Shu Chen

Chapter 368
Due to his early experience, Ma Dai never wanted to be good at it.

For this reason, the military silk silk that carried the intentions of the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei was first transferred to the case of Wei Yan in Guzang County, and then attached the opinions of the generals in Hexi, and finally transferred to the other office of Xiangfu in Ji County.

But the prime minister looked at it, and didn't call Zheng Pu, Ma Su and other officials to discuss it together, so he directly attached a few small words "the king and others decide on their own", and the general reported it back.

It's not that the matter is considered insignificant.

It is the so-called "planning strategies and winning thousands of miles away", which 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 front-line generals.

After all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and a small detail may change the outcome.

The Prime Minister did not know the actual situation of Tuoba Liwei in Xianbei and the combat power of the Southern Huns, and he had never visited Juyan City in person. Remote decision-making may ignore some objective factors.

That being the case, why not transfer the decision-making power on this matter to Wei Yan and others.

Anyway, it's just a battle against nomadic tribes that are not known for their strategies. The talents and learning led by the Hexi generals will not make the prime minister worry about making mistakes.

After the military report returned to Guzang County, Wei Yan stared at the few numbers of "self-determination" for a long time in silence.

If you look carefully, you will find that his eyes are full of novelty.

Since the Northern Expedition, he has often tried his best to propose strategies, but they were rarely adopted by the prime minister; now he hardly dictates the strategy, but the prime minister has transferred the decision-making power to him.

It also made him suddenly feel constrained, and began to worry about gains and losses.

It's not about the decision-making dilemma.

The pros and cons of fighting and not fighting are clear to him at a glance.

If there is a war, as Tuoba Liwei said, there will be no more wars in Juyanze from now on, allowing Ma Dai to come to Guzang County to fight against the tiger and leopard cavalry against the Wei Dynasty, making up for the disadvantage of the lack of cavalry in the Han army .

The risk to be taken is that Tuoba's strength is slightly deceitful - this move may be a conspiracy between him and Liu Gaoshengyuan, intending to lure Ma Dai's troops to send out, and then encircle and wipe them out in the wild with superior force!
If you don't fight, you will continue to be content with the status quo, and there is nothing to say.

Wei Yan himself tended to believe in Tuoba Liwei's sincerity.

How Ni Wei treated the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei, and the previous strategy of the Han army to let the Tuoba tribe cooperate with Jiang Weixing to hide the sky and cross the sea for the benefit of the military market, are enough to make people doubt the proposal that everyone takes what they need.

What makes it difficult for Wei Yan to make a decision is that the Confucian army against Wei Xiahou is still besieging the fortress of Yuyin!
The prime minister has ordered the garrisons in all counties and counties not to move without authorization, and to guard the city first to order Li Shu to prepare for spring farming.But as a former general, Wei Yan already knew that he would become the chief general in a few months, and the superintendent went to the rescue.

Therefore, he was also worried: Ju Yanze's battle was concluded, wouldn't it lead to disadvantages in rushing to the fortress of Shuyin?

Because the time agreed by Tuoba Liwei and the Han army coincided roughly with the planned rescue date of Yuyin.

Perhaps, this is the reason why the prime minister ordered him to self-determination?
"Wen Wei, in your opinion, Prime Minister."

Wei Yan didn't raise his head, and called out habitually, but stopped talking.

Because he was the only one in the office.

It was mid-spring and February, and Fei Yi rushed to Zhangye County a few days ago to take care of Li Shu's spring plowing and sergeant garrisoning the fields.

In fact, he didn't have to go there.

But the current prefect of Zhangye is Zhuge Qiao, and since he has nothing urgent to do, he intends to go to help one or two.

Earlier, when Zhuge Qiao took over the Dunhuang Zhang family and changed the banner, Zhang Hua and Zhang put down their military power and returned to Mianjun in Chengdu. At the court meeting, the emperor Liu Chan asked Shang Shutai to draft an edict to record his achievements for many years, and moved him to be the prefect of Zhangye.

He didn't inform the prime minister, nor asked the prime minister's office.

In the words of the emperor's private letter with the prime minister afterwards, it is "it's not because I didn't know how to meet my father, so I really dare not discuss it with my father!"

Indeed, if the emperor wrote a letter to discuss it, the prime minister's temperament would definitely be out of suspicion, and he would just find a reason and let it go.Only with the fact that a done deal is done and Junwu jokes that cannot be changed day and night, can the prime minister stop talking.It has to be said that although the Son of Heaven, who is now in his early years, has a good-natured temperament, he already has a lot of experience in weighing the emperor.

Fei Yi was not in the office, but Jiang Weidu led the cavalry to guard the Wushaoling area, and Zhang Bao was in Lingju County preparing the military equipment and food for the rescue. Wei Yan suddenly found that he could not even ask for advice. there is none left.

However, there is nothing to ask.

Before the general reported to Ji County, all the generals in Hexi were able to fight.

The reason was not that everyone asserted that Tuoba Liwei would not cheat, but that Guzang County urgently needed [-] Xiliang cavalry from Ma Dai's tribe to help in the battle.

Today, there are only more than [-] cavalry left in the Huqiang School Lieutenant Department.

Even Liu Dong, Sima of the Protecting Qiang Battalion, who was the former Shaodang Qiang King Zhu Yi, died in battle more than ten days ago.

Wei Guo used a hundred generals as tiger and leopard cavalry, well-equipped and extremely brave and good at fighting.Among them, [-] leopard riders are light riders, everyone can ride and shoot, and gallop day and night without getting tired.

After Qin Lang came to Hexi, the Tiger Cavalry (Jia Cavalry) stationed at the side of Xiahouru's camp, and the Leopard Cavalry entered the eastern section of Wushaoling to take over the crippled Guanzhong Jingqi as the guard.After more than a month, I found out that Liu Dong, the Sima of the Han Hu Qiang camp, often led four or five hundred horsemen to go east to Piao County for inspection fifty miles away.

After Qin Lang learned about it, he divided the Leopard Cavalry into two parts and went deep into the desert to make an ambush at the place where Liu Dong must pass during his inspection.

It was a battle, Liu Dong was killed before the battle, and more than half of the Qiang cavalry who left the city were lost before the battle, and only a hundred or so cavalry survived.

This battle also made Wei Yan realize something.

At that time, if his warlord rushes to the fortress of Shuyin, the cavalry of the Qiang Guard Battalion will not be able to contain the tiger and leopard cavalry against Wei Wei!

Only by transferring Ma Dai's troops, the Xiliang iron cavalry who are also good at running thousands of miles, can be competent.

Naturally, Zhao Guangbu can also be competent.

But now he is at his wits end.

The Guohuai Department of the Wei State was still stationed outside Gaoping City, and their soldiers were pointing directly at Zuli County. If Zhao Guang's Department was transferred to Hexi, Zuli City might be added to the cities that the Han army needed to rescue.

Before Tuoba Liwei sent people to join forces to get what they needed, Wei Yan planned to let Jiang Wei lead the cavalry of the Qiang Guard camp to Jiuquan County, and exchange Ma Dai's troops for Guzang.

Even if there are too few cavalry in the Qiang Guarding Camp to take care of the two counties of Jiuquan and Dunhuang, he can't take care of it.

The lesser of two evils.

This is also the reason why all the generals in Hexi were able to fight after Tuoba Liwei wrote a letter.

In order to break through Wushao Ridge, which was blocked by tiger and leopard riders against the Wei Dynasty, and go to the strategic intention of rescuing the city of Shuyin, let's choose to trust the sincerity of Xianbei's Tuoba tribe.

There is no perfect solution in the world.

The national strength is not as good as others, and the military strength is outnumbered. In the disadvantaged situation, the only way to do it is to take risks and seek a small gain.

Wei Yan, who had been sitting alone for a long time, pushed away the paper impatiently, and took a pen to reply to Ma Dai, "We can fight. If the general needs anything, please send someone to inform me, and I will do my best to respond."

(End of this chapter)