Empress Sokuten appointed the great general of 左玉鈐衛 Ri Koitsu to be superintendent general for the Yoshu section and told him to suppress the movement with 300 thousand soldiers.
則天武后は、左玉鈐衛大将軍李孝逸を揚州道大総管として兵30万を与えて討伐に向かわせた。