02-15-2013, 06:23 PM
It is a game of chicken. You want the guy with the spear to flinch before your horse does, so you need a horse that has the capacity to throw itself against a spear wall even though this is not the result you actually want during a successful charge. You want your mount to wheel away on YOUR command, not when it decides to.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books