This sort of loss may be pretty common, but it doesn't always happen. I left a Crusade sitting in its start province for over ten years before it started losing troops. Every year before that the darn thing just kept getting bigger. Of course it helped that the province zeal there was 100%, and the General I put in charge of the stack had max zeal too.

Crusade gains and/or losses during overland travel are heavily dependent on province zeal. That's why many players "pave" the way for their Crusades with Inquisitors in the travel path. They get to "hoover" more units from the factions they're travelling through.

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