Governor Oze did not admit defeat so easily.
Although, he made a slight mistake in seizing the Ice Cave City, and was intercepted several times by warlords loyal to Conley during his northward march to the German city, and was wasted some time, so that Galvin and Anders The Northern Group Army took the lead in seizing the Ice Cave City, but he had no intention of letting go at all, and returned to the Beast Blood Castle in despair.
This is not just a battle of spirits, but a real battle of luck.
Oze is absolutely unwilling to just give up the Ice Cave City to Conley. That would be extremely detrimental to Schindler's overall form of war.
When the northern Ice Cave City is occupied, it means that the struggle surrounding the Ice Cave City in the past six months will end in the failure of Governor Oze, and all efforts will be in vain; In response to Oze's call, those small warlords who participated in the battle of Ice Cave City were either eliminated or turned to Kangli; it also meant that in the entire area north of Beast Blood Fortress, Oze's forces were all It will fall into a situation where there is no danger to defend, Beast Blood Fortress will suffer the most direct threat from the enemy from the north, and Ou Ze's army will lose a lot of room for strategic maneuvering.
The combination of all these reasons prompted Ou Ze to lead the army to continue northward, and he couldn't just release the important town in the north to Kang Li so easily.
So, despite the enemy's superiority in numbers, Ou Ze still led the troops and continued to march north.
The two great warlocks of the Northern Army are not timid at all. They have superior military strength, and their individual combat capabilities will not lose to Ou Ze's army. They are not willing to nest in the city safely and wait for Ou Ze to attack. In that case, even if they defeated Ou Ze in the battle of defending the city, it would be inconvenient to expand the results of the battle.
So, Galvin and Anders met, and after discussing it, they decided to go out of the city to fight.
On November 20th, a week after Dane captured Mihe City, the two armies in Ice Cave City fought a battle.
To be honest, Dane was taken aback when he was told that the decisive battle between the two armies in the northern ice cave city was about to start. He tried to attack violently in the south, and even crossed the Mi River, just to put pressure on Conley and try to slow down the outbreak of war in the north. But sometimes what you do may not necessarily achieve 100% of what you want.
Dane was very worried that Ouze would suffer a major defeat in this battle. Moreover, he is not optimistic that Ou Ze can win. Even, he has already started to think about what strategy he will adopt in the event of defeat in the northern war.
But fortunately, everything has not reached the point of no return.
While Dane was in fear, further news of the northern war came back.
Just as he expected, Ou Ze did not take advantage of this Northern War, let alone win. However, while he didn't take advantage of it, he actually didn't lose anything.
It is very likely that the commanders of both sides know that the outcome of this great battle will determine the life and death of the entire force. Therefore, whether it is Galvin and Anders, or Governor Oze himself, when dispatching troops , will become very cautious.
It is also this kind of caution that caused the two sides to fight, somewhat restrained, and rarely go all out. Even if they see some good opportunities, they will rarely really try their best and mobilize a lot of strength to pounce on them.
In this way, the two sides seemed to be at war with each other, looking like they wanted you to die, but after several collisions, it was true that no one could do anything to the other.
But Ou Ze still suffered a bit.
In fact, the ratio of casualties of both sides is almost the same. However, what you need to know is that the military strength of Governor Oze is one-third less than that of the other side. With the same exchange ratio, it seems that no one will suffer, but if you continue to fight, Ou Ze will not be able to hold on sooner or later. Perhaps, 30,000 to 40,000 people can maintain the same exchange ratio, and 20,000 to 30,000? How about 10,000 vs 20,000? The ratio of soldiers to soldiers will become smaller and smaller, and the disadvantage in strength will become larger and larger accordingly.
After exchanging blood and fighting for a while, Ou Zelu took the initiative to retreat after losing a lot of manpower in the battle.
This kind of retreat and retreat are of course two different things. The northern army on the opposite side dared not rush to catch up with them. What's more, for Galvin and Anders, as long as they don't mess around, the advantage will always be on their side, so why take such huge risks
They did not chase very closely, nor did they relax completely, they kept a steady pace, and pushed Governor Oze's ass step by step, all the way south and east, towards the direction of Beast Blood Fortress. . This way is very clear. What they want is to use their own superior forces to continuously compress the living space of Governor Oze, and finally force Oze's army back to Beast Blood Castle and trap him in it.
In this way, of course, it is not as refreshing to directly defeat Ou Ze's army, but if Ou Ze's army can be surrounded by Beast Blood Castle for a long time, it will be another form of elimination.
Of course Ou Ze himself didn't want this kind of thing to happen, but under the enemy's terrifying strategy and use of troops, it was really difficult for Ou Ze to think of any solution for a while, and he couldn't turn his head and fight the enemy to the death. In terms of Governor Ou Ze's character, it's not that he doesn't have this kind of courage, but the chances of success in doing this kind of thing are too low, and he is absolutely unwilling to do it unless the situation is really desperate and he has no other choice.
And right now, that's clearly not the case.
Ou Ze, who is constantly fighting and dealing with the enemy, is not so uninformed about the news from the outside world. He knew that Dane did not go to Kangli as he had feared, but marched northward very resolutely, even destroying the regular army led by Heka Tim, a high-ranking War Warlock MP in Kangli.
According to Oze's judgment, the destruction of the Hekatim Legion means that there is no barrier to the south of Cinderella. If Dane is willing, he can continue to march northward, and he will be able to approach the city immediately and directly threaten the capital city.
Ou Ze didn't expect Dane to be able to capture Cinderella in one battle, that would be unrealistic. He just hoped that Dane could continue to put pressure on Conley in the south in order to bring about a turnaround in the overall situation. (To be continued.)