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(Most of the hoplites are keeping away. They have pretty long spears, so they're quite content to stay a few metres back. The infantry will have to try and charge through the spears.)

The Hoplites continued stabbing at the front ranks of infantry. They stabbed at the head and legs, where the shields of the infantry afforded little protection. The Hoplites who were too far back to fight raised their shields and spears, to deflect arrows.

200 of the archers continued their suppressive fire on the catapults, loosing an arrow cloud a few times a minute. The other 200 continued firing volleys at the archers. They had staggered their fire so that when the first 200 archers were reloading, the second 200 were firing, and vice versa. That made it difficult for the catapults to fire effectively. If they fired at the Hoplites, they'd risk hitting their own men.

The cavalry were kept in reserve. The front line was thin, and there were no openings for them to go through.