He was so persuasive that he actually practiced extraordinary

If the other party was just pretending, it would be impossible for him to act so realistically.

Moreover, they were busy dealing with the affairs on the ship and had no time to pay attention to the sea. This meant that the man had indeed fallen into the water, so he could rescue him without any scruples and bring him back to the country as a prisoner.

Yamashita Matsui looked at the figure in the sea and thought to himself: The opportunity to make contributions to the Great Sakura Empire is right in front of him.

Over the years, he has heard many legends about himself and knows what the outside world thinks of him. People always like new things and dislike old things, they are curious about new things and have different attitudes towards old things.

Some people still remember Yamashita Matsui, and know his former name as the god of war and his legendary stories. But in the eyes of the younger generation, Yamashita Matsui is just a name, and they are more concerned about his past achievements rather than his current situation.

They didn't know the hardships behind his achievements and only questioned why he didn't play. Yamashita Matsui heard a lot of comments about how he was not as good as he used to be, which made him feel depressed and as if he had been forgotten by the world.

Therefore, he resolutely boarded the warship, determined to participate in the war to prove himself. Although he was too old and might not be able to play a big role, he still came.

However, to his disappointment, all those young generals died on the battlefield. The Great Sakura Empire had been preparing for many years, but it suffered such a heavy blow. Yamashita Matsui was unwilling to accept this and decided to take action himself to complete the empire's plan.

However, he was intimidated by Zhang Beixing's strength. For the sake of his reputation, he could not admit that he was not his opponent. At this moment, Zhang Beixing accidentally fell into the water and seemed to be drowning.

Yamashita Matsui felt that the opportunity had come. As long as he brought Zhang Beixing back to the country as a prisoner, his legend would be spread again. He heard that many soldiers had died at the hands of Zhang Beixing, and although he had doubts in his heart, this moment became a great opportunity for him to prove his strength.

He planned to use Zhang Beixing's technology to verify the truth of those rumors. This would not only clear him of the rumors that he was not as good as he was in the past, but also allow Zhang Beixing to be used by the country. If Zhang Beixing refused, he would leave his technology to benefit the country.

Yamashita Matsui was thinking about these plans in his mind. Seeing that the man who fell into the water was about to die at the bottom of the sea, he knew that he could not wait any longer. Although he was old, his body was still strong. So he jumped into the sea without hesitation.

In front of the soldiers of the Great Sakura Empire, their beloved old general suddenly jumped into the rough sea. This scene shocked them and they were full of doubts as to the reason behind the general's action.

"General! Come up quickly, what's wrong with you?" The soldiers on the boat exclaimed, secretly wondering whether the general had accidentally fallen.

"Did the general fall into the water accidentally? Hurry, someone go and rescue him! What should we do if something happens to the general?" The soldiers were extremely anxious and talked a lot.

However, there are also witnesses who insisted that the general jumped into the sea on his own initiative. "I saw it with my own eyes. The general jumped in by himself. There was nothing unusual around him. He was the only one who fell into the sea." Once this statement was made, it added a bit of weirdness and confusion.

The soldiers were shocked and couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that General Yamashita Matsui was so discouraged because he felt he could not match Zhang Beixing and committed suicide by jumping into the sea because the war was going badly?

Whatever the reason, the general's sudden action was like a huge rock hitting the water, causing ripples in everyone's hearts, both shock and fear. The departure of the backbone made the soldiers on the ship suddenly lose their direction.

"What should we do next? Should we continue to march into Kyushu or return home?" A soldier's question instantly attracted everyone's attention.

His question sounded a little absurd. After all, with their current strength, how could they attack Kyushu? Although the Great Sakura Empire had made careful preparations, its soldiers were well-trained, its warships were strong and advanced, and its entire population was mobilized, it had never expected to suffer such a disastrous defeat.

What was even more ironic was that they had been forced into a desperate situation before they even set foot on the land of Kyushu. And all this was not because they were defeated by a huge army, but because they were defeated by one person - Zhang Beixing, an unprecedented strong man.

After seeing Zhang Beixing's strength, the soldiers of the Great Sakura Empire were full of fear of Kyushu. They could not imagine how terrifying the overall strength of a country that could cultivate such a strong man must be.

At this moment, with the general jumping into the sea, the soldiers on the ship were leaderless and in chaos. "What should we do? How can we steer the ship? Without the general, even sailing has become a problem for us." The soldiers were panicked and complained.

"So what if we can sail? Are we going to go back in disgrace? How will the people and the royal family view us?" Some people expressed their concerns.

"Yes, not only are we ashamed to face the people of Jiangdong, but we are now running low on food. The ship carrying the food has already..." Before he could finish his words, he was drowned out by silence.

Just when the soldiers were in despair, a figure suddenly appeared on the sea, which made them nervous, fearing that it was Zhang Beixing who caught up with them. Seeing this, the soldier driving the boat hurriedly pressed the accelerator key in an attempt to escape.

After rescuing the people from the bottom of the water with great difficulty, General Matsui Yamashita was surprised to find that his warship had sped away. He initially thought it was the effect of the current, but after a closer look, he realized that the soldiers had sailed away without permission.

"You bastards! Bring the boat back!" Yamashita Matsui yelled, but to no avail. The warship drifted farther and farther away, leaving him and the rescued people alone on the sea.

Zhang Beixing originally planned to take this opportunity to sneak into the enemy ship, but he did not expect these soldiers to be so cowardly that they abandoned the ship and fled when they saw the general jumping into the water. He sighed in his heart that although the soldiers of the Great Sakura Empire had been trained, they still lacked some courage and determination.

Zhang Beixing knew that this matter must be made public, so he secretly decided that when he returned to his homeland, he would write about this experience and let the global media report it so that every corner of the world would echo this story.

This was no ordinary trifle, but a farce that made people laugh. Naturally, it should be widely spread for the world to enjoy. However, he could not sit idly by and watch these ships lose their way and sail back to the Great Sakura Empire. If this happened, all his previous efforts would be in vain.

The reason why he pretended to fall into the water and jumped from mid-air was to be rescued by them and put on the warship. Although Zhang Beixing was able to easily deal with them, this warship aroused his strong interest. It was exquisitely designed and technologically advanced, and Zhang Beixing was full of curiosity about its structure. These warships enjoy a high reputation internationally and are considered top-notch. Zhang Beixing couldn't help but wonder, how could a tiny country like the Great Sakura Empire build such advanced warships? This reminded him of a saying in Kyushu: "A wall of dung cannot be built", which is so appropriate here.

The warship in front of him was getting farther and farther away, and was about to disappear from sight. Yamashita Matsui was extremely anxious. He was worried that he would miss the warship and not be able to return home, and he was also afraid that the hostage Zhang Beixing in his hands would become in vain. What worried him even more was that they were in the territorial waters of Kyushu. If they stayed there for too long, they would either die of exhaustion or be discovered and killed by the Kyushu army.

In any case, if he could not catch up with the warship returning home, he would die here. As he grew older, his physical strength was no longer as good as before. If he drifted in this sea for too long, he might not be able to hold on for even half an hour. After a long time, his physical strength was exhausted, and there was really no one to help him.

He had to stop the warship, so he held Zhang Beixing in one hand and rowed hard with the other. However, no matter how hard he tried, the speed of the warship did not slow down at all. The people on the boat seemed to be completely unable to hear his shouts, because the huge noise generated by the warship's movement, as well as the sounds of the waves, soldiers talking and walking, intertwined to form a noisy mess.

Moreover, he was in the middle of the sea, and the warship was close to the coast. The whistling sea breeze and the chirping of seabirds made his cry even more insignificant. Was he really going to end his life in this unfamiliar sea? Although he was full of yearning for Kyushu, that was the Kyushu that was established after annexation, not the territory in front of him that belonged to others.

Yamashita Matsui looked at the deep sea in front of him, his heart filled with despair. He had left his hometown to serve his country, but he never thought that he might die before the war even started. If this were true, how would his family, friends, children and all relatives view him? How would the people who admired him guess his fate? Would he die on the battlefield or be eaten by fish?
He couldn't help but wonder if fate was punishing him for being too powerful when he was young, which led to his failure in his later years.

However, he was somewhat comforted by the fact that he was not fighting alone. He held Zhang Beixing tightly in his hand, and even if he died, he would take this hostage of Kyushu with him.

Yamashita Matsui hated and regretted Zhang Beixing. He hated Zhang Beixing for blocking the Great Sakura Empire's path to conquest, and he was even more skeptical of the nearly mythical Zhang Beixing in the soldiers' mouths. He could not believe that one person could defeat two-thirds of their army with only silver needles and iron swords. This sounded more like an excuse for the soldiers' failure.

He carefully observed Zhang Beixing and found that he was no different from an ordinary person, without three heads and six arms, and no extraordinary abilities. He tried to understand how Zhang Beixing could use silver needles to kill people, but he always felt that it was too absurd.

Even if the silver needle was coated with a deadly poison, it would not be possible to kill a person instantly, not to mention that Zhang Beixing was standing on a ten-meter-high wave at the time.

Yamashita Matsui thought that this was just a lie made up by the soldiers to cover up their incompetence. He looked at the warships going farther and farther away, his heart filled with sadness and helplessness. He knew that he was about to die, and the ones he couldn't let go of the most were his wife and children at home. He prayed silently, hoping that they would remember him after his death.

Zhang Beixing, who had been soaking in the water for a long time, felt very uncomfortable with his neck being tightly held by Yamashita Matsui. He listened to Yamashita Matsui's crying voice and felt both funny and pitiful. For him, killing Yamashita Matsui was easy, but he still had to be patient and wait for the right opportunity.

Such an old general actually drifted in the freezing sea water for nearly twenty minutes. If the warship had not unexpectedly turned back, their general would have died here. Thinking of this, the soldiers couldn't help but feel a little scared. Fortunately, the ship came back. This might be the arrangement of fate, destined for them to rescue the general.

Yamashita Matsui was shivering with cold at the moment. The coldness in the sea water almost made him lose consciousness. He urgently needed to return to the ship. However, the soldiers on the ship were talking and making a lot of noise. Although he could see the silhouette of the ship and smell the breath of the ship, his body had become stiff due to being immersed in the cold sea water for a long time, and his vision and hearing were greatly affected. He could only vaguely see the shadows of people on the ship, but he couldn't tell who they were. The soldiers' mouths opened and closed, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.

The soldiers on the boat noticed that the general in the water seemed to want to speak, but his lips only moved slightly and finally closed tightly. They were full of doubts: "What is the general doing in the sea? Why doesn't he come up?"

Someone replied: "You are stupid. The ship is so high, how can the general get up there alone?"

Another person agreed: "Yes, and the general is so old, someone must go down to pick him up."

At this time, someone suddenly noticed: "Look, is the general holding someone in his hand?"

Everyone then noticed that there was not just one general floating in the sea, but two.

It’s just that the other person had not been discovered before because more of his body was floating underwater.

The soldiers were even more confused: "Why is the general holding a person in his hand? Did he jump down to save this person?" Although they were full of questions, the most important thing at the moment was to rescue the general.

"Stop arguing!" A man who looked like a sailor standing at the driving position shouted, "The most important thing now is to pull the general up. Who of you will go down?" He looked around and finally picked two young and strong soldiers and asked them to go down and pull up the two people in the sea.

Yamashita Matsui could no longer hold on in the sea water, and he felt his strength slipping away bit by bit.

However, the soldiers on the ship seemed to be still hesitant, and no one came down.

Just when he was about to despair, two people finally jumped down. They were young and strong, and quickly pulled Yamashita Matsui and Zhang Beixing onto the boat.

When one of the soldiers saw the person Yamashita Matsui was holding, he was stunned.

He recognized the man, as many of his comrades had died at his hands.

However, now, this man was lying in his hands with a pale face, which made him feel incredible and full of hatred. But he suppressed his anger and quickly lifted Zhang Beixing onto the cabin.

As soon as he got on the boat, the soldier couldn't wait to drag Zhang Beixing to the front of Song Jing at the foot of the mountain and questioned him: (End of this chapter)