The formation of the hot air team did not go well.

While hot air balloons are ready-made, so are soldiers.

But it's not an easy task to get the two together.

The soldiers instinctively developed a fear of flying.

When you think about it, this is normal. After all, only birds can fly, so how can people fly?

Those who tried to fly into the sky were all undead and ugly.

However, Wen Anzhi was not discouraged.

He chose a few soldiers to try, in a commanding tone, of course.

The soldiers were reluctant, but they couldn't do anything. Military orders are difficult to disobey, unless they want to be beheaded in public.

One by one, they entered the hanging basket with sad faces, and watched the hot air balloon slowly rise.

Some timid people simply closed their eyes. What does it feel like to fall from the sky? Probably going to be shattered, right? They didn't dare to think about it.

The hot air balloon rises higher and higher, and the air flow across the cheeks feels like a shudder.

Almost all the soldiers in the baskets were pessimistic.

As the old saying goes, the higher you fly, the worse you fall.

They don't want to live at the moment, they just want to look better in death.

Gradually, they felt a calm atmosphere, and the expected rapid descent did not appear.

The bold soldier slowly opened his eyes and looked down, only to see that all the objects had become countless times smaller. All of them are as small as a black dot. Even the Governor of Wen'an is no exception.

"Shhh

Zhang Tieniu gasped.

"Aquatic, how high are we flying now?"

"It's about as high as the sky, right?"

"How high is it?"

"Just look at the sun?"

Zhang Tieniu really looked up at the sun, although it was very dazzling, he still tried to squint his eyes to look.

"You are talking nonsense, this sun is so far away from us, where did we fly to the edge of the sun."

However, Zhang Tieniu was still faintly excited. Although they did not fly to the sun, they flew very high.

It is not impossible to fly like this, and it is not impossible to fly over the lofty mountains.

"How does this thing turn?"

Zhang Tieniu suddenly said excitedly.

There are certainly people on the hot air balloon to guide them.

Although Zhang Tieniu had never operated a hot air balloon, he gradually learned it under the hand-in-hand teaching.

The hot air balloon can't be turned precisely, but the general direction can still be controlled.

After Zhang Tieniu became proficient, he turned to Aquatic and said excitedly: "Aquatic You can also try it." ”

Shui Sheng said timidly: "Can I really do it?" ”

"It's very simple, so you put your hands down..."

Zhang Tieniu, who still didn't know anything about controlling hot air balloons, had completely entered the state at this moment, and even began to teach aquatic life hand in hand.

Although Shui Sheng is very introverted, he is still very familiar with Zhang Tieniu.

Under Zhang Tieniu's teaching, he slowly mastered the skills of steering.

The next thing to do is land.

This is also the most difficult of the many aspects of handling a hot air balloon.

Zhang Tieniu pursed his lips, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and asked the soldier who had just taught him to turn, "I'm ready." Please also teach me how to maneuver the landing..."

As the hot air balloon slowly descended downward, everyone in the gondola held their breath.

It's so bizarre that it makes your heart pound.

Those who have poor endurance are even pale and almost faint.

Zhang Tieniu is now in charge of controlling the hot air balloon.

I saw that his expression was solemn, and he changed his previous appearance of giggling.

The other soldiers were also attentive and did not dare to be careless.

The balloon is falling faster and faster, and their mood is getting more and more nervous.

Eventually, however, the hot air balloon landed with a thud.

It's just that the force of this landing is too great, and the shock to the soldiers in the gondola is huge in the absence of shock absorption.

And the way of landing was also very rough, the whole gondola turned over.

Zhang Tieniu and Shui Sheng all fell to the ground, and the rest of the soldiers were similar.

The scene was chaotic for a while.

"Help, help!"

One soldier appeared to be crushed to the leg and let out a terrible scream.

This kind of scene is something that no one expected. It took a lot of effort for them to get out from under the hanging basket.

And the unlucky ghost who was crushed to the leg had no way to get out on his own, so he could only shout for help.

It wasn't until this moment that his robe noticed him, and they all came over and lifted the basket together.

"Quick, pull him out."

Zhang Tieniu obviously didn't expect the wounded soldier to come out on his own, so he ordered the other soldiers to step forward and take a hand.

Finally, with great effort, a group of people waited to drag the wounded soldier out.

They lifted the wounded soldier and ran towards the place where the balloon had taken off.

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Wen Anzhi frowned, his expression a little serious.

He did not expect that the first flight of a hot air balloon would be such a result.

The hot air balloon did take off and landed. So you can't say it's a flight failure.

But it is true that there have been quite a few changes.

If every landing is done in this way, the psychological pressure on the soldiers is too great.

Wen Anzhi knows that the emergence of new things is always accompanied by various uncertainties.

But it was not easy to convince ordinary soldiers of this.

Especially after this experience.

Wen Anzhi decided to appease the soldiers first, and then issue a reward scheme.

Those who are brave enough to fly in a hot air balloon will be rewarded with a certain amount of silver taels. Additional bonus for being able to control a successful landing of a hot air balloon.

He believed that there would be brave men under the reward.

Either way, one thing is proven.

That is, the hot air balloon cannot be immediately thrown into battle.

There's a lot of work to be done to rely on a hot air balloon to launch a surprise attack.

However, this at least provided another possibility for Wen Anzhi's Northern Expedition, and in general the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

Wen Anzhi put his hands on his back and looked at the north with some amazement.

Behind these lofty mountains is Hanzhong. It was also the homeland of the Ming Dynasty.

I don't know how long it will take to recover Hanzhong, so that the people there can feel the care of the Ming court.

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In the Manila Governor's Palace, Zheng Zhilong's negotiations with Francisco have entered a substantive stage.

Both sides have their own considerations and calculations, and no one intends to be the one who suffers.

But Francisco is clearly on the side with a slight advantage.

After all, Manila is his home turf, and Zheng Zhilong is an outsider no matter how strong he is.

Even if the negotiations break down, Francisco has nothing to lose. But Zheng Zhilong had to slap his ass and leave.

For Zheng Zhilong at the moment, this is absolutely unacceptable.

He and his men had been floating on the vast sea for so long, and finally had the opportunity to go ashore to rest, and if they were driven away, the atmosphere inside would definitely explode.

Francisco believes that as long as his demands do not touch Zheng Zhilong's bottom line, the pirate leader will compromise.

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