The reason why the northwest army has not attacked after gaining the advantage is actually mainly to put pressure on the Xixia army. Although the Xixia army has basically lost the possibility of breaking through Jiayuguan, the Xixia army still has combat effectiveness. After all, it has been prepared for so long.
Time, the army is all veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles.
During the Warring States Period, King Qi once said: "In all ways of conquering a country, attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom step; winning the heart is the top priority, and winning the army is the bottom priority. Therefore, when a sage attacks his country and attacks the enemy, he must first subdue his heart."
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Xixia is different from Tubo. Tubo is vast and sparsely populated, and the people are bound by the feudal lordship system. As long as the ruling class is eliminated, the resistance of ordinary people is not too strong. For most of the bottom slave class, it is just a change of masters.
Forget it, the Central Plains are even conquering Tubo, promoting the Central Plains dynasty system, and opening up the channels for class advancement. Many people still welcome the Central Plains' rule.
But Xixia is different. The state system and governance style of Xixia are deeply influenced by the political culture of the Central Plains. Since the founding of the Xixia country, successive Xixia rulers have actively studied and imitated the Central Plains dynasty and established officials and systems.
The latent establishment of middle officials, completely different from the Qiang people, and the extension of Confucian scholars, gradually followed the style of the Central Plains. The large chariots and carriages, and the thin and thin guards were made in the Central Plains. They are all manifestations of Xixia's imitation of the Central Plains. Since the founding of the country, Xixia has changed
It imitated the Central Plains and established an official system. The officials were divided into civil and military divisions, and established the Zhongshu, the Second Privy Division, the Yushitai, the Yiwei Division, the Official Accounting Division, the Qunmu Division, Feilongyuan, Mokan Division, Wensi Yuan, etc.
mechanism.
It can be said that the system of the Xixia Dynasty was basically copied from the Central Plains. The system of the Central Plains did not have much sense of superiority, and people were relatively open-minded. They were not as easy to fool as Tubo. Before the war began, the Xixia Dynasty's hostile and hateful propaganda
, wanting to conquer Xixia is not as simple as Tubo.
If the northwest army immediately attacks Xixia after gaining the advantage, it is likely to fall into the quagmire of war, which will inevitably cause huge casualties to the northwest army. In order to avoid this situation and disintegrate the resistance of the Xixia people, the Central Plains
The army decided to adopt a plan that focused on attacking the heart.
Take the first step to destroy the enemy's resistance as much as possible. In addition to sending Jin Yiwei and other organizations to start promoting the image of the Central Plains Dynasty as a benevolent and righteous teacher in Xixia, they are trying to find ways to create fear in the Xixia people and make them feel that the Central Plains army is
The illusion of invincibility.
For this reason, although the northwest army did not attack directly, it sent artillery every day to attack the Xixia camp. This Xixia soldier had a great impact. His voice was like thunder and his power was like heaven's punishment. Facing the artillery of the Central Plains Dynasty, Xixia
The army has reached a point of great fear!
For many days in a row, the Northwest Army only attacked with artillery, but the blow to the morale of the Xixia Army was very huge. The commander of the Xixia Army thought a lot and wanted to restore the confidence of the soldiers. He even did not hesitate to send elites for this purpose, hoping to use a victory.
, to cheer up people's hearts.
Unfortunately, the Central Plains army had already made complete preparations. The artillery units were protected by Chenchen. The Xixia people sent elite sneak attacks several times, but they failed. In fact, they further damaged the morale of the Xixia people themselves.
Faced with this situation, the head coach of the Xixia army, who was trying his best, had to send a letter for help again, hoping that the Xixia court would come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, otherwise the entire Xixia army might collapse, let alone conquer Jiayuguan.
The Ren Dejing rebels in China are still facing off against the counter-rebellion forces, and the main battlefields on the front line have suffered consecutive defeats. The Xixia court has almost been forced to a dead end. However, the Xixia court has not yet made a decision.
A few days later, a unit of the Northwest Army carried artillery, secretly bypassed the Xixia camp, and went straight to several fortresses on the Xixia border.
Several border fortresses in Xixia were built to defend against the Central Plains. They were very strong and solid. However, after Xixia launched its attack, the status of these fortresses was not that important. After all, in Xixia's original plan, after the army broke through Jinjiayu Pass
, the battle line will be completely pushed back to the Central Plains, and several fortresses have all become domestic fortresses, and their importance has naturally dropped a lot. All the troops originally stationed on the front lines have been sent to the front line, leaving only a small number of troops in the rear to garrison the fortresses.
Naturally, these people could not be stopped. With the cooperation of the masters of Jin Yiwei and the Central Plains surprise attack force equipped with artillery, several fortresses were quickly broken by the Northwest Dynasty of the Central Plains. After receiving the news, the army from the west suddenly discovered that they
The way back is cut off!
The Xixia army was now in a panic. If they didn't think of a solution, they would be completely wiped out. At this moment, comments began to appear in Xixia's country, accusing the Xixia court of waging war and wasting people and money. The defeat on the battlefield and the instability in the country forced Xixia to finally do something.
The decision was made to withdraw the army back into the country.
It was not easy to make this decision, which also meant that Xixia had basically given up on its plan to attack the Central Plains.
However, this decision was made too late. At this time, the Xixia army's retreat had been cut off. Facing hundreds of thousands of northwest troops, it could be said that there were wolves in front and tigers in the back.
After receiving the order, the Xixia army also thought about retreating immediately. However, it had just planned to retreat. The northwest army, which had been attacking for several days, immediately launched a counterattack against the Xixia army.
The Northwest Army, which had been passively defending for so long, launched a counterattack with extraordinary ferocity. In fact, at this time, the Northwest Army did not receive much support from soldiers. In terms of numbers, the Xixia Army still had the upper hand.
But what is different from the past is that the Xixia army no longer has the same fanatical fighting spirit as before. Having been attacked by the northwest army for several months, the Xixia army has long been disorganized. Facing the attack of the northwest army from the Central Plains, the Xixia army can only struggle to hold on.
The Xixia army took the initiative and tried to break out, but faced the artillery of the Central Plains army and suffered tens of thousands of losses, it was unable to break through the blockade of the Northwest army.
The Xixia court was completely panicked when they learned that the army was held back and could not retreat at all. The Xixia court knew very well that if this army could not return to Xixia, then Xixia would be in danger. This army can be said to be the hope of Xixia
, if this force cannot be preserved, Xixia may not even be able to deal with it even if it is re-elected.
As a last resort, Xixia simply sent the counter-rebellion army to the border area, hoping to use this force to recapture the border fortress strategically located by the northwest army, open up the retreat route for the Xixia army, and cover the Xixia army to retreat smoothly.
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Ren Dejing was overjoyed when he learned about this situation, and even began to expand again. He ordered his men to take back Xiazhou and Yanzhou.