A long snake formation, a long rainbow through the sun, two dragons out of the water array, two claws together.

Three talents Taiyi array, three-legged tripod, four elephants Luohe array, four mixed elements.

The five tigers and sheep are arrayed, and the six universes are connected to the square array, and the square is all square.

The Seven Star Beidou Array, the Taiyi Nether Realm, the Eight Gate Golden Lock Array, the Eight Immortals Linfan.

The Yellow River formation of nine songs, flying sand devours life, and the ambush formation on ten sides, the soul of the hero.

Introduction

Ancient Formation - Crane Wings

Crane wings are a common formation in ancient warfare, and you don't need to guess to know that this is definitely developed by humans. In this formation, the main general is located in the center (mostly the archers), flanked by the lieutenant generals, and it is better to use strong troops on both sides (cavalry is the majority). When our troops appear in the enemy's rear, the two wings can be immediately stretched out, and they will meet with our troops and immediately form an encirclement. It is mentioned in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the five generations that it is the only formation that can actively attack. In fact, strictly speaking, it is about forming an encirclement. The attack power of the bow and arrow in this formation is less concentrated, so it is not strong. (I'll compare it with the goose in a moment)

Ancient Formation - Fish Scales

Fish scales are a formation that divides the corps into five or six sections, one layer at a time. The position of the main general is located in the center and rear. Note that the difference between a fish scale and a cone is the width of the triangle. Moreover, the troops with fish scales in front are usually very dense with those who protect the commander, and this arrangement causes a different result from the cone. Since the cone-shaped units are scattered, they have little effect on pushing each other and move very fast. However, the slightly slower fish scales can be assaulted (because the front troops are dense, the whole army will not be scattered, but the cone will be). You don't need to look to know that the fish scales and crane wings are both "civil official formations", that is, the main general does not have to personally lead the attack in front, but hides behind (for example: Zhuge Liang, Takeda Xuanxin, etc.). However, the defense of the fish scales was very weak, and when he was rushed from behind, the whole army immediately collapsed, because there were too many exposures from behind.

Ancient Formation - Sharp Arrow

As the name suggests, it is to form an arrow-like appearance in the whole army. The position of the main general is at the front, so it is suitable for brave generals with high combat effectiveness. Since the troops at the front are very dense, it is also an assault formation. Please note that the so-called assault formation is not the only one that can be assaulted, in fact, all formations can give assault orders, but they may not be able to achieve the effect of assault (the whole army will not be dispersed when penetrating the enemy formation). In other words, the fifth part of "Three Kingdoms" says that it can be assaulted, which means that there is an effect of assault on the real battlefield, not only this unit can issue an assault order. In addition, the rear of this formation is a parallel formation, so the movement effect in the mountains is quite good, and of course the defense of this formation is also very weak, and there is too much exposure from behind.

Ancient Formation - Punch Yoke

As the name suggests, it is a horizontal log in front of the car, which is the English letter "X" shaped array. What is the effect of arranging the formation in an "X" shape? The biggest effect is that the enemies coming from the front, left, and right are all the same as the front (note that the front of the two rows of troops faces northeast and northwest), which is a pretty good mountain defense formation (because it is also a line, so the mountains move fast enough).

Ancient Formation - Long Snake

It is a formation that humans naturally develop, and this formation is designed for mountain movement. In fact, both offense and defense are unfavorable. However, this kind of formation is often described in history, for example, in Chen Shou's "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms": "Kong Mingguan Jiang Wei formation, like a long snake" refers to this kind of formation.

Ancient Formation - Car Suspension

Famous in history. The suspension does not refer to the form, it refers to the meaning. The car suspension is a kind of cavalry formation, and the army is arranged in multiple columns that do not push each other, that is, this is a wheel of warfare. Humility is in this formation, to put it bluntly, it is to break up the formation of Xinxuan and take Xinxuan's life.

Array of wars with ancient China

The impact of the array on China's war is a very big topic, and the individual's ability is limited, and the shortcomings are still expected to be a lot of Haihan.

First of all, it is necessary to divide it into three stages, that is, one section before a large number of cavalry is put into actual combat, one section for cavalry against infantry, and one section for infantry and cavalry. This is before the advent of cavalry in large numbers.

Before the appearance of cavalry in large numbers, that is, before the Qin and Han dynasties, from the recorded Zhou to the history of Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms. During this period, because the cavalry had not yet been put into actual combat (although it had been used for reconnaissance and transmission of news), the main combat forces of the Central Plains countries were still chariots and infantry, and at that time, the "country of a thousand times" and "the country of ten thousand times" were often used as the standard to measure a country's military strength. Such a large and expensive chariot unit naturally needs the cover of infantry (simple chariots can be easily eliminated in front of crossbowmen, long ge, and halberders. The reason is that the impact of the chariot is limited, at least compared to the cavalry), so the infantry formation appeared (there was before that, but it was never as particular as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period).

Some people will think that the formation in Chinese history is pure nonsense, then he is misunderstood. The real reason lies in the fact that Chinese romance and film and television have dramatized the ancient formations (such as: the one-word long snake array, the Liuding Liujia array, the Bamen Golden Lock Array, the Nine Palace Bagua Array, etc.). ）。 The real formation, or the formation from Spring and Autumn to Qin, is not as complicated as it appears in film and television dramas, it is very simple, roughly divided into two types: offensive and defensive.

In the "Art of War", the formation is completely and systematically divided into eight formations, namely: "square, circle, cone line, goose line, hook line, Xuanxiang, sparse array, several array, fire array, water array", the latter two are used in the case of special tactics, generally square, circle, cone-based. These three are used in the battle array, depending on the troops, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and the number of chariots, and there are not many mysteries at all, as long as the queue is neat.

The main attack of the cone formation, placing the most elite chariots in the front for impact.

The circle is guarded, and the chariots are placed in the center of the array.

The phalanx is both offensive and defensive, and the chariots are placed in the rear to ensure that the formation has sufficient thickness and strength to counter-impact.

The sparse formation and several formations are the tactics of infantry and chariot soldiers, similar to the later straggler formations, with small mixed infantry fighting alone in the ranks of the Shiwu, especially Wu and Chu (the chariots are few, it is not that they cannot be equipped, but they are not of great use, and the water networks of the two countries are dense, which is not suitable for chariots and soldiers to gallop).

The Goose Formation is a special tactic of crossbowmen, and its strength lies in increasing the density of crossbowmen's frontal ranged firepower.

Xuanxiang and hook line are more complicated, unless they are well-trained, they can be used freely, and the power is also great, which is equivalent to the cooperation of the arms of the large corps.

Taking Xuanxiang as an example, the crossbowmen are in the front formation, retreating after shooting, the chariot soldiers are on both sides, the halberd is in the middle formation, and the spear is in the rear formation, paying attention to the attack wave after wave. At that time, in the Central Plains, only Wei and Qin could line up to meet the enemy. In "Jing Ke Assassinating Qin", there is a scene of the Qin army's attack on South Korea in the formation of the Xuanxiang formation, which is very beautiful, with black clothes and black armor, there is a dead silence on the battlefield, and all arms attack in turn, which is very imposing.

The hook line formation is the ultimate formation of the standard chariot soldiers, the chariot soldiers are arranged at both ends of the hook in advance, and the crossbows, halberds, and spears are placed in the middle. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, "the four green dragons were born, and the white tigers were three to the Tang Dynasty" refers to:

One reincarnation: Shan Xiongxin (Qinglong) Luo Cheng (White Tiger);

Second reincarnation: Gai Suwen (Qinglong) Xue Rengui (White Tiger);

Three reincarnations of Qinglong: Su Baotong (Qinglong);

Qinglong Four, White Tiger Three Reincarnation: An Lushan (Qinglong) Guo Ziyi (White Tiger)

Of course, these titles are only fictional in fiction, not real.

A reincarnation: Shan Xiongxin (Qinglong) Luo Cheng (White Tiger); Luo Cheng was entrusted by his parents to lead the generals and brothers of the Beiping Royal Mansion to Shandong to congratulate Qin Qiong's mother on her 60th birthday. Because he didn't like the people in the green forest in his life, and he was conceited of his martial arts, he was looking forward to someone coming to rob the road, and shouted that he had brought a lot of treasures while hurrying on the road, which led to a skirmish with Shan Xiongxin and other people in the green forest who came to celebrate Qin's mother's birthday. all participated in the Jia Liulou uprising. After the defeat of the Wagang army, Luo Cheng, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Yanjin went to Luoyang, and Shan Xiongxin became Wang Shichong's concubine. In order to keep Luo Cheng and the other three, Wang Shichong cleaned up a mansion for him, called the "Three Sages Mansion". Then Xu Maogong disguised himself as a Taoist priest and took away Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin, Luo Cheng stayed in Luoyang due to illness, and then Wang Shichong was named the king of one word side by side. When Li Shimin led his army to attack Luoyang, Luo Cheng escaped from Luoyang City and defected to Li Shimin. After Luo Cheng returned to the Tang Dynasty, Wang Shichong invited reinforcements to help defend Luoyang, and together with himself, he had a total of five anti-kings, namely Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Gao Tansheng, Zhu Can, and Meng Haigong. After Qin Qiong was wounded, Li Shimin made Luo the marshal, captured all the anti-kings of the Five Roads, and beheaded Shan Xiongxin.

Second reincarnation: Gai Suwen (Qinglong) Xue Rengui (White Tiger), and Qinglongxing was reincarnated as Gai Suwen, a controversial iron-fisted military dictator at the end of the Goguryeo Kingdom. Attacking Silla and destroying Baekje, Tang sent a special envoy with an edict to Goguryeo to mediate and stop it, but Gai Suwen refused. After the Tang Dynasty Taizong conquered the east, Xue Rengui had a good strategy to settle the war, set the Tianshan Mountain with three arrows, and bravely collected Liaodong. Qinglong was reincarnated as revenge, and at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, Gai Suwen killed twenty-six generals with flying knives, and all the righteous brothers of Wagang. Later, Gai Suwen was chased by Xue Li to the seaside in the Donggang of Wafangdian and killed, because Gai Suwen's blood stained the seaside, so this place was later called Hongyanhe.

The third reincarnation of Qinglong: Su Baotong (Qinglong), Su Baotong's grandfather Su Dingfang, the former subordinate of Liu Heimin, laid a trap on the battlefield to trap and kill Luo Cheng. Luo Tong took the opportunity to kill Su Lin in order to avenge the murder of his father, Su Dingfang under Muyang City wanted to exhaust Luo Tong, did not open the city gate and deceived him to break into battle everywhere, Cheng Biting Jin was furious, opened the city gate, and Luo Tong cut first and then played, killed Su Dingfang, and avenged Luo Cheng's revenge. The youngest son Su Feng fled to settle in the Western Regions, gave birth to Su Baotong and Su Jinlian, and her sister Su Jinlian married into the Hami King's Mansion. Su Bao was bent on avenging the family, instigated rebellion, raised troops to commit Tang, fought with Xue Rengui and Xue Dingshan's father and son, locked Yang City in three ways, and killed Tang generals Qin Huaiyu, Yu Chi Baolin, Yu Chi Baoqing, etc. In the case of exhaustion, he still fought with the Tang army, and was finally killed by Xue Dingshan.

The fourth reincarnation of the green dragon and the third reincarnation of the white tiger: An Lushan (Qinglong) Guo Ziyi (White Tiger) An Lushan.