The back road was cut off, and Xixia's hundreds of thousands of troops were in a desperate situation. The hundreds of thousands of troops consumed a huge amount of food and grass every day. Now because the back road was cut off, they could only get a small amount of supplies through some long routes, and then they were besieged by the northwest army.
A few days later, the Xixia army began to suffer from a shortage of food and grass.
The Xixia court was extremely anxious and did not hesitate to mobilize troops from the grasslands and Persian support to storm the border fortresses in an attempt to break through the encirclement of the northwest army of the Central Plains.
The Xixia border fortresses were extremely strong. Although the troops invested by the Northwest Army were not large, they stubbornly withstood the combined forces of the grasslands and Persia with their solid city defenses, artillery and other means.
After several days of fierce attack by the coalition forces, the army was unable to succeed. The besieged army of Xixia divided into two groups, risking their lives to hold them back. The army from the northwest of the Central Plains returned with elite reinforcements and cooperated with the coalition forces to attack the border fortress from front to back. The northwest defenders of the border fortress were in danger.
Faced with this situation, the northwest army immediately launched a general offensive against the Xixia army after it was cut off. Facing the northwest army, the Xixia army was at a disadvantage in terms of equipment, personnel quality, and morale. It could not be compared with the Central Plains army. Because the division of troops was originally
The only numerical advantage was gone.
With the right time, right place, and right people, Xixia's remaining army was naturally no match for the northwest army. After struggling for a few days, the defense line was broken by the northwest army, and a huge melee broke out between the two sides.
On the other side, the main force in the northwest, which has the upper hand, and the defenders of the border fortress, are facing a much more difficult situation. They are outnumbered by several times the enemy, attacking from both front and back, and are in danger of being breached at any time. At this time, both the enemy and ourselves are actually competing for time.
, if the main force in the northwest can wipe out the remaining Xixia army before the border fortress falls, then the Xixia army will basically be doomed. But if the Xixia elite can take the first step and break through the border fortress, the Xixia army will still have a chance.
At this time, the country of Xixia was also raging with war. Ren Dejing, who had thought he was going to be doomed, came back to life because the northwest army launched a counterattack, and even began to order the army to retake Yanzhou, Xiazhou.
In addition to Ren Dejing once again starting to send out troops, some careerists also began to appear in various parts of Xixia, raising the banner of resistance to tyranny. Zhou Yi knew very well that many of them were actually rebels supported by Jin Yiwei.
The entire Xixia has fallen into chaos, and the Xixia court has also reached the point of difficulty. The Xixia court is also very clear that the only hope now is to break through the border fortress and withdraw the northwest army.
For this reason, the Xixia court gritted its teeth, mobilized the top-notch experts who were stationed in the royal city, and led more than half of the warriors in the First Grade Hall to fight at the border.
Jin Yiwei learned the news and urgently notified Zeng Yi. Zeng Yi knew very well that the original defenders of the border fortress were already in a very extreme state. If these Xixia masters were to attack the border fortress, the defenders would really not be able to defend it.
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Under such circumstances, Zeng Yi no longer cared about Ren Dejing, and directly led the blood-clothed guards and his Central Plains cavalry to attack the Xixia border area. When Ren Dejing heard the news, he was shocked and wanted to retain Zeng Yi and his troops.
He had cavalry under his command, but in this situation, Zeng Yi didn't even bother to pay attention to him.
In less than a day, Zeng Yi's army reached the border. At this time, the fighting between the two sides was so chaotic that no one could see clearly. On one side, the main force in the northwest was besieging the Xixia army that had broken off, and on the other side, the Xixia army and the grassland Persian coalition were besieging them.
, the border fortress occupied by the Northwest Army, and Zeng Yi led 20,000 troops on the other side, once again forming a siege against the grassland and Persian coalition forces.
The two sides fought fiercely, and almost all the forces focused their attention on this life-and-death battle.
In the end, Zeng Yi opened the situation first. Half of the main force of the prairie cavalry had been wiped out. After Zeng Yi's army rushed to the border, they immediately launched an assault on the coalition forces. Although the coalition forces resisted desperately, after Zeng Yi personally led the troops,
Despite the attack, regardless of casualties, Zeng Yi and others broke through the coalition defense line and reached the largest fortress on the border.
With the support of Zeng Yi's army, this largest border fortress finally stabilized the situation. However, before Zeng Yi and others could breathe a sigh of relief, another border fortress dozens of miles away was led by a top-notch master from Xixia, a master from Yipintang.
It fell under a sneak attack.
The northwest defenders were not desperate, but faced with multiple attacks, the defenders fought to the last soldier. In the end, after destroying the artillery, the entire army died in the battle.
Xixia finally opened a gap, and the coalition forces immediately occupied the fortress. This Xixia army also immediately began to retreat from this gap.
Zeng Yi also thought about retaking this border pass with the army, but the troops that could be mobilized were limited. Once the army attacked, it would probably lose this largest border fortress, and the situation would be even more unfavorable to the northwest army. Finally, after thinking about it for a long time
After that, the plan was abandoned.
The army at the rear of Xixia learned that a gap had been opened and wanted to retreat, but they let go of a Xixia army. How could the northwest army let them go? The remaining Xixia army, which had failed to break through several times, immediately contacted the troops who had withdrawn.
The northwest army arrived at the fortress and wanted them to attack and respond.
However, the request for help fell into disgrace. At this time, the army left behind by Xixia suddenly discovered that they seemed to have been abandoned!
It was actually very uncomfortable for Xixia to make this decision. It was only half the strength of the army, but it had to be done. If there were not enough troops left to hold back the main force of the northwest army, the entire Xixia army would have to be wiped out.
After completely surrounding the remaining army, the Xixia army once again launched offensive tactics, but was abandoned. The blow to the morale of this army was huge. There were still hundreds of thousands of troops left, but there was not much intention to resist. Every day
Japanese deserters continued, and even Xiao Gu's troops began to flee and surrender. In the end, under the tactics of the northwest army, both soft and hard, the Xixia army finally chose to surrender.
The surrender of this army was a major blow to Xixia. Originally, the Xixia people thought that this army could compete with the northwest army. Even if they couldn't defeat it, as long as they lost part of the strength of the northwest army, it would be a great help to Xixia. But now,
This unit surrendered, and the Central Plains troops suffered almost no losses. This also indicates that the border fortress that was finally recaptured may not be able to hold it.
However, the surrender of more than 100,000 Xixia troops can be regarded as buying some time for Xixia. In order to avoid accidents and guard these surrendered troops, the Northwest Army had to dispatch most of its troops to guard them. This also caused the Northwest Army to lose the opportunity to make a big effort and recapture the troops.
