Chapter 69:68: Opening the Dungeon: Iltsk Oasis
Soldiers don't appear out of thin air.

If the Zhenbei Army wants to have more than 10,000 soldiers, they must recruit soldiers. However, Yancheng doesn’t even have civilians, so where can they recruit soldiers?
As a great scholar of the Imperial Shang Dynasty, Su Mu naturally understood the principle of recuperation.

With the dozen or so young men in Yancheng at present, even if they plundered enough barbarian women and asked them to bear children for them, it would take fifty or sixty years, or four or five generations of effort, to multiply their population to over ten thousand.

This is the case when the barbarians did not attack Yancheng, there was sufficient food, and no natural disasters.

This is also the reason why Su Mu insisted on returning to Di Shang even though he knew that there were only a few hundred people left in the Zhenbei Army.

Firstly, recalling the Zhenbei Army back to Di Shang was his mission and responsibility.

Secondly, the Zhenbei Army currently has only this one path to take.

"No!"

"I have magical powers, and I can use [fake ghosts and gods] to help me in the battle!"

Chu Zhongxing grinned: "The Zhenbei Army soldier who saved you in the Iltsk Oasis was summoned by me, the [Fake Ghost]. If it weren't for him, the plan you have been planning for more than 30 years would never have been realized, and you would not have appeared in the General's Mansion in Yancheng."

"【Fake ghosts and gods】? The Yin-Yang School's most Yin faction?"

Hearing Chu Zhongxing say this, Su Mu couldn't help but frown. The beliefs and ideas of the Yin-Yang School are exactly the opposite of Confucianism.

Confucianism advocates benevolence and righteousness, and the Mencius school of Confucianism puts forward the idea that human nature is inherently good.

The Zhiyin school of Yin-Yang School believes that human nature is evil and that human nature in this world is inherently bad.

The difference in beliefs and ideas between the two schools far exceeds the gap between the Gongyang School and the Guliang School, and even far exceeds the difference between Confucianism and Legalism.

Su Mu instinctively disliked the Yin-Yang School, which was able to "fake ghosts and gods".

"General Chu is my military strategist and military authority faction. He inherited the will of the commander of the Zhenbei Army and is determined to fight against the barbarians in the northern border and eradicate them completely!"

Seeing Su Mu's expression change, Guo Xiaoding took the initiative to reveal Chu Zhongxing's true identity. The Confucian Gongyang School's belief and philosophy of great revenge are slightly similar to the beliefs and philosophy of the Zhenbei Army, both of which are about fighting against the barbarians.

"How can the military power faction [fake ghosts and gods]?"

Hearing that Chu Zhongxing had inherited the will of the Zhenbei Army commander, Su Mu's expression eased a lot, but he was still a little confused. Why could the commander of a faction with great military power [fake ghosts and gods]?
The faction of military power is good at commanding troops. The more troops they have, the stronger they are.

However, the military power faction is not good at recruiting soldiers, and many of its commanders must rely on the emperor of the business world or the princes to exert their strongest strength.

Now, a commander-in-chief of a faction with great military power actually has the ability to [fake ghosts and gods].

Wouldn't this mean we can recruit soldiers ourselves?
"Angel, why do you care about these details on the day of the great enemy of the 18 tribes of the Barbarians?"

Chu Zhongxing stood up, took a map, spread it on the table, and pointed at the eighteen tribes of barbarians on it: "Angel, whether it is the Yin School of Yin and Yang or the Gongyang School of Confucianism, are they all the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Imperial Shang Dynasty?"

Looking at the eighteen black crosses and twelve red crosses on the map, Su Mu's face suddenly changed. He took a deep breath, bowed to Chu Zhongxing and apologized: "Coach, it was Su who was reckless!"

"With barbarians in front of us, how can we have disputes among schools of thought?"

"Together we must fight against the eighteen tribes of barbarians!"

The dispute among the Hundred Schools of Thought was, after all, an internal struggle within the Imperial Shang Dynasty. Now that there were eighteen tribes of barbarians nearby, how could the dispute among the schools continue?

"The way back has been cut off by the barbarians. It is not easy to break through the blockade and return to the Imperial Merchants. It is impossible to do it with only 142 soldiers from the Northern Frontier."

"Now, we need to cultivate our health, strengthen the troops of Yancheng, and at the same time weaken the strength of the barbarians bit by bit, so that we can return to the Empire of Commerce in our lifetime." Chu Zhongxing's eyes swept across Guo Xiaoding and fell on Su Mu: "Leave the recruitment to me. As an angel of the Empire of Commerce, I hope you can also play a role in returning to the Empire of Commerce!"

"Coach, you can say whatever you want. As long as you can use me, I will do my best!"

Su Mu stood up and bowed to Chu Zhongxing: "I hope the commander will not forget to lead the troops to reinforce the emperor!"

"God knows me, the sun and the moon are my witnesses. I was born by the Luo River. I swear by the Luo River that if I have enough troops one day, I will lead them to reinforce the emperor!"

The princes settled in the imperial capital, used their troops to coerce the emperor, and ruled the world together with him.

Su Mu was naturally on guard against Chu Zhongxing, but now that he saw Chu Zhongxing swearing on the Luo River, he immediately felt relieved.

"Coach, I've been nagging you a lot these days."

"Angel, you escaped from the Iltsk Oasis. How much do you know about the Iltsk Oasis? Can you tell me in detail about their military strength and internal structure?"

“Iltsk oasis.”

Su Mu picked up the pen and ink, and slowly presented the Iltsk Oasis in front of Chu Zhongxing.

Iltsk Oasis is a small gathering place of the Xianyun tribe. It has three strong men of the Qi family realm, more than a thousand cavalry, about three thousand infantry, and a population of more than ten thousand.

As a nomadic people, the Xianyun tribe was not good at building tall walls to resist invaders. Most of the Iltsk Oasis used wooden fences to defend against enemies. Although these fences had barbs on them, they could not stop the cavalry charge at all.

In addition to wooden fences, the Iltsk Oasis also has some arrow towers with trenches dug inside. These fortifications can only be said to be somewhat effective, but not very effective.

After all, as a nomadic people, if the Xianyun tribe in the Iltsk Oasis faced an invincible enemy, they would decisively abandon the Iltsk Oasis and move to other oases.

It is common sense for nomadic people to have no fixed place to live.

Looking at the crude defensive fortifications and the distribution of troops marked by Su Mu in the Iltsk Oasis, Chu Zhongxing had an idea and made a decision.

"Angel, I don't know what the cavalry from Iltsk Oasis are doing. They haven't been here for a while, right?"

"Yes, Commander. It was because of the dispatch of the Iltsk Oasis Cavalry that I got the opportunity to break out of the Iltsk Oasis."

"There are no cavalry, only 3,000 infantry and three Qi families."

Chu Zhongxing estimated the strength of Iltsk Oasis and decided to open the Iltsk Oasis copy to players.

He knocked on the table, his face solemn: "From now on, Iltsk Oasis will be the first city we capture."

"I will issue a notice to my subordinates, asking them to take action against the Iltsk Oasis."

"Let my men take action. The Zhenbei Army soldiers will continue to guard Yancheng to prevent possible enemies from appearing."

"General Chu, just a dozen soldiers under your command?"

Listening to Chu Zhongxing's words, Su Mu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

If Zhiguo Guo Xiaoding led 142 Zhenbei troops to attack Iltsk Oasis, they would have a very good chance of winning.

But what if there are a dozen young people and they think that Iltsk Oasis lacks slaves?
(End of this chapter)