How do you survive as Novgorod?

[DDRJake]

I scorch everything, let Muscovy feed on the ashes then crush them again and again until they do not exist.

Russian scorched earth in winter in the 15th century is the best weapon in the game bar none.

 

[DDRJake]

cant get it to work either so am interested in an answer as well, ai just rolls over it without any real change the attrition that i can see

This is Muscovy's army's remains from traveling through my scorched lands, with my troops only defeating isolated small stacks before retreating to the coast (higher supply limit)

Once Muscovy's troops were drained I still stayed back, I kept doing this until he had no manpower left, then I took my spoils.

Novgorod has a very strong economy, I supported a large number of mixed merc/soldier infantry and some non-merc cavalry.