Chapter 29, it's not easy to run away
The sudden turn of the gods divided the defenders who were originally prepared to fight desperately. Who wants to die if they can live?
Now that the war has been going on, no more optimistic person will think that the Ottoman Empire will be able to come back to life.
The Ottomans are gone, and naturally no one will hold them accountable for desertion. As for what happens next, that's for the future.
Unlike Ankara, which is surrounded on all sides, there is nowhere to run if you want to; After leaving Baghdad, you can go into exile in Persia.
In fact, the war has been going on so far that many people want to run away. It's just that the Ottomans offended too many people, and everyone was worried that they would be swallowed up by people in exile.
If you look through the newspapers, you can see that immigration has been a road full of sin and blood, and it is very difficult for outsiders to gain a foothold.
Not to mention the Ottoman aristocracy who was ostracized by the mainstream society, even if the European aristocracy emigrated overseas, it was full of risks.
This is the fundamental reason why it is so easy for Austria to recruit immigrants in Germany. The control area of the family, not to mention anything else, the safety is still guaranteed.
As a sign of goodwill, the artillery fire had ceased after the three-day evacuation period had been announced, and as a sign of goodwill, Morks ordered the Austrian troops outside the city to voluntarily retreat five kilometers.
An old man dressed in national costume tapped the floor twice with his cane: "Everyone, we don't have much time left, we must make a decision as soon as possible." ”
"Dear Khedive, how can we guarantee the validity of the Austrians' promises? If they break the contract, we won't even be able to fight back when we get out of town. ”
(Khedive: A title given at the end of the Ottoman Empire, similar to the position of Viceroyal)
The old man glared at the middle-aged man and asked rhetorically, "Aziz, do you think they are all as discredited as you?"
If you are not sure, the commander on the opposite side will not press the family reputation.
You should understand what family reputation means in Austria, a conservative country? ”
Faced with the old man's accusation, Aziz bowed his head and remained silent. When he was young and ignorant, he greeded for profit and didn't pay attention to his appearance, and accidentally took on a discredited name.
It is enough to ruin your reputation for one day, but it is not easy to restore it. Of course, Aziz didn't really try to redeem it.
A small man spoke, "Dear Khedive, we have no choice at this point.
I heard that Ankara is also surrounded, and this time the enemy is too strong, and the Ottoman Empire is afraid that it will not be able to survive this catastrophe.
In the past years, our hatred with the four countries of the anti-Turkish alliance has been so deep that they have occupied this place, and there is no place for us at all.
Doomed to failure, then blocking the car with the mantis arm will only increase the casualties. In order to ......"
There are a lot of reasons, and the final core meaning is to run away!
The old man nodded and said slowly: "I have already contacted the British, as long as we pay a sum of money, we can send us to immigrate overseas." ”
In these years, being an official in the Ottomans was also inseparable from the support of the great powers. There is no backstage, once it comes to international contradictions, it will let you step down in minutes.
The old man was able to call the shots, not only because of his highest official position, but more importantly because of his close relationship with the British.
Otherwise, their group of lost dogs would be a group of big fat sheep who have left home. It is estimated that Persia will not be able to get out, so they will be eaten alive.
A middle-aged man dressed as a soldier asked, "Dear Khedive, we are leaving, what will happen to the ordinary soldiers in the city?"
To keep them is to send them into the mouth of the enemy, and the anti-Turkish alliance will not give up the reckoning.
If you want to take them away, I'm afraid it's a little too much. ”
The old man explained unhurriedly: "There are always people who have to sacrifice, it's not that I don't want to take them away, the main thing is that there are too many of them.
Crossing the border with nearly 100,000 troops, it is impossible for the Persians to let us go, otherwise they will not be able to account for the anti-Turkish alliance.
Even if we spend a lot of money and get the Persian government to let it go. With so many people leaving the Ottomans, how did they live?
Besides, the wives and children of these soldiers are all Ottomans, and they may not want to go with us. ”
Leaving with an army, the Khedive thought too! This is all the capital to gain a foothold in a foreign country, but this really can't be done.
The Anti-Turkish League is not blind, and they may not pursue a few inconspicuous fish that have slipped through the net. If tens of thousands of troops run out, then everything will be cut down and eradicated.
The tailgating into Persia is a normal operation, and the great powers in these years are used to being hegemonic, but they have no habit of respecting the sovereignty of others, and cross-border warfare is a common thing.
As long as the Persians did not want to be affected by the pond fish, they would keep them out of the country.
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After unifying their positions, everyone began to prepare to run away. The time is still too short, everyone can only take away some floating wealth, and the industry has no time to transfer at all.
This time the progress was fast, Morks gave three days, and these people completed the packing task on the first day, and then gathered a large group of people and set off in a mighty way.
This stunned the Austrian troops outside the city, and the big carts ran out, whether they were fleeing or moving?
However, since the promise has been promised, there is no reason to take it back. Whether it is the reputation of the family or the credibility of the country, Morks has to continue to fulfill the contract.
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The Vienna Palace, what happened in Baghdad, has been reported.
The anticlimactic defense of Baghdad once again refreshed Franz's three views.
It turns out that people can be bought, even if they are enemies. As long as the price is correct, the transaction can be completed.
"Net worth life + part of the property", this is the price given by Morks. This is also considered a bribe, is it obviously a threat?
In normal times, this is a joke, but with the trend of survival, it is normal for this to happen.
Franz shook his head: "Letting these people go really speeds up our advance."
It's just that these hateful guys, even if they are exiled overseas, are a potential nuisance, and it's best to find a way to kill them. ”
Standing in the position of commander of the Middle East theater of operations, Morkes had no problems and was able to win the war with minimal cost.
Unlike the Sudanese government in Ankara, which is a hidden danger that must be eliminated, the officials in Baghdad are just small miscellaneous fish.
Not to mention the entire Ottoman Empire, even the Iraqi region has not been called, and the surrounding areas of Baghdad, whose influence is limited, are relatively small and belong to secondary targets.
In terms of strength, the ability of these people is at most at the stage of planning terrorist attacks, and it is impossible to further cause chaos.
Austria is not short of arable land, so it is a big deal to over-interpret the "Land Fallow Law" and let all the two river basins be returned to forests and grasslands.
Without agriculture, the local economic system collapsed, and after the loss of livelihoods, no one would be left behind.
People have migrated, and even if there are careerists who want to plan unrest, there are no conditions for carrying it out.
As for the terrorist attacks, they were all problems with ringworm, and Franz never took it seriously.
If you want to be the boss of the world, how can you not be bombed?
Not to mention the United States in later generations, even Britain, France, and Austria are now often attacked by terrorists.
Colonial empire, where is there anything that is not hated? It's just that the current terrorist attack method is still very primitive, mainly smashing, looting and killing, and the warriors who act as human bombers have not yet been trained.
Due to the lack of transportation, most of the attacks took place overseas. If you want to go deep into the local areas of various countries to do things, ordinary people really can't do it.
It has not attracted the attention of the society, mainly because governments are deliberately downplaying it. Tighten the security controls and you're done.
Foreign Secretary Wesenberg: "Your Majesty, it will be very difficult to get rid of them all, but it will be easy to keep most of them behind.
We just promised to let them go, and we didn't say we were going to blame the past. As long as you don't do anything in Ottoman territory, you have kept the agreement.
Looking at the route, they must have wanted to borrow from Persia.
The more things the Ottomans took with them, the easier it was for us to use the power of the Persians to kill them halfway.
It is better for the military to send people into the Persian region first, and in case the Persians reject our offer, let the military give these guys a ride.
After the established facts have been created, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be responsible for the aftermath. ”
The Great Powers behaved like this, and even if Austria did anything to these remnants within their borders, the Persian government could only watch.
Otherwise, there was a misunderstanding, and the anti-Turkish alliance would have beaten the rabbits with grass and wiped them out, and it would have been too late to cry.