The Turkic tribes were successively attacked by Li Shimin's light cavalry, and they were already afraid of Li Yuan's army.

Seeing that Li Yuan was well versed in the way of Changsun Sheng's use of troops, Shibi Khan was also afraid in his heart, and after receiving a letter from Li Yuan, he had no choice but to restrain the Turkic tribes and did not dare to advance south.

During Li Yuan's stay in Mayi, he was never disturbed by the Turkic raids, and when he saw that the border had been appeased, he was afraid that the thieves in the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction would rise again, so he led his troops back to Jinyang.

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When Li Yuan returned to Jinyang, it was November of the thirteenth year of the Sui Dynasty.

At that time, the leader of the rebel army, Wei Dao'er, had a great influence in Hebei, gathering more than 100,000 people, and his subordinate thief Zhen Zhai'er led more than 20,000 people, often raiding Shangdang and Xihe counties.

Thieves sometimes gathered to attack the city, sometimes scattered and looted, and the local Yingyang Mansion was unable to deal with it.

In December of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause of Sui, Yang Guang issued an edict, and Li Yuan, the general of Tang Guogong, was left behind in Taiyuan, and Wang Wei and Gao Junya were left behind in Hubenlang and Huyalang, and Zhen Zhai'er was left behind in Taiyuan and Hedong.

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After receiving Yang Guang's edict, Li Yuan did not immediately convene Taiyuan civil and military officials to discuss, but in the official office, he first called Li Shimin and asked him what he thought of Yang Guang's edict.

Li Shimin believes that the crux of the problem is whether the thieves dare to fight.

If the army of Taiyuan County and Hedong County is sent to conquer and suppress, the thieves will not dare to respond to the battle and will avoid other places.

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, mobilizing the army, it is impossible to follow behind the thieves.

Even if they can catch up with the thieves, when the thieves see that they are not defeated by the officials and soldiers, they will scatter into small units and hide in the mountains, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers will not find the footprints of the thieves, so they will lose their strength, so they will go on an expedition, but they will return in vain.

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Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's thoughts, had the same concerns as him, and did not come up with a good plan for a while.

Li Shimin pondered for a while, and said to Li Yuan, "Grandpa, why don't you use the strategy of luring the enemy and trapping him."

Li Yuan asked Li Shimin, "How do you trap and arrest him?"

Li Shimin said, "The thieves in Hebei are really rogue bandits, they have no foundation, and all the supplements they need rely on looting. Looting at a time is only enough for a few days, and when it is insufficient, it will be raided in another place."

"We only need to make a big bait, and the thieves will gather a crowd to rob them when they think it is profitable, and we can destroy them in one fell swoop when they gather to rob them."

"But the bait has to be big enough to whet the thieves, and they'll gather more people."

"In addition, the officers and soldiers also have to show weakness, so that the thieves think that there is an opportunity. If the army is strong, the thieves will not dare to come."

"Therefore, we must be prepared to defeat thieves who are many times larger than the army with much fewer troops than the thieves."

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After Li Yuan heard this, he thought that this strategy was very good, so he discussed with Li Shimin and formulated a detailed plan to suppress the thieves.

After Li Shimin finished discussing with his father, he returned to his courtyard, and it was late at night.

Guanyin was still not asleep, reading a book on the kang alone, waiting for Li Shimin.

She saw that Li Shimin came back so late, and his face was full of excitement, so she asked curiously,

"What did Grandpa call you for? I came back so late, and I still looked so bright."

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Li Shimin took off his shoes and went to the kang, and smiled proudly at Guanyin, "Today, Yang Guang issued an edict and ordered Grandpa to stay in Taiyuan and let him lead troops to suppress bandits."

Guanyin thought that Li Shimin was happy because Li Yuan was appointed to stay in Taiyuan, she looked at the book by herself, and asked Li Shimin absentmindedly, "Does Taiyuan stay have more power than the arrest envoy?"

Li Shimin picked up the pot himself, poured a cup of buttermilk, took a sip and said,

"The arrest envoy is the duty of supervision under the order of the emperor, and it plays a supervisory role."

"Taiyuan is a real duty, directly controlling the five counties of Shanxi, and exercising the military and political power of the five counties."

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Guanyin put down the book and looked at Li Shimin with a smile,

"No wonder Brother Shimin is so happy. In the future, Grandpa will no longer need to borrow the emperor's order, but can directly give orders."

Li Shimin smiled at Guanyin, "This time, Grandpa has lost her eyes, and I'm not happy because Grandpa left behind in Taiyuan."

Guanyin asked Li Shimin a little confused, "Is that for the sake of security?"

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and looked at Guanyin, "For the sake of suppressing bandits. Grandpa and I have come up with a clever plan to wipe out all the thieves in Shanxi."

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I heard that the thieves in Shanxi could be wiped out, and Guanyin was interested, and analyzed according to her own ideas,

"If we can really catch all the thieves in Shanxi, it will be a clever plan. It's just that it's too hard to do it."

"Now thieves are everywhere, and where the official army is weak, they will go."

"I'm afraid that before Grandpa led the army, the thieves have fled without a trace, and eventually the official army will return in vain."

Li Shimin saw that Guanyin had the same idea as him before, so he explained the strategy he discussed with Li Yuan to Guanyin in detail.

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Guanyin listened carefully and thought that the whole plan was very well thought out, and if there was no accident, it would definitely achieve the desired effect.

She pondered for a while, and said to Li Shimin seriously,

"I think it's a good plan, but it's a bit of a fly in the ointment."

"My grandfather used to say that planning is expensive and secret, but it is difficult to achieve it if you leak it."

"Now you and Grandpa are doing a trick to hide from the world, confidentiality is the top priority, and it is best to have as few people as possible who know the core secrets."

"There are some things that only you and Grandpa know. The subordinate military officers only need to follow orders, and they don't necessarily know why they do it."

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After Li Shimin heard Guanyin's words, he also felt that he had neglected to keep the matter secret, and he hurriedly wanted to go down the kang.

"I'll go and discuss it with Grandpa again now."

Guanyin smiled and stopped, "It's midnight now, Grandpa has already rested, and it's not too late for you to go to Grandpa tomorrow morning to talk to Grandpa."

Li Shimin patted himself on the head, "I was so anxious that I forgot that it was late at night."

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Early the next morning, Li Shimin went to see Li Yuan and told his father how to keep it secret in advance.

The father and son discussed it again, and finally decided on the final plan to lure the enemy and suppress the bandits.

In the morning, Li Yuan did not convene civil and military officials to discuss the suppression of bandits according to the original plan, but first summoned Wang Wei, the deputy general of Hu Benlang, and Gao Junya, the general of Hu Yalang.

Li Yuan told Wang Wei and Gao Junya that they had arranged to trap the thieves.

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After hearing this, Wang Wei was afraid, and he said to Li Yuan worriedly,

"Tang Gong's plan is very good, but I am afraid that there will be many thieves and few officers and soldiers, and he will not be able to fight the enemy."

Li Yuan was calm and confident.

"These thieves are all rogues, most of them used to be farming people, just thieves, just to make a living, how do they know how to fight?"

"What they value is only money, and they only succeeded frequently in the past, but it was just because the strength of the local government soldiers was too disparity compared to them."

"Now we will send out the elite, and we will be able to defeat him."

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Wang Wei saw that Li Yuan had made up his mind, and it was not easy to fight again, for fear of losing his reputation as a coward.

Gao Junya is Yang Guang's cronies, he doesn't care what strategy Li Yuan uses to suppress bandits, as long as he does it according to Yang Guang's edict, he agrees.

Li Yuan was afraid that the secrets would be leaked, so he explained to Wang Wei and Gao Junya, "Only you and I know about this plan, remember not to leak it, if it is leaked, the two of you should know that the consequences are serious."

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Li Yuan, Wang Wei, and Gao Junya had completed their discussions, and the next day they convened Taiyuan civil and military officials to discuss matters at the official office of the left-behind government.

When the civil and military officials arrived, Li Yuan ascended to the hall to arrange matters related to the suppression of bandits.

He announced to the officials,

"The New Year Festival is approaching, and yesterday Luoyang, the eastern capital, sent a document that the hungry people near the eastern capital have gathered recently, and they are in urgent need of relief in order to prevent civil uprisings."

"The household department passed a letter to Taiyuan, and raised money and grain from the counties of Shanxi and sent it to the eastern capital to fill the Luokou warehouse."

"We should share the worries of the court and act according to the orders of the household department."

Hearing that the Ministry of Household asked the Ministry of Household to raise money and grain to be transported to the Eastern Capital at this time, there was no such precedent before, and the civil and military officials couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, but Li Yuan said that the documents of the Ministry of Household said so, and no one dared to ask what the truth was.

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Seeing that no one raised objections, Li Yuan arranged for the collection and escort of money and food.

He assigned tasks to civilian and military officials one by one.

Before you go, make the following preparations:

Liu Wenjing, the commander of Jinyang County, Yin Kaishan of Shiai County, and Gao Binlian of Longshan County, raised 5,000 stone of grain and 20,000 yuan of official money in three days.

Zhao Wenke, the secretary of Yingyang Mansion in Taiyuan County, requisitioned 500 donkey carts and loaded the raised grain into trucks ready to go.

Sima Liu Zhenghui and Xu Shixu, the soldiers of Yingyang Mansion in Taiyuan County, were responsible for the selection and transfer of 4,000 fine tax cavalry and 1,000 foot soldiers.

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After departure, make the following arrangements:

Wang Wei, the general of the tiger Benlang, led 2,000 cavalry to escort the heavy vehicles, and the foot soldiers followed the chariots.

Ying Yanglang general Jiang Baoyi and Ying Yang Mansion captain Zhang Pinggao, each led a thousand elite cavalry to escort on the flanks.

Li Shimin, Liu Hongji, Ding Jikan, Duan Zhixuan and Ying Yanglang divided Jiang Baoyi into a team.

The eldest grandson Shunde, Dou Cong, the eldest grandson Zhan, the eldest grandson gradually and the captain of the Yingyang Mansion, Zhang Pinggao, formed a team.

Li Yuan traveled with the army.

Wu Yalang left Gao Junya in Jinyang in case of accidents.

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After receiving the order, the civil and military officials made preparations according to the order.

The counties of Taiyuan County issued notices to raise money and grain, and the whole county knew that the officials and soldiers wanted to escort the money and grain to Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Li Yuan privately told Zhao Wenke, the secretary of Yingyang Mansion, that except for military supplies, the rest of the vehicles were loaded with wheat straw and sand and gravel, put them in pockets and sealed, and then covered them with linoleum.

After another three days, all the people, horses, and baggage vehicles were ready.

On the fourth day, the bandit officers and soldiers disguised as escorting money and grain marched from Jinyang.

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Beforehand, Li Yuan had received an urgent report from the county that Zhen Zhai'er's thieves were operating in the area of Huoyi and Lingshi, which was the only place to pass from Taiyuan to Luoyang.

Li Yuan led the army from Jinyang, along the official road through Jiexiu, and marched in the direction of Lingshi.

He did not urge his subordinates to march too quickly, and the officers and soldiers marched fifty miles every day, and then set up camp and rested on the spot.

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The whole army marched for five days before Jiexiu, and it was still sixty miles away from the Valley of the Sparrows. At this time, the scouts reported that there were thieves gathered in the Bird Mouse Valley.

When the generals heard that there were thieves in front of them, they were all afraid that the money and food would be lost, so they all advised Li Yuan to mobilize local government soldiers to increase the strength of the official army.

Li Yuan talked and laughed freely, encouraging his subordinates, "These thieves are all composed of homeless people, they are a rabble, and they are vulnerable. In the past, they only succeeded repeatedly, but the local government soldiers were too weak. Now that our army is in the elite, how can thieves match me?"

He asked the generals, "What do you think of the thieves of this generation compared to the Turkic cavalry?"

The generals said, "Compared to the Turkic cavalry, the thieves are too far behind."

Li Yuan said with a smile, "The two thousand cavalry of our army killed the Turks without leaving a single piece of armor, so why are you afraid of these thieves now?"

After hearing this, the subordinates thought that Li Yuan was reasonable, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they were all ready to try.

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