After the Battle of Bucharest, the Austro-Hungarian army retreated on a large scale, and it became a rout, which seems to be a repetition of the situation during the Austro-Prussian War.

The Hungarian army in the army could not cooperate with the imperial army, and there were at least seven or eight ethnic soldiers in both armies, and these soldiers could hardly be twisted into the same identity, and the will to fight was always low. Relations between officers and soldiers were also not harmonious, with the Imperial Army being mainly Austrian aristocratic officers, and the Hungarian Army, being mainly Hungarian aristocratic officers. In the Imperial Army, there were Austrians, Bohemians, Yugoslavs, and Poles, of whom the Yugoslavs and Poles were obviously not likely to seriously fight the Russians; In the Hungarian army, the soldiers were mainly Hungarians, Yugoslavs (Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, etc.), and it was good that Yugoslav soldiers did not shoot the black guns of Hungarian officers.

When a country that has just been transformed from an empire into a dual empire has not yet formed and cannot form a unified national identity, it will carry out a general mobilization to fight against foreign enemies, and such an army will basically not have any combat effectiveness.

The rout of the main Austro-Hungarian forces made Britain and Prussia feel that the situation was out of control, and they firmly disagreed that the Russians occupied too much territory in central and southern Europe, and once the Russians occupied Moldova, Wallachia and Transylvania, not only would the troops directly penetrate the central part of Europe, but if there was a war with Prussia in the future, the Russian army would be able to attack Poland and Prussia from the Bohemian plateau. To the west, Russia will penetrate westward into the Mediterranean Sea through Serbia, Croatia and other Slavic forces. Montenegro, which borders Serbia, has even been allied with Russia for decades. And the Black Sea is located on the Adriatic coast. Therefore, once Russia occupies southern Europe, there will be basically no resistance to westward expansion into the Mediterranean.

While the British and Prussia were negotiating the possibility of military intervention and seeking possible political means, they suddenly discovered that the forces that could stop Russia's westward advance were Greece and Bulgaria, both Orthodox countries. Despite the war with Serbia, Greece did not lose to Russia in terms of influence over the Orthodox population.

At this time, Greece finally jumped out, and after the Russian army defeated the Austro-Hungarian army and occupied Bucharest, the Greco-Bulgarian coalition army marched into Wallachia, and they made it clear that they could not accept the Russian occupation of Wallachia. The Wallachian political forces, supported by the Greeks, declared them the legitimate conquest of the Principality of Wallachia and called on the people of Wallachia to stand up and fight for freedom. And with the support of Greece and Bulgaria, the rebuilding of the Wallachian army began.

The Greek-Bulgarian coalition forces marched all the way to the Argesh River, where they confronted the Russian forces that had occupied Bucharest.

At this time, the main force of the Greek army was 300,000 people, the Bulgarian army was 200,000, a total of 500,000 people, and the Russian army was 800,000 people, and the whole world was applauding the courage of the Greeks and at the same time sighing about their future.

"Nice play!"

When the king of the Urals saw his uncle's operation, he was not angry, but praised it.

The female tsar was angry, and the battles were all fought by the Russian army, but the Greeks were double-faced, but they were supported by the British.

"You said that I now ordered the army to launch a general attack and beat the Greeks to the ground, what will happen to your uncle's old face?"

The Tsaresses said angrily.

Zhou Chun shook his head and said, "I still don't want it." He's definitely got a backhand. ”

The Tsaress said, "So what now?" Accept British mediation? ”

Zhou Chun shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the Greeks haven't performed enough." Didn't you see the Greek king go to London? ”

The Greek king was really putting on a show, he made an impassioned speech in the British Parliament, expressing strong indignation at Russian expansion. He said that he would never tolerate the free world to be violated by the Russians, and that Greece would be at the forefront of defending the free world, just as the Turkic and Arabs were blocked in history, Greece was the Great Wall of the free world.

His speech won a round of applause from the British Parliament, which led to the passage of a £5 million aid bill for Greece.

Yes, Britain decided to aid Greece against the Russian invasion, blocking the Russians in the area east of the Danube.

But in fact, no one is optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Greek army, and the Austrians can't stop it, let alone Greece.

Bismarck was full of distrust of the Greek king, he did not believe that this guy suddenly broke out the courage to fight Russia, and if he really had the courage to make a desperate bet, he would not have ended hastily that year, satisfied with getting Bulgaria, but should continue to fight until the Chinese were dragged into the water and a world war broke out with the British. After that Greece will be crippled, but it will get the straits, get the whole Balkans, and become a big empire.

At that time, the Greek king did not have the courage to fight with his homeland until the last moment, so China had to personally intervene and form a strait committee, and now the Greek king definitely does not have the courage to fight Russia to the end.

Britain is a people who are willing to spend money to shed the blood of others, and although they do not believe that the Greeks will win, they are willing to give money for the Greeks to fight, at least to weaken Russia. Perhaps it would give the Austrians a respite and recuperation, and then fight back against the Russians.

As for the Wallachian question, Greece turned around and sold Austria. The king of the Greeks himself went to the Parliament of Wallachia and delivered a speech at the Provisional Assembly of Wallachia established in Tulcea, in which he resolutely stood with the Wallachians and would not allow any country or nation to infringe upon the right of the Wallachian people to pursue freedom.

His statement amounted to the recognition of Wallachia's independent status and won the support of Wallachians. Driven by the pro-Greek political forces of Wallachia, their parliament announced by a narrow margin the invitation to the Greek king to be the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Wallachia.

The King of Greece expressed his great honor to assume this position, and he would join the Wallachians in defending the natural freedom of the Wallachians by expelling the invaders from the territory of the Principality of Wallachia.

Britain was caught up in Greece's statement and didn't know how to do it. The Greeks supported the war with Russia, but let the Greeks seize Wallachia, the British did not want to accept it.

It is normal for the Greeks to have ambitions for Wallachia, and how many times has that land been fought over between Russia, Austria and the Ottoman Empire, and that land has value worth fighting for.

But the British did not expect that the Greeks would jump out at this time, and in this complicated situation, what were the Greeks going to do. On the one hand, with British aid, it wants to fight desperately with Russia, and on the other hand, it is difficult to seize Wallachia from Austria, it is difficult for Greece to take on the two great powers of Russia and Austria alone.

The situation is so complicated that even the British, who are skilled in diplomacy, do not know what to do about it, and they do not know how things will go.

Whether the regrouped Austrian army united with Greece to counterattack Russia, or the Austrian army went to war directly with the Greek-Bulgarian coalition, or Russia attacked Greece alone, or the Russian army went north to attack Transylvania.

Now the three parties competing in Wallachia have become three independent forces, each of which believes that it has reasonable demands, and each of them has many contradictions with the other two.

Austria resolutely refused to recognize the Greek king as the Grand Duke of Wallachia, and did not recognize the legitimacy of the Parliament of Wallachia, which Greece supported; On the one hand, the Greek king declared that his ascension to the post of Grand Duke of Wallachia was the choice of the Wallachian people themselves, and on the other hand, he demanded the rapid withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Wallachia.

No one expected that Greece was not paying lip service, they really sent an army to take the initiative to cross the Argesh River and approach Bucharest.

Moreover, the style was bold, and the main forces were almost pressed up, and the 500,000 Xibao coalition army and the hastily formed 100,000 Wallachian volunteers were pushed up.

This force has been twice as many as the Russian troops deployed in the area around Bucharest, and the Russian army wants to control a relatively large area, and around Bucharest, in fact, only 300,000 people remain, 600,000 against 300,000, and the Greek-Bulgarian coalition forces have a great hope of victory.

At this time, the Austro-Hungarian army launched an attack from the rear of the Russian army from Transylvania over the Carpathian Mountains, which was deployed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire before the Greek king had even declared his acceptance of the throne of the Grand Duke of Wallachia.

As a result, they were attacked head-on by the Greek-Bulgarian coalition forces, and the flanks were attacked by the Hungarian army, and the Russian army was repulsed, and they began to retreat from Bucharest, and the Greek-Bulgarian coalition forces devoted most of their forces to the pursuit, recovering the area within 100 kilometers around Bucharest, including the oil field area more than 50 kilometers to the north.

The actions of the Xibao coalition army surprised the female tsar.

"Your untrustworthy uncle doesn't really plan to go to war with us. Grand Duke Konstantin proposed a counterattack against the Greek-Bulgarian coalition forces, and they found obvious flaws in the other side! ”

The Tsaress was under tremendous pressure from the military, and sure enough, as she thought, the greater the number of troops mobilized, the greater the voice of the army.

Her husband Zhou Chun didn't care: "Then let's fight according to the attitude of the military." ”

The female tsar wondered: "Aren't you afraid that Greece will really be defeated?" ”

Zhou Chun sighed: "I said that he must have a backhand, and he did this, which can only show that he needs to use war to solve some political problems that are not easy to solve." The flaws exposed are obviously for the Russian army to use. ”

The Tsaress snorted: "Then I will give the order." In the future, it will be based on the attitude of the army, and you don't blame me for what it looks like! ”

Zhou Chun said: "Don't worry. I'm ready too. An army of millions is ready to help. ”

The female tsar hesitated: "Is the army of the Urals reliable?" ”

In the last war, the Urals did not perform well, and their reputation was affected for a time.

Zhou Chun said: "It's none of my business, just pull it up and take a look." ”

The female tsar said: "Then I need to consult with the military about the direction of the attack of the Ural army." ”