Zhou Lang had already discovered Russia's military preparations, and even without direct news from the Moscow embassy, Zhou Lang could tell from the actions of the Russians that Russia was going to carry out a military operation, because they had paid off their loans in China in advance, and then took back Kyakhta, and then built fortifications and stationed an elite army here.

If the Russians want to go to war with China, it is impossible. Their constant reinforcement of the fortress can only be explained as a defensive act, and the purpose of defending China must be because there will be emptiness near the Chinese side, so where do the troops go? It can only be to the west, and to the west there can only be Austria.

Russia was not too satisfied with Austria's action against Zhou Lang, and he preferred that Russia would directly attack Poland, which would mean a direct conflict with the British.

But the plot suddenly changed, and the Russians suddenly protested to the Ottoman Empire, protesting against the Ottoman massacre of Orthodox Christians in Greece, and Russia even put troops on the border, threatening the Ottoman Empire.

Zhou Lang suddenly understood that the military objectives of the Russians had shifted to the Ottoman Empire and were no longer directed against Austria. The Greek uprising that broke out last year, and then the suppression of the Ottoman Empire, was the fuse of this time, everything seemed so reasonable, Zhou Lang carefully analyzed it and found that the Russians may have been trapped!

The uprising broke out in Greece in March and spread rapidly throughout the Peloponnese, Crete, the Aegean islands, Lumaili and Macedonia.

Textbooks describe this as an uprising of the Greek bourgeoisie because Greek capitalism developed and the Ottoman feudal rule severely restricted the development of capitalist economy.

This kind of comment is in fact a national independence, Greece's economy and culture have always been more developed than the Ottoman Empire, this is not the time when the gap between the two sides is the largest, the gap is the largest, in fact, the Ottoman Empire was just emerging, at that time the Ottoman Empire was a nomadic regime, Greece was a country that had already appeared the germ of capitalism, but the Greek bourgeoisie at that time was not afraid of economic restrictions, and now it suddenly felt the restrictions?

In fact, it is just because the current Ottoman Empire is declining, which gives the Greeks hope of independence, and it has nothing to do with capitalism. If you want to say that the Greek bourgeoisie really has no power, what industry does Greece have, some handicraft workshops, olive oil squeezing, can't squeeze Italy, France and Spain, sheep raising, can't raise Britain and Spain, just do a little bit of accumulation of trade, but also dependent on entrepot trade with the Ottoman Empire and Mediterranean countries, really independent, not necessarily better than now.

The real reason may be that the ideas of the French Revolution inspired Greek nationalism, condensed the mood of the Greek nation, and then possessed the conditions for an uprising. In 1820, an uprising began by a Greek who had opened a tea house in Russia, and was also the leader of the Friendship Society, a secret political organization of the Greeks, which was formed by the Russian Greek diaspora and was committed to the cause of gaining the independence of the motherland from Ottoman rule.

On March 4, 1821, Epsilantis crossed the Russian border and led an insurrectionary army in Iasi, Romania, to call on the Greek people to revolt. On 23 March, the uprising spread to the southern regions of the Peloponnese. On April 7, an uprising was declared on the island of Spice, supporting the uprising in the Peloponnese. On April 22, Psala declared an uprising; On the 28th, the rebels on the island of Idra took control of the Corinth region. On 7 May, armed villagers from the Attica region stormed Athens and forced the Turkish army to retreat to the city of Corinth. At this point, the rebel army swept almost all of Greece's land mass and many islands in the Aegean Sea.

At this time, Epsilandis had not even entered the territory of Greece, and seeing that the situation was very good, he immediately decided to lead the army into Greece. In June, when Epsilantis led the rebel army into Greece, he engaged the Turkish army at the border fortress, but was defeated by the Turkish army, and Epsilantis fled to Austria. In July, the fighting intensified. On 5 October, Greek soldiers and civilians captured the city of Tripolis. The rebel army soon liberated almost all of the Peloponnese.

After the uprising, the Ottoman Empire sent troops to suppress the uprising, their efficiency was low, but the military discipline was very poor, not only the massacre of the Greek population, the Ottoman Empire was a country that used a large number of slaves, so it also sold a large number of Greek residents as slaves.

The Greeks mostly believe in Greek Orthodoxy and are Christians, while the Russian Orthodox Church is transmitted from Greece, and the fundamental difference with Christianity is whether or not it recognizes the Roman Pope as a religious leader. Therefore, it is understandable that Western countries were dissatisfied with the Ottoman Empire's massacre of the Greeks, and the Russians showed it more strongly.

But all this was too coincidental, just when the Russians were planning to strike at Austria, suddenly their attention was turned to Greece, and the coincidence made people wonder about the problem.

The Greek uprising was an unexpected event, and perhaps there was a Russian impetus behind it, because after all, the insurrection was called on by the Greek diaspora organizations in Russia.

But Zhou Lang still felt that something was wrong, because the Russians' turn might change the camp of Western Europe, first of all, if Russia wants to take the opportunity to break through the Dardanelles, then the British will definitely oppose it, although the Mediterranean forces are complicated, but Britain is still the first major force here, with the right to control the sea, and the Russians will never agree to enter the Mediterranean.

Therefore, the biggest beneficiary of this turn is Austria. Zhou Lang did not suspect that Austria supported the Greek uprising, but he suspected that Austria had pushed Russia for a military turn.

Sure enough, Russia's demands, the Ottoman Empire did not agree, could not agree, promised not to suppress Greece? That would be tantamount to agreeing to the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire, which had vast territories in Europe and allowed Greece to become independent, so what about Bulgaria? What about Bosnia? In a chain reaction, the Ottoman Empire was likely to lose all of its European territory.

Therefore, it must be suppressed.

The Ottoman Empire continued to suppress the Greek uprising, and at one point the Russian army crossed the border under the pretext of Bessarabia, which had just been recovered from Austria, and entered the two principalities of Moldova and Wallachia, quickly defeated the Ottoman forces here, and advanced the battle line further into Bulgarian territory, through which they approached Istalpur.

The Austrian Empire also launched an attack on the Ottomans at this time, and they sent troops into Bosnia (part of Yugoslavia) in the Balkans.

When Russia issued an ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire, Austria also issued an ultimatum, and the Ottoman Empire also refused, so Austria also declared war on the Ottoman Empire and sent troops across the border.

It now appears that Austria and Russia have reached an agreement on the partition of the Ottoman Empire, and that Russia should get Moldova, Wallachia, and Bulgaria in the Balkans, and Austria get Bosnia.

The problem is that Austria should not have much problem taking Bosnia, Austria has already obtained the Dalmatian coast, almost surrounded Bosnia, and after obtaining Bosnia, it will be able to connect the Dalmatian coast with Austria proper, and it is almost impossible to find the force to stop Austria in this area. And getting Bosnia, the damage to the Ottomans is not great, this is only the border of the Ottoman Empire, and it has no impact on the interests of other European countries, the only Italy that has the right to speak here is a divided state, and Northern Italy, which is the most powerful in itself, is under the control of the Austrian Empire.

But if Russia wants to achieve its strategic goals, it will be hellish difficult. First of all, Bulgaria is located north of Izable, and the goal of the Russian occupation here is, of course, to seize Istalpur, and to seize Istanbul, and to control the Turkish Straits will allow Russia to stretch from the Black Sea all the way to the Mediterranean.

Britain will definitely contain it, and France will never want to see such a powerful power as Russia penetrate into the Mediterranean, and Britain and France will take action immediately, with the support of Britain and France, and Prussia following the British strategy, then the whole of Europe will almost stand on the opposite side of Russia.

Zhou Lang felt that under such circumstances, it was basically impossible for the Russians to achieve their strategic goals.

Sure enough, the British and French soon raised objections, and the British fleet began cruising in the Aegean Sea. France issued a warning to Russia not to march on Istalpur. France had a long-standing friendship with the Ottoman Empire, and in the time of Louis XIV of France, he formed an alliance with the pagan state of Ottomans against the Habsburg Empire (Austria).

Now France has once again offered its support for the Ottoman Empire, which has given the Ottoman Empire more confidence to carry on the war.

As for Greece, it was temporarily abandoned in the interests of the great powers. If Britain and France forced Russia back, perhaps they would also force the Ottomans to recognize Greek independence, but the Ottoman Empire was their ally until Russia retreated.

Zhou Lang didn't care what would happen to the Ottoman Empire in the end, he only cared about what China could get from it, he issued instructions to European companies, allowing them to participate deeply in the Greek War of Independence, as for who to support, it was up to the European companies to judge and analyze, as long as the interests were maximized, they could support whomever they could, and they could not consider cooperating with the policies of the Chinese diplomatic department, everything was considered in the interests of the European companies themselves.

This means that Zhou Lang has allowed European companies to stand in opposition to the Chinese government on the Greek issue. Of course, this may not happen, but it can happen as long as it is in the interests of European companies.

As for China's attitude towards Greece, that is, there is no attitude, so far away, it cannot fight with China, and China's direct influence on Europe can only affect Russia.

Therefore, all of Zhou Lang's policies revolve around Russia, and he decided to vigorously support Russia's actions, no matter who Russia fights with, as long as it fights with European countries, as long as Europe is divided, Zhou Lang will vigorously support it.

The Russians also really need this support, because they want to borrow from China. That's why they chose to pay off China's debt early, not just by recovering Kyakhta, but by maintaining Russia's credibility in China's financial markets.