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Hearing Consul Johnkovic talk seriously about General Christo coming to Salonika to support the Greek attack, Constantine smiled and nodded in agreement, but there was only one word in his heart. Don't believe it.

Seeing that Constantine was just looking at him without any other reaction, Johnkovic could only continue: "His Royal Highness, we formed the Balkan Alliance to jointly oppose the evil rule of the Ottoman Empire and liberate the oppressed people. Now Greece Victory in Salonika is a victory for the Alliance. As an important member of the Balkan Alliance, Bulgaria has the right to send troops into Salonika, right?"

Hearing Johnkovic directly explain his purpose, General Christo also carefully looked at Constantine's reaction.

"Consul Johnkovic, Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia are indeed allies. However, the agreement reached by the three countries clearly stipulated that the Ottoman territories liberated by the armies of the three countries have the priority to claim the rights of Salonika. Does the military operation have anything to do with Bulgaria?" Although Constantine's voice was not loud, it made the two Bulgarians opposite him tremble with anger.

Seeing the two people who were furious and didn't want to stay for a minute longer, Constantine didn't make a sound to persuade them to stay.

On the carriage returning, Major General Christo looked at the silent Johnkovic and couldn't help but said angrily: "Mr. Consul, are we just leaving like this? Is this too cheap for the Greeks?"

"The follow-up troops should arrive in Salonika one after another tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, how about we take the troops and forcefully enter Salonika by then? Do the Greeks have the guts to stop them forcefully?"

Johnkovic thought for a moment, then shook his head and rejected the proposal: "Not now. The main force of the kingdom's army is still fighting fiercely with the Ottoman army. Now is not the time to conflict with the Greeks. Don't be impulsive and report the news back to the country. , please make your decision, His Majesty the King.”

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After the battle in Salonika, because the Ottoman army in Macedonia had been cut off from its retreat, the Ottoman army fighting in the interior of Macedonia surrendered to the Greek army one after another.

An interesting thing happened during this period, that is, due to the fervent nationalist sentiments of the Serbs, although some Ottomans surrendered to Serbia in the early stage, European reporters continued to break the news that the Serbian army actually tortured and killed prisoners. .

MSLs in Kosovo confided to those reporters that the Serbian army looted their property and confiscated their land.

Due to the bloody policies of the Serbs, the Ottoman troops in the Macedonian interior rushed to surrender to the Greek army after running out of ammunition and food.

While Constantine led the Macedonian legion into Salonika, in North Macedonia, Manujanaski's Albanian legion made equally smooth progress and occupied Skopje, an important city in North Macedonia.

After entering Salonika, the Greek army had no major battles.

The Second Serbian Army commanded by General Stepanovich passed through southern Macedonia occupied by the Greek army and arrived at the front line of Adrianople on January 6, 1913 to support the Bulgarian army there, including more than 47,000 soldiers, 72 artillery pieces, and a large number of livestock.

The addition of the Serbian army greatly improved the morale of the Bulgarians. With the joint efforts of the Bulgarians and Serbians, on February 15th, Suklu Pasha led the remaining army to surrender, and Adrianople was officially captured by the Bulgarian army.

After learning the news, Constantine carefully followed Bulgaria's actions, because Constantine knew that the Bulgarians would never be satisfied with Adrianople.

On March 21, 1913, seeing that Istanbul was in danger and the empire's defeat was inevitable, the Ottoman Empire proposed peace to the Bulgarian government.

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria was indeed ambitious to capture Istanbul. When the terms of the peace talks were not yet clear, he rejected the proposal and further ordered an attack on the Turkish positions in Chadar.

Chadar was well fortified and equipped with field artillery and coastal artillery for defense. Moreover, it was only a few dozen kilometers away from Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

It can be said that as long as the Bulgarian army can successfully capture the Chatar fortifications, Constantinople will really open the door to the Bulgarians.

At this moment, the whole of Europe is paying attention to the war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman army here.

However, this offensive by the Bulgarian army ended in failure.

Constantine himself was very curious about the reaction of European countries if Bulgaria really came to Constantinople.

At this time, Ferdinand accepted the proposal and signed an armistice agreement with the Ottoman Empire on December 3.

At this point, the Balkan War finally came to an end.

The Balkan League, composed of Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia, completed the division of the European parts of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire lost almost all of its territory in the Balkans, except for a piece of land near Constantinople.

Serbia occupied Kosovo, as well as the territory that originally belonged to the Ottomans between Serbia and Montenegro, and part of western Macedonia. It occupied a total area of ​​about 30,000 square kilometers. The land area increased from the original 830,000 square kilometers to the current 130,000 square kilometers. That's an increase of about 50%.

Serbia's population was originally about 2.9 million. About 1 million people lived in the newly acquired territory, and the total population reached nearly 4 million, an increase of about 35%.

Greece received almost all of Macedonia, including 80,000 square kilometers of North Macedonia, 50,000 square kilometers of Aegean Macedonia, and many islands in the Aegean Sea. The newly added territory was approximately 50,000 square kilometers.

After acquiring these new territories, Greece's land area increased from 90,000 square kilometers to 140,000 square kilometers, an increase of 55%.

Due to these new territories, such as Aegean Macedonia, and due to the plains near Thessaloniki, North Macedonia are relatively densely populated areas of the Balkans, home to approximately 1.8 million people.

Greece's population was originally 3.87 million, and now its total population has reached 5.6 million, an increase of 46%.

As for Bulgaria, the currently occupied locations include Pirin Macedonia with an area of ​​80,000 square kilometers, East and West Thrace, and the Aegean coast of Macedonia in the Kavala region, which covers an area of ​​50,000 square kilometers.

The original area of ​​Bulgaria was 70,000 square kilometers, and now the total area has reached 70,000 square kilometers, an increase of 57%.

Bulgaria's population increased from 4.2 million to 5.8 million, an increase of about 40%.