Kayanza is located in the northwestern part of Burundi.

The capital of the Kingdom of Burundi is located in Gitega, the geographical center of the Kingdom of Burundi, in the hinterland of the Central Plateau (Burundi).

In times of peace, Gitega, as the center of the country, naturally strengthens the Kingdom of Burundi's radiation to the surrounding areas.

But when the eastern Bantu tribes poured in from the south like a tidal wave, Gitega, who had no danger to defend, became precarious.

If it had been a small attack, the Kingdom of Burundi would have been able to cope with it, but the Eastern Bantu Nations, which were the entire colonies of East Africa, had been driven out of the narrow area to the northwest.

Even if everyone stood there and did not move, it would take half a day to shoot with machine guns, not to mention the Kingdom of Burundi, where even the iron tools were still relatively primitive.

Therefore, the central government of Burundi, after being attacked by the eastern Bantu tribes, fled in the north-west direction after trying to resist without success.

Kayanza, about 60 kilometers from Gitega, had a slightly more complex terrain and was easy to defend, so it became the temporary capital of the Kingdom of Burundi.

However, the Kingdom of Burundi, together with other kingdoms, had destroyed the power of the Eastern Bantu tribes, and before it could return to the old capital, it encountered a menacing Germans.

In order to defend against the Eastern Bantu people, the Kingdom of Burundi built a large number of fortifications in this area, and a large number of people were temporarily relocated to this area.

This is one of the reasons why the population in the south of the Kingdom of Burundi is very small, and without the accumulation of a certain number of people, it is impossible to resist the surging tide of the Eastern Bantu tribes, so many nobles choose to join forces with the central government to keep warm.

In any case, the fertility of the land in the northwest is about the same, the rain conditions are basically the same, and a large number of Burundian nobles have migrated to Cayanza with food and population.

Kayanza also lived up to expectations, blocking the invasion of the Eastern Bantu people, and the survival of the Kingdom of Burundi was preserved.

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"Ahead is Kayanza, the temporary capital of Burundians, and we estimate that the population of the city has reached at least 15,000 people, which is probably the most difficult bone to gnaw in Burundi." Larry Antonio briefs Yarman on Cayanza.

Yarman took a telescope and took a closer look at the fortifications of Cayanza.

As a city that was expanded in a short period of time, Cayanza was very crudely built, and its walls were built of irregular rocks, far less than Gitega, which had fallen into the hands of the East African colonies.

Most of the stones in Gitega have been simply polished, and the city looks neat, but it was sacked by the East Bantu people and no longer prosperous, and later the East African colonies counted the number of people in Gitega, and only 23 people were found.

Kayanza is different, standing on the high ground and looking out, the surrounding fields alone are not small, and there are many slum huts outside the city, and the population of the city is estimated to be even larger.

In addition to stones, Cayanza also used rammed earth and wooden strips to strengthen the walls, which reached about two meters in size, and the city was twice the size of Gitega, which had been in business for many years.

"It seems that we need to prepare more manpower, it is still a little difficult to deal with so many natives with our people, if they run around, we don't know which direction to choose to arrest people first." Yarman said.

The East African army in front of Cayanza was only about 500 people, and it was possible to block one side, and if they wanted to drive the natives north, they would have to block the east and west directions.

"So, Larry Antonio, you go and gather another six hundred men from the other forces on the east and west, and say it's my order." Yarman commanded.

"It's sir!" Larry Antonio.

The total number of people dispatched by the East African colonies this time was only more than 10,000, but the battle line was nearly 400 kilometers long, so only two or three hundred people could be allocated for every ten kilometers.

In this way, there will definitely be fish that have escaped from the long snake formation of East Africa, but the colonial government of East Africa has already made follow-up arrangements, and when the new immigrants arrive, they will reorganize the occupied areas.

A large Burundian city like Kayanza is worthy of Yarman's temporary transfer of manpower from other regions, and a large city of more than 10,000 people is rare in the whole of Africa, at least in the second tier.

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With all the men in place, Yarman was ready to attack.

The Burundian soldiers in the city looked vigilantly at the army led by Yarman, due to the previous onslaught of the Eastern Bantu people, the Kingdom of Burundi was actually paralyzed in a state of external exchange of information, so that the arrival of the East African army was only known to the Burundian central government.

However, Burundians do not know the details of the East African colonies, especially the East African colonies have too fair complexions and bright clothes.

It is more similar to the Arabs, but the Arabs' costumes, the nobles know each other, and they are completely different from these people.

As for the European explorers, they were rare animals, which only a very small number of northwestern nobles had seen, and the top of the Kingdom of Burundi were these few people.

These indigenous nobles were visited not only by European explorers, but also by the early colonies of East Africa, mainly to map the local terrain.

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"Uru, what do you say these strange people are doing?" Mopp leaned on the walls of Cayanza and looked at the Germans digging improvised fortifications in the distance.

Although, digging fortifications is a bit redundant for the East African army, after all, these natives do not have more long-range weapons other than bows and arrows and projectiles to shoot at East Africa, and they can avoid the attacks of the natives by standing a little farther away.

"I feel that they are in the same group as those southern barbarians (Eastern Bantu people), and they are certainly not good guys, so they followed closely after the southern barbarians, obviously not for peace." Uru responded.

"But they are clearly different from the barbarians of the south! And the fabric they wore was very good, the southern barbarians were very poor, and they had to rob us of everything, and the group of people outside the city was obviously much richer than us, and we used to only wear so much cloth from the chief's house, but the whole body on the other side was like this, everyone had a share, and they must be very rich. Mopp said, pointing to the two Prussian military uniforms in East Africa in the distance.

"Anyway, Abra said just now, the other side is not a good stubble, especially the burning stick that looks powerless, I heard that someone has applied magic, as long as it makes a loud noise, it will absorb people's souls, so you better stay away from the city, and the soul is taken away by the other side, but you will die." Uru said.

"I don't believe that the Yaha priest of our tribe has already given us a secret drink of holy water, and the Yaha priest told me that as long as I see the other party rushing over, I will shoot the other party with a bow and arrow, and the other side will not hurt us in the slightest." Mopp said proudly.

It's as if the sacrifice behind the two people is more powerful than the one behind them, obviously Mopu's sacrifice is superior, not only can break the evil law of the Germans, but also fight back, while the sacrifice of the Ulu tribe has no way, which makes Mopu feel that he has a lot of face in front of his new friends.

Ulu and Mopu are two different tribes of Burundi, and the last time they were brought to Kayanza by their own leaders because of the invasion of the Eastern Bantu, the two tribes were placed near the same defensive line, so Ulu knew Mop.

"I think these people must have been cursed by the kingdom's sacrifices, so they didn't dare to come forward, and it has been two days, and they have not seen them attack, but they have dug a pit there! I really don't understand, what's the use of that pit? Could it be that they have become stunned by the curse, and you said, Uru. Mopp said to Uru.

"I don't know anything else, but I know it's good that it hasn't rained for the past few days, otherwise the mud puddle on the other side would have turned into a pool." Uru said lazily leaning against the back of the city wall, holding a stick of grass in his mouth.

"Look! What's that? Ulu. Mopp suddenly yelled at Uru.

"What's that?" Uru slowly got up, stretched his back, and turned to look at what Mopp had said.

There were also many sharp-eyed natives who spotted the movements on the positions of the East African army.

For the past two days, the natives have been very curious about the East African army outside the city, but the generals of the kingdom and the leaders of their own tribes have ordered the city gates to be closed and not to take the initiative to attack.

The natives on the city walls had to watch what the East African army was going to do, and they came out of the digging pit, as if they had not made any big moves.

Today, suddenly, something new appeared that the natives had never seen before, and the natives on the city walls poked their heads to see the new gadgets that had been pushed forward by the East African army.

I saw that this thing was completely black, with a black hole with a thick bowl mouth, and large circles like the sun on both sides.

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"Lauerde, your skills are not good, you won't miss! We only have three shells, so you can save me some money. Yarman said.

"Don't worry! Yarman, I'm an artilleryman, how could I not eat back then, and besides, the other side doesn't even have the ability to interfere with us, some are kung fu calibration, you just wait for me to blast the city gate open! Lauald said.

The novelty that Mopp saw was a cannon, which had only arrived in the East African colony this month and was transferred from the port by Yarman.

After all, the natives' bows and arrows were not dry, and they also had walls as cover, so Yarman was afraid that rifles would have little effect on the natives.

In fact, you can use local wood to build a large siege vehicle, advance to the bottom of the city, and plant explosives, so that you can prevent the bow and arrow on the opposite side, and also prevent falling rocks.

However, Yarman just wanted to have an artillery piece to play with, so he applied to the East African colony, and in view of the fact that there are not many artillery pieces in East Africa now, only one was approved.

"Okay, it's already aimed, as long as you hit it, it will definitely directly shock the group of natives on the other side." Lauerd said to Yarman.

"Okay, everyone listen, cover your ears, we're going to fire!" Yarman and his men said.

When everyone was ready, Yarman drew his saber and shouted at the gates of Cayanza, "Ready!" ……”

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Uru stood at the head of the city and said to Mop, "Look at the man standing next to that black thing, and he's pointing a knife at us. ”

"He must be the sacrifice on the other side! Can you cast spells at such a distance? Mopp wondered.

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"Put." Yarman gave the order.

Everyone on the East African position covered their ears, and Roald lit the fuse.

Rumble......

Uru and Mopp heard the black thing let out a loud roar, and a white flame flashed through the hole.

Boom......

The city of Kayanza shook for a while, and the city gate, which had been intact just now, was blasted open with a large hole in the masonry, and half of it collapsed, and the unlucky eggs on the city gate were also buried in the ruins.

"Wrath of the gods, wrath of the gods......"

The panicked natives shouted everywhere that Uru and Mopu were very close to the city gates, and although they had not become the unlucky ones who died with the city gates, they were now roaring in their ears.

The two of them were stunned, and it took a while for them to recover, and they were so frightened that they couldn't speak, and immediately fell to the ground and atoned for their sins to the gods.

The East African army had come out of the trenches and rushed towards the collapse of the wall, aiming their guns at the natives who were still standing on the walls.

Bang... Bang... Bang......

The intermittent gunfire woke up the natives who were still praying to the gods, and now they didn't care about anything, they ran towards the city one by one, and everyone was crowded together at the passage, and the panicked native soldiers shouted as they ran: "The devil is coming, the gods have sent the devil to punish the kingdom of Burundi, everyone run!" ”

The streets were in chaos, and after months of worrying about the common people, even the kingdom's army had collapsed, and it must have been a terrible thing.

The prescient natives had even packed up their entire fortunes and run away, and everyone in the city fled north in rumors and panic.

The king and nobles in the temporary palace of Cayanza had a bad premonition when they heard the sound of huge cannons, and the gunfire of the East African army and the screams of the people in the city immediately decided to run away without thinking about it.

The thing in the hands of the Germans is not known to ordinary people, but the most knowledgeable people in the Kingdom of Burundi still know it, anyway, if you let the high-ranking people of the Kingdom of Burundi think for themselves, they don't think that warriors can defeat firearms, after all, Arab slave traders have already shown them.

With the experience of the last run, all the inhabitants of the city of Kayanza in the Kingdom of Burundi are familiar with the road this time.

Adults, children, kings, nobles, chieftains, sacrifices, commoners, slaves......

It was as if the scene of the invasion of the Eastern Bantu had reappeared, but this time there was no "Ukrainian" Eastern Bantu behind the Burundians, but bursts of gunfire.

This is a hundred times more terrible than the Eastern Bantu people for the Burundians who are keen on "superstition", especially since there were sacrifices that the Germans held soul weapons in their hands.

Therefore, every Burundian (except the nobles) is convinced that the loud sound that pierces the sky is the terrible roar of the devil, and if caught by the devil, he will never be able to live again.

In the city of Kayanza, there was serious chaos, stampedes and robberies, but everyone ignored these details, and fled in the direction of Rwanda in the north, and now the Burundians are eager to give birth to an extra pair of legs and leave this place of right and wrong.

(End of chapter)