As with so many things I suspect it comes down to leadership and tactics - if you get to choose and prepare the ground a small lightly armed force could definit

As with so many things I suspect it comes down to leadership and tactics - if you get to choose and prepare the ground a small lightly armed force could definitely defeat a much larger force of heavily armed mounted knights. The Battle of Loudon Hill (1307) is a good example - look at the map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Loudoun_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Loudoun_Hill 'Crossing the T' in a land battle! This battle was included at the end of the Netflix movie 'Outlaw King', which although it includes a fair number of inaccuracies is perhaps better than most and at least is reasonably close to what happened (which is more than I can say for some comparable more famous movies): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3G-n_t_JE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3G-n_t_JE8