It works well for me because I have a numb hand from being run over by a drunk several years ago. Thus I need to see the keyboard when typing or working the controls because otherwise my left hand gets lost. This tactic slows the battle down because the spearmen don't move much. I also don't have to plan on the run provided that one of the paired HA & Spear units don't get overwhelmed by several enemy units. It can get quite scary to do this because it works best when you spread your army out encourage to the computer to spread it's army out. HA have problems against a disciplined army that with lots of foot archers and spearmen who refuse to charge.
On timed battles I can also occasionally get the entire opposition force to chase three or four groups of HA around the board until the time runs out. If I am defending a draw is sometimes enough because I have more forces coming.
Dart in shoot a volley of arrows run away until they stop chasing you and then repeat. You have be very conscious of the edge of the map but if you fighting an all infantry or army or one with slow cavalry you can normally not get trapped by having units come from different directions which will pull the opponent back and forth across the center of the board. This is difficult because most HA units have a low moral and you have to keep them from breaking
The object isn't to win but not to lose and to kill more of them than they kill of me. The AI doesn't seem to understand this concept.
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