The British were not comfortable in Albania, and their puppet, Dosheni Mustafa, raised the anti-British banner after receiving the weapons and aid they had promised.

The British army, with only 3,000 troops, was too much to cope with the situation, and of course the British were not idiots, and soon found the source of the unrest from the weapons.

After all, the rebels are full of Austrian weapons in their hands, and anyone who is not a fool can tell who is causing trouble.

The British government immediately protested to the Austrian side, and at the same time presented its own views to the Ottoman government.

However, on the surface, this letter is still a private letter, and it was told to students by a teacher.

(Canning had been McGid's nominal teacher, which made the former feel honorable.) ）

"In view of the current state of affairs in the Albanian region, I have reason to suspect that the internal unrest in your country was orchestrated by the Austrians.

In order to prevent further damage to your country's interests, I recommend that your Government take back control of northern Albania.

”

The publication of such private letters caused an immediate uproar, especially with the Ottoman petty merchants, petty officials, and soldiers of the New Army, as well as the student party, who demanded war with the Austrian Empire, to Vienna, and to remove their foolish emperor.

As for why this kind of confidential letter was made public, anyone who is not stupid can guess it.

At the same time, the British also bribed several high-ranking Ottoman officials to help them help to promote the trouble, and these people were already inextricably linked with the British, so naturally they would not let their masters down.

However, this caused panic among Mejid and the new Grand Vizierkuga, who knew very well what the Ottoman Empire was like.

It would be good that the Austrians did not come over, and those "Diao people" still wanted to fight them, knowing that the former was an ally of Russia, and according to the alliance agreement, if Austria was attacked, Russia would send troops to the war within three months.

However, McJid felt that the Russians would not wait three months, and that they would immediately cooperate with the Austrians along the Danube, and that it would probably not be just Albania that would be lost by then.

Moreover, McJid was very satisfied with the current situation in Northern Albania, and did not feel that it was an invasion at all, after all, the Austrians would pay the overhead in advance, and even the Ottomans could send officials and troops.

Of course, McJid was not so stupid as to actually send an army into the mountains of northern Albania, after all, there were bandits rampant there, and it was not impossible to loot the army.

But he still has the courage to send some officials to eat empty salaries.

In fact, these officials were sent to Vienna by the Austrian side to be entertained with good food and drink, and naturally they would not report some information to McJid that was unfavorable to Austria.

As for the conspiracy to plot unrest, it is even more nonsense, after all, Albania has been in turmoil for hundreds of years.

In fact, McJid understood that the British wanted to use his hand to put pressure on the Austrians, but it was still the most fundamental problem, and the Ottoman Empire at this time did not have this ability.

Moreover, the exclusion of the Austrian Empire from Albania did not do any good for the Ottoman Empire, but offended the former severely, and the tearing up of the agreement was too bad for the weak country of the latter.

In this way, it is equivalent to tying the ships of the Ottoman Empire and the British, and once the latter feels that the former has not lost its usefulness, it may be eaten at any time, or even fed to other beasts of prey.

In addition, the attitude of the Russians was also an important reason for McJid's indecision, and if the former also tore up the agreement and chose to side with the British, then it would be easy to drive the Austrians out of Albania.

On the other hand, it would have been difficult for the British alone, and if Russia had joined the war in accordance with the Covenant, the Ottoman Empire would have suffered a catastrophe.

After all, no matter how strong the British are, it cannot face two land powers at the same time.

However, the national sentiment in the country should also be taken care of, and McGid did not want to end up with Louis XVI.

As a result, the Ottomans adopted a procrastination trick, and McGid hoped that he could wait until the situation became clearer before making a decision, and he did not want to become cannon fodder for the British to find their way.

As a result, the Ottoman Empire only issued a statement that it was going to intervene in the investigation, much to the displeasure of the British.

In fact, in the latter's view, the former could have demanded that the Austrians withdraw from Ottoman territory, and if the other side refused the British, they could intervene.

It's just that a weak country takes the initiative to tear up an agreement reached between a great power bordering it, and the former really doesn't dare.

"Stupid coward! No wonder the Ottoman Empire has fallen to where it is today! ”

Cunning, who was in Whitehall (referring to the British Parliament), was so angry that he stomped his feet, but it didn't help, because it was already the toughest decision McGid could make.

Robert Peel sighed, "I'm afraid I don't know when it's going to be like this." ”

That's when Canning had a new idea.

"Your Excellency, maybe we can treat others the way we do."

Robert Peele: "Mr. Canning, you mean."

"We can do the same as the Austrians and transport our British weapons into the mountains of northern Albania, and give the Austrians a taste of what happened to us in Afghanistan."

This immediately caused discomfort among a member of the Cabinet, who had just returned from British India.

This resolution still aroused the dissatisfaction of some people, that is, is it worth the waste of money and so much? Will the Austrian Navy challenge the naval supremacy of the British Royal Navy?

For the time being, the conflict between Austria and Great Britain was far from irreconcilable, and it was clear that France and Russia posed a greater threat to the latter than the former.

In today's difficult diplomatic situation, why is it that no effort is spared to suppress a situation that may not threaten the existence of Britain at all?

This inevitably leads to speculation that Viscount Stratford was communiquéing a personal vendetta, which is even more irritating than Palmerston's involvement in the Far East War.

(Viscount Stratford refers to Stratford Canning.) ）

You know, after that war, Britain did not get what Palmerston promised in return. At this time, Viscount Stratford was pushing the British Empire into another abyss.

There were many people in the Tories who were dissatisfied with Canning, but Robert Peele at this time played with his characteristics as a good leader - he was unsuspicious and adopted the former's proposal against public opinion.

So a large number of British weapons were shipped to Albania, and then they found a problem. There were many ways into the mountains, but none of them allowed these weapons to enter the territory of Austrian domination.

Austria has a much stronger control over the mountains of northern Albania than the British imagined, and the mountains of northern Albania are far more complex than they imagined.

Eventually, most of these weapons flowed back to the British-occupied southern part of Albania, and the Austrians made the British arms into the public for the rebels.

Of course, McJid is not stupid, and his approach is to continue the investigation.

(End of chapter)