Battle Of Ulai - Picking Sides

MY opponent, 'Reg', gets to choose which army to command, and he has bravely - foolhardily? - picked the Elamites, sinking his persona into that of King Teumman, and I will refer to him as such from now on.

Next, we select our forces from the army lists.

I get to choose from the following Assyrian list.

CHARIOTS heavy chariots, elite 1-2 units
CAVALRY close-order, light protection, average 1-2 units
PROFESSIONAL INFANTRY professional, close-order, heavy protection, average 2-4 units
SPEARMEN biblical infantry, medium protection, average 2-4 units
ARCHERS open-order infantry, light protection, levy 0-2 units

Bearing in mind that all of the Elamite troops will be bow-armed, I have decided I want as many fast-moving units as is allowed, so I can close with the enemy in the shortest time possible.

Accordingly I have gone for all four available mounted units, and they will be supported by two units of professional infantry (remember, these can shoot with half their bases each turn, even if moving) and two units of spearmen.

My Assyrians (left-to-right): two units of spearmen, cavalry, two chariot squadrons, more cavalry, two units of professional infantry

The blue chariot squadron is the one that includes King Ashurbanipal.

My opponent has a much more limited list to choose from, but he has varied from the setup I posted here by dispensing with close-order archers, so his army consists of a squadron of medium chariots and nine units of open-order bowmen.