Helmar and Inga are good for large maps! You should have taken Ingvar! Oh well... Your friend is also wrong; if he had taken Ossir, it would have been over for you even sooner...
In general, I don't like games where you just gather troops and fight – sorry, but that's not strategy. There's a great way to counter Wing: equip your mages with artifacts that boost initiative, and that's it.
I already wrote that we have an agreement:
1. He's at the top (red)
2. I'm at the bottom (green)
3. Endgame – in the first week of the fourth month!
I understand that you don't like this agreement, but I wrote about it when I initially created this thread!