Due to his early experiences, Ma Dai has never had any desire to specialize.
Therefore, the military information silk that carried the intentions of the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei was first transferred to the case of Wei Yan in Guzang County, then attached with the opinions of the Hexi generals, and finally transferred to the Prime Minister's Office in Hebei County.
But after the prime minister saw it, he did not summon Zheng Pu, Ma Di and other officials to discuss it together, but directly attached the small words "You will decide on your own", and the general reported back.
It’s not that I think this matter is insignificant.
Rather, the so-called "strategic planning, decisive victory thousands of miles away" is to control the strategic direction. As for matters such as making decisions before the battle and arranging troops, the center should not interfere with the response of the frontline generals.
After all, the battlefield is constantly changing, and even a small detail may change the outcome.
The Prime Minister did not know the actual situation of Xianbei Tuoba's weak character and the fighting strength of the Southern Xiongnu's right wing, and he had not visited Juyan City in person, so his long-distance decision-making was likely to ignore some objective factors.
In this case, it is better to transfer the decision-making power on this matter to Wei Yan and others.
Anyway, it was just a battle against a nomadic tribe that was not known for its strategy. With the talent and learning of the Hexi generals, the prime minister would not be worried about any mistakes.
After the military report returned to Guzang County, Wei Yan stared at the few numbers "Self-Determination" in silence for a long time.
If you look carefully, you will find that his eyes are full of novelty.
Since the Northern Expedition, he has often come up with outlandish ideas and suggestions, but they have rarely been adopted by the prime minister; now he hardly dictates strategy, but the prime minister has transferred the decision-making power to him.
It also made him suddenly feel that his hands and feet were tied up, and he began to worry about gains and losses.
It’s not about the dilemma of decision-making.
He clearly understands the pros and cons of fighting or not fighting.
If there is a war, as Tuoba Liwei said, there will be no more fighting in Yanze from now on, allowing the Madai tribe to escape and come to Guzang County to fight against the Hubao Cavalry against the Wei Dynasty, making up for the Han army's lack of cavalry. .
The risk he had to bear was the fear that Tuoba Li might be deceitful - this move might be a conspiracy between him and Liu Gaosheng, with the intention of luring Ma Dai's troops out, and then encircling and annihilating them with superior force in the wild!
If we don't fight, we will continue to be content with the status quo, and there is nothing to say.
Wei Yan himself was inclined to believe in Tuoba Liwei's sincerity.
How the Wei Wei treated the Tuoba Tribe of Xianbei, and the Han army's previous strategy of allowing the Tuoba Tribe to cooperate with Jiang Weixing in order to gain access to Junjun City, are enough to make people doubt the current proposal of each taking what he needs.
What made it difficult for Wei Yan to make a decision was that the army of Hou Ru, who was against Wei Xia, was still besieging the Fortress of Manyin!
The Prime Minister has already issued an order to the garrison in each county not to move without authorization, and to guard the city first and order the common people to prepare for spring plowing. However, Wei Yan, a former general, already knew that he would become the commander-in-chief in a few months and supervise the troops to go to the rescue.
Therefore, he was also worried: if the war in Ju Yanze was concluded, it would not lead to any disadvantages in rushing to the aid of the Guanyin Fortress, right?
Because the time agreed upon by Tuoba Liwei and the Han army roughly coincided with the planned rescue date for Man Yin.
Perhaps, this is the reason why the Prime Minister asked him to commit suicide?
"Wen Wei, in your opinion, Prime Minister."
Wei Yan didn't even raise his head and called out as a habit, but he stopped talking.
Because he was the only one sitting in the room.
It was mid-spring, and Fei Yi rushed to Zhangye County a few days ago to take charge of the spring plowing of Li Shu and the military garrison of soldiers.
In fact, he doesn't need to go.
But now the governor of Zhangye is Zhuge Qiao, and since he has nothing important to do, he is willing to go and help.
Previously, Zhuge Qiao led the Zhang family in Dunhuang to change their banner, and Zhang Hua and Zhang surrendered their military power and returned to Chengdu to face the emperor. At the court meeting, the emperor Liu Chan asked the minister to prepare an edict to record his many years of service and move him to be the governor of Zhangye.
The prime minister was not informed, and the prime minister's office was not consulted.
To use the words of the emperor in a private letter to the prime minister afterwards, he said, "It's not that I don't know how to know my father-in-law, I really don't dare to discuss it with him!"
Indeed, if the emperor writes to discuss the matter, the prime minister will definitely find any reason to dismiss the matter out of a desire to avoid suspicion. Only with the fact that the matter is done and Jun Wuxi, who cannot change the order overnight, can the prime minister not make any comments.
.It has to be said that although the emperor, who is now in his thirties, has the same honest and kind temperament as before, he already has a lot of experience in the emperor's trade-offs.
Fei Yi was not in the office, but Jiang Wei was leading the cavalry on guard in the Wushaoling area, and Zhang Bao was in Lingju County preparing military supplies, grain and other trivial matters needed for the rescue. Wei Yan suddenly found that he had no one to ask for advice.
there is none left.
However, there is nothing to ask.
Before the general reported that he was transferred to Ji County, all the generals in Hexi Province advised him to fight.
The reason is not that everyone asserts that Tuoba Liwei will not cheat, but that Guzang County is in urgent need of Ma Dai's three thousand Xiliang cavalry to assist in the battle.
Today, there are only more than 1,600 cavalry left in the Qiang Guards School.
Even Liu Dong, the commander of the Qiang camp and the former Shaodang Qiang king Zhuyi, died in the battle more than ten days ago.
The Wei State has hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry who serve as cavalry. They are well-equipped and extremely brave and good at fighting. Among them, 2,500 leopard cavalry are light cavalry. Everyone can ride and shoot. They gallop day and night without getting tired.
After Qin Lang came to Hexi, the tiger cavalry (armored cavalry) stationed on the side of Xiahou Ru's camp, while the leopard cavalry entered the eastern section of Wushaoling to take over the guard duty of the disabled Guanzhong Jingqi. For more than a month
Later, they found out that Liu Dong, the commander of the Han Qiang camp, often led four to five hundred cavalry to the east for inspections fifty miles away from Puchuang County.
After Qin Lang learned about it, he divided the Leopard Cavalry into two groups and went deep into the desert to ambush Liu Dong at the places he must pass during his inspection.
During the battle, Liu Dong was killed before the battle, and more than half of the Qiang cavalry that left the city were destroyed before the battle, with only a hundred or so Qiang cavalry surviving.
This battle also made Wei Yan realize something.
At that time, if he supervises the army to rush to the aid of Manyin City Fortress, the cavalry of the Qiang camp will not be able to contain the rebel tiger and leopard cavalry!
Only by transferring Ma Dai's troops and using the Xiliang cavalry who are also good at running thousands of miles can they be competent.
Naturally, Zhao Guangbu is also qualified.
But now he has no other skills.
The Guo Huai tribe of Wei State is still stationed outside Gaoping City, with its troops pointed directly at Zuli County. If Zhao Guang tribe is transferred to Hexi, Zuli City will be added to the cities that the Han army needs to rescue.
Before Tuoba Liwei sent someone to seek help from everyone, Wei Yanai planned to let Jiang Wei lead the cavalry guarding the Qiang camp to Jiuquan County and exchange the Ma Dai tribe for Gu Zang.
Even if the Qiang camp had too few cavalry to take care of both Jiuquan and Dunhuang, he still couldn't take care of it.
Choose the lesser of two evils.
This is also the reason why after Tuoba Liwei's letter came, all the generals in Hexi were ready to fight.
In order to break through Wushaoling, which was blocked by the tiger and leopard cavalry against the Wei Dynasty, and go to the strategic intention of rescuing the Manyin Fortress, let's choose to trust the sincerity of the Xianbei Tuoba tribe for the time being.
There is no perfect solution in the world.
The national strength is inferior to that of others, and the enemy is outnumbered. We are at a disadvantage. We can only take risks in order to gain greater benefits with a small amount.
Wei Yan, who had been sitting alone for a long time, pushed away the document impatiently and wrote a reply to Ma Dai, "We can fight. If the general needs it, he will send someone to inform you, and I will try my best to arrange and respond."