The inhabitants of Pietermaritzburg had never seen such a unit.

Unlike the rude, sloppy, domineering, and high-minded army they remembered, the boys of the Northern Rhodesian Division were confident, sunny and amiable, they only looked at people with their pupils, not the rest of their eyes, and they would even give some expensive food items such as chocolate and apples to the children who watched them, knowing that during the siege of Pietermaritzburg, only the dignitaries were entitled to these foods, and ordinary people could only survive on black bread and potatoes.

They also have a food called "luncheon meat", which is very tasty to the inhabitants of Pietermaritzburg, not only delicious, but also very convenient, and the box after eating can also be used to hold some small things, the residents of Pietermaritzburg think that this luncheon meat is better than those beef and mutton, but for some reason, the boys of the northern division of Rhodesia do not like it.

Although the Zulu rebels had retreated, the rebellion had not subsided, and the northern Rhodesian division entered Pietermaritzburg and immediately took over the city's defense and law and order.

Every morning, a solemn handover ceremony takes place on the main street of Pietermaritzburg, and at this time of the year, a large number of Pietermaritzburg residents gather around to watch.

In a short period of time, the children of Pietermaritzburg learned how to walk at the handover of sentinels, and then it was common to see children walking in the streets and shouting slogans, which often made the residents forget that they were still at war.

Of course, Roque could not be as laid-back as the inhabitants, and when the Northern Rhodesian Division was stationed in Pietermaritzburg, Roque released all his scouts to search for the main force of the Zulu rebels.

The scouts were still quite good, and news came back soon.

"The situation shows that the main force of the Zulu rebels has retreated to Sahra Bataibe in Basutoland, and now the main force of the rebels is about 100,000 or so, excluding the old and weak, women and children, there are probably less than 30,000, we can send troops overnight to strike at the main force of the Zulu rebels, the rebels are now in fear, people are fleeing every day, Bambatah is now unable to suppress those chiefs, some of the chiefs want to surrender to us, some of them insist on resisting in Basutoland, and some of them suggest negotiating with usIn short, now is a good time to attack, as long as we move fast enough, the rebels will fall apart. "Anton reported the latest information to Roque and Isaiah Quiller, and the scouts were still very good, and they captured a chieftain who wanted to flee back to the tribe, and got very detailed information.

Basutolan is the future Lesotho, located in the west of Pietermaritzburg, less than 100 kilometers from Pietermaritzburg, Basutolan is a Zulu settlement, because of its location on the plateau, Basutolan is also known as the "Kingdom of the Sky".

As for Bambata, he was a Basutolan chieftain with great prestige among the Zulus, and after the Natal government shot the Zulus who attacked the police, Bambatta called on all the Zulus to come forward and fight the Natal government to the end.

This person is a typical example of Zhida talent, he has no ability to lead the Zulu people at all, and there is no relevant military talent, when everything goes well, Bambata, can still stabilize the situation, when the battle situation is unfavorable, Bambata's loss of control of the situation, since the retreat to Basutolan, people flee every day, it is only less than a week, the original 150,000 troops are still only about 100,000 people, look at this meaning, even if the northern division of Rhodesia does not attack Basutolan, the Zulu rebels will be defeated without a fight.

"Tomorrow General Hopkins will lead the Transvaal army to Pietermaritzburg, and then I will go to Basutoland and crush the rebels once and for all." Roque understated, and there was a strong confidence in his words.

"That's just fantastic Lord, be sure to let them learn enough lessons, all the chiefs will be hanged, and I'm going to hang them in their own tribe." Isaiah Queller's expression was excited, and she waved her arms vigorously, her face flushed.

"It's my duty-" Roque will definitely not let Bambata, this may be the last war before the First World War, Roque needs to chase a higher knighthood, Anton and Martin are not even a knight now, and Roque can't just think about himself.

The next day, Hopkins finally arrived at Pietermaritzburg with 4,000 Transvaal troops, and the Northern Rhodesian Division left Pietermaritzburg and advanced towards Basutoland.

On the first night of leaving Pietermaritzburg, Yaya sneakily came to Roque.

"Lord, do you remember Modiba?" Yaya is a fool.

"Modiba? Who? "Roque is really not impressed, the Zulu sent by Roque to Portuguese East Africa are not one thousand but eight hundred, and Roque can't remember everyone at all.

In fact, in Portuguese East Africa, Modiba's performance is not particularly good, otherwise Lara would not let Modibar go back to Zululand, such a person is actually not qualified to appear in front of Roque, Roque and Modibar have no intersection.

"Modiba had previously served in the Expeditionary Force and then traveled to Portuguese East Africa—" Yaya detailed.

"- So, Modibar wants to surrender?" Roque remained silent, maybe Modibar really wanted to surrender, but it could also be a trap.

"Yes, Modiba wants to surrender, he knows where Bambata is, and he is willing to take us to capture Bambata." Yaya is convinced of Modiba and does not suspect that this could also be a trap.

"Where are the Modiba?" Roque must be confirmed, it is impossible for Yaya to say anything, Roque will believe anything.

In fact, even if there is no Modiba to lead the way, Roque believes that Bambata's palm will not be able to escape from Roque's palm, if Bambata's alone, it will not be easy to find Bambata, and now there are 100,000 people around Bambata, so many people can't hide if they want to.

"It's right outside the camp." Yaya is also really relieved.

"Bring him in." Roque wanted to confirm in person.

Soon, Yaya brought Modiba to see Roque.

As soon as he entered the tent, Modiba knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty to Roque, with great sincerity.

"Get up and tell me what you know." Roque was noncommittal, if he wanted Roque to believe in Modiba, he couldn't just rely on his mouth, so he had to have a name or something.

"Yes, my lord, the main force of Bambata's is in Sahrabataibe, where the terrain is dangerous, it is a necessary place to enter Basutolan, if you want to attack head-on, you will definitely pay a heavy price, but I know that a small road can bypass Sahrabataibe, only one force needs to go around and intercept it, and then we can surround Bambata, there is not much provision in Bambata's camp, it will not take more than a week at most, Bambata can only surrender obediently." Modiba is indeed prepared to make a name for himself, and it has a lot of weight.

Basutolan, known as the "Kingdom of the Sky", covers an area of 30,355 square kilometers, and the terrain of Sahra Bataibe is dangerous, with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters.

It was inconvenient for Roque to express his position in front of Modiba, and waved his hand to let Yaya take Modiba to rest, and turned around to let Don go to Anton and Martin.

Anton and Martin were both patrolling the camp, and when they heard Roque's statement, Anton took the initiative to ask: "Sir, let me go, I will take the training camp and Modiba to bypass the path, if Modiba dares to lie, I will kill him with my own hands." ”

"Sir, Master An, let me go, since the terrain here is dangerous, then it is enough for me to bring two companies, so that even if Modiba cheats, we will not be hurt." Martin was also eager to take the plunge, and for obvious better reasons than Anton.

"That's not good, I'll go, you follow the lord to protect the lord-" Anton did not give in, this is actually not to the credit, because the future is uncertain, and neither Anton nor Martin wants the other to take risks.

"Don't argue, Anton, you and Yaya take the teaching camp." Roque clapper.

Roque doesn't trust Modiba, but he has more trust in Yaya, after all, Yaya has been by Roque's side for so long, and his family is in Johannesburg, according to Roque's understanding of Yaya, although Yaya has a lot of small problems, but the big is big and big and Yaya can still tell the difference.

"Don't worry, sir, if you can't catch Bambata, I'll come to see you." Anton is very confident, looking at this meaning, even if he asks Anton to set up a military order, Anton will dare.

Martin could only stare.

"Don't worry, you can still fight less-" Roque smiled, after the battle, it was Roque who had the final say on how to divide the military merits, and Roque would definitely not favor one over the other.

When they were in Nyasaland, the training battalion often practiced long distances at night, so it was common for night sorties, and the scouts were no problem, they sometimes stayed in the field for more than ten days on missions, and they were accustomed to sleeping in the open air, so the movements of the two armies were very fast.

Roque and Martin are not in a hurry, Anton and Yaya will definitely need more time to go around behind Sehrabatabe, Roque and Martin simply take a steady step by step, slowly advancing towards Sehrabatabe.

On the 10th of July, Roque led the main force of the Northern Rhodesian Division to Sahrabatabebe.

As Modiba said, the terrain of Sehrabataibbe is indeed dangerous, this is a canyon between two mountains, the cliffs on both sides are very steep and difficult to climb, the rebels have set up sniper positions in the canyon, the passage into the canyon is very narrow, it is difficult to deploy troops, and it is difficult to build a covering position, if it were not for Modiba, the northern division of Rhodesia would really have to put a lot of thought into attacking.

In fact, the easiest way is to pile it with human life, but Roque is not willing to do it.

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