Quote Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai View Post
In RTW, I will often arrange my forces in two groups at nearly 90 degrees to the river, and place my general with a few of my best infantry in the middle facing the enemy.
I at least try for crossed spears across my end of the bridge; the way phalanx forms up, it is not always perfect. I put skirmishers/legionaries (usually skirmisher, more ammo) behind my phalanx to pelt the enemy as they are on the bridge, and maybe archers/slingers on the sides, as I mentioned in the first post. If not using phalanx, the horseshoe would probably be better. The spears-over-bridge is only marginally successful in EB, your units will not really stab, but just keep the enemy at bay, only killing a few at a time; you will usually win if you leave it be, but it will take forever. Against Baktria, with their cataphract bodyguard, it is tedious.
As for the fords, the enemy almost never goes for them, I never put my guys near one until after the enemy has started crossing the bridge, just so I don't tempt them.