At Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Felanz Josef I was in a good mood!

The performance of the Bulgarian army still surprised him slightly, although he knew that Serbia would definitely lose this war, he never expected it to end so soon!

Of course, it's all a minor issue! The point is that Serbia has been taught a bad lesson and has once again relented to Austria-Hungary!

The decision is back in Vienna and Felanz Josef loves the feeling that everything is under control!

Ferdinand was well aware of current affairs, knew who was the boss in the Balkans now, and was willing to cooperate with Austria-Hungary's decision on the Serbian issue!

However, with the convening of the cabinet meeting, his good mood was broken! The reason is that Serbia was beaten too badly, and it is estimated that Serbia suffered no less than 200,000 casualties in this war!

Serbia looks finished, and someone in Austria-Hungary has other ideas about him, annexing Serbia!

On the face of it, Serbia has suffered heavy losses, and Austria-Hungary can easily annex it! Bulgaria in this regard, has already expressed its support, in exchange for the territory south of the Moldovan River in Serbia, that is, the reward!

Historically, Grand Duke Francis Ferdinand and Chief of the General Staff Konrad von Herzendorf, the hawkish leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has always advocated the annexation of Serbia!!

The Chief of the General Staff, Conrad, even openly declared: Austria-Hungary must expand into the Adriatic, the Balkans, the eastern Mediterranean, parts of North Africa!!

At the end of 1907, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Ehrenthal suggested to Conrad that the northeastern part of Serbia, including Belgrade, be annexed to Bulgaria.

At the same time, the main war faction also proposed to reorganize the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the "Trinity", that is: the formation of a new kingdom composed of the South Slavs! The first thing to do is to annex Serbia and Montenegro!

History proves that the "Trinity" was only used to scare the Hungarians, and Austria-Hungary never really wanted to implement it!

However, the call for the annexation of Serbia has remained high!! Both the central government, as well as the local government of Hungary, have plans to annex Serbia!

At the end of 1894, the internal contradictions in Austria-Hungary had not yet intensified, and the main war faction had not yet gained the upper hand!

The main war faction advocates the carvement of Serbia by the trend, and there is not much difference on this point! But on the issue of dealing with Serbia, there was a fierce collision of forces from all sides!

The Hungarians hoped that Serbia could be brought under the Kingdom of Hungary, which Austria could not accept; Austria proposed a direct province, which was again strongly opposed by the Hungarians!

The two sides were in dispute, and Franz-Joseph I hesitated, whether it was necessary to intensify the contradictions in the country for the sake of Serbia!

At this time, the shortcomings of the dualist empire were exposed, and the conflict of interests of all parties in the country had spread to domestic and foreign affairs!

Since it is impossible to agree on the disposition of Serbia, there is no way to talk about annexation!

Franz-Joseph I's political skills were not covered, how could a man who could build an empire by diplomatic means choose to exacerbate the contradictions?

The plan to annex Serbia was shelved indefinitely!

However, this does not mean that Serbia has passed the test, in fact its tragic fate has only just begun, and there is still a means of domination in the world called "colony"!

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At the end of 1894, with the strong intervention of Austria-Hungary, the two countries ceased fighting!

However, at this time, all the areas south of the Morava River in Serbia had fallen, and the vast areas of Leskovac, Kraljevo, and Kragujevac to the north were also occupied by the Bulgarians!

The capital, Belgrade, was also surrounded, and it can be said that two-thirds of the Serbian territory was already under the rule of the Bulgarians!

The venue of the negotiations between the two sides was chosen in Vienna, but the protagonists of the negotiations were not Bulgaria and Serbia, Serbia, which had already lost everything, lost all its bargaining chips!

Without the intervention of Austria-Hungary, in half a month at most, Serbia would have been history!

This negotiation has also attracted the attention of the great powers! The British, the French, the Germans, the Italians, the Russians sent representatives one after another!

In the negotiations on the surface, the Bulgarian representatives are arguing with the Serbian representatives, and the major powers are exerting their influence!

Secretly, another Bulgarian team had already secretly arrived in Vienna and reached a preliminary agreement in advance!

Ferdinand's Golden Yuan offensive was still very effective, and on the premise of not harming the interests of the country, the group, and their own interests, the Austro-Hungarian nobles still did not mind generating income for themselves!

So the Serbs were betrayed, and of course, on the face of Austria-Hungary, they were still trying to keep Serbia's interests!

The great powers, they don't care what kind of loot Bulgaria has achieved! Anyway, Serbia is the default sphere of influence of Austria-Hungary, as long as it is not Austria-Hungary directly annexing Serbia, in essence, everyone is indifferent!

Of course, on the scene is another matter, the representative of Russia unequivocally supports Bulgaria! There is no doubt about it, even if there is no Conservative Alliance, just to block Austria-Hungary, St. Petersburg will do the same!

The French, because of the Franco-Russian Alliance, gave Russia a face and leaned towards Bulgaria in their attitude!

The Germans undoubtedly chose to be in line with Austria-Hungary and support Serbia.

The British have a complicated attitude, one moment they support Serbia on this issue, and the other they support Bulgaria on that issue, typical-stirring stick style, burying nails everywhere!

The Italians are in charge of making soy sauce, it would be good to be there, and it is not their turn to speak in the Balkans yet!

The rip-off continues, but the Serbs can't stand it first! After the siege of Belgrade, all personnel and materials in and out were collected by the Bulgarian army with a transit tax!

Now winter has come, and unfortunately the supplies stored in Belgrade have been patronized by the shells of the Bulgarian army before, and the losses are heavy!

The basic livelihood of the people is not guaranteed now! We must buy food, coal and other necessities from the outside world!

It is a pity that all the materials entering and leaving the Bulgarian army have to be levied a transit tax of 95 percent, and the personnel enter and exit fifty pounds per person!

Serbia had to ask Austria-Hungary for help, but this time the Bulgarian delegation was resolute and refused to budge at all!