Kowloon wins

Chapter 749 Don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, but be afraid of comparing goods ([-])

"Your Excellency King Renjun, what do you think of my Great Russian army?"

As the saying goes, a horse doesn't know how long its face is. Grand Duke Gagarin didn't notice the disdainful light in Hong Qing's eyes at all. He looked at a company of elite officers and soldiers under him with admiration, and asked a question complacently.

"It's okay."

In all honesty, the Russian soldiers in this company are indeed elite soldiers. Each of them is tall and burly, and the formation is a magnificent one. It can be seen that he is the elite of a hundred battles, but the matchlock gun in his hand is too weak, not to mention compared with the new weapons of the Great Qing Army, even compared with the most fashionable front-loading flintlock guns in Western Europe. The difference is small, not to mention the slow rate of fire, and the range is also poor. The effective range is only more than 600 meters. On the other hand, the latest breech-loading needle gun in the hands of the Great Qing Army has an effective range of as far as [-] meters. The gap between them is really too big. There is no doubt that if the two armies are really going to confront each other in an all-round way, the Russian army will have little power to fight back. Where to go, that is, to comment on the matter in general.

"Joke, what do you mean, it's okay, hum, our Great Russian army is invincible in the world, one company is enough to sweep your regiment, I have no experience!"

After Hong Qing’s reluctant comment was translated by the general translator, Grand Duke Gagarin’s face immediately turned a little uncomfortable, but he didn’t make any excuses, but Leo Thor Major General Ski blushed and yelled thickly.

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

As soon as the interpreter translated Leo Tolsky's arrogant words, Hongqing couldn't help being happy, but he didn't pay attention to the mad dog-like Leo Tolsky, but spoke with great interest. Looking at Gagarin, he asked a question with a half-smile.

"This..., huh, Major General Tolsky's words are a bit harsh, but it is the truth, isn't it?"

Major General Leo Tolsky is the confidant of Grand Duke Gagarin, and they are related to each other. Grand Duke Gagarin must support his good life. Besides, diplomatic matters cannot be tolerated. Humility, when he thought that his army was far superior to the horse archers of the Qing Dynasty, Grand Duke Gagarin didn't mind saving Hong Qing's face.

"Very good. It's rare for His Excellency Duke Gagarin to be so confident. Since he wants a military exercise, it would be better to have a competition between the two sides. I don't know what His Excellency Duke Gagarin thinks, huh?"

Hong Qing was not offended by Grand Duke Gagarin's arrogant words, but just smiled calmly, and suggested calmly.

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

Upon hearing the words translated by the interpreter, all the Russian soldiers burst out laughing, obviously they looked down on the cold weapons army of the Qing Dynasty by 12, but Grand Duke Gagarin did not follow suit. Instead, he asked back with a suspicious look on his face.

"It's very simple. Before the official start of the military exercise, each side will send out a company to compare shooting and various tactical actions. How to do it specifically? This king will invite a general to come and talk to Thor of your army. Major General Ski negotiated the competition procedure, which can be regarded as an appetizer before the military exercise, I wonder if His Excellency Duke Gagarin is interested?"

Hong Qing can understand Grand Duke Gagarin's cautiousness. After all, this place is the home court of the Qing Dynasty. If we only choose some cold weapon tactics for comparison, the Russian soldiers will definitely lose. However, Hong Qing does not intend to Playing such an invincible trick, he readily gave an extremely fair answer.

"That's it, hehe, please wait a moment, Your Excellency King Renjun, please let me discuss with the officers under my command for a while?"

As soon as the interpreter translated Hong Qing's words, a smug smile appeared on Grand Duke Gagarin's face, but he did not rush to give Hong Qing an answer, but proposed with his eyes rolling wildly.

"Your Excellency, please take care of yourself."

Hong Qing had absolute confidence in the new army under her command, she didn't think Grand Duke Gagarin could do anything wrong, so she readily agreed to his proposal.

"excuse me."

After listening to the interpreter's translation, Grand Duke Gagarin didn't say any more nonsense, leaving behind a scene, he called Major General Leo Tolsky and other officers to the side, and began to discuss with each other.

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

Although Grand Duke Gagarin and others were discussing endlessly, Hongqing didn't care. In his opinion, the extremely arrogant polar bear would definitely not let go of such a great opportunity to damage the Qing army. Before Grand Duke Gagarin could give a reply, Hong Qing waved Li Minxing to her side, and gave instructions in a low voice.

"twitter!"

Li Minxing wanted to teach the arrogant Russians a lesson a long time ago. Hearing Hong Qing's order, a trace of fire flashed in his eyes immediately, but he didn't say much, he just responded respectfully, He waved his hand to summon a guard, and after whispering a few words, he sent him away.

"His Excellency King Renjun, after urgent consultations, we decided to agree to your proposal. Both sides will send out a company to compete with each other to witness the friendship between you and us."

Although the new army marched from the Fengtai camp to Nanyuan the day before yesterday, they were stationed alone in the northwest corner, not too close to the camp where the Lifan Academy was located, even though the guards sent by Li Minxing were strategic The horse galloped to invite someone, but it was impossible to arrive immediately, but Grand Duke Gagarin and others discussed it first and came up with a result, so they planned to take the opportunity to severely slap Qing's face.

"Friendship first, competition second. This is a good proposal. This king has no objection, and when a few generals under my king come, I will discuss with you a competition regulation. It's too early, so let's go together." How about waiting?"

The Russians want to give her face to beat her, how can Hong Qing not be happy, so she replied with a smile.

"Ha, good, then just wait."

Hearing Hong Qing's words, Grand Duke Gagarin was very happy to accompany him to the end, he laughed and agreed with all his heart.

"The last general kowtows to the prince!"

Not long after, there was a sound of hoofbeats, and the burly Tashan and Zhang Miao rushed to the camp of the Russian envoy together, but saw the two generals get off their horses one by one, and fought one after the other. Qian, greeted the ceremony loudly.

"no."

Facing the second general's salutation, Hong Qing was not in a hurry to speak, but called out calmly.

"Thank you, Lord Long!"

Tashan was under the old Shisan's sect. He made great contributions during the Eastern Expedition to the Japanese Kingdom. He jumped from a thousand generals to a general. In the following years, he surpassed many times. Now he is the deputy general of Fengtai Daying and the commander-in-chief of the new army. As for Zhang Miao, he was born as Hongqing's personal guard. Over the years, his official career has been quite good, and now he is Tashan's deputy. The two are jointly responsible for various matters of the new army. This time, Hongqing hastily recruited him Come on, the second general is really excited, nothing else, the second general has already learned from the guard of the royal palace who went to summon the matter that he will compete with the Russian army. Inevitably full of eagerness to try.

"General Ta, the king has summoned you here for one purpose, and that is to ask you to dispatch a sentry soldier to compete with the soldiers of the Russian company. The specific subjects of the competition will be determined by you and Zhang Miao after consultation with the Russians. Give me a quarter of an hour and go."

The sky was already clear, and although there was still an hour before the military exercise, there were still many things to prepare, Hong Qing didn't dare to delay any longer, and stated the topic openly and clearly.

"twitter!"

Tashan responded quickly, and together with Zhang Miao, leading a famous interpreter, they walked towards Major General Lev Tolsky and other Russian generals. After a brief salute, they turned to the main topic , both sides are elite soldiers, and they are no strangers to company tactics. After some conversations, three competitions have been drawn up. One is to compare the quality of individual soldiers. Compared with fighting, there are also ten soldiers each, fighting with bare hands; the third is the company's offensive and defensive drills, and the one with the first two in three battles wins.

"Does His Excellency Duke Gagarin have anything to add to these three contests?"

The content of the competition was determined, so Tashan reported the truth to Hong Qing. Hong Qing didn't have any objection or comment on this, but asked Grand Duke Gagarin calmly.

"Aha, His Majesty King Renjun thinks it's all right, and all the guests will be as good as the Lord."

Grand Duke Gagarin also learned about the content of the competition from Major General Leo Tolsky. He thought that this was a permanent subject of the Russian army, and that a big victory was almost a certainty, so there would be no difficulty , replied with a smile.

"Well, that's settled. Later, the king will order someone to bring your army into the arena. I'm looking forward to your army's performance. It's getting late, and Xiao Wang still has some important things to do, so I will take my leave first." .”

Although these three competitions were all small-scale contests, they were added temporarily, not to mention that the regulations had to be adjusted, and the old man had to report to him, even though Hong Qing didn't think the old man would object It is possible, but it should be reported, but it still cannot be omitted. In view of this, Hong Qing didn't want to procrastinate any longer, and after explaining the scene, she planned to leave.

"His Excellency King Renjun, just do what you want, and I am looking forward to your army's performance."

Although he had the absolute certainty of defeating the Qing army, Gagarin did not dare to get carried away with complacency. He originally planned to rush to mobilize before the war. Now that Hong Qing was going to leave, he would not try to persuade him to stay, laughing. Hehe, he put on a gesture of congratulations...

(End of this chapter)