Chapter 139 The War is Over

"This is the Buganda Palace. It doesn't look like much!" Felix said carelessly as he sat on the throne in Menggo's Buganda Palace.

"After all, compared with Zanzibar, this is not a rich country. It is already very good that Mutesa I and his ancestors can build the palace like this..." the consultant said.

Mongo's location is pretty good. It is located in the north of the Great Lakes. Compared with the south, there are many larger islands here. Mongo is built on a peninsula surrounded by these islands, and the Buganda Palace also stands there. Above the mountains.

"It's a pity that Musat I was on the southern front and we didn't get to fight him." Felix said with a hint of regret.

Leading the Buganda army on the eastern front was the son of Mutesa I, the prince of the Kingdom of Buganda. It was obvious that the prince of Buganda was not as brave as his father.

They fell into a rout just after the fight. The Buganda prince took the lead in running away. Felix pursued them all the way in the past few days and arrived at the capital of Buganda.

Nowadays, the place has been deserted, and the valuables in the palace have also been taken away. The Buganda Palace has an obvious Arab architectural style, which is obviously influenced by North African countries.

"Sir, our vanguard has met the people from the south. Lord Arman asked us to pursue north." The intelligence officer handed an order to Felix.

"It came so fast! It seems that Mutesa I was also defeated on the southern front. No wonder the Buganda people gave up the royal city. It turned out that they got the news and ran away. I asked them why they didn't regroup here and continue to resist. Here!" Felix said.

"Your Excellency Yaman must have won a great victory on the southern front. There was a four-nation coalition there. The Kingdom of Nkole and Buganda were still fighting on their own soil. I didn't expect them to be so vulnerable," the staff officer said.

"Well, the Buganda are not the kind of ignorant natives. They often interact with the Egyptians, and the army also has weapons made in Egypt. It's just that the Buganda people operate and maintain these weapons so poorly that they don't even use them during battle. See what the effect is.”

Felix continued: "It can be seen from this that the indigenous people here, especially the forces closer to the north, have higher exchanges with the Egyptians, and are very different from the indigenous people in the south and Tanganyika."

"It is a pity that the Buganda people live deep in the interior and cannot communicate directly with the civilized world. Otherwise, their level of development would not be so low, and it could at least reach the level of the countries along the Indian Ocean." The consultant analyzed.

Buganda is obviously influenced by Egypt and other countries, and there are many halal-style buildings. Unfortunately, it is surrounded by less advanced civilizations.

The only Egypt that can be contacted is through the Arab caravans, because Buganda does not directly border Egypt, and there are many nomadic tribes in the middle that isolate the two countries.

Especially in Egypt and Sudan, the Sahara Desert is endless, and the long and difficult supply lines prevent Egypt from going deep into the interior of Africa.

"Okay, let the whole army finish their rest. Our next task is to drive the natives to the northwest. We want to connect the entire land along the Great Lake into one piece." Felix ordered.

The Buganda royal family, which disappeared from the front line, had already fled northwestward under the leadership of Mutesa I.

The reserve team that Mutesa I left in Kampala became his capital to re-establish the country. Mutesa I knew that fleeing north would definitely not work.

Although Mutesa I had a good relationship with the Egyptians, he only dealt with Arab businessmen. The Arab businessmen were responsible for getting some good things for Mutesa I.

The Egyptian power was in the north, and Mutesa I did not want to live a life of dependence on others. In addition, the subsequent greedy East African colonies were likely to continue to move north, so Mutesa I chose to go northwest.

Mutesa I's idea was very good, but his eldest son didn't think so. The Buganda prince, who was deeply influenced by Arab culture, hurriedly took a hundred and ten people to the direction of Egypt and Sudan after his defeat. Prepare to go directly to the Egyptians.

Mutesa I didn't care. He had dozens of sons. The absence of this one was not a big deal, and the remaining elite forces in Buganda were all in his hands.

Mutesa I had people pack up all the belongings in the palace and then headed northwest.

They are not afraid of being rich and wealthy, and they are not afraid of anything. Moreover, Mutesa I obtained the firearms through Arab merchants and formed the most elite royal guard. This time, they did not participate in the war. Mutesa I was confident of carving out a world in the northwest.

This defeat did not destroy Mutesa I's confidence. Instead, it made Mutesa I feel that the East African colonies could only defeat the coalition forces with the help of firearms.

Mutesa planned to increase contact with Arab merchants after heading to the northwest, and then build an army fully armed with firearms.

When his power grows, he can fight back. As for the military expenses, Mutesa I has already thought about it. He will first go to the tribes in the northwest to grab a wave. When the kingdom is re-established, he can collect more taxes.

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In the next few dozen days, the East African army marched northward, driving the indigenous forces northwest. Even the nomadic tribes in the north suffered.

Taking the Kampala Bay as the starting point, it swept in both directions west and north until it reached the vicinity of Omolat and the northeastern shore of Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert). On a land of about four to five hundred kilometers in diameter, the Great Lakes The countries and tribes along the coast and the nomadic tribes in the north are all within range.

Omorat cooperated with this operation to prevent the indigenous forces from escaping eastward and at the same time cut off their continued northward path.

If these tribes are allowed to go all the way north, they may disturb Egypt and Abyssinia. East Africa currently does not want to have direct contact with the two countries, so it needs a certain stable buffer zone.

The area stretching from the mountains in southwest Ethiopia to the grasslands in South Sudan is about 300 kilometers wide and 400 kilometers long. East Africa plans to leave it there first.

The tribes and kingdoms near the Great Lakes region were driven west to the Congo and Central Africa.

After this battle, the entire Great Lake became the inner lake of the East African colonies, and its nearly 70,000 square kilometers of water was exclusively used by the East African colonies.

In the entire northwest of the Great Lakes region, more than 300,000 square kilometers of land fell into the hands of the East African colonies. At the same time, the newly occupied area was directly connected to Lake Turkana, Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert), and Tanganyika. Lake and Great Lake (Lake Victoria).

In this way, numerous large lakes in East Africa have been connected with the East African colonies. Among them, the Great Lakes (Victoria), Lake Kivu and other lakes have become inland lakes in East Africa.