After the defeat of the Japanese army and the news of Masabukuro's seppuku martyrdom reached the Imperial Palace, the young Meiji Emperor fell into a state of complete death. Meiji was still too young, and such a bad result was far beyond his ability to bear. Meiji took care of the crown on his head and held back the tears in his eyes, if it weren't for the drag of the crown, Meiji would have cried a long time ago.

Iwakura Gushi, Sanjo Minoru and other ministers sat around His Royal Highness, all of them with gloomy faces and did not say a word. Ito Hirobumi and the others barely managed to maintain their composure, but the sweat on their foreheads was rolling down, and anyone could see the horror in their hearts. Ito Hirobumi and the others really wanted to say something, they had too much to say now, but after all, their identity was not enough, so they could only be secretly anxious in their hearts. Saigo Takamori, who was seized from power, was also silent in the same way, but he was better than everyone, his face was as usual, and he couldn't see any panic, but his heart was dripping blood.

Saigo's composure is pretended to be shown to others, and now is a critical moment for survival, if even he is out of order, the city of Tokyo will inevitably fall into a panic, and by that time there will be no Manchurians to fight, Japan will be finished, so he must wait to stabilize. But he couldn't suppress the pain in his heart, Masajiro Omura was defeated too badly, and the essence of the Japanese army had been damaged. The Armstrong guns, which had been imported at great expense, were almost all scrapped, and the loss of rifles and ammunition was even more staggering.

After a major battle, the main force of the Japanese army lost more than 50,000 casualties, more than 40,000 wounded, and lost all the field artillery. Now the city of Tokyo, which once had nearly 200,000 troops, has less than 70,000 remnants in the city, which is barely enough to defend the city, and the Japanese army has no ability to attack again. In particular, the death of Masajiro Omura, who has always been regarded as the god of war in the army, has dealt a great blow to the morale of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army has lost its courage, and those peasant soldiers who did not have to care about the face of the samurai have become extremely afraid of the Manchurian army. And even if they had the heart to fight again, what would the Japanese army, which had lost all its heavy firepower in the field, take to fight the Manchurian Army?

But now Saigo doesn't have to think about how to attack, how to hold Tokyo, or cover Meiji's move, is what he should worry about the most. There were still some old guns fixed to the gun emplacements in the Tokyo city defense, but these iron ball-shooting things, even a fool knew that they could only serve as a consolation to the defenders, and Masajiro Omura had defeated all the heavy weapons of the Japanese army. Without heavy weapons, the gap in firepower of the Japanese army in the face of the Manchurian army was even greater, and if the soldiers could serve desperately, they might be able to make up for this gap, but there were some things that the soldiers could not make up for with their lives. After they were killed or wounded, their guns were lost on the battlefield, and the defeated Japanese army certainly had no chance to bring them back. This is the most distressing place for Saigo Takamori, the Japanese army only has more than 100,000 breech-loading rifles, almost all of them are lost, if the Manchurian army attacks Tokyo, the Japanese army can only rely on front-loading guns to resist.

The Manchurian Army suffered considerable losses in this battle, and conservatively estimated that the casualties were more than 2,000. Recently, the Manchurian Army has not received large-scale reinforcements, so please take this opportunity to move to Kyoto! After thinking about it, Saigo also felt that Tokyo was out of play, so he persuaded Meiji to run away again. Saigo's estimate of the casualties of the Manchurian Army was very accurate, and the Manchurian Army did suffer more than 2,300 casualties in this battle, of which more than 300 were killed in battle and more than 200 were seriously wounded.

"No, I won't leave, I am a descendant of Amaterasu, the heavens will defend me, the divine wind will come, and the barbarians will never be rampant in the kingdom of God!" Meiji, who had been silent for a long time, still cried, but he shook his head frantically, and the ministers naturally couldn't see it.

Meiji's mania is understandable, but this time he was stimulated too much. After sending troops from Saigo, everything on the front line would quickly be transmitted back to the Imperial Palace, but Meiji listened to the news of Omura Masajiro's triumphant advance all the way, why did the whole army suddenly collapse! Now Masajiro Omura can't count on it, but he still won't listen to Saigo-sensei, and he must not allow his legitimacy to be challenged by barbarians. Defeating the Manchurian Army, Meiji didn't dare to think about it anymore, he could only put his expectations on the immortal ancestors.

Japan has faced the threat of foreign enemies several times, but each time it has been able to survive safely by relying on shit luck, and the most dangerous one is the Yuan army's attack on Japan. The Mongol cavalry, which had conquered almost the whole world, suddenly arrived at the doorstep of Japan, even more terrifying than the current Manchurian Army, as long as they landed, Japan would definitely be finished, and there was absolutely no possibility of survival. However, the fierce Yuan army failed to land in Japan after all, and they were sent to the bottom of the sea by a strong wind. All Japanese people believe that this is the blessing of Amaterasu, so this gale has become a Japanese kamikaze.

"Tokyo is too dangerous now, if the Manchurian army concentrates on attacking the city, our troops and ammunition will not be enough to resist!" Saigo is not a country samurai, he doesn't believe in any kamikaze, and the Imperial family is also human, but Saigo knows very well.

Not to mention that the emperor absolutely did not have the ability to summon the apparition of his ancestors, and even if he had this ability, it would be difficult for a kamikaze to destroy the fleet of the Manchurian army. At that time, the Yuan army was quelled by a strong wind, mainly because the Mongols did not learn hydrology, and there were still problems with the quality of the ships in the early Joseon period. The current Manchurian Navy is all professional soldiers, they have long been swimming the entire ocean, what kind of wind and waves they have not seen, how can they capsize like the Mongols. Moreover, the steel giants of the Manchurians are not the same concept as the small wooden ships of the Mongols, unless it is an earth-shaking hurricane, otherwise the Manchurian Navy feels that it can stand by.

Moreover, Meiji obviously did not understand modern warfare, and the Mongols were still isolated from the world at that time, and the war was unfavorable to the Mongols, so they had no intention of continuing to fight. Now it is no longer that kind of environment, the war between North Manchuria and Japan is a national war in a new era, how can it be affected by the victory or defeat of one or two battles. Even if a kamikaze really killed the Manchurian fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin, the Manchurians could quickly bring in more fleets, and even if the gale killed all the fleets in Manchuria, the Manchurian shipyards would still produce countless warships from a steady source of energy. This is a life-and-death war between countries, and even if Meiji really finds immortals, it will not be able to make up for the huge gap in national strength between Japan and Northern Manchuria.

"Let the people take the city and defend it, mobilize all those who can go to the battlefield to join the battle, and never let the Manchurians invade Tokyo! I am the emperor of the Great Japanese Empire, and Tokyo is the capital of Japan, and I am not going anywhere! Meiji was very stubborn, and his face was only stubborn.

"It's good to go to Osaka!" Saigo also reacted that Meiji was not suitable to return to Kyoto for some reasons that could not be mentioned, and if it weren't for this reason, they would not have had to move the capital to Edo in the first place.

"Find another place! Osaka is a must-see! Saigo was interrupted by Ito Hirobumi's words, Ito Hirobumi's identity was not enough, but he also had a Meiji share his worries.

It was also Saigo who just thought about the big event of not being able to go back to Kyoto, and his mind was suddenly messed up, and his thinking was a little short-circuited, otherwise even if he had the idea to go to Aizu Castle, he would never have been able to go to Osaka. After the 50,000-strong Manchurian army razed the Changzhou Domain to the ground, it had already marched all the way east, and Osaka was the first to bear the brunt of the threat of the main force of the Manchurian army, and the situation was even more serious than that of Tokyo. Meiji's move from Tokyo to Osaka was an act of seeking death, and Tokyo was only very dangerous, while Osaka was certain to die.

"Maybe you can move to Yokohama."

"Nara can also prepare a little!"

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The ministers and the nouveau riche of the government, who had just seemed to be silent, spoke out one after another to discuss the location of the relocation, and they all knew that moving the capital to the War of Resistance was the only option for Japan now. Only by withstanding the first wave of the offensive of Be-Manchuria could it be possible to sue for peace with North Manchuria through the mediation of Britain and France.

"Coastal cities are not considered at all, they must be inland cities, and the city defense must also be perfect! The Manchurian Navy is extremely powerful, and they may land in various places along the coast at any time, and we must not be on guard! Saigo Takamori directly vetoed the proposed coastal land, and the Manchurian Army attacked from all sides, connecting the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, and even waged war at Tokyo and Changzhou at the same time, which fully demonstrated the strength of the Manchurian Army's maritime forces. Many of Japan's major cities were coastal areas, and these places were inaccessible, and if the Manchurian army followed them, the Japanese army would be even more passive.

"Wakamatsu, Kuwana and other places where the old shogunate was entrenched, we must never go, if they defect to the enemy and betray the country in order to restore their former authority, we will be in the mouth of a tiger!" Iwakura was very hostile to the shogunate, so he was just as hostile to some of the former shogunate's root places, so he filtered these places.

In fact, there is no need to mention this in Iwakura, Your Highness all know it in your hearts! All of them were the main forces that overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate, and they all had a deep enmity with the shogunate faction, so they naturally knew where to hide from the shogunate. Although the shogunate forces are almost cleaned up, there is no guarantee that there will be no individual die-hard elements, and if they suddenly cause chaos when foreign enemies come to the door, Japan will really be finished. In recent years, the assassination of dignitaries of the new government has not stopped, and everyone feels that there is a shadow of the shogunate behind this, and they are naturally very careful when it comes to the shogunate.

Saigo Takamori, Iwakura Gushi, Ito Hirobumi and others analyzed the situation in each place in detail, and they all carefully considered the place that could be used as a companion capital, and the discussion was very lively, but they all forgot to pay attention to the emperor's face. The young Meiji Emperor, his face was already terrifying, and he had repeatedly said that he would not leave, but his subordinates were still talking about leaving Tokyo. In Meiji's eyes, this was the contempt of his subordinates for him, and it was a question of his legitimacy, which he would never tolerate. In order to show his authority, in order to maintain his orthodox identity, Meiji must not leave Tokyo, and he has already made a decision.

"You Aiqing don't have to fight, I have made up my mind, I will never leave Tokyo, I will fight the barbarians here to the death! Issued an edict that all subjects of our Great Japanese Empire must fight to the death against the enemy, and ordered all the armed forces from all over the country to assemble in Tokyo, and this is the place where I and the barbarians will fight to the death! "Meiji is categorical and never gives anyone a chance to question and dissuade them.