The ethnic vendetta that followed the uprising immediately turned public opinion in various European countries, especially with the help of the British, to the side that was not favorable to Greece.

Zhou Chenggong knew that he had to take decisive measures immediately or the situation would get out of hand, and the British had begun to engage in diplomatic activities and began to call on European countries to intervene in the Balkan disputes and stop the chaos here.

Before the British completed their diplomatic maneuvers, Zhou Chenggong had to control the Balkans, otherwise Greece would not be able to achieve anything in this war.

He immediately issued orders to the Greek troops who had entered Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania to immediately reorganize the local rebel forces, negotiate with the local rebel leaders, and take military measures if necessary.

In fact, he had the opportunity to control the situation before, for example, after his army entered, the first time was not to attack the Ottoman army, but to recruit local soldiers, using national identity, he had the opportunity to form a Macedonian army, Albanian army and Bulgarian army loyal to him.

But it was expensive to form an army, so he decided to support the local forces, and anyway, he agreed with many forces that he would become the co-ruler of these countries in the future. It would have been more advantageous to extend an invitation to him in the name of the parliamentary representatives of the whole people, and to have them in the name of the newly independent countries.

But who would have thought that it would lead to an uncontrollable situation. Financial pressure, now can not be taken care of. Immediately let the army move, reorganize the rebel troops, and most of these soldiers who entered the army were local immigrants, they were mainly composed of second-generation immigrants in Greece, and the officers were more Greeks, and loyalty could be guaranteed.

And because of their help, the relationship with the local forces is still relatively harmonious, and they are regarded by the local forces as liberators, not invaders. In the case of a common enemy, most of the forces are still willing to cooperate, after all, they have formed a variety of armies, and they all open their mouths to eat, these groups are also very large, and the Greeks are willing to take over this mess, and they are not against it. As a result, a large number of rebel troops were reorganized with the cooperation of the rebel leaders and then sent to the rear of the battlefield for formal training.

The leaders of the uprising were divided by Zhou Chenggong by political means, giving them various promises to support them in forming governments in towns occupied by the Greek army, and assigning them various official positions.

There were also extremists who were unwilling to cooperate, or who did not identify with Greek culture at all, or were Turkic guerrillas, and Zhou Chenggong ordered that all of them be eliminated as Ottoman troops, without distinction.

In the chaotic situation, only the Greek army was a regular, self-organized disciplined force, and these rabble, although they were the main force of vendetta and killed like numb, but they really fought head-on, but in fact they did not have much combat effectiveness, and one after another rebel armies were wiped out in this way.

Britain had already initiated a conference on the Balkans in Vienna, in which Greece had also participated, and Britain had publicly blamed Greece for the current chaos, blaming the Greek invasion for the current chaos. The representative of Greece argued that it was a mistake for the people to seek liberation and for God's people to seek justice.

The British presented some evidence, not only accusing Greece of promoting ethnic vendetta in the Balkans, but also believing that the Greek army was also involved in the massacre. The representative of Greece, for his part, was adamant that the blurred photographs presented by the British were unclear or considered the execution of civilians in Greek uniforms as mob executions.

Britain was very unhappy with this, believing that even the punishment of criminals should not be carried out by the Greek army, but by the verdict of the courts. Britain insisted that countries should form a Balkan team to visit the Balkans and confirm the current state of the Balkan vendetta.

The representative of Greece objected to no avail, and all countries agreed to the establishment of such a mission. After consulting the king, the Greek delegates changed their attitude and instead expressed their active support for the expedition and assured that the Greek army would be responsible for the safety of the expedition at all times.

The Greek king was very smart, and the expedition must have consisted of a group of nobles, and if the British took the opportunity to ask for troops to be stationed to protect the safety of these people, there was a reason, even if they did not send troops, these nobles really had something to do in the Balkans, and it would be a problem for Greece. Therefore, it is necessary to take the initiative to take responsibility for protection.

However, the British objected, believing that the participation of the Greek military would make the expedition unjust, and hoped that an independent investigation mission would be formed, and that each country should be responsible for the protection work, and demanded that the Greek army not interfere with the free movement of the expedition in the Balkans.

Britain turned out to have the support of France on this issue, and the unexpected support of Prussia, but Austria showed hesitation. Apparently the Austrians also did not want the military power of Anglo-French-Prussian, and especially French-Prussian, to enter here. But Austria could not stand alone, and Zhou Chenggong was fortunate to break the kettle.

The British suddenly received a note from China to the European countries, saying that the Chinese government also considered the Balkan problem to be very serious, and said that China would also enter the investigation, and if necessary, China would organize 100,000 troops to be stationed in this area, not only to protect the safety of the investigation team, but also to contribute to the maintenance of local peace.

China's statement immediately made the British retreat, and if they forcibly formed an expedition and armed forces to intervene, then China would have the same reason to intervene, and it seems that Britain is further away from the Balkans and has more distant interests from Britain than China, which has already expanded its territory into the Black Sea.

So the British changed their attitude, no longer insisting on independent escort, and even praised Greece's willingness to provide protection, believing that it was the attitude of the responsible.

When such an independent expedition entered the Balkans, the Greek army was responsible for providing their protection, but not interfering with their movements.

A lot of first-hand information was sent back to Europe, and there was a lot of confusion here, and vendettas did happen, but the rumors that the Greeks promoted vendettas were also self-defeating, because the Greeks were also victims of vendettas, and one of the biggest victims, second only to the Ottomans.

However, Britain still blamed Greece, believing that Greece's irresponsible military actions had caused all this, and strongly demanded that Greece immediately negotiate with the Ottoman Empire to restore peace in the Balkans.

Greece began to play the religious card, believing that Britain was blaspheming God to force Greece to hand over the fate of Christians to the pagan country of the Ottoman for their own selfish purposes.

Diplomatic lawsuits continued, but the actual actions never stopped.

The Greek army had swelled to 400,000 after the insurrection of the rebels from all over the Balkans, and the forces of these local rebels were extremely difficult to control, because they were able to revolt either by the lowest strata of the destitute or by religious fanatics, mostly both, who hated the Ottoman regime.

The accusations of the British were not wrong, these rebels with Greek uniforms and better weapons on board, among them there were really some fanatics who were massacring the Turks, and they were showing off with this, unsuspecting the British who came to take pictures, and specially posing for the other side.

This situation gave Zhou Chenggong a headache, at this time on the main battlefield, the main Greek army has not been able to capture Istanbul, the Ottomans continue to mobilize reserves in the peninsula of Asia Minor, the arrival of these true Muslim Turkic people, strengthened the army, and also developed into a national war, both sides in the cohesion of national consciousness, the will to fight to make up for the disadvantage of lack of training. Seeing that it would be difficult to capture the Ottoman capital immediately and end the war, Zhou Chenggong adopted the best of both worlds.

He began to mobilize the Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Albanian armies to the Istanbul front, telling the insurgent, mainly fanatics, to attack the Ottoman Sultan's forces and fight the real Turks.

On the contrary, the main forces of Greece withdrew to these places to garrison, and the military discipline of the standing army was guaranteed, but it could only control the urban areas, and all kinds of spontaneous ethnic conflicts were still taking place in the vast countryside, which could no longer be taken into account.

A large number of rural landlords, mainly Turks and Greeks, temporarily abandoned their possessions and moved to the cities.

These people, who had just escaped the massacre, were full of fear and could not be rescued in the city, so they had to find their own religious organizations, the Turks took refuge in the Muslim temples and the Greeks took refuge in the Orthodox churches, and the religious organizations could provide them with shelter but could not afford to provide them with supplies.

At this time, the king of Greece publicly announced that he would provide the refugees with living supplies, and this money must be paid, which is a rare opportunity to win these elites of the old era, and there are a large number of Greeks among them.

The king called on the Greeks to collect donations, and he gave half of the royal allowance and issued a special bailout bond. It was also split and distributed separately in the Black Sea, London, Paris and Vienna, not for money, but for propaganda.

Showing the Greek royal family a responsible attitude to the outside world can save some public opinion, but it will not change the prejudice, and the British have already preconceived that Greece has caused vendettas, as if they had thought that the Ottoman army was slaughtering Christians, and it is too late to explain.

In the end, to solve the problem, it depends on the result of the great power game, Zhou Chenggong is very reluctant to accept this fate, he is angry that his fate is in the hands of others, so he also wants to make Greece a big country. But the great powers may enjoy the feeling of deciding the fate of others, and they are very resistant to having new countries join the club of great powers.

All this doomed Greece to have a difficult time expanding.

As an ally, it was supposed to share the pressure on Greece, but the performance of the Manchu Empire this time was really disappointing.

The Eight Banners Army was blocked in the border area for a month, and it was just a group of reserve troops that resisted them!