July 3, 1868.

The colonial governments of East Africa were preparing for war, and the other four countries led by Buganda did not rest, and they continued to mobilize troops and recruit large numbers of troops on the border.

At this time, Buganda was the most powerful country in the entire Great Lakes region outside of the East African colonies, and its monarch, Mutesa I, was quite effective.

Buganda was once a vassal state of its northern power, Buñoro, but in the 19th century, Bugonoro, like most of the old empires, went into decline, so Buganda took advantage of the situation and quickly seized the original ecological niche of Buñoro.

At the same time, the Turou Kingdom also became independent from the Bunioro Empire.

Interestingly, both the Kingdom of Buganda and the Kingdom of Turou were established by members of the royal family of the Bunioro Empire, but Buganda was separated four or five hundred years ago, while the Kingdom of Buganda was established by the rebellion of the eldest son of the then king of the Bugnoro Empire after the 19th century.

Despite the many blows, the Bunioro Empire did not disappear, and the Kingdom of Gitara was its direct successor.

And the kingdom of Nkole is also an ancient kingdom that has existed for hundreds of years.

The above is the basic information of the four northern countries, which shows that their relations are actually very similar to those of European countries, so whether the relationship is good or not does not affect the exchanges between their nobles.

Before the opening of the East African colony, Buganda already had a standing army of more than 6,000 men and a naval army of 300 ships.

Therefore, Buganda's strength is still quite good, worthy of its prestige as the overlord of the Great Lakes region, and Mutesa I is more conceited, especially in recent years, Mutesa I has led the Buganda Kingdom from victory to victory.

Not only did it completely replace the Buniolo Empire and bring the Buganda Kingdom to its peak, but it also led the whole country to resist the invasion of the Eastern Bantu people.

Although the invasion of the Eastern Bantu reduced the strength of the Buganda kingdom, it also further strengthened the prestige of Mutesa I.

The Bugandas under the rule of such a powerful monarch were naturally also warlike, believing that their monarch could solve all problems.

Mutesa I was also a man of great vision, he also knew North Africa, especially Egypt, and at the end of his reign he introduced British and French forces to counterbalance the influence of the Arab Church.

Therefore, Mutesa I also knew something about the neighbor of the East African colony, but Mutesa I's people could not enter East Africa, so they could only observe the situation of the East African colony on the border (West Kenya area).

The ensuing war in East Africa against Burundi and other countries made Mutesa I believe that the East African colonies were not good.

This is a formidable enemy that the Northwest countries have never faced, and all the wars that the Northwest countries have encountered in the past few hundred years have been wars of conquest.

After all, population is an important asset, especially for Africa, which is backward in terms of productive forces, and conquering each other and acquiring the other side's population and property has always been the theme of wars in the northwestern countries.

Now the East African colonies are obviously trying to get land and not people, which is not leaving a little way for the northwestern countries to live, and the kingdoms of Rwanda and Igala have already run into Central Africa.

And Mutesa I was not afraid of the East African colonies, and Mutesa I fought his way up from the day he ascended the throne.

Victory after victory made Mutesa I confident, and he had encountered many dangerous situations in the past, so he was not afraid of war.

In response to the challenge of the East African colonies, Mutesa I actively connected the other three states and formed a four-nation alliance.

Mutesa I served as the leader of the alliance, and he used the resources of the four countries to organize a force of 30,000 men, which was divided into two routes to fight the East African colonies.

More than 20,000 of them were placed on the southern front and more than 10,000 on the eastern front, and in order to pacify the countries, the eastern front was mainly composed of Bugandas, and the southern front was jointly dispatched by the four-nation coalition army.

The Turou Kingdom and the Kingdom of Gitara were actually a little cautious, because they did not directly border the East African colonies, so they did not go all out.

In the face of the threat of the East African colonies, the Nkole Kingdom has already poured all its strength into cooperating with the Buganda Kingdom, so the main forces of the battle are Buganda and the Nkole Kingdom.

Naturally, Mutesa I knew the careful thinking of the two countries, so Mutesa also hoarded a reserve of more than 10,000 people in the rear to prevent accidents.

On 4 July, the East African army, which had been recuperating for more than a month, began to reactivate, this time preparing for war in both the eastern and southern directions.

The coach of the southern battlefield is still Yarman, and the coach of the eastern battlefield is Felix.

The main force of the Four-Nation Coalition was led by Mutesa I himself, and his eldest son temporarily took over the affairs of the country.

This time, the East African colonies did not directly kill the territory of the four countries, and with the demonstration of Rwanda and Igala last time, the East African colonies decided to send a notice to the four countries first.

The content is probably that there is not much time left for you, hurry up and learn from Rwanda, and you can still ensure that you can get out of the way, and if you are obsessed, don't blame the East African colonies for being ruthless.

Don't say it in advance, that's pretty much it, but the four northern countries are not like Rwanda and other countries that have been plagued by the East Bantu people, and they have a big family and a big business, so they naturally won't give up easily.

Mutesa I personally sent people to the East African colonies to talk to each other, and let's have a battle between warriors! The winner naturally takes all, and the loser loses everything.

Simple and crude, there is nothing to say, as for the battle of warriors, the East African colonies said that we are not warriors, we will fight (guns) to bully others.

July 6th.

The main forces of the two sides fought a decisive battle on the southern shore of Lake Nakiwali, and Mutesa I personally led the coalition forces to launch an offensive against the East African army.

The brave Mutesa I directly boosted the morale of the coalition forces and rushed towards the East African army like a tide.

The coalition soldiers, with tattoos on their bodies, colorful faces, braided hair, improvised shields and spears in their hands, looked like they were dancing with their claws.

The elite troops, dressed in battle robes, armed with scimitars and carrying bows and arrows behind their backs, supervised the battle with Mutesa I himself.

The East African commanders, who were not in a hurry to attack, began to line up and shoot in a hurry only after the enemy had entered the firing range.

The battle has no gold content, it is to bully the indigenous weapons and equipment backward, plus the East African colonies have stockpiled enough ammunition before, and the East African army has let go of the fight.

In the afternoon, at three o'clock, the battle ended.

Mutesa I and the allied nobles disappeared, leaving only the corpses of the natives all over the ground, and cleaning up the battlefield was painful for the East African colonies.

It was the largest battle fought in the north-west by the East African colonies, and the enemy left behind more than 10,000 corpses, which East Africa could not leave unattended.

Lacking fuel, it was too late to burn, so a large number of hay and firewood could only be brought from the rear to burn, and at the same time, pits were dug around and buried on the spot, and they were busy for two or three days.

(End of chapter)