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It kinda sucks that your closest neighbor has some of the best cavalry units in game, english are very archery driven team, and billmen aren't too great they're a cheap and unprofessional counter to armored opponents and can hold their ground to some less disciplined armored troops but they are horrible against cavalry and knights and easily frightened.

I'd say the only way you can fight against cavalry effectively with english is to counter it with your cavalry like mailed knights and try to get another group behind or side of the enemy cavalry. Spear militia is the only decent unit against the early cavalry units, you should allways recruit spear militia instead of town militia when they become available.

and Longbowman stakes usually stops cavalry charge from the front.