Menes had managed to reach the top of the ridge first, aided by his unique unit formation, and was able to bear onto the Tibian scout commander with the full might of his twenty thousand 20,000 men, almost instantly crushing him.
But just before Flamino started to despair, aid from Perseus arrived at just the nick of time, in the form of two thousand, 2.000 forward cavalry units.
He had sent them galloping ahead to help Flamino in case of any unforeseen circumstances.
And then following this, a few while later, before Menes could destroy those 6,000 men, the bulk of Perseus's phalangites crashed into the legionaries, devolving the battle into a slogging match.
The match staring 22,000 spear wielding Tibians vs 20,000 sharp bladed Zanzanians had begun.
