On July 4, 1897, the London negotiations were held as scheduled, and delegations from various countries gathered in London, setting off a new round of political and diplomatic games!

As the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Konstantin naturally became the head of the delegation of the Balkan League.

On the first day of the negotiations, the negotiations soon could not proceed because the gap between the conditions offered by the two sides was too large!

On behalf of the Balkan League, Konstantin made the following demands to the Ottoman Empire:

1. The Ottoman Empire gave up all its territory in Europe, including Constantinople;

2. Immediate withdrawal of troops from Greece;

3. Be responsible for the Ottoman Empire's enslavement of the Balkan peoples for hundreds of years, and the specific requirements are to make a public apology and compensate the economic losses of all nationalities totaling 200 million pounds;

4. Take full responsibility for the Balkan War and pay 3,000 pounds of war reparations to the Balkan alliance countries, namely: 15 million pounds in Bulgaria, 13 million pounds in Greece, and 2 million pounds in Mentenegro;

5. Recognition of the independence of Bulgaria and Mentenegro;

6. Cedion of Crete to Greece;

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The Ottoman Empire, for its part, said that it was unacceptable except for Article 5, which recognized the independence of Bulgaria and Mentagro!

The Ottoman Foreign Minister, Harim Pasha, also explicitly rejected the demands for reparations and land cession under Articles 1, 3, and 4, but he agreed to a conditional withdrawal of troops from Greece.

And also put forward the demands of the Ottoman Empire:

1. Demand that Bulgaria and Mentnegro immediately withdraw from the territory of the Ottoman Empire and restore the pre-war border line;

2. Demand that the Balkan League compensate the Ottoman Empire for war losses of 35 million pounds;

3. Demand that the Balkan countries cease all hostilities against the Ottoman Empire and hand over asylum political prisoners;

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Well, both sides are opening their mouths widely, which can be regarded as testing each other.

If the Balkan League made these demands, it was based on the premise that they already had a military advantage and that they had already eaten the territory of the Ottoman Empire in Europe!

Then the Ottoman Empire made these demands according to the provisions of the Mediterranean Agreement!

Although Harim Pasha was also well aware that neither Bulgaria, nor Mentnegro, nor Greece, nor the Ottoman Empire were parties to the Mediterranean Agreement.

But now the Ottomans still have no shame in taking it out as a basis for reasoning!

It is only because in the Second Mediterranean Agreement, Britain, Austria and Italy agreed to maintain the status quo in the Near East, protect the Black Sea straits and affirm Turkey's suzerainty over Bulgaria and Asia Minor, and jointly resist the growth of Russian influence in Turkey!

Now, in order to gain the support of Britain and Austria-Hungary, Harim Pasha did not hesitate to pull the tiger skin of the Mediterranean Agreement!

But this was not enough to concede to Ferdinand, because the Mediterranean Agreement was not binding on the British, and there were no specific military obligations for the British!

And now it is impossible for the British to go to the fire for the Ottoman Empire, South Africa is an indispensable member of the world hegemony of the British Empire!

Especially the financial hegemony, if there is not enough gold in the gold standard era, the monetary status of the pound sterling will not be guaranteed! In comparison, the interests of the British in the Balkans were much smaller!

Not to mention the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which suffered not only from the surging national movements at the end of the 19th century, but also from the Austro-Hung Empire, which was also a multi-ethnic state!

Although it has not yet developed to the point of unraveling, it has also constrained the Austro-Hungarian Empire, at least the Hungarians will not support the government's continued expansion into the Balkans now!

After the negotiations reached an impasse, Konstantin separately visited the representatives of France and Russia, and after receiving accurate information, went to visit British Prime Minister Salisbury.

At this time, he happened to collide awkwardly with the Ottoman Foreign Minister Harim Pasha, and the two glared at each other and were invited into the living room together.

Konstantin thought to himself, suffered! This time I collided with the Ottomans, and most of them will return in vain!

The British Prime Minister who received the news laughed, he was still thinking about what the British Empire could gain from this negotiation, and now that the Bulgarians and Ottomans were sent to the door together, what could be more beneficial than letting the two families bid each other?

The results speak for themselves, in the face of the British robbery, both the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire took off a layer of skin.

As for the harvest? Then you can only hehe! Anyway, it's very much in line with John Bull's habits!

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Negotiations are negotiations, the Battle of Constantinople will continue, originally Ferdinand thought that the two sides would have a truce during the negotiations, and also ordered the First Army to suspend the attack, in fact, it proved that he thought too much!

The Russians made it clear that it doesn't matter if they continue to fight, and when Constantinople is defeated, this negotiation will almost be over!

Well, now Ferdinand understands that in this year, it would be a fool's dream to expect the Great Powers to have moderation. Especially the big hooligan hairy bear among the great powers, not to mention!

In that case, let's fight!

Having received the order, the First Army again launched a strong assault on Constantinople.

Sure enough, when Harim Pasha got the news, he immediately protested to Bulgaria, accusing Bulgaria of violating the cessation agreement and launching an offensive during the peace conference!

Prime Minister Konstantin immediately said that this was just a skirmish, and the soldiers on both sides had been fighting for so long that people's brains were pig's brains!

With a little spark, both sides can fight, and you can't be responsible for it just because the Bulgarian army is more capable of fighting!

The best way to solve this problem is for the two sides to complete the negotiations as soon as possible and sign a peace treaty as soon as possible to prevent this situation from continuing to occur!

Both the Russians and the French have a say in this, and the military observer mission they have stationed in has also taken photographs that can be used as evidence that this is just a misunderstanding!

Well, the Ottomans can also come up with evidence, but the question is not important, no one can rely on the!

, the battle still has to be fought, and now Eder Pasha's days are no longer alive!

An adjutant hurried over and said nervously: "General, Bulgaria is attacking again, and our defense line is almost untenable!" ”

Eder Pasha said lightly: "Got it, order the front-line troops to continue to defend to the death, and then use the cover of night at night to alternately cover and retreat to the next line of defense!" ”

Everything is so understated, a series of defeats have been fought, and now that Eder Pasha is accustomed to defeat, it seems that nothing can move him anymore!

"General, since the Bulgarians blockaded the coastline, we haven't received supplies for more than half a month!"

Eder Pasha nodded, and said weakly, "Got it! Tell the soldiers that now is the critical moment for our negotiations, and tell everyone to hold on! ”

After saying these words, Eder Pasha suddenly had an ominous premonition, as if something bad was about to happen.

I thought about it and thought about it, but I still didn't think of anything, I just didn't think about it, it was nothing more than where the battle was lost, and when the battlefield became a habit, it was no big deal for Eder Pasha!

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"Damn, just give us this, two potatoes are my dinner?" A teenager complained

"Alright, it's good to have two potatoes for dinner, or for the sake of us being front-line troops, or maybe there's only one? Now our passage to the country has been cut off, and in order to save food, the troops have cut supplies! A veteran said happily

"And what about the officers? Same as us? The boy asked suspiciously

"Do you need to ask such an idiotic question? Can the noble lords be like us? Even our platoon commanders, the sesame-sized officials, don't they all eat alone? The veteran said disdainfully

"Damn it!" The boy said fiercely

"Be careful, the Bulgarians are going on the offensive again!" The veteran said nervously

After a long battle, the Ottoman army's morale and combat effectiveness have dropped very badly!

At this moment, in the face of the attack of the First Army, the first thing the Ottoman soldiers thought about was not to repel the enemy's attack, but how to save their lives!

The most obvious manifestation was that fewer and fewer Ottoman soldiers were killed by the First Army, and more and more Ottoman soldiers were captured. Of course, your own casualties are getting fewer and fewer, which can be regarded as saving Ferdinand a lot of expenses!

Time flew by, and in August, the Ottoman resistance was getting weaker and weaker, and in many places there were already formed Ottoman troops who took the initiative to leave the fortress and surrender to the First Army.

They are all hungry and panicked, the supply line has been cut off since the end of June, and now they are all in August, no matter how much they save, the food is still not enough to eat!

If you are united and the big guys are starving together, you can still take the soldiers to fight a wave of backwater, whether you win or lose!

It's a pity that the Ottoman army can't do this, no matter how short of food, there is no shortage of supplies for officers, and sharing weal and woe has never been the style of aristocratic lords!

On the evening of August 14, after the last line of defense was lost, seeing that the general situation was gone, Eder Pasha, the supreme commander of Constantinople of the Ottoman Empire, committed suicide by drinking a bomb!

So far, the battle of Constantinople, which lasted for more than two months, with nearly 600,000 troops invested by both sides and more than 200,000 casualties, has finally come to a successful end!

After the Battle of Constantinople, negotiations in London progressed significantly faster.

It seems that they have understood that defeat is inevitable, and the Ottomans are no longer asking for skyrocketing prices; In the same way, now Ferdinand did not want the war to continue, and Konstantin made corresponding concessions!

Although there is still a long way to go before an agreement is reached, the progress of both sides is still significant!

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