WordPress permalink structure change re-direct htaccess - wordpress

I currently have a website using the permalink structure:
http://xxx.xxx/%postname%/
I want to change this to:
http://xxx.xxx/xxx/%postname%/
So basically giving the default post type a slug rewrite like you can with CPT.
However, as we all know all the indexed pages will 404 so I need to write some HTACCESS to but not sure what I need.
If I use the following then all pages are re-directed too:
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^/]+)/$ http://xxx.xxx/xxx/$1
Where as I just want the default post type re-directed.
Thanks

This cannot be done, you need to completed 301 redirects for each post and tag.
Have blogged about my process here: http://www.chewx.co.uk/2015/wordpress-permalink-update-from-postname/
If anyone can think of a better way, let me know.

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Sorry for delay, Check this out... Before # BEGIN WordPress in .htaccess file put this code...
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Honestly, you should have never had put the extension, honestly I am surprised that Wordpress allowed this. However, if you change the permalink structure, usually it updates all previous posts and pages. Is that not the case here?

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