Quote Originally Posted by Cybvep
It's not a cowardly tactic, it's just the useful one... Ambushes are the key to a successful guerilla warfare, and the guerilla warfare is one of the most effective and the longest of all "styles of war". It's as calling the Scythians and Sarmatians cowards - it's not cowardice, it's just pure tactics, and horse archers are IMO the most effective formation of the Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Look at the enemies of Rome - the ones who were experts in the guerilla warfare or based their strength on the horse archers were the ones who were the hardest to conquer (e.g. Iberians) or even were never conquered (e.g. Germans, Parthians).
You obviously don`t like word cowardly. But remember, that cowards are the ones who live longer. Bravery is very close to stupidity. The ones who invented ambush tactics weren`t brave heroes because brave heroes just run against the enemy and kill or let themselves killed. Abushes were invented by cowards who led heroes.