OK, lets say (just imagine) that one hero with master leadership allows 100 archers to attack.
now, on tactical servers, if you want 500 archers to attack, you need 5 groups, each with 1 hero and 100 archers.
now, on non-tactic servers, if you want 500 archers to attack, you need 1 group with 5 heroes and 500 archers.
Do you get it?
Also, hero's skills work in a different way. in battle, there are 1 minute rounds. in each round, a hero is randomly assigned to a random unit. That unit will get all of the hero bonus (like they normally would if that hero was in a group with the selected group).