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Volume 257 Biographies 44: Zhao Guozuo, Xu Zhen, Xu Zhidou, Tang Xishun, Zhao Yingkui, Li Fangshu, Chen Shikai, Xu Zhankui

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Zhao Guozuo belonged to the Han Chinese Bordered Red Banner. His father Yiyihe came over to the Qing in the Taizu reign. In the Tiancong era he received the third-class company commander's rank. Guozuo was Yiyihe's second son. He was first made a company captain and put in charge of garrison farming at Yizhou. He took part in the Heilongjiang campaign. He took Qiantun Guard and the Zhonghou stations. Early in the Shunzhi reign he joined the Jiangnan campaign, took Yangzhou, Jiaxing, and Jiangyin, and earned merit in each action. His hereditary rank advanced from a half-rank prospect grant to a second-class light-chariot commandancy. He rose through the ranks from company commander to banner general of the Han Chinese Bordered White Banner.
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In year 13 he was promoted to Pacification General of the South and encamped at Wenzhou. In year 15 he became governor-general of Zhejiang. When Zheng Chenggong struck Wenzhou, Guozuo drove him off and seized over ninety vessels. Chenggong struck Ningbo again; Xia Jingmei, Chang Jingong, and others beat him back and reported a victory. The emperor judged that Chenggong had simply withdrawn, rebuked the inflated report, and warned them against the late-Ming practice of deceiving the court with false battle honors. Chenggong then launched a major assault on Jiangning, which Guozuo helped defend. Afterward the ministries ruled that Guozuo and others had been remiss against the rebels and ought to lose their posts; the throne ordered their salaries reduced instead. During four years as Zhejiang governor-general he gave real attention to civil administration. When famine drove rice prices up, he released treasury grain for fair-price sale and urged neighboring provinces not to block grain traffic; the people owed him gratitude for it. In year 18 he was moved to Shandong, then to Shanxi. In Kangxi 1, during the review of provincial governors, Guozuo was removed because his faults outweighed his service.
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After Wu Sangui's rebellion broke out, Guozuo was reappointed Jiangxi provincial commander in year 13 and posted at Jiujiang. When Sangui's forces crossed into Jiangxi, he was ordered to shift his headquarters to Nanchang. Geng Jingzhong sided with Sangui and sent forces into Jiangxi, capturing Guangxin and Jianchang. Guozuo marched to the rescue with Generals Xiergen and Ha'erhaqi; Jingzhong's general Yi Ming advanced from Jianchang with over ten thousand men to meet them. The Qing forces split up and routed the rebels, pursued them over seventy li, and recovered Fuzhou. Yi Ming returned with another ten-thousand-man assault; Guozuo, Shanaha, Wadai, and others smashed the attack and took more than four thousand heads. In year 14 Grand General Prince An Yuele asked that Guozuo join the field army, and the request was approved. In year 15, as the army pressed Changsha, Sangui's troops counterattacked and Guozuo drove them off. He was soon ordered to relocate to Chaling. In year 18, after Changsha fell, he followed Prince An against Baqing. Wu Shifan's general Wu Guogui held Wugang; Guozuo and Lin Xingzhu fought hard, killed Guogui with cannon fire, and captured the city. Guozuo requested retirement when an old wound flared up again. He died in year 27 at eighty; the court granted funeral honors and the posthumous name Minzhuang. His son Yue inherited the hereditary rank and rose from a Guangdong garrison post to lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Plain Red Banner.
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Xu Zhen, courtesy name Jinchen, came from Haicheng in Fujian. He had first served as a commander under the Zheng regime. In Kangxi 3 he brought his troops to Zhangzhou to surrender, was made Left Commander-in-Chief, and posted at Jiujiang. He was soon transferred to Gan county, where surrendered troops were settled on wasteland for military farming, earning him the nickname "Colonization Commander."
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In year 13 Geng Jingzhong rebelled; his generals Jia Zhenlu and Zeng Ruoqian struck Ganzhou, seized Shicheng, and besieged Ningdu. Mountain rebels across Guangxin and Jianchang joined in, leaving many districts in ruins. Zhen picked four hundred of his best men, joined Zhou Qiu's relief force, routed the rebels at Huangdi with over a thousand kills and vast captures of arms, lifted the siege of Ningdu, and retook Shicheng. Soon afterward rebels struck Xingguo; Zhen raced to pursue them and won many kills and captures. He pressed into Yudu and Ruijin, fought at Tianhua Mountain, Lifen River, and Changleli, broke the rebels repeatedly, took a string of stockades including Qiaotou and Wuxian, accepted the surrender of over ten thousand rebels, and freed more than thirty thousand civilians. Governor Bai Sechun memorialized his achievements; the throne commended him and made him Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent. Governor-General Dong Weiguo asked for a new regional commander for Fu, Jian, and Guang, based at Jianchang, and Zhen received the post. Zhen recovered Yihuang, Chongren, Le'an, and other counties. Jingzhong tried to win Zhen over by messenger; Zhen ignored the letter, shackled the envoys and reported them, and received a hereditary tosoro hafan rank.
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Grand General Prince An Yuele was then at Jianchang while Jingzhong's generals Geng Jishan, Yang Yutai, and Li Maozhu held the hills around the city. Yuele was uneasy, but Zhen said, "They are numerous but not formidable—let me take one stockade first." That same night he stormed Xiaojiaping and carried one stockade. Yuele then marched from Ji'an on Changsha, leaving Zhen five hundred Manchu troops to hold Jianchang. With only two thousand men, Zhen faced a rebel probe that found the garrison weak, then a siege with camps on Congu Mountain. He led elite troops uphill, smashed their works, and drove them back. Magu Mountain was the steepest strongpoint, where tens of thousands of rebels had ringed the heights with stockades. Zhen rested his army for months while drilling casually at the mountain foot; the rebels grew contemptuous and let their guard down. In year 15 spring floods made the streams navigable and the rebel camps were joined by pontoon bridges across the water. Zhen again drilled at the foot of the hill, then suddenly stormed uphill while boats burned the pontoon bridges with fire-laden timber; in a single day he took more than sixty stockades, killed Jie Zhongxin and other rebel leaders, and wiped out their force.
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Jishan held Ersheng Mountain while the rest camped at Shaping, Hongmen, and Zimuling. After another months-long pause, Zhen attacked in midsummer, closed hand to hand, scaled the cliffs, and broke the rebels. Jishan abandoned his camp and fled through Shanguan Pass; the Qing forces followed and took Jinxi and Nanfeng. They went on to capture Guangchang and laid siege to Luxi. Luxi sat deep in the mountains, where Jingzhong's generals Yang Yimao and Lin Zhen held the pass with forty thousand men behind wooden defenses. Zhen climbed the ridge, hauled his men up the palisades, burned the works, and took Luxi. When Maozhu threatened Nanfeng, Zhen marched to its aid, defeated the rebels at Yangmeiyan, killed Wang Dayao and other leaders, and took Xincheng. In year 16 Maozhu and Yutai withdrew into Le'an; Niman, Zhao Lai, and Zhen joined forces to attack them. Zhen took the western route, defeated the rebels at Baishiling, and recovered Le'an. Yutai surrendered with six thousand men. Han Daren fled from Ji'an into Le'an; Zhen pursued and met him at Dieshuiling. They fought eight times in a single day before Daren retreated to Ningdu and fortified Duhu with a wooden wall and moat. After a two-month siege Daren broke out, was beaten at Yongfeng and again at Huangtang Laohudong, and his force was nearly destroyed; he fled into Fujian and surrendered to Prince Kang.
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In year 17 he cleared rebels from Guangchang and stormed the Tengdiao and Fengshu stockades. Both stockades sat on sheer heights; Zhen camped on Yong'an Mountain opposite them, shelled them with firearms, burned them out, and took them. For his service his hereditary rank was raised to baitaruburu hafan and he was made provincial commander over Fu, Jian, Guang, Rao, Ji, and Nan. Guangxin bandit chiefs Jiang Ji and Yang Yibao held Jianghu Mountain with tens of thousands of men, built a wooden fortress on the heights, and raided the countryside. Zhen and Governor-General Dong Weiguo attacked in separate columns and seized the key passes in turn. The rebels fell back to Jigong Mountain and Houziling; he struck again, broke them, and took more than sixteen thousand heads. Yibao fled to Hongshan. In year 18 Zhen advanced again from Yiyang Shuanggang, repeatedly beat the rebels, and killed Yibao's brother Yihu along with more than twenty-four hundred of his men. Ji and Yibao both fled. He was placed in charge of all military affairs in Jiangxi. In year 19, pursuing rebels into Jianghu Mountain, Zhen learned they planned a night assault; he built breastworks, lined bare blades along the wall, and hid troops in the forest. The rebels came, saw a wall of blades, panicked and fled, and were shattered by the ambush. Yibao and Ji likewise fled to Fujian and surrendered.
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In year 21 he asked to retire; the throne urged him to stay. He was soon made Guangdong provincial commander; at court the emperor praised him lavishly and added a tosoro hafan rank. During fourteen years in Guangdong he built patrol craft, set up coastal posts, and patrolled ceaselessly until piracy all but disappeared. He died in year 34 and was posthumously made Junior Tutor with state funeral honors.
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Zhen was affable, modest, and never boastful. He kept strict discipline and forbade his troops looting or harming civilians. When other commanders wanted to storm mountain stockades after towns were recovered, Zhen said, "The rebellion is still raging; many people have merely fortified themselves for safety and are not all bandits." He halted the attacks and spared a great many lives. The people of Jiangxi held him in deep gratitude.
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Zhou Qiu, courtesy name Jizhen, came from Lai'an in Jiangnan. A Shunzhi 12 military jinshi, he became garrison commander of Guangzhou Guard, acted as brigade commander of the Southern Gan camp, and handled guerrilla duties. When Shicheng fell, Liu Jinbao sent Qiu to the relief; he joined Zhen and attacked the rebels at Ningdu. Civilians had taken refuge in Hongshiya Cave; rebels piled brush at the mouth and were about to burn them alive. Qiu's troops arrived in time, the rebels fled, and the refugees were saved. After Shicheng was retaken he joined Zhen at Xingguo, broke the Nan'an bandits, took stockades in Chongyi and Shangyou, and was made guerrilla commander. He joined Guerrilla Commander Li Tianzhu to relieve Huichang and defeated the rebels. In Kangxi 14 the rebel Chen Sheng brought Jingzhong's general Guo Yingfu and others to seize Longquan; Qiu and Tianzhu broke Huangtu Pass and retook the city. In pursuit, Chen Sheng tried to lure them into an ambush from the woods; Qiu led a fierce charge and smashed the trap. At Zuo'ankou he climbed a dangerous path and killed Sheng with cannon fire. In year 15 he reinforced the Zengcheng garrison at Ganzhou; Qiu was made brigade general and acted as deputy regional commander. Dispatched by Governor Tong Guozheng to relieve Xinfeng, he defeated Huang Shibiao, Wang Ge'er, and others. In year 16 he relieved Huichang and fought at Wulipai. The details appear in Guozheng's biography. For his service he was promoted to Vice Commander-in-Chief. He again served under Zhen and helped defeat Han Daren. After Daren surrendered, Qiu and Guerrilla Commander Tang Guangyao escorted the surrendered troops to Fuzhou. Prince Jian Labu then summoned him with two thousand men for the Hunan campaign; he garrisoned Anren, relieved Yongxing, camped on Jigong Mountain, won repeated victories, and was made Right Commander-in-Chief. In year 18 he became regional commander of Taiyuan and was advanced to Left Commander-in-Chief. He was transferred to Hanzhong, then to Zhending. He died in year 22 and was posthumously made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent with state funeral honors.
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Xu Zhidou belonged to the Han Chinese Plain White Banner. His father Dagui served under Taizong, rose to company captain, and also held a post in the Board of Works. In the Jinzhou campaign he fought at Songshan and Xingshan, took Tashan, and captured Zhonghousuo and Qiantun Guard, always in the van. In the Shunzhi era he joined the Taiyuan campaign and marched south from Henan into Jiangnan. He rose to Vice Minister of Justice and concurrently vice banner commander. He garrisoned Hangzhou and commanded the Left Wing. He campaigned in Fujian, attacked Haicheng, and on his return secured Zhoushan. For long service he received a third-class ashan han hafan hereditary rank and the title Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent. He died and was posthumously named Qinguo with state funeral honors.
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Zhidou was first made assistant commandant and deputy commandant. In Kangxi 7 he became regional commander of Tianjin in Zhili. In year 8 he was transferred to Yiling in Huguang. When Wu Sangui rebelled, Yuanzhou fell in year 13 and Zhidou marched to relieve it. Civil and military officials across Sichuan then sided with Sangui, as did rebel generals Yang Laijia and Liu Zhifu. Learning that neighboring troops and civilians were joining the rebels, Zhidou's wife Xu used his authority to steady the officers, comforted the men, and gave her jewelry to reward the troops. When orders came for Zhidou to return to Yiling, Laijia and Zhifu attacked by water. Zhidou defended by land and water and drove them off. Laijia held Nanzhang and raided in columns; Zhidou joined Liu Chenglong, and together they killed more than half the enemy. For his service he was made Left Commander-in-Chief. In year 15 Laijia attacked again by river; Zhidou blocked the Yangzi line. The commandery stood on the river; rebel boats pressed in, and Lady Xu led troops into battle and was killed by cannon fire. Governor-General Cai Yurong and Provincial Commander Sang'e reported how Zhidou had fought with loyal abandon for his family. In year 18 he was made provincial commander; Hu Shiying replaced him as regional commander.
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Rebel general Wang Fengqi held Wushan, and the emperor ordered Zhidou to prepare against him. Zhidou trained a river navy, built a hundred five-plank boats, and put Shiying in command of them; he and Chenglong meanwhile led troops through Guizhou, Xingshan, and Badong to seize key ground and strike when the moment came. In year 19 the army reached Wushan, where Laijia and Fengqi defended with over ten thousand men. The Qing forces took the pass; as rebels rushed out Zhidou fought hand to hand; Laijia fled over the mountains, Fengqi was captured, more than three thousand were killed, and Wushan fell. Advancing on Kuizhou, rebel generals Liu Zhiwei and Qu Hongsheng surrendered the city. Rebel Tan Hong sent his son Tianmi and kinsmen Dijin and Disheng to surrender and handed over his commission and seal. The emperor ordered Zhidou back to Yiling. Hong rebelled again and seized Luzhou and Xuzhou. Zhidou and Pacification General Garhan advanced upriver in three columns and took Xiaguan. In year 20 they advanced on Yunyang and repeatedly defeated the rebels. Hong was already dead by then, and Tianmi had fled to Wan county. Zhidou advanced again and recovered Liangshan and Zhongzhou. For his service he was advanced four ranks.
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In year 27 Xia Fenglong, a demobilized soldier of the Huguang provincial command, mutinied and seized Wuchang. Zhidou marched to suppress them, met the rebels at Yingcheng, and drove them back in fierce fighting. He then encamped at Yingcheng. Over ten thousand rebels besieged him; Zhidou attacked from inside and outside, routed them, and they fled to De'an. Fenglong sent twenty great ships downstream on a north wind; seeing Zhidou's fleet in good order he avoided it and landed at Longchuanji to attack the army. Zhidou met him in day-and-night fighting until the rebels were nearly wiped out. Fenglong gathered at Liyuliao; Zhidou posted Zheng Xing and Yang Mingjin against a landing while he burned the rebel fleet with river guns. Fenglong attacked the land force again and was beaten off with more than seven hundred killed; most of the rest drowned. Generals including Hu Yaoqian surrendered Wuchang; Fenglong fled to Huangzhou. Pacification General Wadai arrived with the Eight Banners; student Yi Weisheng of Huanggang captured Fenglong, who was executed in the market and the rebellion ended. On news of victory he received a peacock feather and a hereditary tosoro hafan rank.
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Before Zhidou returned, Taoyuan bandit Wan Renjie rebelled; Zhidou's wife Kong led troops and put him down. In year 32 he had audience in the capital and received imperial robes and headgear. In year 33 the throne praised his service and, following the precedents of Sun Sike and Shi Lang, made him Pacification General while he retained the provincial command. He died in year 36, was posthumously made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, named Xiangyi, and granted state funeral honors.
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For eighteen years in Huguang he enforced discipline; the people were grateful and built a shrine in his honor.
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Hu Shiying, courtesy name Rudi, came from She county in Anhui. He first served under Fujian Governor-General Li Shuatai. Through accumulated merit he rose to brigade general. In Kangxi 1 he became deputy commander of the Huguang provincial central brigade. In year 12 he was made vice regional commander and defended Jingzhou. When Wu Sangui rebelled, Governor-General Cai Yurong summoned him as army controller. In year 14 Grand General Prince Shuncheng Leerjin crossed the Yangzi from Jingzhou against Sangui; Shiying led four hundred men as vanguard. As the encirclement closed, rebel reinforcements arrived, charged in, and cut the army in two. Shiying steadied both wings, saw the army had finished crossing, then sent cavalry to fight a rearguard action with two torches per man; the rebels dared not press close and he withdrew in order. In year 16 Changde and Li prefectures suffered famine while Sangui's general Wu Yingqi at Yuezhou sold government grain for profit. Shiying secretly bought the grain and urged Leerjin to advance by land and water while the rebels were hungry. As vanguard he poled small boats to Baling, fought against the wind, and closed on the shore. Climbing ashore he shouted, "We have Chenglingji!" The army finished landing and broke the rebel works. In year 18 Yingqi fled and the townspeople welcomed the army in. Leerjin asked for four campaign garrisons; Shiying became rear-route regional commander and was soon transferred to Yiling. In year 19 he followed Zhidou in taking Wushan, capturing Fengqi, and advancing on Chongqing. He returned to Yiling ill and died soon after.
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Tang Xishun came from Wuwei in Gansu. He rose from the ranks to platoon leader in the Liangzhou garrison brigade. In Kangxi 13, when Wang Fuchen rebelled, Xishun followed Sun Sike on the east bank of the Yellow River and fought with distinction. In year 15 he joined the siege of Pingliang, stormed Hushandun, and was wounded in hands and feet striving to be first. For his service he received brigade-general rank and commanded a provincial-brigade company. He was soon made garrison commander and, with Kang Tiaoyuan, recovered Jiezhou and Wen county.
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In year 19 Valiant General Zhao Liangdong campaigned in Sichuan; Xishun joined his army and became guerrilla commander of the northern Sichuan brigade. Wu Shifan's generals Hu Guozhu and others then held Daxiang Ridge; Liangdong advanced from Ya prefecture and recovered Rongjing. The rebels fell back to Jingkou Post, held Zhougong Bridge, Huangnipu, and other passes, and formed five camps on the heights. Xishun followed Li Fangshu and Tiaoyuan in attacking Tudi Bridge and took one rampart after another. At the bridge mouth he chose a thousand infantry to cross by a mountain path and attack from above. With troops at the bridge striking from both sides, the rebels broke and fled. Pursuing overnight, they beat the rebels again at Lizhou the next day, took the city, reached the Dadu River, seized three crossings, and recovered Jianchang. That winter he followed Liangdong down the Jinsha into Yunnan and defeated rebels at Yuhuang Pavilion and Sanshi Street. In year 22 his service won him Left Commander-in-Chief rank. He rose to vice commander of the Taiwan naval force. In year 32 he became regional commander of the Weining garrison in Guizhou.
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In year 35 the Kangxi Emperor campaigned in person against Galdan and ordered Xishun to serve on the western route. From Guizhou he led a hundred household troops and hurried to Ningxia. The main army had already marched beyond the frontier; Xishun pressed on by forced marches, joined Sun Sike, and defeated Galdan at Jao Modo. His service was recognized with a hereditary tosoro hafan rank and promotion to Sichuan provincial commander. He memorialized: "Sichuan covers a vast area where tribal peoples are intermixed and land and water routes crisscross. The commander's three battalions should follow other provinces' precedent of eight hundred men per battalion. Sichuan's authorized strength is thirty-six thousand; I have cleared accumulated abuses and the rolls are now full. Within that authorized total I will shift detachments according to each post's urgency. Even if the commander's troops are reassigned, their pay will remain unchanged. The commandant-rank officers under my standard excel in arms, are skilled bowmen and horsemen, and know Shu terrain well. Please follow the Songpan and Dieling garrison precedent of recommending and appointing selected officers." The request was approved.
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Dajianlu had long been interior territory; because Tibetans favored tea, Tibetan garrison officers were allowed to manage Tubo trade at Dajianlu. In year 39 the garrison officer Diebachang Zejilie rebelled, seized Wuni, Ruoni, Lanzhou, Shanqing, Cadao and other places east of the river, and killed the Mingzheng and Changhexi chieftains Shela Chaba. Governor-General Xileda asked that Hualin Garrison Assistant Commander Li Lin be moved to lead troops against them. The rebels again besieged Pengba and Lengzhuguan; Xishun summoned troops from all routes to Hualin and sent a secret report. The emperor ordered Vice Minister Manpi to lead Jingzhou Manchu troops in suppression and told Xishun to act as circumstances required. More than five thousand tribesmen set up fourteen camps west of Moxi and at Mogang and elsewhere. Xishun crossed the Lu on a snowy night in three columns: one from Ziniu against Nazhatuo, one from Pengba against Dagang, and one from Zawei against west Moxi and Mogang under his own command. He also sent troops up from Toudaoshui to charge down in a pincer. After five days every column won; more than five thousand tribesmen were destroyed and Diebachang Zejilie was beheaded; Dajianlu was recovered and lamas and tribesmen all submitted. Soon he reached Muya; tribal head Cuowang Duanzhu and others surrendered their seals, and more than twelve thousand lama and tribal households came over. When victory was reported, the throne praised and rewarded him. Soon he memorialized on follow-up measures, and these were approved as well. Before long he petitioned to retire on grounds of illness and was relieved of office to recuperate. In year 47 he died and received state funeral honors by regulation. His son Jisheng inherited the rank and was entered in the Sichuan register.
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Li Lin was a native of Xianyang in Shaanxi. He rose from the ranks and followed Valiant General Zhao Liangdong into Yunnan. For his service he was appointed acting assistant regional commander. In Kangxi year 35 he followed Pacification General Sun Sike against Galdan at Jao Modo and won a great victory. He rose to assistant commander of the Hualin garrison in Sichuan. In year 39 Zejilie rebelled; Lin moved his troops across the Lu and pacified Zawei, Ziniu, Pengba, and Kuiwu. Soon Commander Xishun ordered Lin along the Lu from Pengba to Eke to strike Mogang from behind west Moxi. Lin's men lost the road at night; by dawn they had emerged before west Moxi instead, attacked the tribal camp, and took west Moxi. Dajianlu was pacified. Xishun later impeached Lin for avoiding danger and taking the easy post at Zawei, which led to the loss of Pengba; and for losing the road on the advance and missing the military opportunity. The throne ordered Xileda, Manpi, and others to investigate; because of his merit he was spared punishment. He was promoted in due course to regional commander of Dengzhou.
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In year 57 Tsewang Arabtan harassed Tibet; Lin was ordered to pick a hundred elite troops and go from Ningxia to the front. In year 59 Yanxin was made Pacification General and ordered into Tibet, with Lin to assist in military affairs. Soon he escorted the Sixth Dalai Lama into Tibet; at the Shakhe the enemy raided by night and were repulsed, then beaten repeatedly at Qinuogele, Chuomala, and elsewhere. When Tibet was pacified, Lin led his troops home in triumph from Lhari. In year 60 he became provincial commander of Guyuan in Shaanxi. In Yongzheng year 1 he was made Director of the Imperial Procession. Merit for pacifying Tibet was recognized with Right Commander-in-Chief rank and a hereditary tosoro hafan. He retired on account of age. He died soon after.
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Zhao Yingkui was a native of Shangqiu in Henan. In youth he entered the army and followed Prince Gongshun Kong Youde in Hunan and Guangxi, distinguishing himself in both. He rose to vice commander of Shinan in Huguang.
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In year 13 Wu Sangui took Changsha; Yingkui was transferred to vice commander of Yuanzhou in Jiangxi. Yuanzhou bordered Changsha closely, and shed bandits were in league with Sangui's troops. His force was weak, so Yingkui spent his own funds to raise men and brought household troops into battle; he captured and beheaded the rebel chieftain Zhu Yiwu and others. Soon he advanced from Cihua against Huangtang, Chushan, and Shanglishi and repeatedly defeated the rebels. Governor-General Dong Weiguo asked to establish the Yuan-Lin garrison and make Yingkui regional commander. Sangui sent rebels against Yuanzhou; Yingkui held firm. Soon his generals Zhu Junpin and others came from Pingxiang with tens of thousands; Yingkui defeated them at Xicun and took more than fifteen thousand heads. He detached troops toward Wanzai, killed the general Qiu Yixiang and others, and recovered the city. Sangui tried to win him over; Yingkui had his son Yanzheng present the letters to the ministry, which recommended Left Commander-in-Chief for Yingkui and acting assistant regional commander for Yanzheng. Soon an edict praised his loyalty and granted a hereditary baitaruburu hafan rank. In year 14 he sent Guerrilla Commander Yang Zhengyuan against shed bandits in Fenyi and Xinyu; many were killed and their nests destroyed. Sangui's general Jie Yuqing attacked Wanzai; he sent Guerrilla Commander Chen Sulun and others to defeat him and take more than a thousand heads; and defeated him again at Bailiang. Sangui's general Huang Liqing again tried to win him over; Yingkui had his son Yanxiang present the letter; the ministry recommended first-class military merit for Yingkui and Honglu Gentleman for Yanxiang. In year 15 he sent Guerrilla Commander Li Xianzong and others to pursue Sangui's troops to Xianju Bridge, Shaxi, and Hutang and defeat them at each place. Sangui's troops joined Liuyang bandits to take Wanzai; Yingkui advanced; the rebels held the Longhe ford and resisted from both banks. Yingkui crossed the river, killed the guards at the ford, and drove into their camp; the rebels broke; countless were cut down in pursuit; Wanzai was recovered and the throne praised him. Soon he received third-class adaha hafan rank.
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In year 17, with Jiangxi pacified, Yingkui was ordered to move his standard troops to garrison Chaling and You. He memorialized: "Since Sangui rebelled, Yuanzhou lay on Hunan's border; I led a lone army in campaign and the upper reaches stayed secure. But our strength was thin and grain transport failed; I spent my own funds to support personal troops, some providing horses or receiving honorary ranks. Later Vice Minister Wen Dai reported seeing me lead household troops in defense; we were granted rations for a thousand foot soldiers among the sturdy men I had raised and told to appoint officers to command them. Yet though the soldiers now draw pay, the officers commanding them have not received substantive appointments. Now at Chaling and You I lead only twenty-six hundred standard troops, and Pacification Generals Mupi and Hua Shan have detached fourteen hundred men to Ling county. The sturdy-men battalion remains at my side. We humbly ask that each may receive substantive rank and regular salary." The throne approved. Soon rebels attacked Yongxing and were defeated. In year 18 he followed Grand General Prince Jian Labu in recovering Qiyang and Xinning. Grand General Prince An Yuele ordered suppression at Fengmuling in Wugang and defeated Sangui's general Hu Guozhu and others. Soon with Guizhou Commander Zhao Lai he took the stockades Longtoushan, Paodongkou, Wawutang, Yunwuling, and Wuzipo. Sangui's general Ma Bao was beaten and fled; they pursued and recovered Tonghe, Qianyang, and other counties. Soon Jianyi General Ma Chengyin rebelled at Liuzhou; Yingkui followed Prince Jian Labu against him, and Chengyin surrendered.
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In year 21 he was ordered to serve as Zuojiang regional commander in the capacity of provincial commander. His service was recognized with advancement to second-class adaha hafan. He memorialized: "As former vice commander of Sinan I knew Zuojiang was the gateway to Yunnan and Guizhou, bordered Annam, and was ringed by Zhuang and Yao with chieftains often shifting between rebellion and submission. The garrison has four battalions with more than three thousand authorized troops, mostly men who followed the rebels and then submitted; they have grown proud and fierce. My sturdy-men battalion is half kin, long trained; I ask to bring them to the new post to keep order." The request was approved. Soon he repeatedly petitioned to retire on grounds of illness; edicts repeatedly consoled and kept him on; he was told to send Yanxiang post-haste to visit home. When Yingkui died he was posthumously made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent with the posthumous name Xiangzhuang.
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Zhao Lai belonged to the Han Chinese Plain Blue Banner. His father Mengcai served Taizong and, for supervising repair of the Fuling tombs, received a hereditary second-class adaha hafan rank. Lai inherited the rank. He followed Prince Qian Wakeda against the rebel Geng Jingzhong and, for merit, was advanced to first class and also given tosoro hafan. He was promoted to vice commandant of the Han Plain Blue Banner. In year 13 he followed Grand General Prince Shuncheng Leerjin against Wu Sangui, became Guizhou provincial commander, commanded troops at Jiujiang, and was transferred to Jiangxi. Han Daren had taken Ji'an; Lai led troops and defeated him. He was transferred again to Hunan and followed Prince Jian Labu in suppressing rebels at Hengshan and recovered Hengzhou prefecture. He took Leiyang, Qiyang, and other counties in succession. He defeated Sangui's generals Wu Guogui and others and recovered Wugang. In year 19 he followed Grand General Beile Zhangtai and General Cai Yurong into Guizhou and took rebel stockades one after another. He beat Ma Bao at Hongjiang and recovered Qianyang, then advanced from Yuanzhou on Zhenyuan and recovered Liping, Tongren, Sizhou, Sinan, and other prefectures. With General Mupi he defeated Sangui's generals Gao Qilong and Xia Guoxiang and recovered Pingyuan prefecture. When the main army marched into Yunnan, Lai was ordered to remain and garrison Guizhou and was promoted to commandant of the Han Plain Blue Banner. He petitioned to retire on grounds of age. He died in year 31.
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Li Fangshu was a native of Hezhou in Sichuan. He first entered service under Regional Commander Liu Zhifu of the Dading garrison in Guizhou. He distinguished himself suppressing the Shuixi chieftain An Kun and was made a chiliarch.
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In year 13 Wu Sangui rebelled; Zhifu joined him and forced Fangshu to Hubei to hold the passes at Yiling and Badong. Fangshu escaped and stayed in Sichuan while his wife and children remained at Dading. After five years he was able to reunite his family at Xuzhou. Wu Shifan gave Fangshu a fake regional command and ordered him to strike Xiangyang from Wushan. Fangshu stayed at Chongqing. In year 19 Zhao Liangdong advanced on Chengdu; Fangshu sent envoys to surrender his false commissions and brought the officials of Chongqing, Luzhou, Xuzhou, and their districts over to the Qing. Liangdong put Fangshu in charge of Yongning, then moved his army there to garrison and repair the walls. Just as the repairs were finished, Shifan's generals Mao Yougui and others attacked with tens of thousands; Fangshu met them and drove them back. Soon thousands of fierce troops pressed the city and at night raised ladders to the battlements; Fangshu fought bitterly, killed more than a thousand rebels, and slew Yougui in the field. Shifan's generals Hu Guozhu and Wang Bangtu tried to win him with the Manifest Martial General seal; Fangshu sealed it and forwarded it to Liangdong. Liangdong reported it, and Fangshu was appointed campaign regional commander.
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Soon the rebels took Renhuai and Hejiang. Fangshu moved to guard Xuzhou, captured rebel spies, and executed them as a warning. When rebels attacked, Fangshu held the Zhenwu and Cuiping hills outside the city; unable to break through, they withdrew to Mahu and planned to strike Chengdu through Muchuan and Qianwei. Fangshu learned of the plan, reached Qianwei first to block them, routed them heavily, and pursued to Huangmaogang in Xinzeng, killing more than half. He accepted the surrender of generals Xia Sheng and Luo Yingjia and rescued more than two thousand abducted civilians. He was promoted to regional commander of Xining and continued into Yunnan with the campaign. In year 20 Liangdong made him vanguard; he marched from Hongya and Rongjing by the left of Daxiangling and defeated the rebels at Guanshan. Guozhu then held Jianchang; hearing that Guanshan and Daxiangling had fallen, he abandoned Jianchang and fled to Yunnan. Fangshu crossed the Jinsha, joined Liangdong to take Yunnan, seized Desheng Bridge, took the eastern and western camps, and captured the city.
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In year 31 he became provincial commander of Guizhou. In year 40 Yunnan Governor-General Ba Xi impeached Guerrilla Commander Gao Jian in a way that implicated Fangshu in concealment; Fangshu memorialized against Ba Xi in turn, and the emperor sent Vice Minister Wen Da to judge the case. Fangshu should have lost his salary; the penalty was waived. In year 42 the Red Miao rebelled at Zhenbi in Hunan; Fangshu joined the suppression, penetrated deep into Miao territory, and pacified Pingtangshan and the Hulu, Tianxing, and other stockades. He memorialized: "In Guizhou Miao and settlers are intermixed, and control depends above all on the right men. In recommending military officers, please select men long stationed in Miao country who know local conditions." The throne approved. In year 45 an edict praised him: "Fangshu has long garrisoned the frontier and commands his troops with discipline. Among veteran generals today, few can compare with him." He was specially made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent and granted the rank of Zhenyuan General. He died in year 47, was posthumously made Junior Tutor of the Heir Apparent with the posthumous name Zhuangmin, and received state funeral honors.
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Chen Shikai, style name Zanbo, was a native of Enshi in Huguang. He first served the Ming Prince of Gui as vice commander of Zhongzhou. In Shunzhi year 16, Governor-General Li Guoying was at Chongqing; Shikai submitted and received vice commander rank. In Kangxi year 10, Li Zicheng's remnant Liu Yihu attacked Wushan with tens of thousands; Shikai drove them back. Soon he followed Guoying on suppression campaigns and, for merit, received regional commander rank. In year 11 he became vice commander of Hangzhou.
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In year 13 Geng Jingzhong rebelled; Governor-General Li Zhifang was at Quzhou and ordered Shikai to relieve Jinhua. Just as he crossed the river he heard bandits were attacking Longyou; he sent troops at once, beat them back, and opened the grain route to Quzhou. At Jinhua, Jingzhong's general Yan Biao came from Yongkang and Wuyi; Shikai and Vice Commandant Wo Shen held them off and opened fire on the rebels. Later he joined Regional Commander Li Rong to drive rebels from Tangxi, sent troops around their rear while he blocked the front, and captured supervising inspector Xu Fulong and others. Jingzhong's generals Chen Chong and Ye Zhong attacked from Dongyang and Pujiang in turn; with Vice Commandants Mahada and Shi Diaosheng he beat them back. He relieved Yiwu and defeated Jingzhong's general Zhou Biao. For his service he was made regional commander of Wenzhou and Assistant Commander-in-Chief. Jingzhong's general Xu Shangchao pressed Jinhua with tens of thousands; Shikai met him twelve li south of the city, broke the line with a shout as the enemy assembled, pursued more than ten li, and killed or wounded more than half. Shangchao joined Feng Gongfu with fifty thousand men, held Jidao Mountain, and built wooden walls and stone ramparts. Shikai advanced in heavy fog, broke the wooden wall, took more than ten thousand heads, and Shangchao fled.
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Grand General Prince Kang Jieshu advanced to Jinhua and ordered Shikai, Mahada, and Rong to garrison Chuzhou. In year 14 Shikai recovered Yongkang, advanced on Jinyun, defeated Shangchao, and took the city. Jingzhong's general Sha Youxiang held Chuzhou behind fortifications at Taohualing. Shikai entered in three columns, took the ridge, Youxiang fled, and Chuzhou fell. Shangchao attacked again; in three battles they defeated the rebels, captured lieutenant generals, and took more than eight hundred heads. He moved through Songyang and followed Beile Fulata against Wenzhou. In year 15 Jingzhong's general Zeng Yangxing and rebel Zu Hongxun resisted with more than forty thousand men; Shikai and Commander Duan Yingju fought fiercely and captured lieutenant generals. Fulata was ordered into Fujian; Shikai followed with his troops. He attacked Yangxing at Desheng Mountain and broke his stockade. The enemy held boats at Jiangshan; he struck them and the march went unimpeded; he recovered Yunhe, Taishun, and other counties. When Jingzhong surrendered, Shikai returned to garrison Wenzhou. In year 16 he was made Left Commander-in-Chief and granted a hereditary tosoro hafan rank. He repeatedly won over Zheng Chenggong's generals Chen Bin, Liu Tianfu, and others. In year 22 he was advanced to baitaruburu hafan. At audience in the capital the emperor praised his record and told him, "Keep your troops in order and love the people; do not grow proud because your merit is great," and granted saddle horses and fur robes.
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In year 23 he became provincial commander of Zhejiang. The emperor composed the Sixteen Maxims of the Sacred Edict and proclaimed them to officials and people. Shikai asked that officers and soldiers study them together, compiled annotated excerpts from the classics and histories in three juan, and memorialized the work for promulgation. He also asked that military officers perform the spring and autumn rites at the Confucian temple. The Nine Ministers deliberated and approved. In year 28 he had audience again, was ordered back to his post, but died of illness before he could depart. Inner Minister Tong Guowei and Guard Ma Wu offered libations; he received state funeral honors and the posthumous name Xiangmin. His son, style name Tianpei, was appointed regional commander. He rose to provincial commander of Zhejiang. Shikai was brave and skilled in battle and victorious wherever he went; the army called him Ironhead Chen.
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Other Zhejiang generals who helped Zhifang suppress the rebellion included Li Rong, Wang Tingmei, Mou Dayin, Bao Hu, and Jiang Maoxun. Rong, style name Hua'an, was from Guangning. He was regional commander of Huangyan. Tingmei was from Shuntian. He was a military jinshi. He rose from vice commander of the commander's central battalion to regional commander of Pingyang. Dayin was from Huguang. He was regional commander of Zhenhai. Hu, style name Yunlou, was from Yingzhou in Shanxi. He was first guerrilla commander of the Nangan garrison forward battalion. He distinguished himself against Li Chengdong and rose to vice commander defending Yancheng in Zhejiang. He followed Zhifang against Jingzhong and took Shouchang. He broke the local bandit Huang Yingmao. Soon he replaced Rong as regional commander of Huangyan. Maoxun was from Linhai in Zhejiang. He was regional commander of Wenzhou. Posthumous title Xiangxi.
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Xu Zhankui, style name Wenyuan, was from Pucheng in Shaanxi but had settled in Liaodong. Early in Shunzhi he followed Prince Dorgon of Yu in pacifying Jiangnan and was made assistant commander of Yangping Pass in Shaanxi. In year 6 the bandit Zhao Ronggui backed a Ming clansman Senbi styled Prince of Qin, gathered tens of thousands, and attacked Jiezhou. Zhankui took a hidden route through Biyukou to strike their rear, coordinated with Pacification General Li Guohan and Regional Commander Wang Yunjiu for a pincer, and routed them. He was transferred to vice commander of Pingyang in Shanxi. The bandit Zhang Wu backed Zhu Xiutang styled Prince of Wei and plundered Wenxi. Zhankui and Guerrilla Commander Miao Chenglong hunted them on separate routes, fought at Zijia Valley, captured Xiutang and others, and took more than a hundred heads. He was transferred to vice commander of Zijing Pass in Zhili. In Kangxi year 9 he became regional commander of Yan-sui and was stationed at Yulin.
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In year 13 Commander Wang Fuchen and Vice Commander Zhu Long rebelled with Wu Sangui; Zhankui presented Long's treasonous letters, the emperor praised him, and he was made Assistant Commander-in-Chief. Most Yan-sui troops had been sent to Sichuan; Long and others saw Yulin was weakly defended and attacked repeatedly. Zhankui sent Vice Commanders Zhang Guoyan and Sun Weitong and Guerrilla Commanders Xie Hongru and Qian Yinglong on separate routes while he struck the rebels at Suide. The rebels held the city; cannon fire killed several hundred. Fearing a raid on Yulin, Zhankui returned with Weitong to defend the city and left Guoyan at Boluo Fort. Long won over Boluo chiliarch Liu Shangyong and others, pressed Guoyan, and seized the imperial commission and seal. Guoyan and his whole household burned themselves to death. Rebel Sun Chongya killed Shenmu Circuit Intendant Yang Sanzhi, Magistrate Sun Shiyu, Garrison Commandant Zhang Guangdou, and others, seized Shenmu, and grew very powerful. Zhankui sent his son Denglong to report the emergency; Denglong was made Honglu Gentleman and Generals Biliktue and Jiaohetuo were urged to march from Datong. Zhankui sent Weitong and Yinglong with Jiaohetuo against the rebels; countless were captured and killed. He recovered Yuhe, Xiangshui, Boluo, and other forts and took Shenmu. Biliktue recovered Suide and Yan'an, captured Chongya and Shangyong, and executed them all. Guoyan, Sanzhi, and the others received posthumous compensation, and campaigning officers were ordered recorded for merit.
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Zhankui memorialized: "Wang Fuchen incited Zhu Long to seize Dingbian and then Suide, Mizhi, Jiazhou, and Shenmu; rebel cavalry reached Guide Fort, only twenty li north of Yulin. I gathered the city's officials and people and swore to hold the walls to the death. Then Lintao, Gongchang, Yan'an, Qingyang, Pingliang, Hanzhong, Xing'an, and Guyuan joined the rebels; Yulin alone held out, supplies were cut, and people ate bran daily. I spent my own funds to buy grain and rationed it by head. When the main army arrived, Circuit Intendant Gao Guangzhi provisioned grain; officers and soldiers fought bravely and victory came on schedule, saving the endangered city. This was because civil and military officials stood together and soldiers and people united. I ask the ministry to examine and reward every official in the city, to encourage those who hold isolated cities firm." The emperor approved; all received special rewards. Zhankui was advanced to Left Commander-in-Chief and granted a hereditary baitaruburu hafan rank. Soon he asked to resign on grounds of illness; a warm edict consoled him and kept him on. In year 16 he was made Director of the Imperial Procession. Zhankui pleaded illness again; he was allowed to return home by courier post while still drawing salary. When he died he was posthumously made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, received first-rank funeral honors, and was named Kemin. His son Denglong rose to prefect of Lin'an in Yunnan.
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The commentator says: Early in Shunzhi, surrendered Han troops were still assigned to the Han Banners; later, as the provinces were pacified, provincial and regional commanders were established with garrisons and posts, and the Green Standard Army came into being. The Green Standard Army meeting great enemies and winning signal victories dates from the Three Feudatories campaign. Cai Yurong and Zhao Liangdong led Green Standard troops through Yunnan's provinces; warriors of renown like Guozuo are household names, while Zhidou and Fangshu were especially distinguished. Zhen opened military colonies and served with zeal without troubling grain transport — a still harder achievement. The dynasty's trusted lieutenants were chosen from such men.
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