Talk:Katze Plains/@comment-172.1.214.27-20180412201950/@comment-34666853-20180413173617

To reiterate what I've already stated:

"OP is not asking why they go to war. He's asking why this set piece type of engagements, hence my reply."

To reiterate some more, I've already made a point about why the long game:

"Why the Empire, a state with what I imagine is a real standing army, is quietly agreeing to all this gets tricky. Maybe they just don't have the logistics or the manpower to keep an entire army group well feed throughout what could be a long drawn out campaign if they ever attempt to seriously invade the Kingdom. The Kingdom is huge. They'd need a larger army, draw out their reserves. Not only that, they'd get bogged down by sieges and diseases which will spread faster now that there are more vectors crowded. So instead they just keep a professional standing army and slowly whittle down the Kingdom's able-bodied farmhands every year and maybe cripple them come harvest season, slowly but surely over a decade. Something's gotta give."

I still fail to see what I did wrong when I only replied to OP why the annual war is a set piece one by drawing historical parallels, one that is not at odds with anything established.