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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It needs to be understoof that supply lines weren’t really a thing. One of the reasons war in history was so bad for nations was it involved foraging off of the land, so friendly armies would work as hard as they could to get into enemy territory to forage as much as they wanted from THEIR lands and to preserve their own.
That way, and especially after repeated victories, when they began walking into shouting distance of their enemies, all their foes would see were grins and laughter and excitement/eagerness.
Facing an enemy as confident as that would shake even the hardiest of troops, and the ones that weren’t? Would break.
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