Seriously, Salamanders?
They have like 20 encumbrance, any chaff will stop them And kill them once they pass out.
As for Abysian infantry, easiest way to deal with them would be destruction + archers early on. Once that protection goes does they are pretty easy to kill with archers, slow and no shield. What ever is left can be easily knocked down by your even most crappy troops due to their naturally low defense.
Not sure if Eriu has E2 mages doe.
