Chapter 786: It’s not easy to run away.
Chapter 769 – It’s not easy to run away
The sudden divine twist caused the defenders who were originally prepared to fight for their lives to diverge. Who would want to die if they could live?
With the war going on now, even the most optimistic person would not think that the Ottoman Empire would still be able to come back from the dead.
With the Ottomans gone, naturally no one would hold them accountable for desertion. As for what to do in the future, that is a matter for the future.
Unlike Ankara, which is surrounded on all sides, there is no place to run; after leaving Baghdad, people can still go into exile in Persia.
As a matter of fact, with the war going on, many people wanted to run away. It’s just that the Ottomans have offended too many people, and people are worried that they will be swallowed up by the dregs if they go into exile overseas.
If you look through the newspapers, you will know that immigration is a path full of sin and bloodshed these days, and it is very difficult for outsiders to get a firm foothold.
Not to mention the Ottoman nobles who were ostracized by mainstream society, even European nobles emigrating overseas were rife with risks.
This was the fundamental reason why it was so easy for Austria to recruit immigrants in the German region. The areas under the control of their own families, nothing else, security is still guaranteed.
Since the announcement of the three-day evacuation period, the sound of artillery fire stopped, and as a sign of good faith, Morse also ordered the Austrian troops outside the city to voluntarily retreat five kilometers.
An old man in national costume tapped the floor twice with his walking stick, “Gentlemen, there is not much time left for us, we must make a decision as soon as possible.”
“Honorable Hedif, how can we be sure that the Austrians’ promise is valid? If they default, we won’t even be able to fight back when we leave the city.”
(Hedif: late Ottoman title, similar to the official position of governor)
The old man glared at the middle-aged man and asked rhetorically, “Aziz, do you think all of them have no credibility like you?
If there was no certainty, the commander across the street wouldn’t have pressed the family reputation.
You should understand what family reputation means in that conservative country of Austria?”
Facing the old man’s accusation, Aziz scowled. When he was young and ignorant, he was greedy for profit and didn’t pay attention to what he was eating, and accidentally carried the reputation of having no reputation.
One day was enough to tarnish a reputation, and it wasn’t easy to regain it. Of course, Aziz hadn’t really tried to salvage it either.
A thin man spoke up, “Honorable Hedif, at this point, we have no choice.
I heard that Ankara is also surrounded, the enemy is too powerful this time, and the Ottoman Empire is afraid that it won’t survive this.
In the past years, our hatred with the four countries of the Anti-Turkish Alliance was too deep, and with them occupying this place, there’s no way we’ll be able to gain a foothold.
It is doomed to fail, and further mantling will only add to the casualties. For the sake of ……”
A long list of various reasons, with the core meaning at the end being to run away quickly!
The old man nodded and slowly said, “I’ve already gotten in touch with the British, as long as we shell out a sum of money, we can be sent to emigrate overseas.”
Being an official in Ottoman these days was also inseparable from the support of the Great Powers. Without backstage, once international conflicts were involved, it would make you step down in minutes.
The old man was able to call the shots not just because he was the highest official, but more importantly because of the close relationship between him and the British.
Otherwise, they were a bunch of bereaved dogs, a bunch of big fat sheep that had left their homes. It was estimated that Persia wouldn’t even be able to walk out before being eaten alive.
A middle-aged man dressed as a soldier asked, ”Honorable Hedif, when we leave, what about the ordinary soldiers in the city?
Leaving them behind is sending them into the mouth of the enemy, the Anti-Turkish Alliance will not give up on the liquidation.
To take them away, I’m afraid that it’s again a bit beyond our strength.”
The old man explained unhurriedly, “There are always sacrifices to be made, it’s not that I don’t want to take them away, it’s mainly because there are too many of them.
Crossing the border with an army of nearly 100,000 people, it’s impossible for the Persians to let us pass, or else they won’t be able to explain to the Anti-Turkish Alliance.
Even if we spend a lot of money and get lucky to get the Persian government to let us through. How will they live with so many people out of Ottoman?
Besides, the soldiers’ wives and children are all in Ottoman, and they may not be willing to go with us.”
Leaving with an army, Khedive wanted to, too! This was all the money to gain a foothold in a foreign land, but this really couldn’t be done.
The Anti-Turkish Alliance wasn’t blind, and if they ran away with a few insignificant leaks, they probably wouldn’t pursue the matter. If you run out of tens of thousands of troops, then what to say also have to cut off the roots.
Tail killing into Persia are normal operation, these days the powers are used to domineering, but no respect for other people’s sovereignty habit, cross-border combat is a common thing.
Persia as long as they do not want to be affected by the fish, they will block them outside the country.
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Having unified their positions, everyone began to prepare to run away. The time was still too short, everyone could only take away some of the floating wealth, and there was no time for the industries to move.
This time, the progress was fast, Moorcakes gave three days, these people completed the packing task on the first day, and then gathered a large group of people to set off in great numbers.
This makes the Austrian army outside the city look dumbfounded, the big carts and small carts running out, this is fleeing, or is it moving?
But since the promise has been made, there is no reason to take it back. Whether it is the family reputation, or the national credibility, let Moorcocks have to continue to fulfill.
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Vienna Palace, what happened in Baghdad, had already spread.
The Tiger’s defense of Baghdad once again refreshed Franz’s three views.
It has been proven that people can be bought, even enemies. As long as the right price is offered, a deal can be made.
“Life of the family + part of the property”, this is the price given by Moorcakes. This was also considered buying, it was clearly a threat, right?
In normal times, this was a joke, but under the trend of the desire to survive, it was more than normal for this to happen.
Franz shook his head, ”Letting these people go did speed up our advance.
It’s just that these guys who harbor hatred, even if they are exiled overseas, are still a potential trouble, it’s best if we can find a way to finish them off.”
Standing in the position of commander of the Middle East Theater, Molex’s didn’t have any problems being able to win the war at the smallest possible cost.
Unlike the Sultan’s government in Ankara, which was a hidden danger that had to be removed, the government men in Baghdad were just minor stragglers.
Do not say call the entire Ottoman Empire, even the Iraqi region can not be called, the influence is only limited to the area around Baghdad, the relative impact is small, belongs to the secondary target.
From the point of view of strength, the ability of these people at most stays in the stage of planning terrorist attacks, want to go further to set off a big mess, that is impossible.
It’s not like Austria is short of arable land, so the big deal is to over-interpret the Land Fallow Law and let all of the two river basins fallow to forests and grasses.
Without agriculture, the local economic system collapses, and after the loss of livelihoods, no one will naturally stay in the area.
Even if there are ambitious people who want to plan for unrest, there are no conditions for them to carry it out after all the people have moved away.
As for the terrorist attacks, they were just a scabby problem that Franz never cared about.
If you want to be the world’s leader, how can you not get bombed?
Not to mention the United States in the latter part of the world, even now Britain, France, Austria, also from time to time encountered terrorist attacks.
Colonial empire, where there is not inviting people to hate? Only now the way of terrorist attacks, is still very primitive, to smash and grab mainly kill, act as a human bomb warriors have not been trained.
Affected by the inconvenience of transportation, most of the attacks took place overseas. If you want to go deep into each country’s territory to do something, ordinary people really can’t do it.
The lack of social attention was mainly due to the fact that governments were deliberately downplaying the situation. Tighter security controls took care of it.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg: ”Your Majesty, it’s very difficult to get rid of all of them, but it’s still easy to leave most of them behind.
We only promised to let them go, we didn’t say we’d forget about it. As long as we don’t do anything within Ottoman territory, we will be considered to have kept our promise.
Looking at the route, they should be trying to borrow a route from Persia.
Since ancient times, money moves people, and the more the Ottomans take away, the easier it will be for us to utilize the power of the Persians to finish them off halfway.
It’s best if the military sends people into the Persian region first, and in case the Persians reject our offer, let it be the military’s move to give these guys a ride.
After creating an established fact, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can take care of the aftermath.”
The style of the Great Powers is no different, even if Austria has taken action against these remnants in their territory, the Persian government can only watch.
Otherwise, if a misunderstanding occurred, the Anti-Turkish Alliance would take advantage of the grass and hit the rabbit, and destroy them in the process, then it would be too late to cry.
(End of chapter)