Immediately, Li Xuan took Empress Dowager Bai and Dong Yunyun back to the Land Temple, and then packed up their things and lived, naturally a few old mothers who came with Empress Dowager Bai and a few maids brought by Dong Yunyun and Ye were in charge.

Li Xuan found that he hadn't gone back in the past few months, and the number of maids under the three women of Empress Dowager Bai, Dong Yunyun and the Ye family had increased a lot, and there were not many people in total before, but now, there were seven or eight people with Empress Dowager Bai.

In addition to Zhu'er, Dong Yunyun also has four other maids by her side, and there are also two little girls waiting on Ye's side.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Bai and the others were busy with a group of old mothers and maids, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh, they would really enjoy it, a group of people around them were waiting, and he was the emperor and there was no maid around him, so he had to find a few maids to serve him when he turned around, and it was not good to always let Zhu'er do some maids with him.

After all, although Zhu'er is not yet famous, she is also his pillow person, and she has shortened the distance between each other to a negative distance several times, and she can't be allowed to do the work of serving people all the time.

Empress Dowager Bai and the others cleaned up the house, and Li Xuan did not get in the way in the house, and soon came out and entered the tent of the Chinese army.

and called Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu, Wang Wenhua, Xie Laotou and other Wenchen, as well as Fang Dongquan, Wang Danxu and other generals.

So what's going on?

Naturally, the most important thing for the new army of the Tang Dynasty in the near future is how to gain a foothold under the mountain, which also includes how to prepare for the establishment of an arms workshop, how to maintain the actual rule of the surrounding villages, how to collect taxes, and even how to maintain the actual control of the villages in the distance.

Each of these things is related to the development of the Tang Dynasty in the future!

But before they can discuss this, they have a more important problem to solve, and that is to choose a permanent location.

Although the scale of Liushazhuang is large enough, there is no city wall to protect it, and the village is extremely scattered, which is not suitable for defense and is not suitable for evading the detection of the Ming army.

In the past few days, Cao Mingda has found a lot of spies of the Ming army in the peripheral areas of Liushazhuang, which means that the Ming army already knows that the new army of the Tang Dynasty is currently settling in Liushazhuang, and it is not sure when the Ming army will come over.

When they chose to camp in Liushazhuang, Li Xuan's purpose was very simple, because the geographical location of Liushazhuang was in the middle, and there were more villages around, so they could recruit enough troops here in a shorter time.

But it is precisely because of this that Quicksand Village lacks concealment, and even less defensive ability!

Li Xuan glanced at the ministers, and then said, "Let's talk about it, it's more suitable for us to go there next."

Liu Bagou, as the head of the ministers, was naturally the first to speak, only to hear him say: "Looking at all parts of Zhengtai, there are many suitable as a temporary place for my Tang Dynasty, Weichen thinks that Huangjiazhuang is quite suitable, the surrounding terrain here is quite familiar to our army, and there are high walls to defend, and there are many surrounding villages, and you can also monitor the enemies of Zhengtai and Longhua nearby!" ”

However, at this time, Wang Danxu said: "It's not proper, although Huangjiazhuang has a high wall, but the place is narrow, our army has a large number of people, plus there are hundreds of subjects with the army, a small Huangjiazhuang is not enough, and it is too close to Longhua Town, and every move of our army will be exposed to the eyes of the Ming army!" ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and walked to a detailed Zhengtai map erected in front of him, and pointed to a place located in the southwest of Zhengtai County, about thirty miles away from the mountain: "This place is called 'Xikou Village', located in the southwest of Zhengtai County, fifty miles, and only thirty miles into the mountain, whether it is to deal with the enemy of Zhengtai or enter the mountain, it is more convenient."

Moreover, there is a small river in the east and north of this place, and the south and west are hilly and mountainous, which is very suitable for defensive operations, and the concealment is also quite good, which is more suitable for our army to be stationed! ”

"Xikou Village?" After hearing this, Fang Dongquan on the side walked to Wang Danxu's side, then took the map and looked at it, and said after looking at it: "This terrain is not bad, but it is too remote, there are no big villages around, which will have a great impact on our recruitment in the future!" ”

At this time, Butcher Chen also said: "What are you afraid of conscription, we will recruit people in this quicksand village, our army will go, it is not a problem to leave a team of people here to be responsible for recruiting people, this quicksand village is not far from Xikou Village, but twenty miles away, and the recruits can be sent to Xikou Village on the same day." ”

Liu Bagou also wanted to say something at this time, but he didn't say anything when he opened his mouth, he also knew that the opinions of these civil officials were secondary to the selection of the station, and it mainly 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 and difficult to attack, and at the same time can escape at any time.

As for the establishment of a weapons workshop to rule the surrounding villages, this problem is not very big, even if it is inconvenient, but it can be overcome, after all, outside the mountain is not Huangzhu Mountain in the mountain.

Although Huangzhu Mountain is not far from this place in a straight line, the mountain road winds and turns for many days, and the distance between Liushazhuang and Xikou Village is only one day, and this is still the time required for the march of the army, if it is an ordinary walk, in fact, it is only two or three hours. You can even go faster for more than an hour.

Li Xuan beckoned slightly at this time, Fang Dongquan handed over the map very interestingly, and immediately Li Xuan looked at the map in his hand.

Judging from the map, Wang Danxu has worked hard for this Xikou Village, 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 those students who had been trained by himself, because in the entire Tang Dynasty, there were only a dozen people who could draw such detailed military maps, all of whom were young officers who were born in the Guards and had been personally taught by Li Xuan.

Judging from this map, this Xikou Village is indeed a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the upper sign says that the population is not large, only a few hundred people, but the place is big enough, even if the new army of the Tang Dynasty has thousands of men and horses, they are all stationed.

Moreover, the small population of Xikou Village is not only not a problem, but also an advantage, and the small population is easier to control and less likely to leak information.

This can better ensure the secrecy of the Datang New Army.

After comparing Huangjiazhuang, Liushazhuang, Xikou Village and several other more suitable places in his mind in detail, Li Xuan quickly made a decision:

"That's it for Xikou Village, we'll go ahead of Xikou Village early tomorrow morning!"

Li Xuan is becoming more and more decisive now, since this Xikou Village is suitable, he will not let his subordinates continue to have meaningless discussions, and directly make a decision.

However, after deciding on 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!