, so it will be inconvenient for you to follow. In case anyone suspects you of being a spy..."

Catherine panicked all of a sudden, and pleaded with tears: "Your Excellency, please take me in!" As long as you don't kill me, you can do whatever you want me to do! If you're afraid I'm a spy, you can lock me up! ”

Bao Yulian and Qi Meifeng couldn't understand English, and when they saw Zhu Youzhen muttering a few words to Ekaterina, she was about to cry, and hurriedly asked Zhu Youzhen what was going on.

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's translation, Bao Yulian's pretty face sank, and he said angrily: "Lord! You can't be so ruthless! The women of Fanbang are also women, and they are just as pitiful! If you can save Jade from the dust, why can't you save Catherine! ”

Qi Meifeng also persuaded: "Your Highness, that day in the bazaar, she was in such a situation, and your Highness ... After reading it, how will you get married in the future? It's better for His Royal Highness to keep her by his side for the time being, and after returning to Beijing, he will ask the princess to settle it properly! ”

In fact, Zhu Youzhen was just joking, he couldn't throw a weak woman in the wilderness no matter what. So he smiled and said to Catherine: "These two young ladies must let me take you in, and I have to listen to them." However, you have to learn Chinese quickly in the future, otherwise I won't be able to stand it if I have to translate back and forth all day long! ”

When Catherine understood, she cried with joy: "Thank you, Your Excellency! Thank you, both ladies! I will definitely try my best to learn Chinese! ”

When she saw Zhu Youzhen saying that she wanted to listen to Bao Yulian and Qi Meifeng, she thought that these two were Zhu Youzhen's wives and concubines, so she changed her words without thinking about it.

When Zhu Youzhen translated this sentence to the two beauties with a wicked smile, Bao Yulian and Qi Meifeng blushed in unison, turned around and hurriedly ran away!

After five or six days, they finally saw the sea in the distance. The Great Wall, which winds eastward, is finally about to reach the end of Shanhaiguan.

Sun Chengzong had already received news on the road, and it turned out that Nurhachi heard that the Ming Dynasty had mobilized tens of thousands of troops to defend Shanhaiguan, but he did not dare to act rashly.

Moreover, after the Battle of Quang Ninh, the Ming army abandoned almost all places outside the Guan. Nurhachi suddenly became a fat man after eating a bite, and he was afraid of limited ability and indigestion, so after only a little temptation, the army still retreated to Quang Ninh, and he himself returned to Shenyang and commanded in the center.

As a result, the current situation has become that the Ming army is heavily armed at Shanhaiguan, and Nurhachi stops at Guangning. The two places are no less than hundreds of miles apart, and the middle zone temporarily becomes a buffer zone, with neither the Ming army nor the Jurchens.

Sun Chengzong got the report, knowing that Shanhaiguan was temporarily fine, he couldn't help but put his mind at ease. At this time, he was very interested, and introduced to everyone with a smile: "Everyone, please see, at the end of the Great Wall in front of you, is the important town of Shanhaiguan. Shanhaiguan, also known as Yuguan, was set up by Xu Da, the founding general and Duke of Wei. Because it leans on Yanshan Mountain in the north and the Bohai Sea in the east, it is named. General Qi, your great-grandfather Wu Yi Gong Qi Jiguang, has guarded the border for more than ten years, and you are here today, which can be regarded as a revisit to the old place! ”

Qi Meifeng also said with emotion: "Yes! The ancestor also gave a poem "Out of Yuguan", and the last general remembered it: "Fly on the Liao River, move the army to Luanshui East." The precursors are all generals, and they are all in array. Out of Yuguan at night, look at the desert sky. But he often sacrificed his fortune and did not dare to look at the bow. ’”

Sun Chengzong saw Zhu Youzhen's demented expression, and knew that he couldn't understand, so he had to patiently explain to him: "This poem was written after Wu Yigong led the army out of Shanhaiguan. The 'general' and 'Yuan Rong' in the poem are the names of our army's artillery. To offer the rest is to offer the head of the enemy's army. The word "Tonggong" comes from "Xiaoya? Tong Bow", here refers to the holy reward.

This poem expresses Wu Yigong's feelings of serving the court wholeheartedly and not caring about personal gains and losses, which is really a rare masterpiece! Wu Yi Gongwen and Wu are both complete and martial, not only with outstanding military achievements, but also with military books such as "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", "Documentary of Military Training", "Essentials of Rong", and is longer than poetry, he is really a generation of strange men! However, General Qi, with all due respect to the old man, if this poetic conception is compared with the poem "Qinyuan Spring" recited by His Royal Highness before, it is slightly inferior. ”

Zhu Youzhen secretly said that this Sun Chengzong can be regarded as a super fan of the old man, since he heard "Qinyuan Spring? After "Snow", he always remembered it, and he didn't save any face for Qi Meifeng wherever he went.

But it's no wonder that the old man is a great man through the ages, and although Qi Jiguang is a national hero, if you talk about eloquence and great feelings, you can't compare with the old man.

Everyone walked forward with laughter and laughter, getting closer and closer to Shanhaiguan.

Zhu Youzhen had never been to Shanhaiguan in his previous life, and he was watching it carefully at this time. He saw that Shanhaiguan was connected with the Great Wall, with the city as the pass, the four city walls were about two miles long, and each side had a tall city tower and the urn city that protruded out of the city, the momentum was majestic, the abundance was abnormal, and he couldn't help but be greatly admired.

When I walked to the pass, I felt more and more that the city wall of Shanhaiguan stood majestically and unattainable.

Sun Chengzong had already seen the team to greet them from a distance, but he was not in a hurry to move forward, and continued to introduce to Zhu Youzhen: "Your Highness, Shanhaiguan is known as 'the first pass in the world', and the imperial court attaches great importance to this pass and has been operating for many years. Nowadays, the city here is more than four zhang high, two zhang thick, all made of blue bricks. There is the east gate of the town in the east, that is, the city tower of 'the first pass in the world', there is the Ying'en gate in the west, the hope of the foreign gate in the south, and the Weiyuan gate in the north.

"Beyond each gate, there are urn cities and arrow towers to strengthen the defense. The moat is three zhang wide, two zhang deep, the river water leads directly to the sea, and the sea boat can go up the river and enter the city through the water gate. And outside the city two miles east and west set up East Luo City, West Luo City, north and south two miles each set up the south wing city, north wing city, and Shanhaiguan each other for the horn of the trend, can be said to be solid! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked into the distance along the direction pointed by Sun Chengzong, and sure enough, he saw a huge plaque hanging above the city tower, on which the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, and the book had five big characters of "the first pass in the world", each word was more than three feet long and wide, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "How did such a big character be written?" ”

Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "This plaque was written by Xiao Xian, an official during the Chenghua Dynasty. Speaking of this plaque, there is an interesting story, do you want to listen to it? ”

When everyone saw that the old man was about to open the conversation again, they were also quite interested, and they gathered around to listen quietly.

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "It is said that the chief in charge of hanging the plaque at that time heard that Xiao Xian's calligraphy was exquisite, so he asked him for an inscription. Although Xiao Xian agreed, he told the other party that he could not rush or urge.

After more than 20 days, the principal couldn't bear it anymore and went to Xiao Xian's house to inquire about the progress, but saw that Xiao Xian was only playing a long flat shoulder in the yard and didn't write a word.

After more than 20 days, he went to see it again, but Xiao Xian was reciting poems in the house, all of which were 'flying down 3,000 feet' and the like, and he still didn't write a word, only saying that he would be able to start writing in another month.

"After the turn of the day, the Ministry of War came with an urgent message, saying that the new governor of Jiliao would inspect the plaque on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and it would arrive tomorrow. The main person panicked, so he had to carry a huge plaque, a huge pen and a jar of ink to Xiao Xian's house and ask him to write immediately.

Xiao Xian had no choice but to obey the order. I saw him pick up the pen and walk around the plaque, suddenly laughing, suddenly concentrating, suddenly put down the pen, like mountains and flowing water, in one go, after writing is already sweating profusely: 'The old man wanted to spend another month reading ancient poems and cultivating his temperament, but now he wrote in a hurry, and the charm is still insufficient. When the chief saw that the writing was excellent, he hung a huge plaque on the tower of the city overnight. But when the governor was about to be ushered in the next day, he suddenly found that the word "down" was a little missing, and it was too late to take it off and write it.

Xiao Xian was in a hurry, ordered someone to study the ink, put a tablecloth into a ball, dipped it in ink, and threw it on the plaque with all the strength of his life, just to make up for that point. The crowd cheered in unison and praised: 'Stroke of God! ’”

Everyone laughed and found the story extremely interesting. Zhu Youzhen secretly thought, it turns out that this style of jokes has existed since ancient times. Such a nonsense story actually makes people talk about it, if the person who made up the story can travel to modern times and become a screenwriter, it will not be able to complete "Joke about Qianlong"!