The "Pingrong and Ten Thousand Entire Formation" that appeared in the book yesterday was the work of Uncle Zhao's study of infantry versus cavalry. However, Uncle Guan made its appearance slightly earlier. In fact, this formation should be the first time in history.
It was only invented by Uncle Zhao when the Northern Expedition to Youzhou failed. Considering Yang Hao's time travel and the butterfly effect, even Xixia appeared a hundred years earlier. A slight deviation in this formation a few years in advance should be normal.
According to the "Wu Jing Zong Yao", the "Pingrong and Ten Thousand Entire Formation" consists of the forward, the rear, the center, the left wing and the right wing. Its main force is the center army, which consists of three square formations side by side, each led by a general; each
The formation is 5 miles on each side, with a circumference of 20 miles, totaling 7,200 steps; the three formations are all 1 mile apart, and the total width of the formation is 17 miles; among the three square formations in the central army, there is a chariot every 500 steps
, each vehicle is equipped with 22 "ground troops"; each formation is equipped with 1,440 tanks, and each formation is equipped with an additional 5,000 "ground troops". In total, the three formations of the Chinese army are equipped with a total of 4,320 vehicles and 110-040 soldiers.
In addition to chariots, each formation of the army is equipped with weapons and equipment such as horses, spears, bed crossbows (large repeating crossbows), infantry crossbows, infantry bows, swords, shields, etc. In addition, each formation also has a "watchtower cart"
There are 8 movable watchtowers, each with 80 "Wangzi" soldiers.
The left and right military formations each have two rows, with 125 teams in the front row, each team has 50 cavalry, a total of 6250 cavalry. There are 125 teams in the rear row, each team has 30 cavalry, a total of 3750 cavalry. That is, each left and right wing formation has 10,000 cavalry, and the two formations have a total of two
Ten thousand cavalry, and another 650 cavalry cavalry in the front and rear formations. There are also two ranks of cavalry in the front and rear formations. The front row is 62 teams, each team has 50 cavalry, a total of 3100 cavalry. The rear row is 62 teams, each team has 30 cavalry, a total of 1860 cavalry, and there are also probing horses.
40 cavalry. There are 5,000 cavalry in the front and rear formations, totaling 10,000 cavalry. The left, right, front and rear formations are all composed of cavalry, including light cavalry and cavalry using lances, gudu and regiment cards and other equipment.
(The above information comes from Baidu)
The use of so many personnel, mainly infantry and supplemented by cavalry, is in line with the situation in the Song Dynasty where there were more infantry and fewer horses. It at least proves that Uncle Zhao did not arrange the formation randomly. As for the effect of the formation he tinkered with, we can find out from later generations.
An example to prove——
The example we are looking for is none other than Zongze.
Zongze was a famous official who fought against the Jin Dynasty. He once said that "Ze said that he should rush to meet Li Gudu to cut off the enemy's return route. The others refused to follow him, so he sent his troops to cross the river. On the way, he met the Northern Army. He sent Qin Guangbi, Zhang De and Zhang De to attack from a flank, and they were defeated.
After the Jin people were defeated, they kept their troops and divided them into camps. Ze sent strong men to attack his army at night and destroyed more than thirty villages. "In the first month of the second year, Ze went to Kaide and won all thirteen battles." You must know the story of Zong Zong.
Ze used the exhausted troops from the late Northern Song Dynasty to deal with the Jurchens who had just destroyed the Khitan and were said to be "invincible". Since his results were so remarkable, why didn't I call Mr. Zong a "famous general" instead of a "famous general"?
How about saying he is a "famous minister"?
Because Mr. Zong Lao is not a military commander at all.
Zongze, named Rulin, was born in Yiwu, Wuzhou... He was promoted to Jinshi in the sixth year of Yuanyou... He was transferred to Tao Wei of Daming Hall... He was transferred to Longyou Order of Quzhou... He was transferred to Zhaocheng Order of Jinzhou... He was informed of Ye County in Laizhou...
Tong San Dengzhou...
The above is the resume of Zongze before the outbreak of the Song-Jin War. It can be seen that Mr. Zong has always been a civil servant and has never done military service. The reason why he was able to win all thirteen battles is because he carefully studied
He learned the formation map left by Uncle Zhao and even solemnly gave it to Yue Fei——
Ze Daqi said: "You are brave, intelligent and talented, which cannot be surpassed by ancient generals. However, you are good at field battles, but there is no foolproof plan." Because he was given the formation map, Fei said: "The formation is then fought. The art of war is regular and the use is wonderful. It’s almost like one heart.” Ze was his words.
If you, as a leader, have good intentions to cultivate promising subordinates, let them study hard and make progress every day, and learn more about formations, and he actually refutes you - what would you think? This incident illustrates at least two points, firstly It was because Zongze was a very kind man, and secondly, Zongze was really not a war major, and he knew that Yue Fei could not use his improvised methods, so he was not angry.
Going back to the topic, being able to let an old scholar fight with great vigor not only shows that there were indeed few generals in the late Northern Song Dynasty, but also shows that the Second Uncle's system is indeed effective.
Does the formation diagram have any shortcomings? Of course it does. Its shortcomings can also be found from the above examples. "Destroy more than thirty villages" and "Victory in thirteen battles", doesn't it look very good? There is something missing. Something, that is, the number of enemies killed. It is written in historical records that Huo Qubing sealed Lang Juxu, "Zhilu captured 70,000 ugly men with level 443, and the division rate was reduced by ten." This shows that it is indeed a great victory. At the same time, It also shows that recording the number of enemy kills is a tradition in our country's history books. Zongze used formation diagrams to defeat the enemy, but people ran away if they couldn't beat them. Two-legged ones couldn't outrun four-legged ones, so naturally there was nothing they could do. Its vitality has been eliminated.
