Quote Originally Posted by SubRosa View Post

If both these are lacking, always remember that a stopped chariot is a dead chariot. You can mob a Chariot with any infantry and once it is bogged down it will not last long. Even Peasants will work if you have enough of them. But you will take a lot of casualties yourself.
Seconded, any form of chariots needs mobility to be effective, without them they are as good as dead.

Even multi hit-points Egyptian generals bodyguard (chariot) units die a swift death in city fights against the weakest of units.