With the recovery of Hamid II, the fighting in the Balkans gradually subsided, and by this time the armies of the four Balkan allies had been completely expelled from all the lands they had occupied after the war, and Bulgaria was said to be dead in some way, except for some territory in the north, which was still flying the Bulgarian flag because the Ottoman army could not take care of it, more than half of the other territories were already flying the crescent moon flag that had overridden their heads for centuries.

The pursuing Ottoman army, after symbolically entering Serbian territory, stopped continuing to advance, and the Serbs turned into a state of confrontation, in fact, they did not have much pressure to hit Belgrade at this time, the main force of the Serbian army only left a hundred thousand, although it is being mobilized again throughout the country, and all those who can fight are mobilized to defend their homeland, but it is just talking about self-defense, the country is currently completely blocked, there is no foreign supply, and the newly requisitioned army is not to mention weapons, Not even military uniforms are worthy, and the vast majority of them have returned to the state of cold weapons, so it is conceivable what combat effectiveness such an army can have.

Moreover, by this time, the Ottoman army that had swept through Macedonia and Albania had also begun to move north, which meant that the Serbs now had to deal with an attack of more than half a million Ottoman troops in two directions, and the only thing Alexander and his old widow queen could do now was to pray for God to bless the peace talks to end smoothly.

As for the fighting in other directions, the fighting has also ceased completely, the Ottoman army has stopped on the Greek border on the southern front, and the two sides remain in a state of standoff on the border line, and the defenders of Shkodar have also maintained a standoff on the Montenegrin border, and both sides are waiting for the outcome of the peace talks in Rome.

However, the peace talks did not go well, Hamid II asked for too much, and he readily agreed to maintain the pre-war border, but it was inevitable that the lion would open his mouth about this war reparation, he originally asked for 50 million pounds, but now it has changed. He demanded that the four countries pay him 100 million pounds, and in the words of the Ottoman negotiators, their later counteroffensive was very costly, and the four Balkan countries had to pay compensation for this part of their military expenses.

This figure almost scared the negotiators of the four Balkan countries to death, they couldn't afford to pay 100 million pounds even if they smashed the pot and sold iron, let alone at this time, even before the war, they couldn't come out of it, if they had so much money before the war, they wouldn't have fallen to the point where they are now. In fact, they are now completely bankrupt, and even the royal palace in Bulgaria has been ransacked. No matter how much you pay to the Ottoman Empire, you can only borrow money from foreign consortia, and you can only admit it if you grit your teeth for 30 or 20 million, and it is estimated that you can replace it in ten years if you work hard in the future. But if it's 100 million pounds, it is estimated that they will have to repay a whole generation, and everyone knows what it means to borrow money from them at this time, it is definitely not a charcoal in the snow, it is a robbery while the fire is burning.

Whether it was England, France or Russia that ended up lending them money. The goal is to control their country, and when you think that in the next few decades, your own country will be controlled by foreigners, and these four countries shudder. Therefore, this figure cannot be agreed to in any case, especially Montenegro and Greece, which firmly disagree, and they are currently under little military pressure. Naturally, there are qualifications to object.

Bulgaria is not qualified to object, anyway, they have even occupied the capital, let alone 100 million. Even a billion of them can only wipe their tears on the side, Serbia is the most anxious now, because once the peace talks break down, the next one to wipe their tears next to them should be them, but Montenegro and Greece do not agree, they can only have one voice with these two countries, once the negotiations really break down, they have to beg these two countries to pull them in the end, after all, there is still Greece has the strength to fight!

The upper limit of the reparations of the Greek representatives is only 20 million pounds, this standard is determined according to the reparation standard after the defeat of Greece and the Ottoman Empire last time, the last time Greece compensated 4 million pounds, but the last time it also ceded part of the land, so this time Greece is acceptable to bear 5 million pounds, and the four equal shares add up to 20 million, but the Montenegrins do not agree, they are only willing to pay 500,000 pounds, after all, they are such a small country, and there is no decent economic source, so they will farm a land and herd sheep, Half a million pounds is already astronomical for them.

In this way, not only the differences between the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan Alliance, but also the differences within the Balkan Alliance, Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria insisted on the equal sharing of the reparations between the four families, and the Montenegrins only accepted the upper limit of 500,000 no matter how much the alliance needed to pay in the end, and as a result, the four of them quarreled first, and the result of their quarrel was that the Grand Duchy of Montenegro withdrew from the alliance in anger, and then put on a posture that a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and negotiated with the Ottomans alone, on 500,000 pounds, If you don't agree, you'll hit me.

Then, to the surprise of all parties, Hamid II very graciously accepted the conditions of the Montenegrins, an indemnity of half a million pounds, and the Ottoman Empire and Montenegro declared an end to the state of war.

This stick directly beat the other three countries stupid, Nima, don't play like this, this will be shameless, what will we do if you are peaceful, the three countries of Cessie and Bulgaria are all in a crusade against the despicable behavior of the Montenegrins, and even the governments of the three countries are angry to cut off diplomatic relations with Montenegro, and in addition, for their betrayal of the alliance, further measures are not ruled out.

Nicholas I didn't care, come on! I'm like this, I'm shameless, you have the ability to fight!

Of course, the Three Kingdoms don't have the ability to fight him now, and these guys can't protect themselves! And this small broken country is notoriously smelly and hard, and tens of thousands of people can't take it down without dying.

Since Nicholas I chose to be a scoundrel, the other three countries really can't do anything about him, but Montenegro's national reputation has also completely collapsed, don't expect anyone to ally with them in the future, of course, this is not a big deal for Montenegros, they don't need to ally with anyone in the first place, they didn't have to live well when they didn't have allies before, and it was real that money was saved.

Since there was no way to find the Montenegrons, the other three countries had to find the Ottomans and accuse them of breaking the rules in the peace talks with Montenegro alone, but the Ottoman representatives also politely told them that although the Ottoman Empire reached a peace treaty with Montenegro alone and only received 500,000 pounds in compensation, their share of the original will not be passed on to the other three countries, which means that you only need to pay 75 million pounds.

"Gao, this trick is very clever, I can't imagine that Hamid's mind can think of a high trick to break through, after such a toss, the Balkan Alliance will not only not be maintained anymore, but I am afraid that it will never appear again in the future." Emperor Yang, who was inspecting the construction of super battleships at his secret base, said with emotion.

Hamid II's goal of playing like this is obviously to break the Balkan Alliance, 100 million pounds he is just bluffing, everyone knows that these four countries have absolutely no possibility of coming up with this money, even 50 million pounds they can't come up, even if they can't afford a loan, the 30 million pounds of the Seven Nations mediation team should be said to be a very reasonable figure, including himself is also accepting, in this case, it is better to use the amount of reparations to achieve some other purposes.

Montenegro can negotiate peace with the Ottoman Empire alone, then Greece can too, they also have the confidence to pay less, after all, they still have hundreds of thousands of troops, and a strong navy, and more importantly, they are not only concerned about arms supply, Britain and France can give them replenishment of consumed materials at any time, so they have the strength to continue the war, and even if they can win against the Ottoman army, they have to pay a huge price.

Although five million pounds is a little less, if you force it again, it is no problem for the Greeks to pay more, and they can afford it within 10 million.

Previously, because the Greek navy did not go to war, Serbia and Bulgaria were already full of resentment towards Greece, and if they betrayed the alliance again, then these two countries would never forgive Greece, and the enmity between the two sides would be dead.

Then continue to press Serbia and Bulgaria and continue to play this trick.

Forcing Serbia to negotiate peace alone, as for this country, it is certainly not 10 million that can solve the problem, at least more than 15 million, the Serbs who have been beaten to their doorstep by a large number of soldiers will not have any other choice, 15 million is better than 25 million, and in the end this figure is basically acceptable to them.

But Bulgaria is certainly not good, in the case of occupying their capital, this country cannot pay a penny less, saying that 25 million pounds is 25 million pounds, if you do not agree, you will not withdraw the army, when you pay the money and when you withdraw the army, so that Bulgaria will be completely drained of blood by Hamid II.

But from the point of view of human nature, the Bulgarians will definitely not hate the Ottomans the most, because they don't have the guts to hate, they can't afford to hate, what they hate the most should be Greece, and even Serbia, these guys who betrayed and betrayed them, if it weren't for them, the suffering of the Bulgarians would have been reduced a lot.

In the same way, the Serbs will think that they have paid too much because of the betrayal and betrayal of the Greeks and Montenegrins, and they will hate these two countries, while the Greeks will think that the root of this qiē is the betrayal of the Montenegrins, and that these four countries that hate each other will never be united again, and in the Balkans, Hamid II will be completely relieved.

But he didn't pay anything for it, and the compensation he should have received was not less, it can be said that just with a bluff figure, he completely disintegrated the Balkan Alliance, and forever eliminated the possibility of them forming an alliance again, this trick was played so that even Emperor Yang vaguely admired it. (To be continued......)