Quote Originally Posted by Kor Khan
I agree with all of those, I've just got one to add:

When fighting an army with a battleline consisting entirely of phalanx unit, and your line is made out of non-phalanx units, don't engage the enemy head. Stretch your line out far, so as to hopefully envelope the phalanx, and keep a few units (make sure some of these are cavalry) in reserve to flank the enemy. Make sure that the units attacking the front of the phalanx are cheap and discardable ones. NEVER CHARGE A PHALANX HEAD ON WITH CAVALRY!
why not it works friggin brilliant, the companions blow a hole in it and pushes the line back until its seperated in two, with only a tiny amount of casualties. now thats bizarre, how can horses that are unarmoured (i dont think armour really matters thaT much in real) push a phalanx line (phalanx pikemen) back till it seperates and suffer minimal losses. what is that?????