Wars lasting a long time, especially before modern warfare technology.
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Few things to consider about medieval wars.
1) Armies weren’t that big. Usually a few thousand versus a few thousand.
2) Armies were usually quick to cut and run if things started turning against them. Some of the most decisive battles were when the losing side was prevented from running away and the losing army got destroyed in place.
3) Leaders were quick to sue for peace when shit went against them, and then use that time to build up more armies.
4) You had more sieges than actual battles, because raising an army was expensive and leaders would rather lose a castle or region far away from the capitol rather than spend that money.
5) Armies took a long time to build up and training.
6) Disease was quick to spread and a lot of armies fell apart when disease started in their ranks.
7) Armies could go rogue and just go into business for themselves, so the Nobility had to pay the leaders fairly regularly. This made raising armies risky for the leadership caste.
In some cases, like in medieval Europe, you had times of war where war would just…go on…for decades. With battles occasionally, but mostly just one side or the other pillaging one another’s regions, villages and such. It’s not even really fair to call it a time of war, when it was mostly just…
Well, imagine a Mad Max era, just with horses instead of cars.
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