Luo Ji's determination to kill him was extremely firm.
Otherwise, this expedition would not have been launched just after the war in the west and north was quelled.
Because Luo Ji knew in his heart that he could no longer allow this threat to continue to develop.
So he had to do it quickly while he was still able to get rid of the opponent in one breath.
Looking at the situation now, Na Siqin undoubtedly prepared a retreat for himself in advance.
He didn't escape back to the main city at all, but fled to nowhere with a team of people.
And just yesterday, a wolf cavalry under Li Yin's command came back to report.
A heavy rain a few days ago made their tracking more difficult.
So far, no trace of the other party has been found.
This situation made Luo Ji frown.
Can this cooked duck make him fly?
Staring at the map found in the Chaerhan Grassland in front of him, Luo Ji frowned deeply and fell into deep thought.
Until Wang Kai's voice rang in his ears
"Your Majesty, the Secretary of the Mirror has arrived."
Hearing this, Luo Ji regained his composure and rubbed his forehead, then spoke slowly
"Let him in."
While speaking, a ragged man walked in quickly.
"Mingjing Secretary Secret Spy Lan Que, see Your Majesty!"
"Get up."
While raising his hand to signal the other party to stand up, Luo Ji asked straight to the point
"In the past two or three months, has a large amount of food and grass been shipped out of this main city? Of course, in addition to food and grass, there may be some other resources, such as ordnance and equipment."
Facing this question, Lan Que didn't know what to say for a while.
During the war, it is too common and too frequent to transport food and grass resources to the front line.
If you count them one by one, you can't count them at all.
After asking this question, Luo Ji himself seemed to realize that this way of asking was not accurate, so he decisively changed the way.
"Nine times out of ten, what the other party transported is food and grass resources, but they may cover these things up, such as covering them with thick linen, disguising them as something else, and transporting them quietly. Do you have any impression of such things?"
Siqin is a smart and cautious person.
And such people often know how to leave a way out for themselves.
At the same time, on this way of retreat, he will inevitably hoard enough food and capital for him to make a comeback in advance!
So, if the other party didn't return to the main city, it must have gone to a hidden camp prepared in advance.
As for food, there is a time limit. If you hoard it for too long, you will not be able to eat it after it rots.
Under this premise, the food problem of the Chaerhan Prairie Country is not particularly abundant.
Therefore, Siqin was always prepared without the conditions.
And transporting it back and forth is too troublesome, and at the same time frequent entry and exit, it is easy to expose the location of this hidden camp.
So even if you have to prepare, it will only be within two or three months.
At this time, Luo Ji had narrowed down the entire scope to the minimum based on his own analysis and deduction within the extremely limited information.
Facing this more precise question, Lan Que also fell into a short thought.
Afterwards, as if he remembered something, his eyes suddenly brightened!
"Your Majesty, about a month ago, there was a period of time when the night was not very peaceful. There was often a sound similar to that of a carriage being pulled over to the mine. One hundred percent sure."
Carrying things secretly out of the city in the middle of the night is completely in line with the characteristics Luo Ji mentioned in the question just now.
Therefore, Luo Ji was refreshed when he heard this, and quickly waved to Lan Que, and at the same time pointed to the map spread out in front of him and asked
"Which mine is it?"
"Your Majesty, this is the one."
"are you sure?"
Just in case, Luo Ji had to confirm it in this way.
In this regard, Lan Que nodded affirmatively.
"Sure! For the past few months, Humble has been hiding in this mine disguised as a slave."
"very good."
While speaking, Luo Ji's eyes were on thereA quick pan on the map.
Located in the mine, but you can hear the sound of the carriage being pulled.
That means that the street that the other party walked through dragging supplies is very close to the location of the mine.
According to the map, there is only one street that meets the requirements!
And that street leads directly to the north gate of the main city!
When doing that kind of thing, the other party will definitely choose the shortest route when they confirm that no one is following them, so as to avoid unnecessary complications.
Therefore, Siqin's hiding place is arranged in the north
The distance will not be too close, or they will find it soon.
But it will definitely not be too far away, if it turns off halfway, then the cart before the horse.
According to Luo Ji's estimation, the journey from the main city to the main city should not exceed ten days' journey on horseback.
This is a relatively appropriate distance.
With the newly acquired information, Luo Ji continued to complete the clues in his mind.
After a while of estimating, he directly circled a place on the map!
Then in the early morning of the next day, he called Bai Ze and Brigude directly, and ordered them to lead the cavalry to go north to search for Siqin who had escaped.
And while the cavalry set off, Luo Ji himself was of course not idle.
When he first started, he didn't want to occupy these four ruined cities, which are better than nothing.
Although there are still two or three mineral veins in the Chaerhan grassland.
However, ore resources are relatively common, such as copper mines
It can't be said to be a bad street, but it won't make Luo Ji too excited.
According to Luo Ji's idea, the mines were filled first, and then left here.
Wait until he pushes the territory here in the future, and then officially take over.
However, he will definitely take away the existing resources in the city and the hundreds of thousands of prairie people.
Not to mention resources, the hundreds of thousands of grassland people are all cheap labor.
He is now at the time when the civilization of the world is developing, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. How can he let go of such a large wave of manpower?
With one order, he decisively ordered the troops under his command to start transporting resources and transfer these populations.
At the same time, he also sent a warrant to the grassland city.
Let them send manpower to respond.
Now the season has just entered autumn, and in early winter, it should be possible to transfer all this group of people to the three grassland cities of his Myriad Realms civilization.
And during the transfer, because of the secret agents of Der Spiegel City who penetrated into the interior to cooperate with their actions.
Those prairie people and slaves basically didn't resist much.
Even the rebels who made Siqin almost go crazy some time ago behaved very peacefully and did not jump out to make trouble at all.
It can be said that it saved Luo Ji a lot of trouble.
So far, apart from Siqin's whereabouts being unknown, other things have gone smoothly.
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