Why can t the Northern Song Dynasty defeat Liao, even a small Western Xia?

Because the Northern Song Dynasty paid more attention to literati and did not attach much importance to military generals, no outstanding military generals were selected. There is also no good system in terms of army management and training, so the army members are generally not strong in combat effectiveness, so they can neither defeat Liao nor Western Xia.

Because the Western Xia and the Liao were tied together, the Liao State would also come out to contain the Western Xia when it was attacked, so the Northern Song Dynasty still couldn't beat it.

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The Song Dynasty was better at guarding against its own military attachés than against foreigners.

The power of Western Xia was itself weak, and there was no mortal threat to the Jin State. On the other hand, Western Xia did a very good job in diplomacy, and its relations with Jin were relatively relaxed. And for Western Xia, if you want to survive in the troubled times, you will definitely be attached to the Jin Kingdom.

The Western Xia itself was very weak and could not pose a threat to the Jin State, and the Western Xia had been showing weakness to the Jin State. If the Jin State wants to take the Western Xia, there will definitely be **, in such a situation, why not use the Western Xia to avoid war.

Because the overall strategic goal of the Jin State is only to destroy Liao and take revenge. The destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty was a complete historical coincidence, and the Jin State never dealt with the management of the occupied areas of the Northern Song Dynasty in the early days, and at the same time failed to defeat the Southern Song Dynasty, and the opportunity for the destruction of the Western Xia never appeared.

I think the reason why Jin did not defeat Western Xia was because the strength of Western Xia was declining at that time, and at that time, Jin also hoped that Western Xia could become its strategic buffer.

It is likely that he hoped that the Western Xia could become his strategic buffer, and the existence of the Western Xia would be a check on the Mongol tribes in the north and the Western Liao. The presence of Western Xia can significantly alleviate the pressure of defense.

I think that the small Western Xia was the easiest to be despised by the powerful Jin State at that time, and the Western Xia had already shown weakness, so the Jin State was also willing to accept it, firstly, it could be deterred by force, and secondly, it was more stable to have an ally country.

I think it was because the Jin State did not regard the Western Xia as a target, and after the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the Southern Song Dynasty was taken as the number one target, forming a north-south confrontation. Western Xia is not in the scope of consideration, so it will be peaceful.

The Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty were one, and the Jin State only occupied the northern territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, which could not be regarded as the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Western Liao after the Liao State was not considered to be destroyed, so the Jin State did not destroy a single country.

It's very simple, you can't do Western Xia.

The Liao was destroyed because it was oppressed too badly by the Liao, and the Song Dynasty was destroyed because after the Liao was destroyed, he found that the Song Huizong was too rubbish, and by the way, he looted Kaifeng. As for the Western Xia, it was not in the scope of consideration in the first place, and the Western Xia diplomacy did a good job, and it was muddy everywhere.