Chapter 87 Rebellion in the Northwest

Things have been tough for the Kingdom of Karawi recently.

With a large number of tribes and refugees from the east pouring into the Kingdom of Karawi, the security of the Kingdom of Karawi can be said to be deteriorating.

As a slave kingdom itself, the Karawi Kingdom has poor organizational capabilities and lacks various strict laws and systems.

Most of these East Bantu tribes expelled by East African colonists make a living by hunting and have extremely good physical fitness.

Compared with the Karawi Kingdom, which has developed to a certain stage in Africa, the great exodus of the Bantu people had no different impact on the Karawi Kingdom than when ancient Rome faced the invasion of Germanic barbarians.

These Bantu people, who were organized as tribes, led by their chiefs, killed, burned and looted in the Kingdom of Karawi, occupying the mountains and becoming kings.

The eastern part of the Karawi kingdom soon fell into chaos.

The nobles of the Karawi Kingdom were naturally very angry. They didn't know why these barbarians were crazy and came westward.

Also in trouble is the Kingdom of Burundi, which was affected by the "purge" movement in the East African colonies. As the two gateways to the eight northwest countries, Burundi and Karawi naturally bear the brunt.

The invasion of a large number of Bantu tribes has caused serious troubles for the two countries. The worst thing is that countries such as Rwanda and Buganda, which have seen the misfortune of their neighboring countries, are also ready to take action and frequently provoke troubles on their borders.

Based on the principle that you are unkind and I am unjust, the Kingdom of Karawi and Burundi will never stop doing one thing or another.

Since we can't control so many Bantu tribes, we might as well just ignore them and directly use force to drive them to the west and north, so that the countries in the west and north can also feel the pain of the two countries.

So after discussions between the kings and nobles of the two countries, they opened separate roads in the country and allowed the Bantu tribes to move to the west and north.

As for those who want to hang around, to be honest, it is very difficult according to the current situation. After all, there are a steady stream of Bantu tribes coming from behind. It is impossible to keep occupying the land in front without the strength.

Like Karawi and Burundi, they are countries after all. They can still survive on their own land due to their size. The Bantu tribes that migrated westward are not monolithic, but a group of scattered sands.

Unless they unite as one, it is possible to directly destroy these two countries, but it is obviously impossible. Everyone is a chief, why should they listen to you!

The methods of the Kingdom of Karawi and the Kingdom of Burundi were still very effective. After using both soft and hard measures, a large number of Bantu tribes continued to move north or west.

Before, they wanted to take advantage of the situation and rob the Buganda Kingdom, but the Igala Kingdom and the Rwanda Kingdom were instantly dumbfounded.

The continuous influx of migratory armies directly overturned the local order. Even the Kingdom of Enkole, which did not participate, suffered unparalleled disasters, and its southeast fell into chaos.

Among the eight northwest countries, only the Kingdom of Turu and the Kingdom of Gitara, which are far behind, have not been affected for the time being. However, seeing the tragic situation of the six southeastern countries, the two countries strengthened their military presence on the border at night to prevent the impact of the Eastern Bantu tribe.

The Eastern Bantu tribes, who were beaten with hot weapons by the colonists in the East African colonies, found the feeling of freely galloping on the vast grasslands of East Africa in the eight northwest countries.

The eight northwest countries have entered the primitive farming era and have learned to live in a settled manner. Compared with the Eastern Bantu tribes, they do not have to fight with wild beasts on the grasslands, nor do they need to eat and sleep in the open air, and migrate at any time.

Therefore, the physical quality of the people of the eight northwest countries is far inferior to that of the Eastern Bantu tribes.

The advantage of the eight northwest countries is that their social structure is more advanced, they can support a larger population, and they can organize more manpower and troops.

However, after the barbarian invasion, these advantages were instantly offset by the Eastern Bantu tribes, and a large number of Eastern Bantu people poured into various countries.

As a result, its governance system failed, and the local and central areas were divided by various large and small tribes of the Eastern Bantu people.

After losing the jurisdiction of the central government, the localities naturally expanded, and the centralized kingdom they finally established instantly returned to the era of tribal disputes.

The East Bantu people are like a fish in water in the eight northwest countries. They used to play military competitions with animals on the East African grasslands. The animals in East Africa did not play one-on-one with them. All animals on the grasslands were in a large group, even lions. They travel in groups, so it's really difficult to deal with them.

Now you only need to plunder the resources of the eight northwest countries to live. The eight northwest countries farm and work all year round, and the food they save goes directly into the bellies of the East Bantu people.

This confirms the common saying, my neighbor is my granary, my neighbor is my granary.

Naturally, the local nobles of the eight northwest countries could not watch their property being eaten and taken away by these barbarians, so they organized armies one after another and started fighting with the Eastern Bantu tribes.

The two sides fought in darkness, with blood flowing everywhere, and the population in the northwest of the Great Lakes region was slowly wiped out in this war.

As the initiator, the East African colonial government was very satisfied with the results in front of them. As colonists, they naturally had endless greed for fertile land.

Unfortunately, the eight northwest countries are located in places with the best soil and water conditions in East Africa and are most suitable for the development of agriculture.

The vast area of ​​the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) directly changes the local climate and creates an area with abundant rainfall.

Its terrain is relatively high, located in the transition zone from mountains to plateau basins. It may not be a good place in the temperate zone, but in the tropics it is the most suitable place for human habitation.

If we exclude the East African region north of Sudan and Kenya (areas affected by the Ethiopian Plateau and Sahara Desert) and only count the savanna climate region of East Africa, the entire eight northwest countries have more than half of the population in this region.

(In the previous life of the 21st century, there were more than 47 million people in Uganda, more than 12 million people in Burundi, and more than 13 million people in Rwanda. The total population was about 80 million. The population of the entire East African Community was about 130 million, which is equivalent to the eight northwest countries plus the East African colonies.)

And as the largest lake in East Africa, the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) itself was worthy of the East African colonial government.

This is a large lake with an area of ​​nearly 70,000 square kilometers. Needless to say, the fresh water resources are precious. The habitable areas for humans will always be along rivers and lakes.

The rivers in East Africa are relatively short, and their water volume and length are incomparable to those world-class rivers.

As for the White Nile, it is not a unique river in East Africa. Sudan and Egypt downstream are strictly speaking North Africa.

The unique terrain of East Africa has created considerable freshwater lake resources. Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika) and Lake Malawi were both born along with the Great Rift Valley in East Africa and are among the few large lakes in the world.

The Great Lake (Lake Victoria) is also located in a plateau basin between the two fault zones of the East African Rift Valley.

There are even a series of smaller lakes in the eight northwest countries. They are said to be small, but in reality, it depends on who they compare with. After all, the first three are the best. These smaller lakes cannot be ranked in the first echelon in East Africa.

Among them, Friedrich Lake (Lake Albert) covers an area of ​​more than 5,000 square kilometers, while Qinghai Lake, the largest lake in the Qing Dynasty, is only more than 4,000 square kilometers.

You must know that Qinghai Lake is still a saltwater lake, and its value cannot be compared with that of Friedrich Lake, which is a freshwater lake.

The world's great lakes, which appear in groups like those in East Africa, can only be suppressed by the five Great Lakes in North America. As for the Caspian Sea, saltwater lakes such as the Aral Sea are not included in the comparison.

(Let’s find a reference object to highlight East Africa’s water resources. Lake Victoria has the same freshwater resources as China’s, both at about 2.8 trillion cubic meters, while Lake Malawi’s freshwater reserves are 7.7 trillion cubic meters and Lake Tanganyika’s 18.9 trillion cubic meters. Trillions of cubic meters.)

The rainfall in East Africa is only between North China and Jiangnan in the Far East, which is not considered abundant.

But with such a terrifying freshwater resource, it will be easier to deal with water crises in the future.

The East African colonies may not have the ability to distribute these water resources to various parts of East Africa through large-scale water conservancy projects, but they can move more people along their coasts so that they will not face the impact of insufficient rainfall in bad years.

Therefore, it was the established policy of the East African colonies to capture the three great lakes in East Africa and the land along their coasts. Among them, the east and south coasts of the great lake (Lake Victoria) were already in their hands. The east coast of Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika) is all in the hands of the East African colonies. Only Lake Malawi will be more difficult to solve in the future, and its southern part involves Portuguese colonies.