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Volume 281 Biographies 68: Fei Yanggu, Ma Sika, Tong Guo Gang, A Nan Da, Ji Leitabu, Yin Huaxing, Pan Zilong, E Lun Te

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Biography 68
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Fei Yanggu; Manpi; Shuodai; Masika; Tong Guogang; Maitugesitai
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A Nanda (and his son Ala'na); Jileitabu; Yin Huaxing
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Pan Yulong and Sun Shaozhou; Zhishan, a descendant in the younger line; E'lunte; Kang Tai; and Kang Tai's younger brother Hai
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Fei Yanggu, of the Dong'e clan and a Manchu of the Plain White Banner, was the son of Esuo, an interior chamberlain and third-rank baron. He was striking in stature and bearing. At fourteen he succeeded to the hereditary rank.
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In the thirteenth year of the Kangxi reign (1674), he followed Prince An of the First Rank, Yuele, in campaigning through Jiangxi against Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui's general Huang Naizhong raised a force of more than ten thousand from Changsha and struck at Yuanzhou. Fei Yanggu, Deputy Commander Wohe, and Regional Commander Zhao Yingkui routed them and took Wanzai. In the fifteenth year (1676) he repelled Xia Guoxiang at Pingxiang, pressed the siege of Changsha, and won victory after victory. In the eighteenth year (1679) he again defeated Wu Guigui at Wugang. After the campaign he was promoted to senior chamberlain of the guard and made a deliberative minister.
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Galdan raided the Khalkha Mongols. The court sent envoys demanding that he stand down, but he refused and repeatedly harassed the border. In the twenty-ninth year (1690) Prince Yu of the First Rank, Fuquan, was appointed Pacification Commissioner-in-Chief and marched against Galdan. Fei Yanggu was sent to raise troops among the Khorchin and to serve on his staff. That autumn Galdan was defeated at Ulan Butung. In the thirty-second year (1693) the garrison at Guihua City was reinforced, and Fei Yanggu was appointed Pacification General of the North and posted there. In the thirty-third year (1694) Galdan sent envoys asking to resume tribute missions. Fei Yanggu sent troops to meet and escort the party, found more than fifteen hundred men and women, and held them at Guihua City. In his memorial Fei Yanggu reported what he had found. The Emperor judged Galdan's intentions untrustworthy: he was making a show of peace while secretly probing the interior. The Emperor ordered Vice Minister Manpi to rebuke the envoys and send them home. In the seventh month, hearing that Galdan meant to move against Tula, the Emperor ordered Fei Yanggu and General of the Right Guard Xifu to take troops to meet the threat. Xifu asked for reinforcements. The Emperor reproached him for timidity and told him not to accompany the expedition. Soon, with no threat at Tula but fear that Galdan would strike toward Guihua City instead, the Emperor ordered Fei Yanggu to withdraw. In the thirty-fourth year (1695) Galdan reached Hami. Fei Yanggu marched to meet him, and Galdan slipped away west of the Tula River. He was soon made General of the Right Guard while retaining command at Guihua City. He memorialized: "I hear that Galdan holds Bayan Ulan, roughly two thousand li from Guihua City. We should gather troops and supplies and launch a punitive campaign in the second month of next year." The Emperor appointed Fei Yanggu Pacification Commissioner-in-Chief, with Commander-in-Chief Yilezhen, imperial clansmen Fayanggu and Wa'erda as guard commanders, Deputy Commander Shuodai, and General Shuxu on his staff. He was soon called to court and given his orders in person.
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In the second month of the thirty-fifth year (1696) the Emperor took the field in person. Three columns moved out: Heilongjiang General Sabusu on the east, Fei Yanggu on the west, and Pacification General Sun Sike and Xi'an General Boji from Shaanxi through Zhenyi, while the Emperor led the center from Dushikou. The Emperor and Fei Yanggu agreed to join forces at Tula in the fourth month. Fei Yanggu marched from Wengjin Pass to Ulan Erji and on to Chahan Heshuo, where he joined Sun Sike—by which time the Emperor had already driven deep along the Kerulen. In the fifth month Fei Yanggu reached Tula and reported: "The enemy has burned the pasture on our western line. We must constantly detour to graze our horses. Rain has slowed the grain convoys. We have been on the march more than seventy days, and men and horses are spent. I beg Your Majesty to pause the advance until we can recover." The Emperor pressed on to Xibaltai and then to Erdeni Tolohai. Galdan was camped on the Kerulen. Learning that the Emperor had come in person, he climbed Mount Mengna'er to look out, saw the imperial camp, and in alarm abandoned his tents and arms and fled. The Emperor named Masika Pacification Commissioner-in-Chief of the North to pursue Galdan, secretly ordered Fei Yanggu to cut him off, and followed with the main army. At Zhongtuoling, Fei Yanggu learned that Galdan was heading for Tellerji. He sent Vanguard Commander Shuodai, Deputy Commander A Nanda, Adi, and others ahead to skirmish, fighting as they fell back until they drew Galdan to Jao Modo. Jao Modo—"great forest" in Mongolian—lies south of the Khentii Mountains and north of the Tula River. Fei Yanggu divided his army into three wings. On the east, the Beijing and Xi'an detachments and Chahar Mongols held the heights; on the west, the Right Guard and Datong troops and Khalkha Mongols formed a line along the river; and Sun Sike with the Green Standard troops held the center. Following the Emperor's plan, every man fought on foot and mounted for the charge only when the enemy broke. Galdan still had more than ten thousand men, and they fought with desperate fury from mid-afternoon until evening. From a distance Fei Yanggu saw Galdan's rear guard standing fast and knew it shielded the women and baggage. He sent elite cavalry against the train. The enemy collapsed. Through the night they chased the fugitives more than thirty li to Tellerji, killing more than three thousand, taking hundreds prisoner, and seizing camels, horses, cattle, sheep, tents, and arms beyond count. Galdan's wife Anukhatun was a fierce fighter in her own right and was also killed in the battle. Galdan escaped with only a handful of riders. Fei Yanggu sent A Nanda to the imperial camp with news of the victory. The Emperor then withdrew and left Fei Yanggu to hold Ketu.
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He was soon ordered to shift his camp to the pastures of the Khalkha prince Shanba and to track Galdan's movements. He had scarcely arrived when Galdan secretly sent the taiji Danjila with fifteen hundred men to raid Khalkha herds and grain. Fei Yanggu sent Deputy Commander Zuliangbi to drive them off and pursued them to the Wengjin River, where Danjila was beaten and fled. Soon, with his horses spent, he asked to move his command to Karakorum. About then Galdan sent his zaisang Geleiguying and others to offer submission. The Emperor again traveled beyond the passes and encamped at Dongsige. Fei Yanggu was called to the traveling palace. The Emperor praised his service. Fei Yanggu replied: "Every decision in the field followed Your Majesty's orders. I contributed nothing of my own. Moreover, on the western route we were short of grain and our horses were exhausted; we could not advance. When word came that Your Majesty had reached the Kerulen, every officer and soldier took heart and, without waiting to be driven, fought until the enemy broke. Yet I am unworthy. Your Majesty pursued a foe already at bay, and I failed to take him alive. That failure is mine alone." The Emperor said: "Galdan is at the end of his rope. I cannot bring myself to slaughter them all. It is better to show mercy and let them live." He answered: "That is the mercy by which Heaven and Earth cherish life—more than we can measure." The Emperor gave him the imperial quiver, bow case, and bow and arrows and ordered him back to his command.
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In the first month of the thirty-sixth year (1697), A Nanda reported from Suzhou that Muslims of Hami had captured Galdan's son Sebeten Barjur and others. The Emperor copied the memorial for Fei Yanggu and sent sacrificial meat, deer tail, and fish from the northeast with this message: "It is the Lantern Festival. Mongols and surrendered Eleuths have gathered at the Garden of Exuberant Spring. When A Nanda's report arrived, everyone rejoiced. You alone are on the frontier and cannot be at my side. I send you the memorial and ask after your health—as though we were meeting in person." (closing quotation mark in the source.)
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In the second month the Emperor again marched in person, leaving the passes by Yulin, and ordered Fei Yanggu to plan the next strike in secret. Citing his failure to capture Galdan the year before, Fei Yanggu asked to resign the command. The Emperor refused and told him to move troops as he saw fit. Fei Yanggu advanced to Saqier Barhasun. An envoy from Danjila reported that Galdan had reached Acha Amutai, taken poison, and died, and wished to bring his body and his daughter Zhongqihai with three hundred households to submit. Fei Yanggu reported the news. The Emperor withdrew and ordered him to wait at Chahan Nu'er. In the sixth month Danjila arrived at Hami. Fei Yanggu fell ill, and Pacification General Masika was ordered to take over his command. Back in the capital he resumed his post as senior chamberlain of the guard and was promoted to first-class duke. He again declined, citing his failure to capture Galdan alive. The Emperor refused and said: "When I first meant to take the field against Galdan, everyone urged me to stay home. Only Fei Yanggu shared my purpose and led the army west. The march was long, water and pasture scarce, yet he never hesitated. He reached Jao Modo and broke a cunning foe who had plagued the frontier for years. In all the years of campaigning, no commander has done more." He added: "After so many campaigns I know how hard command is. Fei Yanggu judged when to press and when to wait. That is why the campaign succeeded." (closing quotation mark in the source.)
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In the fortieth year (1701) he accompanied the Emperor to Suoyoleji. He fell ill on the road. The Emperor halted for a day, visited him in person, gave him an imperial tent, python robes, a saddle horse, and five thousand taels of silver, and sent ministers to escort him home. He died soon after. The court granted funeral rites and gave him the posthumous name Xiangzhuang. His son Chentai succeeded to the rank of first-class marquis and to the hereditary tosaha office.
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Fei Yanggu was plainspoken, upright, and far-sighted. After Jao Modo he ordered his staff to draft a victory report that lowered the head count and insisted that "the army lost its way and ran out of grain through my errors alone; we succeeded only by the Emperor's fortune, not by any plan of mine." Some on his staff called this improper. Fei Yanggu said: "The Son of Heaven has taken the field in person. A triumphal roll of honors would only encourage endless war. That is no blessing to the realm." Back in the capital the Emperor once ordered the ministers to a shooting match. Fei Yanggu pleaded a sore arm and declined. Outside he explained: "I was once a field commander. One missed shot would make the frontier peoples laugh and diminish the state's prestige. That is why I will not compete." (closing quotation mark in the source.)
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Manpi, of the Irgen Gioro clan, was a Manchu of the Plain Blue Banner. His family held a hereditary company command. He rose from master of ceremonies through successive posts to censor while retaining command of the company. He lost his post over a disciplinary matter. He accompanied Commander-in-Chief Langtan to Nerchinsk to negotiate the border with Russian envoys and, on his return, was made a director in the Court of Colonial Affairs.
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In the twenty-ninth year (1690) he and Vice Director Eqi'er carried an imperial edict to Galdan. Pacification Commissioner Prince Yu Fuquan was then marching on Ulan Butung while the Emperor directed operations from the frontier. When Manpi arrived with Galdan's memorial, he reported that the enemy lay only a hundred li ahead and asked leave to attack. The Emperor agreed. Manpi went to Ulan Butung to command the firearms brigade, helped defeat Galdan, and received a first-class merit tablet. He rose step by step to vice president of the Court of Colonial Affairs. In the thirty-third year (1694), as Fei Yanggu advanced on Tula, Minister Ala'ni led Mongol vanguard troops and Manpi was ordered to help manage the relay stations. In the thirty-fourth year (1695) he was sent to Guihua City to assist in military affairs. In the thirty-fifth year (1696), during the Emperor's personal campaign, he led the two Blue Banner detachments to Fei Yanggu's army, marched from Wengjin toward Tula, and fought at Jao Modo. By imperial order he returned to Guihua City to provision the victorious columns and settle the surrendered peoples. He soon rejoined Fei Yanggu, moved to Talaburak beyond the Khalkha pastures, watched for Galdan, and accepted the surrender of Zhamusu and others from Galdan's following. Before long Galdan died in flight. Manpi was recalled to the capital, made a deliberative minister, and granted a hereditary tosaha office.
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In the thirty-ninth year (1700) he was sent to Sichuan to survey and pacify the Fan and Man peoples and, with Provincial Commander Tang Xishun, recovered Dajianlu. The native chiefs along the Yalong—Zhandui, Laga, Gebushizan, Chuosijiabu, and others—then led their people to submit. He memorialized to grant them fifth-rank pacification commissions with sixth-rank native deputies, and the court approved. He was promoted to Mongol commander-in-chief of the Plain Blue Banner, asked to retire on grounds of illness, and died soon after.
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Shuodai, of the Xitala clan, was a Manchu of the Plain White Banner. His forebears lived on Mount Niyaman. Angguduri Bayan submitted to Taizu, and Shuodai was his fifth-generation descendant. He was first appointed a second-class guardsman and concurrently a jalan ejen. When the Shizu Emperor visited the Southern Park, Shuodai attended with First-class Baron Basitai and the Mongol guardsman Suni. Suni suddenly drew his sword and killed Basitai. Shuodai instantly struck him down with the long spear he carried, seized him, and had him executed. The Emperor praised his courage and granted him hereditary baitalaburuhan and tosaha ranks. He was appointed a bayara jalan janggin.
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He followed General Zhuobutai on the southern campaign, crossed the Pan River, and defeated Li Chengjiao. Pressing on against Li Dingguo, he crossed Mount Mopan, ran into an ambush, and fought through it. He again followed General Jixihai to put down Shandong bandits at Yuqi. Early in the Kangxi reign he was promoted to vanguard commander. When Wu Sangui rebelled, he was ordered to march ahead of the other columns and hold Jingzhou. He was soon assigned to Prince Shuncheng Le'erjin's staff. Soon he left the staff role and joined General Muzhan in the attack on Changsha. Wu Sangui's generals Ma Bao and Hu Guozhu attacked Yongxing. Shuodai marched to relieve the city, was beaten, abandoned his camp, and withdrew into the walls. Muzhan impeached him. He returned to the capital, lost his post, and was stripped of his hereditary rank.
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In the twenty-ninth year (1690) he was recalled as Manchu deputy commander of the Plain White Banner and joined Pacification General of the North Wadai against Galdan. At the Kerulen he found the enemy had fled and turned back. He soon joined Commander-in-Chief Ga'erma in garrisoning Datong. In the thirty-fifth year (1696), when Grand General Fei Yanggu took the western route, Shuodai was named acting vanguard commander with two hundred eighty Datong guardsmen as the spearhead. Galdan fled west. Fei Yanggu was ordered to cut him off. When scouts reported the enemy at Tellerji, he sent Shuodai's vanguard to skirmish and draw them to Jao Modo, where the combined force surrounded them and killed or captured beyond count. After the campaign he was made an interior minister, his hereditary rank was restored, and he was advanced to third-class adahahan. He died in the fifty-first year (1712). His son Haishou served as a guards officer under Grand General Furdan in the Zunghar campaign of the seventh Yongzheng year (1729), was killed at Huitong Hu'erhanuo'er, and was granted a hereditary tosaha office in recognition.
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Sudan, of the Fuca clan and a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner, was the son of Feiyasaha. He inherited the family rank and was appointed a guards adjutant. He fought under Prince Yu against Galdan at Ulan Butung and was wounded by an arrow. He was promoted to guards commander and posted at Datong with his troops. In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi (1696), during the Emperor's personal campaign against Galdan, Sudan was ordered to march on a fixed schedule with Fei Yanggu. He was soon called to the traveling palace to lead the vanguard as guide. When the Emperor reached the Kerulen, Sudan urged waiting for Fei Yanggu so they could strike from both sides. After the campaign he received an imperial horse and was made vanguard commander. Illness forced him to resign.
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Early in the Yongzheng reign, when Grand General Nian Gengyao was sent against Qinghai, Sudan was recalled to his staff. Lamas of Guolong Monastery at Xining aided the rebels. Sudan and Provincial Commander Yue Zhongqi put them down. He was made Mongol commander-in-chief of the Plain Yellow Banner and acting provincial commander of Guyuan. He was soon transferred to Manchu commander of the Bordered Red Banner, made a deliberative minister, and remained in Shaanxi. In the seventh year (1729), during the Zunghar campaign, he led the Xi'an Manchu troops out from Liangzhou, died on campaign, and was granted funeral rites with the posthumous name Qinxi.
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Masika, of the Fuca clan and a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner, was the eldest son of Misihan. He was first appointed a guardsman and company commander. In the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi (1688) he rose from guards adjutant to director of the Armory. In the twenty-eighth year (1689) he became Manchu deputy commander of the Bordered Yellow Banner. He soon became superintendent of the Imperial Household, senior chamberlain of the guard, and head of the firearms brigade.
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In the thirty-fifth year (1696), on the Emperor's campaign against Galdan, Masika led the Bordered Yellow musketeers. Earlier he had helped the ministers set the order of march and battle array. At Guohesutai the Emperor ordered him to inspect the grazing herds. They divided the herds into seven groups and chose the best pasture for each. The Emperor advanced to Xibaltai, close to the Kerulen, but Fei Yanggu had not yet reached Tula. The princes and ministers were called to council at the camp. Prince Xin Ezha urged waiting. Masika, Interior Ministers Suleda and Mingzhu, urged pressing close to the enemy camp. The Emperor agreed with Masika. When the army reached the Kerulen, Galdan saw the imperial camp in tight order and fled in alarm. The Emperor led the pursuit himself as far as Tuonuo Mountain. Masika was named Pacification Commissioner-in-Chief of the North and marched to Bayan Ulan. After Galdan was beaten at Jao Modo and fled north, his followers Danbahashha and others surrendered to Masika. Masika joined Fei Yanggu, gathered the surrendered peoples, sent troops to escort them to the region outside Zhangjiakou, and withdrew. He was made a deliberative minister. He again followed the Emperor beyond the passes and garrisoned Datong with his troops.
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In the spring of the thirty-sixth year (1697) he was made Pacification General and moved his headquarters to Ningxia, with Bahunde, Qishi, Sabusu, Shuonai, Songzhu, and Regional Commander Wang Huaxing on his staff. He was soon ordered to join Fei Yanggu, serving on his staff as a general. Earlier the Khutuktu Ilaguksan had stolen horses and rejoined Galdan. After Galdan's death he went over to Tsewang Arabtan. Fei Yanggu ordered Masika to pursue him. Masika halted at Mogaitu, failed to catch him, and turned back. The Emperor sent Vice Minister Changshou to Tsewang Arabtan. Ilaguksan was handed over and executed. Masika should have lost his rank for the slow pursuit, but the Emperor let him keep his posts as household superintendent and company commander.
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In the forty-first year (1702) he was made Mongol commander of the Bordered White Banner. He died in the forty-third year (1704). The court granted a thousand taels of silver and sent an interior minister with offerings of tea and wine; when the funeral procession set out, princes were ordered to escort it. Funeral rites were granted and he received the posthumous name Xiangzhen.
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Tong Guogang, of the Tonggiya clan and a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner, was the son of Tong Tulai. He began in the Chinese Banner as a niru commander and guardsman. In the first year of Kangxi (1662) he inherited a third-class jingqinihafan and became an interior minister. In the fourteenth year (1675), when the Chahar Burni rebelled, he was made Pacification General of the North and posted at Xuanfu. When the rebellion was crushed, he withdrew. In the sixteenth year (1677), honoring the maternal kin of Empress Xiaokangzhang, Tong Tulai was posthumously made a first-class duke and Guogang succeeded to the title. In the twentieth year (1681) he became Chinese Banner commander of the Bordered Yellow Banner. He memorialized on his lineage and asked to be registered as Manchu. The ministry approved the change for his branch alone. In the twenty-eighth year (1689) he joined Interior Minister Songgotu at Nerchinsk to negotiate a boundary treaty with the Russian envoy Fyodor Alekseyevich.
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In the twenty-ninth year (1690) Grand General Prince Yu Fuquan marched against Galdan with Guogang on his staff. On the first day of the eighth month the army reached Ulan Butung. Galdan lay in the woods with camels in front and troops ambushed behind. Guogang led a fierce charge, was hit by a musket ball, and fell in the line. When the coffin returned, princes were sent to meet it with libations. Before the burial the Emperor wished to attend in person. Guogang's brother Guowei and the ministers dissuaded him. He ordered all princes and ministers to attend instead, granted sacrifices at four altars, and gave him the posthumous name Zhongyong. Dissatisfied with the Hanlin Academy's draft epitaph, the Emperor wrote it himself: "You were kin of my flesh and the trust of my heart; yet you chose duty over safety and willingly faced peril. If every man were like you, what foe could stand? Loyalty breeds courage—and you had both." Early in the Yongzheng reign he was posthumously made Grand Tutor.
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Maitu, also of the Tonggiya clan, was a Manchu of the Plain White Banner. His father Wujin came over from Hada at the dynasty's founding. Maitu began as a guardsman and followed Prince Xin Duoni into Guizhou, defeating Li Chengjiao at Liangshui Well and Li Dingguo at Shuanghekou and Yuluga. He followed Prince Kang Jieshu through Fujian against Geng Jingzhong, was made a field regional commander, fought at Huangyan, and took Jianyang. With General Lahada he defeated Zheng Jing's general He You at Taiping Mountain, recovered Xinghua, and took Quanzhou. With General Laita he defeated Liu Guoxuan and Wu Shu at Wugong Mountain and recovered Changtai. In each campaign he distinguished himself. In the twenty-fifth year of Kangxi (1686) he became Mongol deputy commander of the Plain White Banner and company commander. He soon served as acting vanguard commander on the Eleuth campaign, fell at Ulan Butung, and was given the posthumous name Zhongyi and advancement to third-class adahahan.
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Gestai, of the Guwalgiya clan and a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner, came from Warka. His father Hele submitted to Taizu. On campaigns against the Ming he was first over the wall at Xian County. After the entry into China he marched west against Li Zicheng and broke Tong Pass. He campaigned south through Zhejiang and routed Ming troops below Jiaxing. As a niru commander he was granted the rank of baitalaburuhan.
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Gestai first served as a guard to Prince Rui and followed Grand General Yilede against Zhoushan; he followed Commander Maqi into Yunnan, defeated the rebels at Shimenkan and Huangcaoba, and took the provincial capital—earning merit in each. He rose to vanguard adjutant while retaining command of his company. At Ulan Butung, when Guogang fell, Gestai charged into the enemy camp, struck again and again, withdrew, and went back in twice. Pursuing to the riverbank he was stopped by marsh. The enemy closed in. Gestai fought on, and he, Maitu, and others all fell in the line. Before the army marched out, the Emperor gave him a horse. Gestai asked to choose his own and picked one with a white blaze. Some said a white blaze was an ill omen of old. Gestai replied, "To die on the frontier has long been my wish! What is there to fear? (closing quotation mark in the source.) When the army returned, Prince Yu reported that during the fight he had seen a general on a white-blazed horse charge into the enemy lines three times, and everyone knew it was Gestai. (closing quotation mark in the source.) He received funeral honors at deputy-commander rank and a hereditary baitalaburuhan.
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A Nanda, of the Wumi clan, was a Mongol of the Plain Yellow Banner. His grandfather Baraidur Mangnai had first served Ligdan Khan of the Chahar. When Ligdan Khan was beaten and fled, he led more than two hundred thirty households to the Hatun River. A year later he submitted to Taizong and was made a first-class meiren janggin. He fought at Ningyuan and defeated Ming troops. He fought again at Jinzhou, fell in battle, and was posthumously made third-class angbang janggin.
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His father Hadai was seventeen when he followed his father against Ningyuan. Enemy arrows killed the elder Hadai's horse and threw him down. The son had no time for armor, rode into the line, helped his father back into the saddle, and fought on foot beside him until both returned. Taizong praised his courage and gave him rich rewards. When his father died he inherited the family rank. He repeatedly campaigned against the Ming and defeated their forces. After the entry into China he helped pacify the south, campaigned through Zhejiang, struck Tengjisi, put down Jiang Xiang, and took Zhoushan—always in the front line. Under Kangxi he became an interior minister. During the campaign against Wu Sangui he and Guardsman Arani were ordered to raise Kharchin, Ongniud, and Sunid troops and station them at Datong, Henan, and Yanzhou as a reserve. He died and received the posthumous name Qinzhuang.
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A Nanda, Hadai's second son, served as a first-class guardsman and company commander. In the eighth year of Kangxi (1669), when Oboi fell, he was condemned to death for siding with him, but the Kangxi Emperor personally spared him.
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In the twenty-seventh year (1688), when Galdan raided the Khalkha, he was sent with Lama Shangnanduoerji to deliver an imperial order to cease fighting. Galdan sent envoys to court but kept raiding as before. In the twenty-ninth year (1690) he was ordered to join Khalkha troops against Galdan while Minister Arani, Commander Ehene, and others led armies beyond the passes in turn. A Nanda returned and reported that Galdan had been beaten by the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu. Scouts told of men sharing one horse and others carving wooden weapons—his force was at the end of its rope. He asked that troops be sent to finish him off. (closing quotation mark in the source.) The Emperor chose six hundred Chahar troops; A Nanda led them to Tula to reinforce Ehene. When Arani asked to shift the western column for a joint strike, A Nanda crossed the desert, joined Grand General Prince Yu Fuquan, and defeated the enemy at Ulan Butung. In the thirty-first year (1692) he was sent to Ningxia to win over the Khoshut taiji Batuer Erkejin and was made Mongol commander of the Plain Yellow Banner. In the thirty-second year (1693), learning that Galdan meant to seize grain at Hami, the court made Langtan Pacification General and recalled A Nanda.
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In the thirty-fifth year (1696), during the Emperor's personal campaign against Galdan, A Nanda was told to find twenty Khalkha men who knew frontier routes as guides. When the Emperor reached the Kerulen, Galdan was turning back toward Tellerji. A Nanda was marching from Fei Yanggu at Tula toward Jao Modo. Fei Yanggu had A Nanda strike first, pretend defeat to lure Galdan on, then at Jao Modo crush him—the full account is in Fei Yanggu's biography. A Nanda reported victory at the imperial camp. Asked about the fight, he said Galdan had fled in panic when he learned the Emperor was in the field. He did not expect our troops to block his retreat. We struck suddenly; more than half were killed or captured, and the ground was heaped with dead and wounded. His followers were bitter; many surrendered. Galdan was filled with remorse. Fei Yanggu, fearing boastfulness, reported victory in restrained terms. (closing quotation mark in the source.) The Emperor then withdrew and ordered A Nanda to hold Suzhou. He soon shifted troops to the frontier to track Galdan. A Nanda posted detachments at Qundulun, Ejine, and elsewhere. With Provincial Commander Li Linlong he moved guns to Bulongji'er, secured the passes with supporting garrisons, and returned to Suzhou. The Emperor showed his memorial to the deliberative ministers and praised A Nanda for competent frontier defense.
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After Galdan's defeat at Jao Modo, many of his followers deserted. Galdandorji, his brother-in-law, secretly wavered between both sides. At Bulongji'er A Nanda took Galdandorji's scouts, sent them back to offer surrender, and Galdandorji opened talks. A Nanda used the envoy to warn the Hami Muslims that Galdan was coming and they must seize and deliver him. (closing quotation mark in the source.) He told Galdandorji that when Galdan reached Hami the city would seize him and the court would help Hami do it. (closing quotation mark in the source.) Soon Galdan sent his kinsman Gumdorji and others to contact the Dalai Lama and the Qinghai taiji. Returning to Bulongji'er he learned this by scouts, pursued to the Su'er River, seized the envoys, and rushed a memorial with fourteen of their letters.
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In the thirty-sixth year (1697) Hami Muslims seized Galdan's son Sebetenbaljur and followers including Weiteheshuoqi and sent them to A Nanda. They soon also captured the Eleuth Tukqi Hasha. Tukqi Hasha had killed the envoy Madi; only now was he captured. Both were sent to the capital in cages. He soon reported that the Eleuth Jinbacheerbe had surrendered and described Galdan's desperate state. That year the Emperor campaigned again and ordered him and Linlong to lead two thousand Gansu troops from Bulongji'er. At the Ta'er River they learned Galdan was dead. The taiji Danjila was fleeing toward Barkul to join Galdan's nephew Tsewang Arabtan; they pursued but missed him, and the Emperor ordered them back to Bulongji'er. Danjila surrendered at Hami; A Nanda escorted his envoy to the Emperor's camp. For Jao Modo he received a hereditary tosaha rank. He was soon ordered to garrison Xining with his troops. In the fortieth year (1701) he died and received funeral honors. In the second year of Yongzheng (1724) he was posthumously named Kemin.
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Ala'na was A Nanda's eldest son. As a youth he inherited his grandfather Hadai's rank, became a third-class guardsman, and rose to honorary grand minister. Tsewang Arabtan succeeded Galdan as a border foe and invaded Hami. In the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi (1715) the Emperor ordered Minister Funinggan to take the field and encamp at Barkul. In the fifty-fifth year (1716) Ala'na became staff minister, picked four hundred elite Chahar troops and veterans of A Nanda's frontier campaigns, and marched with them. In the fifty-sixth year (1717) Funinggan became Pacification Commissioner-in-Chief; Ala'na led thirteen hundred men from Ulan Usu into Urumqi. At Tong'e Baxisou Mountain they took more than a hundred prisoners, seized herds, ruined the crops, and withdrew. In the fifty-ninth year (1720), during the Tibet campaign, Funinggan sent him with four thousand men from Turfan to Qiketamu to storm an enemy fort. At Pizhan more than three hundred Muslims surrendered the town; he rejoined Funinggan at Ulan Usu and withdrew.
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In the sixtieth year (1721) he was ordered to take Turfan and stayed to garrison it. Tsewang Arabtan attacked and met Ala'na on the march. He split his force into three columns and charged the enemy line. Tsewang Arabtan was driven into the woods, fought on foot after abandoning his horses, and lost more than a hundred Dzungars to musket fire before fleeing. The pursuit ran north for miles with heavy captures. He was made assistant general, built towns and farms, and prepared for a long war. Long service on the frontier taught Ala'na the enemy's ways; he asked to march on Ili. The deliberative ministers ruled that the foe had fled too far and advance should wait. In the first year of Yongzheng (1723) he became Mongol deputy commander of the Bordered Red Banner. During the Qinghai campaign he garrisoned Bulongji'er with two thousand men. When the rebel chief Arabtan Subutai attacked, he pursued him to Tuimo'er and routed him. He soon died in camp. His final memorial asked a posthumous name for his father, and the Emperor granted it. He received a thousand taels of silver, an escorted funeral, the posthumous name Xike, and advancement to baitalaburuhan; his son Wumitai inherited jointly as a third-class baron. Under Qianlong the peerage was fixed as Chengyi. Wumitai has a separate biography.
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Jileitabu, of the Jiagiya clan and the Plain Red Banner, was Jueshan's third son. He began as a guardsman and vanguard adjutant. In the eleventh year of Kangxi (1672) he became Mongol deputy commander of the Plain Red Banner.
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In the thirteenth year (1674), when Geng Jingzhong rebelled, he and Deputy Commander Laha garrisoned Jiangning. He was soon sent to reinforce Zhejiang. He followed Prince Beile Fulata against Sheng County, fought Zeng Yangxing at Huangruishan, and led a night attack in two wings; he sent men racing along the foothills to flank them with muskets. Yangxing was routed and Xianju fell. In the fourteenth year Yangxing and the rebel Zu Hongxun struck Taizhou. Jileitabu and Commander Woshen relieved the city at Pingshanling and killed more than four thousand rebels; they took the Liangpeng pass, met an ambush, and wiped it out. They pushed on to Huangyan; Deputy Commander Muhelin struck from both sides, and Yangxing fled by night to Wenzhou. They took Huangyan and fought again at Shangtangling. The siege of Wenzhou dragged on. In the fifteenth year Yangxing returned with more than forty thousand men; Jileitabu met him on several roads. Marching against Chuzhou they crossed Sanjiaoling and ferried the army along the river. Yangxing lined more than a hundred boats on the river and held Desheng Mountain with land troops. Jileitabu and Regional Commander Chen Shikai stormed rebel forts on separate routes and sank their boats with artillery. At Wenxi ford they defeated Ma Chenglong and other rebel generals, took more than a thousand heads, and joined Prince Kang at Quzhou. With Commander Saibao he attacked Ma Jiuyu at Daxitan. Jileitabu crossed three trenches, burned the wooden fort, took Jiangshan, and Jiuyu fled. He crossed Xianxialing and took Pucheng, Jianyang, and other counties. He followed Prince Kang to Fuzhou, where Geng Jingzhong surrendered.
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In the sixteenth year (1677) he attacked Zheng Jing at Tong'an. In the eighteenth year (1679) he beat Liu Guoxuan at Xiakeng, Ouxitou, and Guokeng, took more than two thousand heads, and recovered Haicheng. He and Woshen garrisoned Zhangzhou. In the twenty-first year (1682) the army withdrew; he rose to guards commander-in-chief and Mongol commander of the Plain Red Banner. In the twenty-seventh year (1688) he became Minister of War and a deliberative minister.
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When Galdan invaded the Khalkha, the Emperor ordered Jileitabu and Commander Bahai to raise Khorchin troops for the frontier. He was soon sent to the Sunid to choose pasture for the Khalkha. In the twenty-ninth year (1690) he and Minister Arani went beyond the passes, set up stations from Guihua to Tula, joined the Khalkha, and advanced on Galdan from the Taolai River. Galdan raided the Ujumchin and reached the Wulehui River; our forces met him with night attacks. Khalkha troops broke discipline, the line collapsed, and the battle was lost. He should have lost his post but was kept as company commander and stationed on the Hulugu'er River. He was soon paired with Interior Minister Amida at Kele to await Prince Yu and advance in three columns. Leading the first column, he routed Galdan at Ulan Butung. In the thirtieth year (1691) surrendered Khalkha of the Tushiyetu and Chechen khans were moved to border pastures. On the Emperor's frontier tour he told Jileitabu, Minister Maqi, and Bandi to assemble the surrendered Khalkha at the Shangdu and Erten rivers beforehand. Fearing Batuer Erkejin might raid the Khalkha, the Emperor had Jileitabu ready Khalkha forces. In the thirty-first year (1692) Batuer Erkejin surrendered and the army withdrew. In the thirty-fifth year (1696) he was made commander-in-chief. In the thirty-sixth year (1697) he died and received funeral honors.
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Yin Huaxing, courtesy name Xiru, was from Xianyang in Shaanxi. Originally surnamed Wang, he passed the military jinshi in the ninth year of Kangxi (1670). In the thirteenth year (1674) he followed Moluo against Wu Sangui and became a garrison commander. When Wang Fuchen rebelled and Moluo was killed, Huaxing was held at Qinzhou, feigned illness, and refused to serve the rebels. After a year he escaped home; Governor Hazhan restored his rank and he joined the Firearms Brigade. He followed Pacification General Fonil at Niutoushan and took Upper and Lower Ling. Wu Sangui's general Wang Pingfan held Hanzhong and struck Baoji with twenty thousand men. Grand General Tuhai sent Huaxing to relieve Baoji; he routed the enemy and lifted the siege of Xishan Fort. From Dani Valley he retook Lianghe Pass and recovered Xing'an. In the nineteenth year (1680) he was Fonil's vanguard at Yongning, beat the foe at Tuochuan, and drove off Hu Guozhu at Anning Bridge. Sent to Xuzhou, he and Li Fangshu held the city against a three-pronged assault and beat it back. Tuhai and Hazhan praised his fighting; he was promoted to deputy commander at Hanzhong. In the twentieth year (1681) he pursued Guozhu through Anbian, Xuma, Lianfeng, and Shipanguan, took key passes, and recovered Mahu.
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In the twenty-second year (1683) a review of his coercion under Fuchen cost him his post. Hazhan argued he had never served Fuchen and had campaign merit; he was restored and made deputy commander at Santunying in Zhili. In the twenty-third year (1684) merit raised him one grade to assistant regional commander with deputy duties. In the twenty-fifth year (1686) he attended the eastern hunt and received the Emperor's own sword. In the twenty-sixth year (1687) he became Fujian regional commander at Taiwan and received a sable coat and silver. When the court debated fortifying Taiwan he said the sand would not hold stone; he had a tree planted as a wall and in days it stood. Other units copied the wooden walls, repaired arms, and tightened defense. In the thirtieth year (1691) he moved to Xiangyang. Drought in Shaanxi sent grain prices soaring and drove many people away. The court shipped twenty thousand shi from Xiangyang by water to Shangzhou, then overland to Xi'an. Academician Dezhu, Huaxing, and Governor Ding Sikong supervised transport and escorted refugees home. In the thirty-second year (1693) he was moved to Dengzhou. He was then moved to Ningxia.
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In the thirty-fifth year (1696) the Emperor took the field against Galdan on three routes. Shaanxi troops formed the west; Minister Tuna met commanders to plan the advance. Huaxing proposed a plan and the Emperor approved it. Green Standards under Sun Sike marched from Ningxia with Dong Dacheng, Pan Yulong, and Huaxing to join Fei Yanggu. Huaxing led three thousand men to Wengjin River, picked elites, and met the enemy at Jao Modo. Cliffs rose steeply; southward the slope eased and a hill barred the way. Huaxing seized the crest and got every man up. The enemy rushed the slope; he opened fire. Galdan fought desperately and his line was fierce. Huaxing told Fei Yanggu the enemy line was tight and a flanking force should strike the rear where women and baggage lay—raiding them would break the formation. (closing quotation mark in the source.) Fei Yanggu agreed. Seeing the wings about to close below, he drummed his men downhill. The enemy broke; dead and wounded covered the field. Galdan fled and the army was ordered home. In that fight Huaxing's merit stood first.
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In the thirty-sixth year (1697) he asked to lead two thousand men to Guodilibaerhasun to hunt Galdan. During the western tour he met the Emperor en route to Ningxia and asked to hunt at Huamachi to show the troops. The Emperor said campaigns depend on horse strength. Galdan was not yet destroyed; a round trip from Ningxia to Huamachi in seven or eight days would exhaust the horses. Hunting was a small thing—better rest the horses and hunt Galdan instead. (closing quotation mark in the source.) He ordered Huaxing to take five hundred men and follow Pacification General Masika beyond the passes again. He was soon made staff officer—the first Green Standard regional commander so honored—and given a peacock feather. The army halted at Guodilibaerhasun and joined Fei Yanggu. At Honggeluoajierhan they learned Galdan was dead and were ordered home. Huaxing returned to Ningxia.
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In the thirty-seventh year (1698) he asked to resume his birth surname. For Jao Modo he received a hereditary tosaha rank. He became provincial commander of Guangdong. In the thirty-ninth year (1700) Qiongzhou troops harassed the Li and Wang Zhenbang rebelled; lax control cost Huaxing a demotion but not his post. In the fortieth year (1701) the Yao of Lian and Yang rebelled, above all the Li Ru Dong and You Ling communities. Huaxing and Liu Hu held Li Ru Dong while Deputy Lin Fang entered the community to seize the ringleaders. The Yao killed Fang and his escort. The Emperor made Minister Songzhu general and ordered Huaxing and the Guangxi and Hunan commanders to march. In the summer of the forty-first year (1702) allied forces held the passes; the Yao surrendered Li Gui, Deng Er, and other ringleaders for execution and the rest submitted. A review of Fang's death found Huaxing and Hu could not save him; Hu lost his post and Huaxing retired. In the forty-second year (1703), when the Emperor visited Xi'an, Huaxing met him and his son Chun became a fourth-class guardsman. In the forty-ninth year (1710) he died.
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Pan Yulong, courtesy name Feitian, was from Jingyuan in Gansu. He enlisted and fought Li Laiheng at Maolushan with distinction. In the fourteenth year (1675), when Wang Fuchen rebelled, he followed Biantu at Sanshui and Chunhua and Amida at Jingzhou. With Ningxia cut off, Grand General Dong E sent him to Chen Fu; he fought seven days and nights through Honghechuan and Baimacheng to reach Ningxia. He held Lingzhou and gathered scattered troops. Governor Hazhan sent him to Shanyang, where he beat rebels at Gangoukou. In the fifteenth year (1676) he followed Tuhai in taking Hushandun north of Pingliang. He rose to garrison commander. In the seventeenth year (1678) he helped Wang Haowen repel Wu Sangui at Niutoushan and Xiangquan by a hidden route. In the eighteenth year (1679) he took Lianghe Pass and killed Wu Sangui's generals Li Jingcai and Jing Wenlue; then pressed Xing'an until Xie Si and Wang Yongshi surrendered. Merit made him assistant regional commander. When Tan Hong held eastern Sichuan he followed Hazhan and recovered Dazhu and Quxian. He became a brigade commander.
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In the twenty-seventh year (1688), on Gasi Tai's recommendation, he became Ganzhou deputy commander. Academician Dahu's party returning from Tibet was robbed beyond Jiayuguan by Aqiluobuzang of the Western Sea. Sun Sike sent Yulong with Han Cheng to raid their camp, took more than four hundred heads, and Aqiluobuzang fled. The court praised and rewarded him. In the thirtieth year (1691) he went to Ningxia against Galdan. When Suzhou became a garrison he was made its regional commander. In the thirty-first year (1692) Handu, Lobuzang Elinchen, and Qiqike rebelled; he pursued to Kulietu Ridge, killed forty, and took one hundred twenty prisoners. In the thirty-fourth year (1695) five hundred of Galdan's Muslims under Tashilanhezhuo crossed the Sancha River; Yulong captured them. In the thirty-fifth year (1696) at Jao Modo a shell struck his right cheek; he fought on harder and the enemy fled. Called to the capital, he was tended by the imperial physician, given a suit of clothes, and the Emperor examined his wound. He was transferred to Tianjin. For merit he received a hereditary tosaha rank.
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In the fortieth year (1701) he became Shaanxi provincial commander with a peacock feather. In the forty-second year (1703), during the western tour, he met the Emperor in Shanxi and received an imperial plaque. At Weinan he reviewed Guyuan archery and told Grand Secretary Maqi that in all his tours no Green Standards matched Pan Yulong's men. (closing quotation mark in the source.) His rank was raised. He was soon made Pacification General while keeping his provincial post. In the forty-ninth year (1710), at Wutai, he was richly rewarded and honored with an imperial poem. Then Chen Si and others toured with families selling stunts—horsemanship, pole acts, rope tricks, and divination—known as guazi. Crowds drew bandits. Yulong seized more than five hundred ninety of them. After trial he asked governors to register such performers as farmers, give them wasteland, replace horses with oxen, and enter them in the tax rolls. The ministry approved and implemented it. Repeated illness memorials brought edicts urging him to stay. In the fifty-eighth year (1719) he died, was made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent posthumously, and received funeral honors and the name Xiangyong.
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Sun Shaozhou shifted his household register to Xi'an in Shaanxi. He inherited the family rank and became a second-class guardsman. He rose to deputy commander at Qingyuan in Guangxi. Early in Yongzheng, Governor Ortai opened the Guzhou and Duojiang routes; Miao at Dingdan and Lainiu blocked them. Shaozhou led Guangxi troops to Zhuge camp, joined Zhao Wenying, and leveled the rebel forts. He became Yunnan provincial commander with a flowered feather. He moved to Gubeikou and resigned for illness. In the eighteenth year of Qianlong (1753) he died. The Qianlong Emperor, remembering Yulong's service, granted an enjiwei hereditary rank to Shaozhou's son Chen.
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Zhishan, Yulong's grandnephew, remained registered at Jingyuan. He first campaigned with Yulong against Galdan. At Jao Modo he was shot in hard fighting and was ordered to Beijing for care. In the forty-second year (1703) he met the Emperor at Lintong, became a blue-lance guardsman, and received a peacock feather. He became brigade commander of the Suzhou garrison. Tsewang Arabtan invaded Hami with two thousand men; Zhishan beat him with two hundred. The Emperor praised his courage and jumped him to Tongguan deputy commander in Shaanxi. He followed Funinggan against the Dzungars at Urumqi with heavy captures. Early in Yongzheng, when Lobzang Danjin rebelled in Qinghai and struck Bulongji'er, he and Sun Jizong pincered the foe with countless kills and captures. He became northern Sichuan regional commander, then garrison commander at Xi'an. He argued the frontier was vast and needed card posts, sending detachments west of Shazhou at Yixun Chahan Qilaotu and Chahan Usu Nor. He posted settled tribesmen at passes to watch the enemy, rebuilt Xi'an and Shazhou's five forts, and settled twenty-four hundred farming households at Shazhou with oxen, seed, and houses. The Emperor praised the plan and made him acting Guyuan provincial commander. The Emperor said his granduncle Pan Yulong had made the finest camp in the empire and its spirit should still be visible. If you cannot match it, how will you face Us?" (closing quotation mark in the source.) He soon resigned with eye trouble. In the eleventh year (1733) he died.
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E'lunte, of the Keqiri clan and the Bordered Red Banner, was Fonile's son. When Fonile died in office the family was too poor to return to Beijing. Governor Hazhan asked to keep E'lunte at Xi'an; the ministry refused but the Emperor agreed. In the twenty-third year of Kangxi (1684) he became a Xi'an garrison company commander. In the thirtieth year (1691) he followed Niyahan against Batuer Erkejin and Langtan to Kexitue with merit. In the thirty-fifth year (1696) he followed Fei Yanggu on the western route and fought at Jao Modo. Merit brought a hereditary tosaha rank and promotion to assistant commander. In the forty-third year (1704), at the Xi'an review, he was seated near the Emperor and given wine. The Emperor said his father had served well on campaign and he had done the same, and so honored him with wine. (closing quotation mark in the source.) He soon became Xi'an deputy commander. He was transferred to Jingzhou deputy commander. In the forty-ninth year (1710) he became Huguang provincial commander. In the fifty-second year (1713) he became governor-general of Huguang. He was soon ordered to survey Hunan wasteland and found more than forty-six thousand qing. He asked that settlers farm it with tax at the lower rate after six years. In the fifty-fourth year (1715) he investigated Taiyuan Prefect Zhao Fengshao and punished him by law.
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When Tsewang Arabtan invaded Hami the Emperor sent Funinggan and others against him. In the fifty-fifth year (1716) he acted as Xi'an general in charge of supplies. Tsewang Arabtan slipped behind Gashun through Shala into Qinghai and seized Lobzang Danjinbu; E'lunte garrisoned Xining to support the tribes. In the fifty-sixth year (1717) Tsewang Arabtan sent Tsering Donduk into Tibet. E'lunte moved to Qinghai to choose camps with the Qinghai princes. He reported three routes from Xining to Tibet, the Kokosailin and Baidu roads being widest, and asked to advance with Guardsman Seleng on separate columns. In the fifty-seventh year (1718) Tsering Donduk took Tibet, stormed Potala, killed Lozang Khan, seized his son Surten, and held the country. In the sixth month E'lunte and Seleng marched separately; E'lunte took Kokosailin. In the seventh month at Qinuogele the enemy attacked by night and was repulsed. They returned the next day; E'lunte fought along the heights, the rebels fled, and a ten-li pursuit brought heavy kills and captures. The Emperor deeply praised his courage when the report arrived. Soon Tsering Donduk slipped troops out from Karusu; E'lunte rushed to cross the river, held Langla Ridge, and blocked the pass. At Karusu Seleng joined and they attacked together. Tens of thousands surrounded them; E'lunte was badly wounded yet fought harder. The siege lasted months. In the ninth month he attacked again and shot down many rebels. When arrows ran out he drew a knife and led a charge; the enemy closed in. Wounded again, he fought on and fell in the line. In the fifty-eighth year (1719) princes welcomed his coffin outside the walls and ministers offered rites at his home. Yongzheng advanced his hereditary rank to third-class adahahan, granted funeral honors, and named him Zhongyong.
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E'lunte and Governor-general Yintai of Shaanxi-Sichuan were both men the Emperor had raised from the ranks. Known for integrity, he was once paired with Zhang Boxing as the cleanest of governors.
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Kang Tai was from Zhangye in Gansu. He enlisted and rose to brigade commander. He followed Sun Sike against Galdan and received a hereditary tosaha rank. He became Sichuan provincial commander after four promotions. When E'lunte held Xining, Tai led more than a thousand Songpan troops through Huang Shengguan in support. His men mutinied; he lost his post and marched at his own expense. He followed E'lunte into Tibet, fought at Karusu, charged on horseback, took many arrows in the arm, had his son pull them, wrapped the wound, fought on, and fell in the line. He was posthumously made Commissioner-in-chief with the name Zhuangyong.
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His younger brother Hai was Liangzhou regional commander in Shaanxi. He followed E'lunte with his command and died in the same fight. He received a posthumous hereditary tosaha rank.
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The commentator says the Eleuths were Mongols who split into the Four Oirats; the Choros pastured at Ili. Galdan killed his nephew, styled himself Dzungar, moved to the Altai, and ruled all Four Oirats. He raided the Khalkha northward and Tibet southward. Kangxi campaigned twice in person and broke him until he died. At Ulan Butung Galdan was beaten but our army suffered heavily too. Tong Guogang died in harness as the Emperor's uncle by marriage. At Jao Modo, Fei Yanggu led hungry, exhausted men against a foe fighting for its life and broke a hard line by striking its weak point—strategy and courage won the day. Masika, A Nanda, Jileitabu, Yin Huaxing, and Pan Yulong each served with distinction in turn. E'lunte fell with a lone army against the enemy; the Qinghai campaign and the fall of the Dzungars all began here. This account is written to record the full story.
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