Although the negotiations in London have been slow, there will always be a time for them to be finished.

After three months of lengthy negotiations, the three Balkan countries finally reached an agreement.

The Ottomans retained the narrow Black Sea Strait area of Eastern Thrace, mainly including the Bosphorus Strait, where the capital Istanbul is located, the Gallipoli Peninsula that holds the Dardanelles, and the narrow area near the Sea of Marmara, which can be said to compress the Ottoman territory in Europe to the extreme, and the European territory it occupies will only be more than 5,000 square kilometers.

In addition to the loss of southern Macedonia and most of Eastern Thrace, many of the Ottoman islands in the Aegean Sea were also divided. Islands such as Lesvos and Chios, which are only a few nautical miles away from Ottoman Asian territory, and Chios, which are actually supposed to belong to Asia, have been cut out.

It can be said that in the future, as soon as the Ottoman fishermen go to sea, it will be very easy for them to go to other countries.

In addition to the territorial losses, the Ottomans had to pay war reparations of 1.5 million pounds to Bulgaria and Greece. In view of the account given to the Ottoman population, this war reparation was called a different name, and was called to pay for the food of the captured Ottoman soldiers.

No matter what the name is, the Ottoman land reparations will not run. Achieving this result is something that every Ottoman does not want to see. But what can be done about this, what cannot be kept on the battlefield cannot be kept at the negotiating table.

And for the Ottoman negotiators, everyone knew what it meant to negotiate like this, it was the end of political life.

When the results of the London peace talks were sent back to Istanbul, the Ottomans were silent, and even the hard-line and nationally sentimental Al-Shabaab did not express their opinion.

The reason is very simple, it is useless to oppose it if the strength is not as good as others. It had already been attempted once before in the Italian-Turkish War, but it had no effect other than to create harsher conditions.

The Ottomans capitulated and signed the peace treaty, announcing the end of the war.

For the Bulgarian and Greek countries, which have paid a huge price, the harvest time has arrived. The two countries mobilized 500,000 troops for the war and paid more than 80,000 killed, wounded, captured and missing. At such a huge cost, of course, a sweet fruit of victory is needed, and the new territory obtained in the London negotiations is enough to make this fruit of victory sweet enough.

Cutting such a large piece of fat from Osman naturally made the two countries very happy, but then, when the two countries divided this piece of fat, there was trouble. The Greeks felt that they had paid a great price in the war and needed a little more, and they demanded compensation from Thessaloniki and the Halkidiki Peninsula.

This sudden demand from the Greeks made Bulgaria very dissatisfied, because if you add the territory to be divided to Greece in the previous agreement, it is almost equivalent to Greece occupying Austrian Macedonia alone.

Not to mention that Thessaloniki is the largest port in Macedonia and is extremely important to Bulgaria. If this is given to Greece, Bulgaria will not have any strength, and it must be resolutely stopped.

In the face of Greece's unreasonable demands, Ivanchev, who is the Bulgarian Foreign Minister, spoke publicly. "The Greeks have a good appetite that is far greater than their belly."

Its Prime Minister Petkov even said it. "Is it completely unreasonable that the Greeks have all gone to heresy to make such an unreasonable demand?"

In the face of the dissatisfaction of the Bulgarians, the Greeks were even more determined to eat the above areas. For this reason, Greek Prime Minister Teotokis even said that Greece deserves the above-mentioned area, because it is what Greece has paid for with great sacrifice and should not be ignored.

In the face of the dispute between Bulgaria and Greece over the spoils of war, in addition to showing a surprised expression for three seconds, each country even got involved in it.

For a time, the dispute between Bulgaria and Greece immediately detonated the world.

In the face of the concerns of various countries, Bulgaria and Greece did not budge a single step, and several consultations and negotiations ended without a hitch. The two countries have become more familiar with each other, and several demonstrations have erupted to protest against each other's insatiable greed.

For this reason, Baoxi, two countries that were allies a second ago, are in danger of turning their faces at this moment.

And at this very moment, Serbian Prime Minister Pašić suddenly made a statement, declaring that the demands of the Greeks were understandable. The sudden appearance of the Serbs made the Bulgarian government feel that something was wrong. What did the Serbs mean by this remark at this time, did they want to get involved in their own dispute with the Greeks?

Although Bulgaria was vigilant at this time, it did not think that Serbia and Greece would dare to fight with it. The reason is simple, neither Serbia nor Greece together is their own opponent.

That's right, this is the point of view of the Bulgarian military. First of all, the Greek army, in this battle with the Ottomans, although the Greek army performed well, but it was not as brave and good as the Bulgarian army. According to the estimates of the Bulgarian General Staff, with the same equipment, 80 thousand Bulgarian troops were enough to defeat 100,000 Greek troops.

As for the Serbs, the two countries fought once more than 20 years ago, and it took only four days for Serbia to declare defeat.

Besides, Bulgaria also has a larger population than Serbia and Greece, and if a war breaks out with these two countries, Bulgaria is not afraid of them at all. So Bulgaria took a very tough attitude and demanded that the Greeks must withdraw from Thessaloniki and the Kitiki Peninsula, otherwise Bulgaria would take it upon itself. Eight Chinese Net

Not to be outdone, Greece was not to be outdone in the face of Bulgaria's hard-line attitude, and immediately began a mass conscription of soldiers to prepare for the defense of Thessaloniki. In the face of the tense situation between Bulgaria and Greece, various countries have declared that they want to mediate the contradictions between the two countries. As for how to mediate, it is a matter of opinion between the benevolent and the wise.

Britain and France sent tens of thousands of guns to Greece for this mediation. Russia sent 8,000 rifles and 40 artillery pieces to Serbia for this mediation.

For this mediation, Germany and Austria sent 10 million marks of weapons and ammunition to Romania. To this end, Germany and Austria also promised to guarantee the security of their border with Russia.

As for Italy, although it did not send weapons to several Balkan countries, it also gave hints that Italy would guarantee absolute neutrality. The implication is that Bulgaria will definitely not receive help from Italy.

Although Bulgaria had previously had close relations with Italy, its growth had affected Italian interests in the Balkans. Italy and the great powers absolutely do not want to see the emergence of a regional power in the Balkans that is far more powerful than the rest of the world. (Before World War I, there was absolutely no possibility of a regional power in the Balkans, because it could not grow at all, and whoever came out of it would be cleaned up, and if necessary, Austria and Russia would personally end up.) ）

As to why all of a sudden there was a tacit agreement among the countries, the reason is simple: Bulgarian expansion threatened the interests of the countries in the Balkans, and they wanted to defeat the ambitions of the Bulgarians.

As a result, with the mediation of the efforts of various countries, things have gone from bad to worse. Not only Bulgaria and Greece, but also Serbia and Romania expressed their dissatisfaction.

In the face of three neighboring countries full of malice, the Bulgarian government felt that something was wrong, and it was impossible to give up at this time, and it was necessary to find a way to break the situation.

Not to mention, Bulgaria really thought of a way to break the game, that is, to strike first. While the three kingdoms are not ready, they will fight back one country first.

The target chosen by Bulgaria was Greece, with which it had a dispute.

On November 19, 1908, Bulgaria submitted a declaration of war to Greece on the grounds that Greece had invaded Thessaloniki and the Halkidiki Peninsula, which were rightfully theirs.

After receiving the news of Bulgaria's declaration of war on Greece, Serbia and Romania demanded that they immediately stop their aggression against Greece, and at the same time announced an alliance with Greece to jointly respond to Bulgaria's military action.

A new great war has been rekindled in the Balkans.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.