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Volume 233 Biographies 20: Tu Er Ge, Yi Erdeng, Ba Qilan, Qi Ergeshen, Ye Chen, Zhu Ma La

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==滿 調
Tu Erge was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner and the eighth son of Eyi'du. As a young man he followed Taizu on campaign, and for accumulated merit received a hereditary colonel's rank. He married an imperial princess of the first rank. When Taizong ascended the throne, each banner received two ministers ready for dispatch—the "Sixteen Ministers"—and Tu Erge was assigned to the Bordered White Banner. He was soon made gushan ejen of his banner and counted among the Eight Ministers. In Tiancong 1, when the emperor campaigned against Ming, Tu Erge led his troops in the attack on Jinzhou. The city did not fall; they razed the cities at Greater and Lesser Linghe and withdrew. In the second year his father's service was commemorated, and he was promoted in hereditary rank to commander.
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調 使 殿
In the third year he joined the campaign against Ming and helped capture Zunhua. In the fourth year, as the emperor withdrew, Prince Amin was ordered to escort the generals to garrison Yongping, while Tu Erge, Namutai of the Plain Yellow Banner, Tang Gudai of the Plain Red Banner, and secretaries Ku'erchan and Gao Hongzhong were left to hold Luanzhou. Ming supervising censor Zhang Chun and commanders Zu Dashou, Ma Shilong, Yang Shaoji, and others joined forces to attack; Tu Erge, Namutai, and Tang Gudai divided the terrain and set up defensive posts. Ming forces pressed Namutai hard, so Tu Erge detached troops under deputy commander Ayushi to relieve him. Ming troops set fires that nearly reached the gate-tower. A standard-bearer climbed a siege ladder; Ayushi struck him down with his blade, seized the standard, and the Ming forces fell back somewhat. Hearing that Ming forces were attacking Luanzhou, Amin sent Baduli with several hundred men. At the third watch they broke through the siege and entered the city; Ming cannon fire collapsed the wall and burned the gate-tower. Tu Erge and his colleagues held out four days, then judged the city could not be defended. That night they abandoned it and broke out in scattered parties. Rain fell, and Ming troops intercepted them; more than four hundred were killed. At Yongping, Amin abandoned every city, led the army back beyond the passes, and put Tu Erge in command of the rearguard. After the army returned, the emperor had the generals arrested to deliberate their offenses. He rebuked Tu Erge, Namutai, and the rest; Tang Gudai confessed guilt and asked to die. The emperor said, "You could not bring the whole army home safely. Those you left behind were killed by the enemy. If I kill you now that you have returned, what good would that do me? Since you already brought back captives, livestock, and booty, why did you not bring my soldiers back with them? What had they done wrong, that you could bear to let them die wailing to heaven and beating the ground!" Tu Erge was punished by stripping his commander rank and removing him from the post of gushan ejen.
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使沿 使
In the fifth year, when the Six Ministries were first established, Tu Erge was recalled as Minister of Personnel. The emperor personally led a campaign against Ming and besieged Greater Linghe, directing the combined encirclement; Tu Erge was ordered to follow Kekeduli of the Plain White Banner and hold the northeast of the city. Garrison troops sallied against the southern cannon emplacement; Tu Erge had no time to mount and on foot drove them back. They raided Songshan, and Greater Linghe soon surrendered. In the eighth year he and gushan ejen Tan Tai led troops on a raid against Jinzhou. When the emperor personally campaigned against Ming, he left Prince Jirhalang in charge and sent Tu Erge to encamp at the mouth of the Zhanggutai River to block enemy forces coming along the coast. Later he was again sent with meile ejen Laosa to lead troops beyond the border, cross the Liao, and encamp along the Zhanggutai to protect the Mongol tribes.
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At this time Lindan Khan of the Chahar died; his son Eje could not control the tribes, and the zaisangs all came over in surrender. In the ninth year Princes Dorgon and others were appointed commanders; Namutai led the right wing and Tu Erge the left in a march against the Chahar. They reached the Chahar court, and Eje surrendered. On the return march they raided the Ming border, entered through Pingluwei, overran Daizhou, and pressed on to Xinkou. They beat off an ambush, pursued north to Guo County, and destroyed the Ming force. On the return past Pingluwei, Ming troops blocked the road; Tu Erge fought through their lines and took several hundred heads. The Ming forces withdrew into the city and did not dare come out. Tu Erge expected pursuers and set an ambush; he and Namutai led a thousand men as rearguard. Ming generals Zu Dashou and others advanced with three thousand men. Tu Erge turned back and fought on foot, driving into their center; the ambush rose on both flanks, the Ming army broke and fled, and he then slowly withdrew beyond the passes. In the tenth year his merits were recognized and he received the hereditary rank of first-class meile janggin.
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In Chongde 1 he was again appointed gushan ejen of the Bordered White Banner. He followed Prince Ajige of Wuying against Ming; Tu Erge led his division in through Kundu, joined the main force at Yanqing, penetrated deep inland, and captured sixteen cities. At Changping and Xiong County, Tu Erge was first over the wall each time. Soon after, his daughter—as consort of Prince Nikan—was found to have fraudulently passed off a servant girl as her own child. When the affair came to light, Tu Erge was spared death but stripped of office. In the eighth month he was again ordered to serve as acting gushan ejen. In the fourth year the emperor appointed Prince Dorgon Grand General by Imperial Command to campaign against Ming. Tu Erge followed and defeated the forces of Ming eunuch Feng Yongsheng and commander Hou Shilu. With gushan ejen Bayintu he again defeated Ming troops at Dongjiakou, broke through the border wall, forced Qingshan Pass, and captured four cities.
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In the fifth year he followed Dorgon against Jinzhou, seized their grain harvest, and repeatedly defeated Ming forces. With gushan ejen Yekešu he also led three hundred men in ambush at the Wuxin River mouth, waited for garrison troops to come out grazing, and drove off livestock on the return. More than a thousand Ming troops gave chase. Yekešu's horse was hit and fell, and the enemy general closed in; Tu Erge shot the enemy dead, helped Yekešu remount, and together they drove the enemy back. The Ming force fell back, returned, and fought again—six engagements in all. Tu Erge took more than twenty wounds but still fought as rearguard and brought the captives home safely. His merits were recognized and he was again promoted in hereditary rank to third-class angbang janggin. He was soon appointed Grand Minister of the Interior. In the sixth year Taizong personally campaigned against Ming and besieged Hong Chengchou at Songshan; Tu Erge took part. Ming commander Cao Bianjiao raided the imperial camp by night. The attack came suddenly before the camp ministers and guards had assembled. Tu Erge was first to shoot and kill two men; with his younger brother Yierdeng and clansman Xihan he directed the bodyguard in volley fire. Bianjiao was wounded and driven off. He again joined the princes in intercepting the defeated Ming army, fought at Tashan, laid an ambush at Gaoqiao, and killed countless enemy troops.
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In the tenth month of the seventh year the emperor appointed Prince Abatai of Raoyu Grand General by Imperial Command, with Tu Erge as deputy, to campaign against Ming. The left wing advanced through Jieling Pass and the right wing broke Shicheng and Yanmen; both columns penetrated deep inland, passed the Ming capital, and swept Shandong from the capital region south to Yanzhou. They captured three prefectures, eighteen departments, and sixty-seven counties, took the Ming Prince of Lu Yipai and five commandery princes of Leling, Yangxin, Dongyuan, Anqiu, and Ziyang, and more than a thousand other imperial clansmen and officials. In thirty-nine engagements they were victorious every time, took 369,000 captives and more than 551,300 camels, horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, and sheep, and seized 12,000 taels of gold, more than 2,200,000 taels of silver, and comparable quantities of pearls, silks, garments, and furs. In the sixth month of the eighth year the army returned, and he was granted 1,500 taels of silver. When Shizu ascended the throne, his merits were recognized and he was promoted to third-rank duke. He died in the second month of Shunzhi 2. In the ninth year he was posthumously titled Zhongyi, Loyal and Righteous. He was granted joint sacrifice in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and a stele was erected at his tomb. In Yongzheng 9 his line was fixed as hereditary third-rank Duke Guoyi.
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His son Wu'erge joined the campaign against Pidao and was killed in battle; Kebusuo inherited the third-rank angbang janggin. Prince Tunqi and others denounced Prince Jirhalang of Zheng on various charges, and in doing so alleged that when Taizong died Tu Erge and others had paid court together to Prince Hoge of Su intending to install him as successor while naming the present emperor heir apparent. The princes and ministers debated posthumously stripping Tu Erge of his ducal title; in the end only Kebusuo's hereditary rank was reduced. Kebusuo also denounced his father, alleging that when Taizong died, because of a feud with the White Banner princes he had posted three niru of guards in full armor with bows and arrows to guard his gate, his grandmother, his father, and his uncle Ebilun; and had once reviled a gege—Ebilun's wife. The full account appears in the biography of Ebilun. In Shunzhi 8, when the emperor assumed personal rule, Kebusuo was ordered to inherit the third-rank dukedom and, by grace edict, was promoted to second rank. In the ninth year Kebusuo was judged for falsely denouncing his father and stripped of his title. Ebilun inherited jointly and was advanced to first-rank duke; he has a separate biography.
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His elder brother Cheerger belonged to the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner. From youth he served Taizu; for merit on campaign he was made guard captain and promoted to commandant. In the fourth month of Tianming 10 the emperor ordered Wang Shan, Dazhuhu, and Cheerger to lead 1,500 men against the Warka tribe. Wang Shan was a younger kinsman of the emperor. The army won a great victory and took many captives. On their return the emperor had gone hunting five days earlier at Biyin; after four days he ended the hunt and met the army at Muhujiaoluo. Wang Shan and the others paid court with the embrace-and-greeting rite, then with two hundred jars of wine and more than a hundred beasts from the hunt feasted the campaign troops and the surrendered people alike. Back at the northern hill of Shenyang, he again laid out four hundred banquets with four hundred jars of wine and forty head of cattle and sheep. After entering the city he granted each campaign soldier five taels of silver. Cheerger was soon promoted to third-rank commander.
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When Taizong ascended the throne and established the Eight Ministers, Cheerger headed the Bordered White Banner. In the first month of Tiancong 1 he joined Prince Amin's campaign against Korea and returned with the army. He soon resigned as gushan ejen in favor of his younger brother Tu Erge. In the fifth month of the second year he joined Prince Abatai against Ming and demolished Jinzhou, Xingshan, and Gaoqiao. In the seventh month of the fifth year, when the Six Ministries were established, he was appointed Minister of Punishments. He was soon transferred to Minister of War. In the eighth month of the seventh year he and Minister of Punishments Suohai were ordered to scout the Ming border. At Jinzhou they took seven heads and captured one platoon commander and nine soldiers. In the tenth month Ming deputy commander Shang Kexi surrendered; the emperor ordered Cheerger to track his movements. In the second month of the eighth year he memorialized: "Kexi is on his way, but the road is long and we lack horses. I ask that every niru household with four horses lend two for the journey." In the fourth month of Chongde 2 he joined Prince Ajige's attack on Pidao. When the army returned, he was stripped of rank and dismissed for repeatedly violating military orders. In the seventh month of the third year, after the ministries were reorganized, he was recalled as Left Vice Minister of Works. In the second month of the fifth year he was promoted to Minister of Revenue. In the eighth year, when his term assessment was complete, he was again granted the hereditary rank of niru janggin. When Shizu established the capital at Yanjing, he received half a rank of advancement. He died in the second month.
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His sons were Chentai, Faguda, and Lahada. Chentai and Lahada have separate biographies. Faguda inherited the hereditary rank and was promoted to third-rank adahahafan; he died soon after.
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== 調
Yierdeng was the tenth son of Eyi'du and belonged to the same banner as Tu Erge. Taizu raised him in the palace as a boy; when he came of age he was appointed an imperial guard. He repeatedly joined campaigns and distinguished himself at Jiefan and Sarhu; he was granted a python robe and a hereditary commandant's rank. He was repeatedly promoted to third-rank deputy commander. When Taizong ascended the throne, each banner received two ministers ready for dispatch, and Yierdeng and his elder brother Tu Erge were assigned together to the Bordered White Banner. He was soon ordered to lead troops to garrison the southern frontier. In the ninth month they attacked Zhangzi Island, which had been held by the former Ming general Mao Wenlong before Yuan Chonghuan had him killed. Yierdeng led his troops on a raiding expedition, captured four boats and sank them, and returned with prisoners. In the tenth month he joined the campaign against Ming, attacked Longjing Pass, broke through the water gate, beheaded the Ming generals Yi Ai and Wang Zunchen, and wiped out their troops. They attacked Zunhua, routed Ming reinforcements from Shanhaiguan, killed the general Zhao Shuaijiao, and pressed toward the Ming capital. In the fourth year they captured Yongping, Luanzhou, Zunhua, and other cities. When the army returned, he was promoted one rank to deputy commander. Tu Erge was removed from the post of gushan ejen, which was given to Yierdeng. In the eighth month of the fifth year they besieged Greater Linghe. Yierdeng held the southeast of the city, dug deep trenches and built strong fortifications, encircled and held the position, and in the end defeated the enemy. In the sixth year the emperor personally campaigned against the Chahar and ordered Yierdeng, Prince Abatai, and others to remain behind on garrison duty.
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In the sixth month of the seventh year the emperor asked whether Ming, Korea, or the Chahar should be attacked first, and instructed the princes and ministers each to give their opinion. At the time the emperor had the armies stationed outside Shanhaiguan to open farmland, and all the princes and ministers urged that troops be used against Ming first. Yierdeng also said: "Rather than keeping the army stalled outside the passes, we should push straight into the interior. Survey which cities can be taken, lead more infantry with ladders and shields, seize the moment to break in and storm them—what fortress would not fall? Moreover, the army has long been gathering its edge and the men are eager to fight; use them while the moment is right—that is what is meant by achieving twice the result with half the effort." In the seventh month the emperor ordered him to follow Princes Yoto and Degelai in taking Lüshun, and with gushan ejen Ye Chen he garrisoned the place with twenty-five hundred men. In the eighth year the emperor personally campaigned against Ming, entering by Fangbao. He ordered Yierdeng to follow Princes Ajige, Dorgon, and Dodo and lead troops from Bayan Zhuge through Longmen, join the main army at Xuanfu, defeat Ming forces, and capture more than a hundred horses. They attacked Bao'an, captured it, and advanced to take Lingqiu. Yierdeng offended the princes and exchanged mutual abuse with gushan ejen Prince Pian'gu and others. The case went to the judicial office for collective verdict; he was stripped of his hereditary rank, removed as gushan ejen, the post was restored to Tu Erge, and he was still fined. Soon after he followed Prince Dodo of Yu against Korea. When the army returned he again followed Prince Ajige of the Wuying Commandery to attack Pik Island and was fined again for crossing the river ahead of the army banner.
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西 退
In the sixth year, sixth month, he followed Prince Jirhalang of Zheng to besiege Jinzhou. Ming commander-in-chief Hong Chengchou marched to relieve the city and encamped northwest of Songshan. Prince Jirhalang ordered the right wing to attack, but the battle went badly and they withdrew to hold Rufeng Mountain. The enemy entered the camps of the Two Red Banners and Two Blue Banners; gushan ejen Ye Chen and others held their troops back and did not engage. Yierdeng led troops under Dorji's command, together with the Gongshun King Kong Youde and Mongol forces from Ao Han, Naiman, Chahar, and other tribes, to meet the enemy. He spurred his horse into the enemy lines and charged back and forth. Though wounded several times he did not fall back; when his horse went down he changed mounts. In three battles he fought all the harder. Ming troops encircled him four times, and in the end he broke through and got out. The emperor praised his bravery, restored his hereditary rank to third-class meile janggin, and granted four hundred taels of silver.
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In the eighth month the emperor personally led forces against Hong Chengchou, deployed his armies between Songshan and Xingshan, and ordered the princes and ministers to intercept Ming troops by separate routes. Yierdeng and Gong Tahan led bayara troops in ambush at Gaoqiao. They had just left camp when a thousand Ming troops slipped out from Xingshan; they attacked and cut them down, then moved on to Gaoqiao; They again met more than six hundred Ming troops fleeing south from Xingshan toward Tashan; the ambush sprang up and the Ming force was wiped out. The emperor moved camp to press Songshan. Ming commander Cao Bianjiao raided the imperial camp by night. Tu Erge was first to shoot at the enemy; Yierdeng and inner minister clansman Xihan formed ranks to resist. Bianjiao was defeated and fled. The emperor ordered guard ministers who had been lax in defense and those who had fought poorly to be fined, rewarded the officers and soldiers who had met the enemy, and gave Yierdeng a generous reward.
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When Shizu established the capital at Yanjing, his merits were recognized; on successive benevolent amnesties he was repeatedly promoted to second-class count. In Shunzhi 13 he retired on account of age. The emperor honored Yierdeng's service, permitted him to enter court on horseback, and whenever summoned would converse with him and grant him a meal. His portrait was painted; one copy was kept in the inner treasury and one given to his family. He died and was posthumously titled Zhongzhi.
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Yierdeng's courage ranked first in the army. He was especially skilled at adapting to circumstances and seizing hidden opportunities to control the enemy; veteran generals could not match him. His son had died earlier; his grandson Gadu inherited the rank and rose to Mongol deputy commander of the Bordered Yellow Banner and chief guard of the inner guard. In the early Qianlong reign the enfeoffment was fixed as first-class baron.
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Chaohar, younger brother of Che'erge, belonged to the same banner. From youth he served Taizu and was appointed niru ejen. He was granted the hereditary rank of niru janggin. In the ninth year he went with niru ejen Nihai, Baya, Zhangtun, and others carrying letters to Xifengkou, Panjiakou, Dongjiakou, and other passes to instruct Ming frontier commanders and officials. On the return they met garrison troops who blocked the way; they killed and captured more than a hundred men, and he was promoted to bayara jalan janggin. In Chongde 1 he followed Prince Ajige of the Wuying Commandery against Ming. As they were about to enter the border they met frontier patrols, fought them, captured two men, and took four horses. Pressing toward the Ming capital, they seized cannon to fire on the enemy and killed more than a hundred men. Fighting on to the Lugou Bridge, they met the enemy twice more and won both engagements. In the second year he was ranked among the deliberative ministers. In the seventh month of the third year the ministries and bureaus were reorganized, and he was appointed left vice minister of Rites.
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涿 西 殿
In the ninth month he followed Prince Regent Dorgon against Ming, entered the border by Qingshikou, and joined the main army at Zhuozhou. Chaohar led his division to attack Renqiu, undermined and breached the wall, and pressed toward Zhaobeikou. Ming troops destroyed the bridge and the army could not cross, so he rode out west of the river to strike the Ming rear. The Ming army was routed. They raided south into Shandong and helped capture Jinan. In the spring of the fourth year, as the army withdrew from the border, Chaohar served as rear guard and defeated Ming troops at Taipingzhai. In the fifth year he was transferred to right vice minister of War. In the sixth year he followed Prince Jirhalang of Zheng against Ming to besiege Jinzhou. When city troops came out to fight, Chaohar led his division in a fierce assault, drove them back inside the wall, and died fighting in the field. Taizong deeply mourned his loss, granted six hundred ten taels of silver, and advanced his hereditary rank to second-class jalan janggin. In the Shunzhi period he was posthumously titled Guozhuang and a stele was erected to commemorate his achievements. His sons were Geheli and Eheli. Geheli inherited the hereditary rank and died after four years.
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Eheli inherited the hereditary rank as niru ejen and was soon transferred to jalan ejen. Following Prince Jirhalang of Zheng he pacified Huguang and repeatedly defeated Ming forces. When the army returned he was appointed administrator of the capital's inner city. He was transferred to administrator of the Censorate. He was repeatedly promoted to second-class asihnihan hafan. In Shunzhi 9 he was ordered to lead troops to garrison Jiangning. Zheng Chenggong invaded Fujian and encamped at Haicheng. Pacifying-the-South General Jin Liang requested reinforcements for pursuit and suppression. The emperor ordered Eheli to lead fifteen hundred men there; he joined Jin Liang, routed Chenggong, then attacked Haicheng and defeated Chenggong's forces again. In the twelfth year he was promoted to vice minister of War. For his achievements he was promoted to first-class asihnihan hafan. In the sixteenth year Chenggong's troops threatened Jiangning; censor Yang Yongjian impeached the high ministers for dereliction of duty. The following year, when the ministers of the ministries and bureaus were sorted for fitness, the emperor judged Eheli unable to bear hardship and complaint, relieved him of office, and reduced him to third-class asihnihan hafan. In the early Kangxi reign he was again appointed vice minister of War. He was promoted to minister of Works. He died.
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His son Yingsu inherited the rank. He served on the campaign against the Zunghars with merit and was promoted to second-class asihnihan hafan. He died; his son Langbao inherited third-class asihnihan hafan. Following Grand General Furdan against the Zunghars, Langbao died in the defeat at Khorgos; he was posthumously advanced to second-class asihnihan hafan.
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== 滿 調
Baqilan was of the Nara clan and originally from Yibadan. When the banner system was established he was assigned to the Manchu Bordered Red Banner. At the beginning of Taizu's military rise Baqilan led his followers to submit. He repeatedly joined campaigns. At the battle of Shaling he led five niru as vanguard and defeated the enemy. In Tianming 11 he joined the attack on Ningyuan, captured Juehua Island, and was appointed commandant. When Taizong ascended the throne, each banner received two dispatch ministers, and Baqilan was assigned to the Plain Yellow Banner.
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In the fifth month of the eighth year Taizong personally campaigned against Ming. Prince Jirhalang remained on guard, and Baqilan served as his deputy. In the twelfth month he was ordered together with Samuska to divide command of the left and right wings against the Hurka tribes. As the army set out the emperor instructed them: "This route is exceedingly distant—take care not to shrink from hardship. When you take captives, comfort them with kind words and share their hardships. Bring them back with you and all can serve our cause. You must earnestly carry out my intent." In the fifth month of the ninth year the army returned. The emperor held court and set a banquet, personally poured golden goblets to reward them, distributed the captured livestock, registered more than two thousand surrendered households for settlement, and promoted him one rank to meile janggin. In the second month of the tenth year his old wound reopened; he died and was posthumously granted third-class angban janggin. In the early Qianlong reign the enfeoffment was fixed as third-class viscount. When Baqilan campaigned against the Hurka tribes, niru ejen Daisong'a accompanied him.
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== 滿 使
Daisong'a was of the Tongjia clan and originally from Ya'erhu. When the banner system was established he was assigned to the Manchu Plain Red Banner. In his youth he also served Taizu. In Tiancong 2 he joined the campaign against Ming at Jinzhou and captured more than twenty forts east of the Thirteen Stations. In the seventh year he was ordered together with jalan ejen Enggūrdai on a mission to Korea. The account appears in Enggūrdai's biography. In the eighth year he was granted the hereditary rank of niru janggin. When Baqilan and the others returned from campaign, he was rewarded with half a rank of advancement for his service. In Chongde 1 he followed Prince Ajige of Ying against Ming and swept through Changping. In the second year he garrisoned Haizhou, attacked Ming troops at Lüshunkou, seized two boats, captured seven men, killed two, and was rewarded with silver and cloth. He died in the sixth year.
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Anahai, Daisong'a's son, inherited the post and was appointed niru ejen. In Shunzhi 2 he joined the attack on Li Zicheng, pursued him to Fuchikou, and captured his boats. In the third year he joined the campaign against Zhang Xianzhong. When the army reached Xi'an, the rebel general He Zhen held Jitou Pass with two thousand horse and foot. Anahai, bayara da janggin Oboi, and others broke the rebel fortifications, then swept through Sichuan and repeatedly defeated Xianzhong's forces. In the fifth year he was made an executive officer of the Board of Works and soon also served as jalan ejen. In the sixth year he joined the campaign against the rebel general Jiang Xiang at Datong. Trenches were dug to encircle the city; when the garrison sallied, Anahai and gushan ejen Gadahun fought them repeatedly and won. His merits were recognized; he also benefited from an amnesty edict and was promoted by stages to first-class adahahafan. In the eighteenth year he followed General for Pacifying the East Jixiha against Shandong bandits at Yuqi and defeated their associate Qiao Yuji at Lianshan. When the bandits raided by night, Anahai fought them, was wounded, and died; he was posthumously promoted to third-class asihnihan hafan.
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西 西鹿 西
Bahan, another son of Daisong'a, inherited the post. In Kangxi 13, as assistant commandant he followed Deputy Lieutenant General Shuota, Muksen, and others against Geng Jingzhong. When the army reached Anqing and learned that Jiande had fallen, Bahan led troops to reconnoiter. At Chitou Pass, Jingzhong's troops came out to fight; he routed them and then guided the army to take the pass. In the eleventh month more than four thousand of Jingzhong's troops attacked Nankang. Bahan, with Shuota, Muksen, and others, defeated them, killed more than a thousand, and captured all their arms. In the sixteenth year he followed Pacifying-the-South General Mangyitu, Jiangning General Echu, and others against Wu Sangui, marched through Guangxi from Guangdong, and defeated Sangui's general Jiang Xiong at Shuzixu. In the eighteenth year Sangui's general Wu Shigong attacked Nanning. Bahan followed Mangyitu to the relief. Shigong encamped below West Mountain in Xinning Prefecture and formed a line with abatis. Bahan engaged him, killed and captured many, and Shigong withdrew wounded. The siege of Nanning was raised. In the twentieth year he followed Pacifying-the-South Grand General Laita in the advance, defeated Sangui's generals He Jizu and others at Xilong Prefecture, took the passes at Shimenkan, Huangcao Dam, and elsewhere, and pressed on toward Qujing. He joined the Hunan and Sichuan columns in capturing Yunnan. He again followed Banner Commander-in-Chief Xifu against Sangui's generals Ma Bao, Ba Yangyuan, and others at Wumu Mountain in Chuxiong. In the twenty-fifth year his merits were recognized and he was promoted to first-class asihnihan hafan. He died in the third month of the twenty-ninth year.
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== 滿 耀
Qi Ergeshen was a man whose family had long lived at Ningguta and who took the place as his clan name. His elder brother Nalin led more than a hundred men to submit to Taizu, who registered their followers as a niru and made Nalin niru ejen. When the banner system was established he was assigned to the Manchu Bordered White Banner. When Nalin died, Qi Ergeshen succeeded him as niru ejen and led his division to garrison Tabuxun Wood Fort. When Ming troops attacked Yaozhou, Qi Ergeshen marched to the relief, defeated them at the Niyu River, and returned to encamp at Pingshan. A thousand coastal salt traders fitted out boats to put to sea; Qi Ergeshen raided them by night and killed them all. When the Jinzhou garrison came out against him, Qi Ergeshen fought them, took a musket ball in the face, fought all the harder, and drove the Ming troops off.
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In Tiancong 6 Gaizhou was rebuilt and settlers were moved in to fill it. Qi Ergeshen, meile ejen Shiguozhu, jalan ejen Yashta, and others were ordered to garrison the city. In the eighth year he received the hereditary rank of niru janggin. Gaizhou lay on the border with Ming, and many of the newly submitted fled back to Ming. Qi Ergeshen led troops along the coast and found Ming boats already at sea taking fugitives aboard. Qi Ergeshen waded in, pursued, and shot, killing the musketeer in the boat and one fugitive. He then leaped into the boat and captured one Ming frontier defender and thirteen border patrol soldiers. He again led troops to inspect Beixin Ford. Spies reported more than fifty Ming boats moored on an island; he set an ambush, and when more than twenty Ming soldiers entered the island to cut timber the trap was sprung and all were taken. Ming troops were adrift at sea in boats when two men shouted from afar: "We are fugitives—who dares pursue us?" Qi Ergeshen gave chase in a small boat, killed one man and captured another; the rest of the Ming boats fled in panic.
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In Chongde 1, because Qi Ergeshen had served well on frontier garrison duty, he was granted a fine horse. In the fifth month he followed Prince Ajige of Wuying against Ming, pressed toward Datong, swept through Yanqing, and captured prisoners and booty. Under Shizu he served as superintendent of Fuling. In Shunzhi 7 he received the hereditary rank of tosahahafan. Qi Ergeshen's younger cousin Donika, who had led the escalade at Laiyang, had been granted the title Baturu and the hereditary rank of niru janggin with half a rank of advancement. When Donika died, Qi Ergeshen inherited in his place as first-class adahahafan and, under an amnesty edict, was further promoted to third-class asihnihan hafan. He died in Kangxi 12.
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Baduri was a Manchu of the Xingjia clan in the Bordered Blue Banner. His father Gangge led their clan to submit in Taizu's time. Baduri repeatedly joined campaigns and was appointed niru ejen, also serving as jalan ejen. In Tiancong 8 he joined the campaign against Ming and attacked Datong. With the imperial clansman Bayintu as guide, he captured four Chahar zaisang before crossing the border and was promoted to bayara da janggin. In Chongde 1 he joined the campaign against Korea. Baduri and bayara da janggin Gongadai besieged Namhansanseong and repeatedly defeated the enemy. In the second year he accompanied the emperor on a hunt in Yehe. The ranks of Baduri and Haning'a's division fell out of order, and the emperor sternly rebuked them. In the third year he joined a campaign against Ming. The next year, returning from Jinan, the army exited by Qingshan Pass with Ming troops in pursuit. Baduri led his division to turn and fight. When wounded bayara soldiers fell from their horses, he had others escort them back but left them on the road; he was fined for it. In the sixth year he was made vice minister of the Board of War and also served as meile ejen of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner. In the eighth year he campaigned against the Amur River region with meile ejen Orosechen and received the surrender of Tuhulchan and other cities. When the army returned he was granted half a rank of hereditary advancement. He was transferred to gushan ejen of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner. He died.
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Haidu, son of his younger cousin Hengjing, inherited the post. Under an amnesty edict he was promoted to baitalabur hafan with an additional tosahahafan. During the Shunzhi reign he fought the Ming generals Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Bai Wenxuan and distinguished himself in each campaign. In the Kangxi reign he served as acting Guard commander. He joined the campaign against Wu Sangui and died in the field. His merits were recognized and he was posthumously promoted to third-class adahahafan.
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Tokoya was a man whose forebears had long lived at Hurka and who took the place as his clan name. His elder brother Nahan Tai was headman of the Hurka tribe. In Tianming 4 he brought his kinsmen and more than a hundred households to submit. Taizu sent men to welcome them, feasted them, and granted furs and robes, slaves, fields and houses, utensils, cattle, and horses. When the banner system was established he was assigned to the Manchu Plain Red Banner. Soon Nahan Tai was made jarhuci and Tokoya niru ejen. In Tiancong 3 he was transferred to bayara jalan janggin. He joined a campaign against Ming, entering by Longjing Pass, where he met border patrols from the Santun Camp, killed five men, and captured seven horses. While escorting grain on the march, he fought off a Ming raid, killed several men, and captured a banner. He then joined the main army and took part in capturing Zunhua. In the third month of the fifth year he led a hundred men with jalan ejen Baysu and others on a raid against Jinzhou. In the eighth month he besieged Greater Linghe and shifted camp to block the routes between Jinzhou and Songshan. When Ming troops came from Jinzhou he drove them off, pursued them to the walls, and killed and captured a great many. In the eighth year he joined the campaign against Ming and attacked Datong. On the return march he exited by Shangfangbao; when Chahar zaisang came to submit, the emperor ordered Tokoya to escort the surrendered people back. His merits were recognized and he received the hereditary rank of jalan janggin. In the ninth year he fought at Ningyuan and, with Ajibai and others, defeated the enemy. The account appears in Ajibai's biography. In the eighth month of Chongde 3 he followed Beile Yoto against Ming, passed beyond the capital, pressed into Shandong, and besieged Linyi. Tokoya took the city by escalade and was rewarded with horses and silver. In the sixth month of the fourth year he was promoted to meile ejen of the Mongol Plain Red Banner. In the sixth year he joined the siege of Jinzhou and fought Ming governor-general Hong Chengchou, standing in the path of enemy cannon fire and taking several wounds. In the seventh year he was relieved of the post of meile ejen. In Shunzhi 1 he was recalled to serve as mausoleum superintendent. He died in the ninth month of the second year, aged sixty-three.
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Ye Chen was of the Wanyan clan and originally from Zhaojia. He submitted to Taizu. When the banner system was established he was assigned to the Manchu Bordered Red Banner. In Tianming 4 he joined the campaign against Ming and attacked Tieling. Mongol troops helped defend the city; he fought fiercely and broke them. In the sixth year he again joined the campaign against Ming, captured Liaoyang, and for his service was made brigade commander. When Taizong ascended the throne, each banner received two dispatch ministers, and Ye Chen was assigned to the Bordered Red Banner.
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In Tiancong 1 he followed Beile Amin against Korea. With sixty men he broke into the Ming border and captured six border patrol soldiers. At the attack on Uiju he led the escalade with niru ejen Aibao and for his service was made second-class colonel. He garrisoned Mongolia, captured and killed fugitives, and was promoted to third-class brigade general. In the fourth year he followed Taizong against Ming and attacked Yongping. The emperor ordered Ye Chen and brigade general Ashan to choose twenty-four stalwart men from their followers, raise scaling ladders, and lead the escalade. The account appears in Ashan's biography. Once the city fell, the emperor expressed admiration and told the generals: "When you assault cities hereafter, do not let them lead the escalade. Such fierce generals must be treasured by all!" He was promoted to third-rank commander-in-chief and appointed deliberative minister. He was told to speak freely about any failings of governance. Ye Chen replied: "Your servant has received great favor and will gladly report all I know, but I fear my understanding may fall short. In the fifth year he was appointed gushan ejen of the Bordered Red Banner. He joined the campaign against Ming and besieged Greater Linghe. Ye Chen posted his division on the southwest of the city. When the garrison sallied against their camps, Ye Chen and the imperial son-in-law Heshu Tu directed a pincer attack and cut down more than half the enemy.
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In the sixth month of the seventh year the emperor ordered the princes and ministers to report on current affairs. Some proposed striking straight at Shanhaiguan. Ye Chen memorialized: "Our armies are now massed. We should first go to Datong and Xuanfu to scout Chahar movements; if they are near, attack them; if they are far, enter Ming territory and press toward the Ming capital. Cut ladders from timber and besiege the city day and night—even if we do not take it at once, that alone will overawe the enemy. The emperor approved his proposal. That month he joined Beile Yoto, Degelai, and others in attacking the Ming position at Lüshunkou, with countless kills and captures. In the eighth year he followed Beile Daishan from Kala'ebo through Desheng Fort, raided Datong, pushed west to the Yellow River, and defeated Ming cavalry from Shuozhou. In the fifth month of Chongde 1 he followed Prince Ajige of Wuying against Ming. After crossing the border, detachments were sent to take Anzhou; then the forces combined to attack Baodi, undermined the wall, and took the city. In the twelfth month he followed the emperor against Korea and, with the other gushan ejen, led light cavalry into the royal capital. In the fourth month of Chongde 2 he followed Ajige against Ming Pik Island. With Ashan he directed white-banded light cavalry in small boats against the northwest of the island, drove his men forward, killed Ming regional commander Shen Shikui, and the island fell. When the army returned he was promoted to first-rank commander-in-chief. In the fourth year he joined Beile Yoto and others against Ming, entered by Qingshan Pass, and raided Taiping Fort. Yoto ordered each banner to send one meiren janggin and each niru to provide three armored soldiers; Ye Chen and gushan ejen Tan Tai were made generals, took the pass, fought thirteen engagements without defeat, and seized sixty horses. In the seventh year he was ordered to replace Beile Abatai as garrison commander at Jinzhou.
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In Shunzhi 1 he crossed the passes into China and led troops to pacify Shanxi. From Raoyang in Zhili to Huaiqing in Henan, every prefecture and county along the route fell; the army then advanced and captured Taiyuan. They secured nine prefectures, twenty-seven departments, and a hundred forty-one counties, appointed provisional officials, and restored order among the people. Ming general Li Jiyu held a hill fort in Henan. Tang Tong and Dong Xueli had surrendered to Li Zicheng and now led bands raiding the borders. Ye Chen won them all over to submission, and Shanxi was settled. On the return march at Dingzhou, local bandits calling themselves "King Who Sweeps the Earth" gathered followers to raid; Ye Chen sent troops to suppress them. On reaching the capital he was punished for unlawfully tearing down forbidden walls; his achievements went unrecorded and he received only six hundred taels of silver. In the second year Prince Dodo of Yu pacified Jiangnan. In the seventh month Beile Lekedehun was appointed Pacifying-the-South Grand General, with Ye Chen as his second, to replace Dodo in governing the south; Grand Secretary Hong Chengchou was also charged with winning over the southern provinces. Manchu armies were ordered to report to Ye Chen for deployment; whenever anyone resisted, Ye Chen sent troops to hunt them down and promptly reported success. In the eleventh month, with Li Zicheng's remnant lieutenant One-Eyed Tiger and others raiding Wuchang, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and neighboring prefectures, Ye Chen was ordered to join Lekedehun in moving troops to wipe them out. In the tenth month of the third year the army returned. He was granted thirty taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver. In the fourth year he was reclassified as first-class jingqi nihafan. In the fifth year he died. In the seventh month of that year the rank was fixed as second-class jingqi nihafan and inherited by his eldest son Cheerbu; a tuosalaha hafan was also added, inherited by his fifth son Che Hetu.
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Cheerbu's first appointment was jalan ejen. In Chongde 6 he joined the attack on Jinzhou. Lying in ambush with other commanders, he routed Ming forces and was promoted to bayara da janggin. He crossed the passes and fought Li Zicheng, overtook him at Ansu and again at Qingdu, killed large numbers of rebels, and received the hereditary rank of baitalablu hafan. He then joined Prince Ajige of Ying on the western campaign against Li Zicheng. The army left the frontier and marched through Tumed and Ordos; reentered China, crossed the Yellow River, and broke through the ice to ford it. In the spring of Shunzhi 2 the army reached Yulin. Rebels attacked the Mongol forces by night; Cheerbu and niru ejen Subai went to their aid and routed them. On the march back they met an ambush; Cheerbu attacked again and beat it back. With gushan ejen Ibai he then pacified the surrounding prefectures and counties. The army advanced to besiege Yan'an. With meiren ejen Luobi he defeated the garrison in battle. Li Zicheng fled to Huguang. Cheerbu and bayara da janggin Oboi pursued with their troops, attacked Anlu, and captured eighty boats; With bayara jalan janggin Gadahun he pursued the rebels to Jiugong Mountain, routed their cavalry, and Li Zicheng was killed. When the army returned he was made deliberative minister and granted an additional tuosalaha hafan.
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In the third year he joined Prince Hooge of Su against Zhang Xianzhong and won repeated victories. With Beile Nikan and others he pacified Zunyi, Kuizhou, and neighboring counties. Soon after, bayara da janggin Haning'a was besieged and Cheerbu failed to relieve him in time. His tuosalaha hafan was reduced and his reward and newly inherited father's rank were withheld. In the sixth year Jiang Xiang rebelled at Datong. Cheerbu joined Prince Ajige of Ying in leading troops against him. Jiang Xiang attacked the Bordered Red Banner camp; Cheerbu led bayara troops to repel him and drove him off. Jiang Xiang's followers split along the Zuma and Desheng routes to press the army from the northern hills. Jiang Xiang sallied again with city troops; Oboi engaged the enemy first; Cheerbu and meiren ejen Tanbu followed with combined forces and annihilated Jiang Xiang's army. On two benevolent amnesties he was repeatedly promoted to third-rank count. In the twelfth month of Shunzhi 12 he was ordered with Pacifying-the-Sea Grand General Ird to pacify Zhejiang, killing Ming Prince of Lu's generals Wang Changshu, Wang Guangzuo, Shen Erxu, and others. With Ird he sailed from Ningbo to Dinghai and attacked in three columns. The enemy mustered more than ten thousand men and two hundred boats and were defeated; pursued them to Hengshui Bay, killed Si and Liuyu, captured generals including Lin De and more than a hundred others, and took Zhoushan. See also the biography of Ird. For his achievements he was promoted to first-rank count and additionally granted tuosalaha hafan. In the twelfth month of Shunzhi 15 he was ordered with Pacifying-Annan General Ming'andali to garrison Guizhou. In the second month of Shunzhi 16 he was ordered to move his garrison to Jingzhou. In the eighth month Zheng Chenggong attacked Jiangning. Cheerbu and Ming'andali marched from Jingzhou downriver, defeated Chenggong's general Yang Wenying, killed his lieutenant, and captured boats and siege equipment. In the eleventh month of Shunzhi 17 the army returned. In Shunzhi 18 he was made commander of the Mongol division of the Bordered Red Banner. In Kangxi 3, after a long illness he was relieved as commander and reduced to third-rank count. He died in the third month of Kangxi 7. In Qianlong 14 the fief title was fixed as Weijing.
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When Ye Chen attacked Yongping, twenty-four men led the escalade; Surumai was among them.
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Surumai was of the Songjia clan, a Manchu of the Plain Blue Banner, originally from the Dong'e tribe. His father Sunzhali submitted to Taizu, who registered his eldest son Subahai and appointed him niru janggin. In Tianming 3 Surumai joined the campaign against Ming and attacked Fushun, raising a scaling ladder and leading the escalade. In the sixth year he was appointed niru ejen. He again joined campaigns against Ming and took Shenyang and Liaoyang. In Tiancong 1 he followed Amin against Korea and attacked Uiju. Surumai and twenty men scaled the wall ahead of the main force. In Tiancong 3 he followed Taizong against Ming and captured Hongshankou. He received the hereditary rank of defense commandant. When he followed Ye Chen against Yongping, firearms blazed from the wall. Surumai took a musket ball in the face but did not retreat; An enemy cannon burst and caught fire; he braved the flames, climbed the scaling ladder, and the city fell. The emperor sent a physician to treat his wounds, granted him the title Baturu, bestowed livestock and cloth, and promoted his hereditary rank to brigade commander. He again joined campaigns against Ming, took Lüshun, raided Ningyuan, always fought at the fore, and was repeatedly rewarded for wounds taken in battle. In Chongde 1 he followed Prince Ajige of Wuying against Ming. As the army was about to cross the border he attacked Diao'e Fort; a cannon wound to the mouth left him disabled, and he retired to his home. During the Shunzhi reign, under benevolent amnesties he was repeatedly promoted to third-class asihnihan hafan. He died in the eleventh month of Kangxi 1 and was posthumously titled Qinyong. Surumai's sons were Surji, Sunha, Santaha, Oeloshun, and Ong'eoluo.
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Surji entered the passes at the start of Shunzhi as a member of the Gabsihiyan guard and, with Gabsihiyan Gala'i Angbang Sitku, defeated Li Zicheng's general Tang Tong at Yipianshi. In the third year he joined Prince Boluo of Duanzhong in pacifying Fujian, defeated Ming general Jiang Zhengxi at Tingzhou, and received the hereditary rank of baitalablu hafan. In the seventh year he died.
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Oeloshun served Shengzu. As a second-class guard he followed Establishing-Might General Fenile against Wu Sangui and defeated his general Gao Ding; as vanguard commander he followed Prince Fuquan of Yu against Galdan. For his achievements he rose through the ranks to become general of Jiangning. He died.
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Ong'eoluo served Shengzu. Following Campaigning-South Grand General Laita against Wu Shifan, the army entered from Guangxi, fought at Shimenkan, and defeated his general He Jizu; fighting again at Huangcao Dam, defeated He Jizu again, and captured Zhan Yang and Wang Yougong. Pressing toward Yunnan, they killed Hu Guobing and pursued Ma Bao, Ba Yangyuan, and others. For his achievements he was promoted to third-class adahahafan. He died.
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Zhu Ma La was of the Bilu clan and originally from Yehe. In Taizu's time he led his Hurka followers to submit. When the banner system was established he was assigned to the Manchu Bordered White Banner and appointed niru ejen. In Tiancong 3 he joined the campaign against Ming, halted at Zunhua, and defeated Ming forces. Three days later Taizong came in person to inspect Zunhua. Ming troops marched from Shanhaiguan and were about to enter the city; Zhu Ma La and ten border patrol soldiers held them off and killed a great many. Pressing toward the Ming capital, they met Ming regional commanders Man Gui, Hei Yunlong, Ma Dengyun, and Sun Zushou with their armies at the Great Red Gate. Together with imperial son-in-law Yang Guli and jiala ejen Yindahu, they struck the Ming left wing and soon captured Yongping. They attacked Changli again; he was first over the wall and took six wounds. For his achievements he was made guard captain. Soon afterward he was stripped of his hereditary rank for an offense. In the fifth year he joined the siege of Greater Linghe. When Ming supervising secretary Zhang Chun came to relieve the city, Zhu Ma La fought jiala ejen Enuoe and broke the Ming vanguard.
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In the sixth year he joined the campaign against the Chahar and halted at Murkhadai. They captured Buyantu taiji, killed more than a hundred of his followers, and took his family prisoner. In the seventh year he followed Princes Degelai and Yoto in the attack on Lüshunkou, leading ten bayara soldiers in boats against the barbican. After Baqilan had given the order, Zhu Ma La and niru ejen Yong Shun leaped up the wall. He shouted his own name: "Zhu Ma La is on the wall!" He took three wounds but did not give ground, and in the end the city fell. When the emperor heard, he praised him warmly, personally poured him a golden goblet, and restored his hereditary rank. In the ninth year he followed Prince Dorgon against Ming and besieged Jinzhou. Scaling ladders were raised by night for the assault, and he was badly wounded.
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In Chongde 1 he joined the campaign against Korea, fought hard, and captured fortified mountain villages; he joined a campaign against Ming, defeated a Ming regional commander, and took four counties. In the third year he was made executive officer of the Board of War. He joined a campaign against Ming and besieged Jinzhou. Ming troops were encamped at Tiaozhi Mountain north of Guangning; Zhu Ma La with a detached force of forty men stormed their camp; and also induced separate Ming forces at Luotuo Mountain and the camps on the northern hills of Greater Linghe to surrender. In the sixth year he and jiala ejen Xifu were ordered to supervise the trading market at Zhangjiakou. When the market closed, the responsible offices impeached Zhu Ma La for trading with private funds and extorting horses from Mongols. Death was proposed, but the emperor ordered leniency, stripped his hereditary rank again, and had the traded goods turned over to the state. Soon afterward he joined Prince Jirhalang of Zheng in besieging Jinzhou again. When an enemy commander seized Qing cannon, Zhu Ma La attacked and drove him off; When they returned, Zhu Ma La shot and killed an enemy officer, and the enemy broke. In the seventh year he campaigned against the Hurka tribes with Gabsihiyan Gala'i Angbang Sharhuda, received the surrender of ten settlements including Karkemu, and returned with more than a thousand able-bodied captives along with livestock and baggage. The emperor ordered a formal welcome.
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At the start of Shunzhi, Zhu Ma La entered the passes as jiala ejen and attacked Li Zicheng. He was soon made meile ejen of the Manchu Plain Blue Banner and vice minister of the Board of War, and his hereditary rank was restored. In the eleventh month of the second year he garrisoned Hangzhou with meile ejen Hoto and others; Zhu Ma La commanded the left wing. When Ma Shiying and Fang Guo'an invaded Yuhang from Yanzhou, Zhu Ma La attacked and drove them off. On the return march, thirty li from Hangzhou, they met local bandits and defeated them again. Guo'an and the others still held tens of thousands of men in camps on the hills east of the river and at Zhuhua Bridge, Fancun, and other places outside Hangzhou. Zhu Ma La, regional commander Tian Xiong, deputy commander Zhang Jie, and others divided their forces to hunt them down. In the third year he led troops into Fujian and, with bayara da janggin Dunbai, defeated Ming forces. In the fifth year he followed Pacification General of the South Tan Tai against the rebel general Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi. With gushan ejen He Luohui, Sharhuda, and others he repeatedly defeated Shenghuan's forces, burned more than thirteen hundred boats, and captured Jiujiang and six subordinate counties. He was transferred to gushan ejen of the Mongol Plain White Banner and minister of the Board of Personnel. His hereditary rank was repeatedly promoted to third-class asihnihan hafan.
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In the winter of the tenth year he was dismissed as minister because Fang Zhiqi, whom he had appointed Shandong courier-route intendant, had once held household registration in Qingzhou without proper investigation. In the eleventh year the Ming generals Li Dingguo and others raided Guangdong. Zhu Ma La was appointed General for Pacifying the South, with Dunbai as deputy, to lead troops against them. While he was attacking Xinhui, Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao, and others encamped at Sanshui, holding the passes in fortified lines. When Zhu Ma La arrived, he joined their armies and attacked the enemy at Shanzhou. They beheaded one deputy commander, captured more than ten brigade commanders, and took over a hundred and fifty heads. When the army reached Xinhui, Dingguo commanded forty thousand infantry and cavalry, holding mountain defiles with cannon and deploying war elephants in formation. Zhu Ma La drove his officers and men to fight hard. After Dingguo's troops had fallen back, more than four thousand men charged down from the hills. The Qing army fought them off, took the heights, and Dingguo's force fled. In the second month of the twelfth year Dingguo fled to Gaozhou. Zhu Ma La sent meile ejen Biliktui, Ebai, and others in pursuit. They fought at Xingye and again at Hengzhou. Dingguo crossed the river and burned the bridge, but the Qing army pressed close behind and won all three battles. Dingguo fled into Anlong. Zhu Ma La and Shang Kexi recovered the three prefectures of Gaozhou, Leizhou, and Lianzhou along with three subordinate prefectures and eight counties; They also took two prefectures and four counties within Guangxi—twenty-two cities in all. They captured sixteen elephants, more than two hundred horses, and comparable quantities of other arms and equipment. The emperor issued an edict commending him. In the ninth month the army returned. On audience the emperor told Grand Secretaries Feng Quan and others: "Zhu Ma La has returned victorious from the Guangdong campaign, and he is only fifty. To win such merit in the prime of life is good fortune indeed!" Tea was granted to console and reward him. The Board proposed promoting him to first-class asihnihan hafan with an additional tuosalaha hafan. The emperor said Zhu Ma La and the others, in breaking Dingguo, had avenged the humiliations at Hengzhou and Guilin and that such merit should not be judged by ordinary rules. He ordered reconsideration, and Zhu Ma La was promoted to third-class jingqi nihafan. In the fifteenth year he retired from office. In Kangxi 1 he died and was posthumously titled Xiangmin.
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Walgari Zhu Ma La was of the Namdulu clan and lived at Hunchun in the Walgari tribe. His grandfather Chali led the clan to submit to Taizu. When the banner system was established he was assigned to the Manchu Plain White Banner. While still young, Zhu Ma La followed Taizu on campaign and was appointed niru ejen. Because another Zhu Ma La of the Bilu clan existed at the same time, he was ordered to append his place-name to his name for distinction.
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In Tiancong 8 he received the hereditary rank of niru janggin. Once he led ten Gabsihiyan soldiers and hunted down forty-three fugitive Mongols; the emperor specially rewarded him generously. In Chongde 2 he and niru ejen Kakai and others took separate routes against the Walgari tribes, sweeping Ele'yuosuo, Eheikulun, Sengkule, and other routes and capturing a great many people and goods. For his achievements he received half a rank of advancement. In the third year he was made executive officer of the Board of Personnel. In the third month of the fourth year he followed Prince Yoto against Ming, attacked Gucheng, scaled the wall by night with cloud ladders, and took it. When Ming regional commander Hou Shilu's army came to relieve the city, Zhu Ma La on foot charged the enemy and fought hard; Shilu was defeated and withdrew; Zhu Ma La was badly wounded. When the eunuch Gao Qiqian's army arrived, he fought on despite his wounds with even greater force and drove Qiqian off as well. In the tenth month he joined the raid on Jinzhou, defeated Ming troops, and entered the border as far as Taiping Stockade. Ming forces waited in tight formation. Zhu Ma La on foot shouted, entered the ranks, and hacked at the abatis. Wounded, he did not give ground, and the Ming army broke in disorder. In the eleventh month he followed chief minister Suohai and Samuska against the Solon tribes; Zhu Ma La captured nineteen men. En route they attacked Yaksa of the Hurka tribes and burned its outer wall. Niru ejen Hoto was first over the wall and Zhu Ma La followed; the city fell. On the return march the army halted on the Amur. Hurka scattered troops regrouped, and the chieftain of Ulusu, Bombogor, struck the Plain Blue Banner rear with six thousand men. Zhu Ma La and Suohai laid an ambush and nearly wiped out the enemy. For his achievements he was promoted to third-class jalan janggin.
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In the sixth year he joined the campaign against Ming, besieged Jinzhou, and defeated Songshan cavalry. Ming governor-general Hong Chengchou came to relieve the city and encamped northwest of Songshan. The Qing army fought them and the right wing was defeated; the enemy massed on the left wing. Zhu Ma La fought hard, was wounded in the jaw by cannon fire, and fell nearly dead. The emperor deeply mourned him and granted grave goods for his burial. Three days later he revived. The emperor was greatly pleased, ordered him to rest and not return to the army immediately, and had him supervise construction of the pagoda at Shengjing. When it was completed, he rewarded him generously. Soon he was ordered to garrison Jinzhou with his troops. Ming forces attacked and they fought all night. The enemy was defeated, more than forty heads were taken, and scaling ladders and arms were captured. He was repeatedly promoted to first-class jalan janggin.
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At the start of Shunzhi he entered the passes, attacked Li Zicheng, and pacified bandits at Mashankou. For his achievements he received half a rank of advancement. In the tenth month of the second year he was transferred to executive officer of the Board of Revenue. In the eleventh month he led troops with gushan ejen Bayan and others to join Pacification General of the West He Luohui in the western campaign against Zhang Xianzhong. In the third year Prince Hooge of Su replaced He Luohui in commanding the armies toward Jiezhou. Hearing that Xianzhong's troops were encamped south of Li County, he sent Zhu Ma La with a detached force against them, and Xianzhong's troops fled in panic; With bayara da janggin Oboi he advanced on Xichong. Xianzhong died, and the army then returned. In the sixth year he joined the suppression of the rebel general Jiang Xiang and halted at Zuowei. Xiang's troops encamped outside the city to give battle. Zhu Ma La attacked and drove them off, and the city then fell. Pursuing the rebels to Ningwu Pass, Xiang's troops placed cannon on a hill to block the way. Zhu Ma La and jiala ejen Ukuri galloped to seize the ridge, broke their fortifications, and Liu Wei, the regional commander Xiang had posted there, surrendered the pass. When the army returned he was promoted to meile ejen of the Plain White Banner. His hereditary rank was repeatedly promoted to first-class asihnihan hafan. In the third month of the tenth year he died and was enshrined among the notable officials of Sichuan.
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Yimala was his younger brother. When Prince Hooge of Su pacified Sichuan, Yimala followed as a bayara bodyguard. When the army halted at Baoning, Xianzhong's general Zhao Yungui came to attack. Yimala mounted the wall and shot Yungui in the eye. The rebels fled in terror, the army pursued them to a great victory, and he immediately inherited his elder brother's hereditary rank and was appointed jiala ejen. In Kangxi 13 he followed General for Displaying Might Amida against the rebel general Wang Fuchen. In the fifth month of the fourteenth year he captured Ningzhou. In the ninth month he advanced on Pingliang. Eight li from the city, Fuchen led more than ten thousand men out to resist. Yimala fought with Prince Tongio, and Fuchen was defeated and withdrew into the city. In the fifteenth year he followed Grand General for Pacifying the Distance Tuhai in the renewed attack on Pingliang. Reaching Hushandun north of the city to reconnoiter the rebels, he was suddenly attacked by combined rebel infantry and cavalry. Yimala fought hard and drove them off. When the affair was settled the army returned. In the twenty-seventh year he requested retirement. In the fifth month of the thirty-fourth year he died and was also enshrined among the notable officials of Sichuan. When Yongzheng ascended the throne, he ordered that unrewarded battlefield merits be recorded, and Yimala was granted tuosalaha hafan.
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The annalists say that in Taizong's wars with Ming, the captures of Greater Linghe and Jinzhou were each fought with the empire's full strength. The Renwu campaign, penetrating thousands of li by hidden routes as if through empty country—unprecedented until then—was Tu Erge's achievement. Many later feats took this campaign as the standard of merit. Yierdeng, Baqilan, Qi Ergeshen, and their like were all fierce warriors who followed Taizong on campaign, seizing banners and charging the ranks; while Ye Chen and Zhu Ma La, after entering the passes, again earned merit as veteran generals fighting hard. The great enterprise was nearing completion; many talents aided the dynasty's fortune—how magnificent!
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