A cavalry charge is not a test of numbers or brute force; it is a test of courage.
In actual warfare, scenes of cavalry units charging headlong into one another rarely occur. First, the kinetic energy carried by a galloping warhorse is immense; a frontal collision would result in death or injury for both sides. Few are willing to employ such a "one-for-one" tactic. Second, warhorses are neither blind nor stupid—and they are quite timid. Upon seeing a cavalry unit charging toward them, they instinctively swerve to avoid it. Consequently, most cavalry charges result in the two sides brushing past each other at the flanks.
On the battlefield, Hao Yaoqi and Cha Binxun initiated their charges simultaneously.
Chapter 556