For the Han Dynasty, the thirteenth year of Jianxing (AD 236) was kicked off by a military report.
The Juyan vassal state, which was isolated for about eight hundred (Han) miles north of the Hexi Corridor, officially faced the siege from the left of the Southern Xiongnu and the Xianbei Tuoba tribe.
This is what everyone expected.
It would be strange if the isolated city of Beixuan was not attacked or besieged!
Ma Dai, who was stationed in Huishui County, Jiuquan County, after hearing the news, just said "I know" lightly, and asked the general to transfer his feelings to Wei Yanhou, but he was still busy with other things and had no intention of going to rescue.
Wei Yande's reaction to telling the time was similar.
With a look of waning interest on his face, he nodded and responded with a slight nasal sound, then waved his hand to let the messenger go.
Fei Yi, who was present, saw this and couldn't help jokingly said, "The general wrote a letter to the prime minister a few days ago, claiming that there was nothing going on in Hexi and wanted to return to Longyou to be the governor. Now that there is an enemy in the country of Juyan, why doesn't the general work hard to ward off the enemy's evil?"
"Oh, Wen Wei, please don't tease me."
Shaking his head slightly, Wei Yan forced out a smile and said in a somewhat disdainful tone, "It's just a few barbarian invaders. With the three thousand soldiers from Juyan's vassal country, what's the problem for me? They like to sleep in the snow and sleep in the city, so what's wrong with me?"
Just let them do what they want, our soldiers will take shelter in the city and see who can endure it longer!"
Indeed, among the many generals in the Han River west of the Han Dynasty, no one worried about the safety of Juyan's vassal country.
There are three reasons.
First, the war preparations there are very complete.
After the scouts spied on Cao Rui of the Dao Ni Wei Dynasty, and then granted the title of King Xiutu and Queen Hunxie, the prime minister asked Fei Yi, Ma Dai and others who were in charge at that time to transfer the grain and military supplies one after another. Even if the right of the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei
The Tuoba tribe would be trapped in the city for a year, and the city would not have to worry about running out of food.
Secondly, nomadic tribes have never been good at attacking difficulties.
It is not only the reason why they are weak in infantry combat due to long-term riding, but also because their siege equipment is crude and their armor is thin, so they will suffer huge casualties during the attack. Even if they now have the help of Ni Wei, they cannot make up for the loss of the Han Dynasty.
The difference is that the ordnance used by the army is more sophisticated.
After all, they migrated from Mingsha Mountain.
How can we carry huge siege equipment across thousands of miles of desert and Gobi valley?
At most, Wei Guoguo and them accompanied some craftsmen to make temporary constructions. However, there are few trees in the Juyanze area, and tall trees are difficult to find, so there is no need to fear the siege equipment built!
Finally, it is the difference in the quality of soldiers.
In the former Han Dynasty, there was a saying that "one Han is equivalent to the five barbarians". The Han soldiers, who had strict military laws, performed martial arts all the year round, and fought according to military formations, were not as powerful as the Hu people, who were all young and strong soldiers.
Although over hundreds of years, with the continuous migration of various tribes of Hu people, the Han and Hu cultures collided and merged with each other, allowing the Hu people to learn a little bit about the Han culture, the saying "one Han is the three Hu" is still very pertinent today.
To take a step back, the right tribe of the Southern Xiongnu and the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei would not be willing to lose all their tribesmen to rebel against Wei.
Many reasons come together. With three thousand soldiers defending the city, what should the generals of the Han Dynasty in Hexi have to worry about!
In other words, they are still looking forward to the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei attacking the city!
There is already a Beijing Temple outside Xuanwei City near Xiutuze. Building another one next to Juyanze to promote the power of Han Dynasty will be very beneficial to future border defense.
Wei Yan wrote a letter and asked himself to go back to Longyou. It was because he, the governor of Liangzhou, was bored after coming to Hexi.
There is no need to talk about political affairs.
Fei Yi was able to do things such as reassuring the people, establishing farmland, and distributing government decrees with ease, making it difficult for anyone to comment on him.
At least Wei Yan thought he couldn't do better than him.
As for military affairs and other matters, Jiuquan has Liao Hua, Wuwei and Jiang Wei, and there are also people such as Liao Hua, Zhang Yi, Zhou Tai and You Chu guarding the counties and counties. They are all outstanding men for a while. What else can he take care of?
In the past, when he was stationed in Hanzhong or Longyou, he could still supervise the soldiers to practice martial arts when he had nothing to do! After coming to Hexi, he sat idle and watched the sun rise and set all day long, wasting his time in vain.
well.
Wei Yan, feeling something in his heart, sighed quietly.
Immediately, as if he had thought about something, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What Wen Wei said just now is that he suggested that I write a letter and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in Hebei County to declare that Juyan's country will be fine?"
Hearing this, Fei Yi held up his palms and smiled, "Ha, it would be better if the general didn't bother with trivial matters."
But Wei Yan didn't respond and just turned his head to look at him.
"Cough, cough!"
Fei Yi couldn't help but coughed several times, and said softly with some helplessness, "General, Li Yiqing and Fu Gongyuan are both loyal and good men, and they have always been favored by the prime minister. Now they are stationed in the vassal country of Juyan, and the barbarians came and trapped them.
If I don’t wait to come to his aid, I should send a letter to Hebei County to explain the whole matter to Jixian County, so as to prevent some uninformed officials from gossiping in private."
"Who dares to criticize me?"
As soon as Fei Yi finished speaking, Wei Yan immediately acted with emotion, "The Prime Minister asked me to take charge of the war in Hexi. I have my own ideas whether to support or not to support. Wen Wei understands what those ignorant people are doing!"
Well.
Fei Yi was speechless for a moment.
However, after all, he had worked with Wei Yan for a long time and was already familiar with his unruly nature.
After thinking for a while, he said, "With the general's general strategy, there is no need to pay attention to those ignorant people. However, the general may not know something. I received a letter from home a few days ago. Quanzi mentioned in the letter
It was said that after the emperor heard that Fu Gongyuan went to live in the Yan Kingdom, he asked his attendants many times about the scenery of the Hexi Corridor."
This time, Wei Yan was speechless.
Young Fu Qian grew up in palace confinement and was much younger than the emperor, so the emperor always regarded him as his nephew. Everyone in the Han Dynasty knew about this, even Wei Yan, who had little chance of returning to Chengdu, also heard about it
Pass.
But he never took it to heart.
Now that Fei Yi mentioned it, he suddenly remembered that his previous decision to allow Fu Qian to go to Juyan's vassal country was a bit hasty.
It is also!
Fu Qian invited him to Gucheng.
After he was sent to Hexi by the Prime Minister, he came to Wei Yan directly, claiming that both the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu intended to let him train in the army, and that Li Qiu, the captain of the garrison in Yan's vassal country, was his acquaintance, so he begged Wei Yan to
Let him go.
Although Wei Yan has an unruly temperament, he admires Zhonglie very much.
Not to mention that he and Fu Qian still had a hometown friendship. For example, when Fu Qian first followed Zheng Pu into his army, he sent his eldest son Wei Rong to accompany him. Therefore, at that time, he not only admired Fu Qian
Living up to the ambition of his fathers to serve the country, and feeling that having such a descendant in his hometown should abide by his wishes, he agreed without thinking about anything else.
Who would have expected that the arrangement of a small school would actually worry the emperor?
What made him even more embarrassed was that his eldest son and Fei Yi's son were generally the emperor's attendants, but Wei Rong did not write a letter to inform him of this!
There was silence for a while.
Wei Yan slightly waved his hand angrily, "In that case, Wen Wei will do the work for you. Well, don't forget to add that Juyan's vassal country is impregnable, and Fu Gongyuan and other garrison officers may not even have a chance to face the battle."
However, is Juyan's subject country the same as others?
