Ye Chuxue had a subconscious action, which she had been unaware of for a long time. When she lowered her left hand and moved her slender fingers towards the mask, Wang Xiaole's attention shifted. He noticed the mask of the other person slowly shifting towards the side of the cheek; due to the angle, he couldn't see the girl's movement of her left hand clearly, but he could roughly guess what was happening.

Ye Chuxue did not release her emotions, did not show an overly intense reaction as others might have, which was normal for others but abnormal for her. Based on their interactions so far, Wang Xiaole judged the girl to be highly sensitive, the kind who easily showed emotions on her face; of course, because she wore a mask, he couldn't see her expressions normally, but he could still understand part of her thoughts; in the end, it was because the girl's body movements were too rich, and the shift of the mask towards one side was related to this characteristic.

Ye Chuxue loathed anyone who considered the magic gun as a toy. She could have easily killed the legion commander just by using the threads, and there was no need to take out the magic gun. Whether the shot was fired or not, the legion commander pierced through by the body would not survive, yet she still fired the gun, this reaction was not overly intense, to be precise, she simply did something unnecessary. After doing that, she instinctively pressed her left hand on the mask; the force that the palm unconsciously generated made it such that the face she intended to conceal could not be completely covered for a moment.

Wang Xiaole saw her face, or more accurately, saw a part of her side face. He had been curious about her true face under the mask before, but when he saw it with his own eyes, his feelings became complicated.

Nothing particularly special. The skin was not as tan or dark as imagined, and the features were not ordinary but rather striking; except for a teardrop mole below the left corner of the eye, there was nothing particularly remarkable to note. Why did she wear a mask? After seeing her profile, he became even more intrigued by this unresolved mystery.

Ye Chuxue was unaware of being stared at, the subconscious movement she made was to readjust the position of the mask; then, as if nothing had happened, Wang Xiaole followed her gaze and returned his focus to the battlefield. Along with the legion commander, nearly two thousand kingdom soldiers had died simultaneously; due to the second round of shooting, the losses on this side further expanded, but the distance had finally closed to within thirty steps.

Most of the archers lay on the ground, while a small percentage of them shot their first wave of arrows. Their posture was wide-legged and squat, with full force, and the sharp arrows could penetrate heavy armor. A sorceress soldier on the front left side had turned around, ready to exchange positions with a companion; at that moment, arrows were shot from the other side, and several sharp arrows were aimed at her back.

Fortunately, the shield soldier behind her stepped forward in time. As the shield soldier stood in front of her, she instinctively raised the shield, but the soldier was hit on the helmet; the sharp arrow grazed her scalp, piercing the iron helmet and sending her hair scattered. The lucky lady was taken aback immediately.

At present, there were no casualties among the knight’s regiment, but the previous danger indicated the severity of the situation to come. The distance of less than thirty steps, the sorceress soldiers quickly took the opportunity to shoot as much as possible; including the previous achievements, they had killed around eight thousand enemy soldiers.

On the battlefield, one side had zero casualties while the other had nearly ten thousand casualties. This was an unprecedented war! At this moment, some kingdom soldiers had already rushed forward, shouting; the drumming sound of the central command tent in the circular formation sounded, while shield soldiers in the forward of the circular formation stood behind the shield.

The infantry of the kingdom probed with their long spears, but they couldn't break through the defense in a short period; during this brief moment, the companions behind the shield soldiers were ready; they waited for their colleagues to slightly divert the shield, exposing the front, and resumed shooting.

"Follow this rhythm." Ye Chuxue sniped from the sky, taking a life with every shot. As the number of command issuers decreased, the kingdom’s formation also began to scatter. Seeing this, Ye Chuxue felt a little relieved. She estimated that most of the enemy soldiers charging at the forefront had already suffered heavy losses; although the later infantry and white armor cavalry were still charging from the chaotic horses, their momentum had greatly weakened, posing little threat to their side.

After the previous battle, Ye Chuxue was even more convinced that their side did not need iron barriers to effectively resist the enemy cavalry's attack. The magicians hurried back inside after shooting their arrows. At the same time, the shield soldiers and long spear soldiers on the left flank of the circular formation also prepared for the incoming combat.

They raised their long spears, the shiny spear forest aimed at the charging horses; the two rows of shield soldiers in front urgently raised their shields, covering the entire formation firmly. Waves of kingdom cavalry rode past within ten steps of the circular formation; weapons such as sabers, spears, and throwing axes came in succession, while some skilled archers shot arrows.

The kingdom soldiers’ throwing axes and spears mostly had ropes attached to the back ends; they pulled the ropes at the moment of projection, causing the axes or spears to rotate forward and embed into the enemy's shield upon impact; then, pulling back would either damage the shield or pierce the armor.

After the initial waves of cavalry passed, the shields of the shield soldiers on the left side of the circular formation were almost swept away; the following iron cavalry shot numerous sharp arrows and threw a lot of throwing axes and hammers.

The killing effect of those arrows was very limited because every knight member of the regiment was equipped with armor, and as long as they were not hit in the face, the injuries were generally not severe; the real threat was the enemy's throwing axes, spears, and other projectiles. Once the target was hit, it would result in heavy injury or death.

At this moment, the idle magicians on the right flank of the circular formation hurried to where they were needed. They arrived at the corners of the circular formation, or boldly rushed in front of the shield soldiers and aimed at the charging enemy cavalry from the sides; at a distance of a dozen steps, aiming at such large targets from the sides; with all these favorable factors, every target they hit was instantly killed.

Momentarily, all the frontline cavalry were killed, and many horses fell under the simultaneous shooting of the magicians on the right flank. What surprised the enemy was that their previous waves of cavalry had passed through the circular formation but when they tried to desperately gallop away, in the rear of the circular formation, there were thousands of bodies and many horses pierced.

The situation in the other direction was similar. The kingdom army aimed to dominate the battlefield by encircling the knight’s regiment on both sides and the rear, through tactics of attacking on all sides. However, the advantage of setting up the circular formation was to cover all directions; in addition, Ye Chuxue combined the advantages of the magic gun and shield, thus causing the kingdom cavalry to be repelled simultaneously from all four directions during the first encirclement.

Not to mention a successful encirclement, it could not even be considered as a smooth attack. With over a thousand casualties in each direction, so far, the kingdom army had lost around twelve thousand men. In warfare, it wasn't always necessary for one side to be completely defeated for it to end.

The fear of death was one of the main reasons for the army to lose control. If there were commanders present, they could find ways to keep the army from chaos in such a situation; however, due to Ye Chuxue's deliberate targeting earlier, there was no longer a true high-level commander within the kingdom army.

The squad leaders could barely control their subordinates, but no one had the ability to command the entire army; even if any squad leader intended to direct the entire army, those of the same level would not choose to follow orders. And so, an incredible scene unfolded.

After the attack was frustrated, and their side suffered huge losses, the squad leaders no longer cooperated with each other but fought individually. The army was divided into four parts, and the troops were further divided.

Now, due to the legion commander's death, the reserve team directly commanded by the legion had not entered the front line to assist their companions but remained in a temporarily safe area. Their inaction led to a relief of pressure on the knight's regiment's defense.

Of course, there was no complete lack of threat. The kingdom soldiers' combat power was indeed good; by destroying an entire row of shields at the front, they demonstrated the best proof of their own strength. With the barriers removed, the knights defending the front were under threat in the next round of attack.

The magic gun was the main weapon of the knights, and these people were not good at close combat; although they could use long spears as weapons, if they directly clashed with the enemy, they would most likely die. Protecting these "weaker subordinates" was Ye Chuxue's responsibility.

Despite the situation becoming increasingly favorable, and even if from this moment on she did nothing, their side would ultimately win, she was still dissatisfied. What she needed was not just victory but the hope that after this battle, those familiar faces would still appear in front of her.

Those who charged at the forefront were the kings, those who guarded the rear were the emperors, and those who stood out were the generals. She could not become like the goddess of war, Isabella, or the older sister who could govern the country just by using her intellect; Ye Chuxue was just Ye Chuxue.

She did not always charge at the forefront, but she would definitely stand in front of others using her body as a shield when they needed her!