Although the Barbarians had now broken through their defensive line, they did not dare flee straight north through the breach. After all, powerful formations of the Northern Alliance Army surrounded them.
If the Barbarians chose to flee north, they would only face pursuit by the Northern Alliance Army. Burdened by their vast following, the Barbarian army would meet with nothing but defeat.
After deliberation, the officers of this Northern Alliance Army force finally decided to launch another night raid at dusk against the two areas occupied by the Barbarians, to see whether they could drive them out.
If they failed, there was no need to rush. If all else failed, they only needed to keep buying time.
According to their earlier communications with the Expeditionary Army, its main force was only a little over a day away.
They only had to hold out through tomorrow and then for one more day. Once the Expeditionary Army arrived, they could pin the Barbarians down completely at the Shattered Ice River, and these Steppe Barbarians would be utterly destroyed.
The Barbarians also analyzed the day's fighting. Although they had achieved a breakthrough, the outcome still fell short of their hopes.
At least for now, getting the entire Barbarian army across the river remained extremely difficult. Only the area occupied by Keledu's force was reasonably safe.
Having only this one safe area also made the Barbarians' river crossing painfully slow. Relying on boats alone, they had so far managed to transport only thirty thousand people to the area Keledu occupied. Those thirty thousand were already close to its capacity; according to Keledu, the captured camp could hold forty thousand at most.
There was some good news, however. According to the Faith Order's master craftsmen, they would probably be able to erect a pontoon bridge