The civil and military officials who followed Li Yuan in the incident had different opinions on how to act in the future.

Li Yuan asked Li Shimin what his plans were, and Li Shimin replied that he should enter Guanzhong with lightning speed.

Li Yuan knew that Li Shimin had always been assertive, so he asked Li Shimin with interest, "Erlang, tell me your reasons."

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Li Shimin sat up straight, faced Li Yuan and said, "Shimin thinks that there should be four benefits when entering Guanzhong quickly."

Li Yuan asked, "Which four benefits?"

Li Shimin said, "One profit is that you can occupy Yongfeng Cang, which can not only cut off the food supply of Chang'an, but also no longer worry about the food of soldiers and horses."

"The second advantage is that the courtiers have many relatives and properties in Guanzhong, and occupying Guanzhong can collect the hearts of the courtiers and use them for my use. Officials who are outside the country, who are concerned about the industries and relatives in Guanzhong, will surely pass on the rumors and surrender."

"The three benefits are, now that Chang'an's military strength is insufficient, it can break the city without a bloody battle."

"The four benefits are, the heroes of all walks of life in Guanzhong have just risen, and they are not yet able to compete with our army."

"The time is fleeting, if we don't enter Guanzhong as soon as possible, with the passage of time in the world, these four benefits may no longer be, we can only look at Guan Xing and sigh, regret it too late."

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Li Yuan listened carefully to Li Shimin's talk about the "Four Benefits", bowed his head slightly while listening, and after Li Shimin finished speaking, he said with a smile, "What Erlang said about the Four Benefits is really tempting, but there are Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong heavily blocking the road in front of me, how can we quickly enter Guanzhong?"

After careful consideration, Li Shimin and Guanyin were now in their chests, and said loudly, "Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong are alone in the depths, and they are still reluctant to defend the city, so they don't dare to leave the city to fight, so they don't have to be afraid. As long as we use two strategies, the army will be invincible everywhere, and the army and people defending the city will surrender."

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Li Yuan then asked, "What are the two strategies?"

Li Shimin said, "Tree virtue and prestige."

"Cultivating virtue, caring for the old and helping the poor, treating scholars with leniency, and making a name for themselves as teachers of benevolence and righteousness, will cause the people of Shishu to follow like a stream;"

"Establish power, defeat the stubborn enemy, kill without surrendering, for the mighty army to be strong, will cause the states and counties through which it passes to look at the wind."

"When the army goes south, it can be established at the West River; If Song Laosheng doesn't descend, Huo Yi will be the time for us to stand up."

"The people of the world have drawn up a strategy for how to act."

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With that, Li Shimin stood up, walked to Li Yuan and the pass, presented the draft strategy for entering the pass westward, and then returned to the original place and sat down.

Li Yuan folded his hand, watched carefully, nodded while watching, and praised after reading it, "Erlang is very thoughtful and knows how to use soldiers. Tomorrow the hall will be discussed, and I hope you can convince the officials who advocate sticking to Shanxi."

Li Shimin simply replied, "The people of the world will definitely know the benefits and disadvantages, and convince people with reason."

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After saying that, Li Shimin was about to get up and retire, Li Yuan asked Li Shimin with a smile, "Does this strategy also have the credit of Ah Wan?" Why didn't you say a word about her?"

Li Shimin replied, "It's not that Shimin wants to hide the credit of Ah Wan, it's that Ah Wan herself won't let her say it."

Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin curiously and asked, "Why didn't you let me say it?"

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Auntie said that men always let women give advice, and it will make people laugh when they spread it."

Li Yuan didn't follow, "Is Ah Wan an ordinary woman? How many men can compare her views? In the future, when you encounter such a big matter as deliberating, you and your maid will come to me together."

Li Shimin didn't answer, just smiled and nodded.

Li Yuan then sighed, "This palace is not as good as the official office, there are too many rules, there are many inconveniences, when you are fine, you take your maid to see me."

Li Shimin listened to Ying Nuo and said, "Shimin has written it down."

After speaking, Li Shimin got up and saluted Li Yuan, and left the side hall of the east gate.

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On the second day, Li Yuan convened civil and military officials in the main hall of Jinyang Palace to discuss the plan to enter the customs.

The officials headed by Pei Lian, Tang Jian, and Jiang Baoyi advocated that Shanxi should be managed first, the imperial army should be rejected in the south, Liu Wuzhou should be defended in the north, and then the entire territory of Shanxi should be swept away, and then an opportunity to enter the customs should be sought to prevent the foundation from being unstable and the enemy on the back.

Officials mainly composed of Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji, and Dou Cong advocated that they should go south as quickly as possible, and then enter the pass westward with lightning speed, for the same reasons as Li Shimin.

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In order to persuade Pei Lin and others, Li Shimin elaborated on the "four benefits" of entering the customs quickly, and the implementation strategy, Pei Lin and others reluctantly agreed to send troops south first to meet the imperial army led by Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong, and then decide when to enter the customs according to the battle situation.

Li Yuan saw that the prince Li Jiancheng did not express his opinion, so he asked him what he thought about it.

Li Jiancheng expressed his support for Li Shimin's proposal.

Seeing that his two sons thought it was advisable to enter the customs quickly, Li Yuan decided to adopt the entry plan proposed by Li Shimin and make adjustments when encountering unforeseen circumstances.

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On the fourth day of the seventh month, Li Yuan appointed Li Yuanji as the Taiyuan Taishou, staying in Jinyang Palace, and entrusting him with all rear affairs. Wen Dayouwei was appointed as the assistant of Taiyuan Commander Li Yuanji.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, Li Yuan swore an oath in front of the barracks, commanded 30,000 soldiers to set off from Jinyang, and issued a document to all counties and counties, announcing that he would honor Yang Yun, the king of the dynasty, as the emperor.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Li Yuan led his army to Xihe, comforted the officials and people of Xihe, and opened a warehouse to help the poor.

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Li Yuan explained to his subordinates that in the future, everywhere in the army, they must respect the elderly, compensate the widows and orphans, provide relief to the poor, appoint talents, redress the unjust prisoners, and make a name for the teachers of benevolence and righteousness.

In Xihe County, all the elderly who are over 70 years old are awarded to the general council, the court, and the three major doctors, who are from the fifth rank or above. For the local heroes and talents, they are awarded corresponding official positions according to their talents.

Li Yuan was good at calligraphy, and while asking about the merits and talents of the people who came, he personally wrote the appointment letter, and appointed more than 1,000 officials in one day.

The appointees all returned happily, preaching Li Yuan's virtuous virtues and sage everywhere.

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Leaving Xihe, Li Yuan led his army all the way south, passing through Jiexiu and Lishi, and entering the Bird Mouse Valley.

On July 14, they arrived in Lingshi County and garrisoned at Jiahu Fort, which was more than 50 miles away from Huoyi. On behalf of the king Yang Yu sent Wu Yalang general Song Laosheng to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to garrison in Huoyi.

At this time, it was a continuous heavy rain, and the army could not move forward, so Li Yuan sent Shen Shu'an and others to lead the old and weak soldiers back to Taiyuan, so that they could transport grain and grass for another month, and prepare to attack Huoyi County after the weather cleared.

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Yin rain Feifeifei, autumn rain is not stopped.

In Li Shimin's plan, this time he waved his army to the south, which should be to cut through the pass with the momentum of thunder, and then enter the pass in the west. However, due to the weather, 30,000 troops are drowned in this deep mountain valley.

Li Shimin had walked the road from Jiahubao to Huoyi several times, with mountains on both sides and Fenshui in the middle, and he was worried that Song Laosheng had prepared to set up an ambush on the road in advance, so he wanted to explore the road in person, so as not to be ambushed when the army went south after the rain stopped.

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After consulting Li Yuan, Li Shimin and Duan Zhixuan found a villager to guide the way and took the night to check the terrain.

Jiahubao is more than 50 miles away from Huoyi, the road goes south along the river valley, goes to the southeast 20 miles away from Huoyi, and then 10 miles is a valley mouth, the mountains on both sides are steep, it is an ideal ambush place.

Li Shimin was glad in his heart that Song Laosheng did not know how to use soldiers, so he did not place a single soldier here.

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At the mouth of the valley, Fenshui folds to the south, and the road goes straight to the north gate of Huoyi County along Fenshui.

The villagers introduced to Li Shimin that this place is exactly ten miles away from Huoyi, and if the army turns out of the valley from here, it can be seen above the head of Huoyi City. He told Li Shimin that there was also a mountain road next to it, which was biased to the southeast and covered by dense forests, and could reach the east gate of Huoyi City without being discovered by the Huoyi defenders.

Li Shimin went up the mountain road with the villagers, although it was a little steep, but the soldiers and horses could pass. Follow the mountain road all the way to the southeast, to the city of Huoyi.

Huoyi city west of Fenshui, surrounded by mountains, built in the middle of the flat land, if you occupy the south of the city, you can cut off the road to Hedong County, leading to Guanzhong. If Li Yuan's army did not attack Huoyi, it could go around the city from the east of the city to the south of the city.

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After looking at the terrain, Li Shimin calculated in his heart that Song Laosheng must have "two fears" as a defender.

Feared, Li Yuan's army occupied the south of the city and cut off its back road.

Second, Li Yuan's army besieged the city from the north, east, and south.

Therefore, Song Laosheng had to block Li Yuan's army in the east of the city no matter what.

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After inspecting the roads and terrain, Li Shimin and Duan Zhixuan returned to Jiahu Fort, and he reported the investigation to Li Yuanyu. Li Yuan called Li Jiancheng, and the three of them agreed on a siege strategy together.

In the plan of the three of them, they should regard Huoyi as the battle of Liwei since the beginning of the army, and then take the power of this battle to the south of Hedong and the west to Guanzhong.

The key point to quickly defeat the Huoyi defenders was to induce Song Laosheng to lead the army out of the city to fight.

If Song Laosheng could not defend the city, Li Yuan's army would have to forcibly attack the city, so that it might not be possible to capture Huoyi City in a month or two, and the plan of the "righteous army" to quickly move west into Guanzhong would be ruined.

Therefore, after careful discussion, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin decided on a strategy to lure Song Laosheng out of the city to fight.

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The strategy of attacking Huoyi City has been decided, and it is only necessary for Tianqing Li Yuan to lead a large army to approach Huoyi City.

However, the heavens were not beautiful, the rain kept falling, and the roads were muddy and could not be marched. In addition, the grain and grass did not arrive, and there was not much grain left in the army, and the morale of the army began to fluctuate.

It was rumored that Liu Wuzhou and the Turks took advantage of the emptiness of Taiyuan to attack Jinyang. Pei Lin and the others were worried in their hearts, fearing that their families and industries in Jinyang would be damaged, so they persuaded Li Yuan to lead the army back to Jinyang.

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Li Yuan couldn't make up his mind, so he summoned his subordinate officials to discuss countermeasures.

Pei Lin and others believed that Song Laosheng's 20,000 heavy troops were stationed in Huoyi, which was difficult to capture in a short period of time, and that Liu Wuzhou and the Turks united for profit, and if they attacked Jinyang, the "righteous army" would definitely suffer from the enemy and be in a passive situation. The families of the officers and soldiers in the army are all in Jinyang, and once Jinyang is captured by Liu Wuzhou, the army will definitely be separated.

Pei Lin strongly admonished Li Yuan that it was important to stabilize the foundation, and he must return to Taiyuan, and then wait to go south in the future.

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Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin focused on attacking Huoyi, and Li Shimin said to Li Yuan and the officials, "Song Laosheng is a reckless man, who started by hunting for small groups of thieves, and he doesn't know how to use soldiers, so he can be captured in a battle. Liu Wuzhou's foundation in Mayi is not stable, and he does not dare to attack Taiyuan from afar."

Li Yuan was confused by Pei Lin and others, unwilling to follow Li Shimin's advice, and reprimanded Li Shimin for being young and frivolous and not knowing the benefits. Forcibly ordered to withdraw troops and return to Jinyang.

Li Shimin still had to argue, but Li Yuan shouted, "If you disturb the morale of the army again, you should do it by military law."

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