Energized by the death of the opposing king, Menes's men slowly but surely pushed back from near the banks of the river all the way to the middle of the battlefield, while they let out fierce battle cries, and taunted demoralizing jeers, all of which turned the Tibians meeker and meeker, their defense turning tepid and soft.
And soon the front echelons of their phalanx unit even ceased to exist, as the doggedly determined Zanzan men thurst, stabbed, and slashed their way forward, inching ever closer to victory.
While at the epicenter of all this, the main place from which all this began, things were in a much worse state for the Tibians
Here, bolstered by Laykash's act of heroism, his right wing pushed back hard against the opposing side like they had never done before.