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Midwit whig history retardation. Both peasants and nobles fought in formation, in that case it's literally impossible to simply stand in the sidelines and pick people off. Life is not a fucking Hollywood movie. If anything the nobility on horseback charged in first (from the flanks, if their commanders were not retarded) and the peasant spearmen literally just ran away in terror. It was not uncommon for ordinary levies to rout at the mere sound of approaching cavalry. Try standing first in line while the Earth literally shakes around you from thousands of horses galloping, and you'd quickly see why. Once the first row breaks everybody else does, it's mob psychology 101.