Chapter 677: The Battle of Tokyo Bay - The Collapse of the Imperial Kingdom

For the outpost of the British Empire in the Far East, Ali Guo broke his heart for the Meiji Emperor, but the little emperor did not appreciate it very much, and still refused to agree to the personal surrender. But Goxinga was not idle, in addition to Actun, a general, several cutting-edge generals such as Li Zhi, Kan Changcheng, and Shirab were also actively forging ahead, and the war situation in Japan further deteriorated.

On the day of Acton's assault on the inner city of Tokyo, Li Zhi finally completed the long mountain march and gnawed the hard bones of Utsunomiya, and was trying to advance towards Tokyo, preparing to join Acton under the city of Tokyo. Kan also completed his feat of crossing Japan, taking Kofu from Nagano and meeting Tokyo just around the corner. The only one who can't get over is the old qualification Shirab, the old brother who was born in the cavalry, and is still a little far from Tokyo. However, Shirab also gnawed down the Osaka town, and his troops were directed at Kyoto, and he was working towards the great goal of leveling the old capital of Japan.

All this news reached the city of Tokyo smoothly, and the Manchurian army did not stop the messengers who passed on the bad news, and this is what Acton wanted, he wanted to further damage the morale of the Japanese army. Guo Xing'a didn't forget to put the icing on the cake, he asked Cao Meng's airship to transport many specialties from all over the world, and then dropped them over Tokyo. The soldiers on the front line did not have easy access to high-level intelligence, and Saigo Takamori and others would definitely conceal this information in order to stabilize the morale of the army. But when the Manchurian airship threw down the specialties of various places, even the stupid soldier knew what was going on.

"Osaka is also lost!" The Manchurian army even threw snacks such as takoyaki down, and the soldiers on the front line cooperated to guess what was happening.

"Not only Osaka, but also Kofu and Utsunomiya have also been lost!" The voices of lamentation came and went, and the soldiers no longer had the heroism of the pigs, and there seemed to be only despair left in their hearts.

"Let's go! The front courtyard is occupied by the Manchurians, and they will come this way in a moment! "The soldiers, who were ready for the pig assault, suddenly chose to avoid it, and they began to cherish their lives.

The soldiers lamented despair, the officials were not exempt, and they were even more pessimistic. The Imperial Council became lifeless, and the once high-spirited Restorationists all fell silent. Iwakura, whose appearance is not good-looking but the city is very deep, also bows his once invincible head, and the despair of the officials is even greater than that of the soldiers and the common people. However, in the eyes of Emperor Meiji, this silence did not represent despair, but rather the resistance of the courtiers. The courtiers all wanted to sue for peace, and they all wanted to think of Guoxing's surrender themselves, and their silence was a kind of silent confrontation.

"If I surrender, will the Manchurians gain an inch, and will the imperial state be sure that it can be preserved!" The silent confrontation lasted for a long time, and Emperor Meiji, whose brain had been hot, suddenly came to his senses because he thought of death.

Goxinga was extremely heavy in Japan, but those who dared to resist were all killed by the Manchurian army. Emperor Meiji is now willing to give in, will Gokoko accept it! In case Gokoko broke his promise and suddenly killed him when Emperor Meiji asked him to surrender, Meiji would lose his old capital. At the same time, the Manchurians had made harsh demands in the last peace talks, and this time they had the advantage, and whether they would raise the price was also one of the worries of the emperor tomorrow. The cession of Hokkaido or Kyushu Island had already made the Meiji Emperor feel broken, and if he ceded other places or increased the area of the ceded land, the little emperor would never accept it.

"Wait for death!" Meiji wants to go out and suffer humiliation, and the ministers are naturally guilty, but these people who ask for guilt are very happy, and the most stubborn people in Japan seem to have figured it out.

"Cutting the land can be pressed down as much as possible, and the compensation can't be too much, in short, it will also keep the vitality of the imperial country!" Emperor Meiji gritted his teeth and explained, he kept talking about Gou Jian in his heart, he also had to lie down and taste his courage, and he would wait until the future to find Goxinga to take revenge.

"Iwakura-kun go see Minister Alikoku! Tell him what I mean, and ask the British to do their best to mediate, and the only way to save the imperial state is to ask them. Emperor Meiji forgot his antipathy to the Kingdom of Ali and once again pinned his hopes for peace talks on the British.

"Commandment!" The ministers, who had long been hopeless, happily agreed to Meiji that no matter what the talks turned out, as long as this terrible war could be stopped.

Half an hour later, Iwakura Gushi led Ito Hirobumi, Kido Takayoshi and others to visit Rei in a hurry. Although Ali was extremely impatient, he was still very, very happy that Emperor Meiji had changed his mind, and they were finally able to reasonably stop the expansion of the Manchurians. Ali Guo did not waste time, took two attendants, raised the British flag with rice characters, and rushed to the Manchurian army camp like a dog. Except for the British Legation with the conspicuous national flag, the vicinity of Aliko's residence has long been in ruins, and Ali has long had enough of staying here. Moreover, the accuracy of the Manchurian army's air raids and bombs was not good, and Ali Guo was also worried that the Manchurians would bomb themselves by mistake and send themselves to God. So he left very decisively, and he didn't want to stay for a minute.

Everything in the battlefield is simple, so it is easy for Ali to meet Guoxing. This made Ali Guo very happy, although Guo Xing'a was a great and terrifying monarch, but his negotiation ability was not strong, and he was much easier to deal with than Zou Degui and others. Therefore, Ali Guo was very confident, bypassing Zou Degui and other professional diplomats, and his negotiations were basically half successful. And Guo Xinga also has a good habit, he never does bargaining, even if the final answer comes out of his mouth, it can save Ah Liguo a lot of saliva.

"Congratulations to the Great General, you have defeated the Japanese, their will to resist has collapsed, and Emperor Meiji is ready to personally ask you to surrender!" Ali Guo smiled like a flower, and could hardly find anything wrong with it except for the big teapot that looked a bit like a brothel, as if he had come to say hello sincerely.

"What kind of imperial kingdom did they collapse? Meiji, that little bastard willing to come out to see me? "Guo Xing'a has been playing too well with the geisha recently, and he has been in a state of hangover for a long time, even if he knows that Ali has important matters to discuss, he still inevitably looks lazy.

"Yes, the great general's great martial arts have conquered them, and Emperor Meiji is preparing to leave the castle and surrender to you personally!" Aliguo also found that Guo Xing'a was a little drunk and hazy, but he did his job as a diplomat very well, and at the same time he was even happier, and Guo Xing'a's state was very beneficial to him.

"! If the conditions are not negotiated, will he come out? If that's the case, I don't have to work on you! Let's talk about the conditions of the little devils! Killing people is not enough, we Chinese are very generous, I will not embarrass them too much! Guoxing'a was very direct and didn't have any politeness at all, which made Ali Guo a little embarrassed, but Guoxing'a, who had been shaking, obviously didn't take this into account.

"Japan has been defeated, they are willing to surrender to the general, as long as the general is willing to agree to preserve Japan's independence, they can consider any conditions!" Before Ali Guo went out, Iwakura Gushi and the others wanted to put forward some conditions, but Ali Guo didn't give them a chance to say it at all.

The British Empire only needed Japan to exist independently, which could become a bridgehead for Britain in the Far East, provide a forward position for Britain in the Far East against North Manchuria, and ensure logistical supplies. This outpost, it is enough to have a port and enough population, and the British do not need other things, and naturally there is no need to fight for the Japanese. Of course, the more things Japan can leave behind, the better, but at this time, Japan is already on the verge of collapse, or in the process of collapse, how dare Ali Guo delay peace talks for some trivial matters of little significance. In case of a delay of a moment and a half, the Manchurian Army completed the war of annihilation against Japan, and it was too late to talk about anything at that time, and what Guo Xing'a could pick out in his mouth, but what he had swallowed never spit out.

"I've said it almost last time, I'm not an insatiable person, so let's just add two requirements! 1. Japan needs to cede Shikoku Island to me Northern Manchuria, and the inhabitants of the island will be dealt with by our Northern Manchuria. 2. In view of Japan's continued hostile acts against our North Manchuria, our North Manchurian Prefecture will garrison troops in Japan, including but not limited to Nagasaki, Yokosuka, Kure Port, Akshiburg, Yokohama, Tokyo, Osaka, Sendai, and other places. That little bastard of Meiji can move the capital, but my Manchurian garrison has the right to move with him, and the capital of Japan must be guarded by the Manchurian army! Gokoto put forward his own request, and the land was ceded from the remote Hokkaido to the prosperous Shikoku, and then an additional garrison was added, and the battle for the next two months and months could not be fought in vain.

"This ......" Ali Guo needs some time to react, and these two conditions of Goxinga are not ordinary harsh.

The geographical location of Shikoku Island is very important, and if the Manchurian Army gets Shikoku, it will almost be equivalent to subduing the whole of Japan. In addition, Shikoku and the port of Pusan in North Manchuria face each other across the Japanese archipelago, which just wrapped the Japanese archipelago in the middle, which could put Japan in an embarrassing situation of being attacked on its back at all times. It is not a human word that the local residents are handled by the Manchurian government, and a group of Japanese are handled by your Manchurian government, how are you going to deal with it? The Japanese power of the Yamato nation was still in place, and the inhabitants of Shikoku must have their hearts set on Japan, so how could the Manchurian government, which had always been strictly monitored in this regard, allow such a thing to happen. Judging from the usual style of the Manchurian government, they would certainly relocate the Manchurians to Shikoku Island at any cost, and the local Japanese would certainly be sent to Siberia as coolies.

The Manchurian Army stationed troops in many ports and major cities in Japan, and turned Japan into a vassal of Manchuria. The army that followed Emperor Meiji should not be called a garrison at all, but a firing squad, which was simply used to kill Emperor Meiji.

"By the way, the cost of garrisoning troops and the cost of governance of the four countries need to be paid separately by the Japanese government!" Ali Guo hadn't finished digesting it, and Guo Xing'a made up for it.