Actually, the Song Army was the same as well.
At this point, both the Song and Liao armies were essentially fighting on sheer willpower!
Rumbling...
Drums of war roared, and the sounds of battle rose again.
The Song soldiers surged toward the walls of Juyong Pass like a tide, ladders raised, arrows raining down like a locust swarm.
Though the Liao soldiers atop the pass were weary and numb, their survival instincts and the harsh military discipline still drove them to mechanically repeat defensive actions—shooting arrows, pushing down logs and rocks, using long spears to stab and knock down the Song soldiers climbing up the walls...
The battle seemed to have returned to its usual, despair-inducing cycle.
The Liao soldiers' gazes were empty, wielding their weapons numbly, even their roars sounding feeble.
At this stalemate, when both sides were at their limits—
