294 verses of the spring cold, 2
The western part of the Xia Kingdom was originally vast and sparsely populated, except for the densely populated Hexi Corridor, other places were often hundreds of miles away, and there may not be nomadic people, and there was also a lack of many castles and fortresses, how could the Xia army of 30,000 people on the Ganzhou Road on the right side of the anti-Tibetan and Uighur army withstand the sharp and unstoppable attack of the 50,000 elite pirates who opened the way with artillery fire.
Those Xiaoxia generals who are not dead and stubborn and all loyal warriors do not believe in evil, but they have become praying mantis who bravely block the car.
For example, most of the non-party members are equivalent to cannon fodder, and the most elite infantry proton army and garrison battalion in Western Xia...... All the armies that dared to surrender without disarming themselves were in tragedy.
General Xia realized that it was powerful, so he had to lead the remnants of the army to retreat step by step, and he couldn't help but learn from Li Wuhao's defeat of the strong enemy Liao Xingzong in the Battle of Hequ..... The means are used to the extreme, and all military experience is brought into full play...... Blocking step by step, desperately delaying time, wanting to trap the pirate army in the danger and hunger that will soon come in the cold winter, and taking advantage of the harsh environment of the desert Gobi and the unpredictable power of the blizzard, Li Yuanhao also waited for the opportunity to raid and defeat the pirates.
At this time, they didn't know that Brother Cha, the king of Jin, also wanted to play this hand, but the whole army had been wiped out at about this time, and they still had a strong sense of luck.
But hard power is not good, and expecting to win by sideways tricks and means falls into the same ridiculous and pathetic as the Song Dynasty's attempt to fight against the Jurchen blade with conceited political wisdom and mouth kung fu, and all kinds of means are heavily guarded pirates with knowledge and skills beyond the times and vigilance, strong rangers or infantry scouts, large army binoculars, crossbows, bows and arrows, grenades, and fire oil bombs....... The sturdy armor and other superiority, with the scout group's heavy troops gathered quickly but there is no lack of steady advance to open the way and the killing was heavy, all the Xiao Xia soldiers who participated in the battle, whether they were officers or soldiers, almost became dead corpses and dregs, and wild beasts pulled eggs after eating, not only did they not have the expected results of the battle, but it was difficult to even return alive in vain.
The pirate army is trained in small groups in a variety of complex and dangerous environments to prevent and carry out complex danger removal tasks combat skills, from the small group ability to expand to large groups, into an army, the scout army is better at these, several years of similar to the quality of special forces of the huge material supply consumption and almost cruel hard training, who will be afraid of the Western Xia to play these tricks, the northern army has finally blossomed to this day, not only the soldiers can be more capable of saving their lives in the execution of the task, greatly avoiding casualties, and ensuring the successful efficiency of the attack.
The Western Xia army took the initiative to sweep the people and retreat eastward, but it virtually eliminated the difficulty of pirates searching for scattered and even nomadic tribes everywhere in the vast desert territory......
By this time, the people of Western Xia, whether nomadic or agricultural, had actually become depressed, relatively docile and obedient, and their instinctive resistance to the pirates' captivity, their relocation, and their original instinct was not as fierce as the initial instinct.
The army of serious soldiers, who have always been brave and good at fighting and always bringing them safety and glory, have been defeated and fled, and fled, and fled again and again, without fighting back. What else can the people expect?
And many of the remaining soldiers of the Western Xia Right Wing Army saw that such a rout would not be the head in the midst of a hurry.
The pirate blade is not flesh and blood at all, and it can be effectively resisted by fighting and dying bravely.
The terrifying explosion like a demon law can easily break through the fortified city, can easily get rid of the spiritual pillar of the Xia army, which is brave and powerful, refuses to admit defeat and uses soldiers like a god, the Western Xia general, and can also easily destroy the nomads' best iron cavalry charging formation.......
The elites of the Xia army, such as the Divine Arm Crossbow, Fast Horse Cavalry Archery, Iron Harrier Army, and Infantry Army, which the Xia Army relied on to be proud of, suddenly became vulnerable, and not only were they no longer the advantages of the Xia Army, but they were simply useless professional death troops that specialized in pirates to practice key massacres and demonstrations...... The right flank army and the defending armies in various places have been defeated again and again, and it has been proved that bravely resisting is looking for death, and if they continue to be defeated like this, they will be hunted down and killed, and a shameful death, how can they be what soldiers to fight what battles? In order to wear this military skin, it is easy for pirates to distinguish so that they can stare at and kill?
The important thing is, where can you retreat if you retreat again and again?
I heard that the pirate army in the west is still only a partial division, and its real main force is in the central and eastern regions, so if you retreat to the east like this, wouldn't you take the initiative to escape to the sword of the main pirate force.......
What's even more terrifying is that
The main goal of the pirate army was to directly attack the national capital Xingqing Mansion, and it was heard that the entire army in the north of Helan Mountain had annihilated the army led by the King of Jin, who was good at commanding the army.
The nearly 200,000 paces and cavalry elites that the Western Xia Kingdom had gathered as much as they could were all finished, and in such a battle, in the explosion that had never heard of, never seen before, and would never dream of tearing everything apart, it was as caught off guard as their western army, completely unexpected, and instantly exploded, frightened, and trembling and at a loss...... The whole army collapsed, and the generals and pawns scrambled for their lives, killing each other to clear the way for escape...... In the close combat of the pirate cavalry, there is no lack of superiority, fierce and strong, tight pounce and pursuit, unable to escape...... Perished in front of Helan Mountain.
Without these elite backbone troops supporting the country, the Xia Kingdom is no longer saved, which is enough to make people lose confidence, and I also heard that the main force of pirates under the command of his prince commander and always personally leads the charge, and the morale is even more frenzied, and in a few days, it has already connected several state cities, and the momentum has been like a bamboo, and the people under the city of Xingqing Mansion have exploded the defense of the capital in an instant...... The court and the king quickly went out of the city and surrendered that day......
If this rumor is true, then the proud Western Xia Kingdom of the heroic and warlike no longer exists, and the king's letter of surrender is on the way to various places, so what is the point of resisting on his side?
However, what can you do if you don't resist, and you don't want to surrender and be swept overseas by pirates?
The road to the west was blocked, and the pirates were biased in order to cut off the westward escape.
Besides, the pirates are constantly extinction, and they can't flee westward, otherwise it will be a dead end to enter the Uighur territory further west.
In the past, Western Xia was so powerful that they regained the territory of the Hu Kingdom and wantonly abducted the rich women of the Hurs....... The Uighurs were killed too badly, robbed too hard, and the feud was too deep. At this point in the broken western Xia army, the soldiers were few and outnumbered, there was almost no elite, the whole army was frightened, the army was at a loss, and the arrogance, self-confidence, courage and firmness of the past were no longer in the past, so weak and chaotic and coaxed to take the initiative to send it to the door with infinite frustration and exhaustion, and it was not to be torn up by the Uighurs who wanted to take revenge but could not take the opportunity to tear it up......
Even if the Uighurs were wise enough to forgive and take them in for their own use in order to strengthen the Uighur state, they could urgently sneak into the pirate loophole and flee westward, and it was impossible to carry a large amount of grain and livestock to eat on the road, so the long westward journey was too long and too long, and this section was all no-man's land, and many places were still difficult deserts, and they starved to death.
Then, is it a way out to flee north to the territory of Liao?
The Zahu tribe in the northern grassland is not too much of a threat, and it should not dare to provoke the Western Xia army that has been famous for too long, even if it is a broken and fleeing Xia army, it may not be too much of a problem, maybe it can still eat on the Zahu tribe to survive the harsh winter that will come in a blink of an eye.
However, the pirates robbed the Liao State first, and the Liao State was so poor that there were no livestock and war horses, in order to resist the Jin army, for the follow-up survival of the Khitan people, it was the poor and crazy, and the Liao army would inevitably go all out to rob the war horses and other things of the Zahu Dynasty.
Liao and Western Xia have a vendetta, they have always been at odds, but they are actually rivals, and in the past, Liao couldn't clean up Xia and pulled together to deal with Song, and now ...... The party members are useless, how can the Liao army tolerate them, these remnants of the party will survive and fight for food with Liao at the moment, and then it will rise again and fight with Liao for territory, establish a country, and fight for national fortune?
Also, the pirates also harmed the Jin State together with the Liao Army, and they must have harmed the Jurchens a lot, and the Jin Army also lacked too much wealth for survival and development, and it was also poor, so it must have the idea of bullying the grassland Zahu tribe that was the easiest to grab. It is undoubtedly extremely terrifying that the Jurchen beast can defeat Daliao miserably......
In addition, those savage tribes in the north such as Beihai will definitely move south every year to avoid the cold and survive the winter. Savage is strong, and people eat it as food......
Encountering these two beast clans, the Xia soldiers and civilians who fled in the past were also unlucky.
The Liao, Jin, and Savage tribes are all poor and crazy and have no food, and in the past they may have taken the opportunity to use their remnants as slaves (military), but now they themselves are worried about food, how can they take them in and add to the burden and even the survival crisis of their own people. Jin Liao didn't join forces to rob Western Xia, it was just too far away to catch up.
Moreover, the pirate prince and marshal also deliberately divided the main force into an army of 50,000 cavalry as the rear army, but with the strength of many Zahu tribes who returned to Shun, they were sweeping over from the north with a series of robberies and kills. I'm afraid that going north is also looking for death.
Therefore, there is no need to think about the matter of escaping north to the Liao Border to fight for a way out, let alone taking the trouble to try it....
What if you can go?
The best outcome is also to be a slave, and ...... It is better to simply surrender to the pirates, and be a low-class citizen of the pirate country, but how can they also be free people, and live in peace and security in that heavenly country that is rumored to be extremely rich, without cold and hunger.
Before the pirates came to conquer, the whole country of Xia never expected that there would be such an end today.
Before, they were so beautiful and thought beautiful.
In the summer, when the Western Xia learned that the Great Song Dynasty was suffering from piracy, it was after a fierce battle with the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty and retreated.
They wanted to loot the northwest summer harvest, but encountered the unprecedented resistance of the Western Army, did not succeed, a little harvest but the loss of the army, the gains outweighed the losses, and then learned that the Song State suffered a heavy situation, and wanted to gather troops to take advantage of the fire to rob and fight, who knew that the Western Army knew that the country was suffering from the scourge of piracy but not chaos, but the fire was greater and the morale was higher, and they were ready to fight. The Xia army ran into it, attacking the city and capturing the fortress, obviously there was no cheap to get it. After an analysis, the rulers of the Western Xia also felt that there was no need to fight hard at this time, and when the Great Song Dynasty was unable to support the Western Army afterwards, the Western Army would be defeated, and then it would be the best opportunity to enter the Great Song Dynasty and burn, kill, loot and even destroy the Great Song Dynasty.
They were also shocked by the power of the pirates.
How can the Song State also be an extremely rich and powerful superpower, the powerful Xia Kingdom has been gnawing for nearly a hundred years and can't gnaw it, and the pirates actually said that they would rob it easily. This strength is terrifying.
The pirates wantonly looted the Liao country, and the Western Xia had heard about it for a long time, and they had long known that the pirates were not only invincible at sea, but also that the land war was so good that the Liao army was helpless.
In the summer, the Western Xia did not take advantage of the fire to rob and was afraid of fighting with the Western army to lose both, even if they could break through the road and kill into the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, they would also collide with the interests of the pirates, which would inevitably anger the pirates and form a great enmity.
When it really came to that situation, even if the Western Song army did not defect to the pirates on a large scale like the inland army, it would not attack the Western Xia together, and would designate bystanders to wait for the opportunity to take advantage.
Regardless of which situation arises, the Western Xia will definitely suffer heavy losses, and maybe it will collapse and destroy the country under the watchful eye of the wolves.
Then the good thing becomes sorrow.
So she waited patiently, but it turned out that the pirates robbed Liao in the blink of an eye.
The rulers of Western Xia were even more beautiful.
The Great Song Dynasty fell, and the Liao State was also destroyed, which was better, just to dominate the eastern land.
The Liao people were afraid of the Jurchens, but the Western Xia was not afraid. is a small clan, relying only on the soldiers who can fight, and the Xia army is also elite and capable of fighting and has a large number of troops, how can the Jurchen be an opponent. After the disaster of Song and Liao, they were all extremely weak, and the Western Xia, a single family, definitely had a chance to dominate the entire Eastern World......
It's so beautiful to imagine.
As a result, when the bare shoulders were ready to enjoy the warm and beautiful world of flowers, they encountered a fusion climate - the cold spring.
People can't handle the sky, and they can't resist their lives.
Now that the country is destroyed, and there is nowhere to escape, it is not good to escape, and the cold winter that is coming in a blink of an eye can abandon the tent cattle and sheep...... Those who fled for their lives froze to death and starved to death, and they didn't expect to survive this winter, so ..... Honestly admit defeat and surrender.
Anyway, the king and the nobles and bigwigs have descended. They are not afraid of losing their glory, wealth, power, wealth, wine, beauty, countless cattle, sheep, and horses...... All the noble enjoyment, what else are we willing to let go of our humble and poor grass people?
Isn't that all there is to cattle, sheep, livestock, and grain?
The pirate will give it to him if he wants.
Yes, the pirates have to pay it back. If they want to take us overseas as citizens and laborers, they have to let us live, and how can they all starve us to death?
The barbarian race was even more undisciplined than the Han in surrendering to the enemy.
They don't have the idea of discipline at all.
In history, the Han Dynasty always rebelled, rebelled and surrendered, except for the steppe wolf nature who likes to bully and plunder the weak, the rest is just all kinds of convenience for the same clan to be together, not really any national concept, let alone really talk about national honor and dignity. In the thousands of years of world changes, they have long been accustomed to adapting to the times and being annexed, and only seek pragmatic survival. Now, to be swallowed up by pirates who are unimaginably powerful, there is nothing resolutely unacceptable.
The life in the Gobi steppe in the northwest is indeed too barren and bitter cold, it is not easy to survive, there are too many environmental hardships, and there is no end to the suffering, there is no hope, just like the song sung by the pirates: My hometown is not beautiful, the low grass house, the bitter well water, a small river that often dries up, attached to the village around. On a barren land, there is a meager hope, living year after year, generation after generation...... The pirate country is warm and comfortable, the grass is rich and evergreen, flowers and fruits...... Since it's better, it sounds hopeful, and it doesn't hurt to go, maybe the Western Xia Kingdom has perished, and being exiled overseas is a blessing rather than a curse.
The pirates also said that regardless of race, those who faithfully surrender would not be reduced to slavery and death, as is often the case. And pirates have always spoken reputable, so ...... positively Come down.
As more and more Xia troops defected in droves and returned home with their families, Du Bao took the initiative to take refuge and actively serve, and the Du Bao Department rolled up with the Tubo people, the rebellious slaves of various ethnic groups in the Western Xia and the Han army, and escorted the Western Xia soldiers and civilians who surrendered and surrendered...... From west to east, it is simply a devastating and decaying rapid advance, and it is also to rush as fast as possible to the east to join the main force of the Chinese army to complete the looting, so that the wealth of the population can be transferred to the Yangtze River before the snowfall......