The desert soldiers attacked Western Xia again

Refused to hand out the anti-gold medal

Unifying the major tribes of the steppe and establishing a powerful Mongol Empire, Temujin, known as Genghis Khan, was a tough guy who never gave in to defeat, and his creed was that the greatest joy in life was to defeat the enemy, and to make all the grassy places become the land of our horses. Men have to charge forward and move forward, manifesting their existence in a wider land and tens of thousands of subjects.

Standing on the Yin Mountain and looking south at the Central Plains, Genghis Khan knew that on the fertile land of Huaxia Shenzhou, there were six kingdoms of Song, Liao and Western Liao, Jin, Western Xia, Tubo and Dali established by the Han, Khitan, Jurchen, Dangxiang, Tubo and Bai people. They have been in a situation of strife and war with each other for a long time, and the only one who can unify this land is our powerful Mongolia. If the Mongols want to swallow up our enemies for generations, the Jin Kingdom, they must first overcome the greatest obstacle that straddles the Mongols with the Jin, Song, and Tibetan dynasties, the Western Xia.

After the first attempt, he was convinced that he had found a way to deal with the Khitans, and since it was difficult to attack the city, he would adopt new tactics of harassing the border villages, luring the enemy out of the city, and fighting between the two armies.

Just when the Song and Jin Dynasty were tearing each other apart and fighting each other in the two Huai Valleys, Genghis Khan personally led a large army to the south, and attacked the Western Xia again under the pretext of not paying tribute, and 50,000 Mongolian iron cavalry only took one day to break through its border fortress Huluo Hacheng (now the western border of the middle and rear banner of Urad in Inner Mongolia), and attacked and plundered in all directions, and went deep into the hinterland. After receiving important information from Tanma, the army passed through Blackwater City and arrived at the strategic point connecting the east and west compartments.

When the Western Xia defenders saw the Mongols coming, they knew that they would definitely lose if they fought hard, so they hurriedly retreated into the city to defend it. The enemy army is not out of the city, and our siege is weak, and the only way is to try to lure the enemy out of the city.

On this day, the Tangut people were surprised to find that there was a deathly silence outside, and the Mongol cavalry besieging the city suddenly disappeared. Whether to withdraw the army and attack other cities instead, or hide somewhere outside the city and wait for them, the general who defends the city is Prince Li Chengwen, thinking that my task is to guard the Vulture Sea, and nothing else has anything to do with me. Therefore, it was decreed that no one should go out of the city.

In desperation, the Mongol army had no choice but to continue the siege of the city, and put the captured Tangut back into the city, so that they could tell the soldiers and civilians in the city: "If you dare to defend the city, you will slaughter all the people in the city after breaking the city." ”

This move of surrendering without a fight did not work, and the defenders and civilians in the city of Wuthorn Sea still resisted stubbornly. More than forty days have passed, and this is still the case inside and outside the city. The city is in dire straits, and there are also a lot of losses outside the city. The Mongols had always fought fiercely and quickly, and the supply of military rations and horse feed made it difficult for them to use protracted warfare. Not to mention. They also had to stop the Western Xia army that came to their rescue.

Brainstorming. Genghis Khan convened his troops to study strategies, and everyone used their brains to find a way, and there was no city in the world that could not be attacked. In the end, Chi Lao Wen came up with an unexpected plan.

The next day, the general Tuo Lei shouted to the defenders in the city: If we want to withdraw our troops as soon as possible, we must agree to one of our requests, that is, to catch all the swallows in the city and give them to him, and the number of swallows shall not be less than 1,000 in three days.

Li Chengwen thought it was strange, what was the use of him asking for swallows? Do you want to eat it grilled? If you want it, give it to him. On the third day, the defenders handed over all the more than 1,000 swallows they had caught to the Mongols.

After receiving the swallows, the soldiers tied their tails with cotton ropes and set them all on fire, and the swallows fled for their lives in fright, and some flew directly back to their nests in the city. Swallow's nests are built on the eaves. The eaves are made of wood, and they burn at a point. These swallows flew all over the city, and in a short time the whole city was on fire. The defenders were busy putting out the fire, and the city was in chaos. The Mongol army took the opportunity to attack the city and looted the city. At this time, Genghis Khan learned that two more armies came from the east and west to relieve the siege. He led the army to fight and retreat, and finally returned to the steppe in victory.

Genghis Khan, who watched six roads and listened to all directions, learned from the scouts sent that the Song Dynasty south of the Yangtze River was the land of abundance and the land of fish and rice, and was much richer than the Western Xia and Jin. And Song had just been defeated by Jin, and if he captured Jin, he could cross the river with his army. Li Zao and Tian Guangming of the Jin Kingdom surrendered and reported to him: his Wanyan Jing, who was a scholar and martial artist, and a clear and clear official, died, and was succeeded by Wanyan Yongji, the king of Wei. This man is a pure bastard, and he's waiting for you to send someone to worship. After listening to this, Genghis Khan spat to the south:

"I originally thought that in the Central Plains, the emperors were all capable people, how could such a mediocre and cowardly person be in this position? What else is there to revere and worship! ”

Li Zao and Tian Guangming suggested: Go south directly and attack Xijing Datong Mansion. Genghis Khan doesn't think so, if I attack gold, Jinxia is an alliance, and what should I do if Western Xia sends troops to copy my back road directly? In order to take revenge on the Jurchens, Genghis Khan decided to take Western Xia first and relieve the threat of the flanks.

From the point of view of military attack, the terrain of Western Xia was much better than that of Jin. There are too many large fortresses in the territory of the Kingdom of Jin, and it is difficult to capture. However, the city defense of Western Xia was mainly small-scale walled cities, not only the conditions were poor, but there were no large-scale defense projects such as the Great Wall, so the Mongol army could attack unimpeded in the territory of Western Xia.

In March of the fourth year of Genghis Khan (1209), the Mongol army attacked the important town of Xixia border pass Huluosu (now the western border of the Zhonghou Banner of Urat in Inner Mongolia). The Western Xia Emperor Li Anyi opposed the normal state of Mongol concessions, and ordered his son Li Chengzhen to be the marshal, and the Dadu Governor's Office Ling Gao Yi to be the deputy marshal, and supervised 50,000 troops to block the attack. Field battles, galloping, were the strong points of the Mongol cavalry. Within five days, the support army was scattered and scattered.

The Raja was surrounded like an iron bucket, and the general of the Mongolian army, Mu Huali, sent people to the city to surrender, but the guard general Taifu Xibi falsely refused. Mu Huali gathered heavy troops to attack in turns, stone shooters, city rammers, and flamethrowers were all on, and ten days later, the city fell, the Western Xia army was defeated, Gao Yi was captured, and died unyieldingly. Xibi falsely led his troops to fight in the streets, and was defeated and captured.

The Mongol army took advantage of the victory and marched southward to the outlying pass of Zhongxingfu (present-day Yinchuan, Ningxia), the capital of Western Xia. The terrain of Keyimen is precipitous, and the two mountains outside the pass face each other, and only one path can be passed, and the suspension can never be climbed.

Knowing that the Mongol army was already on the way to Keyimun, he sent an additional 50,000 troops to intercept the Mongol army in the area of Ajishai Mountain (now Helan Mountain), in an attempt to fight an ambush for the Mongol army at Ajishai Mountain. Mu Huali saw through the strategy of the Western Xia people, ordered the army to be stationed on the spot, and sent a small group of cavalry to attack in turn, and the commander of the Western Xia, Wei Ming Linggong, was also a fierce general, and in the face of the attack of the Mongolian cavalry, he sent an army to counterattack and repelled the Mongolian cavalry many times. In this way, the two sides fought for each other for two months.

One day, Mongolia sent guerrilla to harass, Wei Ming Linggong felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, personally led the troops to attack, after several attacks, the Mongolian soldiers showed a declining trend, so they took advantage of the victory to pursue, trying to eliminate it in one fell swoop, the result was an ambush in the opposite China, Wei Ming was captured, was defeated, the defense line of Keyi Gate quickly collapsed, and the Mongolian army approached Zhongxingfu, the capital of Western Xia.

When the troops approached the city, Genghis Khan besieged but did not attack, using this as a bait to attract Western Xia troops from all over the country to come to the rescue, so as to consume the military strength of Western Xia. The two sides tore apart for more than a month, and the princes of Western Xia stationed in various places rushed to reinforcements.

Li An'an personally went to the city to supervise the battle, and with the strong walls of Zhongxingfu City, he blocked the attack of the Mongol army's city-breaking weapons such as stone shooters, rammers, and flamethrowers.

In September, heavy rain fell, the water of the Yellow River swelled, and the time was pressing, so Genghis Khan had to order the Yellow River embankment to be repaired, in an attempt to divert the Yellow River water to irrigate Zhongxing City.

Li An'an had no choice but to send envoys to the Jin Kingdom for help.

Emperor Jin Wanyan Yongji received a distress letter from the king of the subject country of Xixia, and he didn't think about it, so he refused in one sentence: The country of Erguo is besieged, what do I have to do!

Knowing that Jin Guo was so unrighteous, Li An'an scolded: Dog mongrel, don't save when you see death, from now on, I, the Khitans, swear to be the enemy of the Jurchens.

But turn the other cheek, and the battle with the Mongols still has to be fought. At this time, Zhongxing Mansion has been in the middle for several months, and the rescuers outside the city have been beaten and fled, and the people in the city have become water rats. The supposedly impregnable city of Zhongxing City has also become crumbling due to the flooding.

Just when the Zhongxing city wall was about to collapse, a miracle suddenly appeared! Due to the flood of the Yellow River, the embankment collapsed and all overflowed, completely flooding the Mongol military camp on the high ground. The Mongols, like the Tanguts, could not swim and drowned quite a few at that time. For no reason, the Mongol army could not continue to besiege the city.

The family revenge was not avenged, but at this time he fell into the bottomless pit of Western Xia. Genghis Khan had the idea of retreating, but he was unwilling to stop there, so he sent Xibi to enter the city to ask for a way to reconcile. The Mongolian army's willingness to reconcile with itself is definitely a great thing for Li An'an. Because at this time, the living forces in Zhongxing Mansion have basically been lost, and the hateful Jin State does not help himself, since you are unkind, then my Li An'an will also be unjust.

Li An'an sent people to negotiate with Genghis Khan, expressed his willingness to be a vassal, and in addition to contributing a large number of camels, falcons, and textiles, he also asked the Mongol chief Nanu for peace. Genghis Khan accepted it when he saw it, so he agreed to the condition that Sishana would be a vassal. The Mongol army withdrew from Western Xia, and also released the Western Xia general Wei Minglinggong, who was captured alive at Keyimun, back to Zhongxing.