Bulgarian Empire

Successful politicians don’t have idiots, and Carol I is no exception. If you need to admit counsel, you will admit counsel, and if you can’t do anything, you will be called the boss!

Face or something, in the eyes of politicians, it is not worth mentioning when compared with interests, especially when it comes to oneself!

Since he was going to admit counsel, of course Carol I did not intend to continue to fight the Bulgarians. If he did not have this army in his hand, why would he keep his throne?

He is a good king in the eyes of the bourgeoisie, but his reputation among the people is not very good. Carol I did not think that a group of mud legs would care about international influence!

Decisively began to shrink the line of defense. Within a few days, the main force of the Romanian army retreated to Bucharest and fought the defense of the capital.

Bucharest is located in the center of the Wallachia Plain in southeastern Romania, on the banks of the Dombovica River, a tributary of the Danube. It is the largest city in Romania.

Carol I fought a defensive battle regardless of whether it was Ferdinand's turn to be dumbfounded. Should he attack?

If you attack, the Bulgarian army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The most important thing is that it may be difficult for the Bulgarian army to conquer Bucharest in a short period of time; if it does not attack, then Romania, the largest city, will be saved!

Things that cannot be obtained by force can also be obtained at the negotiation table. This does not apply to the current Balkan countries!

6th Army Minister Popov proposed: "Your Majesty, now we have surrounded Bucharest. We can conquer this city in just one month. The Wallachia Plain is what we have in our bag!"

The Wallachia Plain, also known as the "Lower Danube Plain", is located in southern Romania. It extends to the Carpathian Piedmont in the north and the Danube in the south. It is about 12o kilometers wide from north to south and 4oo kilometers long from east to west. The climate is mild and the land is fertile.

Ferdinand knows that many people in the military are greedy here. According to Bulgarian practice, as long as the Wallachia Plain is obtained, a group of military nobles must be entrusted in the border area. Many people are eyeing this place!

As for whether Bucharest can be conquered within one month, this question is difficult to say. If the Romanians desperately resist, it may be possible to drag it for three to five months!

This is the figure that Ferdinand inferred from the food stock in Bucharest. After all, this is the Balkans. Ferdinand dare not underestimate the tenacity of any nation!

Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "Forget it! Since the Romanians are going to defend Bucharest, let them be fulfilled!

Order the troops to take the opportunity to take down Craiova, Slatina, Slobozia and other places, turn Bucharest into an isolated city, and then negotiate with the Romanians! "

In the end, Ferdinand decided to put the Romania issue behind. After all, the current international situation is already very severe. In the case of the First World War, it may not be long before the explosion, the most important thing is to preserve our strength!

As for Romania, it has already boarded the ship of the Allied Powers. Even if they want to be neutral, Ferdinand will drag them into war in the first place!

Facing the entrapment of Russia and Russia, even the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not stand it, let alone Romania!

It is a pity to think about Ferdinand, this time it is equivalent to letting go of the two enemies of Romania and the Ottoman Empire at the same time. As for the Kingdom of Montenegro, this small thing is really not in the eyes of Ferdinand!

Once the war is over, the two young men in the Black Mountain Kingdom will be deceived. The Allies are not so mixed up. The contradiction between them and the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot be eliminated in a short while!

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Having just dealt with the Romanian issue, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Metiev brought another message: "Your Majesty, the Italians hope that we will fulfill our agreement and hand over Tripoli to them!"

Ferdinand nodded and said: "I see, tell the Italians that Tripoli can be handed over to them, but in the subsequent negotiations, they must lean toward us and at least remain neutral!

It is now possible for the Italians to send people to take over the political affairs of Tripoli, but the Bulgarian army will not begin to withdraw until the negotiations are completed! "

Ferdinand couldn't believe the morals of the Italians at all. If there is no bargaining chip in his hand, who knows what moths will come out next!

As for whether the Italians will do anything to other parts of Libya, Ferdinand said: In addition to Tripoli this year, Libya has several oases along the coast, and the rest is sand. Unless the Italians are crazy, they will do it for a pile of sand. , Go to war with Bulgaria!

Oh, the area of ​​these oasis is not too small, they add up to tens of thousands of square kilometers, but it seems that there is nothing more than farming!

There is no shadow of the oil thing now? Otherwise, Bulgaria and Italy would not be the turn, they would have been divided by Britain and France long ago!

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Time passed in a hurry, and half a month passed in a flash, and the negotiation time agreed upon by Ferdinand and the countries had arrived. The venue for this negotiation was in Constantinople, which was also deliberately arranged by Ferdinand.

As for what it means, it can only be understood!

On August 28, 1909, the negotiations were held in Constantinople as scheduled, with all delegations in place.

The six major powers of Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Russia, as well as Bulgaria, are the protagonists of this negotiation. As for the four powers of Greece, Montenegro, Romania and the Ottoman Empire, their power of speech is actually very low.

At the beginning of the negotiations, Bulgaria and the six major powers held consultations. After the attitudes of the countries became clear, the four defeated countries of the Anti-Protection League were given their turn to express their opinions.

As a victorious country, at the beginning of the negotiations, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Metiev made the following conditions:

1. The four countries acknowledged their defeat, apologized to Bulgaria, and paid a war compensation of 110 million pounds;

Among them: the Ottoman Empire paid 960,000 pounds, Romania paid 60 million pounds, the Kingdom of Montenegro paid 450,000 pounds, and Greece paid 350,000 pounds;

2. Ceded by the Ottoman Empire: Tripoli and Cyrenaica (ie: Libya), Zonguldak-Eskisehir-Afyon-Adalia (almost one third of Asia Minor) , Directly turning the Marmara Sea into an inner lake), the islands in the Aegean Sea to Bulgaria;

3. Greece ceded all the islands to Bulgaria, including the Peloponnese Peninsula, and Bulgaria obtained the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Greece;

4. The Kingdom of Montenegro ceded Troboa and Ivangrad regions to Bulgaria;

5. Romania ceded the Wallachia Plain to Bulgaria;

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Well, after looking at the conditions put forward by Bulgaria, everyone found that none of the above five items can be afforded by the Anti-Protection League!

Oh no! The representatives of Romania, the Kingdom of Montenegro, and Greece said: If they do not cede territories, they can accept war reparations, and the specific amount needs to be further discussed!

However, the Ottoman delegation directly chose to ignore it. Before the war, Bulgaria had put forward a huge compensation request of 80 million pounds, and now it is impossible to talk about it less!

In that case, they can't afford to pay 80ooo anyway, and they can't afford to pay more. They can agree to the issue of land cessation except Asia Minor!

There is no doubt that these are things that Bulgaria cannot agree to! After mobilizing millions of people and fought a war, how can UU reading www.uukanshu.com be able to feed this profit?

Of course, if the anti-protection alliance is willing to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in war indemnities if the land is not ceded, Ferdinand can also agree!

But this is completely impossible. If they have so much money, it is estimated that this war will continue, even if it is recruiting mercenaries, it will be enough to entangle Bulgaria for several years!

You can refer to the Boer Republic for this. They smashed hundreds of tons of gold and entangled with the British on the South African battlefield for several years!

Asking prices all over the sky, pay back!

Everyone knows this, anyway, it is impossible to negotiate successfully at once!

The results of the first round of negotiations know that the three kingdoms of Greece, Romania, and Montenegro all value their territories very seriously and are still pinning their hopes on the Allies to put pressure on Bulgaria!

The Ottoman Empire is rich in experience. Since modern times, they have all the way to pay compensation, as long as it is not the core territory, they can discuss it!

The main thing is that they can face reality, knowing that after the navy is over, Libya and the Aegean islands, these meats that have entered Bulgaria's mouth, it is impossible to spit out.

But for a core territory like the Asia Minor Peninsula, they don't want to back down any step!

The Turkish Al-Shabaab that has just governed is not stupid. It is enough trouble to be neighbors with these newly-rising powers like Bulgaria. If Bulgaria gains a foothold in Asia Minor, then it may not be many years before they will move their capital again!

Ferdinand analyzed the information fed back by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and now it is probably the easiest to negotiate the Kingdom of Montenegro!

No way, why does the Kingdom of Montenegro have nothing worthy of Ferdinand's prying eyes? The land is mountainous, and there is not much strategic value!

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