Yucheng is located on the edge of the Yellow River, and most of its territory is plains. This is why Li Jiancheng chose this place as a place to store grain. If something goes wrong, it only takes two hours for the cavalry to arrive.
Later, Yuan Gaisuwen led tens of thousands of troops across the sea to Qingzhou. Because he was unfamiliar with the place, he followed Li Jiancheng's advice and hoarded grain and grass in Yucheng.
After all, Qingzhou was an isolated enclave for the Tang army, although Zhu Yuanzhang of Hebei temporarily agreed to use 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 the Tang army to attract the Sui army's attention. If the situation changes in the future, he will not hesitate to cut off the Tang army's food route.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng took advantage of the fact that he and Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet fallen out with each other, and used his power in the court to continuously raise food and grass and transport it to Qingzhou.
To this day, the grain and grass accumulated in Yu City has exceeded 300,000 shi, as well as 500,000 dans of fodder and many other military supplies. Logically speaking, such a supply area should be heavily guarded.
But in fact, since the main force of the Sui army was contained south of Zhu'a, it was simply impossible to kill Yucheng quietly. The nearby bandits were completely incapable of attacking, and they did not have the courage to provoke the Tang army at this time. Therefore, Yucheng's defense was extremely lax. The commander-in-chief Li Daoming even brought dancing girls into the military camp many times to party until dawn.
Of course, this is also an important reason why Lieutenant General Du Bo and Li Daoming often have conflicts.
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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 rifles and patrolled back and forth on the city wall out of boredom.
"It's so unfair. There are obviously two patrol teams. Why do we have to stay up late at night every time to patrol? Xiaowuzi's team has never been assigned. This general is really partial!" A younger one The soldier suddenly spoke.
The leading corps commander immediately glared at the soldier and shouted: "You bastard, just patrol properly. Why do you talk so much nonsense and dare to criticize the general behind his back?"
The soldier seemed a little unconvinced and muttered in a low voice: "That's right, captain, we are assigned to the night every time, isn't it because the captain of Xiaowuzi's team was found from nowhere last time? A woman to give to the general?"
When the team leader heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly scolded: "You don't want your life. You dare to say such things. If others hear you, be careful with your head!"
"If you don't patrol and keep watch, why are you making a fuss here?"
At this moment, a sharp roar came from behind, which frightened the captain and the soldier to stop talking and looked in the direction of the sound.
Du Bo, who was tall and resolute in appearance, soon appeared in front of several people. Behind him were twenty or thirty strong men. The aura of the green forest that could not be concealed from his body showed that they were Du Bo's confidants. .
Du Bo strode up to these soldiers, glanced at them, and said in a deep voice: "The food and grass stored in the city are very important to the frontline army. You patrollers should be more cautious. How dare you chat in private here? What if? I won’t be lenient if you bump into me again!”
The corps commander hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Yes, yes, General Du said yes, I understand, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future!"
Du Bo nodded slightly, turned and walked towards the other side.
Looking at Du Chu's leaving figure, Wu Changran said "poof" in the direction he was leaving and said: "He's just a bandit leader. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, pitied you and allowed you to be a partial general. You really treat yourself as a person." Why are you pretending to be in front of me?"
The original soldier said with some trepidation: "Commander, just now you said you were not allowed to speak ill of the general behind his back. What did you..."
The corps commander sneered and said, "What kind of general is he in my eyes? He's just a robber. Except for those under him, no one in the city treats him as a joke!"
The soldier also nodded and said: "I heard that General Du once impeached General Li Daoming to His Highness the Crown Prince for not observing military discipline and being drunk and having sex with prostitutes in the camp. Who would have thought that His Highness the Crown Prince did not punish General Li Daoming at all, but instead reprimanded General Du Slandering the clan!"
The Wu Commander smiled sinisterly: "So His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't like this bandit leader either. He just keeps him as a general because of his face. But he can't even think about getting promoted again in this life!"
The corps commander and the soldier never expected that although their voices had been deliberately lowered, Du Bo was highly skilled in martial arts. Although his ears were not able to hear the wind and identify positions, they were definitely much more sensitive than ordinary people. He heard the conversation clearly.
Du Bo secretly clenched his fists, looked up in the distance in the direction of Zhu'a, and said bitterly: "Even a few soldiers can see how you suppress me! Li Jiancheng, you are really worthy of me, worthy of fighting for you in the Tang Dynasty." The dead brother Song Jiang and countless of our brothers in Daliang!"
Du Bo was not stupid. Although Mu Guiying did not say anything explicitly when he sent someone to contact him today, he knew in his heart that if Mu Guiying raided Yucheng at this time, there must be the presence of the Sui army. Otherwise, what was the point of her doing so? ?
Before he surrendered to Li Jiancheng's tent, he fought with the Sui army many times. His old master Song Jiang, former Paoze brothers Chao Gai, Dong Ping, Liu Tang, Li Kui and others all died at the hands of the Sui army. So far, he has been weighing the 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 hesitated. Although the Sui army killed his old master and former colleagues, they were all fighting head-on on the battlefield. Win above board. Li Jiancheng crossed the river and demolished the bridge without caring about the sacrifices his brothers had made for the Tang Dynasty. Such despicable behavior was truly unforgivable from him!
After making up his mind, Du Bo waved to his confidants behind him without saying a word. Several soldiers immediately stepped forward, untied the ropes quickly and lowered the suspension bridge. Another soldier walked up to the top of the city holding a torch and waved it back and forth three times.
"Come on, follow me down to seize the city gate and let Mu Guiying and others enter the city!" After lowering the suspension bridge and signaling, Du Bo led dozens of confidants to the city gate without hesitation.
Like the soldiers patrolling the city wall, there were not many soldiers guarding the city gate, only two of them, and they were all dozing off to one side, and Du Bo had their heads cut off in their sleep.
"Come on, open the city gate quickly!" Du Bo quickly withdrew the dagger that was still dripping blood, strode forward and opened the closed city gate of Yucheng with several of his subordinates.
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