After retreating to Norwich for three days, the Bulgarians continued their move to Yabranica, where they were to hold off the Romanian army by relying on the Balkan terrain.

It was at this time that the news came that the Ottomans had declared war on Bulgaria. This time, the commander of the Ottoman army was Enver of the Shabaab triumvirate, then chief of the Ottoman General Staff, who had already prepared military plans to enter the war with the help of the head of the German advisory group, General Otto Liman von Sanders.

However, due to the amazing strength shown by Bulgaria before, the plan can only be a plan for the time being. However, after the Battle of Tarnovo, seeing the heavy losses of Bulgaria, Enver could no longer bear it, and he planned to recapture the old capital Adrianople and keep the Bulgarians away from Istanbul. So on July 23, Osman officially declared war on relegation. Subsequently, 300,000 Ottoman troops set out from Istanbul and Sharkoy, respectively, and occupied Chollu and Tekilda in Eastern Thrace.

Bulgaria had less than 20,000 troops stationed there, and had to retreat all the way to Adriaple in the face of the Ottoman army of up to 300,000. They plan to support this fortress city that they have breached for a while, and of course they will not forget to ask Sofia for help. However, now that Bulgaria is being attacked everywhere, there is no possibility of sending troops to support them, and now in the face of this situation of siege on all sides, the idea of peace here has left an image in the minds of the Bulgarian high-level.

The day after the Bulgarian army retreated to Yabranica, Ferdinand I and Prime Minister Geysov, who had arrived from Sofia, with Lieutenant General Savov, the Minister of War, and Foreign Minister Dilas Loch, secretly discussed the matter at his residence.

Ferdinand I sat on the main seat of the room, looking at Prime Minister Geshov, who had silver hair on his left, and Lieutenant General Savov, who still looked ashen on his right, and Foreign Minister Drasloch who sat next to the Prime Minister and looked down at the ground. A feeling of loss lingered in his chest, but he still bothered to ask the ministers he relied on the most.

"What are we going to do in this situation?"

Faced with Ferdinand I's question, the ashen-faced Lieutenant General Savov glanced at Prime Minister Gaisov, apparently hoping that the Prime Minister would give an answer that would not satisfy all Bulgarians. Foreign Minister Drasloch also looked at the Prime Minister next to him, and it seemed that he also wanted Prime Minister Geisov to take the lead.

Seeing that several people in the room were looking at him, Prime Minister Gaischov had no choice but to bite the bullet. "Your Majesty, we have no chance of winning this war, and we can only invite Germany and Austria-Hungary to mediate this war. At the same time, we asked several countries that were involved in the war to cease the fighting. ”

At the moment when he spoke of the final truce, as if he had done his best, Prime Minister Gaishov sat down in his seat. Seeing the appearance of Prime Minister Gaisov, Ferdinand I could not continue to question him, and he looked at the Minister of War, Lieutenant General Savov. Lieutenant General Savov, who was watching him, was much more profitable this time, probably someone started it. He gathered his thoughts and began to speak.

"I think the Prime Minister's opinion is preferable, we have only 330,000 people left in the Bulgarian army now. And after we fought the Battle of Tarnovo, we lacked ammunition and support weapons, and most of them were destroyed in this battle. Now that we are powerless to resist their invasion on all fronts, now our truce can reduce some losses. ”

After speaking his views, Lieutenant General Savov, in order to enhance his persuasiveness, talked about the recent situation on various fronts. "The situation on our and Romanian fronts is well known, so I won't go into too much detail, but now I will talk about the Greek front, which three days ago under King Constantine broke through the line of the Second Army, and now they are under the city of Thessaloniki, and the Second Army has sent a telegram saying that if they do not receive reinforcements, they will not be able to withstand the Greek army of 150,000."

Hearing the words of his Minister of War, none of the Bulgarian decision-makers present spoke at the level, and Lieutenant General Savov continued to talk about the situation in Macedonia.

"Now Serbia is also attacking our defense in the Macedonian region. Among them, the Serbian army, under the leadership of its commander, Field Marshal Putnik, invaded the Macedonian region, and our troops left there could only struggle to support themselves. The Third Army of these had already retreated to the Kočani region, and most of the Macedonia we now occupied had been recaptured by Serbia. The border between the country and Serbia has not been attacked too much, and it is estimated that Serbia wants to take most of Macedonia and has come to negotiate with us for a fait accompli. ”

After talking about the Serbian side, Lieutenant General Savov did not stop and continued to talk about the Ottoman side, if the Bulgarian army could still resist on other fronts. Then in Eastern Thrace, the Ottoman army was simply in a no-man's land.

"Our most dangerous area now is Eastern Thrace, where our 20,000 troops are completely unable to resist the 300,000 Ottoman army. Although they were trying to slow down the Ottoman advance by destroying road facilities in the area, it did not do much, and now the Ottoman army was approaching Lülle Bulgaz, they were only 120 kilometers from Adrianople, and they would be there in a week at most, and it was impossible for us to hold it. ”

In fact, Ferdinand I had a clear idea of what was now happening on all fronts in Bulgaria. The purpose of asking Lieutenant General Savov to tell this military information was that he hoped that someone would lead the Bulgarian delegation to negotiate with the countries. This time, his candidate is actually Prime Minister Gaisov, who has enough weight as the prime minister of a country, and after the negotiation and signing, he can also let him go into the field to ease the resentment of the people in Bulgaria.

Prime Minister Gaischov actually knew this, but now only he and King Ferdinand I could negotiate on behalf of Bulgaria, and it was impossible for the king to participate in the negotiations, so he was prepared before coming from Sofia. But no one wants to give up power like this, but now Bulgaria can't find a better candidate than him.

Ferdinand I, with the explanation of the Minister of War, Lieutenant General Savov, agreed with the Prime Minister.

"Then let's do as Your Excellency the Prime Minister wants."

After saying this, Ferdinand I looked at Foreign Minister Dilas Lodge, who had been a transparent man for one night.

"The foreign minister needs to trouble you about this."

Foreign Minister Dilasloch snorted and immediately stood up and replied. "For the sake of Bulgaria, I don't bother at all."

Seeing the foreign minister's more clever appearance, Ferdinand I told him. "We will first ask for an armistice to the countries participating in the war, and then let Austria-Hungary and Germany support our proposal, and persuade the countries to armistice Do you think it is possible?"

Prime Minister Gaisov is ready to be laid off after the negotiations, but he is still the prime minister, after some thought. "Your Majesty, except for the Ottoman Empire, I believe they will all accept this proposal."

Foreign Minister Dilas Sloch asked with some concern after hearing Prime Minister Gaisov's words. "So how are we going to deal with the Ottoman offensive?"

This question was answered by Lieutenant General Savov on behalf of the Bulgarian military.

"It's simple, as long as other countries agree to an armistice, I can guarantee that the Ottoman army will not dare to attack alone."

"So let's do it." Ferdinand I said in a decisive word.

Then, after the secret meeting, Foreign Minister Dilas Lodge sent the news of Bulgaria's request for peace.