Many people will think that Emperor Wu paid more attention to Huo Qubing, because Huo Qubing studied with Emperor Wu for several years. To some extent, the relationship between them is a teacher-student relationship. In addition, at the age of 17, Huo Qubing was appointed as a captain of Qi Yao by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and led 800 cavalry to attack the Huns. In fact, Wei Qing followed Liang Wudi as a teenager and was in charge of the only military power in Liang Wudi. In the first battle of Xiongnu, he was promoted to be a chariot general, and he fought with Gongsun Ao, Gongsun He and Li Guang for ten thousand each.
As can be seen from the above, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing have their own strengths and are highly valued. In the Battle of Mobei, although Wei Qing and Huo Qubing each received 50,000 troops, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Huo Qubing to choose the military forces first and give the rest to Wei Qing. From the elite level of the army, Huo Qubing's troops are stronger than Wei Qing. So most people think that Huo Qubing is more valued by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, but it is not. It's not about attention, it's about tactics.
As we all know, the Xiongnu army is a cavalry, which comes and goes like the wind and has strong mobility, which is different from the traditional military concept of the Central Plains. Therefore, the Han Dynasty lost a lot in the previous battles with Xiongnu. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han army made adjustments according to this situation, specially set up a powerful cavalry, and used Huns' tactics to deal with Huns, which achieved very good results.
In the army of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had different division of labor. Wei Qing is in charge of group army operations, and the commander-in-chief has many arms, including infantry, cavalry and logistics troops. Pay attention to steady and steady progress and push forward as a whole. Huo Qubing is only responsible for cavalry operations, which is highly mobile and not weak in Hutart. Before the Battle of Mobei, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Huo Qubing to choose soldiers and horses first, not to underestimate Wei Qing, but actually to support this special army, because this kind of Indiana Jones is easy to produce great results.
In today's words, Wei Qing is the commander-in-chief of the whole army and Huo Qubing is the commander-in-chief of the special forces, but these two forces are equal and do not interfere with each other under the control of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Both empires attached great importance to it, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not take sides.