The cavalrymen on horses on both sides could be seen menacingly circling each other, as they threw javelins, pilla and spear and sword stabs, as they tried to open an opportunity to charge once given the slightest chance.
The far more agile Matbar (Marquiss) forces would try and conduct hit and run tactics on their much heavier armored foe, while Menes's men tried to bait them to come closer so that even their slower attacks landed.
Now normally, in such a case the lighter skirmishing force would win as it would be able to eventually whittle down the enemy slowly but surely, and kill it with a thousand cuts.
But this was not a normal battlefield.
Here the flat terrain was limited and if any unit left it, they would find themselves in a severe disadvantage, even risking losing their horse on the rough slopes.
