How did military logistics work in the middle ages?

Question

I’m curious about the systems they had set up to deliver supplies to armies in the middle ages. Particularily stuff like supplying huge horde armies or cavalry armies. Were they self sufficient? Depended on nearby villages? Huge supply networks? Etc.

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Answer 1

Overwhelmingly pre-modern armies lived off the land. They basically took whatever they needed from locals.

Hell, even in the modern era this was still often the case. There’s a reason there’s a bit in the US bill of rights about quartering soldiers.