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Volume 122 Biographies 60: Wu Sengge, Wugulundesheng, Zhang Shun, Ma Xiang, Bode Wage, Aotunchouheshang, Cong Tan, Beipailufushou, Wu Bangjie, Nahepuladou, Nuxiliewochu, Shi Maoxian, Wendihanlaoer, Liang Chisheng, Jiabangxianyilaalihe, Wanyan Liujin, Geshilieheshou, Pucha Loushi, Nu Xiliezilu, Zhao Yi, Hou Xiaoshu, Wang Zuo, Huangguai Jiuzhu, Wulindaqizhu, Tuoman Xielie, Nipanggupuluhu, Wuyan Weike, Wuyanechuhu, Zhan Gezhen

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祿滿
Biographies 60: Loyalty and Righteousness II — Wu Sengge, Wugulun Desheng, Zhang Shun, Ma Xiang, Bode Wage, Aotun Chouheshang, Cong Tan, Beipailu Fushou, Wu Bangjie, Nahe Puladu, Nuxilie Wochu, Shi Maoxian, Wendihan Lao'er, Liang Chisheng, Jia Bangxian, Yila Alihe, Wanyan Liujin, Geshilie Heshou, Pucha Loushi, Nuxilie Zilu, Zhao Yi, Hou Xiaoshu, Wang Zuo, Huangguai Jiuzhu, Wulinda Qizhu, Tuoman Xielie, Nilanggupuluhu, Wuyan Weike, Wuyan Echuhu, and Zhange Zhen
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Wu Sengge
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西 西 使 使 使使 使 使使 使
Wu Sengge came from the Shayan tribe at Tanggu Yilazhan on the Southwest Route. He was powerfully built and an expert horseman and archer. In the Da'an period, when Shanxi registrants were drafted into the army, Sengge was appointed commander of a cavalry thousand and distinguished himself. Early in Zhenyou he was promoted to wanhu and served as acting Military Commissioner of the Shunyi Army. After Shuozhou fell, Sengge retook it and received a formal appointment as associate military commissioner. His brother Dila, previously acting associate commissioner, was formally made deputy military commissioner. Yan Cao'er, who had served as acting deputy commissioner, received a formal appointment as military commissioner judge. Ma Shou'er and other detachment commanders under him were promoted at different levels. With the men starving for provisions, Sengge asked for 150,000 hu of grain. Believing Yingzhou lost and Shuozhou indefensible as a lone stronghold, the court moved over ninety thousand troops and civilians southward, stationing them across Lan, Shi, Xi, Ji, Jiang, and Jie. Before the evacuation began, Yuan armies besieged Shuozhou. After seven days and nights of fighting with distinction, Sengge was given an honorary post as associate prefect of Taiyuan and concurrent associate commissioner; Dila became prefect of Shizhou and Cao'er associate defense commissioner of Kelan. In year four the people finally marched south. After fighting their way for dozens of li, Sengge, spent with effort, died when his horse fell; he was thirty. He was posthumously enfeoffed as Defender-General of the State and Military Commissioner of the Shunyi Army.
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Wugulun Desheng
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使 西使 調 使使 使 使使使 西
Wugulun Desheng—born Liujin—was registered as a meng'an household on the Yidu Circuit. He passed the jinshi examination in the second year of Mingchang. He rose through offices, became a Secretariat clerical officer, and was put in charge of appointments. He was made principal clerk in the Ministry of Personnel and deputy military commissioner of the Jiangyang Army. After his father's mourning period he was recalled as a Court of Sacrifices doctor and Dongping administrative aide. Early in Da'an he was put in charge of the Hongwen Academy. Made supervising censor, he impeached Hesulie Zhizhong, Western Capital commander, for corruption; the Weishao Emperor ignored him and sent him to Gaozhou as defense commissioner. When Emperor Xuanzong relocated to Bian, Desheng was called to court and submitted: 'Taizhou is devastated, and all the meng'an and mouke of the Northeast Route Pacification Commission are quartered at Gaozhou, so every levy and muster is painfully slow to execute. He asked that Gaozhou be raised to a military commission, with the pacification commissioner serving concurrently. He proposed two deputy pacification commissioners, one to govern Taizhou and one Yichun.' The emperor approved. He was promoted to Hanlin Reader-in-Waiting and concurrent Vice Minister of Revenue. Soon afterward, acting as Hanlin Reader-in-Waiting and Councilor, he joined Grand Councilor Mozhan Jinzhong in protesting the Inner Service Bureau's intrusion into government; Xuanzong was furious—the full story appears in Jinzhong's biography. Before long he was posted out as commissioner of the Jiqing Army, then made commissioner of the Fenyang Army and deputy pacification commissioner on the Hedong North Route, and finally reassigned as prefect of Taiyuan and acting Left Army Supervisor of the Marshalate. In the first year of Xingding, Yuan armies pressed hard on Taiyuan and cut off its supply lines. Desheng led repeated sorties; the supply route reopened, and he was promoted one rank by edict. Desheng wrote: 'The Crown Prince is intelligent, benevolent, and filial, and his tutors are already in place; men of proven virtue and standing should be chosen to attend him day and night. To hear upright words every day and see upright conduct—this would be the state's greatest fortune and the people's greatest blessing.' Xuanzong praised and accepted the advice. In the second year he was formally made Left Army Supervisor and directed marshalate affairs. Yuan armies again besieged Taiyuan, ringing the city round after round; they had already broken through the moat wall. Desheng threw up palisades to hold them off and distributed his family's silver, cash, and horses as rewards to the fighters. The northern army breached the northwest corner of the wall; Desheng blocked the gap by chaining wagons together. Three times they were repulsed and three times they scaled the walls again; arrows and stones fell like rain, and the defenders on the battlements could not hold their ground. When the city fell, Desheng went to the government compound and told his aunt and wife: 'I have held this place for years, and now, alas, my strength is spent.' He then hanged himself. His aunt and wife both took their own lives. He was posthumously made Hanlin Academician Expositor. His son Wuliwei was still a child; an edict provided for his upkeep on a palace attendant's stipend.
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使 使
Zhang Shun was a rank-and-file soldier of Zizhou. When Zizhou came under siege, Regional Commander Hou Zhi sent Chief Controller Wang Tingyu with a relief force. Tingyu recruited Shun and thirty others to scout the enemy and to let the city know relief was near. They crept to the foot of the wall by night, and Shun was seized. They seized him and forced him to announce that the regional army had been routed, Tingyu was dead, and the city should surrender at once. Shun pretended to agree; then he shouted to the city: 'There are few troops outside; Commissioner Wang's army is almost here—hold firm and do not surrender!' Blades rained down on him. Shun said: 'To die a ghost of loyalty and filial piety is enough.' He died on the spot. Learning that relief had come, the people of Zi defended to the death, and the city was saved. He was later posthumously made General of Martial Proclamation and associate defense commissioner of Dizhou. An edict ordered the authorities to support his family and to seek out his descendants for preferential appointment.
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使 使
Ma Xiang was from Yucheng. A jinshi graduate, he earned a reputation in successive posts. In the third year of Zhenyou he served as magistrate of Jiyin in Caozhou. In the fourth month the Yuan took Caozhou and Xiang was captured. Soldiers beat and robbed him for gold. Xiang said: 'I am a scholar—where would I get gold?' They ordered him to kneel. Xiang said: 'My knees do not bend—kill me if you will; to die and become a ghost of Great Jin is enough.' He was killed. He was posthumously made Grand Master of the Court and deputy military commissioner of the Taiding Army; a stele was erected in the prefecture and seasonal sacrifices were offered. In the seventh month of the fourth year of Zhenyou, an edict enrolled his son Weixian for recruitment in the Baguan Shiju Bureau.
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Bode Wage
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Aotun Chouheshang
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使
Aotun Chouheshang was frontier commissioner of Daizhou. In the eighth month of the fourth year of Zhenyou, Yuan forces attacked Daizhou. Chouheshang fought but was defeated, took several wounds, and was captured. They tried to make him surrender; he refused and was killed.
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涿 西 使 西調 祿
Cong Tan was a member of the imperial clan. During Da'an he served as a Secretariat attendant gentleman. In the second year of Zhenyou he personally raised several thousand volunteers, was made imperial commissioner and chief controller, and was ordered to follow the three commanders-in-chief of Fengxian and Fanyang. He was made associate prefect of Zhuozhou, then promoted to prefect, awarded a gold tablet, and put in charge of Haizhou. Soon afterward he served as imperial commissioner and chief controller, pacifying Shanxi troops and civilians and reinforcing Zhongdu. He wrote: 'Jiang and Jie can barely hold their walls, while the countryside has all been ravaged by war. On top of years of failed harvests, many lack food and depend on trading salt and cloth for grain. At the Dayang crossings and elsewhere grain is forbidden to cross the river. Lift the ban and levy an official tax of one part in thirteen, and both state and people would benefit.' He also wrote: 'Jiang, Jie, and Hezhong are contested ground. Let the Baochang Army commissioner manage the salt ponds as circumstances allow to enrich the two prefectures—the people would profit and the army grow stronger.' He also wrote: 'South of the Zhongtiao Mountains—Yuanqu, Pinglu, Ruicheng, and Yuxiang—are Hedong's strategic terrain and the gateway to Shaan and Luoyang. Divide twelve thousand infantry and cavalry from Shaanzhou into one chief controller and four commanders-in-chief to garrison the four counties—this would be a thoroughly secure plan.' He also wrote: 'Pinglu produces silver and iron. Trade salt for grain, hire workers to smelt and refine, and revenues would grow while arms were stocked; hire laborers for wages and food, and banditry would ease.' He also wrote: 'Poor people of Hebei cross the river for food and return to feed the hungry at home—the hardship is extreme. Harsh officials suppress them and extort them—the harm could hardly be greater.' He also wrote: 'Henan and Shaanxi are not yet in urgent need of supplies. Select brood mares from the cavalry and herd them in groups—in two or three years tens of thousands of mounts could be added and the army's strength would revive.' He also wrote: 'The circuits print treasure notes, and over time they grow ever more numerous—they will inevitably pile up unused. Limit printing and distribution to Nanjing, and they could circulate for the long term.' He also wrote: 'Although Hebei posts are filled out of turn, no one wants them, because prices are ten times those in Henan, salaries and grain rations fall short, and hunger and cold are near. Pay half their salary grain in kind—enough at least to sustain integrity—and they could be held to perform.' He also wrote: 'For Hebei officials the court lowers capital requirements for promotion and advances them by skipped ranks to reward their service. I hear Henan officials treat them as demoted and banished. If they believe it, who would not lose heart?' When the memorial was submitted, the Secretariat deliberated and approved only opening the Dayang crossings, having the Pacification Commission pay Hebei officials according to local capacity, and forbidding the treatment of Hebei as a place of demotion. In the fourth year he directed the Bureau of Military Affairs at Henan Prefecture and wrote: 'War has dragged on for years, yet every campaign fails because the troops have not been trained over time. Commoners and gentry already fill the ranks—how much more should the imperial clan, who share the state's weal and woe! All should take the field, face arrows and stones in person, and lead the troops as their vanguard, to ease the sage ruler's anxieties somewhat. My clansman Daoge shares this resolve and asks to serve under my command.' Xuanzong praised his loyalty and approved.
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滿 調 使
At that time armies everywhere had withdrawn into the cities, and farmers lost their planting and harvest seasons. Cong Tan wrote: 'Armies are raised to protect the people. In Hebei today only the troops of Zhending and Hejian should remain to hold the walls; other prefectures should camp in scattered posts outside to shield the people, and only after the harvest should they move to their garrison stations—this is the long-term plan.' The court approved. He was given an honorary post as associate prefect of Dongping, made acting Left Army Supervisor and director of marshalate affairs, and together with Councilor Li Ge defended Pingyang. In the tenth month of the second year of Xingding, Cong Tan reported: 'Taiyuan has fallen, and the enemy is advancing on Pingyang. The prefectures and counties of Hedong all fell, mostly because garrisons were too thin and relief never came. The regional army had fewer than six thousand men. Pingyang is the foundation of Hedong and the outer rampart of Henan. He asked that troops from Huai, Meng, and Weizhou be combined to reinforce Luzhou, and that forces from Zezhou, Qinshui, Duanshi, and Gaoping be posted in mountain camps to support Pingyang. He begged only for the emperor's decision to relieve this desperate crisis.' That month on the day renzi, Yuan forces reached Pingyang. Detachment Controller Guo Yong fought at the northern moat, was captured, refused to submit, and was killed. On guichou the city fell and Cong Tan took his own life. He was posthumously made Military Commissioner of the Changwu Army.
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Beipailu Fushou
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簿
Beipailu Fushou was chief clerk of Tangyi. When Yuan forces attacked Tangyi, Fushou fought and was killed. He was posthumously promoted three ranks and granted five hundred strings for burial expenses.
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Wu Bangjie
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使
Wu Bangjie was military judge of Dengzhou. Bangjie was staying at a village estate near Rizhao when Yuan troops seized him and forced him to attack the city. He said: 'I owe my state a debt of grace—how could I bear to attack my ruler's city?' They offered him food and wine, but he refused, and they killed him. He was posthumously made Grand Master of the Court and deputy military commissioner of the Dinghai Army.
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Nahe Puladu
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調 使 調西使使 使 西使 使 西 西 崿 使
Nahe Puladu was registered as a meng'an household on the Daming Circuit. A jinshi graduate in the second year of Chengan, he was posted as instructor at Daming. He rose through posts as magistrate of Biyang, Secretariat clerical officer, and deputy military commissioner of the Zhangde Army, then left office to mourn. In the second year of Zhenyou he was made associate military commissioner of the Xi'an Army, then served as associate prefect of Linzhou and Pingliang and as defense commissioner of Hezhou. In the third year the Xia besieged Dingqiang; Puladu repulsed them and was given an honorary post as military commissioner of the Zhanghua Army. In the fourth year Hezhou was raised to the Pingxi Army, and Puladu was made its military commissioner. He wrote: 'In antiquity one soldier on campaign was supported by seven households; to raise an army of one hundred thousand left seven hundred thousand households unable to tend their fields. Today seven or eight in ten people on the circuits are registered as soldiers, while only two or three in ten support them—how could the people not be exhausted? Troops are valued for quality, not numbers. Choose the brave and resourceful for the army and send the weak and timid back to the fields—this too would ease the people's burden.' He also asked to sell offices for crime redemption to fill the treasury, and to allow people to lease wasteland in Shaanxi and open mines—the court did not respond. He was made prefect of Pingliang, then entered the capital as Minister of Revenue. At that time a great victory was won over Song. Puladu wrote: 'The Song have been defeated again and again and their spirit must be broken; we should seize this moment to send envoys to negotiate and renew the old alliance. If the Song refuse, then attack them; swift vengeance against stubborn foes is easier to bring off.' The court did not adopt the proposal. Puladu also wrote: 'The armies should weed out the old and weak and select elite troops—only then can victory be won. Shaanxi archers are not trained in mounted archery; skilled horsemen should replace them. The garrison at Yan'an is very large; ten thousand men could be moved to Pingliang. There are too many marshals in Guanzhong; except for the key post at Jingzhao, the rest should be abolished. North of Gongxian, on the south bank of the Yellow River, and at Jingou, Diaobridge, Hulaoguan, and the Eling of Guozhou—all side paths and hidden routes should be garrisoned.' The proposal was sent to the Secretariat and Bureau of Military Affairs for deliberation, but in the end it was not implemented. Before long he was made Right Army Supervisor of the Marshalate, concurrent military commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army, and director of marshalate affairs. In the second year of Xingding Luzhou fell; he fought to the end and was killed. He was posthumously made Censor-in-Chief.
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Nuxilie Wochu
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祿 使
Nuxilie Wochu rose to prefect of Zhenzhou and received a regional order to relocate the prefecture's people to Jinsheng Fort. Before long the main army arrived. Wochu fought back, was struck by an arrow, and lay wounded in bed. Zhang, detachment controller of the Flower-Cap Army, said: 'The enemy cannot be withstood—we should surrender at once.' Wochu said: 'We live on official stipends—can we forget the state's grace? Have you not heard of Zhao of Fangzhou? He gave gold, silk, and women to the enemy, yet could not escape in the end. We should only fight to the death.' That night Zhang led several armed men inside and forced Wochu to surrender. Wochu said: 'Do as you will—I will never submit.' They killed him and took his wife and children out to surrender.
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Earlier, many people of Zhenzhou bound for Jinsheng Fort could not reach it. Military Judge Wang Jin gathered the scattered survivors and encamped separately at Zhou'an Fort. Zhou'an Fort had not been repaired or equipped for defense. When troops arrived, Jin resisted for more than ten days until the garrison collapsed from within; he was captured, refused to submit, and was killed. Wochu and Jin were each posthumously promoted six ranks and advanced three grades in office.
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Shi Maoxian
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忿 使
Shi Maoxian was wine supervisor of Shagou in Rizhao County and was staying in Zhucheng. The Red-Jacket bandit Fang Guo San held Mizhou. Passing Maoxian's village, the residents went out together to welcome him. The bandit styled himself marshal. Maoxian angrily told the crowd: 'He is only a bandit chief—what marshal is there?' Fang Guo San heard this and seized him, severing his wrist. Maoxian cursed loudly. Unable to contain their rage, the bandits gouged out his eyes and hacked him to pieces; he cursed without ceasing until he died. He was posthumously made General of Martial Integrity and associate defense commissioner of Yizhou.
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Wendihan Lao'er
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Wendihan Lao'er was associate commissioner of the Shangjing garrison headquarters. Puxian Wannu attacked Shangjing. His son Tiege captured Lao'er alive and tried to force him to summon the others; he refused. Tiege flew into a rage and hacked him to death. He was posthumously made General of the Dragon-Tiger Guard and commander-in-chief of Basu troops and horses; his nephew Heisi was made his heir and specially granted four offices.
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Liang Chisheng
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使 使 滿 使
Liang Chisheng, style name Jingfu, was born Xunyi and changed his name to avoid Emperor Xuanzong's taboo. He was the son of Xiang, military commissioner of the Baoda Army. He was powerfully built and an expert archer. A jinshi graduate in the sixth year of Taihe, he also passed the macro-phrase examination. He rose to doctor of the Court of Sacrifices and was made administrative aide of the Xianping Circuit Pacification Commission. Early in Xingding, Pacification Commissioner Puxian Wannu harbored disloyal ambitions and wished to abandon Xianping for the Yilan Route. Chisheng strenuously opposed him; Wannu was furious and had him beaten eighty strokes. Chisheng fled to Shangjing and reported the matter to Regional Commander Taiping. By then Taiping had already conspired with Wannu. He praised Chisheng's loyalty in words but did not mean it, and appointed him Left and Right Secretariat Vice Director. Soon afterward Taiping, acting on Wannu's orders, burned the ancestral temples of Shangjing, seized Marshal Chengchong, and took his army. Chisheng joined Detachment Controller and Xianping Administrative Aide Puman Saibu and Wanhu Han Gongshu in a plot to kill Taiping, restore Chengchong to direct regional affairs, and attack Wannu together. The plot was exposed and all were killed. Chisheng was posthumously made Grand Master of Central Accordance and prefect of Hanzhou; Saibu was made Defender-General of the State and military commissioner of the Xiande Army; Gongshu was made General of Bright Authority and prefect of Xinzhou.
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Jia Bangxian
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西
Jia Bangxian was from Chen Village in Huoyi County, Huozhou. He passed the jinshi examination. He was upright by nature and possessed courage and strategic sense. When Yuan forces attacked Hedong, Bangxian gathered the residents to organize a defense. Before long a large army arrived and the residents all surrendered. Bangxian abandoned his household and alone with his son Yi took refuge at Songping Stockade. At that time Liu Zhen, acting prefect, was at the stockade; together they held it and succeeded in the end. Whenever Zhen wished to recruit him, Bangxian declined on grounds of old age. In the tenth month of the fourth year of Xingding the army came again in force. Too ill to escape, he and Yi were both captured. They wished to make him Marshal of the West and threatened him with blades. Bangxian refused, secretly sent Yi back to Songping, and cut his own throat. He was posthumously made Grand Master of Direct Service and magistrate of his home county.
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Yila Alihe
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使 使
Yila Alihe was a man of Liao descent. During Xingding he rose to prefect of Huozhou. In the first month of the fourth year of Xingding the seat of Huozhou was moved to Haoyi Fort. When Yuan forces arrived, Alihe fought fiercely but could not prevail; his army was defeated and he was captured. They tried to make him surrender. Alihe said: 'I choose death, not disloyalty.' They shouted at him to kneel, but he only stood facing the imperial audience hall; a volley of arrows shot him dead.
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使 使
Kong Zutang, deputy military commissioner of the Baochang Army, was captured at the same time. They then ordered Zutang to kneel; he refused and was killed as well. Alihe was posthumously made General of the Dragon-Tiger Guard and military commissioner of the Taiding Army; Zutang was made Grand Master of Goodness and associate prefect of Pingyang. Zutang passed the jinshi examination in the third year of Taihe.
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Wanyan Liujin
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調 使 西
Wanyan Liujin was registered as a meng'an household of Hutu'aigeli Man on the Zhongdu Circuit. During Da'an he entered office by hereditary privilege and was selected for the personal guard. He was posted as bailiff of Fuping, promoted to magistrate of Fangcheng, made military judge of Tongzhou, and for merit became prefect of his home prefecture. Soon afterward Right Army Supervisor Pucha Qijin seized him and took him away. Before long he escaped with his family, was made associate prefect of Linzhou, moved to Qingyang, and was promoted to military commissioner of the Baoda Army. In the fifth year of Xingding Fuzhou fell; Liujin threw himself from a cliff and died. He was posthumously made Special Advancement and put in charge of Yan'an Prefecture. An edict ordered the Shaanxi Regional Command to seek out his descendants and report.
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Geshilie Heshou
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西 調 使使 使殿
Geshilie Heshou was registered as a meng'an household of Shanchun on the Hebei West Circuit. He was plain and honest by nature, with an imposing frame. He first served in the personal guard. He passed the military examination in the third year of Taihe and was posted as deputy patrol inspector of Baoxin County. In the sixth year the Song besieged Caizhou. Heshou asked the defense commissioner and, with fifty brave men, raided the Song camp by night while the garrison raised a clamor on the walls; they beheaded more than three hundred. Song troops trampled one another, and more than a thousand died. At dawn the Song lifted the siege and withdrew. Heshou pursued them, with the rearguard dragging brushwood. Seeing the dust rise, the Song thought a great army was coming and fled; he pursued to Chen Stockade and returned. Before long the Song again held Xincai, Xinxi, and Baoxin; Heshou recovered all three, obtained three hundred horses, served as campaign wanhu, followed the main army from Shouchun, defeated the Song at Wokou, seized more than a thousand horses, and captured Zhen and Chu prefectures and the Xuyi Army. When the army returned, he was advanced nine ranks and made associate prefect of Xizhou. He was made concurrent superintendent of the Wannigong.
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西
In the third year of Da'an he served as cavalry wanhu on the Southwest Circuit. Fifty thousand Xia besieged Dongsheng; Heshou relieved the city, broke through the encirclement, and the Xia withdrew. He was promoted two ranks and given one hundred taels of silver and ten bolts of heavy brocade. He was made director of the Imperial Workshop Directorate, deputy commander of the campaign army, and then Left Wing Commander-in-Chief of the Regional Command. He was made commander-in-chief of the Martial Guard Army and deputy controller of the cavalry. He was made commandant and deputy imperial commissioner controller on the east side of the capital.
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使 使使 使
In the second year of Zhenyou he mourned his father and was recalled as deputy military commissioner of the Wuning Army. He defeated Red-Jacket bandits at the Shicheng Stockade in Lanling and seized all the common people as captives. Supervising Censor Chen Gui wrote: 'I beg that the authorities release all those captured by Heshou.' An edict ordered the Xuzhou and Guixing monasteries to round them up and release them. Soon afterward he was given an honorary post as associate military commissioner of the Wuning Army and served concurrently as deputy commissioner. For hunting and setting a fire that spread and burned official fodder, he was beaten one hundred strokes and made associate military commissioner of the Heping Army.
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Soon afterward he mourned his mother; he was recalled in his former office as acting Left Army Supervisor and directed the marshalate at Fuzhou. In the intercalary twelfth month of the fifth year of Xingding Fuzhou fell. Heshou broke out with several horsemen; the enemy overtook him; he held an earthen hill and fought to the death. He was given the posthumous title Resolute Courage.
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Pucha Loushi
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調簿使 西 西 使 使 使
Pucha Loushi was registered as a meng'an household of Aochuhugelihon on the Northeast Route. He passed the jinshi examination in the third year of Taihe. He was posted as chief clerk of Qingdu and Mouping and, for integrity and ability, was made deputy patrol commissioner of the Right Capital Watch. He became a Secretariat clerical officer in charge of appointments. Early in Zhenyou he was made principal clerk in the Ministry of Personnel and supervising censor. After his mother's mourning period he served as regional administrative aide, was made Jingzhao administrative aide, given an honorary post as prefect of Dingxi, and served as marshalate deliberation officer. In the second year of Xingding he joined Marshal Chengyi in capturing Xihe Prefecture. Baisa advanced from Qinzhou to the plank road, and the Song brought all their elite troops to resist. Loushi took the heights and raised banners, wheeled his horse in feigned flight, and raised dust as a decoy while elite cavalry struck from behind; the Song collapsed in disorder, and pressing the advantage they took Xingyuan. He was advanced one rank and made prefect of Danzhou. He was again made associate prefect of Hezhong, acting Right Army Supervisor, and pacification commissioner of the Hedong Route. He retook Pingyang and Jin'an; a special edict praised and rewarded him; he was advanced one rank, given two hundred taels of silver and twenty bolts of heavy cloth, made honorary defense commissioner of Mengzhou, and kept his acting supervisor post. He led troops to relieve Fuzhou, fighting his way there; when the city fell he was killed. He was posthumously made Grand Master of Assisting Virtue and military commissioner of the Dingguo Army, with the posthumous title Assisting Courage. An edict ordered the Regional Command to seek his body for burial.
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Nuxilie Zilu
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祿 調簿 西 西 祿 祿使 使西 祿 祿西
Nuxilie Zilu, born Zhang, was from Xianping Prefecture. In the Taihe campaign against Song he distinguished himself in the army, was posted as bailiff of Yi County, and promoted to chief clerk of Lu County. Early in Zhenyou he was given an honorary post as associate defense commissioner of Dezhou and transferred to Qinzhou. In the third year he was given an honorary post as associate military commissioner of the Tongyuan Army. In the first year of Xingding he was made prefect of Xining and granted his present surname. After a long time he was given an honorary post as associate prefect of Linzhou and served concurrently as prefect of Dingxi. Following Right Army Supervisor Wanyan Alin, he defeated Song troops at Shaoziling. In the third year they stormed Wuxiu Pass; Zilu distinguished himself most. An edict ordered that, in addition to the general five-rank promotion and two-grade advancement, Zilu receive one additional rank and grade, be made honorary military commissioner of the Tongyuan Army, and remain prefect. In the fifth year he was made honorary military commissioner of the Long'an Army; soon afterward he was transferred to the Jin'an Army. An edict said: 'The Shaanxi Regional Command reports a shortage of military officers. You have long served in the field and govern your men with discipline; many of your former soldiers are in Jingzhao. Autumn defense is at hand; the passes and the Yellow River are vital—prepare with all your care.' He led troops to relieve Fuzhou. In the intercalary twelfth month Fuzhou fell; he was captured, refused to surrender, and was killed. He was posthumously made Silver-Green Grand Master of Glorious Blessings and Garrison Commander of Zhongjing. In the first year of Yuanguang memorialists said Zilu's posthumous honors were still meager; an edict enrolled his sons Lieshan and Linquan, advanced them one grade, and employed them in the Shaanxi army.
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Hou Xiaoshu
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Hou Xiaoshu was from Hedong County. He was a boatman at Hejin. Early in Zhenyou he was registered in the Zhenwei Army and entered office for his service. In the first year of Yuanguang he was made judge of Hezhong Prefecture and acting deputy pacification commissioner of the Hedong South Route. Xiaoshu brought all the farmers into the city and rewarded the warriors with his household wealth. When the siege of Hezhong was lifted, he was made administrative aide while keeping his pacification post. The Bureau of Military Affairs wrote: 'Xiaoshu's ability can be used, but his rank is too low to command the troops; lend him credentials.' In the twelfth month he was made acting Right Army Supervisor with discretionary authority. Detachment Controller Wu De urged Xiaoshu to surrender; he had him dragged out and beheaded. His cousin Zhang Xian calmly said the great army was overwhelming and he could surrender to save his wife and children. Xiaoshu angrily told Xian: 'I am a boatman's son who has raised himself to this point—what talk is there of surrender?' He bound Xian to a pillar and killed him, then fed monks and performed funeral rites to fulfill his obligations to kin. Soon afterward the Bureau of Military Affairs sent Supervisor Elun to discuss military affairs with Xiaoshu. Xiaoshu went out to meet Elun; Shi Tianying seized the moment to take Hezhong Prefecture and built a pontoon bridge to Shaanxi. Xiaoshu encamped at Leli Mountain Stockade. When all his troops had gathered, at midnight they undermined the wall and climbed in, burning the towers; fire lit the city. Tianying was thrown into panic; he abandoned all baggage, seals, horses, and livestock and died at Shuangshi Gate. Xiaoshu burned the pontoon bridge and pacified the troops. He was made Great General of Martial Resolution, given an honorary post as defense commissioner of Mengzhou and concurrent prefect, while keeping his supervisor and pacification posts.
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In the first month of the second year, one hundred thousand Yuan cavalry besieged Hezhong. Commander-in-Chief Eke sent Detachment Controller Sun Chang with five thousand men, and Vice Director Wanyan Saibu sent Li Renzhi with three thousand, all to relieve the city. Xiaoshu arranged to strike the gong at midnight so the city and relief force could act together. When the time came, Xiaoshu led troops out to fight, but Chang and Renzhi did not move. Xiaoshu gathered his forces back into the city. The siege tightened, and some proposed fleeing to the mountain stockade. Xiaoshu said: 'Where would we go?' He secretly sent Administrative Aide Zhang Sizu to break out and rush to report at Bianjing. The next day the city fell; Xiaoshu died, and his body could not be found. Commander-in-Chief Eke had Hezhong judicial officer Ji A'wai replace Xiaoshu as acting Right Army Supervisor. The Bureau of Military Affairs wrote: 'Xiaoshu's achievements were outstanding; some suspect he may still be alive; replacing him so hastily cuts off any path of return.' By then Xiaoshu had been dead more than forty days; the Zhongtiao stockades had no leader, and an edict ordered A'wai to lead them provisionally. Mindful of Xiaoshu's achievements, Xuanzong issued an edict praising and rewarding him posthumously and sternly blamed Eke for failing to relieve Hezhong.
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Wang Zuo, style name Fuzhi, was a farmer's son from Huozhou. He cared little for managing property, was generous with wealth, and was skilled at mounted archery. During Xingding he gathered several thousand troops and provisionally directed affairs at Huozhou. Hu Tianzuo of Pingyang was by imperial order made Loyal and Brave Company Commander and magistrate of Zhaocheng, then magistrate of Huoyi, associate military affairs of Puzhou, acting deputy pacification commissioner, and frontier commissioner of Puzhou. He was promoted to General of Martial Proclamation and given an honorary post as deputy military commissioner of the Baochang Army. When Yuan forces took Qinglong Fort, Zuo was captured, appointed garrison commander of Huozhou, placed under Marshal Cui Huan, and his wife and children were held as hostages. Pacification Commissioner Cheng Tianyou had a feud with Huan. Zuo plotted with Tianyou to kill Huan. Tianyou said: 'Your wife and children are hostages—what then?' Zuo said: 'Would I be one who cares for his household?' In the seventh month of the second year of Yuanguang, when Huan went hunting he killed him, led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to submit, and was made General of the Dragon-Tiger Guard, Right Army Supervisor, and put in charge of Pingyang Prefecture. Zuo had long been at odds with Duke Shi Yong of Pingyang. He asked to be moved to the Jade Maiden Stockade in Qinzhou; the emperor approved and ordered him to obey Duke Wanyan Kai of Shangdang. In the seventh month of that year, while relieving Xiangyuan, he was struck by an arrow and died. He was posthumously made General of the Golden Crow Guard, and his son was appointed Director of Seals and Treasures.
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Huangguai Jiuzhu
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Huangguai Jiuzhu was from Linhuang. During Dading he entered office by hereditary privilege as a ministry clerk, became a clerk in the Bureau of Military Affairs, and was posted as military judge of Ansu Prefecture. In the fourth year of Mingchang he served as law enforcement officer of the Court of Review, associate military affairs of Jizhou, marshal of the Prince of Lu's household, and rose to surveillance commissioner and transport commissioner of the Hedong North Route before becoming prefect of Zhangde. He died in battle. He was posthumously made Grand Master of Glorious Blessings and Garrison Commander of Nanjing, and his descendants were enrolled for appointment.
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Wulinda Qizhu
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Wulinda Qizhu was registered as a meng'an household on the Daming Circuit. He passed the jinshi examination in the twenty-eighth year of Dading. He rose to Secretariat clerical officer, judicial commissioner of Shandong, and marshal of the Prince of Ying's household. The Censorate recommended him for capable service in Shandong, and he was made administrative aide of Taiyuan Prefecture. He served in the Shaanxi Surveillance Commission, was prefect of Ruzhou and Qinzhou, deputy surveillance commissioner of Beijing and Linhuang, and was made military commissioner of the Puyu Route. Before long he was stripped of three ranks for a crime, removed from office, and demoted to deputy military commissioner of the Dechang Army. Early in Chongqing he distinguished himself on the frontier, was advanced one rank, rewarded with one hundred taels of silver and ten bolts of heavy cloth, and made prefect of Lizhou. Early in Zhenyou he was made associate prefect of Xianping, military commissioner of the Guide Army, then of the Xingping Army, and served as Eastern Frontier Commissioner. Soon afterward the frontier commission was abolished and he was made Right Army Supervisor of the Marshalate. He went to relieve Zhongdu and died in battle. He was posthumously made Grand Master of Glorious Blessings and Councilor, and half a councilor's salary was given to his family.
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Tuoman Xielie
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Tuoman Xielie was registered as a meng'an household on the Xianping Circuit. He inherited his father's meng'an status. During Mingchang he served with his own troops as escort-army wanhu on the frontier. During Chengan he distinguished himself campaigning against the Khitan and was made defense commissioner of Chenzhou. He was made prefect of Pingliang, military commissioner of the Baoda Army, and then prefect of Zhangde. In the fourth year of Zhenyou Yuan forces again took Zhangde, and Xielie died there.
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Nilanggupuluhu
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Nilanggupuluhu was registered as a meng'an household on the Zhongdu Circuit. He passed the jinshi examination in the fifth year of Mingchang. He rose to Secretariat clerical officer and followed Grand Councilor Pusan Kui in the campaign against Song. When the campaign ended he was made associate military commissioner of the Chongyi Army. Selected for integrity, he was made administrative aide of Dongping Prefecture. He served as prefect of Huanzhou and Yuzhou, Hanlin Academician-in-Waiting, administrative aide of Kaifeng Prefecture, and chief justice of the Court of Review. Soon afterward he was made prefect of Henan and deputy commander-in-chief of the Henan Route. In the fourth year of Zhenyou, with urgent preparations west of the capital, he was made deputy pacification commissioner of Shaanzhou and military commissioner of the Xi'an Army. That year Yuan forces took Tongguan; the garrison collapsed; Puluhu fought in defense, was defeated, and was killed.
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Wuyan Weike
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Wuyan Weike was registered as a meng'an household on the Long'an Circuit. He served in the personal guard and imperial guard, was judge of the Yidu Commandery headquarters, deputy commander of capital troops and horses, and rose to prefect of Huizhou. Early in Zhenyou he was General of the Left Guard, commander of the Arch-Guard Direct Command, deputy commander-in-chief of Shandong, and military commissioner of the Anhua Army. Local bandits held the Jiuxian Mountains as their lair. Weike held his troops back and did not attack, and the bandits grew fiercer. Mongol Gang of the Dongping Regional Command impeached Weike as unfit for command; the court took no action. He was transferred to the Zhenxi Army as acting deputy frontier commissioner and served in the Jin'an and Wusheng armies. In the fourth year of Xingding he was transferred to the Taiding Army. In the fifth month of that year Yanzhou fell, and he died there.
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Wuyan Echuhu
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Wuyan Echuhu was registered as a meng'an household of Long'an Prefecture. He passed the jinshi examination in the twenty-eighth year of Dading. He rose to Secretariat clerical officer, deputy military commissioner of the Shuntian Army, Supervising Secretary and Attending Censor, vice director in the Ministry of Justice, prefect of Shanzhou, director in the Ministry of Revenue, deputy surveillance commissioner of the Hedong North Route, associate prefect of Daxing, and defense commissioner of Qinzhou. After his mother's mourning he was recalled as defense commissioner of Sizhou, made military commissioner of the Wuning Army, transferred to the Heping Army, and served concurrently as director of waterways. For having falsely reported military achievements at Wuning, he was demoted to defense commissioner of Yizhou and made military commissioner of the Fenyang Army and frontier commissioner. In the ninth month of the second year of Xingding the city fell and he was killed.
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