I rather agree with you Web. The reasons behind fighting have changed dramatically from political to pure survival. Sure there will be some who want to go home, but the majority of soldiers (and many civilians) will see the phrase "safety in numbers" really does hold significant meaning.
Units are likely to stay together, even grow as they absorb the surrounding population into their sphere of influence and become very much like feudal kingdoms with the military forming the ruling class and the camp followers and civilians acting as the peasants.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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