The matter of the interference and mediation of the seven countries was actually messed up by the Japanese themselves, and Goxing Ake was very happy, although the Ottoman Ottoman Turks came to add a little blockage, but the overall mood was still good. Now that Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido have all taken the three islands of Japan outside of Honshu, the Southern Route Army has approached Kyoto, the Eastern Route Army has captured Nagano, and the Northern Route Army has taken Fukushima lightly.

"Thank you for coming back!" Emperor Meiji of Tokyo is receiving a strange and familiar guest, the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshiki.

"As a samurai, I should be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" Tokugawa Yoshiki was very deferential to the emperor, and he did not feel embarrassed by his sudden appearance, he was a Japanese general, and he should have appeared here when Japan was in a national crisis.

"How many troops can be raised now, and is there enough equipment?" Meiji was also very surprised that Tokugawa Yoshiki was able to go straight to him, but after hearing Tokugawa Yoshiki confide in him, the emperor was very happy. Now Meiji is not concerned about how to face Tokugawa Yoshiki in the future, but how many men Tokugawa Keiki can bring him, and whether he can stop the Manchurians for him.

"The old feudal domains have been fully mobilized, and if you count the children of the samurai family who are studying, the total number will be no less than 300,000. The equipment of each feudal clan is slightly different, but the Tokugawa family and the Matsudaira family of the Aizu clan both have a lot of Manchurian equipment, which can relieve the urgent need a little! Tokugawa Yoshiki was very frank, he not only confessed his heart to Meiji, but also took out all his belongings.

"Good, good!" Meiji also understood in his heart why the Tokugawa family and the Matsudaira family were hiding weapons privately, and they were not ready to deal with him one day, but now that they were jointly protected against foreign humiliation, he should not know these things.

"However, most of the samurai of each domain have not received training in modernization, and now it is too late to train, so they can only be led by their feudal lords, please ask for the permission of His Majesty the Emperor!" Tokugawa Keiki was about to retire, and suddenly a crucial issue came to mind, the question of the command of the troops. The feudal lords and samurai of each clan generally did not have a good impression of the new government, and Saigo Takamori and others did not have any good intentions towards the feudal army, so everyone was better off in their own way.

"Yes!" Meiji was young after all, so he didn't think much about it in a hurry, and nodded his head without thinking.

"Don't ......" Saigo Takamori hurriedly stopped, but Tokugawa Keiki was not as honest as before, and he actually said that he had the order, and ran away.

"How could Your Majesty easily allow them to take control of the army? If these former traitors have bad intentions, the elbow and armpit disaster will stand under the wall! Saigo Takamori saw that Tokugawa Yoshiki had run away with great concern, so he could only turn his anger on Emperor Meiji.

"The feudal soldiers have been applauding for generations, what difference is there between what I approve and what I don't allow! Besides, now is the time when General Lai Tokugawa is supervising the army to fight, how can it chill the hearts of loyal ministers! Meiji was very angry about Saigo's attitude, and he endured it again and again, and then quarreled with Saigo.

"This generation is our former enemies, how can we regard them as loyal ministers, if Tokugawa Yoshiki is a loyal minister, what should we do during the Boshin period?" Saigo is not a person who can't see the situation clearly, and these feudal armies created by Tokugawa Keiki are indeed Japan's last hope at the moment, but if the name of Tokugawa and others is restored, it will be very embarrassing for them to be powerful in the southwest. Although the emperor will also be embarrassed, the emperor can be cheeky to get through, and a few people from the southwestern domains can't help it, they have no other way but to die. The return of Tokugawa Yoshiki will inevitably lead to the complete negation of the Boshin War, and the entire Meiji Restoration will be brought back to its original form.

"General Tokugawa Yoshiki is also dedicated to the country!" Meiji's answer was only a specious remark.

Some things have to be spoken by strength, but the four strong feudal clans are strong, and Meiji is basically pinched in the palm of their hands, of course, they have to accompany them to the end, and then transform the country according to their ideas. Now that the four strong feudal clans have long been wiped out by the Manchurians, although Saigo Takamori, Kido Takayoshi and others in the dynasty can still make Meiji feel constrained, but the binding force has been greatly reduced. Except for a few people who knew the inside story, such as Saigo Takamori, the others Meiji could already ignore it completely. At present, Tokugawa Keiki can fan all the old samurai in Japan, of course, he is still expected to be more reliable. In fact, Meiji didn't think that a strong feudal coalition government was much better than a combination of public and military forces. As long as his position as emperor does not move, he really doesn't care what form the people under him use to organize the government, and in terms of attitude, the high-ranking officials who support the combination of public and military forces are much more deferential than Saigo Takamori's gang. Saigo's gang shouldn't know too many things, and they are proud of their achievements, which is really a bit annoying.

"As long as Japan can survive, why should we die!" Saigo was a little chilled, but he still nodded and accepted it, and immediately ordered everyone to cooperate with the former enemy to reorganize the army.

After the fall of the shogunate, a large number of low-ranking samurai moved to Tokyo in order to earn a living. Tokugawa Yoshiki ordered the samurai of all Japan to assemble in Tokyo in the name of the general of the expedition half a month ago, so the total number of samurai in Tokyo at this time had exceeded 250,000. The samurai, who had already thought that the new government was mean and unkind, suddenly saw that the shogun in charge of the rice had returned, and had received the emperor's decree, and even though the crowd was excited, their good days were about to return. The samurai, who had been reduced to pasting paper umbrellas, working as thugs, but workers, once again picked up the blade in their hearts and returned to the command of the feudal lord without hesitation, ready to create a foundation for future generations, and ready to fight for a chance to become gods after death.

Both the Tokugawa and Matsudaira clans took out the preparations that were easy to hide, and the government also sent over some of the preparations they had captured from the Aizu domain, and the Japanese army immediately had a firepower equal to that of the British army of 20,000. The remaining 200,000 or so people have everything, Schneider has it, snuffbox has it, Spencer has it, Henry has it, there are front-loading Migne rifles, and flintlock pistols are not uncommon. The most exaggerated are some Kwantung princes, because they are poor and do not have any firearms reserves, so they simply put on their ancestral armor and prepare to win with spears and blades.

Tokugawa Yoshiki also really showed a cheer-up attitude this time, and instead of resigning himself to fate in the past, he was very active in rearmament warfare. In order to better understand the tactics of the Manchurian Army, Tokugawa Yoshiki also went to interview the survivors of the previous battles, and learned from them that the barbed wire and machine guns were well coordinated, and also knew the terrible pillboxes on the Manchurian positions. Tokugawa Yoshiki quickly came up with a solution, one was to rush to make a batch of iron tongs to destroy the barbed wire of the Manchurian army. The second is to make a large number of small *bags* for use in emergency to destroy barbed wire, * and other things, and as the only way to raid bunkers.

But some things are predestined, and although Tokugawa Yoshiki worked hard, he didn't have the life to win the battle in his life, so he had no choice but to face unchangeable defeats. Maybe God also thinks that the last time Tokugawa Keiki lost in the Battle of Toba Fushimi, it was a little illogical, so this time he was ready to give Tokugawa Keiki a logical defeat. When Tokugawa rejoiced in completing the reorganization of the army and went out with confidence, it was the time when the follow-up troops vigorously transported by the Manchurian Navy rushed to Tokyo Bay. Tokugawa Yoshiki slammed headlong into the enemy who had the overall superiority as if he were to die.

Tokugawa Yoshiki also saw it in the telescope, a large number of Manchurian transport ships approached the port, and then sent a large number of small boats to open and frantically send people to the shore. The Manchurian Army increased its troops on a large scale, which they never expected, and once the Manchurian Army launched an offensive, the emperor would be in danger. However, Tokugawa Yoshiki, who was more dogmatic, was still ready to copy some things from books, such as attacking the enemy Bandu.

It is true that the Manchurian Army is increasing its troops, but the number of people they send is still very limited, and the troops are busy receiving the newly arrived troops, and the order is a mess, which is a good opportunity for the Japanese army to storm onslaught. Knowing that the risk would be relatively large, Tokugawa Yoshiki was still ready to gamble. Japan no longer has the possibility of winning this war, and what Tokugawa Yoshiki has to work hard to do is to show his strength to let his opponent know that he is not easy to mess with, and finally seek peace by war.

Although Saigo Takamori was not in the same position as Tokugawa Yoshiki and others, he still came to the front line and helped him with advice as Tokugawa Yoshiki's deputy. In terms of specific tactics, Saigo gave Tokugawa Yoshiki a lot of help, and really played a good role on the battlefield.

The Japanese army used 10,000 samurai wearing large armor and holding cold weapons as the vanguard, and directly attacked the barbed wire of the Manchurian army. Although their weapons are not good, they can still block bullets, and the iron pincers are almost all on them. The 20,000 people in the center are the trump cards of the Japanese army, they are all veterans of the bloody battle with the government army in the Bochen War, they have very rich combat experience, and they are also equipped with all Manchuria replacement preparations. Their task was to suppress the Manchurian firepower and provide cover for the armored warriors in front of them. The last group of 15,000 people were all survivors of the previous battles, and they were very familiar with the Manchurians' routines and had a very strong ability to survive the battlefield. Their mission is more or less the same as that of the second echelon, mainly covering their teammates and suppressing enemy fire. However, they also have a special mission, that is, to advance in lurk, once the battle is lost, they must be broken into pieces, quickly disperse to the outer positions of the Manchurian Army, constantly harass the Manchurian Army, buy opportunities for their own assault, or buy time for the next attack.

Saigo and Tokugawa were well deployed, and the Japanese samurai were enthusiastic about attacking, but their plans did not go well. The Manchurian Army had been monitoring the city of Tokyo with airships, and Tokugawa was pleased with such a big movement, and the beachhead had already been prepared, so they were greeted by a rain of bullets from machine guns. The samurai's large armor may be able to withstand some small shrapnel, but when swept by a heavy machine gun, their large armor is powerless. The charging Japanese soldiers fell one by one like cutting leeks, the soft sand was soaked in the blood of young people, and the whole bay seemed to turn red.