The Greeks believed that the right choice was undoubtedly unsatisfied by both sides, and it can be said that both sides were not pleased.

The Russians could barely accept that no matter where the Greeks fought, they restrained part of the energy of the Ottoman Empire. Now is a critical moment, one more ally and one more chance of winning.

Britain and France could not bear it, especially the British. In their opinion, what Greece did was to betray nakedly.

The conflict between the two countries in 1850 was ignored by the London government. Ignore it a few years ago, when Parmeston ordered the blockade of the port of Piraeus, the two countries turned against each other.

Of course, John Bull didn't want to stimulate the Greeks at this time. If they went straight to Constantinople and cut off their logistics transportation lines, the coalition forces on the Balkans would be finished in less than half a month.

While the London Parliament was discussing opening a new front, Foreign Minister Parmeston got into trouble. He didn't control his lower body and got into trouble with the queen's maid.

This is nothing. If there are so many bad things about the nobles, it doesn’t matter if they add one more thing. If you have an affair in private, you will steal it. Everyone will turn a blind eye and pass it.

But they were so desperate that they had a tryst in the palace, and they were unlucky and were hit in person by Prince Albert.

The matter was on the surface, and this was a palace scandal. Prince Albert was angry and Queen Victoria was angry.

If we don’t kill one to warn a hundred, where is the dignity of the royal family?

Things got a big deal, and the unlucky man Parmeston and the maid were caught by the guards in the palace and had a good treat.

Under Franz's butterfly effect, history took a turning point. In history, Parmeston ruined the chastity of the queen's maid, which was a private matter.

The window paper was not pierced, and there was room for maneuver. In history, Parmeston also paid a heavy price for it. Not only did he get out of the wild, but he also spent a lot of money to ask someone to plead for love. After a political exchange of interests, he finally returned to the political stage.

Now that a person has been arrested and captured, not to mention what will happen in the future, it is a problem to survive this disaster.

Foreign Ministers are promiscuous to the court. If this news spreads out, it will be lively. The gossip fire of the British people is very powerful, and I don’t know what other paintings to arrange.

John Russell was stunned. He admired Parmeston so much that he had nothing to say. He couldn't envy his colleague's affair, and he was even more impressed by his ability to commit suicide.

Then, he had to find a way to deal with the aftermath. The royal family had to give an explanation, and this colleague could not disappear for no reason.

Parmeston is not a small person. He is not only a foreign minister of the British Empire, but also a spokesperson for the bourgeoisie in the government, and has a great influence among the people.

Prince Albert asked: "Prime Minister, what do you think should be dealt with?"

After arresting the man, Prince Albert regretted it. There are opportunities to deal with Pameston, so why should I take action immediately?

If you have a long mouth and don’t have a good body, God knows how to arrange it outside. Maybe someone will think that this is a drama created by the royal family persecuting ministers.

For the reputation of the royal family, this matter was destined to be handled coldly. Prince Albert, who had a strong political mind, naturally chose to play the ball.

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The sudden scandal directly affected the efficiency of the London government, delayed the time to open up the second front, and created opportunities for the Russians.

In a small dilapidated village in Plovdiv, Bulgarian guerrillas are secretly meeting.

"Everyone, we were informed just now that the Ottoman Empire withdrew the troops that surrounded us, and the 30,000 British Army who had just arrived were replaced.

This is a challenge and an opportunity. The British are much stronger than the Ottomans. Without two or three times the advantageous force, we are no match for them at all.

Obviously, we don’t have that many army, and this is the challenge we are about to encounter.

From the captives we know that there are many conflicts between the British and the Ottomans. Although they are allies, the arrogant British only treat them as cannon fodder.

This is the opportunity. Since there is a conflict between them, it will be difficult for both sides to cooperate in close cooperation.

After all, the British were outsiders. They were not familiar with the environment in the Bulgarian region and were handing over with the Ottomans at this time. It was inevitable that chaos would occur in the short term.

According to the news from the inside, the 5,000 Ottoman defenders in Plovdiv city evacuated yesterday, and now there are less than 2,000 left, of which only 800 British soldiers.

This is an opportunity. If several of our companies join forces to conquer Plovdiv in one fell swoop and destroy the enemy's material transfer station, the war on the Sofia front will inevitably be affected."

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man, Dimitr, the main leader of these Bulgarian guerrilla alliances.

Don’t look at the number of Bulgarian guerrillas now, so you think that they have established a system. In fact, they have not been unified and are still fighting on their own.

The Russians who supported them were the real purpose of causing trouble to the Ottoman Empire, but they were not prepared to make them really independent, so they would naturally not be unified.

In this era, Bulgarian nationalism had not yet awakened. The later Bulgarian founder, Hristo Potev, was still a kindergarten child. (If there is a kindergarten)

The Bulgarians' resistance was mainly due to the oppression of the Ottoman government and the persecution of religious beliefs.

A young officer with black hair and green eyes stood up and opposed: "Mr. Dimitr, Plovdiv is only 15 kilometers from Asenovgrad and 30 kilometers from Pazarjik.

This means that once we attack Plovdiv, reinforcements from enemy Asenovgrad will arrive on the same day, and reinforcements from Pazarjik will be dragged until the next day at most.

Pazarjik still has three thousand defenders, and Asenovgrad also has two thousand defenders. The enemy I want to face is not two thousand but seven thousand.

The enemy has just withdrawn 5,000 defenders, and there will definitely be new troops to replace them. We have not received any information on this, which is very unreasonable.

There are only three possibilities for this: first, the enemy's commander forgot and ignored the importance of Plovdiv; second, there was something wrong with our intelligence system; third, this is the enemy's trap, deliberately seducing us into a trap.

The first situation is obviously impossible. The enemy is not that stupid, and it is impossible that you can't even see such a simple problem.

The people who provided us with intelligence were Bulgarians everywhere, and the large army operations could not be kept confidential. Judging from the information we received, no large troops have arrived to Plovdiv yet.

Then the possibility of this being a trap is very high. If we cannot occupy Plovdiv in a short period of time, the enemy troops around will flock to us to death within three days at most."

Dimitre explained: "Sepulos, you're right. It's probably an enemy's trap, but the temptation is too great.

We all know that the enemy has hoarded a lot of supplies in Plovdiv, and even if it is a bait, we have the opportunity to destroy them.

Although I am not sure how much strategic materials the enemy has hoarded in Sofia, judging from the enemy's emphasis on logistics transportation, we can roughly judge the strategic materials in Sofia's region, which is not enough to support their front-line army to use until the end of the war.

We will run away after destroying these supplies. As for the city of Plovdiv, let's leave it to the Ottomans for the time being. We will come back after the battle is over."

Dimitre's analysis is well-founded. Since the war has been going on, the enemy forces in the Sofia region have dropped to 80,000. In this case, Montes has also drawn 15,000 British soldiers to be responsible for logistics transportation.

Because the logistics occupied a large amount of troops, the coalition forces were beaten to the ground by the Russians on the Sofia front.

Because of the shortage of troops, Montes asked for help from the country. Dimitre was eager to break the deadlock, mainly because the enemy reinforcements were coming soon. If they didn't fight, they would really not be able to win.

This is the sequelae of the coalition's hastily responded to the battle. The Russians were prepared in advance, and the troops on the front line suffered heavy losses, so they immediately retreated to supplement.

The supplementary soldiers were sent to the Principality of Wallachia, but they were not sent directly to the front line because they could not afford the logistics and could only stay by the Danube.

The Ottoman Empire played the game directly, and now it relied on capturing strong men to replenish its troops. Since most of the Balkans fell, there was no place to catch the strong men, and the replenishment speed could no longer keep up with the consumption speed of the front line.

Britain and France are too far from the Balkans. If you want to replenish your troops, you must report to the country. You have to go through layers of approval by bureaucrats. Time will pass after one round and one round.

In this regard, the British were indeed far-sighted in preparing to open up the second front. Once the Crimean War begins, the Russians will be exhausted.

No matter how well prepared you are, you will not be without limits. The poor domestic traffic is undoubtedly the biggest enemy, which restricts the Russians' power deployment.

A middle-aged man sneered and said, "Mr. Dimitr, our guerrillas have only more than 5,000 people combined. You know how the weapons and equipment are.

If this is a trap, the enemy will definitely be prepared. On the surface, the enemy's combat-capable troops are those 800 British soldiers.

But who knows in fact? The Ottoman army was not unstoppable. If it were all a bunch of waste, we would have been restored long ago.

If these more than a thousand Ottoman defenders are elite Ottoman troops, plus eight hundred British soldiers, their combat effectiveness is no worse than ours.

I think it is too risky to attack Plovdiv. Even if we have an insider in the city, the chance of success is too low."

There are rivers and lakes where there are people. The Bulgarian guerrillas were originally divided into many branches, mostly formed by region, and many people are peeking at the leadership of the guerrillas.

Dimitr was just the nominal leader of these guerrillas, and there were many people who were dissatisfied with him. However, facing a common enemy, this contradiction was suppressed.

"What are Mr. Hamil's opinions?" Dimitr asked calmly.

He could hear that Hamil was not opposed to attacking Plovdiv, but had other plans.

Hamil smiled slightly and said, "High opinions are not considered a trap. Since we are not sure if this is a trap, let's test it first.

We first attacked Zarjik 30 kilometers away. We have figured out the situation there. The three thousand defenders were all Ottomans and their combat effectiveness was very average. It is not difficult for us to unite and eat them.

If the enemy has a trap, it will be exposed at this time, and it is impossible for them to set up a 30-kilometer encirclement.

If there were no traps, we were taking the shortcut to Plovdiv. The enemy troops around were attracted to Zarjik, and our raid was very successful."

Dimitre thought for a while and said, "This is indeed a good way to minimize the risk. However, the pressure for the guerrillas to raid on both places is still too great.

It seems that it is necessary to contact Boris and the others, and they are responsible for attacking Zarjik to break the situation. Let's help fight for aid first.

As soon as the enemies of Plovdiv and Asenovgrad left the city, they would kill them first to reduce the difficulty of siege."

This is not the first siege of the Bulgarian guerrillas, but this is their first big counterattack after being defeated in the Battle of Sofia.

After more than two months of renovation, they have recovered their vitality. Although they have not reached their peak, their confidence has been ripped out.

In this regard, the Sardinian army also made contributions. If they hadn't created opportunities for the Bulgarians, these guerrillas would still fight the coalition forces on their positions.

It is estimated that at this time, they had suffered heavy casualties. Mao Bears were not the ones who were easy to meet. They used the guerrillas as cannon fodder from the beginning. They ordered the Bulgarian guerrillas to tear open the defense line of the coalition forces and penetrated the rear to attack the coalition forces, obviously trying to kill people with a knife.

Unfortunately, the plan did not change quickly. Who knew that the Sardinian army was so cowardly that it was really broken through the position by the Bulgarian guerrillas and penetrated it to the rear.

The Russians simply did not believe that the guerrillas could do it, and they failed to respond in time, and they lost a chance to win the war.
Chapter completed!