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Volume 333 Biographies 120: Wu Dai, Wu Fu, Hai Lu, Cheng De, Ma Biao, Chang Qing, Guan Da Se, Wu Shenhada, Hu Ni Lei Tu, Ao Cheng, Tu Qin Bao, Mu Ta Er, Dai Sen Bao, Weng Guoerhai, Zhu Er Hang A, Zhe Sen Bao

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Biographies 120
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Wu Dai, Wu Fu, Hai Lu, Cheng De, Ma Biao, and Chang Qing
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Guan Da Se, Wu Shenhada, Hu Ni Le Tu, Ao Cheng, Tu Qin Bao, and Mu Ta Er
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Dai Sen Bao, Weng Guoerhai, Zhu Er Hang A, and Zhe Sen Bao
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Wu Dai, of the Guwalgiya clan, came from Heilongjiang. In Qianlong 18 (1753), he was assigned to the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner. He first served as a vanguard in the Dzungar campaign and was made a third-rank bodyguard, with the honorific name Merigen Batüru. After fighting at Yarkand, he was promoted again to second-rank bodyguard. When envoys from Kokand arrived, he was sent to deliver the imperial message; he was then appointed deputy lieutenant-general of the Han Army of the Plain Yellow Banner and granted a hereditary commandant of cavalry. In year 36 he joined General Wen Fu in the Jinchuan campaign and was made a commissioner-in-chief. He stormed Balangla and took it, and was appointed lieutenant-general of the Mongol Plain Yellow Banner.
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Men of the capital banners despised the ulaqi drawn from Jilin and Heilongjiang and would not mix with them, and Wen Fu for that reason looked down on Wu Dai. Wu Dai sent a secret memorial stating that Wen Fu, while in command, loved comfort, failed to lead troops in person, presumed he was always right, and thereby chilled the army's morale. Wen Fu impeached him in turn, charging that Wu Dai was stubborn and wilful, that from Chengdu to the front he had seized relay horses and caused disturbances along the road, and that during the assault on Balangla the Green Standard troops had broken in panic while Wu Dai could not stop them, then falsely claimed he had been wounded and had fainted. The emperor ordered Feng Sheng'e and Seboteng Baljur to go to the army and conduct an inquiry. Seboteng Baljur and others reported that Wu Dai denied every charge under interrogation and asked that his post be removed while he stayed at the front to atone; the emperor criticized their report as missing the point, and they later memorialized again that Wen Fu had belittled Wu Dai and thus provoked the dispute. Wen Fu replied that Wu Dai had banded with Seboteng Baljur to plot against him; the emperor then ordered Seboteng Baljur and the others to bring Wu Dai to the imperial camp at Rehe. At that time the minister Fuk'ang'an, on mission to Sichuan, reported that Wu Dai had neither seized relay horses nor feigned wounds at Balangla, and that Seboteng Baljur had not favored him. When Wu Dai arrived at Rehe, the Grand Council tried him in open court and he was exiled to Ili. Several months later he was made a blue-lance bodyguard and ordered to follow Agui on the southern route for service. Agui had him lead native levies toward Meinuo, Mingguozong, and other points to coordinate pincer attacks as circumstances allowed. He was soon promoted to first-rank bodyguard.
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After the disaster at Mugumu, Agui held at Yixi. Wu Dai was made a leading bodyguard and placed in command of Guizhou troops to secure the rear. When Agui became Pacification Commissioner of the West, Wu Dai was appointed deputy lieutenant-general of the Mongol Plain Blue Banner and again served as commissioner-in-chief. He advanced from Danba against Kailiye with Deputy General Feng Sheng'e, but the mountains were steep and the column did not push far in. The emperor ordered Feng Sheng'e to join Agui for a united advance, while Wu Dai was left at Kailiye to tie down rebel forces; the rebels attacked again and again and were beaten back each time. Wu Dai memorialized that vacancies such as guard corporals in the army should be filled from men due for promotion, and asked the throne to decide. The emperor ruled that a commissioner assisting a general must not act on his own authority and rebuked Wu Dai. Agui and Feng Sheng'e pushed forward from Ri'erbadangga while Wu Dai coordinated troops from Kailiye in a flanking drive toward Lewuwei. Agui ordered Wu Dai to shift his station to Rizeyakou. He soon led troops in combined attacks on Zhuzhai and the stockades at Galangga. During the assault on Lewuwei, Wu Dai brought his command in from the northeast and the position fell in a combined attack. After the Jinchuan pacification, his likeness was painted in the Hall of Purple Splendor as one of the last fifty honored officers.
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He was later posted as leading minister at Tarbagatai. In year 49, traveling from Tarbagatai to the capital, he reached Lanzhou and heard that Muslims at Shifengbao had rebelled; he volunteered for the campaign. The emperor told Shaanxi-Gansu governor-general Li Shiyao that Wu Dai, having served in the Jinchuan war and knowing military affairs, should be ordered to lead troops against the rebels. Li Shiyao paired him with Deputy Lieutenant-General Yong'an and provincial commander Gangta; from Majiabao they pursued the rebels to Lulu Mountain, halted several days in heavy fog, learned the rebels had slipped out by the rear slope, split forces to intercept them, and gave Wu Dai acting command of the Guyuan garrison. Outside Fuxiang they killed over three hundred rebels; the remainder fled into the hills, and search parties took more than two hundred thirty prisoners. They pursued the rebels again to Qin'an county and prepared to attack Didian. The emperor sent Minister Fuk'ang'an to supervise the campaign; Wu Dai served under him and took Didian; then advanced on Shifengbao, led sweeps against remnant rebels at Heitu Tower and Baiyang Ridge, destroyed the mosque at Chuangziwan, and the Muslim rising was put down. The emperor noted that Wu Dai, having finished his tour at Tarbagatai and been returning home, had heard of the rebellion on the road and asked to fight; before Fuk'ang'an arrived he had already fought through several engagements with zeal, and was granted a hereditary commandant of cavalry. He was soon promoted to lieutenant-general of the Mongol Bordered Blue Banner, made chief instructor of the Upper Study, and appointed chamberlain of the guard. He died.
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Wu Fu, of the Fuca clan, belonged to the Manchu Bordered White Banner. Rising from hereditary assistant commandant to deputy commander of the Weizhou garrison in Sichuan, in Qianlong 35 the Lesser Jinchuan chieftain Tsewang and the Ekekesh chieftain Sedakla clashed; Wu Fu asked governor-general Altai to summon Tsewang to submit. Tsewang's son Senggesan was especially violent and gradually encroached on the Mingzheng domain; Wu Fu was ordered to station five hundred men at Jietou on the Suomo border, was promoted commander of the Songpan garrison, and guarded the grain route at Meinuo. After Lesser Jinchuan was pacified, he and Songmao intendant Zha Li inspected frontier garrisons, militia drill, and the fourteen newly submitted Han'niu stockades.
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By then Senggesan had fled into Greater Jinchuan, where chieftain Sonom joined him in revolt. Fearing both leaders would flee toward Gyarong, the emperor ordered Wu Fu to hold Danba. Danba stood on the route any flight toward Gyarong would have to take. Rebels struck Dimuda and Daban Zhao. The main force entered from Dengchun while Wu Fu coordinated from the rear. He soon requested that Deputy Commander Xidebu return with troops to Danba while he personally toured Suomo to keep the newly submitted chieftainess Zhuo'erma under control. The emperor ordered him to return to Danba once this duty was done. Wu Fu advanced from Danba against Mu'erjin Mountain, fought his way onto the ridge, destroyed rebel forts, and beat back relief columns. In the general assault Wu Fu took three hundred sixty men as reserve: regulars feigned attacks to fix the rebels while native troops lay in wait by the Guding Shui stockade. When the rebels arrived the ambush killed their leader; they then stormed the mid-slope blockhouse, and Wu Fu led men in breaking the gate and slaughtering the garrison. When Generals Agui and others took Gelukeguyakou and neared Danba, Wu Fu saw the main column across the ridge and at once attacked the Pulon and Marang forts, destroying them together and posting camps along the stream below Gudingding.
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In the assault on Lewuwei, Wu Fu struck from Dou'udangga in coordination, killed large numbers of rebels, advanced on Rongga'erbo, and destroyed one fort. The main army camped on Baketu Yangmu summit; Wu Fu took the forts below Samuka'er Mountain and linked up with the grand army. Moving up from Dawudaiwei, Wu Fu with commander Chang Lubao and others acted as the supporting wing. Once Huangcaoping fell, rebels sallied from behind the ridge and Wu Fu crushed them in a flanking action. As the army advanced from Benbulumu in three columns, Wu Fu and Deputy Lieutenant-General Wu Shenhada led the third column and invested the rebel forts. Rebels scrambled over the forts and merged with the first and second columns; at Xilizheng stockade the enemy collapsed and ran. Forces split to take Wa'erzhan and Sheleguzulu, moving guns up by night to smash them. In the attack on Sa'erwai stockade they again deployed three columns; Wu Fu and Lieutenant-General Hailanqa took the center, and the rebels abandoned the position; then swung behind the stockade and killed a great many; every rebel strongpoint in the sector fell. After Jinchuan was pacified, his likeness joined the last fifty portraits in the Hall of Purple Splendor. When the army withdrew, the court ordered Wu Fu to garrison three thousand men at Meinuo because the two Jinchuan territories were so extensive. He was soon made provincial commander of Guangxi. He died.
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Hai Lu, of the Qipqit clan, was a Mongol of the Plain Blue Banner. As a vanguard he served in the Ili campaign; when Zhaohui encamped at Jierhalang and Fude attacked Yarkand and Lake Yashilkul, Hai Lu was present, received the peacock feather, and the title Gabushiha Batüru. Further frontier service won him promotion to second-rank bodyguard. In Wen Fu's Jinchuan campaign Hai Lu led four hundred men against Banlanshan and Sidang'an, took stockades at Ri'er, Dongma, Meimei, and elsewhere, Gubujishan Ridge, and captured Ludingzong, Kamuse'er, and other positions, clearing blockhouses inside Mingguozong gorge. From acting vanguard colonel he was placed in command of the Guyuan garrison in Shaanxi. After Wen Fu's defeat Hai Lu fell back from Meinuo to Balangla; Agui called for his dismissal, but the throne was lenient. The army entered from Zili Nanshan and seized a blockhouse on Akemuya Mountain. At Ludingzong, where cliffs were sheer, they slipped into the rebel camp at midnight, killed more than thirty men, and bodies piled at the foot of the cliffs; Ludingzong fell, and he pressed on to Mingguozong and took it. Driving straight to Meinuo they routed the terrified rebels, captured more than ten heavy guns and over a hundred piculs of grain, and Hai Lu was confirmed as Guyuan commander.
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He followed Agui in taking the Denggu stockade from Sa'erchie'eluo Mountain. Pushing west from Lamulamu they seized a stone stockade. They attacked Desidong, Seqinpu, and Lamulamu Ridge and held the key pass at Rizeyakou. They stormed Gaibudashi's Nuomucheng and took a chain of forts and stockades. At Xunke'erzong the rebels ambushed and were driven off. He soon advanced with Deputy Lieutenant-General Fuxing to Da'ershalang, took five large forts, and captured Yige'ermadi and other positions. Pressing on with Wu Shenhada he cleared forts in Luoboke'ebo gorge and took Gelukegu Ridge. In a further advance on Kangsa'er he led men over the ditch into the works; the rebels fled. He next took Leji'erbo Ridge and, following the river, inflicted a major rout. In the assault on Musigonggake pass Hai Lu supported the attack and killed a great many rebels. He took Maiguo'er Ridge and with Wu Shenhada stormed the wooden fort and stone tower left of the pass. From Shetuwang stockade he split forces against Bazhan; men climbed by vines along the slope, seized Pise'er, stormed the great fort at Zhangga, and took a wooden fort as well. With Xiangyang commander Guan Da Se he attacked Huangcaoping and held the position. He was transferred to commander of the Tianjin garrison in Zhili. He soon led native troops to take Douwo stockade and also Labuzhan, seat of the Shabron Zhaowa chieftain. With Deputy Lieutenant-General Shu Lin and others he attacked Zelangake and burned rebel strongholds at Ga'ergamu, Lewu, Guomudeke, Nie'wu, and elsewhere. After the Jinchuan pacification his likeness was painted in the Hall of Purple Splendor; he received a hereditary commandant of cavalry and was made Yunnan provincial commander.
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In year 46 he presented himself at court. Reaching Hunan, he learned that the Salaer Muslim Su Sishi had risen in revolt and volunteered for service. The rebels held Hualin Mountain; Hai Lu campaigned under Hailanqa and took many heads and prisoners. He soon pushed to Hualin Temple, destroyed the rebel base, and wiped them out. He was appointed commandant at Urumqi.
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Hai Lu ran administration with harsh exactitude. On the border he banned the Hutusi gold mines north of the old town. He reset merit-and-penalty rules for Xinjiang garrison farming rents, tightening them beyond precedent. Investigating graft by officers and men who preyed on subordinates, he brought down Leading Minister Tusi Yi, Commander Peng Tingdong, and many others. He also proposed budget cuts and baojia-style local defense as in China proper; Taiwan convicts from clan fights were sent to frontier ironworks at Urumqi as labor slaves for garrisons at Barkul and elsewhere; all were approved. He also asked for three hundred fifty relay carts from Hami to Jinghe and one hundred fifty at Urumqi, with fees set two-thirds below commercial haulage. Commissioners Chuoketuo at Ush and Huling at Tarbagatai and Governor-General Fuk'ang'an all protested that cart rates were too cheap; Fuk'ang'an insisted relay carts were inferior to hired commercial transport. The emperor rejected Hai Lu's plan, ruled that building relay carts wasted state funds, and ordered him to repay the cost. General Yiletü of Ili also asked to repeal Hai Lu's farming-rent and ironworks policies; Hai Lu was demoted to Erlut leading minister at Ili.
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In year 53 he impeached General Kuilin for smashing Buddha images, humiliating officials, maiming convicts and casting them into rivers, taking bribes from banished criminals, and at the Kazakh frontier bartering sheep for cloth while keeping the extra gold. The emperor removed Kuilin and summoned Hai Lu to the capital; princes and the Grand Council were ordered to try both men with the Ministry of Punishments. Kuilin confessed to destroying images and killing prisoners; the rest lacked proof. The emperor stripped Hai Lu too and sent him to serve at the reserve post of Baitang'a in Shangyu. He was soon made a blue-lance bodyguard and eventually became Fujian infantry commander. He died.
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Cheng De, of the Niuhuru clan, belonged to the Manchu Plain Red Banner. He first joined the Vanguard Camp as a front-line soldier. He served in the Dzungar and Yarkand campaigns with distinction. In the Burma war he followed General Mingrui from Xibo, stormed Jiuxiaopopo, was shot, and fought at Mengbai, Tiansheng Bridge, Mengcheng, and elsewhere. Under Deputy General Aligün he took Dunguai and destroyed its fort. With Grand Secretary Fu Heng he crossed the Gajiang and advanced from Menggong and Mengyang, beating the enemy at Xinjie. In Wen Fu's Lesser Jinchuan campaign Cheng De fought at Sidang'an despite wounds, then pressed on to Balangla. In further advances he took Zili, Gubuji, Bajiao stockade, and other points, and was wounded again; Pushing from Kongka and Xiling he won repeated fights and rose to commander of the Chuandao garrison in Sichuan. When the Mugumu headquarters collapsed and Wen Fu was killed, Cheng De's separate force at Meinuo was overrun too; he was stripped of rank but kept in post. Agui ordered him to take Akemuya from the south; with Esente and Hai Lu in three columns they stormed East Ravine forts and killed a great many rebels. Ludingzong, Mingguozong, and other posts fell, Meinuo was retaken, and he received a black fox fur crown. After Lesser Jinchuan was pacified his rank was restored.
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The army entered Greater Jinchuan from Guga to Luobowa Mountain; Cheng De and Commander Te Cheng'e split forces to fix the enemy. They jointly took Seqinpu Ridge and dozens of stubborn forts. Assaulting Lamulamu's eastern forts, rebels hit the rear in two columns and were beaten off. With Pu'erpu he took four stone forts; with Guan Da Se he captured Gaibudashi's Nuomucheng; with Hailanqa he besieged Xunke'erzong and received the title Saishang'a Batüru. Besieging Jia'erna, rebels tried to escape by skin boats; Cheng De smashed the attempt. Rebels held Chibu; Desigu lay to the north; down the gorge stood Galangga and Ga'erga temples amid thick forts and stockades. The army followed the gorge and smashed the easternmost river fort. Cheng De exploited the victory, took five great forts and two wooden citadels, drove to Ga'erdan Temple on the river, routed the enemy, and the army seized Shetuwang stockade. Cheng De stole a march to Rizeyakou and, with Puji Bao coordinating from above and below, smashed eight stone forts and four wooden works, took Xunke'erzong, drove the enemy to Lewuwei, and joined the main force in its fall. They next took Ganduwa'er, Huangcaoping, and other positions, and at last Galayi. After Jinchuan was pacified his likeness was painted among the first fifty honorees in the Hall of Purple Splendor. He acted as Sichuan provincial commander. When San'anba chieftain An Cuo stirred revolt he led troops to crush it and was confirmed in post.
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In year 53 Gurkhas invaded rear Tibet; Cheng De was made commissioner-in-chief to campaign with Governor E Hui and resident minister Ba Zhong. Ba Zhong had Kashag officer Dain Wangzhu'er negotiate yearly tribute and return of land with the Gurkhas; Cheng De protested without success and reported the deal. After the withdrawal he became General of Chengdu. Rear Tibet broke the pact and withheld tribute; the Gurkhas attacked again and Ba Zhong committed suicide. The emperor ordered E Hui and Cheng De to pacify Tibet and redeem their errors; for dilatoriness he lost the generalship, received deputy lieutenant-general rank, and served as leading minister under Fuk'ang'an. At Nyalam he and Mukedeng'a led night assaults. Cheng De struck the northwest, Mukedeng'a the southwest; fire bombs broke the fort and every defender was killed. Fuk'ang'an marched from Jilong; Cheng De's columns took Deqinding Mountain, enemy posts, Guoguo Sa Lama Temple, and by night the iron-chain bridge at Zhamu. From Jianggebo Mai Ridge he hurried to Longgang and met Yan Jibao; pursuing the enemy to Lidi he united with Fuk'ang'an and swept all before them. The Gurkhas sued for peace; on withdrawal Cheng De was made assistant resident minister in Tibet. His likeness joined the first fifteen portraits in the Hall of Purple Splendor, Cheng De closing the group. He was soon appointed acting General of Hangzhou.
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Under Emperor Renzong he moved to acting General of Jingzhou. In the White Lotus rising he and Governor Huling attacked rebels at Guanwan'nao in Yidu and seized chief Zhang Zhengmo. He soon lost his honorific martial title for allowing rebels to slip away. In year 4 he retired and died. His great-granddaughter became Empress Xiaoquan to Emperor Xuanzong; he was posthumously made third-rank Duke of Inherited Grace with the posthumous name Weike. His son Mukedengbu has his own biography.
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Ma Biao came from Xining in Gansu. He rose through the ranks to commander of the Chuandao garrison in Sichuan. When Assistant Magistrate Qiu Tianchong illegally logged Bayan Jilusa timber, Prince Luobuzang Da'erzha's memorial implicated Biao and cost him his post. He was soon given guerrilla rank and posted to Yarkand. Reinstated, he became commander of the Zhaotong garrison in Yunnan.
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In Qianlong 36, Wen Fu valued Biao's repeated bravery in the field and gave him three thousand Guizhou troops; they took Balangla forts and Biao received the peacock feather. From Dambazong three columns moved on Zili; Biao with Esente advanced from the north ridge, took enemy forts, killed over a hundred, and linked with the main army. Biao held the north ridge of Zili with two thousand Guizhou men across more than thirty li. Rebels night-assaulted Huang Zhuanglue and Wang Tingyu; Biao and Ba Santai rode to their aid and repulsed the enemy, though three guns were lost. The emperor did not punish him, noting how fiercely he had fought. Later Xu Dayong held Sebuse'er while rebels encamped on a peak ten li off. Wu Dai ordered Biao to reinforce them; before he arrived Deputy Commander Selentai fell in battle. Wu Dai charged Biao with dawdling and sought his dismissal; the emperor kept him on duty. He soon moved from Shuocangg'er to Sebuse'er while Agui's host camped on Labuchuke slope threatening Mulangba; Biao was told to ambush under the east cliff and took the river fort. Pressing Se'erqu, Biao with Feng Sheng'e stormed Dongma stockade and took it. They swept Zhemuke, Guoluoguo, Meiluo Lama Temple, and other strongpoints, taking five forts and dozens of prisoners and heads. At Meimeika Biao took two hundred men along a ridge trail. When relief arrived he fought them off. Between Meimeika and Rike'er Bridge a path called Douwu ran. Rebels wrecked the bridge and walled the pass; Biao bridged it with felled timber, and the enemy fled. With Commander Ha Guoxing he also took Kamuse'er and Mulasiguo and held Douwu. He next hit Mingguozong from behind Dakusu with a thousand men down Geshidi; rebels abandoned their forts and fled, and he was made Xi'an commander. With Wul'tunaxun he stormed the great fort at Da'ertu and killed many fugitives. He then garrisoned six thousand at Yixi with Huashan; rebels attacked and were beaten off with over thirty killed. He assaulted Da'ertu fort with three thousand five hundred men but failed to take it. Rebels hit Yixi in three columns from Shaba and by night struck Da'ertu; both assaults were repulsed. As the army took Naidang and reached Dusong, Biao fought at Zhongbabuli, Xiababuli, and Mayaogang Jiaomu and drove the enemy from every post. He soon took Ke'erma and Zhawugu Ridge with Qinbao and Jiasuo with Ao Cheng.
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After Jinchuan was pacified he proceeded to his Xi'an command. After Jinchuan was pacified his likeness joined the first fifty honorees in the Hall of Purple Splendor. He was made Huguang provincial commander. He died and was posthumously made Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent with the posthumous name Qinxiang and a hereditary commandant of light chariots.
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Chang Qing, of the Sumuke clan, belonged to the Manchu Bordered White Banner. He rose from vanguard to guard colonel. He was posted as commander of the Qujing garrison in Yunnan. He followed General Mingrui against Burma and fought at Manjie. Mingrui led the center while Chang Qing and Leading Minister Guanyinbao held the western ridge. When rebels struck suddenly Chang Qing and others fought fiercely and took over two hundred heads; the enemy broke and fled, leaving more than two thousand dead and thirty-four prisoners. At Tiansheng Bridge, Song stockade, Huangtu Hill, and elsewhere they repeatedly beat the enemy. After Mingrui's defeat the emperor recalled Chang Qing and sent him back to Yunnan to follow Deputy General Aligün through Wanyun Pass. Fu Heng had him build warships at Yeniuba, then led troops to Xinjie, killed rebels, took stockades, and captured enemy boats, grain, and arms. He soon advanced from Xinjie on Laoguantun and took Maoxi stockade. After the withdrawal he became Yunnan provincial commander.
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In Qianlong 38 he was told to lead two thousand Yunnan troops to Dajianlu to support Agui's western column. With Hailanqa he took the ridges of Sidakela, Aga'erbuli, and Shuocangg'er and garrisoned Meinuo. During the assault on Bulangguozong Agui asked Chang Qing to coordinate support. He posted Fu Mintai at Mubo, Baoning at Galushini, Zhang Qigui at Mei'ogou, and with Fuxing supported the Bulangguozong attack. Tibetans call bandits fangjiaba; Chang Qing and Fuxing sent Green Standard troops to hunt them and burn their woods. During the Lewuwei assault Chang Qing and Fulehun secured supplies from Mingguozong to Daban Zhao, patrolled Xiaoshaba, Shaba, and Sansongping, and hit rebels via a side path at Gongga'erla. The emperor praised the move, noting that imperial troops had long stalled on that route and that a flanking surprise could now fix the enemy; yet warned against rash advances given the steep ground. After Jinchuan was pacified his likeness joined the last fifty portraits in the Hall of Purple Splendor.
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He moved to Gubeikou commander while Hai Lu took his Yunnan post. He asked to keep Zhang Fengjie in Burma to coordinate with Hai Lu while negotiations proceeded. The emperor kept Chang Qing's old title on documents until Burma was settled, citing Burmese suspicion. He later commanded in Zhejiang, Jiangnan, Zhili, and Fujian, succeeded Hai Lu at Urumqi, and became General of Xi'an. He died and received the posthumous name Zhuangyi.
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Guan Da Se, of the Guwalgiya clan, belonged to the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner. He served as a vanguard in the Dzungar campaign. When Zhaohui fought from Elezhalatu to Tenege'er the emperor was touring the south; Guan Da Se and Zhaotan carried memorials to the traveling palace, were received in audience, and he was made a blue-lance bodyguard. After the Dzungar pacification he received a hereditary commandant of light cavalry. He rose to deputy colonel and was posted brigade commander of Shunyun camp in Yunnan. Claiming no Chinese literacy he asked to return to the capital; when Fu Heng campaigned in Burma he supervised cannon casting and joined the army. He was soon made vanguard colonel of the Vanguard Camp.
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In Qianlong 36 Wen Fu's Jinchuan campaign sent him with four hundred Chengdu garrison troops against Balangla ridge; with Wu Shenhada on the right they took six stockades. In renewed fighting he shelled rebel forts for three days and nights until they fell; he received the title Bardamba Batüru and one hundred taels of silver. Crossing Dambazong to Sidiye'an he bombarded a rebel tower into ruin and was made acting Songpan commander. The army attacked in snow and the rebels pulled back. Guan Da Se pursued as they fled across the stream toward Hekamuya. Pressing the rebel stockade he shelled it nearly to collapse before the enemy fled by night. Wen Fu attacked the south slope; Guan Da Se and Niu Tianbi took the second and third forts respectively, and he was made acting Xiangyang commander.
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At Da'ertu rebels hid in forts; Guan Da Se's guns killed dozens daily. The column advanced, smashed two forts, tore up palisades, and killed a great many. When Feng Sheng'e attacked Guga, Guan Da Se brought four thousand men with Pujibao to join him. On Agui's orders he followed Hailanqa at Lamulamu, took three stockades, and tried fire bombs under the forts, but rain forced a temporary withdrawal. With six hundred men he scaled the summit at midnight like ants up a cliff, ambushed beside two great forts, and at dawn stormed both. At Gaibudashi's Nuomucheng the enemy held a great fort behind a moat with a wooden citadel. Guan Da Se led men through gunfire over the moat, cut steps into the fort wall, and climbed up. The enemy fell back to the wooden fort; Agui sent Hailanqa around the rear while Guan Da Se attacked frontally and took it. Pressing on to Mogeer Ridge he and Esente jointly took three forts. He then split with Hailanqa and Esente, carried rations deep inland, took Gelukeguyakou, Dangga Sea stockade, the great fort at Dou'udangga, and burned Shamulaqu. Moving down Gelukegu Ridge he stormed enemy posts set along the ravines. He was confirmed as Xiangyang commander.
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He advanced again on Leji'erbo, fought at the foot of the slope, and broke enemy forts; then took Rongke'erbo and its foothill wooden fort. He climbed the summit with Pu'erpu, crossed gullies, and tore up twenty-six wooden palisades. From Shetuwang along Kunse'er Ridge he took Yamuze fort, Guoke Mountain posts, besieged Laku Lama Temple, and wiped out the garrison. With Hailanqa he assaulted Zhangga; rebels had dug a deep trench under a green fort with palisades above; Guan Da Se's men filled the trench with palisades, scaled the wall, and the enemy fled. With Hailanqa toward Lewuwei they split to attack Longside, taking two of three stockades; then secretly stormed the rear stockade, seizing lead shot piled two feet deep and over a hundred baskets of powder for the army, set guns against the scripture hall, joined Baoning and Zhang'ai, and Lewuwei fell. With Hailanqa he took Dawu and a chain of forts and stockades. At Xili rebels resisted from four sides; Guan Da Se crossed the ditch to fight and drove them into the woods. At Huangcaoping Hailanqa led the front while Guan Da Se and Hai Lu tore up northern palisades across the ravine in support. He again paired with Hailanqa against the wooden fort on Benbulumu Peak. At Wala Zhan his guns smashed the enemy fort. Below Wala Zhan lay Sa'erwai with three stockades; Hailanqa led the front, Guan Da Se and Wu Shenhada the flanks; fleeing rebels were cut down. At Kebuqu wooden fort he again fought with Hailanqa and was first up the wall under fire. At Lang'agu Hailanqa took a cliff path while Guan Da Se and Wu Shenhada struck from the left. At Yongzhong Lama Temple he entered from the right with Pu'erpu; fierce fighting broke Galayi. After Jinchuan was pacified his likeness joined the first fifty honorees and he received a first-rank hereditary commandant of light chariots. He became Datong commander in Shanxi, then Xuanhua commander in Zhili. He died.
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Wu Shenhada was a Jilin Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner. In the Burma war he served as vanguard corporal with distinction and received the title Fafuri Batüru. In the Jinchuan war, third-rank bodyguard, he and Guan Da Se took Balangla; when rebels seized his hill he fought them off and retook it. The emperor ruled merit and fault balanced and pardoned him. Repeated victories raised him to deputy lieutenant-general of the Mongol Plain Blue Banner. On withdrawal his likeness joined the first fifty portraits and he received hereditary commandant of cavalry and light cavalry. As Khotan leading minister he investigated Defeng for bribery but failed to prove the case fully and lost his post. In the Taiwan war, first-rank bodyguard, he and Pu'erpu fought from Maogang and cleared the road to Jiayi. He soon led the fleet to Langqiao, captured Zhuang Datian, and regained his martial honorific. His likeness was painted again among the last thirty honorees in the Hall of Purple Splendor. In the Gurkha war, Bordered Red Banner deputy lieutenant-general, he went ahead to open roads, stumbled, and was hurt. After the campaign he received no reward and complained at audience. The emperor called him sly and flattering, stripped him, and exiled him to Ili. Early in Jiaqing he was pardoned and returned. In the White Lotus war he followed as first-rank bodyguard; when Wang Sanhuai crossed the river Wu Shenhada fought and died, receiving a hereditary commandant of light chariots.
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Hu Ni Le Tu, of the Ene clan, came from Heilongjiang. He entered the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner as a guardsman. He rose to guard colonel. In the Jinchuan campaign, including Balangla, he earned the title Duobodan Batüru. At Zili Nanshan he fought from Labuchuke Ridge, circled to the summit, and took four enemy stockades in succession. With Hailanqa at Luobowa's forward slope he killed a dozen of two hundred rebels climbing the right ridge, took Gaibudashi's Nuomucheng, and received deputy lieutenant-general rank. At Xunke'erzong he burned over ten stockades and beat back relief columns. During the Lewuwei assault he seized Mogeer Mountain and held ground west of Ri'erbadangga'er. From Milagalamu summit Hailanqa and others struck west down a sheer peak and took Kailiye to imperial praise. They then took five forts on both slopes of Ri'erbadangga Mountain. With Hailanqa he also stormed Sanggasimate Mountain stockade. With Fuk'ang'an he spotted two rebel forts, leaped in and routed the garrison, and was made Bordered Blue Banner deputy lieutenant-general. At Dajiabu and Anji he led men climbing between mid-slope forts, entered first, and took them all. In the Musigonggake assault he was assigned the pass. A stealth column with Liang Chaogui followed up; all fourteen forts on the pass crest fell together. At Rongga'erbo the Bazhan ridge guarded Lewuwei's gate and was fiercely held. Generals proposed a side approach from Shetuwang while Hu Ni Le Tu pinned Bazhan. When Zhangga fell Hu Ni Le Tu took Bazhan as well. They split to storm Longside, axed the gate, seized powder stores, and took Lewuwei. At Xili Ridge Hu Ni Le Tu and Wu Shenhada climbed straight up and took three great forts and four wooden works. At Xilizheng stockade he and Fuk'ang'an burned the position in; with Hailanqa he also took Lang'agu and Delagu forts; from Basasha he took Qishi Ji stockade and with Fuk'ang'an seized Yongzhong Lama Temple. After Jinchuan he joined the first fifty portraits and was transferred to Bordered Red Banner deputy lieutenant-general. He was soon made minister without rank managing the Vanguard Camp. He died.
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Ao Cheng, styled Danjiu, came from Chang'an in Shaanxi. He enlisted and served in Daindu, Jinchuan, and Kucha, fought at Karasu River and Yarkand, all with credit. In Qianlong 38, Guangxi commander Ao Cheng was at court; learning he had served in Daindu and Jinchuan, the emperor gave him the peacock feather, one hundred taels of silver, and relay transport to the front. He was shifted to Ningxia, then at Agui's request to Zhenyuan in Guizhou. Three columns advanced; Mingliang on the south route asked Cheng to hold Senggezong in the rear. The emperor doubted he could hold a front alone and ordered him to follow Mingliang. Guilin memorialized: "The southern route should be garrisoned from Taksa through Yixi. Cheng crossed at Samuguomu, passed Meinuo, and encamped at Taksa." Mingliang moved to Yixi, assaulted Da'ertu Ridge, and sent Cheng with Shujing'an against Ribang, taking two stockades, over four hundred forts, and killing many rebels. As Yixi was invested scouts found Jiasuo held only weak garrisons—the weak point to strike. Cheng and Chang Tai led twenty-five hundred native and Han troops in three columns, broke key passes, and took eleven forts. The emperor praised his valor and gave him the title Senge Batüru. From Da'ertu Ridge he pressed on Ga'erdan toward the Babuli spine. In a night blizzard he slipped behind the forts and took four defensive stockades. The garrison panicked and fled; pursuit killed beyond count. With Chang Tai he took Nianzhan; with Ma Biao he reached Jiaza stockade and the enemy ran. All three columns united and Galayi fell. After Jinchuan his likeness joined the first fifty portraits. The emperor's verse compared his snowy Babuli assault to Li Su's night entry into Caizhou. He became Guizhou commander and received a yellow riding jacket at court. He died, was posthumously made Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent with the name Yongque, and granted a hereditary commandant of light cavalry.
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Tu Qin Bao, of the Guwalgiya clan, belonged to the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner. As vanguard corporal under Mingrui in Burma he earned third-rank bodyguard and the title Fafuri Batüru. He became deputy vanguard colonel of the Vanguard Camp. In Qianlong 37 he followed Agui in Jinchuan, ferried troops in skin boats, and raided Dawu's western forts. With Wang Wanbang from the left he stormed the fort. With Sanbao he climbed Bangjia Ridge by the gorge, cleared every post, and pincered the enemy from below until they fled. At Naweinazhamu Mingliang's three columns advanced; Tu Qin Bao and Gu Shengyan stormed hillside forts against stiff resistance. With Dehebu he invested the enemy on three sides with stone breastworks until they abandoned the forts by night. At Senggezong he crossed at Kedu to the east bank, took Kazhamulong Ridge and Shelung, and drove the enemy toward Meinuo. With Colonel Labudong'a five hundred men took Manai. He was made deputy commander of Changsha garrison. At Saksa Valley he stormed Ru stockade amid ripe wheat, burned riverside posts, and slaughtered fleeing rebels; over ten li of fields fell to the army. The emperor personally praised him in edict. He took the wooden fort below Shizheng'a, cleared more stockades, excelled at Zhawugu Ridge, and became Guyuan commander. After the war his likeness joined the first fifty beside Dehebu. In year 46 Salaer Muslims rebelled; he led five hundred auxiliaries. Rebels held Bala Miao and Shuimogou; with Hailanqa he crossed Shuimogou along the ridge toward their lair. Rebels charged uphill; Tu Qin Bao fought with his saber until his horse fell, he tumbled down the slope, was wounded, and died; seven hundred taels of silver were granted.
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Mu Ta Er was from Lesser Jinchuan. In Qianlong 37 chieftain Senggesan rebelled; Mu Ta Er surrendered with kin and followers. Wen Fu enrolled him; he led natives to take Bajiao fort, accepted over a thousand surrenders, and recovered the official stockade. At Mugumu a stone struck his face. He took Daxianggu Ridge and was shot in the forehead. He rose to third-rank bodyguard with the peacock feather. Senggesan fled to Greater Jinchuan where Sonom sheltered him and joined the revolt. Agui had him scout routes and arrange collaborators; Aboli fell and his uncle Langna submitted. Jinchuan trails were maze-like; Agui had him map them for the throne; when Gongga'erla held firm he consulted Mu Ta Er. Mu Ta Er said: "The Guga road is rugged and wooded. Elite troops could ambush by night and surprise the enemy—that too was a plan." The plan was adopted. He fought with credit. Guards at a relay station gave ground to rebels. Agui sent Mu Ta Er and the surrender Gengga to intercept and seize leader Mugong Aluku. At Galushini's rear slope and Dengchun they seized La'erjia, wounded Sengge'erjie, and won satin. Rebels sent Biesiman Ni Sengbu Bo to feign surrender and probe Mu Ta Er, who reported it secretly. The emperor praised his loyalty and promoted him to first-rank bodyguard. At Galayi Sonom surrendered and he received the title Zanba Batüru. His likeness joined the last fifty portraits. He was made Bajiao garrison commander supervising surrendered farmers at Boge'erjiaoke and Sanamuya.
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In year 46 Su Sishi took Lanzhou; Mu Ta Er followed Hailanqa, was shot, and received silver and satin. At Hualin Temple he was wounded again, received second rank, and was slated for Sichuan's deputy commander over surrendered tribes. In year 49 Muslim remnants held Shifengbao; Mu Ta Er followed Baoning despite illness and received minister-without-rank rank. At Shifengbao he took repeated heads and prisoners and was hit by a stone.
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In year 53 on Taiwan he and Bobin captured Zhuang Datian alive at Langqiao. After Taiwan his likeness joined the first twenty portraits.
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In year 56 the Gurkhas took Nyalam. With Cheng De at Musa Bridge he seized chiefs including Gefendakajiha and gained deputy lieutenant-general rank. At Jilong he and Zhe Sen Bao first took the southeast ridge, pursued rebels, retook Jilong, killed hundreds, and seven rebel officers. At Ya'ersaila and Bo'erdongla he crossed by Gaduopu's winding route and took stone and wooden forts. After the Gurkha war his likeness joined the last fifteen portraits. The emperor summoned him personally, gave wine, silver, and satin.
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In year 60 he campaigned against Miao rebels. Rebels at Xiaoshihua and Tukong built slope forts along the river to block the army. Fuk'ang'an ambushed him downstream; when rebels raided he seized their boats. The army pressed on and forts fell in succession. At Tukong he and Hualianbu fought three days and nights to break the position and received an imperial purse. Illness forced his return; he died on the road at Ziyang and received one hundred taels of silver.
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Dai Sen Bao, of the Kuyala Kuochuoli clan, belonged to the Manchu Plain Red Banner. From the Fishing-Rod Office he served in the Burma campaign. In the Jinchuan shift he fought at Ludingzong and Kamuse'er and became a blue-lance bodyguard. At Xiling rebels swept down with guns; after routing them he became third-rank bodyguard. At Luobowa he killed dozens and retook Kamulama fort, becoming second-rank bodyguard with the title Bulong Batüru. At Leji'erbo Ridge he tore up abatis, leaped the ditch, and fire-bombed the fort summit into ruin. With Agui at Lewuwei he shelled the bridge, tunneled into the palisade, took the wooden fort, and helped bring Lewuwei down; he became first-rank bodyguard. On withdrawal his likeness joined the last fifty portraits.
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In Qianlong 44 he campaigned in Taiwan as guard colonel. With Wu Shenhada he hit Shaqian, reached Niaosong, and killed over two hundred rebels. At Zhongzhou his heavy guns broke the enemy; at Nantan rebels fled and hundreds of huts burned. He next took Sankandian and captured enemy guns and arms. He relieved Zhuluo with Chang Qing from Yanshui Harbor, won repeatedly, and received deputy lieutenant-general rank. Under Fuk'ang'an he stormed Niuzhuang, crossed the stream the enemy had fortified, swept to Nantan, and captured Zhuang Datian. On return his likeness joined the last thirty portraits. He became Plain Yellow Banner deputy lieutenant-general. He was posted leading minister at Ili.
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When Gurkhas rebelled the emperor sent him with a thousand Solon and Daur troops and Hailanqa through Qinghai into Tibet under Fuk'ang'an. Fuk'ang'an paired him with Cheng De and three thousand men to fix Nyalam. He sent a column through Cuoqishamu while he took Qinding Mountain, broke enemy posts, and routed the Gurkhas. With Yongde he took the Hamagunmu route and captured Zhamu. With Cheng De he beat Duoluoka, pursued to Elaiba, split columns deep inland, and the Gurkha chief submitted. His likeness joined the last fifteen portraits.
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Early in Jiaqing he was ordered to fight sectarians in Shaanxi and Gansu. Zhang Hanchao raided from Zhouzhi into Xunyang; with Changchun and Lunbuchun he met them wherever they struck. Rebuked for failing to clear Gansu, he and Governor Taibu fielded four thousand fighters and won repeated engagements. In autumn of year 5 he fought at Mian county but, too few to finish the pursuit, fell back to Changzhai. He fell ill and died on the road to Hanzhong.
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Weng Guoerhai, of the Gabaka clan, belonged to the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner. He began as an imperial guardsman and became a blue-lance bodyguard. In Qianlong 52 he followed Fuk'ang'an in Taiwan, fought at Bagua Mountain with great slaughter, and received the title Eteng'e Batüru. He rose to second-rank bodyguard. Lin Shuangwen fled to Laoquzhi; loyalist Gao Zhen reported him. Weng Guoerhai pursued and captured him. After Taiwan he received a hereditary commandant of cavalry.
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In year 56 Gurkhas invaded rear Tibet; he followed Fuk'ang'an and Hailanqa. At Camu two mountains faced each other with only one pass. In night rain he stole over the ridge, joined the main force, scaled the wall, killed hundreds, and took the fort. Rebels seized Jilong official stockade and the army besieged it. He struck Jilong's southeast ridge directly while rebels held forts; he climbed the forts and killed over six hundred; he was made first-rank bodyguard. Rebels held Resuo Bridge; the army entered from Baimanai Sa and faced them across the river. From E'lv Mountain upstream he rafted across secretly, stormed the enemy stockade by a side path, got the whole army over, and received deputy lieutenant-general rank. Rebels held Xiebulu behind water; in evening rain troops ambushed in the woods and at midnight waded in on logs. The army swung to the opposite height and charged down; over three hundred were killed and five stockades burned; then they advanced on Dongjue by Daoduo. With Hailanqa as vanguard he threaded Ya'ersaila and Bo'erdongla through forest and ravine on foot. The enemy held three wooden forts and seven stone posts with stubborn defense. He led an assault over deadly ground, was badly wounded in the right arm, rallied when reinforcements came, killed two leaders and over two hundred men, and destroyed every fort; fifty taels of silver were granted. After the Gurkha war his likeness joined the last fifteen portraits. He became Bordered Yellow Banner deputy lieutenant-general. Early in Jiaqing he died.
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Zhu Er Hang A, of the Yanja clan, belonged to the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner. He rose from vanguard to second-rank bodyguard. In the Shifengbao Muslim campaign he received the title Xili Batüru. In Qianlong 56 the Gurkhas invaded rear Tibet. The emperor sent E Hui and Cheng De with Zhu Er Hang A as assistant; E Hui had him scout and garrison Dili Langgu and Wolangka. With Yongde he soon took Nyalam stockade and received large satin. With Fuk'ang'an from Zongka and Hailanqa on the main road he took Camu and received imperial purses. With A Mantai he took Jilong and became first-rank bodyguard. Again with Hailanqa he smashed wooden forts and stone posts at Ya'ersaila and Bo'erdongla. He beat the enemy at Mamula and received deputy lieutenant-general rank. At Galeladuibu Mountain in three columns he and Ahabao flanked from the right and burned enemy posts. They bridged the upper Henghe, took Jimuji, and he was made leading minister. Gurkha leader Ratnabadur surrendered. Fuk'ang'an had him escort tribute envoys to the capital. His likeness joined the last fifteen portraits. He rose to imperial bodyguard and Plain White Banner guard commander. At the Divine Martial Gate he seized rebel Chen De, received a hereditary commandant of cavalry, and became Bordered Blue Banner deputy lieutenant-general. He died.
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Zhe Sen Bao, of the Sakda clan, belonged to the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner. He first served as a Jilin ula horse guard. In Burma he and A'ersula fought at Xinjie and followed Mingliang at Laoguantun. Against Wang Lun, when Yinjitü was binding a prisoner a rebel rushed out; Zhe Sen Bao shot him dead. Against Su Sishi at Hualin Mountain he shot the rebel chief, was wounded himself, and received Fafuri Batüru. He rose to second-rank bodyguard and attendant at the Gate of Heavenly Purity. In the Shifengbao Muslim war a stone wounded him; he became first-rank bodyguard and imperial guard company commander. In the Gurkha war he attacked Camu. He and Weng Guoerhai took Camu in columns from east and west. At Jilong he was first on the southeast ridge; the army followed and took Jilong official stockade. When Resuo Bridge was cut he and A Mantai rafted secretly from E'lv Mountain upstream, stormed enemy posts, and got the army across for deputy lieutenant-general rank. At Bo'erdongla he was shot in the left knee, received one hundred taels of silver, and was sent to recuperate at Jilong. At Xiebulu his wounds reopened and he died. After the Gurkha war his likeness joined the last fifteen portraits; he was enshrined at the Temple of Loyalty and Righteousness with a hereditary commandant of cavalry.
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His son Fuyong also served, rose to third-rank bodyguard, and inherited the office. He became Bordered Yellow Banner deputy lieutenant-general. He died.
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The commentator observes: Jinchuan was small but deadly—cliffs and stone forts the army could not readily storm. Emperor Gaozong read Taizong's Veritable Records, revived siege-ladder methods, and trained banner youths in them. Those ladders made the second blockhouse campaign possible. Wu Fu commanded Sichuan troops, Ma Biao Guizhou, Chang Qing Yunnan, Cheng the Green Standard, Mu Ta Er native levies, and the rest the Forbidden Troops; Guan Da Se commanded artillery and Tu Qin Bao the Vanguard Camp, both specialists in reducing forts where preparation decided success. Cheng De, Dai Sen Bao, and Mu Ta Er later distinguished themselves against the Gurkhas. Weng Guoerhai and others missed Jinchuan yet served in many later wars with honor—they too were excellent lieutenants.
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