>affected the civilian population less than in later ages lol. lmao, even. Just an army moving through a region - just walking, scouting and "foraging" (this

>affected the civilian population less than in later ages lol. lmao, even. Just an army moving through a region - just walking, scouting and "foraging" (this doesn't mean bushes, this means looting from rural villages) - guarantees a famine for those involved. Only the invention of the railway prevented (no, lessened) this.