Cavalry, and especially heavy cavalry, don't rely on lances alone to kill. An armored horse is basically a medieval tank capable of trampling all but the heaviest foot soldiers. If you get hit by a horse covered in steel plates going 25 mph, you're not gonna get up for a while.
Well, yes, I understand that. But that's not really relevant to the point.
Cavalry units can, and often do, take out more enemy soldiers in a single charge than there are mounted knights in the charge. And no other unit type in the game can, in one round, kill as many soldiers as they have men themselves. How many rounds would two 60-man infantry units have to wail on each other to wipe one of them out? 6? 10? Yet a 60-man cavalry charge can easily wipe out a 60-man heavy infantry unit in one charge, taking minor damage, just like happened in that battle. And the SADA Brewmasters are not light infantry either. That RC is 85/65. We're talking very well-armed, and pretty nicely armored soldiers.
I just can't look at that charge and think "You know, those hits should have been spread out farther and killed more men."
Edit: Added quote, since Foundation snuck a reply in there....
