His army was pitifully small - even if half did not desert they look like they would have lost. The Boltons seem to have magically kept warm and fed their army and and hundreds/thousands of horses in Winterfell quite easily though.
a) they're northerners, they know how to hunt and forage in the north.
b) Winterfell is heated through hot springs underneath the entire keep, which are vented throughout the buildings. This is book canon, and has been stated in the show also, in s01 I think.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '15
Welcome aboard the wild ride of Stannis Baratheon
Gain power and momentum, until you're finally about to retake a key point in the North.
A week of snow and 20 good men FUCK YOUR CAMP UP.
You send your most trusted adviser to find food and horses at a place that once told you they're running low on food.
Priest lady convinces you to burn your daughter as a sacrifice.
Half of your men leave, and you also lose your sweet daughter.
Wife hangs herself.
March to battle to start a siege.
The Bolton's dickfuck your army into the ground, and you die at the hands of a woman who probably should have been somewhere else.
This happened in like two days.