The fall of Pretoria also meant that the Transvaal Republic had largely come to an end, and that the Lesser Pretorius and the Transvaal Government had fled to the Orange Free State. The only uncertainty at the moment is where the main forces of the Boers fighting against the Zulu kingdom were.

This reminded Ernst of King Wu's invasion of the Shang Dynasty, and the fall of the Shang Dynasty was also due to the fact that the main force of the Shang Dynasty crusaded against Dongyi and could not return in time to help, and the temporary patchwork of the slave army defected, making the Shang King unable to return to the sky, so he could only set himself on fire.

Therefore, it is very important to ensure the existence of a military force loyal to the royal family in the capital, ready to respond to sudden crises, which is also the original intention of the formation of the 101st Guards Division.

Of course, the slave forces of the Transvaal were generally qualified, and even after the collapse, they did not take advantage of the chaos to settle accounts with the Boers, but fled in all directions.

After the occupation of Pretoria, the East African Army gathered the citizens of Pretoria in the Assembly of the Transvaal Republic and announced the disposition of the Transvaal Republic to the Boers in Pretoria.

"The Kingdom of East Africa is an absolute monarchy that yearns for order and justice, and it is not welcome to any individuals and forces who oppose the monarchy, do not support the policies of the East African state and have an unfriendly attitude towards the East African Kingdom, and all races within the territory of the East African Kingdom are equal in law and will not enjoy any privileges, and the land of East Africa is owned by the state......" was still saying, but the Boers below had already exploded.

There is nothing wrong with absolute monarchy, it is acceptable, but the abolition of slavery is a big problem for the Boers, there is no slave to work on his own farm? Of course, it's not impossible, but the nationalization of land in East Africa is not a way to live!

I don't know who shouted below: "You invaders are not welcome in the Transvaal Republic, get out of our land!" ”

Ernst, who was listening from the sidelines, admired his courage so much that he got up from his chair and said to the Boers: "Who is it just making a loud noise? Pretend to be a hero! If you can take the initiative to stand up, instead of hiding in the crowd and being impotent and furious, then I respect you as a man. ”

After waiting for a while, no one took the initiative to admit it, Ernst said: "From this day forward, there is no longer such a country as the Transvaal Republic in the world, this is the land of the Kingdom of East Africa.

As for those who are dissatisfied with the kingdom of East Africa, they can choose to leave here, we will not embarrass those who take the initiative to leave, you can leave the land of East Africa with your assets and family business, if you want revenge, you are welcome at any time, in fact, there is no contradiction between East Africa and the former Transvaal Republic, and even the relationship is good.

And it is your president who should not have supported the rebellion of the Ndebele people, just as it is a reason that someone supports your enemy Zulu kingdom or your slave rebellion, so this war in East Africa is legitimate, just, and just, and as for your losses, it is entirely due to the reckless actions of your democratically elected president. ”

Although what Ernst said was a fallacy, whether the Boers supported the Ndebele or not, the final result was the same, but the pretext for war was indeed sent by Junior Pretorius himself.

Some of the Boers, who were incapable of independent thinking, listened to Ernst's words and thought that it was their own president's responsibility, because Ernst's example was just right.

The Zulus were the biggest enemies of the Boers before the East African attack on the Transvaal Republic, and if there was really a force to support the Zulus, then the Boers would definitely not agree to it.

Of course, the vast majority of Boers still know that this is just an attempt by the East African Kingdom to divert the contradictions, and now the Boers' greatest enemy is the East African Kingdom, not the Zulus.

"Your Excellency, who are you?" A Boer asked.

"I am the crown prince of the Kingdom of East Africa, Ernst."

"Your Highness Ernst, it is the fault of President Pretorius that I support the people of Ndebele, and it has nothing to do with us......"

Ernst: "Since little Pretorius is your elected president, what he does naturally represents the Transvaal Republic, and little Pretorius steals chickens and loses rice to East Africa, and the loser will naturally have to pay the price." ”

The defeated will be ceded land and pay reparations, and the country will be wiped out at worst, this is the main theme of this era, don't think that the same from the European continent can be exempted, like those traditional colonial countries in West Africa, the colonists are about to hit the dog's brain.

This move in East Africa to allow the Boers to take their property and move out of East Africa can only be said to be a little less human than the British in Cape Town, but it is not that the British are more conscientious, but that the Boers in Cape Town are more numerous, and some compromises must be made. There is no need for such hypocrisy in East Africa, and these Boers cannot afford to make waves by virtue of military strength.

Ernst said: "Well, there is no value in negotiating this matter, we welcome the residents who are willing to stay in the East African Kingdom according to the East African way of life, and if they are not, please leave, but I want to warn you, don't make trouble, otherwise the East African Army is not joking, and I am not afraid to tell you that this time we have used more than 50,000 troops to attack the Transvaal, so I hope that some people will not listen to good words and insist on going their own way." ”

Ernst's words really worked, the Boers in Pretoria had understood that nothing could be done, the number of the East African Army alone was an insurmountable mountain, and the Transvaal Republic was to gather the men of the whole country, and it was about the same number, the question was how much was left after removing the old people and children? There is no way to resist the kingdom of East Africa.

Some of the big Boer farmers had fled with Lesser Pretorius, and the rest of the farmers were planning to go to Orange.

The Transvaal and Orange were large land tenures, allowing a few families to occupy land the size of a town, and the first thing Boer farmers did when they moved into the new districts was to stake their land, demarcate the boundaries and name the natural landmarks of the boundaries, streams, woods or hills.

The Boer parliament issued certificates of ownership of the land, and because of the vast amount of land occupied, some of the land was left untouched for decades after the enclosure.

Therefore, the number of Boer farmers is not large, and the horse race is also to have strength, the civilians are not able to develop the land, and they have to face the indigenous threats such as the Zulus, many Boers must form a militia group, which makes the Boer population concentration in the Transvaal and Orange, saving a lot of energy from the East African Army.

After the kind persuasion of the East African Kingdom, almost ten percent of the Boers chose to leave, and very few Boers chose to stay, and those who did not want to leave and chose to join East Africa were basically proletarian Germans.

Boers are just a flexible name, they call themselves Afelica, but there are immigrants from the Netherlands, Britain, France and various German states, after the British colonized Cape Town, some British immigrants broke away from the Boers and returned to the arms of the British, and the Germans who joined East Africa are also a truth, this part of the Germans has been purified, so they are not afraid of any trouble in the future when they join East Africa.

(End of chapter)