Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 964 See Through
Chapter 962: See Through
In the heyday of Luoyang, only one city had a population of one million, and it was well-deserved the largest city in the world, both politically and economically.

After experiencing a series of events such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Xiang Yu's massacre of the city, the population of Luoyang dropped sharply during these turmoil.

After the Han army recaptured Luoyang, the population of Luoyang had shrunk to more than 50, only half of what it was in its heyday.

Later, after the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Han Dynasty, because of the continuous war in the Central Plains, a large number of families from the Central Plains moved to the front line of Chang'an in Luoyang, and this also brought a large number of emigrated population to Luoyang.

Lu Zhi and Yang Jian's recuperation policy, coupled with Dong Zhuo's forced reforms, finally allowed Luoyang to gradually recover from the trauma of the war, and its population gradually recovered to nearly 70, making it still the most populous city in the world.

But in this battle against Dong, Luoyang was hit hard again, and it was almost destroyed by the war again.

After the Kwantung Allied Forces surrounded Luoyang, the turmoil in Luoyang never stopped.

First, the aristocratic families in the city rebelled, but were easily suppressed by the Liang army. Later, Jinyiwei Heibingtai teamed up to set fire to the Liang army's grain depot, and then Yang Jian blocked the enemy with fire before retreating...

Because war is a matter between soldiers, it is always inevitable and will bring harm to civilians.

Yang Jian didn't want to beat him anymore, so he just patted his ass and left, but it was the hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang who paid for his actions.

Yang Jian's fire directly burned more than one-third of the buildings in Luoyang, causing nearly 20 people to become disaster victims with nowhere to live. More than [-] people either died in the fire or died in the previous In turmoil.

Now Luoyang's population is less than 50. If Qin Hao hadn't ordered to focus on saving people, this number would have dropped significantly.

For the Kwantung Allied Forces, the more than 20 victims in the city are undoubtedly a huge burden.

The supplies of the coalition forces are already very tight. If they are responsible for the rations of the twenty disaster victims, the coalition forces may face the risk of running out of food ahead of time.

It is impossible for Qin Hao to watch these 20 people starve to death. After all, these people will accept his rule in the future, which is the source of taxation and military resources for him.

The disaster still needs to be relieved, but the princes will certainly not be willing to pay for food and money, and the supply of money and food in Nanyang is also very tight, so Qin Hao can only focus on the seizure of the city.

Strange to say, Yang Jian fled lightly this time, and although he set fire to it before fleeing, he did not burn the treasury, armory and other warehouses.

So Qin Hao waved his hand and directly ordered to go all out for disaster relief, and all his expenses would be deducted from the seizure.

Although this move will cause dissatisfaction among other princes, it can only be dissatisfaction. It must be known that the alliance of princes is about to split, and Qin Hao must of course take advantage of himself as the leader of the alliance to gain as much benefit as possible.

In addition to the fact that the treasury was not burned, there is another very strange thing, that is, before Yang Jian left, he ordered the massacre of all family members who participated in the rebellion in the prisoner-of-war camp.

Logically speaking, Yang Jian was in a hurry to escape. Is it necessary to deliberately execute these people?Besides, leaving these people behind will bring endless troubles to Qin Hao.

But the result was that Yang Jian not only killed these prisoners of war, but also killed them so cleanly that he didn't even leave a single one alive.

This made Qin Hao a little confused. Of course, the more difficult thing is still to come.

"What? You didn't kill Li Shimin, but captured him alive?"

After listening to Nongyu's mission report, Qin Hao asked in shock: "Li Shimin led you to escape to the entrance of the Tiangong Treasure, and it is related to whether the entrance of the Tiangong Treasure will be exposed, so you dare not take Li Shimin lightly. ?”

"Yes." Nongyu nodded seriously.

Qin Hao's face became a little more exciting, he never thought that he ordered to kill, but his subordinates captured Li Shimin alive.

Compared with killing, it is definitely more difficult to capture alive, but this also shows that there have been great changes in it.

For a moment, Qin Hao didn't have any disgust towards Li Shimin in his heart, on the contrary, he admired Li Shimin very much, but because the other party hindered his hegemony, he had to get rid of him by all means.

If Li Shimin had died, Qin Hao would not have mentioned this person, but now that he is still alive, there is a headache to consider.

How to deal with him?
Is it to kill?
Or kill?
Qin Hao didn't need a reason to come to the conclusion that he must kill, after all, Li Shimin's threat was too great.

But he can't be killed now, after all, it's about Tiangong's treasure.

"How did Li Shimin know where the entrance to Tiangong's Treasure is?" Qin Hao asked with a frown.

Qin Hao always thought that Zhang Sheng knew where the entrance to Tiangong's Treasure was, but the fact was that Zhang Sheng, Zhang Jiao's heir, didn't know, and Zhang Jiao only told this secret to one person, and that was Zhang Liang.

In the whole Remnant Ming, only Zhang Liang knew this secret, and Zhang Liang regarded this secret as Remnant Ming's final nomination, and would never reveal it until the last moment.

So, where did Li Shimin know about it?Qin Hao was puzzled by this.

"Could it be that Li Shimin obtained one of the Yitian Tulongs, guessed from the key?" Tian Yan analyzed.

Qin Hao immediately denied: "Impossible, Yitian Tulong is just a key, and there is no clue about the entrance."

"That's weird." Tian Yan frowned.

"Could it be..."

Qin Hao kept simulating in his mind all the details of the events in Luoyang described in the intelligence.

Li Shimin's "God's Blessing" was launched on the way to be hunted down, but according to the descriptions of Nongyu and others, before Li Shimin fled into the royal treasure house, although it was a thrilling experience, his life was not in danger...

Thinking of this, Qin Hao's eyes lit up immediately, and he thought to himself: "The way Li Shimin activated God's Blessing this time was not to call in a master to save him, but to allow him to open the secret channel mechanism hidden under the treasure house by a very coincidental chance.

Li Shimin didn't know the location of the entrance before, but he took the opportunity to plan and use it as a threat to achieve the purpose of saving his life temporarily, so Li Xiuning absolutely didn't know the entrance to the treasure. "

If you really think so, Li Shimin's "God's Blessing" this time, instead told Qin Hao the location of Tiangong's treasure.

At this thought, Qin Hao couldn't help flashing a trace of coldness in his eyes, and secretly said: "Li Shimin, your biggest hole card has been exposed, I want to see how you continue to struggle to the death."

After Qin Hao breathed out a long breath, he smiled at Nongyu, "Take me to meet Li Shimin."

"promise."

(End of this chapter)