Chapter 108: The Situation Is in Turmoil

The news that Shang Kexi was seriously injured by the shelling was immediately spread by the frightened guards.

Shang Kexi was seriously wounded by the bombing, Xu Erxian and Ban Erfu were killed again, and the Han army besieging the city lost its command, and it was immediately chaotic.

No one dared to rush in the direction of the West Gate, and the Han army, which had suffered a heavy blow, ran back desperately. The rout of the Han army also caused chaos in the follow-up attack, the Korean army, which was also heavily damaged, and the Mongol Eight Banners, which eventually led to the chaos of the Jurchen Eight Banners, which followed after the palace.

Sakhalian, who commanded the Jurchen cavalry to follow up the attack, still couldn't control the situation after personally killing a number of defeated Han troops, and the thousands of Jurchen cavalry he led were thrown into chaos by the Han army and the Korean army who were desperate to flee for their lives.

When Duoduo received the news of the death of Ban Erfu and Xu Erxian, he couldn't help but be very angry, and repeatedly ordered Shang Kexi not to retreat, even if the Han army was all gone, he would attack the city.

But immediately the news that Shang Kexi was seriously injured by the shelling came, which made Duoduo even more angry, but he also knew immediately that Shang Kexi's injury was likely to cause the Han army to collapse, so he immediately gave the order to temporarily stop the attack and retreat the whole army.

However, his order was still a step late, and after the news of Shang Kexi's serious injuries by the shelling spread, the heavy muskets, artillery fire, and gunpowder smoke everywhere, as well as the terrible deaths and injuries of his companions, had already collapsed the Han army, and then the Koreans and Mongols also fled, and even Sakhalian could not control it.

A fatal attack ended in a hurry, at a terrible cost, and not even a single sergeant rushed to the top of the city, much to the fury of Dord. He personally rushed forward with his escort, killed many defeated Han troops in succession, and once again ordered to shoot the Han army and Koreans who dared to die without a fight. Nearly 2,000 Han troops and Korean troops who fled for their lives eventually died at the hands of the Jurchens.

The other Han troops, including the Koreans, and the Mongols, who had been treated favorably by Duoduo, did not dare to retreat after receiving the position, but they were unwilling to rush forward, and finally could only shrink at a certain distance from the city wall, where muskets could not hit, and where Jurchen bows and arrows could not shoot, they could stand by.

Duoduo had ordered a temporary halt to the attack, and he knew that even if he forced the Han army, the Koreans, and the Mongols to attack, it would have no effect except to pay heavy casualties. In order to launch another attack, it is necessary to reorganize the troops and horses and realign the formation.

At this time, Shang Kexi, who was seriously injured, was carried in front of Duoduo.

When he was seriously injured by the explosion, Shang Kexi fainted. The guards carried him back to the army medic for treatment, but he was awakened in pain, screaming and scolding so vigorously on the bed that he did not even notice that Duoduo had come to him.

At this time, Shang Kexi had lost his mind, and the main feeling of the seriously injured body was severe pain, and his emotions and physical functions were not controlled by the brain, and he wailed and scolded indiscriminately, scolding both Dolgon and Duoduo, saying that if it weren't for Dolgon and Duoduo not taking the Han army and Han people, there would be no such situation today, and he would not be injured.

Hearing Shang Kexi's nonsense, Duoduo, who was greatly annoyed because the war was not going well, was even more furious, and finally couldn't help it, pulled out his war knife, and slashed viciously at Shang Kexi on the bed. Shang Kexi's head was cut off by Duoduo in this way, and flew straight away. Blood splattered everywhere, and Dodor was drenched in blood.

The pro-soldiers carrying Shang Kexi were paralyzed by fright, and sat on the ground with a plop, at a loss.

Shang Kexi's guards numbered in the thousands, and they all withdrew with their wounded masters, who watched as their masters were beheaded by Duoduo. This sudden upheaval caused a lot of people to stay there, but immediately someone reacted and they were furious.

In fact, many people followed Shang Kexi to surrender to the Manchu Jiannu, not to say that they were loyal to Jiannu, they were just loyal to Shang Kexi. Shang Ke Xi ordered them to obey it willingly, even if they were asked to kill their own countrymen. But they could not tolerate Jiannu killing their master.

The riot unfolded instantly, and Shang Kexi's captain of the guard roared and rushed towards Duoduo to avenge Shang Kexi. Soon everyone else reacted, and all of them raised their swords and rushed towards Duoduo.

Dodor's guards were quick to react, and while one of the centaurs escorted Dodor back, the others immediately rushed forward to stop him. The two sides quickly killed each other, desperately slashing each other, and there were scenes of people turning over their horses everywhere.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Han army is not as good as that of the Jurchens, or even as good as the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Shang Kexi guards are one of the most elite men and horses in the Eight Banners of the Han Army, their combat effectiveness is not worse than that of the ordinary Jurchens, and they are impulsive under the outbreak of extreme anger.

The place where the slaves were originally lined up suddenly became a battlefield, and the slaves of all ethnic groups who originally stood in the same trench began a large-scale bloody battle. This bloody struggle must cause a chain reaction, and the remnants of the other Shang Kexi who were defeated also joined the battle group and slaughtered together.

The Koreans, who had suffered heavy losses, also took the opportunity to make trouble, at this time almost everyone lost their minds, the tragic battlefield situation just now, has made many people collapse or close to collapse, and now they are following in addition to fleeing for their lives. What other people do, they will follow without thinking, such as running away, such as clearing obstacles in their own way of escaping, etc. Seeing their companions fighting to the death, one of them, who was also threatened, also rushed desperately to kill, trying to break out of this death area.

The situation was in chaos, and Duoduo's guards could barely withstand it, until the nearby Mongolian Eight Banners and other Jurchen Eight Banners rushed over to reinforce the situation, and the situation was brought under control, the Mongols and Jurchens.

Shang Kexi's thousands of guards, all of them were killed, and none of them escaped, belonging to the other remnants of the Han army of Duoduo, and most of them were also killed. But the Jurchens and Mongols also paid a terrible price, with at least 2,000 people dying at the hands of the dying Han army.

Fortunately, the Ming army in the city doesn't know the situation, otherwise they will rush out and kill it while they are in chaos, and there will be a good show.

The civil strife further damaged the morale of the men and horses led by Dordor, and he was no longer able to attack, so he had to withdraw his troops and order the remnants of the men and horses to retreat to the camp, and set up a formation to prevent the Ming army from counterattacking, and at the same time send someone to report the situation to Dolgon.

The attack on Dordor's side was blocked, and there was civil strife, but the situation on Dorgon's side was slightly better than on his side.

When Dorgon received a briefing from Dord, he was launching a third wave of large-scale attacks.