After the fall of Osaka, Gifu, and Nagoya, Kyoto, the last stronghold of the Meiji government, was completely exposed to the Manchurian Army of the Three Routes, and the Meiji regime was left with only an isolated city. In the face of the enemy who was approaching the city, Meiji was hysterical but there was nothing to do, Tokugawa Yoshiki, Matsudaira Yoho and others were ready to die and die, only Saigo Takamori was still working hard and did not give up the last hope.

Saigo Takamori, the last barrier of the Meiji government, is a lonely man who no longer has any comrades-in-arms around him who can support each other. The people who once fell with him have fallen together, and Okubo Toshitsu is in Dalian seppuku, and Ito Hirobumi has mysteriously disappeared, always fleeing from death, and there is no one left. Close comrades-in-arms Tokugawa Yoshiki and Matsudaira Yoho have also left the front, and the two men, who had been accused of being greedy for life and afraid of death since the Boshin War, have returned to Kyoto to serve the Meiji regime in the form of samurai. The minister and Meiji are now separated from Germany, but they also have one thing in common, that is, they both see Saigo Takamori unhappy, and they are panicked, and they put all the blame on Saigo Takamori's head. Saigo Takamori seems to have returned to his hometown many years ago, a country samurai walking alone in the afterglow of the setting sun.

150,000 Manchurian troops, 50,000 Japanese troops under the Heisei government, and 100,000 Korean troops gathered under the castle of Kyoto, preparing to solve the Meiji regime in one fell swoop, but Saigo Takamori stopped them. The trench defense line built by the mobilization of 200,000 people in Shanxian County finally played its role, and the Manchurian Army, which no longer had tank assistance, had to stop in front of this strong defensive line. Saigo Takamori was confident that he could hold back the Manchurian army for forty-three days, but only forty-three, because after forty-three days all the ammunition of the Japanese army would be exhausted.

"The defense line is well repaired, and the firepower of the position is also very good!" After completing the daily greetings of artillery fire again, the extremely bored Tachimi Naowen praised his old rival and new subordinate, the commander of the Japanese Fourth Division of the Heisei government, Yama Prefecture Aritomo.

During the Wuchen War, Limi Shangwen had a fight with Youpeng in Shanxian County, and Youpeng in Shanxian suffered a big loss in the hands of Limi Shangwen. Later, when he was forced to surrender to become a clerk, Yama Prefecture Youpeng also went to spy on the first fierce general of the shogunate army, and his heart was full of fear of him. After seeing Shangwen devote himself to North Manchuria, the two never crossed paths again, but they both had a deep impression of each other in their hearts. After Yamaguchi surrendered in Osaka, he was soon reappointed by the Heisei government as the commander of the Fourth Division, and then the two old acquaintances met again.

"The defense line was designed by General Saigo, and the firepower points were also deployed by him, and he was only responsible for the construction!" It is difficult for Yama County Youpeng to explain his current mood, the Kyoto defense line was dug by him personally, but now he himself has come to attack this defense line, which is really a trick.

"His Majesty the Emperor has already made a bid, if Saigo Takamoriden is willing to surrender, whether it is Takumi Takizawa or Asano Sohide, Saigo Hall is still the number one hero of my Great Japanese Empire!" Seeing that Shangwen kept winking at Youpeng in Shanxian County, it was clear that he wanted Youpeng in Shanxian to persuade him to surrender.

"His Majesty the Emperor is truly magnanimous!" Yama Prefecture Youpeng praised Emperor Heisei for a while, and then he stopped stubbling.

The surrender of Youpeng in Shanxian was not from the bottom of his heart, he called it had to, he was forced. The defenders of Osaka Castle were only 20,000, and most of the local residents were philistine merchants, so they were unable to resist the siege of more than 60,000 soldiers. After being bombed several times by the Manchurian Air Force, the defenders had to defend against the enemy on the one hand, and on the other hand, on the local people who had no sense of statehood. The people in Osaka, who just wanted to do business, secretly opened the city and let the Manchurian army in, and they definitely did it. After the Heisei government's edict to restore the privileges of the samurai was issued, Aritomo Yamaguchi was placed under house arrest by his own subordinates, and the Meiji government was on a dead end, and the samurai rebelled.

At the time of Osaka's opening, Yamaguchi Aritomo was handed over to the Manchurian Army as a prisoner, and he was not the organizer of the surrender, but a recalcitrant who was taken prisoner. According to the Yamaprefecture Youtomo, he was ordered to cut his stomach and then die for Meiji one step earlier, but a telegram from Changchun pulled him back. Guo Xing'a was very interested in Youpeng in Shan County as a general of the Japanese army in the future, and not only pardoned Youpeng in Shan County for his capital crime, but also entrusted him with important tasks.

The open-minded Yama Prefecture Youpeng didn't want to die in the first place, so although he was a little aggrieved, he also became a lieutenant general in the Heisei government. Then the treatment of Yama County Youpeng was a bit miserable, and the Heisei government, in order to buy people's hearts, set him up as a representative of the mandate of heaven, and was exhibited everywhere like a specimen. If it weren't for the campaign to destroy the Meiji government, he would have had to participate, and Aritomo Yamaguchi would still be touring all over Japan!

"Shan Shanjun will write another letter of persuasion! If Xixiang Hall can be submitted, your pressure will be a little less! "There are friends in Shanxian County who don't pick up the stubble, and Shangwen will not let him go.

"Your Excellency, I have already written six letters of persuasion, and even the messenger who delivered the letter has been beheaded three times, is it necessary for us to write again?" Youpeng in Shan County was very depressed, and immediately saw that Shangwen was not asking him to write a letter, but asking him to confirm his surrender again and again.

"The general often said that sincerity is the golden stone, and it always does no harm to write more!" Seeing Shangwen laugh proudly, he was still young and liked this kind of bad taste, and the appearance of friends eating flies in Shan County made him very happy.

"Hay!" Yama Youpeng wants to seppuku very much, but he also wants to live.

"By the way, the various divisions have completed the encirclement of Kyoto, and your Fourth Division is doing better ground work, so please go and cut off the water source in Kyoto! We couldn't fight it for a while, so we had to besiege the city! "Seeing that Shangwen not only has a bad taste, he also has a desperate plan.

"Hay!" Youpeng in Shan County had no resistance this time, he had already accepted his fate.

Shan Shan Youpeng knows very well that he is now a typical example of surrenderers, and the Manchurians are frantically establishing his glorious image, so he can't avoid many things at all. He will be the one who cuts off the water source in Kyoto, he will be the first to invade Kyoto, and he will be the one who captures and kills the Meiji Emperor. The Heisei government is basically a branch of the Manchurian government, and everything is decided by the Manchurians, but they seem to have to share the firepower, so they will arrange for the Japanese to do all kinds of things that hurt the feelings of the Japanese people. In the future, if the Japanese people want to scold people, they can only scold them for being a traitor, and they will definitely not be able to scold the Manchurians.

The so-called man is as desperate as iron, even if Saigo Takamori is in a desperate situation, he has no intention of surrendering, and no matter how many letters of persuasion he writes in Yama County, he can only be exchanged for contempt. Yeli Qiutong and other Saigo students actually have a hint of condescension, but they only agree with the policies of the Heisei government, and they have no intention of betraying Meiji. Saigo Takamori was willing to die for the Meiji government, and these disciples of them definitely didn't even frown, and they were all willing to die with Saigo Takamori.

"The Manchurian Army is smart and flexible, the Japanese army dares to fight, and the Korean soldiers are not worried, what direction will the pattern of East Asia go in the future?" Saigo Takamori in the defense line, in addition to tearing up the letter of persuasion from Yama County Youpeng, is observing and analyzing his enemies.

The Manchurian army besieging Kyoto was the best equipped and most powerful, and their fighting style was also the most interesting. The Manchurian Army was very concerned about its own battle losses, and never had to fight hard, and they would immediately retreat if they were defeated at all. But it was not easy to deal with them, and the Manchurian Army not only relied on its own equipment superiority, but their tactics were also very powerful. The commander of the Manchurian Army was very good at summarizing and analyzing, and his ability to adapt to changes was very strong. In the face of the Japanese defense line, they have changed more than a dozen tactics, from simple infantry and artillery coordination, to later storm assaults, and even infiltration tactics, they can always come up with new tricks, always catching the Japanese army off guard.

The equipment of the Japanese army in the Heisei government is average, almost the same as the Japanese army in the defense line, and the number of troops is not very large, but they are the most difficult to get. The style of the Japanese army is not afraid of death, they are very willing to fight hard, as long as there is an opportunity, they don't care about casualties at all. Immediately saw that Shangwen was even better at this, and was very good at seizing opportunities, and once commanded 10,000 Japanese troops to suddenly launch a white-knuckle assault and take the outer positions of Saigo in one fell swoop. This kind of hard rush regardless of casualties has a very intuitive effect, and the psychological impact on the defenders is very large.

The Korean army, which is in the middle of the force and the equipment is also in the middle, Saigo Takamori looks down on it the most, and the purpose of the existence of these people is only to waste the ammunition of the defenders. The Korean soldiers were relatively brave and quite aggressive, but after forming an army, their combat power was very average. Once on the battlefield, these North Koreans are like crazy, some cowering like frightened, some are too excited. In short, these people go crazy when they go to the battlefield, their behavior is completely unpredictable, and they are very inconsistent with the rules of the battlefield. The Korean army, which was rushing and running around, although the individuals were still brave, had little combat effectiveness, and a hundred Japanese troops could deal with them with a thousand.

"The air raids of the Manchurians are really terrible, if there were no air raids, the situation would be much better!" Yeli Qiutong doesn't want the teacher to think too much, some things that are destined to be impossible for them to see, what's the point of thinking about it again!

"They abandoned our defensive line and began to bombard the inner city of Kyoto day and night, which not only killed and injured a large number of civilians in the city, but also seriously threatened our logistical supplies, and His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers were always in danger." Yamada Xianyi was very worried about the situation in the city, the defense line was held, but Kyoto Castle had become a ghost, what was the point of their defense line.

"The Manchurian air raids were especially terrible at night, and they seemed to use some more terrible weapons than airships, with shorter air strikes and more bombs!" Nori Akiki is particularly sympathetic to Yamada's view.

"Gentlemen, try to persevere!" Saigo Takamori knows everything, but what can he do!