Tang Tong entered the central army tent and took a look at the man in the blue shirt and blue robe. He was dressed like a Han Chinese, but his hair was that of a Jiannu. Although he was extremely handsome, Tang Tong disliked him and immediately assumed he was a traitor. Seeing him asking him a question, he nodded slightly and said, "It's me, Tang. I wonder what brings you here so late at night?"

After the man finished his greeting, he saw that Tang Tong looked a little cold, but he still smiled and said, "My name is [name], and I am a merchant from [county]. I came here on my father's orders. My family is willing to open the gates of Shengjing for you, sir."

"Oh, so you are the shopkeeper. I wonder what is the relationship between the shopkeeper and Yang Xing?" Tang Tong turned around and sat on the commander's chair in the big tent and asked casually.

"That's my uncle. My family has been doing business here for generations, and we've finally established a foothold here. For the sake of our family's business, my uncle had to have dealings with the Jiannu, and he had some unspeakable secrets in his heart. This time, Your Excellency has come with a large army, and my family is very happy that you have specially sent me here. My family, from top to bottom, is willing to serve you in the future." The young man saw that Tang Tong's expression was very cold, and it was obvious that he did not like his family very much. However, Tang Tong was now on the powerful side, and for the sake of his family's future, the young man had to put on a smile.

Tang Tong felt very displeased when he saw the smiling face of the young man. This guy was just a traitor. He was so handsome, but it was a pity that he had such a good appearance. For Tang Tong, the most annoying thing was the traitor, who was even more hateful than the invaders.

"Okay, I've made my point clear. If your family is willing to open the city gate, then I can let you go. You don't have to tell me any other conditions. These people from your family followed the Jiannu and killed many powerful people. They can be said to be extremely evil. It's already a special mercy for me to spare your family's lives. I don't care whether you open the city gate or not. You can go back and let the head of your family decide." Tang Tong waved his hand, indicating that he was willing to continue talking with this young man. Tonggen didn't care about opening the city gate at all. With powerful artillery in his hand, the city gate was useless to Tang Tong.

The young man surnamed Qing also knew that Lord Tang had powerful artillery in his hands, and it would be no problem for him to blast open the gates of Shengjing. His family really had no merits to offer. He originally thought that his family was very powerful in this place, and if Lord Tang wanted to gain a foothold here, he would have to rely on local tyrants like them as the condition for negotiating with Tang Tong. However, he did not expect that Lord Tang had no intention of negotiating at all.

"Well... Lord Tang, this time I am just expressing my family's wishes. Others have also entrusted me with something, expressing their willingness to serve you." The young man was afraid that Tang Tong would not understand the hidden connection, so he hinted at it in his words.

It was clear to the Qing people that Tang Tong originally wanted these local forces to control one side. For example, it was a period of war, which was not as good as the Taiping period. Tang Tong had a large army and was trying every possible way to find a reason to eliminate these local forces. He didn't care whether these people cooperated or not. Even if they were all disobedient, Tang Tong could easily uproot them.

"Well, then you go back and tell them that if they know the current situation and behave themselves, I can let them go. If they don't, I don't mind uprooting them. There are still two days left, so they can think about it." Tang Tong laughed and was too lazy to talk to the young man surnamed Biqing anymore. He waved his hand and asked the soldiers to take him away.

Dejected, the young man returned to the city. He hadn't expected this Lord Tang to be so overbearing, holding his aristocratic families in the dark. Upon returning to the mansion, several of the landlords dragged him into a secret room for questioning. Upon learning of Tang Tongdi's attitude, the landlords' faces paled.

Looking at this situation, anyone with a discerning eye could see it. This family's decades of hard work would be wasted in an instant. That Lord Tang clearly had no intention of using these aristocratic families. After the old general paced back and forth in the secret room for a while, He said decisively, "This man doesn't seem to have any intention of letting our great clans go. As your plan suggests, it's best to send all the disciples from our family away to ensure the continuation of our bloodline. Zhi'er, you are the eldest disciple. At night, you will take the other brothers from the other clans and divide them into two teams. One team will go out through the west gate. Although there are countless horse pits there, a small number of people can still pass through. The people guarding that side are from the Khorchin tribe. That prince has always had a good relationship with our family. You should prepare some gold and silver to give to that prince. I believe he will let you go. The other team will hide in the East Hutong. There are several houses there that are not owned by our family. There are secret rooms inside. This team will hide in these rooms. We will find a way to leave the city later."

The old general finished speaking and sighed again, "We old guys should organize some people to open the city gate. Maybe that man will let us go. At the very least, if he really wants to kill us, who will dare to join him in the future? But our family property can't be saved no matter what. This man is just like those bandits, he is prejudiced against us, the aristocratic families. Even if we can save our lives, we can't save our wealth."

All the landlords sighed and went their separate ways. Inside the imperial palace of Shengjing City, Haoge, after venting his fury for a whole day, finally calmed down. Embracing several beauties, he engaged in pistoning movements on a large bed. The light of a giant candle illuminated the swaying figures. The room, a scene of sensuality, seemed strangely dull because of the oppressive atmosphere. The beauties carefully waited on Haoge, fearing that any inaccuracy would incur his wrath.

Two days passed quickly, but the family still couldn't find an opportunity to open the city gates. Although Haoge was obsessed with women and seemed to have neglected the city these days, the ten thousand Jiannu soldiers defending the city were an elite force. The generals were Haoge's trusted men, and they themselves had some talent. The city defenses were so strict that the family's private soldiers couldn't even get close to the gates.

When Tang Tong fired a cannon at the city wall, Hauge smiled strangely upon hearing the sound.

Yu said: "I am the Supreme Lord of the Nine Heavens. This world belongs to me. Even if it is Tengdexi, I will leave it to you and turn this Shengjing city into ashes."

There was a madness in Hauge's eyes. He asked his men to help him put on armor, then he entered the inner palace with a sword in hand, killed all his beloved concubines, and then ordered people to set fire everywhere. When tens of thousands of fires were burning all over the city, Hauge laughed neurotically a few times, and then ordered the entire army to abandon the defense and break out to the west of the city.

Some of the aristocratic families in the city had their faces turned pale when they heard the sound of artillery fire, and they were even more pale when they saw the fire in the city. When the whole Shengjing city was in chaos, Tang Tong's men had already blown down a section of the city wall. Zu Dashou, the leader of the first siege echelon, roared and led his 10,000 men to rush into the city from the collapsed city wall.

There were almost no people left to resist in the city. When Zu Dashou saw that the city was on fire, he knew that this was the location of the General Inspection Office of the Three Northeastern Provinces that Tang Tong had promised him. If it burned down, Zu Dashou would suffer a great loss. So he sent half of his men to put out the fire, and the other half led Haoge and his men to retreat and attack from the west gate.

Tang Tong, who was outside the city, also saw the fire in the city, and immediately sent 20,000 logistics and transportation personnel into the city to put out the fire. Some of the people in the city panicked and fled for their lives, while some people who cared more about their families than their lives also joined the fire-fighting team. Fortunately, the fire had just started, and most of them were put out before they could spread. Only a few fires were larger, and the firefighters had to work hard. Among them, the imperial palace was the most severely burned, and nearly half of the palace was burned down, which made Zu Dashou feel very sorry.

Hauge left the west gate with his hands and slowed down his horse. The horse traps were not covered, so with the Jiannu's riding skills, they could have bypassed them at a slower speed. But when the Jiannu troops entered the range of the horse traps, Zhang Yiheng, who was watching them through a telescope in the distance, jumped up excitedly and shouted, "You little bastards, the enemy has entered the circle. Hit them hard! Whoever hits the target will enter the city and I will reward him with the princess of the Later Jin Dynasty."

Hearing Zhang Yiheng's words, everyone burst into laughter, and they gathered their energy to load and fire. The first shell landed on the edge of the horse pit. Although no one was killed by the explosion, all the soldiers under Hauge were stunned. Zhang Yiheng saw that the shell had missed the target and could not help but curse loudly, "Who was that bastard who fired that shot just now? He wasted my shells. After this battle, I will definitely give him a good training."

On Zhang Yiheng's side, his two cannons had already fired a round. The shells landed among the Jiannu people, and the entire Jiannu team was immediately in chaos. Many people fell into the horse traps with their horses. Those who did not fall into the horse pits were greeted by the second round of shells. This time, a shell exploded right next to Haoge. The huge killing force lifted Haoge and his horse up, and then he fell heavily to the ground, and rolled into a horse trap.