Just picked warband back up... Floris mod.
Ended up in a 200 versus 650 battle to break a siege on Praven. 120-ish Swadian allies and 70-ish of my troops versus the Nords.
My troops were around tiers 3-4, mostly, except for a few tier 5s and 6s. Though, those tier 5s and 6s were elite Swadian Cavalry I picked up from prisoners. The terrain was hilly, but still clear enough to favor the Swadian Cavalry...
It was wholesale slaughter. Withering archer fire alone, freelancer, huntress and swadian archers counts for about half of all the kills, though running out of ammo sucks... while my infantry did well enough holding the line when they got close...
Now... the cavalry... especially the tier 5-6 Swadian cavalry... they cut a swath through the Nords, multiple times. Even though I had fewer of em at disposal... these guys just killed and killed like no tomorrow. Even dehorsed and put into the infantry line, they kept bringing the Nords down, stack of 4-5 of em in the melee line and it was a grinding machine.
At first, being the front line commander leading the cavalry charges myself... and hitting targets of opportunity... progressively taking damage. Near the end I just had to stay out of the fight, for fear of getting downed. I'd have lost if I couldn't command the troops.