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Feeding a medieval soldier typically requires around 1 kilogram of grain daily. For an army of 20,000, this totals a remarkable 30,000 kilograms of food each day. Each transport cart can carry around 400 kilograms of supplies, necessitating 75 carts to suffice for one day’s march alone. This doesn’t include the additional burden on the army from horses, each consuming a daily allocation of 10 kilograms of food—a daunting figure when considering that 1,150 horses accompany this massive host.
The journey from Oldtown to Tumbleton, approximately 900 miles at a marching pace of 15 miles per day, spans an estimated 60 days, but logistical challenges like rest days and battles can stretch this timeline, creating cost inefficiencies that mount by the day.