Led by more than 40 tanks and more than 300 airships, the Manchurian Army took 13 hours to comprehensively break through the Edo defense line that Saigo Takamori had painstakingly deployed, and Saigo Takamori was once again defeated in the face of high technology. As a hero who can afford to let go, Saigo Takamori accepted his defeat very calmly, but he did not give up, but led his remnants of the defeated generals to fight a street battle with the Manchurian army under the city of Tokyo.

After completely abandoning the defensive line and breaking it into pieces, the Japanese army really achieved certain results, such as paralyzing three Manchurian tanks. However, the tank is not an ordinary annoyance, the Japanese army worked hard, sacrificed the lives of dozens of soldiers, and finally broke its tracks, this ghost thing can still be parked in place as a fixed turret. The Japanese army really wanted to capture a tank, even if they couldn't study it themselves, they could know themselves and their opponents, but the combat effectiveness of this thing was too strong. Except for the muzzle of the gun, there is not even a place to penetrate the interior. After the Manchurian infantry followed, the Japanese could only let this terrible guy go.

"Bastard, go again!" Yeli Qiutong was not far from the paralyzed tank, and he had been carefully observing the situation of the tank. As soon as the Japanese retreated, several Manchurian troops jumped out of the tanks and simply tinkered for a while, and this damn thing was actually able to move again.

With the help of tanks, the Japanese army's street fighting was even more difficult. The tanks were like mobile fortresses, and the Manchurian infantry all moved close to the tanks, except for a few sharpshooters, it was difficult for ordinary Japanese troops to play the surprise effect of street fighting. Often, the Japanese army made a surprise attack, and most of them hit the tanks, and then they were suppressed by the tank's artillery fire and machine guns, and finally they were tortured to death by the Manchurian infantry in a corner. The senseless sacrifices of the Japanese army could only delay the speed of the Manchurian Army's advance, and it was often difficult to exchange ten lives for one enemy and one wound, and one hundred lives for one death, and the difference in the ratio of battle losses between the two sides was huge.

"Hidden! Take cover! "When the Manchurian army rested, the Japanese army was more nervous than during the battle, and they wanted to dig a grave and bury themselves.

While the infantry and tanks rest in place, set up defenses and wait for supplies in the rear, the artillery and air force will not be idle, they will cherish their time for shows. When the infantry stopped advancing, they would summon artillery and naval guns in the rear to bombard what they saw as suspicious targets. As the saying goes, where there is a suspicious bombing, Guoxing Ake has never saved money on the battlefield. The Air Force is even more extravagant, they will bomb indiscriminately to the forward areas of the infantry, and there is not even a fixed target. This kind of fighting style of burning with money is simply the nemesis of street fighting, and the Japanese troops in the rubble suffered heavy casualties.

Saigo Takamori and the Japanese troops on the front line struggled under artillery fire, while Tokugawa Yoshiki and Minoru Sanjo and others struggled with the mouth cannon of Emperor Meiji. The artillery fire of the Manchurian army had already shaken the roof of the palace and began to fall tiles, and the jade in the pit of the Meiji Emperor was still as hard as before, and he had to fight to the death with the Manchurians in Tokyo. Tokugawa Keiki's mouth was worn out, and Emperor Meiji still shook his head like a rattle.

"The son of a thousand daughters does not sit in the court, His Majesty the Emperor is relied on by billions of people, and must not be in danger himself! The ministers ask His Majesty the Emperor to move and reassure the people, so as to wait for the opportunity of revival in the coming days! What Minoru Sanjo and others said was very false, and persuading Emperor Moji to move his car became a one-man show for Tokugawa Keiki.

"I am the hope of all the peoples, but how can I be forced by the barbarians to abandon the kingdom and flee! How can I treat all the people of the world, how can I treat the ancestors and society! Meiji's little face turned iron blue again, and he hated his subordinates for being incompetent, and he actually let himself fall into such an embarrassing situation.

"Saigo-kun's defense line has been completely broken, the samurai are delaying the advance of the Manchurian army with flesh and blood, and His Majesty the Emperor will not make a decision, and a matter of urgency will be in front of you!" Tokugawa Keiki was also about to go crazy with hatred, and the ministers who talked about him on weekdays were all dumb at this moment, did they want Emperor Meiji to be captured by the Manchurians?

"Saigo Takamori once personally boasted that Haikou was in front of me, saying that the Manchurian army had to fight hard for half a month with 30,000 casualties, and it was not allowed to cross the Edo defense line even a step! Why did the Manchurian army reach the capital without a day? "Emperor Meiji did not feel sorry for the hard fighting of the front-line soldiers, but blamed Saigo Takamori for his unfavorable battle.

The main reason for Emperor Meiji's temper was not that Saigo Takamori was unfavorable in battle, but because Tokugawa Yoshiki said the wrong word. The whole world knows that the Japanese army can't defeat the Manchurian Army, and if you hold for half a month or a day, it's a loss anyway, and it doesn't matter at all. But Tokugawa Keiki called the soldiers who fought bloody battles samurai, and Emperor Meiji couldn't bear it. In the eyes of Emperor Meiji, the soldiers who fought should be called the Imperial Army, because the Imperial Army belonged to him, the Emperor. If he is called a samurai, shouldn't he be under the control of Tokugawa Yoshiki, the shogun. Tokugawa Yoshiki has been returning to Meiji with his shogunate forces for several years, but Meiji's precautionary heart has not gone at all, and the biggest obstacle to government reform is Tokugawa Yoshiki's large group of people. Meiji was not happy to see Tokugawa Keiki, but recently Saigo Takamori and Tokugawa Keiki and others have been very close, and Meiji is even more unhappy.

"The Manchurian Army suddenly dispatched new weapons, just like land subway armored ships, guns and bullets cannot be penetrated, artillery cannot be damaged, and our army cannot resist, so it is helpless to be defeated, and it is not the crime of Xixiang Jun!" Tokugawa Keiki was going to die, and he also excused Saigo Takamori.

"Xixiang is incompetent and humiliates the country, I am the commander of the army to resist the humiliation, and I personally conquer the barbarians, how can I abandon the capital and leave!" Emperor Meiji's temper was even greater, and in his eyes, Tokugawa Yoshiki may have reached some kind of consensus with Saigo Takamori, they were going to sell themselves to the Manchurians, so naturally they refused to leave anything.

"His Majesty the Emperor has a long military fortune, and he will definitely be able to restrain the barbarians, but at this time, the enemy army is strong, and please ask Your Majesty to avoid the enemy's edge and crusade again in the future!" Matsudaira Rongho found that Meiji and Tokugawa Yoshiki were becoming more and more speechless, so he quickly came out himself to steal the conversation.

"If you will crusade again in the future, what you said is good, do you want to throw the millions of people in Kyoto to the Manchurians and let them slaughter them?" Emperor Meiji was not Emperor Komei, so naturally he would no longer favor Matsudaira Yokoto, but would be even more difficult. After all, from the perspective of the Meiji era, Matsudaira Rongho's sin was even greater than that of Tokugawa Yoshiki, and after the shogunate surrendered, Matsudaira Rongho was still doing things in the north!

"His Majesty the Emperor is benevolent and cares for his people, but the situation is compelling, and there must be no delay! The minister invited Yu Saigo-kun to stay in Tokyo and swore to fight the Manchurian barbarians to death! Tokugawa was overjoyed and excited, he was really not a qualified political figure.

"What are your plans?" Emperor Meiji went completely out of the way and jumped out directly from behind the curtain. That's the proof! Saigo Takamori and Tokugawa Yoshiki definitely had some ulterior motives, so they deliberately defeated and forced themselves away, and then they could make contact with the Manchurians in private, and then revitalize the shogunate when the time came.

"Ministers...... Where is the plot? We are for the sake of the Imperial Kingdom, for the sake of Your Majesty! "Tokugawa Keiki is stupid, but he has been planning for Meiji, where has he had any schemes.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the military situation is urgent, please move your majesty first!" Ito Hirobumi, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't bear to jump out.

Iwakura Gushi, Minoru Sanjo and others have long seen through the mind of the little Meiji Emperor, this fragile and sensitive little guy cares too much about his reputation and legitimacy, and he must be reluctant to leave Tokyo. Therefore, the ministers wisely chose to shut up, and when they had to speak, they also dealt with empty words and clichés, in short, they coaxed Meiji to come, and they would never go head-to-head with Meiji. Angered by the disobedient words of the Meiji Emperor, the ministers all lost to the old samurai group led by Tokugawa Yoshiki, and the emperor didn't want to see them anyway, so let them offend the emperor to their heart's content!

Ito Hirobumi was also in this state of mind at first, so he didn't say a word, and it was up to Tokugawa Keiki to speak, and Matsudaira Yoho and others to touch the nails. But then he couldn't stand it anymore, and the samurai who were dedicated to the country had a big nose of ashes, and even Saigo Takamori, who was fighting on the front line, was left behind, but the more Emperor Meiji thought about it, the more crooked he became. The situation is getting more and more critical, but Emperor Meiji is becoming more and more reluctant to go, isn't this on the way to the country! Hirobumi Ito, who loves his motherland deeply, can't bear it anymore, he must speak up.

"What did you say?" Ito Hirobumi's position is not enough at the moment, Emperor Meiji has an impression of him, but he can't remember who he is for a while, after all, the emperor has seen a lot of people, and they are all behind the curtain.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, half an hour ago, a Manchurian army had already broken into the inner city, and His Highness Saigo desperately blocked them back! However, there are more and more loopholes in the defensive line, and the Manchurian army may break through the inner city again at any time, and the situation is already extremely critical! His Majesty the Emperor is the foundation of the Imperial State, and you are only here in Japan, so you must not act in a righteous manner at this critical moment! Only by moving as soon as possible can the country be preserved and the people's hearts be stable! Please Your Majesty for the Imperial Millennial Law statistics, for the billions of lives of the billions of lives, as soon as possible to move to the complete! Hirofumi Ito didn't care about the eyes of Iwakura Gushi and others, and said everything in his heart.

The roots of the teeth of Iwakura Gushi and others are painful, and Emperor Meiji has already doubted Tokugawa Yoshiki and Saigo Takamori and others, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not only can it further crack down on the old shogunate forces led by Tokugawa Yoshiki, but it can also get rid of Saigo Takamori and others, who have often been awkward recently, but Ito Hirobumi's words have fished out both sides and let go of a good opportunity to get it. But it's not good for them to talk about it anymore, after all, the Manchurian army has really hit the doorstep, and after a while, Saigo Takamori and others will fall, and the Japanese Empire will be choked enough.

"Alas! Let's move to Kyoto! I will never give in, I will move the capital to resist the war, and resolutely fight the Manchurians to the death! Emperor Meiji's face changed from blue to red, and from red to white, and after a while, he finally gave the order to move the capital.