"Your Excellency King, what do you think of my army in Great Russia?"

As the saying goes, the horse doesn't know the length of the face, Grand Duke Gagarin didn't notice the disdain flashing in Hongqing's eyes at all, and looked at the elite officers and soldiers under his company with admiration on his face, and asked a question complacently. This article was written by . Starting

"It's okay."

Speaking from the heart, the Russian soldiers of this company are indeed elite soldiers, a person is tall and large, the queue is magnificent, everyone stands upright, and the spirit is quite good, at a glance you can know that it is the elite of a hundred battles, but the arquebus in the hand is really too weak, not to mention compared with the new weapons of the Great Fresh Army, it is compared with the most fashionable breech flintlock pistol in Western Europe, not to mention the slow rate of fire, the firing range is also poor, and the effective firing range is only more than 300 meters. On the other hand, the latest breech pin pistol in the hands of the Daqing Army, the effective range has reached 600 meters, the gap between the two is too big, there is no doubt that the two armies really want to face each other in an all-round way, and the Russian army has almost no backhand power.

"Joke, what do you call it, hum, my Russian army is invincible in the world, one company is enough to sweep one of your regiments, I don't know!"

Hongqing's reluctant comment was translated by the translator, and Grand Duke Gagarin's face immediately became a little unpleasant, but there was no excuse, but Lev was standing on the side? Major General Tolsky, however, blushed and shouted thickly.

"Oh, Your Excellency Duke Gagarin, don't you think so?"

Listen to the translation of Lev? Tolsky's arrogant words, Hongqing couldn't help but be happy, but didn't pay attention to the mad dog-like Lev? Tolsky, on the other hand, looked at Gagarin with interest and asked with a smile.

"This ......, hehe, Major General Tolsky's words are a little ugly, but it's true, isn't it?"

Lev? Major General Tolsky is the confidant of Grand Duke Gagarin, and they are still related to each other, Grand Duke Gagarin must support his good life, besides, diplomatic matters cannot be modest, in the case of thinking that his own army is far superior to those archery and horse troops of the Qing Dynasty, Grand Duke Gagarin does not mind losing Hongqing's face.

"Very good, it's rare for His Excellency Duke Gagarin to be so confident, even if he wants to conduct a military exercise, it would be better if the two sides competed in the last one, I don't know what His Excellency Duke Gagarin thinks, huh?"

Hongqing was not angered by Grand Duke Gagarin's arrogant words, but only smiled indifferently and proposed lightly.

"Competition? Your Excellency King Renjun, please forgive me for saying bluntly, I don't know how this competition is? ”

Listening to the translated words, all the Russian soldiers laughed, obviously looking down on the cold weapons army of the Qing Dynasty, but Grand Duke Gagarin did not laugh, but asked with a suspicious face.

"It's very simple, before the official start of the military exercise, each side will send a company, compare shooting and various tactical actions, how to operate specifically, this king will invite a general to come and negotiate with your army's Major General Tolsky about the test procedure, it can be regarded as an appetizer before this military exercise, I wonder if His Excellency Duke Gagarin is interested?"

For the caution of Grand Duke Gagarin, Hongqing can understand, after all, this place is the home of the Qing Dynasty, if you pick some cold weapon tactics to compare, the Russian soldiers will definitely be defeated, but Hongqing does not intend to play such a winning trick, but very readily gave a fair answer.

"In this way, hehe, please wait a moment, let me negotiate with the officers first?"

As soon as the interpreter translated Hongqing's words, Grand Duke Gagarin's face immediately showed a smug smile, but he did not rush to give Hongqing a reply, but proposed with his eyes rolling wildly.

"Your Excellency, Duke, please take care of yourself."

Hongqing has absolute confidence in the new army under his command, and he doesn't think that Grand Duke Gagarin can toss any moths, so he agrees to his proposal very happily.

"Offended."

After listening to the translation of the interpreter, Grand Duke Gagarin did not talk any more nonsense, and dropped a sentence of the scene, and then sent Lev? Major General Tolsky and the other officers all called aside and began to discuss with each other.

"Minxing, send a brother to the new army, and invite Tashan and Zhang Miao to this king."

Although Grand Duke Gagarin and others discussed endlessly, Hongqing didn't care, in his opinion, the arrogant polar bear would definitely not let go of such a great opportunity to damage the prestige of the Qing army, and without waiting for Grand Duke Gagarin to give an answer, Hongqing was already waving, called Li Minxing to his side, and commanded in a low voice.

"Wow!"

Li Minxing had long wanted to teach the arrogant Russians a lesson, and when he heard Hongqing say this, a trace of heat immediately flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say much, just responded respectfully, waved his hand to summon a guard, and after whispering a few words, he sent him away.

"Your Excellency, King Renjun, after urgent consultations, we have decided to agree to your proposal, and each side will send a company to learn from each other, so as to witness the friendship between you and us."

Although the new army had been drawn from the Fengtai camp to Nanyuan the day before yesterday, it was stationed alone in the northwest corner, not close to the camp where the Lifan Yuan was located, although the guards sent by Li Minxing were galloping to invite people, but it was impossible to arrive immediately, but the Grand Duke Gagarin and others had discussed a result in advance, and they were going to take the opportunity to slash the face of the Qing Dynasty.

"Friendship first, competition second, this proposal is good, this king has no other objections, and when a few generals under this king come, they will discuss a competition charter with you, it is still early, so let's wait together?"

The Russians wanted to send their faces to let themselves beat, how could Hongqing be unhappy, and replied with a smile.

"Ha, that's good, just wait."

As soon as he heard Hongqing's words, Grand Duke Gagarin was happy to accompany him to the end, laughed, and accepted it with a full mouth.

"The last general will knock on the prince!"

Not long after, in a burst of horses' hooves, the burly Tashan and Zhang Miao had already rushed to the camp of the Russian envoy together, but when they saw the two generals dismount from the saddle together, they beat a thousand one after the other, and saluted loudly.

"Excuse me."

Facing the two generals' big salutes, Hongqing did not rush to say anything, but shouted quietly.

"Thank you, Lord Longen!"

Tashan is the disciple of the old thirteen, made great contributions in the Eastern Expedition to the Wa Kingdom, from a thousand to a general, and then many times in the past few years, now is the deputy general of the Fengtai battalion and the commander of the new army, as for Zhang Miao, is Hongqing's personal guard, over the years, the official luck is also quite good, now is Tashan's deputy, the two are jointly responsible for all matters of the new army, this time was recruited by Hongqing, the second general is really excited in his heart, no side, The two generals had already learned from the palace guard who had gone to announce that they were going to compete with the Russian army, and at this time, Xie En's voice was inevitably full of eagerness.

"General Tower, this king summoned you here for only one thing, that is, please send a sentry soldier to compare it with the soldiers of the Russian company, and the specific test subjects will be determined by Er and Zhang Miao after consultation with the Russians, give you a quarter of an hour, go."

The sky was already clear, and although there was still nearly an hour before the time of the military exercise, there were still a lot of things to prepare.

"Wow!"

Tashan responded neatly, and together with Zhang Miao, he led the famous interpreter towards Lev? Major General Tolsky and other Russian generals walked over, and after a brief salute to each other, they immediately turned to the topic, both sides are elite soldiers, and they are no strangers to company tactics. the second is to fight in a fighting situation, in which ten soldiers are also sent out to fight with their bare hands; The third is the company's offensive and defensive drills, and the one who has two priorities in three battles wins.

"Does Your Excellency Duke Gagarin have anything to add to these three competitions?"

The content of the competition is certain, and Tashan reported the truth to Hongqing, who did not have any objections to this, nor did he comment on it, but quietly asked Grand Duke Gagarin.

"Aha, Your Excellency King Renjun thinks it's good, and everything is good for the next guest."

Grand Duke Gagarin likewise from Lev? Major General Tolsky learned about the content of the competition, thinking that this was a permanent subject of the Russian army, and that a big victory was almost a certainty, and there would be no great difficulties, so he replied with a smile.

"Well, then it's decided, when I go back, the king will order someone to come and bring your army in, this king is looking forward to the performance of your army, the hour is not early, Xiao Wang still has some important things to handle, so he will leave first."

Although these three competitions are small-scale competitions, but after all, they are added temporarily, not to mention that the regulations must be adjusted, and the old man must also report to the last one, although Hongqing does not think that the old man will have the possibility of opposition, but what should be reported, but it still cannot be saved, in view of this, Hongqing does not want to postpone more, and after explaining the scene, he plans to leave.

"Your Excellency King Renjun is just taking care of himself, and he is also looking forward to the performance of your army."

Although he had the absolute certainty of defeating the Qing army, Gagarin did not dare to get carried away, and he was also planning to hurry up to do a pre-war mobilization......