1240 TWO Chapter 1240-Corrupted Great Zhou (1/2)
Chapter 1240 – Corrupted Great Zhou
Along with Ouyang Shuo's order, the Great Xia war machine started running swiftly.
5th month, 5th day, Sun Bin led the Tiger legion corps to go north from Donghai Province and charge into Ludong Province of Great Zhou, starting the Great Zhou Dynasty destruction war.
The next day, Yue Fei led the Beijiang legion corps to enter from the west of Beijiang Province to head right into Jingdu Province. At the same time, Zuo Zongtan led the Hedong legion corps to enter from Hedong Province to work with the Beijiang legion corps to pincer attack.
Great Xia only truly sent these three legion corps.
The others, including the Guards Legion Corps housed in the imperial capital, the Leopard and Xiangjiang legion corps in the southeast warzone as well as the Eagle legion corps in Xiahou Province, did not move their troops.
Only the Phoenix legion corps housed in Liaojin Province arranged one legion to go down south to enter Beijiang Province.
The reason they did that was really obvious, which was to scare the Qin, Tang, and Song countries. Out of the three of them, no matter which one of them sent reinforcements to Great Zhou, they would face a Great Xia invasion.
The Eagle legion corps monitored Great Qin, the Leopard legion corps monitored Great Tang, and the Xiangjiang legion corps and the Imperial Palace Guards monitored Great Song.
It was not hard to see that the three legion corps sent by Great Xia to attack Great Zhou were two Border Defense legion corps.
On the other hand, the troops used to monitor the three countries were the elites.
The reason was really obvious.
With that, the so-called four country alliance had been dismembered. If they tried to help Great Zhou, they would not be able to protect their own land. If they did not help, Great Zhou would lose.
Moreover, if Great Zhou was destroyed, Great Xia would continue to take them down one by one.
Hence, this was a dead end. No matter what they did, the four country alliance could not avoid the fate of being destroyed. The reason why they were able to create such a situation was due to the strong military prowess of Great Xia.
Of course, if the Li Jing led Bear legion corps had already taken down Tibet already, the plan would be even safer.
Speaking of which, Ouyang Shuo had to thank the Mongol Empire. If it were not for them still being in the Persian Battlefield, the Beijiang legion corps and the Hedong legion corps would not be able to focus fully on the war to destroy Zhou.
Genghis Khan was making use of Ouyang Shuo, and Ouyang Shuo was also making use of him.
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5th month, 7th day, Ludong Province, Peng City.
As the ex-West Chu capital, Peng City was the biggest city in Ludong Province. At the same time, it was where the headquarters of the Great Zhou Pill Sun legion corps were located.
Speaking of them, they had a terrible fate.
This army had lost tens of thousands of troops on the Great Jin battlefield. Not only were they not replenished, but they even had tens of thousands of elites taken away from them when Di Chen was replenishing the palace guards.
Only after their arrival in Ludong Province did they take in a large number of new troops from the reserve forces.
Such an army whose power had fallen greatly, without mentioning the strong fighting armies like the Tiger and the Wolf legion corps, they could not even fight against the Great Xia Border Defense legion corps.
As for defending Ludong Province, Pill Sun Legion corps' leader Chun Shenjun had no confidence at all.
However, Di Chen had given him the order to defend the place with his life. Di Chen was forced to do so. Once Ludong Province fell, Great Zhou would have no buffer zone and would definitely fall.
Peng City was really close to the Ludong Province border and was right next to Donghai Province.
Hence, on the second day that the Tiger legion corps charged into Ludong Province, both sides used Peng City as a fortified point to engage in a bloody battle along the long border.