I’m a Rebel in Another World

Chapter 30: Iron Wall Legion

Seeing the timid Henwil, Saxon frowned.

"You show no sincerity! Sending a child here!"

Facing Saxon's scolding, Henwil looked like he was about to cry: "S-sir! I'm just a prisoner they captured. They threatened me with my sister to deliver a message to you!"

Old Glass smiled gently: "Child, don't be afraid! Are you from Ika Kingdom?"

Henwil nodded: "Yes! My family is from South Rat Village!"

Everyone exchanged glances and shook their heads, indicating they hadn't heard of this village.

However, they didn't suspect anything.

After all, noble lords didn't know about many villages, and they had no interest in learning about small villages.

But from Henwil's fluent southern Ika Kingdom accent, they could confirm this was indeed an unlucky captured child.

Old Glass continued asking: "What did the enemy want you to say?""Those people said, both sides should place their goods in separate locations, then send people to collect them! No intermediaries, no guarantees - both sides send people to inspect the goods. After confirming everything is correct with no ambushes, signal your own people to collect the goods!"

The nobles remained silent. Henwil knew their concerns, so he decided to add more pressure.

"Those people also said, we're all obtaining what we want through war spoils. You're not trading with enemies, but fighting a battle against them. Not only did you drive away the enemies, but you also obtained spoils of war and even rescued some captured Ika citizens! This is great merit that can be reported upwards - not only will you not be punished, but you'll receive rewards!"

At these words, everyone's eyes gleamed with excitement.

That's right!

They weren't trading - they were reclaiming war spoils!

Saxon saw all the nobles were tempted and knew this battle couldn't be fought anymore.

He had no way to stop it; even killing this child would be useless as the nobles could privately conduct the trade.

So he handed the matter to Old Glass to handle, not wanting to get involved himself.

However, before leaving, he looked at Henwil: "Go back and tell those people - children like you must all be released, including you!"

Henwil felt somewhat moved, developing considerable goodwill toward this military-born city lord.

But it was too late now - he was too deeply bound to Fabio, and Fabio would never let him go.

Henwil nodded and began listening to what Old Glass and others had to say.

Returning to camp, Henwil didn't tell Fabio about the city lord's demand.

Three days later, Henwil led death warriors sent by Beishi City nobles to the designated location.

Dozens of prisoners had already been placed here, along with two carts of gold and silver.

After verification and confirmation by reconnaissance riders, signals were sent, and a cavalry unit arrived to take the goods away.

As they were leaving, a knight asked Henwil: "Are you really not leaving? We can send someone else to notify those people about the collection point!"

Henwil forced out tears: "I can't! My sister is still in their hands!"

The knight sighed and let Henwil leave on his mule.

That afternoon, large quantities of provisions and supplies were delivered to the camp.

The next day, as agreed, Fabio led his army away from this area.

With a good start, the rest became much easier.

During this transaction, Henwil proposed an additional condition - they could provide extra gold and silver in exchange for nobles writing some letters of introduction without official seals.

These would simply notify nobles in other regions who were friendly with them that Fabio's group could be communicated with and had transaction credibility.

Thus, Fabio used money to pave the way, ensuring plentiful provisions throughout their journey.

Of course, there were some stubborn, obstinate ones who failed to recognize their own strength and came to fight Fabio.

The result was naturally being beaten badly by Fabio. By now, the new army already had the momentum of a regular army, and their battles were gradually moving away from the serf army model.

What they didn't know was that this army had already gained a new name - the Ironwall Legion!

In the following days, their achievements spread here, and Fabio quite liked the title Ironwall Legion.

So he simply announced directly that this would be their name.

Now Earl Obiken was also bewildered - he hadn't expected his youngest son to actually create such a big stir.

As Fabio led the Ironwall Legion continuously forward, their reputation grew increasingly larger.

Everyone unanimously agreed that the Ironwall Legion was extremely powerful.

Only this could highlight how precious the 'spoils of war' they had 'seized' from the Ironwall Legion were!

Many nobles clearly understood what was really happening, but no one would speak out. Instead, they collaborated to make this lie more perfect.

When lies are told too many times, even if you suspect something, you'll hesitate about whether they might be true.

Over two months later, the Ika Kingdom border defense forces stationed at the frontier were also getting nervous.

This famous Ironwall Legion had already reached their defense zone.

If they tried to block them, they probably couldn't win!

But if they did nothing and let the Ironwall Legion cross the border, they wouldn't be able to explain it to their superiors later.

Just as they were struggling with this dilemma, an allied forces legion moved south and reached this border area.

Their orders were to join with border troops to jointly exterminate this Ironwall Legion.

After several more days, the two sides faced off about ten miles apart.

Now both sides found themselves in a difficult position.

On Fabio's side, they hadn't expected the allied forces to actually spare troops to rush to the border, traveling thousands of miles to exterminate them.

The newly arrived legion also hadn't expected the Ironwall Legion to have so many troops.

According to their intelligence, the Ironwall Legion had been fighting across the kingdom's eastern region for over two months, engaging in more than a dozen battles large and small.

Just based on reported battle results statistics, the Ironwall Legion should have suffered over six thousand casualties.

But now?

Where did these ten thousand-plus fierce soldiers come from?

Was the Ironwall Legion actually a super legion with full strength of twenty thousand troops?

Realizing the nobles had been falsely reporting military intelligence, the reinforcement troops also lost their direction.

The reinforcement troops numbered only seven thousand, plus six thousand border garrison troops.

This was actually fewer than the Ironwall Legion's numbers!

Encirclement and suppression?

This would likely be a hard fight!

Similarly, Fabio also lacked confidence!

Although two-plus months of stop-and-go movement had helped the Ironwall Legion grow significantly, when truly facing regular army troops, Fabio still felt somewhat uncertain.

Thus, this strange situation emerged: both sides confronted each other, but neither initiated attack.

As Henwil put it, it was like hitting a wolf with a hemp pole - both sides were afraid!

However, maintaining this stalemate was very unfavorable for the Ironwall Legion!

After all, the allied forces had fortress support and ample supplies.

The Ironwall Legion had limited provisions - they definitely couldn't outlast them.

Additionally, if this dragged on, the enemy might receive reinforcements, not to mention they were already in late autumn.

If this dragged on into winter, things could really go wrong!