Lord Bernard's great success in his counterattack had as much to do with the incompetence of the natives as it had to do with another man- that young nobleman who waa his cousin.
In fact, it was he who had done the majority of the work here, planning and directing the men on how to attack and tear their opponent apart.
For example, it was he who divided the 3,000 men into 6 much smaller, more manageable 500 men chucks and let them lose into the world.
These units were far more effective at hunting the smaller five to ten Helvati group across the battlefield, and at one point, three such groups even managed to surround a huge contingent of more than 1,000 Helvati from three different directions and slaughtered them to the tee.
In that particular case, that young nobleman had even used himself as bait, using his shiny armor to taunt the enemy and lure them to the trap.
To do something like that even in the best of circumcenter took immense courage.