Bulgarian Empire

Never overestimate the integrity of politicians!

Perhaps seeing that the Armenians did a good job, or perhaps in order to increase the chances of winning, the Greeks acted. It was money and weapons to encourage the Greeks of the Ottoman Empire to launch an uprising in the Asia Minor peninsula.

The incompetence of the Sudanese government stimulated George I's ambition. A mere Armenian issue can't be solved. Now that even Constantinople is revolutionized, it seems that Ottoman has really fallen!

Similarly, he is now very dissatisfied with Bulgaria, an ally. If it weren't for the fear of being profited by the fisherman, George I would have been ready to go it alone.

In other words, there are people in Greece who can't help but want to do something. As a king, it is very troublesome to suppress activists!

Instigating an uprising in the Asia Minor peninsula was one of his methods of diverting conflicts.

In order to suppress the Armenian uprising, the Sudanese government deployed troops from Asia Minor, which also gave hope to the Greeks.

You must know that at the end of the 19th century, the Greeks were the second largest ethnic group in the Ottoman Empire, with a large population, which was far beyond that of the Armenians.

Once they launch an uprising on the Asia Minor peninsula, the Greek government can immediately provide them with support through the navy, or even send troops to intervene directly.

Theoretically, as long as the rebel army can erupt the fighting power of the Armenians, millions of Greeks will revolt, and Turkey's tens of thousands of troops in Asia Minor will be powerless to suppress it.

If the Greek government declares war on the Ottoman Empire again, sends troops to the Asia Minor peninsula, and cooperates with the rebel army, it may be able to swallow this piece of fat in one gulp. No matter how bad it is, Greece can also get a share in Asia Minor!

As for whether the Sudanese government will send reinforcements, you can rest assured! There will be reinforcements, but the number will definitely not be too many!

The 200,000 troops in the Balkans did not dare to move at all. If the Ottoman army moved, would Bulgaria and Montenegro be able to sit still? Take advantage of the fire every minute!

And unless they go to the Sea of ​​Marmara, the Greek navy will not let them go. Now the main navy of the Ottoman Empire is restrained by the Bulgarian "existent navy", and they dare not leave the Bosporus for a moment. Strait!

Even if the strong men of the Sudanese government sever their wrists, abandon the Balkans, and go to the Sea of ​​Marmara, with the organizational capabilities of the Sudanese government, they will not be able to go into battle within a few months!

Not to mention the Constantinople area, the Armenian rebels are still there! Withdrawing troops now is equivalent to abandoning Constantinople, and the Russians are coveting it!

It is possible for the Sudanese government to abandon other parts of the Balkans, but it is completely unacceptable to abandon Constantinople. Especially if it falls into the hands of the Russians, this is tantamount to giving away the Black Sea Strait for nothing!

And counter-insurgency must be fast, if time drags on, let the rebels hook up with the Russians, and directly give this fortress city to the Russians, the Sudanese government will have no time to cry!

Without this golden waterway, the Ottoman Empire is not far from collapse!

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Ferdinand didn't care about the Greeks' wishful thinking. Now that the main force of the Ottoman Empire's army has basically gathered in the Balkan Peninsula, he can't help but worry about it!

Now that there are Armenian insurgents, Bulgaria will not feel the pressure yet, once the rebellion subsides. If these 400,000 to 500,000 troops still stay in the Balkans, it will be an eyesore!

Constantinople, defended by at least a hundred thousand troops, is not easy to conquer, and it might turn into a war of attrition!

Now that the Ottoman Empire has blocked the Bosporus Strait, and the Armenians have been surrounded in Constantinople, even if Ferdinand wanted to give them support, he couldn't do it.

Sitting in a lonely city, it is a fact that the uprising will be extinguished sooner or later!

Ferdinand didn't know how much the uprising had caused the Ottoman Empire.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be so worried!

Especially under the command of Victor Keith, a professional, the rebel army is fighting with the Ottoman government army, and the two sides have reached the point of endless death.

By May, the outer city walls had all fallen, because the rebels had shot out all the shells. Without artillery, it is impossible to stop the enemy's attack!

The weakness of the mob has now been exposed. With the blind expansion of the revolutionary opposition, the Armenian Provisional Government is now unable to command the troops!

If it was okay before, and the Ottoman army did not come in, everyone still has hope of victory, and they can work together to fight!

But with the loss of the outer line of defense, everyone's confidence in keeping Constantinople is gone. The point is that the intervention of the foreign powers that the provisional government has been expecting has passed for more than three months, and there is no sign of it!

If you have wine today, you are drunk today, and you will worry about it tomorrow! Military discipline is all about floating clouds, and military orders are also selectively executed, depending on the mood. This is the current situation of the rebel army!

Even Victor Kiss, the nominal commander in chief of the defense, is powerless against other troops except for the thousands of direct descendants under him.

Simply, he never had any illusions about the rebel army. After directly delineating the defense zone, just let it go, and do what you like! Anyway, they are all on the thief ship, and they can't get off! The Turks are here, and you have to fight them to survive!

The city is full of bones, if the Turks don't know what's going on, they will be blind for nothing!

The atrocities of the insurgents angered the Turks. Just kidding, when will lowly pariahs be able to slaughter noble lords! The commander-in-chief of the counter-rebel army, Wolf Pasha, directly ordered blood debts to be paid in blood!

There is no room for relaxation between the two sides, and the Turks, who are bent on revenge, have already killed their eyes. Oh, I can't help but they don't kill them, so many nobles died, if anyone dares to let the rebels go, their family, relatives and friends will not give up!

Both sides were cornered, and even though the rebel army was a mob, fighting for their lives, they still caused considerable losses to the Ottoman army!

Time flies by, and it has entered June in a flash. The counter-insurgency army has lived up to the expectations of the Sudan, and has already captured more than half of Constantinople.

But the commander-in-chief, Wolf Pasha, was not happy. The heavy casualties were only one aspect. He is a military commander, except for the loss of soldiers, other losses have little to do with him!

Since ancient times, great wars have often been accompanied by great plagues, and this time is no exception. Now that it has entered summer, the city is filled with the stench of corpses, and the plague has broken out!

In the face of the plague, Wolf Pasha couldn't help but feel worried. He immediately made a decision and withdrew from Constantinople, but the epidemic had already begun to spread in the army!

Fortunately, this plague, like in history, did not spread widely, and Wolf Pasha blocked Constantinople again, so it did not spread in the Ottoman Empire!

The arrival of the plague created an opportunity for Victor Keith to escape. Now that both sides are exhausted, Victor Kiss easily persuaded the powerful faction in the rebel army to fight for their lives! (10,000 words omitted)

After all, after the outbreak of the plague, people died of illness every day, and the mental pressure on people was enormous. Rather than waiting to die alive, it is better to go desperately with the Turks and win a way out!

On July 8, 1896, the Armenian uprising, which lasted for more than four months, ended in failure! The remaining more than 100,000 rebels launched a breakout! But the mob is the mob, there is no unexpected failure to break through, and the rebel army is almost wiped out!