Difficulty in Grey Wasteland

[basilios]

I'm a level 19 warrior and I've just entered the Grey Wasteland. I have 6 Giants, 101 griffins, 390 dryads, 134 Elf archers and 135 royal snakes (not exactly at full force, but almost there), but it seems all the enemy troops around are just as strong or stronger than me. I'm kind of stuck, because I can win maybe a couple of battles but my army is almost anihilated and at this point I just can't find enough cash to replace it.

Also, I haven't been able to beat the Wizard at Magic Valley - I can roughly beat the first opponent and then come the cyclops troop and it seems I can't win this.

Any suggestions?

P.S. : Oh, there's another : in Kordar I found that place (can't remember the name) that you reach by train from the mines. But I haven't found yet any quest related to it. Does that quest appear later in the game? Thanks!