Whether to agree or not, the young man who claimed to be the defender of Yajiao Mountain thought about it for a long time, and after going back, he tossed and turned in bed all night, and when he appeared in front of Zhang Ru again with a pair of red eyes, he made a decision.

"Governor, the boy is willing to pretend to be the little prince of Tatar." The young man put away all his arrogance and knelt on one knee in front of Zhang Ru very respectfully.

Zhang Ru stretched out his hand to help him up from the ground: "You have to think about it, once you make a decision, you may have to spend time on the grassland until the Tatars do not pose a complete threat to the Ming Dynasty." You may have a prairie woman as a wife, and you may meet new friends there. And in my heart, I must always remember that you are the border army of the Ming Dynasty, you are the last bit of blood in Yajiao Mountain, you do not live on behalf of you alone, but on behalf of the three thousand heroic souls who died in Yajiao Mountain. ”

The young man nodded very seriously: "Commander, I have figured it out, no matter where I go in the future, the kid will never forget that he is a member of the Ming Dynasty." No matter what the governor wants the kid to do in the future, the kid will spare no effort to do it. As long as he succeeds in becoming the Great Khan of the Tatars, the boy will never let another Tatar invade the territory of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhang Ru waved his hand lightly, his hand was in the air, and he suddenly slapped on the young man's shoulder, which was not broad: "Don't worry now, anyway, their little prince is gone, and it is not a matter of a day or two to find the little prince." If you hadn't looked too much like the little prince, Ben would have been reluctant to send you to the prairie to suffer. Let's talk about it later! It will take some time to find a reason, and I can't send them back a little prince who has grown taller now. ”

The Tatars are real, but they are not fools.

The army has not been set off for a long time, it has only been half a year, and if the little prince suddenly grows a lot taller in half a year, even Alibu is willing to believe it, but he is afraid that Manduhai, who gets along with Batu Mengke day and night, will not believe it.

What's more, now the boy doesn't know how to speak Mongolian, he knows a little bit, but he can't be proficient, and he doesn't know much about the internal situation in Tatar, and his living habits are the habits of the Ming people, so if it passes, he will be killed as a spy in a few days.

After the matter here was almost dealt with, Yang Rong took people back to Datong Mansion City, and Zhang An also began to evacuate in batches with a large number of people, in order to solve the tens of thousands of Tatars outside the security fort, Zhang Ru stayed to deal with Alibu and others.

Half a month, Datong, which has reached the cold winter wax moon, is very cold, although it is not as cold as Liaodong, but in the cold wind, it can still make people shiver.

Tens of thousands of Tatar troops retreated to the camp without food and grass for a long time, Alibu looked for Zhang Ru no less than ten times, and in the end, he simply stayed in the garrison.

On this day, the rare sun was shining, Zhang Ru was wearing a fine tiger skin coat and was getting ready to bask in the sun, when a figure rushed out of the corner and blocked his way.

After Zhang Ru saw the person coming clearly, he showed a helpless expression: "Alibu, what are you going to do." ”

Alibu glared at Zhang Ru with a pair of bull's eyes, and said word by word: "Commander, our little prince is still missing, you promised to help us find the little prince, but it's been half a month, shouldn't you have a reaction?" Could it be that the so-called allies in the mouth of the commander are completely a reason for perfunctory Mongolian withdrawal? ”

Zhang Ru said helplessly: "It's not that I haven't left now!" Your little prince hasn't been found for a day, and I'm not going to leave Fort Security for a day, and my men have now gone out and found nothing. The other party's methods are too powerful, and my people can't go to your steppe khan's golden horde to investigate.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast, and finding someone is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

Not to mention anything else, among those famous mountains and rivers, if someone wants to hide, just stuff it inside, even if they look for a lifetime, they may not be able to find someone. ”

The explanation of the effort became a perfunctory excuse, Alibu really couldn't wait, without the little prince, they couldn't justifiably accept the tribes that were only loyal to the Golden Family.

Those people finally got rid of the control of Batu Munch, an outsider, how could they continue to control freedom.

It's true that the men on the grassland are easy to deal with, but not all the men on the grassland can listen to your explanation, and if you don't see the little prince, people would rather be divided than choose the so-called unity.

After all, now that Genghis Khan is gone, to restore the glory of the Mongol Empire when Genghis Khan was there would be tantamount to a dream. It's nice to be able to keep most of the tribes united, and to keep that together, you have to have the blood of the Golden Family to speak.

"How long will it take to find someone." Alibu asked bluntly.

Zhang Ru frowned slightly, and said quietly: "I don't know how long it will take now, why don't you go back first, and when I find someone, I will naturally send it to you." ”

"No, I won't leave until I see the little prince." Alibu was very stubborn.

Zhang Ru said unhappily: "It's not a matter for you to wait here, my people have been scattered for so long, and there is no time to rest in the winter." If it weren't for the fact that there is still a little friendship between you and me, I wouldn't have the obligation to help you find someone. Would you just like to watch your steppe warriors stay here and then freeze and starve to death without food? ”

Alibu pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Zhang Ru added another fire: "I can't find any traces now, there are only two possibilities." Either your little prince has been killed, or this person hasn't made a move yet.

Their purpose is simple, nothing more than to destroy the alliance between you and me, to make you lose trust in me, so that they can suppress me in the court.

Outside your garrison security fort, just these tens of thousands of horses, I really haven't been afraid.

I don't beat you, it's not that I can't beat you, it's entirely because there is a friendship and a commitment between us. But those civil officials in the court will not think so, and when the time comes, the big hat of a collusion with thieves will be buttoned down, and I am afraid that my official position as the governor of the Nine Sides will not be kept.

Once there is no Zhang Ru on the nine sides, do you think Daming will still trade with you? ”

Alibu's psychological defense line was completely relaxed, he looked around blankly, and muttered: "Kedun can't control those fierce tribes, what should we do?" ”

Zhang Ru said coldly: "Now take advantage of the fact that there is no heavy snow to close the road, take your people to leave Datong quickly and return to the grassland to help your Kedun stabilize the situation." Otherwise, even if I help you find your little prince by then, I'm afraid you won't be able to control the situation on the grassland.

You don't know what those tribes think, they were loyal to Batu Munk before, and they can be loyal to the second Batu Munk in the future. Without the bloodline of the Golden Family to suppress them, you will be eaten to the bone.

The only thing you can do is trust me. ”

Alibu asked rhetorically, "Are you worthy of my trust?" ”

Zhang Ru said lightly: "At least we have known each other for so long, and I haven't hurt you yet." ”

After thinking for a moment, Alibu bit his back molars fiercely and pushed his head hard: "Okay, listen to you." ”

With that, he strode out of the garrison mansion.

The road was unimpeded, and Zhang Ru also sent him a fast horse to evacuate with his own men out of the city. The face work has been done to the extreme, and the next thing is to see Alibu's reaction.

Two days later, Alibu set off with people out of the camp, and Zhang Ru's heart, which had been hanging for half a month, was finally able to be put back in his stomach.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Zhang Ru decided to leave Datong, and now the capital is about to make a fuss, if the emperor hadn't been pressing, I'm afraid that someone would have come to Datong to ask him for guilt.

The day before leaving, Wang Zhou secretly entered Zhang Ru's mansion, and when he entered, he was silent, until Zhang Ru asked him what he was going to do, and then he said quietly: "Commander, what about the little prince?" ”

Zhang Ru sighed and said: "Let's keep it for now, see what kind of person it is, that young man let someone teach him, learn the Tatar way of life, the words of the Tatars, and let him learn everything that should be learned." ”

"Ma Xuan said that he wanted to go back with the commander." Wang Zhou said again.

Zhang Ru shook his head and said: "No, he stays, I still don't believe Yang Rong, and now I haven't blamed Yang Rong, let him stop for the time being." I didn't bother him with the 3,000 men he asked Yang Rong for in private this time, so he gave up this idea, and when it was time to take him away, he would naturally take him away. ”

After finishing the business, Wang Zhou still didn't leave, and looked at Zhang Ru without saying anything.

Zhang Ru said angrily: "What else is the matter?" ”

Wang Zhou said with a hippie smile: "Commander, that, there is a trivial matter, I don't know whether I should tell you or not, you promise your subordinates not to blame first, and your subordinates will talk about it." ”

Zhang Ru's face was blank: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Wang Zhou said with a smile: "If you don't say it, you won't blame it, and your subordinates won't dare to say it." ”

Zhang Ru, who knew Wang Zhou's temperament well, was a little confused, this kid would never have such an expression when he was talking about business. But if he said something that was not the right thing, there was no need for him to repeatedly ask himself not to blame.

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if something was floating by, but he didn't catch it for a while, so he had to say helplessly: "Anyway, I won't blame it." ”

Wang Zhou peeked at Zhang Ru's face, and after making sure that he would not be scolded, he said carefully: "Something happened to Madame's side, she left Xuanfu, and now she is missing." ”

Zhang Ru suddenly stood up and said in a lost voice: "You said that Su Qiqi disappeared?" ”

Wang Zhou said: "Yes. ”

Zhang Ru asked, "When did you go and where did you go missing?" ”

Wang Zhou told the information he had gotten out of 1510, and after listening to his narration, Zhang Ru twisted his brows into knots, and the whole person fell into deep thought.