The huge warship was riding the wind and waves, and Li Jie was also very excited when he stood on the stable deck. Behind him, almost all the navy under Fang Guan was dispatched. And this time it was no longer just small warships, but those tall giant warships were dispatched together.

On both wings of Lijie's fleet, there are also fleets sent by Changguowei to follow. It can be said that this time, almost most of the naval forces in Ningbo Port were mobilized, naturally to eliminate the Japanese pirates.

The day before yesterday, Zhu Yuanzhang finally sent an imperial edict to agree to Zhang Dingbian and others' request, which made Li Jie and the others very happy. Tang He immediately started to mobilize troops and generals. This time he mobilized hundreds of warships, and nearly 10,000 troops were dispatched.

In the cabin behind Li Jie, Tang He and Fang Guan were discussing tactical plans to eliminate Japanese pirates. Zhang Dingbian, Zou Pusheng and Li Hong were also involved. They had marked the location of Japanese pirates on the nautical chart and provided detailed information, so their opinions were also very important.

However, Li Jie did not join in the fun. After all, he was an amateur in the war and could not give any good advice after he went there, so he would leave it to them, professionals.

At this moment, Li Jie found a small island in front of him. To be precise, it should be a relatively large reef with no vegetation on it. However, around the island, there were already many messy ships waiting. When they saw Li Jie and their fleet, the people on the ship also began to slogans here.

Li Jie immediately went in and invited Zhang Dingbian and Zou Pusheng to come out. Then Li Hong also posed a banner towards the small boat opposite, and the other party quickly surrounded him. These people were Li Hong and Zou Pusheng's subordinates. They have been monitoring the movements of the Japanese pirates during this period, and now they are also to help them eliminate the Japanese pirates.

Soon a short man got on the warship and immediately stepped forward when he saw Li Hong and said, "Dad, there is no abnormal movement on the Japanese pirates. It is said that they suffered a great loss when they attacked Jintang Island some time ago. I guess there will be no major actions recently!"

"So now the Japanese pirates are all in their nests?" Fang Guan next to him asked anxiously when he heard this. What they were most worried about just now was that the Japanese pirates were not in their nests. If they were empty, it would be much more difficult to find their traces in the future.

"Yes, these days, we have sent people to take turns to stare at several Japanese pirates' nests day and night, and have been in touch with our people. We can be sure that they have not gone out. On the contrary, several ships of Japanese samurai have arrived here from Japan recently." Li Hong's son replied again.

When Li Jie and others heard that another Japanese pirate warrior was coming, they were all shocked. They had finally eliminated some Japanese pirates before, but now Japanese pirates are coming from Japan. If they do not clear them, it will probably not take long before these Japanese pirates will make a comeback.

The opportunity was not missed, and Li Hong's son immediately led the way in front. The Ming army navy followed closely and drove forward for about an hour. A small island composed of several small islands appeared in front of Li Jie and the others.

"The first nest of the Japanese pirates is in front of it. There is no name here, but these small islands are arranged together and look like cat claws, so they are called Cat claws by Japanese pirates. Only the largest island in the middle can live in it, and it is one of the Japanese pirates' nests. There are six or seven hundred Japanese pirates living on the island!" Li Hong pointed to the island in front and introduced.

According to the news received by Li Hong and others, the Japanese pirates had seven nests in total, each of which was of different sizes. The Cat Claw Island in front of them was the largest nest, and the other Japanese pirates also followed the orders of the leaders here.

As the Cat Claw Island approached, Tang He, as the main general, immediately began to issue orders. Under his command, the wings of the fleet were empty forward, like a big bag, surrounding the entire Cat Claw Island.

The Japanese pirates on the island also discovered this huge fleet at this time. When they saw the Ming Dynasty banner on the ship, these Japanese pirates were in chaos. They probably never dreamed that the Ming navy would take the initiative and find their nests.

Although the Japanese pirates were extremely fierce when they plundered, they were just against the unarmed people. Faced with the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, to be precise, the Ming army that had not yet been corrupted and corrupted in the early Ming Dynasty. These Japanese pirates had no chance of winning at all, not to mention that the Ming Navy's navy's strength was more than ten times that of theirs.

However, the Japanese pirates on the island did not choose to surrender. It was not that they didn't want to, but that they knew that with the Ming army hated them, even if they surrendered, there was no way out. So the Japanese pirates quickly made a decision. They jumped onto the boat as fast as possible and then fled in all directions, hoping to escape from the chaos, so that they could at least report to other Japanese pirates.

However, Tang and the others had planned for so long that they had already taken into account all the loopholes. The reason why they dispatched so many warships was to prevent the Japanese pirates from leaving, not to mention that on the periphery of the Ming army, Li Hong and Zou Pusheng were also responsible for pursuing those possible fish that could have missed the net.

"Let's fire!" With Tang He's order, the artillery first let out an angry roar, followed by muskets and bows. The Japanese pirates who were starting to pour out of their ranged weapons were screaming in a row on the small boats of Japanese pirates who were only concerned about escaping. Some small boats were directly hit by the artillery and disintegrated directly on the sea. Countless Japanese people fell into the sea and struggled to survive.

When the Japanese pirates' boat approached, the navy's warships simply crashed into it. After all, their ships were both strong and tall, far from comparable to the Japanese pirates' boats, but they were a little worse in speed. When the collision was met, the Japanese pirates' boats were directly pressed into the water.

There was no battle to fight or fierce resistance. The huge gap in strength made this battlefield battle directly a crushing battle. The Japanese pirates had almost no ability to resist, and the Japanese pirates fell into the water were wailing everywhere on the sea.

If it were in the past, Tang He would definitely order all the Japanese pirates to be shot and killed, but this time he did not stop. He began to let all the Japanese pirates be rescued on the ship and imprisoned them, because they would need to be interrogated in the future and let them explain the people who colluded with them on the shore.

Compared with the Japanese pirates, the spies who colluded with the Japanese pirates and betrayed the Ming Dynasty were even more hated. Looking at the captured Japanese pirates, Jiang Yun and his subordinate Jinyiwei also began to feel a little uncontrollable. Under the punishment of their Jinyiwei, the ancestors of these Japanese pirates could be interrogated by them!

Li Jie was also interested in watching it at the beginning, but after a long time, he felt a little bored. After all, these Japanese pirates were too weak. They looked very pleasant to crush them one-sidedly, but they were actually very boring.

After the Japanese pirates on the sea were wiped out, the navy also boarded Maozhao Island. However, when they saw the situation on the island, Li Jie and others were furious, because in addition to the property stolen by the Japanese pirates, there were also many women who were stolen. Thinking of the experiences these women had, Li Jie wanted to kill all the Japanese pirates.

Finally, the fleet brought these property and women, and then burned the Japanese pirates' nests. However, Li Jie was also having a headache. The property was easy to deal with, but these women were difficult to settle because their innocence was defiled. Even if they were sent back home, with the customs of the Ming Dynasty, the eyes and rumors around them would be enough to force them to death.

However, it is not the time to consider these things. The fleet set out immediately and rushed to another Japanese pirate nest. Faced with absolute strength, the Japanese pirate nests left behind were almost all reenactments of Maozhao Island.

Three days later, Li Jie and his fleet began to return. In addition to a large number of Japanese pirates, there were also rescued people on the ship. When they returned to Ningbo Port, the prefect Wang Lun had already released the news, which attracted countless people to welcome him. After all, the people on the coast all hated the Japanese pirates.

However, as soon as the fleet landed, Jiang Yun's Jinyiwei immediately took his men off the ship, and then rushed to various places to start arresting people. On the way, they had already interrogated the identities of many people who colluded with Japanese pirates. In order to prevent them from getting news, they had to catch the people back as soon as possible.

Li Jie was worried about the rescue of the woman because Tang He gave the matter to him. After all, this matter was too troublesome and Tang He was too lazy to care. As soon as Li Jie was present, he threw the matter directly to him.

However, Li Jie had not yet thought of a way to resettle these women, but Zou Pusheng quietly found him on this day, because Li Jie woke him up but did not give a solution. Now that the Japanese pirates have been wiped out, he couldn't help but find Li Jie again, hoping that he could point out a clear way for himself and his subordinates!
Chapter completed!