"So you're still using the Six Flowers? But why didn't I see any flowers when I looked at it? ”

Xingzhe asked.

"Not anymore, we've changed the formation. The current Tang Dynasty is no longer like the era of Emperor Taizu. Now the surrounding small countries are eyeing the Tang Dynasty, especially the threat of the northern nomads, and the Tang Dynasty itself lacks sufficient quantity and quality of cavalry, in order to compete with the nomadic cavalry with the main infantry force on the plain, so we attach great importance to the formation. ”

Lin Xiao shook his head and said.

Every time a general goes out to fight, His Majesty the Emperor will inevitably "draw a formation, rule the temple to win, give discipline, control the system cheaply, the commander will obey, and the nobles will supervise." In order to better control the generals who lead the troops to battle, they often grant the generals a formation map before sending troops, and the development of the formation gradually tends to be conservative. ”

However, Xingzhe is basically equal to a military idiot, every word, every word, every word Lin Xiao says, Xingzhe can understand, but he doesn't understand.

But Xingzhe wanted to know what those formations were, and he felt that since he was already a general, he had to be more or less like a general, and he couldn't always be like an ordinary soldier and not understand anything.

In desperation, Lin Xiao had no choice but to continue to explain to Xingzhe the various formations that Datang was using now, and hoped that Xingzhe would not fall asleep listening to it again.

Constant formation: When the Tang Dynasty army fights, it often divides the troops into various parts such as forwards and guards, and the formation composed of each part is called "permanent formation". In other words, when the Tang army went into battle, it often divided the troops into various parts according to their tactical purposes, formed a "permanent formation", and then combined them to fight. It includes the following formations: vanguard formation, strategy vanguard formation, large formation, front formation, east and west kidnapping horse formation, landless division of horses, rejection of the rear formation, strategy palace rear formation, etc.

The vanguard is a battle formation made up of forward troops. The forward units resemble the modern avant-garde units. The task of the vanguard is to "rush to the front, trap the strong formation, and attack the sharp division", so the Northern Song Dynasty, like the previous dynasties, "select elite soldiers and place the vanguard array".

The vanguard formation is a battle formation composed of troops that respond to the vanguard, "placed behind the vanguard formation". This formation is led by a "cavalry general". When "the vanguard resists the enemy or the army is not strong, the vanguard is planned to respond" to control the enemy's "rush".

The Great Array, also known as the Central Army Formation, is a battle formation composed of the main horse and infantry troops. Generally growth formations or phalanxes. When arranging the formation, "with the rifle and knife hand of the infantry army in front, mixed with side signs, javelins, when the formation is combined with cloth, wooden horses, or occasionally with a cart, it is called 'the foot soldiers'". And the strong bows and crossbows are arranged behind it. At the same time, "four gates were opened in a burst, and the cavalry was in them, waiting for the battle, that is, opening the door and letting the team out." In short, the main force was in the form of a "car battalion" and lined up on all sides to defend against the enemy's "sudden galloping". When it is time to play, open the doors on all sides and let the "team" play.

The front formation is a surprise soldier deployed in front of the "Chinese army's big array". "The Theory of the Tang Formation" said, "When the enemy is in the right formation, the decisive victory is in the surprise army, and the front and back can be corresponding, then the victory is always undefeated." "The Theory of the Tang Formation" also quoted the method of grasping the Qitu and the Liao army's formation after the wind, and believed that the number of odd soldiers should account for about one-third of the number of soldiers in the large array.

The east-west abduction horse formation, which is a kind of arrangement that directly protects the large array, "is the left and right flanks of the large array". The reason why this array is placed is because "Yi Di uses soldiers, each bow and cavalry is violently gathered, and the large array is biased, and one side cannot defend it, then there is a rush to the trouble, because of the abduction array, thinking that it is rescue". The number of troops in this formation is also based on the number of soldiers in the large formation, and it is temporarily selected.

Divided into Horses: It is a mobile unit controlled by the large array of the Chinese army. It is arranged around the "Great General's Camp Array" and "Prepared for Urgent Drive". Its troops are drawn from the teams formed by the various command posts. The number of mobile units is "temporarily separated, and there is no fixed number".

The rearguard formation, also known as the "palace rear", is a battle formation composed of rearguard troops, which is arranged behind the large formation of the Chinese army to prevent the enemy from attacking from behind. The generals of the Tang Dynasty believed that in the case of "the system of the military formation, the grain road is in the rear", in order to prevent the "grain road from being cut off", it is necessary to refuse the rear formation. "The Theory of the Tang Formation" said that Qin Yu and his father's failures in several battles against Liao were all related to the "grain route" being "cut off" by the enemy. Therefore, starting from the true sect, attention should be paid to placing "the palace of soldiers" so that "it can be used in a hurry, so that there is no danger of suffering from the enemy".

The rear formation of the Cedian is a battle formation composed of troops behind the Ceying Palace. It is set up between the rear-end and the main force.

The Pingrong Wanquan Array was personally made by Qin Yu and his father and awarded to the general Yu Gui, so it was quite valued. The Pingrong Wanquan Array is composed of five armies, the front and rear, the left, the center and the right, and the square formation of about 17 miles square deploys the main infantry in the center of the formation, strengthens the chariots, forms three chariot battalions to enhance the defense and attack capabilities of the infantry, and deploys the cavalry in the front, rear, left and right to serve as a guard and cover the central array. This was a conservative defensive formation, so that the Song army, with the infantry as the main force, could fight against the northern nomadic cavalry on the plains.

The large array of the Chinese army is composed of three phalanxes and is the main force of the whole array. The circumference of each phalanx is twenty miles. Every five steps is a "land division", each "land division" is a large chariot, 22 infantry defends, and there are 5,000 people living in the square formation, and each square is divided into 36,680 infantry. The three phalanxes totaled 110,000 and 40 men, plus 240 sentinels, for a total of 110,280 infantry.

Front and rear, two columns of cavalry. There were sixty-two cavalry teams in the forefront, each with fifty horsemen, a total of three thousand one hundred cavalry. Sixty-two teams of thirty cavalrymen each, for a total of 1,860 cavalrymen. There were four thousand nine hundred and sixty cavalry in two columns, plus forty cavalry from the spies, for a total of five thousand cavalry. There were a total of 10,000 cavalry in the front and rear formations.

East and west, two columns each. One hundred and twenty-five teams in the forefront, fifty cavalry in each team, for a total of six thousand two hundred and fifty cavalry; One hundred and twenty-five regiments of thirty cavalrymen each, for a total of three thousand seven hundred and fifty cavalry. There were 10,000 cavalry in each formation, and 650 cavalry from spies, for a total of 20,650 cavalry.

The Pingrong Wanquan Formation had a total of 140,903 troops, 110,280 main infantry, 30,650 cavalry in the front, rear, left and right formations, and 1,440 large chariots used for the defense of the chariot battalion. The front of the large army in the formation is about seventeen miles wide, the front and depth of each phalanx are five miles each, and the phalanx is one mile apart from the phalanx; The front and rear formations are sixty-five paces in front of each team, and the front is about eleven miles and seventy paces in total; There are two formations on the left and right, each team occupies an area of 50 steps, and the front is about 17 miles and 130 steps.

Eight formations of this dynasty: According to the record of "The Theory of the Tang Dynasty", the so-called eight formations of this dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty refer to the square formation, the circle formation, the Mu array, the chong array, the Fuzhi array, the wheel array, and the goose-shaped array.

The strength and formation used in the eight formations refer to Li Jing's formation. That is, each formation was formed with a total of 14,000 horse-mounted troops. Among them, the infantry army was organized into 200 teams, each team of 50 people, totaling 10,000 people; There were 80 teams of horses, 50 people in each team, and 4,000 people in total. Each type of formation is divided into seven armies, such as the Tang Dynasty army, the middle army, the left and right Yu Hou, the left and right, and the front and rear. In each array, "every ten people are in a row, all facing each other, and their backs are inherited". "One pawn occupies two steps, one horse and two steps". In addition to the round array, the "Eight Formations of the Dynasty" are accompanied by formation diagrams in the "Tang Dynasty Formation". The names of the troops in each formation map follow the "garrison" of Emperor Taizu, that is, the "foot soldiers".

The so-called infantry soldiers are these troops who are deployed calmly in order to occupy enough territory in the early stage of the formation to prevent the enemy from charging the formation and protect themselves.