At 100 years old, he joined the army in place of his granddaughter, and became a national war god.

In the waters off the Eastern Yi Kingdom, a fishing boat is hauling in its nets.

A fisherman was wiping the sweat from his brow and stretching when he saw a large ship swimming toward their fishing boat.

"What's that?" the fisherman asked curiously, then called out to his son behind him, "Son, you have good eyesight, come and see what that is!"

Inside the boat, a young man who was tidying up the fishing nets came out of the cabin and went to the bow of the boat after hearing his father's call.

"Where is Father?"

"Look, over there..." the old fisherman said, pointing ahead.

Following their father's finger, they saw that the large ship had broken through the fog ahead and was now fully revealed to them.

Upon seeing the large ship, the young man was incredibly excited and exclaimed, "Father, that's our Dongyi's warship!"

"Warships!"

Young people dream of joining the Dongyi navy one day and sailing the East China Sea on warships.

However, they did not have the opportunity to see the Dongyi warships up close.

However, as the Eastern barbarian warship drew closer, the young man's face turned pale.

A sense of fear surged within me.

"No...no!" the young man said loudly, his voice filled with fear.

The old fisherman asked, "Son, what's wrong?"

The young man, trembling with fear, stammered, "Father, this ship...it seems there are no living people on it!"

Just then, the tall railing emerged from the mist, and the young man, seeing the bloodied corpse pinned to the railing by a samurai sword, was so frightened that he fell onto the deck of the fishing boat.

"No...oh no, there are corpses up there!"

At that moment, the old fisherman also saw the corpse hanging on the railing. He was so frightened that his pupils constricted. Then, he subconsciously picked up the oar, spun the boat around, and moved away from the Dongyi warship.

"Quickly, quickly, get back to shore!"

The young people also picked up oars and rowed the boat quickly toward the shore.

After landing, they immediately reported it to the authorities.

……

On the shore, a captain of the Dongyi navy had already led three thousand sailors on a warship to the sea, intending to pull back the warship that the fishermen had discovered.

The moment the ship drew near, everyone was stunned.

The scene before them was shocking, filling them with a fear of death.

The deck was piled high with the corpses of Dongyi naval soldiers, and the corpses were covered with seabirds that came to eat the dead soldiers.

Some of the bodies were already rotten from being soaked in seawater.

They were pecked and torn apart by seabirds, a gruesome scene that was even nauseating.

The most tragic of them all was the corpse nailed to the rail. Except for its chest, which was covered by armor, the rest of its body, especially its head, had been eaten clean by seabirds, leaving only a white skeleton.

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Upon seeing this scene, the Dongyi soldiers gasped in shock.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene before them, some even taking several steps back in fright.

At that moment, a captain spoke up: "Sir, the one nailed to the railing looks like General Murakami Heiji!"

"I recognize the armor he's wearing."

The captain squinted at the corpse, took a deep breath to calm himself, and then ordered, "Take five hundred men with me to board the ship and check the situation."

So the captain led his five hundred soldiers onto that warship filled with death.

The moment they stepped onto the shore, a sea breeze blew in their faces, carrying a strong, foul stench that almost made them vomit.

As he walked, the captain looked at the corpses and sighed, "These brothers died such a tragic death."

"What exactly happened to them?"

The captain arrived at the base of the railing, looked at the corpse nailed halfway down, and said, "Men, take this corpse down."

Several soldiers acted quickly and soon brought the rotting corpse onto the deck.

The captain covered his mouth and nose, drew his katana from his waist, and flicked it at the corpse's abdomen, revealing a token.

It says "Heiji Murakami" on it!

"It really is General Murakami Heiji!" the captain muttered to himself, then looked up at the sea in the direction of Daqian, his brows furrowed and his expression becoming tense.

The captain beside him, also covering his mouth and nose, leaned over and asked, "Sir, General Murakami Heiji was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Zhenhaiguan. How come he's here?"

"Does this mean that all 30,000 naval troops were defeated?"

The captain coldly replied, "Fool, why ask such an obvious question?"

"Even General Murakami met such an end, how could the rest possibly survive?"

The captain's face was full of resentment as he said, "Sir, you know perfectly well the strength of the Great Qian navy. How can it compare to our Eastern Yi navy?"

"And those warships of the Great Qian Dynasty, their combat power is about the same as our fishing boats."

"Moreover, General Murakami Heiji is a renowned naval commander of the Eastern Barbarians, with a strong ability to lead troops in naval battles, and he has never been defeated."

"In that case, how can the Great Qian Navy contend with us?"

"Therefore, this humble general truly does not believe that the Daqian navy could annihilate our 30,000-strong navy at sea!"

At that moment, an ominous premonition welled up in my heart.

"Take General Murakami's body and return immediately. We must inform His Majesty the Emperor of this matter and take preventative measures as soon as possible."

The captain asked, "Sir, what should we do with these corpses?"

The captain looked at them and replied, "Burn all these corpses and this warship."

So the soldiers sprang into action, taking oil drums from the ship's hold, pouring the oil onto the already rotting corpses, and then setting them ablaze.

Soon, the soldiers returned to their original warships and sailed away.

Not long after they left, the warship immediately emitted a crisp explosion.

Thick smoke billowed up, and after several explosions, the ship slowly sank into the sea.

The captain, his brow furrowed as he gazed at the sunken warship, said, "My lord, how did the Great Qian suddenly acquire such strength?"

"They actually managed to defeat our Dongyi navy, and even deliberately brought their warships into Dongyi waters."

"This is blatant provocation."

The captain also stared at the warship slowly sinking into the sea, his heart filled with worry.

This battle was enough to demonstrate that the navy of the Great Qian Dynasty was no longer as weak as before, but had developed to the point where it could compete with the navy of the Eastern Barbarians.

……

On the coast.

A group of fishermen were drawn over by the explosions. They looked at the fire burning on the sea not far away and the silhouette of the sunken warship, their expressions filled with worry.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Will this affect our fishing trips at sea?"

"Mr. Tanaka, didn't you see that warship? What's going on?"

The fishermen nearby looked at the old fisherman and his son who had first discovered the warship and kept asking them questions.

The old fisherman said, "I don't know anything else, except that a general in armor died on the ship."

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"A general in armor?"

"I heard that not long ago His Majesty the Emperor dispatched Admiral Murakami Heiji with 30,000 naval troops to attack Zhenhaiguan, the stronghold of the Great Qian Dynasty. Could the general in armor you saw be Admiral Murakami?"

"Impossible! How could the Daqian navy possibly kill our Dongyi general?"

"It's not that their warships are less powerful than our fishing boats."

"It's hard to say. After all, the Great Qian is a vast and powerful nation with unfathomable strength."

"If it really is General Murakami, it means that our 30,000 naval troops have been completely wiped out, and our warships have all been burned."

"In this way, the Eastern Yi will surely wage war against the Great Qian."

"Our waters are no longer peaceful. Forget about fishing, we should move away from here as soon as possible."

The young man, with his father, quickly left the area.

He knew that once such public opinion arose, the government would most likely cause them trouble.

We must leave as soon as possible.

However, once such remarks spread among the people, they are difficult to stop and will soon reach the ears of the Eastern Emperor!