Zhuge Liang sent Ma Mo to guard the street pavilion, both out of selfishness and out of public heart.
It is said that he is selfish because Zhuge Liang wants to train Ma Mo to be his successor, and to cultivate talents, he must give him a chance. He knew that he knew that Ma Mo had never led a soldier, had no actual combat experience, and was facing Sima Yi, who was the most capable of leading troops at the time of Cao Wei, and Zhang Guo, who was the most capable of fighting, and he also entrusted this important task to Ma Mo, and it was this selfishness that more or less influenced his decision.
Of course, cultivating successors is also for the sake of the future of the country, which is also considered to be a public heart.
It's just that Zhuge Liang was a little too hasty, coupled with Ma Mo's eagerness to take the position, he did not fully estimate the risk of this trip, and after the failure, he did not take responsibility and chose to flee. This led to the collapse of the whole situation, and eventually implicated the Northern Expedition, missing the best opportunity to revive the Han Dynasty.
If Zhuge Liang had been more cautious at that time and was not in a hurry to promote Ma Mo, who would he have chosen to take on the responsibility of guarding the street pavilion?
It is difficult to see from the text of Zhuge Liang's assignment of the task of guarding the street pavilion in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but combined with the entire follow-up arrangement, it is not difficult to see that Zhuge Liang actually has the best candidate, but this person did not take the initiative to ask for help. In order not to discourage Ma Chen's enthusiasm, Zhuge Liang made a wrong choice.
At that time, Zhuge Liang sent Ma Mo to guard the street kiosk, but he was not very relieved, and made three more arrangements.
1. Let Wang Ping, who has a cautious personality, be Ma Mo's deputy general, repeatedly emphasize the encampment of the road, and ask that after the encampment, the encampment situation be drawn into a sketch and sent to Zhuge Liang's army.
2. Send Gao Xiang to lead 5,000 troops and horses to garrison Liucheng behind the street pavilion and receive ma Mo at any time.
3. Worried that Gao Xiang was not Zhang Gao's opponent, he arranged for Wei Yan to lead 3,000 troops and horses to meet him.
If Zhuge Liang was at ease with Ma Mo, it would be enough to guard the street pavilion and only send Ma Mo, and at most it would be arranged to Gao Xiang to guard Liu City. There was no need for a general like Wei Yan to go. Wei Yan also did not understand such an arrangement.
Yan Yue: "So-and-so is the front part, and it is reasonable to break the enemy first, so why put so-and-so in a peaceful place?" ”
To Wei Yan's question, Zhuge Liang replied in this way.
Kong Mingyue: "The forward breaks the enemy, but it is a matter of partiality." Now Ling Ru received the street pavilion, when YangPing Pass rushed to the road, always guarding the throat of Hanzhong: This is a great responsibility, what is peace and leisure? Don't wait for it to be taken lightly, and lose my big thing. Be careful! ”
After Wei Yan heard Zhuge Liang's words, he was overjoyed and left. Why was Wei Yan overjoyed? Was Zhuge Liang complimenting him a few words? Say his job is also important? Obviously not, a few compliments could not make Wei Yanduo add credit. The focus of this sentence is always guarding the throat of Hanzhong.
That is to say, Zhuge Liang made the worst plan, once Ma Mo could not hold on, Wei Yan would gather the army to preside over the overall situation, which was the reason why Wei Yan was very happy.
But unfortunately, the result was indeed as they expected, Ma Mo did not guard the street kiosk, but neither of them expected that Ma Mo would make a mistake at the critical moment, chose to go up the mountain and camp, was cut off by Zhang Gao, and set fire to the mountain.
Ma Chen's more than 20,000 men collapsed without causing substantial damage to the Wei army, completely losing combat effectiveness. No matter how strong Wei Yan's ability was, he could not turn the tide, and in the end he was almost under siege, if it were not for Wang Ping's rescue, it was likely to be accounted for.
According to the interpretation, Wei Yan has an anti-bone, and Zhuge Liang does not like Wei Yan very much. But Wei Yan was capable, and there were not many capable people on whom Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition could rely. If Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry to cultivate Ma Mo and did not arrange for Ma Mo to go to the street pavilion, then it was likely that Wei Yan was guarding the street pavilion. Because the Migu suspect soldiers, who were similar to the importance of the street pavilion, were presided over by the general Zhao Yun, it was appropriate to arrange for another general, Wei Yan, to guard the street pavilion.