Immediately, Li Xuan took Empress Dowager Bai and Dong Yunyun back to the Earth Temple. Afterwards, naturally there were several old ladies who came with Empress Dowager Bai, Dong Yunyun, and several maids brought by Ye to take care of packing and settling in. Updates will be finished soon.
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Li Xuan discovered that after not going back for the past few months, the number of maids under the hands of Empress Dowager Bai, Dong Yunyun and Ye Shi had increased a lot. In the past, there were only a few maids in total, but now, the number of maids under Empress Dowager Bai, Dong Yunyun and Ye Shi
There are seven or eight in total.
In addition to Zhu'er, Dong Yunyun also had four other maids, and Ye's side was also served by two little girls.
Seeing Empress Dowager Bai commanding a group of old women and maids to be busy, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh, they really knew how to enjoy it, with a group of people waiting around them, but he was the emperor and didn't even have any maids to wait on him. He would have to find a few maids when he came back.
There is a maid who is always waiting on me. It is not good to have Pearl do some maid things with me all the time.
After all, although Pearl has no status yet, she is still his pillow. The distance between them has been shortened to a negative distance several times. She cannot be allowed to continue to serve others.
Queen Mother Bai and the others were cleaning up the house, and Li Xuan did not stand in the way, and soon came out and entered the Chinese army tent.
They also called over Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu, Wang Wenhua, Old Man Xie and other civil servants, as well as Fang Dongquan, Wang Shanxu and other generals.
What happened?
Naturally, the most important issue for the new army of the Tang Dynasty in the near future is how to gain a foothold under the mountains. This also includes how to prepare a weapons workshop, how to maintain actual rule over surrounding villages, how to collect taxes, and even how to maintain control over distant areas.
actual control of the village.
Each of these things is related to the future development of the Tang Dynasty!
But before discussing these, they still have a more important issue to solve, which is to choose a permanent location.
Nowadays, the new army of the Tang Dynasty is stationed in Liusha Village, which is actually not suitable. Although Liusha Village is large enough, it is not protected by a city wall, and the village is extremely scattered, making it not suitable for defense or avoiding the detection of the Ming army.
In the past few days, Cao Mingda has discovered many spies of the Ming Army in the peripheral areas of Liusha Village. This means that the Ming Army already knows that the new army of the Tang Dynasty is currently settling in Liusha Village. It is uncertain when the Ming Army will attack.
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When Li Xuan and the others chose to station themselves in Liusha Village, their purpose was very simple. Because Liusha Village was located in the middle of the country and there were many surrounding villages, they could recruit enough troops here in a shorter period of time.
But it is precisely because of this that Liusha Village lacks concealment and lacks defensive capabilities!
Li Xuan glanced at the ministers, and then said: "Let's talk about where it is more suitable for us to go next."
Liu Bagou, as the leader of the ministers, was naturally the first to speak. He just heard him say: "Looking at the various places in Zhengtai, there are many suitable places for our Tang Dynasty to be temporarily stationed. I think Huangjiazhuang is quite suitable."
, Our army is quite familiar with the terrain around this place, and there are high walls for defense, and there are many villages around, and we can also monitor the enemies of Zhengtai and Longhua nearby!"
But at this time Wang Shanxu said: "No, although Huangjiazhuang has high walls, it is a small place. Our army has a large number of people, and there are hundreds of people accompanying the army. The small Huangjiazhuang is not enough, and it is far away from Longhua Town."
In the near future, every move of our army will be exposed to the eyes of the Ming army!"
As he spoke, he walked up to a detailed map of Zhengtai that was erected in front, pointed to a place located in the southwest of Zhengtai County, about thirty miles away from the mountains, and said: "This place is called 'Xikou Village', located in Zhengtai County.
It's fifty miles to the southwest, and only thirty miles to the mountains. It's more convenient whether you're dealing with Zhengtai's enemies or entering the mountains.
Moreover, this place faces a small river to the east and north, and hills and mountains to the south and west, which is extremely suitable for defensive operations, and the concealment is also quite good, making it more suitable for our army to be stationed!"
"Xikou Village?" Fang Dongquan on the side listened and walked to Wang Shanxu, then took the map and looked at it. After reading it, he said: "The terrain is pretty good, but it is too remote. There are no big villages around.
Ah, this will have a big impact on our future recruitment!"
At this time, Butcher Chen also said: "What are you afraid of recruiting people? We will recruit people here at Liusha Village. When our army leaves, it will not be a problem to leave a team of people here to be responsible for recruiting people. This Liusha Village is not far from Xikou Village.
With only twenty miles of land, new recruits can be sent to Xikou Village on the same day."
Liu Bagou also wanted to say something at this time, but he opened his mouth but did not say anything. He also knew that when choosing a station, the opinions of the civil servants were secondary, and the main thing depended on the choice of the generals.
Because this is related to the military strategy of the new army of the Tang Dynasty in the future, it is most important to choose a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and where you can escape at any time.
As for establishing a weapons workshop and ruling the surrounding villages, this problem is not a big one. Even if it is inconvenient, it can be overcome. After all, the mountains outside are not Huangzhu Mountain inside the mountains.
Although Huangzhu Mountain is not far from here in a straight line, it takes many days to walk on the winding mountain road, while the distance between Liusha Village and Xikou Village is only one day, and this is the time it takes for an army to march. If it is an ordinary walk
If so, it actually only takes two or three hours. Even if you walk faster, you can get there in more than an hour.
Li Xuan waved slightly at this time, Fang Dongquan handed the map over to him very wisely, and Li Xuan immediately looked at the map in his hand.
Judging from the map, Wang Shanxu has worked hard for Xikou Village. There is not only a large-scale map showing the approximate location, but also a detailed topographic map of Xikou Village.
Needless to say, Li Xuan also knew that these maps should have been drawn by the students he personally trained, because in the entire Tang Dynasty, there were only a dozen or so people who could draw such detailed military maps, and they were all from recent times.
Young officers who were born in the Wei army and were personally taught by Li Xuan.
Judging from the map, Xikou Village is indeed a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although it is marked above that it has a small population, only a few hundred people, the place is large enough. Even if the New Army of the Tang Dynasty has thousands of troops,
They are all stationed.
Moreover, the small population of Xikou Village is not only not a problem, but also an advantage. A small population makes it easier to control and less likely to leak information.
This will better ensure the secrets of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty.
After comparing Huangjiazhuang, Liushazhuang, Xikou Village and several other more suitable places in his mind in detail, Li Xuan quickly made a decision:
"This is Xikou Village. We will leave for Xikou Village early tomorrow morning!"
Li Xuan is now becoming more and more decisive in his actions. Since Xikou Village is suitable, he will not let his subordinates continue to have unnecessary discussions and directly make a decision.
But after confirming the location, there are still a lot of things waiting for them to deal with!
And each of these things is related to the future of the Tang Dynasty!