No one knows whether things will get better if Governor Conley slows down the offensive and delays the progress of the full-scale offensive to the beginning of next spring as planned.
But Arkady thinks it will be better than it is now.
Before, Hackett and others strongly suggested that Governor Conley launch an offensive in advance, saying that Dane in the south is developing too fast, and Governor Ozer is also progressing quickly in integrating the power of the East. If he does not start early, it will be delayed until the beginning of next spring. I don't know how much the advantage of our own side will save.
At this point, Arkady had refuted it, but it was useless. Governor Conley believed it.
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Because, in the past half a year or so, the information and feedback received from various parties, although the overall strength still has the advantage, but in terms of strength improvement and development, Governor Oze of Beast Blood Castle and Dai in the south of Schindler Well, it is indeed faster than them to get to the front line. It is precisely because of this that Governor Conley chose to launch an attack early.
However, the offensive launched in advance still did not achieve the expected results, so that it reached the current situation where it was difficult to ride a tiger.
No one could come up with any good solution, even the Akadi, who was opposed to radical actions, cautiously did not dare to make any suggestions after uttering the judgment of "the war hastily".
If you make random suggestions at this time, if something goes wrong, you will bear the cauldron of life and death.
In the huge hall, the atmosphere became extremely solemn after silence.
After a while, Kang Li finally spoke by himself.
He took a deep breath and said: "The offensive in the north cannot be stopped. Send an order to Galvin and Anders to step up their offensive immediately, capture Ice Cave City quickly, and suppress Oze's army from the north. Be tough, don't be afraid of a decisive battle. Ask the Legion left behind in the Lost City to send 3,000 people to support them, and transfer 2,000 people from Cinderella. In addition, integrate the group of warlords for me, and send at least 10,000 soldiers to the north. Hackett , you personally take the Shadow Warlock Squad to the north to join the battle."
As soon as these words came out, none of the following three people dared to object. Kang Li is still very courageous, regardless of whether the decision to launch an offensive in advance was right or wrong, but since the situation has reached the current point, retreating is the worst thing to do. In any case, the war will continue.
And that being the case, compared to Dane, the real enemy is Ou Ze. That's why he still demanded that the Northern Army continue to maintain a tough attitude, and even did not hesitate to draw another 15,000 troops from all sides to supplement them.
The military strength of those miscellaneous warlords may not be very powerful, but there are at least 10,000 soldiers, and they are all trained and formal soldiers with weapons, and they are not weak enough to be weak. And the total force of 5,000 people drawn from Cinderella and Lost City is Kangli's direct line of troops. Not to mention, the Shadow Warlock Corps, which can be called the capital of Governor Kangli's life, has been sent out.
In this way, in Governor Conley's Northern Army, the assembled troops will approach the total number of 40,000. Looking at this posture, Kang Li is already mentally prepared, even if it is a real decisive battle with Ou Ze, he will not hesitate.
However, even though he was so imposing, in fact, he had said so much and made so many arrangements, but he still didn't say a word about the solution to Dane who was stuck in his throat in the south.
He is thinking.
Arkady, Hackett, and Janice didn't dare to say a word below, and didn't dare to interrupt Conley's train of thought.
After a while, Conley said, "Janice, go to Iron Spiral for me. I want to talk to Dane."
Hearing this, Janice's expression changed drastically!
Conley ignored Janice's expression, turned to Arkady and said, "As for you, go find Tim Greeting Card. I'll give you 3,000 people, and you will also bring the Dark Spirit Warriors. Don't take the initiative to provoke Dane. But if he is really so ignorant and wants to continue to attack north, try to block him for me, delay his attack speed, and then... Prepare to defend Cinderella. However, I believe Dane will not be so stupid. "
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Dane, who was at Iron Spike Hill, was not in a hurry to continue heading north after he had completely gained control of the city.
Further north, there are actually no other strategic targets worth attacking. Some sporadic small cities are scattered on the wasteland, and if you continue north, you will reach the city of Cinderella.
Although it wasn't too difficult to fight Iron Spike Hill, he was not arrogant enough to really think that he could lead his forces to the north and directly capture the capital city of Cinderella.
Conley is not that weak.
But it is also impossible for him to do nothing after taking the city.
In addition to further clearing and controlling the whole city, Dane also dispatched a lot of troops to carry out indiscriminate raids and attacks on towns within a week's march north of Iron Spike Hill. He had to find a place to make up for the troops and money he lost at Tiedinggang, and he couldn't win the battle and lose money instead.
Among them, the most important target that he stabilized and needed to sweep up was the territory of the warlord Arnold. The unlucky Arnold originally brought his main force to rescue Dempsey. As a result, the rescue failed, and they were attacked midway, and the whole army was wiped out, and he died.
His legion is destroyed, but his territory and his wealth remain. These things are not so easy to transfer.
Although, after the news of Arnold's defeat came back, the people left behind in his territory would definitely be tempted, but Dane's actions were fast enough. Territory turned. I dare not say that all of Arnold's wealth was intercepted, at least most of it fell into his hands.
This made Dane a fortune. Arnold's accumulated wealth is still quite a lot. After accounting, Dane got 60,000 to 70,000 gold coins without counting the real estate in the towns, the surrounding manors and villages that belonged to him, just gold coins, jewelry and some collections. .
He had to sigh with emotion once again, the way of fighting to support war and plundering is indeed the fastest way to get money.
However, no matter how you say it, the victory in the Battle of Tieding Hill can only be regarded as a phased victory, and it is far from the time to truly reap the fruits of victory. Dane's mind is still clear, and he won't be complacent just because of this victory. But, even so, he still hasn't figured out what kind of policy and strategy he will have next.
After all, no matter what kind of strategy, it needs to be based on how the enemy will react. (To be continued.)