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I have noticed that a gallic chariots take a very little time to slaughter an enemy cavalry with a little loss, so I am just wondering how it can be possible when it only involves some outdated chariot with about 1-2 skirmisher upon it and really nothing very striking about it?

I remember reading about it History that the Egyptians employed very much of a chariots but with coming of the Assyrians and their improved warfare then it was emphasised more upon a cavalry. So if historically speaking the chariots were replaced by a more mobile cavalry and chariots were only used on some special occasions as some superflous show, then how could such chariots be so much superior when fighting cavalry like the RTW vanilla and EB show.

Like if one were seeing a real historical battle and would notice a chariots attacking a cavalry then how would they manage to achieve a victory through their equipment and tactical formation?
Cavalry is cheaper and more cost-efficient than chariots; a horde of 100 HAs can shoot twice as many arrows as their equivalent in chariots (100 horses = 50 chariots at most). Cavalry is also more versatile regarding terrain. Riders can fight while standing still.
Those advantages are serious enough to outweigh drawbacks compared to chariots. So far for reasons why cavalry replaced chariots. They weren't better in every role, they were just far more efficient.

As to direct combat, spinning blades are not good for horsies' legs. Nor are wheels or other mechanical contraptions moving at high speed. When combating chariots, the best thing to do for a cavalry force is to try to gun them down with javelins and arrows, or to dismount and form a phalanx of some sorts.