In the vast snowfield, the black iron stream is like a giant python winding and moving. This was the main force of the Teutonic Knights, and this time they finally decided to attack Novgorod. Although a sudden snowstorm a few days ago disrupted their plans, it was only delayed. In the eyes of the knights, the blizzard was just a few more days for Novgorod to survive.

"Maximilian, this time we must not disappoint the Grand Master again, otherwise the Grand Master will inevitably lose his voice and make the Livonian faction even more aggressive." Wiggins sat in the car and whispered to the captain of the Maximilian district in front of him. In this battle, they were responsible for commanding most of the auxiliary infantry, and they only had a small number of elite mecha knights in the feint. However, their task was very heavy, they had to hold back the main forces of Novgorod and buy time for the main knights of the Teutonic Order to force their way across the Neva.

Although they have always despised the combat effectiveness of the Rus', relying only on the firepower of the traditional army and a small number of knights, it is also very difficult to face the new army of Novgorod equipped with a large number of T-type mechas. This means that they will face very serious casualties.

"Livonian faction?" Wiggins shook his head, "I've always felt like there's something wrong with this. Originally, the Grand Master's idea was to gradually encroach, and only those madmen from Livonia would think of crazy expansion against Rus. Although the Teutonic Knights had been at war with the Rus' for a long time, the Nativist or Prussian faction had always advocated a policy of encroachment on the Rus', and most of them had participated in the Battle of Constantinople, so there were also those who advocated a return to the East, and for the pious Teutonic nobility, the conquest of the East was the real honor. But the Livonians, who later converted, did not have this consciousness at all. Their ancestors were all once conquered by the Rus, so hatred for the Rus runs in their bones. The so-called Knights of the Sword was nothing more than a façade, the Livonian faction was nothing more than some war maniacs in the eyes of the Prussian faction, and joining the Holy Church and merging with the Teutonic Knights was only to eliminate the Rus with the help of Western forces.

Because of this, many veteran knights are very jealous of the Livonian faction, and at any time, they may be defeated by the following. Especially now, the knights of the Livonian faction have destroyed Pskov, and their arrogance is even more arrogant.

"Maybe the Grand Master also wants to use this battle to consume the strength of the Livonian faction, but they have been fighting all the time, but this time they oppose the Grand Master's plan, and they obviously don't want their own people to become the main force of the attack."

"Perhaps! Hmph, if it weren't for the fact that these Livonian nobles were born with an affinity for mechas, how could we have accepted these dirty heretics, but now there is a danger of being anti-guest-oriented, and it is to raise tigers! Maximilian sighed.

"We're almost at the place we planned, and we'll have to separate from the Grand Master." Watching the vast expanse of snow outside the car gradually crack, a large river of ice appeared in front of them, blocking the way, although the extremely cold weather made the ice thick enough for soldiers to pass, but it was very dangerous for the mech.

"Even the river here is frozen, and it seems that the Neva is the same." This time the Teutonic Knights made such a big fanfare, I'm afraid that the Novgorod side had already prepared.

"Probably, most of the principalities in Rus' have sent troops to support this time, and the list on you and me is not light!" Wiggins ordered the army to pause for a moment and wait for instructions on the next step.

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"Is Novgorod still not moving?" Kniprod asked with a low face. It was too quiet along the way. When they went on an expedition to Pskov before, the Rus' used all means to use the terrain to stop them, but this time they chose to march in the bitter cold, but Novgorod did not let them go through the places conducive to ambushes, so that the original plan to take this opportunity to destroy the main Rus' forces was completely frustrated. Kniprode's heart was full of impatience at the moment, which was too abnormal and unsettling.

"Grand Master, what shall we do?" The subordinate next to him asked.

"Continue as planned, and in addition, let those people continue to keep an eye on every grass and tree in Novgorod, and report to me immediately if anything happens." Kniprod's face was full of heaviness, he had this feeling since yesterday, the core of the Novgorod new army was gone, and now the defense is only the Rus' coalition army, although there are more than 30 mecha sent by the Grand Duke Vladimir, but without the reinforced T-type mecha that the elite new army has, there is no danger to the Teutonic Knights. Kniprode felt more and more unable to understand the man's intentions.

Alexander: Is this the move you made? That's too casual! Even if your new army doesn't show up, there's nothing stopping me. What's next for you?

Kniprod said silently in his heart.

Sitting in the steam locomotive, several of the knights' backbones who followed him were about to speak.

"What do you want to say? Say it now. And Kniprod immediately saw it, and asked in a calm tone.

"Grand Master, can we change our original plan?"

"Change your plans?"

"Yes, in fact, whether or not Alexander can be eliminated is secondary, and his new army is the same, now the core of this battle is the city of Novgorod, once this place is captured, the Rus' coalition army will not only be scattered, Alexander will also become a lost dog, without supplies, those new armies will not be able to threaten us." One of the knights spoke his mind. "Now is the best chance, Novgorod only has those rabble defenses, as long as we concentrate our forces, even if Alexander has any intrigues, as long as he breaks Novgorod, he will have no skills."

"You still don't know the man too well." However, Kniprode only shook his head, "How could that kind of person not think that this level, if you attack directly according to your plan, it means that it is very likely to be attacked by Aristotle's new army, we have limited numbers this time, if we lose both, it will not work." He rejected the proposal outright.

Kniprod looked at his subordinates and said solemnly: "For you, the most important thing this time is to capture the gateway of Northwest Rus', and for me, Novgorod is only secondary, what really matters is Alexander, the power of Rus has not been underestimated since ancient times, what he lacks is only an excellent leader, and Alexander is the kind of dangerous existence that can integrate the power of Rus'. So I'm going to kill it completely while this danger is still budding. That way I can sleep peacefully. Otherwise; Sooner or later, Rose became a big problem for the Knights. (To be continued.) )