Chapter 406： Ottoman Partisans

The reason why Abdul Mejid I was willing to "sweetly" endure the negative political impact of losing the Danube Principality was because the Ottoman Empire itself could not endure the pain of being adjacent to the Russian Empire.

As an important link in preventing the Russian Empire from reaching out to the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire suffered pain that it could not bear.

The rebellion within the empire and the influence of foreign forces have kept this decaying empire in turmoil all day long. The economic turmoil brought about by the political turmoil has made the last acute ethnic conflicts even more serious. Mutual vendettas have appeared in some parts of the Balkans. signs.

All of this made the high gate of the Ottoman Empire, who was already tired of dealing with it, have to turn some of its attention to racial vendettas, trying to ease the contradictions by supporting the local Pasha.

Under many factors, the Ottoman Empire has become a bloated and lame giant. In order to prevent the "wound" from continuing to bleed, Abdul Mejid I can only consider giving up the Duchy of the Danube, and Fuad Effendi happens to be Tell him at this time that as long as the Ottoman Empire completely abandons the Duchy of the Danube, the Austrian Empire will inevitably fill the vacancy. In this case, the Russian Empire's aggression has to stop in Bessarabia, and the Ottoman Empire can have enough energy to deal with it. Some sharper contradictions.

Besides, the Austrian Empire itself was not as deadly to the Ottoman Empire as the Ottoman Empire. At least the Austrian Empire was not as greedy as the Ottoman Empire.

If Abdul Mejid I had to choose between the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire, Abdul Mejid I would choose the Austrian Empire without hesitation.

However, even though Abdul Mejid I was ready to lose the Danube Principality in his heart, from an emotional point of view, he still had certain illusions about the Danube Principality staying in the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, Abdul Mejid I did not tell the Danube Principality's envoy the news that the Danube Principality was betrayed.

Once again, the Principality of the Danube was placed on the gambling table of the imperialist powers as a bargaining chip for all powers. Only the victorious camp can decide the fate of these two regions.

All this is unknown to all the people of the Danube Principality.

"By the way! Is there any movement in the Caucasus!" Abdul Mejid I, who had discussed the destination of the Danube, casually asked about the situation in the Caucasus.

Due to the continuous encroachment of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire in recent years, the Ottoman Empire had to adopt a strict defense strategy against the Caucasus to prevent a surprise attack by the Russian Empire.

Especially after Russia and the Ottomans fell into diplomatic freezing point, the High Gate government listed the Caucasus as one of the key targets of the Russian Imperial Army. They planned to prepare to send some of the miscellaneous troops stationed in the Constantinople area to the Caucasus for defense.

"There is not much action in the Russian Empire. On the contrary, Shamil Imam has frequently sent news to us recently! He hopes that our army in the Caucasus can help them as much as they can!" Fuad Effendi told Azerbaijan Abdul Majid I said.

"Oh? That invulnerable guy! Now he has to ask us for help!" Abdul Mejid I asked Fuad Effendi with an interesting smile on his lips.

"Faced with the huge Russian Empire, relying on his incompetent mountain people alone will not play a big role! They can only be used as a strategy to contain the Russian Empire, and the war with the Russian Empire in the Caucasus still needs our help. That's it!" Fuad Effendi responded to Abdul Majid I.

"Looking at how submissive he is to us, allow our army to provide them with some help!" King Abdul Mejid I gave an order to Fuad Effendi.

"Understood!" Fuad Majid nodded to show his understanding.

"By the way! Don't provide large-scale assistance!" Then, Abdul Majid I reminded coldly, "Otherwise, those rebellious guys will probably be even more disobedient! We must be like training. Like fierce horses, tame them!"

Fuad Effendi nodded in response to Abdul Mejid I.

After the lawyers in the Caucasus had temporarily come to an end, Abdul Mejid I asked Fuad Effendi when the French Empire entered the war.

Fuad Effendi told Abdul Mejid I that the French Empire had to wait until the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire officially went to war before they could join the battle logically.

Hearing Fuad Effendi's words, Abdul Mejid I felt a little bit of a complaint against the French Empire. They pushed the Ottoman Empire into the "fire pit", and then put themselves out of it. It really doesn't look like a "Good bro".

Thinking about it this way, Abdul Mejid I still couldn't see any complaints on his face.

Not only that, but he also patted Fuad Effendi on the shoulder and told him to strengthen the connection with the French Empire.

Upon seeing this, Fuad Effendi made a request to Abdul Mejid I to send a team to Paris.

After hearing Fuad Effendi's request, Abdul Mejid agreed to Fuad Effendi's request without hesitation.

Under such circumstances, any form of communication can affect the future direction of the two countries.

Abdul Mejid I of course also hoped that the French Empire could join the war as soon as possible.

After everything was settled, Fuad Effendi left the Ottoman Empire's palace and turned to the residence of the new Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire, Rehed.

Under the guidance of the North African slaves, Fuad Effendi entered the Rehed reception hall. Sitting on the sofa, he quietly waited for the arrival of Prime Minister Rehed.

Not long after, Prime Minister Resheed appeared in the reception hall, and the person walking alongside him was none other than Ambassador Canning.

Seeing Ambassador Canning's Fuad Effendi, he quickly got up to say hello to Ambassador Canning. After Ambassador Canning looked at Fuad Effendi, he immediately shook hands with Fuad Effendi and praised Fouad Effendi. De Effendi was the most skilled diplomat in the Ottoman Empire.

Fuad Effendi, who heard Ambassador Canning touts, was as humble as ever.

After saying goodbye to Ambassador Canning, Resheed sat face to face with Fuad Effendi.

After a while, Rehed said, "Is there something wrong with you coming to me?"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is the case..."

Fuad Effendi told Rehed everything that happened in the palace, and then watched Rehed keep silent.

"Since it was Your Majesty who gave you something, then I can't say more! But I hope that when you do anything, you must give priority to the Ottoman Empire!" Rehed warned Fuad Effendi.

Fuad Effendi immediately told Rehed that he would do things first in accordance with the interests of the Ottoman Empire.

Afterwards, Fuad Effendi left Rehed's office.

On June 28, the delegation headed by Rifat Pasha, under the order of Fuad Effendi, began a state visit to the French Empire.

On the other hand, an express was urgently sent by the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Caucasus.

On June 30, the urgent express arrived in the hands of the supreme commander of the Turkish army in the Ottoman region of the Caucasus.

The Supreme Commander of the Caucasus, who had carefully read Fuad Effendi's manuscript, immediately followed Fuad Effendi's suggestion to support the Shamiled leader within his capacity.

Due to the recent liquidation of the peace religion tribes in the Caucasus by the Russian Imperial Army, the Ottoman Empire's garrison in the Caucasus has completely lost contact with Shamiler, and they can only recommend Shamiler by casting a wide net.

Under the wide net of the Ottoman Empire, the messengers sent out finally found Shamiler, who was lurking in the dense forests of the Caucasus.

At this time, Shamil Imam, who was surrounded and suppressed by the Russian Imperial Army, showed unprecedented embarrassment.

Thinking of this guy who was besieged and suppressed by the Russian Empire in 1834 now has to rely on the support of the Ottoman regular army, the special envoy feels an inexplicable sour feeling in his heart.

It's like being a student who is under-aged, seeing the first few scores in this exam are almost the same as his.

On Shamiler's side, to be precise, Shamiler's subordinates looked at the ambassador in front of him with indignation.

Many people are angrily criticizing the ambassador's attitude toward them.

In response to the anger of Shamil's subordinates, the messenger directly argued that the Ottoman Empire had not declared war with the Russian Empire. A bubbling rescue could lead to a breakdown in the relationship between the two countries.

The messenger's explanation made the people present even more angry, and many people even clamored for the "traitor" to be shot.

"Quiet!" Just when the crowd was excited, Shamiler said solemnly.

The envoy's subordinates who were originally fighting high and ready to shoot down the messenger fell down instantly.

Then, Shamil came to the messenger's land and said: "Mr. messenger, I have been fighting the Russian imperial army here since 1834! In these nearly 20 years, we have fought bravely and tenaciously! It has caused great damage to the Russian Empire. Big damage, I made the generals of the Russian Empire believe that I am invulnerable!"

Immediately, Shamiler said in a wistful tone: "How do those Russian imperial troops know that I am not invulnerable at all! The reason why I have been able to fight against the barbaric Russia time and time again comes from me and the peace religion tribe under my command, for the Ottomans. The empire, the incomparable love for His Majesty the great Sultan! It is precisely because of this pure love that I can't support me in this difficult situation!"