By this time, the city of Pskov was already in the sights of the Rus' army. This army was completely different from the coalition troops stationed in the fortresses on the banks of the Novgorod Neva. There was not a trace of flaw in their military appearance and temperament, and from a distance, one thought that this was not the army of the semi-civilized Rus', but the famous Swiss Guard in the West.

In fact, the new army, which Alexander personally trained, has always adopted the Western model, which also makes this army completely different from the laziness of the Novgorod citizen soldiers, but shows absolute obedience. Most of them are young men from the lower city or the countryside, and they have no property, they used to be a factor of instability in Novgorod, but now they are the key to the defense of their country.

"Nobody is armed with rifles instead of smoothbore guns, and you have allowed your army to have these weapons. Even the West is not equipped with such weapons in every country. Where did you get it? Looking at these well-armed soldiers, Vasily felt that his troops, although they were called the trump cards of Tver, were like a group of beggars in front of them.

"General Vasily, you don't have to be surprised, these guns are not from the West, they are mass-produced from drawings that the East bought at great expense. These weapons, the Oriental people are not as bad as the Rastin people at all, even the newly developed rifle rifle developed by the Holy See is just a rifle imitating the Eastern army. Of course, in this war, the quality of the army's rifles can't change the situation of the battle at all, and it is the mecha knights who really have to rely on it! Sitting in the carriage, Alexander smiled slightly.

"Just this kid?" Vasily looked at Dante Constante, who was sitting next to Aristotle with his eyes closed, and was a little suspicious, if it wasn't for Alexander's own words, he really didn't believe that the person who drove the mecha before would be such an unremarkable young man. It's just a little too young, even if it's really a talented knight, can you really defeat the main knight of the Teutonic Knights? It is said that the main knights of the Teutonic Knights are all talented knights, even if they are limited in number, these knights are enough to surpass ordinary mechs, and even if they cannot defeat those knights in the face of the siege of several T-mechas, they can escape with their whole body, which is a painful lesson in Warsaw.

"You can rest assured of this, Kang Shi Dante Jun definitely has this strength." Alexander said with confidence.

"I hope you're not exaggerating, I don't want my men to die for nothing, even if I want to kill those damned brutes right now." In the battle of Langdenburg, all his men and cronies were killed, and only he escaped in humiliation, and the Duke of Tver not only did not blame but entrusted him with the task of leading the elite to assist Novgorod against the Teutonic Knights, and he said nothing that could not disappoint him.

"I understand your feelings, it's just that now we are waiting, the army in the city of Pskov is very skilled, but that city has been transformed into a fortress, taking it will only exhaust our army, all we have to do is wait."

"Wait? Waiting for the Teutonic Knights to break Novgorod? Vasily said coldly.

"Vasily-kun, it's useless for you to tell me this, even if Novgorod is broken now, we can't change it, not to mention that I won't worry about the life and death of those nobles." Alexander said in a languid tone.

"You ・・・・・・"

"Archduke Alexander means to wait for the main mecha of the Teutonic Knights to return to the division, without the support of the mechas, those armies that feinted to attack the fortress on the Neva River will not be able to help the coalition forces with Vladimir's mecha troops, and our current ease is only temporary." At this moment, Constance Dante, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and said flatly.

"The main force of the Teutonic Knights? Back to the teacher? Vasily, who was a little puzzled, muttered.

Seeing that Constance Dante had already said it, Alexander also decided not to hide it anymore: "The purpose of this battle is not as simple as destroying Novgorod, in fact, Kniprod is more interested in killing me. With their strength, the defeat of Novgorod is completely powerful. But the reason why they did not act all this time was because the Teutonic Knights did not want to expend too much force in Novgorod. Whether it was to advance towards Rus' or to Asia Minor, the Teutonic Knights needed sufficient power capital, otherwise their gains in Northwest Rus' would become the property of the Holy Roman Empire or the Holy See. Naturally, such a shrewd person would not be willing to do something stupid. Now, Vasily-kun, you understand. ”

Slightly silent, Vasily looked at the two people in front of him, and he still nodded.

"Are you really sure you can defeat the Teutonic Knights?"

"It's not a sure defeat, Vasily-kun." Alexander shook his head and smiled, "It's an extermination, although it's not a real extermination, but I'll let the funeral of the Teutonic Knights hold today in the glorious era of the Teutonic Knights, and all I need is your help!" ”

・・・・・・

"・・・・・・ reported that the 3rd Artillery Squadron had been prepared, and the two district captains had completed their deployment and began to attack the fortress. At the moment・・・・・・ there is no news of Alexander's new army. ”

After listening to the military intelligence report, the expression on Kniprode's face was a little delicate.

How so?

Is Alexander really going to abandon Novgorod? This is a place he has been running for ten years, and it is unbelievable to say that he will give up!

Not far away, the rumbling of artillery rang out, and the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky, and it seemed that the army led by Wiggins and Maximilian had launched an attack, but there was still no information about the appearance of Alexander's new army, which made Kniprode a little irritated. If Alexander does not appear, then this battle plan will be meaningless. Could it be that the situation was taken advantage of to capture Novgorod? But in that case, the loss was too great, and he quickly abandoned the plan, and Alexander was no longer in the city, and the price was completely different from the reward.

However, at this moment, another herald who hurried in opened the military tent and hurried over.

"Report, Pskov urgent!"

"What?!" Startled, Kniprod and the rest of the knights were taken aback, staring at the herald in a daze.

"Report to the chief, it's an urgent telegram from the two district captains from Pskov!" Some of the bewildered heralds looked at their commander, who was also staring at them, and had to repeat it in detail again.

Kniprod, with a solemn face, walked up and took the telegram, and when he saw the contents of the telegram, the man who had always been calm was a little unable to stand.

"Grand Master, what's wrong?" The generals looked at their Grand Master in bewilderment, not knowing what was happening.

And slowly put down the telegram in his hand, Kniprod gritted his teeth and sneered slightly: "What a means!" Alexander, are you ready to make a desperate bet with such means? Sure enough, I still can't fully understand you! What a good means! ”

"What's going on, Grand Master?" I didn't expect it to become like this after reading a telegram, and looking at the Grand Master, the knights were a little puzzled.

And Kniprod shot at his subordinates with a blue face, and finally gave the order.

"Maximilian and Wiggins continue to besiege the fortress, and all the rest of the knights immediately follow me back to rescue the city of Pskov and eliminate the main Novgorod forces attacking there!"

"What?!"

The audience was in an uproar! (To be continued.) )