As William said, what happened next had little to do with Duke Otto's partiality.

It's like playing cards that have been thrown on the table. Cards that have already been used once will have a very small effect in the rest of the game. Now, what everyone wants to see is the card that has not been shaken off and is in hand.

Relative to the coalition, Tarta is just too good. To make matters worse, this poker game is not played with the cards that come first.

Rather, it's the opposite.

Despite Tharida Khan's best efforts to blockade the coalition forces. But at most, he can only do "harassment". In the absence of enough battlefields, nomadic hussars are also not omnipotent.

In this case, Duke Otto's letter was easily delivered. Then, after Duke Otto's letter arrived in Krakow, a new quarrel began.

A group of nobles and knights in Krakow hoped to send troops to defeat Sarida Khan and his elite cowardly army, as Duke Otto had said.

The other group of nobles and knights were more passive, hoping that the army would continue to hold on. Continue to garrison on the western side of the Vistula.

Although such a strategy appears to be very passive. But there are also benefits. In the summer, the Vistula River overflows and acts as a natural barrier. They had an army of fifty thousand in their hands. You can calmly stay in various places along the river.

The Centaur army was extremely strong in the field (by the standards of feudal armies), but naval battles, mountain battles, jungle battles, and storms were more than a notch behind.

They were able to build one of the most powerful nations in the world in the vast plains, but they could not achieve more in the interior of the human world, where the terrain was relatively narrow.

Not to mention that they still have an army of 50,000.

So the two sides quarreled. The progressives ridiculed the Diehards as cowards, misbreeders, and hypocrites. The die-hards, on the other hand, think that those who want to go and take on the Tartarya Khanate alone are insane.

"We can win, they can't even win the partial division led by Duke Otto. As long as we do our best, we can achieve the greatest victory of mankind over centaurs in history!"

"But that doesn't make sense. Instead, it will irritate the centaurs of Tarta, who will not discourage their hatred of us from losing 50,000 troops or a Great Khan. Next time, they will send hundreds of thousands, or even two hundred thousand troops!"

"Do not attack the enemy because they are afraid of the enemy's attack. If you're so scared, why don't you stay home with your kids?

"Because I have logic, we have normal thinking skills!"

"--, you're completely frightened, coward!"

Generally speaking, when it gets to this point, all that's left is pointless invective, and then it escalates from invective to beatings. The two sides fought hard in ping-pong. After that, they will either be carried away on a stretcher, or take a break to move their mouths, accumulate strength, and wait for the fight to continue.

"We don't need to put too much effort into Tartaria. We don't have enough cavalry, not even enough troops. We do not have an adequate foothold in the Cuman-Chincha steppe. We can't take it and defend it. Yiqiē's actions to take the initiative to attack Tartaria were only in vain. ”

"It's better to work in vain than to sit still. You ate the day before yesterday, you ate yesterday, you eat today, and you don't have to eat tomorrow? Or do you breathe one second, and you don't need to eat the next? The war with Tartaria may not bear fruit. But if there is no war with Tartaria, it will make it stronger and stronger. Until we can't fight him. ”

"It doesn't stand a chance! At the end of the day, it's just a barbaric alliance of nomads. As soon as a ruler dies, he is plunged into a new round of chaos. The more annexed, the faster it will collapse—"

"It's just your guess. What if the barbarians were suddenly civilized? Even if they weren't as good as the Goths, at least they might be like the Slavits, or the dark elves, and build something that could barely be considered a 'nation'. If that's the case, what are we going to do?"

That's it, the debate came to an end, and those conservatives finally couldn't stand it, or didn't want to say it, or their brains were short-circuited. They will think of the real side of their minds:

"Why are we going to go to such lengths to fight the centaurs of Tartar? What they wanted was the territory of the Slavites. We don't have to risk our lives for the sake of the Slavites to fight the most terrible human enemy in the world - centaurs are annoying, but Slavites aren't a good thing either. All we have to do is sit down and watch them fight until it gets dark, and then they all die together. ”

"However, after the annexation of the Slavites, Tarta will become even stronger. Guess who's their next target?!

Of course, it is true to say so. But in reality, the heart of the enterprising is not so good. Compared to those long-term visions, long-term plans, to become a partner of justice or a shield of the human world or something. What they want more is tangible benefits.

I want to rob, I want fame, I want land. I want to rebuild the Knights' Country.

Yes, it is very interesting, or rightfully so, that the people who want to make peace with Duke Otto and then fight alongside the members of the Order who are not very compatible with him, or who have a Crusader background like them.

Everyone is very wise. Compared to a little personal vendetta, fame, land, and money. That's what really matters.

And those who want to leave Duke Otto alone are the local forces that have a fairly good relationship with him.

Vial of Turov and Leszek of Mazovia just wanted to defend their territory. These two guys have long been scared by the centaurs. Henry of Shilonsk, on the other hand, and Dietrich of Livonia, were more interested in the position of King Wende.

than fighting to the death with a centaur. They prefer to argue with their "own people" about who is better suited to rule the "kingdom."

Although, in reality, the kingdom of Wende exists in name only.

As for the opinion of the mercenaries...... Well, no one cares what the mercenaries think. Maybe they want to rob, or maybe they want to save their lives and just get a little commission. But whatever. They are not aristocrats, but wage earners. Nobody cares about them.

That's it.

It's just that they can't achieve that.

The nativists are stronger than they are.

What's more, the localists were responsible for their supplies. Mostly food, food, and food - although they could continue to collect money and get some supplies from the interior of the empire. But in the absence of rail transport, it is not an easy task to transport those supplies to the front line over a distance of hundreds or thousands of kilometers.

Without supplies, you can't march, you can't fight. Everyone still knows this truth.

Of course, as Crusaders and mercenary troops, they also have a very good and honorable tradition, which is robbery. As long as you give them enough time and enough fat sheep, they can help you fight for seven years or thirty years or a hundred years or more......

It's just that in this way, it is tantamount to a complete break with the Wende localists. Then before they can fight their enemies, they will have to have a decisive battle with "their own people......

Wait a minute. Maybe this will work. The Teutonic knights were also invited to fight against the Lomwa on the Baltic coast. But soon, guess what.

They robbed the land of the Poles of their faith.

And, of course, Hungary.

The fourth crusade against Jerusalem captured Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, which also believed in God (albeit in different sects). After sacking it, he brazenly established a "Latin Empire".

And in this parallel world of the Earth-like world. The Goth Knights will never have a higher bar than their counterparts.

It's just a pity. No one will trust robbers and liars. So no one would have believed in the Crusaders and Gothic knights either.

I'm very sorry, but the Middle Ages have passed. After the destruction of the Knights once in the kingdom of the Order, there was not a single nobleman in the Great Frontier who wanted such a bunch of madmen and psychotics as them as neighbors.

That's it.

There were no reinforcements.

Or that after hearing about this, many "aspiring youths" packed some packages themselves and went to serve in the army of Duke Otto in the northeast.

But it doesn't do anything.

What Duke Otto needed was a whole, living army of fifty thousand. And not a bunch of nervous knights.

Under these circumstances, the coalition forces were in a dilemma of not being able to advance or retreat. And that's exactly what Tartaria's centaurs want to see.

With a small number of troops, they pinned down the coalition forces. Then attack the territory of the Slavites with the main force. Wait until you swallow Ruthenia and Pirm, and then turn your head against the Goths.

The tactics were perfectly executed. So, now it's the turn of the Hereford father and son to have a headache.

Of course, it is very fortunate that William has also considered the possibility of this happening, so he has also done the preventive work that should be done after this kind of thing happens.

In other words, all the possibilities that might arise - at least in his calculations, he had reserved his back.

Of course, this does not include alien invasions or the destruction of the world. R1148