Granted, the numbers were low.

Portuguese (+/- 350) 3 Spearmen & 3 Archers

HRE (+/- 250) Royal Knights, Chivalric Knights & Archers
and Urban Militia, if I remember correctly.

I was caught off guard (thought i had cavalry in all of my frontier provinces), but didnt want to loose the province (dont remember the name).

Anyway, i noticed that by moving my spearmen a unit at a time (they were grouped), and a little each time, seemed to confuse (?) the AI, because its cavalry didn't charge at me or tried to flank me. So i kept doing this with the Archers close behind reducing their ranks. Even when the archers were depleted did the AI atack.

Is this common???
Has anyone experienced anything similar?

I'd like to know how you guys handle a similar situation (facing cavalry without any to counter)

Thanx
Al Shama'ar