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The so-called array diagram is to draw the array method into a figure, draw it on brocade, paper, ground or pile it up with sand to form an intuitive object. This is an array diagram. The written records of Zhuge Liang's array law have not been handed down, and the eight-array map has been lost in the Tang Dynasty. However, it is said that Zhuge Liang once built an array with stones. It is said that the remains of the 8864 piles of stones on the Yudu River are the eight arrays left by Zhuge Liang. Combined with a few words of Zhuge Liang's eight-array diagram, a reasonable simulation is made. Modern military strategists believe that the eight-array diagram is a group square, and each eight-array diagram has eight small arrays distributed in eight directions around the central array. In the center of the eight-array diagram, there are generals, golden drums and horses directly under them. This is the middle array diagram. Each small array has the code names of heaven, earth, wind, cloud, dragon, tiger, bird and snake. This is the saying that "the number of arrays is nine" in Li Tang's title, so in the Song Dynasty, the eight-array map was also called the nine-army array.
The arrays in each direction are grouped into six small arrays, and the middle array is grouped into sixteen small arrays. There are sixty-four small arrays in the whole phalanx, which is just in line with the number of eight piles, eight piles and sixty-four piles of rocks in the ruins of Jiang Lei. After the big phalanx, there may be a small array of twenty-four rangers, and a * * * is eighty-eight small arrays. These small phalanxes can be cavalry, infantry and motorcades, consisting of dozens to hundreds of people. The crossbowman is in the front row, the long weapon is in the middle, and the short weapon is in the back row (sometimes in different order). In order to delay the enemy's attack and give full play to the power of the crossbowman, the Shu army also set up obstacles such as rushing cars, antlers and thistles in its defense.
Zhuge Eight Arrays belong to the defensive formation. The advantage is that there is no weakness in deployment. When attacked in any direction, there is no need to fundamentally change the entire large array. If a place is attacked, an adjacent array with two wings can automatically become two wings to protect and support the attacked array. However, the shortcomings are also obvious. First of all, such a complex Zhuge eight-array diagram needs a lot of time to train and has poor maneuverability. In order to maintain the integrity of the formation, it is not allowed to run forward and do not run violently when retreating. This is Li Tang's question that "the past is the back, the future is the front, there is no speed before, and there is no retreat after", so the Eight Arrays is a very conservative defensive formation. Without a big defeat, it is equally difficult to win a big victory. Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan six times, and Jiang Wei also attacked Wei many times, without great defeat or great victory. It can't be said that it has nothing to do with the Shu army's eight-array war. ?
But personally, I think that the above is only the foundation or embryonic form of Zhuge Eight Arrays, because relying on such a rigid formation, it seems that it cannot compete with Cao Wei of Shu, whose strength has been weak for decades, and it is not commensurate with Zhuge Eight Arrays, which has been praised for thousands of years. Moreover, the combat area belongs to the mountainous environment, and the Eight Arrays is more suitable for infantry to fight in the plain ... So personally, I think Zhuge Eight Arrays should have many changes. When there are ditches and trees on the ground, and so on. And when marching and attacking, there must be various formations. However, due to the limitation of data, it is quite difficult to study Zhuge Liang's Eight Arrays in depth ... And I personally think that the so-called Zhuge Eight Arrays is not just a battle formation, but through the training of "Eight Arrays", the combat guiding ideology, preparation and training of the Shu army are infiltrated into the Shu army. ...
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