With Ouyang Shuo's order, the Great Xia War Machine quickly became operational.

On May 5, Sun Bin led his army of Huben to the north from the border of Donghai Province and brazenly entered the Eastern Province of Lu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, opening the prelude to the destruction of the Great Zhou Dynasty by Great Xia.

The next day, Yue Fei led the Northern Xinjiang Army to march westward from the border of the Northern Xinjiang Province and directly take the hinterland of the Kyoto Province of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At the same time, Zuo Zongtang led the Hedong Army to advance from Hedong Province, cooperating with the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack from the east and west.

The only armies that Great Xia really dispatched were these three group armies.

The rest included the Praetorian Guards stationed in the Beijing Division, the Leopard Tao Army and the Xiangjiang Army in the Southeast Theater, and the Yingyang Army stationed in Xihai Province.

Only the Fengxiang Army, which was stationed in Liaojin Province, arranged for a corps to go south and enter Northern Xinjiang Province.

The purpose of this is also obvious, that is, to deter the three kingdoms of Qin, Tang, and Song, among the three kingdoms, no matter which country sends troops to reinforce the Great Zhou, the mainland will face the invasion of Great Xia.

The Eagle Yang Army monitored the Great Qin, the Leopard Tao Army monitored the Tang Dynasty, and the Xiangjiang Army and the Yulin Army monitored the Great Song Dynasty.

It is not difficult to see that two of the three group armies arranged by Great Xia to attack the Great Zhou were subordinate to the border guard system, but the ones who arranged to monitor the three countries were first-class elite troops.

The intent couldn't be more obvious.

As a result, the so-called Quad Alliance has de facto been dismembered. If they rescue Da Zhou, the land will not be saved; If you don't save it, Da Zhou won't be able to save it.

And once the Great Zhou is destroyed, the Great Xia will continue to implement various breakthrough tactics.

Therefore, this is a dead knot, and no matter how it changes, it seems that the fate of the four-nation alliance will not escape its destruction. The reason for the current situation lies in the powerful military power of Great Xia.

Of course, if the Flying Bear Army led by Li Jing had already captured Tubo at this moment, the plan would be more secure.

Speaking of which, Ouyang Shuo also has to thank the Mongol Empire, if it weren't for the Mongol Empire completely falling into the Persian battlefield at this time, the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Hedong Army would not dare to devote themselves to the battle of destroying the Zhou.

Genghis Khan is using Ouyang Shuo, and Ouyang Shuo is not using Genghis Khan.

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On May 7, Pengcheng, Ludong Province.

As the former capital of Western Chu, Pengcheng is not only the largest city in Ludong Province, but also the provincial governor's office. At the same time, the city was also the headquarters of the Danyang Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Speaking of the Danyang Army, it is also fateful.

The army first lost tens of thousands of people on the battlefield of the Great Jin Dynasty, not only did it not receive effective replenishment, but then when Emperor Chen reorganized the Imperial Forest Army, it was forced to transfer tens of thousands of elites.

When he arrived in Ludong Province, a large number of recruits were drawn from the reserve to make up for the shortage.

Such an army with a great loss of strength, let alone confronting a tiger and wolf division like the Tiger Ben Army, is not even comparable to the border guards of Great Xia.

For holding Ludong Province, Chun Shenjun, the actual controller of the Danyang Army, has no confidence at all.

However, Emperor Chen gave a death order, so that the Danyang army must hold on. Emperor Chen was also forced to do this, once the Ludong Province fell, the Great Zhou would not have any buffer zone, and he would definitely die.

Pengcheng is close to the border of Ludong Province and is only a stone's throw away from Donghai Province.

Therefore, on the second day after the Tiger Ben army invaded Ludong Province, the two sides took Pengcheng as the fulcrum and started a bloody battle along the long provincial border.

In the past winter, the Great Zhou still used the army and a large number of hard labor to strengthen the border fortifications under the condition of being trapped and lacking in soldiers.

After losing the barrier of the East China Sea Province, Ludong Province is the top priority. It is reported that in one winter alone, no less than 2,000 people died on the border construction site of Donghai Province.

Under the pressure of Emperor Chen, the entire Great Zhou people's power was close to the limit, and this time in the face of the Great Xia attack, in order to keep the logistics, they requisitioned labor on a large scale, and engaged in the anger of the heavens and the resentment.

Even if Great Xia didn't come to attack, Great Zhou was actually on the verge of collapse.

Not to mention that a little food will push Da Zhou into a dead end, food is just a fuse, what really makes Da Zhou in trouble is the system it has always relied on to gain a foothold in the wilderness.

As we all know, the Great Zhou Dynasty was founded on a family.

After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the four major families, there were more than 30 small and medium-sized families of all sizes dependent on them, which together formed the basis of the rule of the Great Zhou.

From the key departments of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the profitable commercial fields, they were all controlled by the family.

The family is the foundation of the existence of the Great Zhou.

Without the support of these families, it is impossible for the earliest [Handan Six Tyrants], the middle [Yanhuang League], or the current Great Zhou Dynasty to stand out.

Territories such as Handan City were able to gain a firm foothold in the wilderness because of the massive talent and financial support provided by the family, so that they did not lag behind Shanhai City at that time.

But don't forget that the essence of the Maison is greed.

Giving is naturally rewarded.

After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in the eyes of the family, they had already laid an invincible foundation in the wilderness, and it was time to reap the fruits of victory.

It is normal to divide the power departments of the Great Zhou Dynasty and compete with the people for profits in the commercial field.

Even relying on the meritorious status of the family, it also happens from time to time that a few people do evil in the government and the opposition and disregard people's lives. If it weren't for the bullet pressure of Emperor Chen and others, even more excessive and crazy things could have happened.

Emperor Chen envied that Great Xia could implement the rule of law, but he must not follow suit, because it could not be implemented.

The past winter was a heavy disaster for the people of the Great Zhou, but it was a gluttonous feast for the family.

Originally, the family was also sensible and would never dry up and fish.

The problem is that as the achievement points are updated from time to time, and the Great Zhou is in danger of being destroyed at any time, these families can't hold their breath anymore, so they have to take advantage of the last bit of time to loot resources and exchange them for achievement points.

Everything else is false, only the achievement value is the most real.

For this reason, they did not hesitate to gnaw the entire Great Zhou clean, and even provoked a popular uprising, sending troops to suppress it. In the eyes of the Maison, NPCs are a pile of data, a tool for them to earn achievement points.

Who would have compassion for tools?

Just when Great Xia sent troops to attack the Great Zhou, this situation had evolved to the point where it could not be controlled, and the territory of the two major provinces was filled with an unsettling tense atmosphere and extremely depressing.

Although Di Chen knew that the family was hateful, he was powerless to stop it.

Therefore, it is not only small and medium-sized families that are crazy, but also a large number of members of the imperial family themselves participate in this feast, and they eat the fattest piece of meat.

In this way, what position does Emperor Chen have to restrain other families?

This is also one of the reasons why Emperor Chen was depressed all winter, because the Great Zhou Dynasty was no longer under his control, how sad it was.