Junji Matsumoto was a samurai and once worked in the shogunate.

He is familiar with military books and has rich experience in commanding troops and knows that the Ming army is now trapped and dead on the island.

As long as he tightened his clench, the Ming army would never be able to escape.

This is like a pocket, Junji Matsumoto just needs to slowly tighten the rope on the pocket.

The only tricky thing is that the Ming army seemed to have a large number of artillery, not only did they fight against them.

Even though Junji Matsumoto had ordered a bombardment at all costs, he still did not gain any advantage in this regard.

It seems that this Ming army is well-equipped.

But Junji Matsumoto is not Ichiro Inoue.

There were less than a thousand people in total, and there were nearly 10,000 Japanese pirates under the command of Junji Matsumoto.

This time he dispatched fifty ships, each of which was a big blessing ship, capable of carrying two hundred people.

The Ming army had only more than a hundred ships in total, which was converted according to the same proportion, which was 20,000 people.

Ten thousand Japanese pirates defeated 20,000 officials, and it seemed that the number of people was not superior, but in Junji Matsumoto's opinion, it was already a matter of holding it in his hands.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the official army is far less than that of the Japanese pirates.

It is still okay if the Japanese pirates don’t say that one fights ten, and one fights three.

From this point of view, his troops are even more abundant.

This is why Junji Matsumoto is so confident.

He knew very well that he would be the final winner in this battle. It was nothing more than how much price he paid.

"I'm telling me that I ordered all the Ming army's ships to sink."

Although Junji Matsumoto likes to take advantage of his opponents and think about it slowly, he also knows that the safest way is to destroy the Ming army's ships.

In this way, the Ming army basically lost the possibility of boarding a ship to counterattack.

Relying on some small boats alone is not a threat.

These live targets are really not worth mentioning in Junji Matsumoto's eyes

The Ming army brought the heads of Japanese pirates such as Ichiro Inoue and Geng Oda to Zheng Jing, which somewhat calmed down Zheng Jing's irritability.

He ordered people to insert these heads on spears to publicly display them, which also used this to inspire the morale of the Ming soldiers.

He was using actual situation to tell the soldiers that they now have the strength to defeat the Japanese pirates.

Now it is just a group of Japanese pirates suddenly emerged without being virtuous.

When the Ming army gained a foothold, they could kill this group of Japanese pirates without leaving any armor, just like dealing with Ichiro Inoue and the others.

The morale of the Ming army was indeed inspired to a certain extent.

But they had to face a very difficult problem, that is, their ships were sunk by Japanese pirates one by one.

This is also impossible. No one would let go of the living target.

Zheng Jing was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and his veins were exposed, but there was really no good way.

You should know that these large lucky ships are expensive and are built by the imperial court for a lot of money.

Just one ship after another was sunk by the Japanese pirates, and Zheng Jing's heart was bleeding.

Your Majesty, I hope you don’t blame me.

Zheng Jing said silently in his heart, and suddenly an idea burst out.

Since hot air balloons can fly to the top of the mountain or above the sea.

If you can rely on hot air balloons to sink several Japanese pirate ships, you will naturally be able to regain your morale.

Why didn't he expect it?

Zheng Jing is impatient and does it as soon as he says.

He immediately ordered the hot air balloon to take off.

The soldiers of the Ming army had been so overwhelmed. When they heard Zheng Jing's order, they were all excited to get ready.

"Your Highness the Prince has ordered the hot air balloon to take off."

As the hot air balloon slowly took off, the Ming soldiers focused on it.

This hot air balloon carries their hope.

Whether it can turn the tables against the wind depends on this time.

Zheng Jing was also silently praying in his heart, praying to blow up the flagship of the Japanese pirates.

But this is obviously a struggle for luck, because no one knows which one is the flagship of the Japanese pirates

Unlike in the mountains, it is difficult to see such an obvious hot air balloon rising from the sea without notice.

Junji Matsumoto naturally noticed it as soon as possible.

But when I noticed it, Junji Matsumoto responded no matter how he noticed it.

Because he hadn't seen a hot air balloon before.

He only said that this was something that the Ming army sent a distress signal, similar to the Kongming lantern.

"A little trick to carving insects."

Junji Matsumoto felt very disdainful of this.

In his opinion, there is no need to use external tricks to deal with Ming Jun.

Junji Matsumoto thought so until the hot air balloon flew over the fleet.

But then, the fall of earth grenades made Junji Matsumoto regret it.

This thing is very powerful, and even if it is blown into the water, it can cause huge waves.

Not to mention those who are lucky and hit the boat directly.

Countless deep pits were instantly smashed on the deck of the Japanese ship. The sea water poured in, causing the ship to lose balance.

There were also some Japanese pirates who were directly killed, and countless Japanese pirates were injured.

Several Japanese ships encountered this situation at the same time, which made Junji Matsumoto a little at a loss.

Fortunately, the flagship where Junji Matsumoto was located was not bombed by the Ming army.

"Chief, shoot this thing down."

After the servant's reminder, Junji Matsumoto woke up as if he was dreaming and quickly ordered the culprit to be shot down, the behemoth.

Because of his ambiguity under his command, it was not clear whether to use a musket or a bow or arrow, so the musketman and the archer joined forces.

Everyone worked hard and finally hit the hot air balloon under the strong firepower.

A huge hole appeared in the hot air balloon that was shot and began to shake and fall.

However, the Ming soldiers in the hot air balloon have not given up. They are trying their best to control the direction of the hot air balloon, hoping to make the hot air balloon fall on the island as much as possible.

This way they still have a glimmer of hope.

If they fall into the sea, they will surely die.

The strong desire to survive made them create miracles.

The hot air balloon shaking towards Xiaolangyu.

Finally, amid the gritting of the Japanese pirates, the hot air balloon fell on the island.

The rapid fall injured many Ming soldiers.

But being injured is better than being dead.

The Ming army on the island also went to treat them as soon as possible.

To Zheng Jing, the Ming soldiers on these hot air balloons are simply heroes.

They stood up and beat the Japanese pirates when the Ming army was in great danger.

It can be said that before this, the momentum of the Ming army was suppressed in all directions.

At this moment, the Ming army took back its momentum.

This is crucial.

Because regaining momentum means that the Ming army can be afraid of the Japanese pirates in front of them from the bottom of their hearts.

"I saw that, the Japanese slaves were just like this. They just relied on the advantage of blocking the fjords."

Zheng Jing could see clearly that the most important thing at this moment was how to break through the blockade of the Japanese pirates.

The hot air balloon has been used once, and the effect is pretty good.
Chapter completed!