Japan, Kyoto, royal palace, Changyu Temple, study room.

Nian Fang Shiliu's Meiji King, who was obviously childish on his face, looked at Prince Jiazhang, who was kneeling in the lower head with a serious face. "The Qing army gathered forces, is it the prelude to the attack?" His voice sounded low and thick, adding a bit of majesty to it.

Prince Jiazhang bowed slightly and said in a respectful tone: "Go back to Your Majesty, the Qing army gathered very suddenly, and the speed was very fast. In addition, the provocateurs were not active, and there was no sign of attacking..." After a pause, he continued: "The Qing army's use of troops is strange and unpredictable. Once an attack is launched, it will inevitably be lightning-proof. I beg you to pray that Your Majesty will leave Kyoto temporarily."

"Where can you go after leaving Kyoto?" Meiji said quietly: "The world is so big, but there is no place for me to live in."

"Your Majesty." Prince Kazhang said in a deep voice: "Although the Qing army cut off the two important roads to Edo, your Majesty can take a detour..."

"If I go to Edo, the Qing army will inevitably burn the war to Edo." Meiji's tone was full of helplessness and depression. "The target of the Qing army is me. No matter where I go, the Qing army will chase me."

Hearing that his tone was wrong, Prince Jiazhang hurriedly said: "The goal of the Qing army is not Your Majesty, but to destroy our country. Your Majesty will last for a day, and our country will last for a day!"

After a moment of silence, Meiji sighed lightly: "The country is based on the people. If the people are gone, so what if I am there? So what if the country is there?"

After hearing what he said, Prince Jiazhang was speechless. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "The Qing army is so cruel and ruthless, it is nothing more than deterrence and intimidation, and forcing our country to give up resistance. Your Majesty must not let the Qing army's traitor plan succeed.

Although the Qing army had strong combat power, it had few troops, and the total was only more than 100,000 troops. Your Majesty only had to call on the shogunate and daimyos from all over the country to unite and resist to the death. After a long time, the Qing army could not fight quickly and decided quickly, and they would inevitably retreat!”

Calling the shogunate and local daimyo to jointly resist? Meiji had thought about it, but found that this was impossible. Judging from the brutality and cruelty of the Qing army in Osaka Castle and the Osaka plain, Edo would never dare to cause trouble. Edo was close to the sea, which was more conducive to the Qing army's advantage in the navy. If Edo responded to the joint resistance, the next target of the Qing army would inevitably be Edo!

There are not many local daimyos who can actively respond to the joint resistance. The Qing army did not make any efforts to destroy the two powerful vassals, Changzhou and Satsuma, and even killed the Changzhou vassals. It was obviously a deterrent warning. How many daimyos are willing to risk the extermination of the clan and vassals to fight against the Qing army?

Moreover, even if the shogunate and daimyos everywhere understand the righteousness and actively respond to joint resistance, can they compete with the Qing army? It’s nothing more than killing!

After a while of silence, he spoke: "I have asked carefully and learned that even if we resist tenaciously, it will not last long. The territory is too small and there is not enough roundabout depth."

"But we are mountainous!" Prince Jiazhang said unwillingly: "Mountain combat is more beneficial to us!"

Meiji looked at him and said, "We are short of food. If we lose all the plains, we will be even scarce. Without food supplies, how can we last long?"

After a while of silence, Prince Jiazhang said in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty has heard of what the Qing Dynasty conquered North Korea?"

After hearing this, Meiji looked a little ugly. He heard the rumors that after conquering North Korea, the Qing army not only killed all the royal family, but also slaughtered the court officials and the rich gentry. However, was this rumors true or false? After pondering for a moment, he said: "The rumors are not credible. The Qing army is brutal, and can there be less killing?"

Prince Jiazhang said with a serious expression: "The rumors may not be groundless."

"If the rumors are true, if we resist, we may follow in the footsteps of North Korea!" Meiji whispered: "It may be wise to choose to surrender..."

"Your Majesty, throughout Chinese history, the surrendered king has never had a good end." Prince Jiazhang said quickly: "Perhaps there will be a glimmer of hope for resistance. If you surrender, you can only be slaughtered!"

Meiji said in a deep voice: "If I could exchange the glimmer of hope for the loss of life and desolation at the expense of living beings, I would rather not." After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "I decided to go to the Qing Dynasty's capital to meet and try my best to eliminate this war."

Seeing that his attitude was firm, Prince Jiazhang pondered and said, "I will send an envoy to the Qing army camp to test their attitude."

Hirofang, the Qing army camp.

Commands were heard one after another on the training ground, and teams of officers and soldiers were busy training in line. The troops that had just finished dispersing were busy training and running in. The shooting range in the distance was also lively. The officers and soldiers of various units were busy conducting live ammunition training. Due to the shortage of ammunition and live ammunition training, there were usually five bullets. Many new recruits had never fired their guns at all. After all, the reinforcements were all new recruits.

In the temporary awning, Yi Xin, wearing a new military uniform, glanced at the scene on the shooting range, turned around and looked at Senggelinqin, and said, "How long will it take for the troops to get started?"

"It can be as long as three or five months, and it can be as short as more than a month." Senggelinqin said slowly: "The troops were disbanded and mixed, and the officers and soldiers need time to get to know each other..." Speaking of this, he raised his chin slightly at the shooting range. "The live-fire training of the recruits also takes about a month. Yiguocheng specially approved 500,000 bullets. Isn't it a pity to not use it?"

Yi Guocheng specially approved 500,000 bullets for live ammunition training, and sent someone to supervise the statistics at the shooting range. It was obvious that they were afraid that they would deduct the interception. If they didn't use it, it would be a waste.

Yi Xin murmured softly, "Yuan Qi is still worried about us, so he is guarding against us everywhere, like a thief."

Senggelinqin smiled and said, "This is not a big deal. The Eight Banners New Army has done a lot of deducting ammunition, and the quarantine officers resell ammunition, which are all live ammunition fired."

"It's time to kill!" Yi Xin said in a deep voice: "If you find one, kill one, and you have to search the house, don't be ruthless!"

"With Master Liu's words, I promise no one dares to be good at it." Senggelinqin said with a smile.

Yi Xin pulled the conversation back, "Will the running-in last so long, affect the war in Kyoto?"

"Of course not." Senggelinqin said as she took a military kettle and drank herbal tea, then continued: "Yiguocheng means to create a great famine and greatly reduce the population of Japan. This is why we have to use Fenno to drive so many Japanese people to Kyoto. After a month or two, they will almost starve to death."

As soon as he finished speaking, he rode a fast horse and came over. In front of the awning, the rider turned over and dismounted, quickly walked up to him and saluted: "Report to the General, the Japanese Kyoto sent envoys to the camp."

"Send an envoy?" Yi Xin glanced at Senggelinqin before he took over, and he didn't know much about it.

"It's mostly to send envoys to seek peace." Senggelinqin said disinterestedly: "The general may wish to meet and see what their intentions are."

Yixin returned to the camp first to meet the Japanese envoy, but Senggelinqin stayed at the shooting range until dusk before Shanshan returned to the camp. After washing and eating, he made a pot of tea. Before he could drink, he heard that Yixin had come. He hurriedly got up to greet him. As soon as he met, Yixin said, "The King of Meiji hopes to go to the capital to meet."

As expected, Senggelinqin smiled and reached out to let the other party enter the house. After sitting down to serve tea, he said slowly: "Yuan Qi aims to destroy the Japanese seeds, and will not accept surrender, so he will kill the envoy."

Killed? Yixin was quite surprised and hesitated: "The two countries are fighting, and the envoys are coming..., let's send a telegram to Shanghai."

"Okay." Senggelin Qinhe said first: "This is not a trivial matter, and it is inappropriate not to report it."

The next morning, Yi Zhizu's call came. The message was extremely simple, just one word - slash!

After reading the telegram, Yixin couldn't help but smile, and handed the telegram to Senggelinqin, saying, "It's still the Monk King who is familiar with Yiguocheng's temperament."

"Yiguocheng is not a rude person." Senggelinqin said: "In the two provinces of Nanyang, Yuanqi didn't know how many indigenous people they killed. In Korea, Yuanqi not only drove away all the princes and nobles, but also the rich and gentry. The same is true for Southeast Asian countries, but they were just killed by the hands of long-haired."

Yi Xin heard about the situation in North Korea. This was the first time he heard about the situation in Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian countries. He immediately said, "Look at it, Yi Guocheng is gentle and elegant, and he is so devastating at heart?"

"It's not that it's very killing, but for long-term considerations." Senggelinqin said while lit a cigarette and said slowly: "Yiguocheng learned from the lessons of Annan's repeated surrender and rebellion, and destroyed the princes, nobles and gentry classes in one fell swoop, which was conducive to consolidating rule and assimilation and integration.

He said that colonial rule of Western countries is not desirable, and sooner or later there will be national awakening and national independence. If we want to permanently incorporate all countries into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, cultural assimilation and national integration must be carried out."

Yi Zhizu is very visionary, Yi Xin has a deep understanding of this. It is true that Annan repeatedly surrendered and rebelled repeatedly. After pondering for a moment, he said slightly: "I am afraid that few people can understand the painstaking efforts of Yiguocheng." After a pause, he continued: "Why is it different for Japan?"

"The reason is very simple. The primary education in Japan is popular, and half of the people are literate, and even women are mostly literate, which is not conducive to assimilation and integration." Senggelinqin said, "If the Japanese knew that the country was destroyed because of this reason, I wonder what would they feel?"

Yixin felt cold when she heard this. If the Empress Dowager disobeyed her slander or openly broke her promise to hinder the implementation of constitutionalism, would Yuan Qi adopt the same extermination policy against the Manchus? It seems that it is also a warning to write a memorandum of these situations.

After coming back to his senses, he ordered casually: "Come, push the Japanese envoy out and behead him!"

After the messenger was sent out, it was like a mud bull entering the sea without any news. Meiji didn't know what was going on. He sent envoys one after another to Hirokaga. It was not until the third time that a follower finally had his ears cut and fled back to Kyoto. Meiji then realized that all the messengers sent out were killed. He couldn't help but gasp. The Qing army refused to surrender and seek peace, and was determined to kill them all! He didn't want to resist!

Just as Meiji was determined to resist to the end, bad news came one after another. The Qing army landed in Nagoya blocked all roads in the east and northeast directions, and even the mountain roads were set up. In the north, the Qing army fleet landed in the landing from Tsunaga, completely cutting off the retreat to the north.

In short, Kyoto and the surrounding vassals have been besieged on three sides, and the only way to retreat is to go west!

In Chang Yu Temple, study room, Meiji humbly asked Prince Jiazhang, "Is this a typical way to surround three quarts and one strike?"

"Your Majesty, there is indeed a tactic of surrounding three quads and one in China's military strategy." Prince Jiazhang said carefully: "surrounding three quads and one means deliberately leaving a gap and a way out of retreat to prevent the trapped enemy and beasts from fighting to the death.

But the Qing army clearly wanted to kill them all, so naturally they would not intentionally leave a gap or a way out for us. The reason why we left the west side was that we hope that we would break through the west side so that they could follow and chase and destroy the western vassals."

Meiji said tentatively: "This is equivalent to cutting our country into two sections in half and eating them in sections."

"Your Majesty's clarity." Prince Kazakara said in a deep voice: "Edo is not aware of the dangers of the situation at the moment, and still remains silent. It is too late to wait until they react!"

Meiji sighed lightly: "Even if Edo sends troops, it will not be able to resolve the siege of Kyoto. How can the shogunate soldiers be the opponent of the Qing army?"

Prince Jiazhang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Kyoto has now become a dead place for the Jedi. Please leave Kyoto as soon as possible!"

"Does it go west? Wouldn't that just fulfill the intentions of the Qing army?" Meiji said firmly: "I won't go anywhere, and I will live and die with Kyoto!"

Seeing that he was determined, Prince Kazhao didn't persuade him much, but he made up his mind and turned around to a bureau in Meiji's mother, Zhongshan, asking her to persuade Meiji. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, Masashi Ye is willing to take the risk of rushing to the pass, go back to Edo to lobby, and send troops to attack the Qing army stationed in Zhongshan Road, both front and back..."

Meiji was not stubborn to defend Kyoto, but he knew that he would never escape the Qing army from running west. Instead of doing so, it would be better to defend Kyoto. However, if he could join forces with the shogunate to attack the Qing army stationed in the Nakayama Road, open up the Nakayama Road, and go to Edo, perhaps the whole situation would change, but what he was worried about was the attitude of the shogunate.

After hesitating for a while, he said, "Is it true that Masayoshi is sure to convince the shogunate to send troops?"

How can you say you are sure? Prince Kazaka thought to himself that he is just a dead horse now. However, he dare not say this. He must give hope to the other party. He immediately said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Masashi Kazuya is one of the old masters valued by Ishimoto, and he is deeply aware of the intentions of the Qing army. As long as he can successfully break through the checkpoint and return to Edo, he will definitely be able to successfully lobby the shogunate to send troops!"
Chapter completed!