Moral weight

How many provisions could a simple soldier of the medieval-like age carry around while deployed?

This answer was both simple and complicated at the same time, for there was no single, all-encompassing answer to the question I asked. 

From the corpses of the enemies we killed on our way to Madam's camp, I could tell that some could operate on their own for maybe a week… But most would have to really scrape by just to survive two days. 

Just like in was back in all the wars that happened on earth, while officers could get by, foot soldiers were screwed to the point of eating the bark off the trees just to get by. And while there was no other place as abundant in treebark as… well, a forest, how long would a soldier remain battle-ready with such a diet?

"If they run out of food, they can hunt or scavenge," Madam shook her shoulders. "And before they starve, more humans will invade."

Hearing those words, I couldn't stop myself from shaking my head.