With the recovery of Hamid II, the war in the Balkans gradually subsided. At this time, the armies of the four Balkan Alliance countries had been completely expelled from all the lands they occupied after the war, and Bulgaria had been subjugated to a certain extent, except for
There are still parts of the territory in the north that still fly the Bulgarian flag because the Ottoman army can't take care of it. More than half of the other territories are already flying the crescent flag that has been above their heads for centuries.
The pursuing Ottoman army, after symbolically entering Serbian territory, stopped advancing and entered a confrontation with the Serbs. In fact, they did not have much pressure even if they reached Belgrade at this time, and the main force of the Serbian army was only a dozen or so.
Wan, although they are mobilizing again across the country, mobilizing all those who can fight to defend their homeland, they are just trying to defend themselves. The country is currently completely blocked and has lost external supplies. The newly recruited troops, let alone weapons, are
They are not even worthy of military uniforms, and most of them have returned to the state of cold weapons. It is easy to imagine what combat effectiveness such an army can have.
Moreover, at this time, the Ottoman army that swept away Macedonia and Albania had also begun to move north, which means that the Serbs now need to deal with the attack of more than 500,000 Ottoman troops from two directions. The only thing Alexander and his old widow queen can do now
I can only pray to God that the peace talks can end smoothly.
As for the fighting in other directions, it has completely stopped. The Ottoman army stopped at the Greek border on the southern front. The two sides maintained a confrontation on the border. The defenders of Shkodra also maintained a confrontation on the Montenegrin border. Both sides were waiting for Rome.
the outcome of the peace talks.
However, the peace talks did not go smoothly. Hamid II wanted too much. He readily agreed to maintain the pre-war border. However, the war compensation was unavoidable. He originally wanted 5,000 yuan.
Ten thousand pounds, but now it has changed. He wants the four countries to compensate him 100 million pounds. In the words of the Ottoman negotiator, their later counterattack cost a lot, and the four Balkan countries must compensate for this part of the military expenditure.
This figure almost frightened the negotiators of the four Balkan countries to death. They could not come up with 100 million pounds even if they sold everything. Let alone this time, they could not come up with it even before the war. If they had so much money before the war, they would not be able to come up with it.
It has reached this point. In fact, they are now completely bankrupt. Even the palace in Bulgaria has been looted. No matter how much they pay to the Ottoman Empire, they can only borrow money from foreign consortiums. They grit their teeth and accept it. Everyone accepts it.
If they work harder in the future, they can probably replace it in ten years. But if it's 100 million pounds, it's estimated that they will have to pay it back for a whole generation. Everyone knows what it means to lend them money at this time. It is definitely not providing help in times of need, but taking advantage of the situation.
Regardless of whether it is Britain, France or Russia that ultimately gives them loans, the goal is to control their countries. Thinking that their countries will be controlled by foreigners in the next few decades, these four countries shudder. So this number is
It cannot be agreed to in any case, especially Montenegro and Greece, which firmly disagree. They are currently under little military pressure. They are naturally qualified to object.
Bulgaria has no qualifications to oppose. Anyway, they have even occupied the capital, let alone 100 million. Even if it is 1 billion, they can only wipe tears on the side. Serbia is the most anxious now, because once the peace talks break down, the next one will be next.
They should be the ones wiping away tears, but Montenegro and Greece do not agree. They can only have one voice with these two countries. Once the negotiations really break down, they will finally have to beg these two countries to help them. After all, now
Only Greece has the strength to fight!
The upper limit of compensation for the Greek representative is only 20 million pounds. This standard was determined based on the compensation standard after the last defeat of Greece and the Ottoman Empire. The last time Greece compensated 4 million pounds, but it also ceded some land last time, so this
It is acceptable for Greece to bear 5 million pounds at a time, and the four companies will share it equally, which adds up to 20 million pounds. However, the Montenegrins disagree. They are only willing to pay 500,000 pounds. After all, they are a small country with no decent economic resources.
Just farming and herding sheep, half a million pounds is already an astronomical figure to them.
As a result, there were not only differences between the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan League, but also serious differences within the Balkan League. Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria insisted on dividing the compensation equally among the four countries. The Montenegrins only accepted the upper limit of 500,000 no matter how much compensation the alliance needed in the end.
, as a result, these four families quarreled first. The result of their quarrel was that the Grand Duchy of Montenegro withdrew from the alliance angrily, and then acted like a dead pig and was not afraid of boiling water, and negotiated with the Ottomans alone for half a million pounds.
If you don't agree, come and beat me.
Then, to the surprise of all parties, Hamid II very graciously accepted the Montenegrin conditions, paid half a million pounds in compensation, and the Ottoman Empire and Montenegro declared an end to the state of war.
This stick directly beat the other three countries stupid. Damn, if you don’t play like this, it would be shameless. What will we do if you make peace? The three countries of Saixibao are crusading against the despicable behavior of the Montenegrins.
Even the governments of the three countries angrily severed diplomatic relations with Montenegro. In addition, they do not rule out taking further measures for their betrayal of the alliance.
Nicholas I didn't care at all, come on! That's it for me, I'm shameless, if you can, come and fight me!
Of course, the Three Kingdoms don't have the ability to fight him now. These guys can't protect themselves! Moreover, this small and broken country is famous for being smelly and tough. It can't be taken down without tens of thousands of people dying.
Since Nicholas I chose to be a rogue, the other three countries really have nothing to do with him. However, Montenegro's national credibility has also been completely destroyed. Don't expect anyone to ally with them in the future. Of course, this is not good for the Montenegrins.
It's not a big deal. They don't need to ally with anyone in the first place. They lived a good life without allies before. The money saved is real.
Since they could not find the Montenegrins, the other three countries had to go to the Ottomans, accusing them of breaking the rules by negotiating peace with Montenegro alone. However, the Ottoman representative also politely told them that although the Ottoman Empire reached a peace treaty with Montenegro alone and only received 500,000 pounds
Compensation, but the share they should share will not be passed on to the other three countries. In other words, you only need to pay 75 million pounds.
"Oh, this is a very clever move. I can't believe that Hamid's mind can think of clever moves to defeat each one. After such a setback, the Balkan Alliance will not only not be able to maintain it, but I'm afraid it will never appear again in the future."
." Emperor Yang, who was inspecting the construction of the super battleship in his secret base, said with emotion.
Hamid II's goal in playing this way is obviously to split the Balkan Alliance. He is just bluffing 100 million pounds. Everyone knows that there is absolutely no possibility for these four countries to come up with this money. They can't even get 50 million pounds.
Even if they can't afford a loan, the 30 million pounds from the seven-nation mediation team should be said to be a very reasonable figure, and even he himself accepts it. In this case, he might as well use the amount of compensation to achieve some other purposes.
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Montenegro can negotiate peace with the Ottoman Empire alone, and so can Greece. They also have the confidence to pay less. After all, they still have hundreds of thousands of troops and a powerful navy. More importantly, they are not only concerned about arms supplies, but also the British and French.
They can replenish the supplies they consume at any time, so they have the strength to continue the war. Even if they really want to fight the Ottoman army, even if they can win, they will have to pay a huge price.
Although five million pounds is a bit less, if pressed further, the Greeks would still have no problem paying more. They can afford it within ten million pounds.
Previously, Serbia and Bulgaria were already full of resentment towards Greece because the Greek navy did not participate in the war. If they betray the alliance again, then these two countries will never forgive Greece, and the hatred between the two parties will be dead.
Then continue to press Serbia and Bulgaria and continue to play this trick.
To force Serbia to negotiate separate peace talks, this country will definitely not be able to solve the problem with 10 million. It will need at least 15 million. The Serbian people who have soldiers on the border and are hitting their doorsteps will not have any other choice.
One million is better than 25 million, and basically they can accept this final number.
But Bulgaria will definitely not be able to do it. After occupying their capital, this country cannot afford to pay a penny less. If it is said to be 25 million pounds, it is 25 million pounds. If it does not agree, it will not withdraw its troops. When?
When will you pay the money and withdraw your troops, Bulgaria will be completely drained of blood by Hamid II.
But from a humanistic point of view, what Bulgarians hate most is definitely not the Ottomans, because they don’t have the guts to hate, they can’t afford to hate, what they hate most should be Greece, and even Serbia, those guys who betrayed and betrayed them, if not
They, the suffering of the Bulgarians will be alleviated a lot.
Similarly, the Serbs will think that they have paid too much compensation because of the betrayal and betrayal of Greece and Montenegro. They will hate these two countries, while the Greeks will think that the root cause of all this is the betrayal of the Montenegrins. These four mutual
Countries with hatred will never be united again. In the Balkans, Hamid II is completely at ease.
But he didn't pay anything for it. He received no less compensation than he deserved. It can be said that with just a bluffing number, he completely disintegrated the Balkan Alliance and forever eliminated the possibility of them forming an alliance again. This trick is ridiculous.
Even Emperor Yang was vaguely impressed. (To be continued...)