There were previous examples of people trying to have a deep wing that would do things, but if you take me back to my primitive phalanx here about 600-650 they're not doing that stuff yet.

先前有例子,人们会在布阵时增加两翼的排数,如果再回到我这里的原始方阵,公元前六百到六百五十年的方阵,不会采取这种方式

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