How did army combat work pre-guns?

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Obviously you can’t just have hundreds to thousands of people from both sides swinging at each other aimlessly, the massacre would be ridiculous and plus that just seems dumb. Movies always show it as massive groups running across a field and falling on each other’s swords. The front line is guaranteed to die and the back can’t do anything, and I’m sure trampling your own men would be an issue. How did armies actually engage each other?

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There were still various types of ranged weapons throughout history before guns.

Spearmen

Bowmen

Catapults

Trebuchets

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