How to use cavalry?

[fomalhaut]

Yep Milites Illegertum helped out alot in Iberia. I especially liked how Carthage got a skin for them, it made them feel much more a part of my army. There was some tension between them and my Celtiberian Dunaminancae but when 4000 Lusotanians are surrounding you those hatreds tend to go right away

[Shade]

After playing no Total War but EB for a long time, I tried some Medieval 2. It was amazing how powerful cavalry charges were, especially from behind. I recall that at one point I had a full-cavalry army just marauding around the enemy countryside, causing chaos and destruction. It was just a family member plus a lot of heavy knights, so sieges were only winnable by waiting for the enemy to either starve or sally. Of course, I nearly panicked when I was cornered by an entire army of spearmen.

As it turns out, the sheer charging power of cavalry is more than enough to pummel through any spearman army.