Between attrition (lost in battle), needing to leave troops behind to control conquered territory, and longer supply lines, shouldn’t the armies have gotten significantly thinner and weaker.
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Many older armies engaged in forced conscription. They gave the men and boys of age the chance to join the army or die. Or, they would take thier wives and offer them the choice to join or she dies. In any case, it basically forced the conquered into subversion because anyone that normally would have fought back was now part of the enemy army or dead. I believe Ghingis Khan used this quit a bit.
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