Yucheng is located on the edge of the Yellow River, and most of the territory is plains, which is why Li Jiancheng chose this place as a place to store grain. In the event of an accident, the cavalry would arrive in just two hours.

Later, Yuangai Suwen led tens of thousands of troops to cross the sea to Qingzhou, and because he was not familiar with the place, he followed Li Jiancheng's advice and hoarded grain and grass in Yucheng.

Qingzhou was a lonely enclave for the Tang army after all, although Zhu Yuanzhang in Hebei temporarily agreed to borrow the road to transport grain to the Tang army. But Li Jiancheng knew that this was not because Zhu Yuanzhang was kind-hearted, but because he urgently needed time to recover, so he needed Tang Jun to attract the attention of Sui Jun. If the situation changes in the future, he will not hesitate to cut off the grain route of the Tang army.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng took advantage of the fact that he and Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet turned their faces, and used his strength in the court to keep raising grain and grass and transporting it to Qingzhou.

Today, the grain and grass piled up in Yucheng have exceeded 300,000 stones, as well as 500,000 loads of forage and many other armaments. It stands to reason that such a supply point should be heavily guarded.

But in fact, since the main force of the Sui army was contained in the south of Zhu'a, it was impossible to kill Yucheng quietly. And the nearby bandits did not have the ability to attack fortifications at all, and they did not have the courage to provoke the Tang army at this time, so the guards of Yucheng were extremely lax. The main general, Li Daoming, even brought the dancing girls into the military camp many times to carnival until dawn.

Of course, this is also an important reason why Vice General Du Bai and Li Daoming have repeatedly clashed.

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The moon is on the branches, and the night is like ink.

At the north gate of Yucheng, several soldiers held long walking lances and were bored to patrol back and forth on the city wall.

"It's so unfair, it's obviously two patrols, why do we have to stay up late at night to patrol every time? Xiao Wuzi's team has never been arranged, this general is really eccentric! A younger soldier suddenly spoke.

The leading captain immediately glared at the little soldier and shouted: "Bastard, patrol well, patrol well, what so much nonsense, dare to criticize the general behind your back!" ”

The little soldier seemed to be a little unconvinced, and muttered in a low voice: "Originally, Wu Chief, isn't it because the Wu Commander of their team didn't know where to find a woman to give to the general last time?" ”

When the Wu Chang heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly scolded: "You don't want to die, you dare to say this kind of thing, be careful of your head when others hear it!" ”

"If you don't patrol well, what are you arguing about here?"

At this moment, a loud roar came from behind, and the captain and the little soldier hurriedly stopped talking and looked in the direction from which the sound came from.

The tall and resolute Du Bai soon appeared in front of several people, followed by twenty or thirty strong men, and the green forest aura that was difficult to conceal from his body showed the identity of their Du Bai's henchmen.

Du Yan strode up to these soldiers, glanced at them a few times, and said in a deep voice: "The grain and grass hoarded in the city is so important to the front-line army. You patrolmen should be doubly cautious, how dare you gossip here? If I bump into it again, I won't be spared! ”

The Wu Chang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Yes, yes, what General Du said is, the little one understands, and he will definitely pay attention to it in the future!" ”

Du Yan nodded slightly, turned around and walked to the other side.

Looking at the back of Du Yan's departure, Wu Changran snorted in the direction of his departure, and said: "A bandit leader, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pities you and makes you a partial general, and you really treat yourself as a character, what kind of pretend to be in front of Lao Tzu!" ”

The original little soldier said with some trepidation: "Captain Wu, just now you weren't sure you were still saying bad things about the general behind your back, why are you... ”

The Wu Chang sneered and said, "What kind of general is he in the eyes of Lao Tzu?" It's just a ringing horse leader, and the soldiers all over the city don't take him as a joke except for those under him! ”

The little soldier also nodded and said, "I heard that General Du once impeached General Li Daoming to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for not abiding by military discipline and drinking and prostituting in the camp, who would have thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not punish General Li Daoming at all, but instead reprimanded General Du for slandering the clan!" ”

Wu Changyin smiled: "So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't like this ringing horse leader either, but he was kept as a general for the sake of face, but he doesn't want to be promoted again in this life!" ”

The Wu Chang and the little soldier never expected that although their voices had been deliberately lowered, Du Yan was strong in martial arts, and although his ears did not hear the level of listening to the wind and distinguishing the position, he was definitely much more sensitive than ordinary people, and he heard the conversation between the two clearly.

Du Yan secretly clenched his fists, looked up at the direction of Zhu A in the distance, and said hatefully: "Even a few soldiers can see that you are suppressing me!" Li Jiancheng, you are really worthy of me, worthy of Brother Song Jiang who died for your Tang Dynasty and countless brothers in our Daliang! ”

Du Yi is not stupid, although Mu Guiying did not say it explicitly when he sent someone to contact him today, he knew in his heart that Mu Guiying raided Yucheng at this time, and there must be a shadow of the Sui army during it, otherwise, what was the point of her doing this?

And he fought with the Sui army many times before he surrendered to Li Jiancheng's account, his old master Song Jiang, the former Pao Ze brothers Chao Gai, Dong Ping, Liu Tang, Li Kui and others all died in the hands of the Sui army, so until the end of the day, he has been weighing left and right, and has not really made up his mind.

But after he listened to the conversation between the two soldiers, he no longer had the slightest hesitation, although the Sui army beheaded his old master and former colleagues, but it was all a frontal battle on the battlefield and won the light. And Li Jiancheng crossed the river and demolished the bridge, without taking their brother's sacrifice for the Tang Dynasty to heart, such a despicable behavior really cannot be forgiven!

After making up his mind, Du Yan didn't say a word, waved his hand to the henchmen behind him, and several soldiers immediately stepped forward, untied the rope with their hands and feet, and put the drawbridge down. Another soldier walked up to the top of the city with a torch in his hand and swung it back and forth three times.

"Let's go, follow me down to seize the city gate, and let Mu Guiying and them enter the city!" After putting down the drawbridge and signaling, Du Yan did not hesitate to take these dozens of henchmen to the city gate.

Like the soldiers patrolling the city wall, there were not many soldiers guarding the city gates, only two of them, and they were all leaning on the side and napping, and Du Yan cut off his head in his sleep.

"Hurry up and open the gates!" Du Yan quickly withdrew the short knife that was still dripping blood, and strode forward to open the closed gate of Yucheng with several subordinates.

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