In order not to anger Dorgon, Wu Sangui had to return to Sarhu in disgrace.
Around noon.
Hu Xinshui reported to Wu Sangui again: "We sent out three waves of scouts, but only a few returned, and most of them deserted."
Wu Sangui did not dare to delay and immediately ordered strict military discipline: anyone who escaped would be shot on the spot.
The escape was temporarily curbed.
But as time went on, the Guanning Army, which was owed military pay, began to flee again.
Soon after, a saying began to spread in the army: The Guanning Army was the scapegoat of the Eight Banners Army, charging in the front and retreating in the back. Serving the Jiannu was like performing a play in front of the Yama Palace - ghosts who didn't know how to die.
This sentence soon reached Wu Sangui's ears. He was furious and ordered a thorough investigation into the source of the rumor.
After much investigation, we found out that this "rumor" came from within the Guanning Army.
After a more careful investigation, it was discovered that there were many Ming army spies within the Guanning Army.
The reason why they were able to infiltrate the inner circle without attracting attention was mainly because these people were also members of the Guanning Army.
Everyone knows each other, so even if they know that the other person has a problem, they won’t report it.
"Investigate thoroughly immediately!" Wu Sangui was furious. "If you find any spies, kill them all. I will make sure that the spies of the Ming army are killed without a burial place."
It’s better not to check.
When the people below heard that Wu Sangui wanted to conduct a thorough investigation, they all panicked.
Many of them received money from the Ming Dynasty court.
No one knows whether they will be implicated.
In order to survive, a wave of escape broke out within the Guanning Army.
In the following days, large numbers of soldiers fled every day.
The first to escape were the scouts who were responsible for gathering information.
In order to prevent the scouts from escaping, Wu Sangui could only deploy a supervision team behind the scouts.
Unexpectedly, the supervision team and the scouts ran away together.
Wu Sangui thought that the problem lay with the lower-level soldiers, so he ordered his generals to lead the team to act as scouts.
result...
Many generals left the barracks and never returned.
Not only did they escape, they also escaped in an organized group with their subordinates.
In just a few days, the number of people under Wu Sangui's command decreased by two to three thousand.
This situation soon attracted the attention of Dorgon.
He immediately sent someone to inquire about the situation.
When Dorgon learned that the series of problems were caused by unpaid wages, he gritted his teeth and took out some money from Jirgalang's property and gave it to Wu Sangui.
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