Unfortunately, the guards unit was least afraid of a talented general. If he was just an idiot, he would escape with his men when he felt something was wrong and cause the team to collapse. Maybe some of them could escape.
It was precisely because he had the talent to gather his men and prepare for a counterattack that he lost the chance to escape.
When the guards unit reached his side, he hadn't finished his command. Hence, he didn't even have time to resist before all the subordinates he had gathered were killed!
With the death of their general, the soldiers of the Shanlian Empire were without a leader. However, they were not completely in chaos. Their level of elite was indeed not comparable to that of the seitong Commandery.
As soon as the main general here died, the surviving generals on the other side organized a resistance and tried to counterattack.