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卷349 列傳一百三十六 王文雄 朱射鬥 穆克登布 富成 施缙 袁国璜 惠伦等

Volume 349 Biographies 136: Wang Wenxiong, Zhu Shedou, Mu Kedengbu, Fu Cheng, Shi Jin, Yuan Guohuang, Hui Lundeng

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Delinge, Baoxing, Ningde, Duoerji Zhabu, Wang Kai, and Wang Maoshang.
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祿西}} 調 西
Also treated in this chapter are Hui Lun, An Lufo, Zhu Xijin, Taifeng, Shenbu, Ersang, Wushihada, and Hexinge. Wang Wenxiong, whose style was Shushi, came from Yuping in Guizhou. He rose through the ranks on the Burma and Jinchuan campaigns, attained the rank of guerrilla colonel, and was promoted in due course to deputy commander of the Tongzhou Brigade in Zhili. In Jiaqing 1 he was assigned to suppress the Xiangyang rebels. Fighting alongside Qing Cheng at Liujiaji, Liangjiagang, and Zhangjiadang, he was awarded the honorific name Fofuli Baturu. That autumn, when rebels besieged Zhongxiang, he marched out, broke the siege, and was promoted to commander of the Nanyang Garrison. In winter, as the rebels scattered into Henan, he was ordered home with two thousand troops to defend his own territory. In the spring of Jiaqing 2 he routed the rebels at Yushan and again at Zhengjiahe; pursued them as far as Silidian in Yuzhou, where he came upon another force already fighting the rebels and, attacking from both sides, drove them off. That summer, when the troublemaker Zhang Yunlu of Xi County raised a local revolt, Wenxiong rode out at once and put it down. In autumn he went back to Xiangyang. When Yao Zhifu and his band threatened Nanzhang, Wenxiong took position on Wupanshan, seized the choke point, and struck the rebels at Baihutou and Xiakou. Hearing that the rebels had slipped away to Luping, he sent detachments after them, ran them down at Yangjiaoshan, and killed their chieftain. The rebels left a few hundred men to slow the government force while stealing toward Nanzhang. Wenxiong lay in wait at Baibuti, set the place ablaze, and many rebels plunged from the cliffs to their deaths. He then moved to the Shaanxi–Henan frontier to hold the rebels at bay and guard the Xing'an River line.
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西西 滿 退 西西
In the spring of Jiaqing 3, Gao Junde crossed the Han from Ningqiang. Qi Wangshi and Yao Zhifu took advantage of the army's absence to follow with Li Quan, fording the river in separate columns from Xixiang and Yang County, raiding Mei and Zhiyang and throwing Xi'an into a state of alarm. Wenxiong galloped to the rescue, routed the rebels at Jiaojiazhen, and pursued them to Yizicun, where he suddenly ran into a rebel force of more than ten thousand. Wenxiong had fewer than two thousand men under him. He spread his wings and held his ground. The rebels likewise split and came at him from both flanks, only to be beaten back by gunfire; they came on again by four roads and were beaten once more. Then the rebels threw all their horse and foot around the government force in ring after ring. Wenxiong formed a circle facing outward. When more than a thousand horsemen charged headlong, he sent his rattan-shield men leaping forward with a great shout. The rebel mounts panicked and wheeled about; the pursuit left several thousand dead, including the rebel Wang Shiqi. After that the rebels no longer dared strike north, and the provincial capital was safe. An edict praised Wenxiong for standing against a foe many times his strength, fighting five battles, and inflicting losses far beyond what might have been expected. The court was deeply pleased and promoted him at once to provincial commander of Guyuan. He pursued the rebels to Yinjiachong and routed them, and the bands that had scattered into Xiangyu and Liyu were wiped out to the last. That summer he beat Gao Junde at Zhiyang and Ruan Zhengtong at Nanzheng. In autumn, when Zhang Hanchao broke southeast from Nanzheng, Wenxiong drove through the rain for two days and nights and caught him at Lianshui. The rebels held the heights; he shelled them from below, then sent horse and foot in secret to cut around behind them. Attacking on three roads, he left more than a thousand rebels dead. Zhengtong fled toward Xiliuhe in Xixiang but laid an ambush on the Tongchangshan ridge. Wenxiong sent detachments to break the trap and led the assault on the center himself, taking Zhang Jin and others prisoner.
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綿 西
In Jiaqing 4 he and Heng Rui were ordered to divide command of Governor-General Yi Mian's forces and concentrate exclusively on the rebels operating inside Shaanxi. That autumn he routed Gou Wenming at Daoshuidong and beat Ran Tianyuan again and again at Shatianba, Jingshanping, and Pihuopu. When the Sichuan rebel Long Shaozhou slipped into Yanchiba to link up with Tianyuan, Wenxiong intercepted him at Guanzishan. Another band pretending to be from the Qi family camp attacked and was annihilated to a man. Wu Yilan of the Yellow faction and Zeng Liu'er of the Blue faction held Laoyingya. Wenxiong attacked in divided columns, seized Li Zhihua and other lieutenants, and the rest of the rebels escaped into Sichuan. That winter Fan Renjie and Tang Daxin broke into Xixiang. Worn down by years of campaigning, Wenxiong was coughing blood, yet he dragged himself from his sickbed to command the fighting. The throne sent a warm edict of praise and consolation. Before long the Yellow-faction rebels crossed back from Sichuan into Shaanxi. Wenxiong sent Guerrilla Colonel Liang Huan against them, but Huan walked into an ambush and was nearly wiped out. Wenxiong rode to his relief and broke the encirclement. His illness flared again just as rebels who had been hiding in the deep forests slipped out against Nanzheng, Mian, and Lueyang, aiming to cross the Jialing. An edict rebuked the lapse in defense and called for punishment, but in the end his sickness was accepted as the explanation.
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西 西 使
In the summer of Jiaqing 5 he routed Yang Kaijia at Tumen Pass. Tang Daxin held Jiecao Dam and Daxiang Dam in Xixiang; Wenxiong stormed both positions in a night attack. Long Shaozhou joined forces with Daxin, but Wenxiong beat them at Weijiazhai and again at Heishan, Wanquwan, Huoshiya, and Shanwangmiao until the rebels fled back into Sichuan. Soon afterward Gao Tiande, Ma Xueli, and the Dai family camp rebels slipped to Yankou in Xixiang and eyed the county town. Wenxiong met them head-on and drove them off. Intelligence placed a large rebel force in secret camp on Fabao Mountain. At night Wenxiong advanced in three columns with Deputy Commander Bao Gui and others. The rebels hurled stones down on them as Wenxiong led the uphill assault. Suddenly horsemen burst from a ravine behind him, while rebels on the heights swept down a hidden path onto Bao Gui's detachment. Wenxiong rushed to save them; the rebels poured their whole strength down the slope. The battle raged until noon and the ring closed tighter. He took more than a dozen wounds yet kept fighting until his left arm was struck off, he was thrown from his horse, and prostrate, facing north, he cried, "I can no longer repay my sovereign's grace!" With that he died. Emperor Renzong was stricken with grief. He enfeoffed Wenxiong as a third-rank viscount, had him honored in the Shrine of Loyalty and Fidelity, gave him the posthumous title Zhuangjie, sent words of comfort to his mother, and granted a thousand taels of silver. A year later Ma Yingxiang, the rebel who had killed Wenxiong, was taken. The court ordered his head sent to Wenxiong's home for a memorial sacrifice. His son Kaiyun inherited the viscountcy and eventually rose to salt transport commissioner of Shandong.
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調
Zhu Shedou, whose style was Wenguang, came from Guizhu in Guizhou. As a boy he received a literary education. He enlisted, fought in Burma and Jinchuan with distinction, and was promoted in due course to battalion commander. Bold and formidable in battle, he won the high regard of General Agui and rose to deputy commander of the Pingyuan Brigade in Guizhou. In Qianlong 50 he was made commander of the Zhenbian Garrison in Hunan, then transferred to the Pu'er Garrison in Yunnan, where Han and Miao lived side by side. He governed the region wisely, and the frontier people came quietly to heel. He took part in the Gurkha campaign and later held commands at the Funing Garrison in Fujian and the Chuanbei Garrison in Sichuan. When the Miao frontier rose in revolt, he led his garrison troops to suppress it and took one defile after another. At Pinglong he sent a detachment in secret against Guanyupo on the rear slope, and the rebel line broke. With Eledengbao he attacked Shilong Stockade. Lying in wait below a ravine, he burst in without warning, severed the rebels' lifeline, and when they rushed to recover it he cut them down to the last man and beheaded their leader Shi Liudeng. He was awarded the honorific name Ganyong Baturu.
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In the spring of Jiaqing 2, back in north Sichuan, he joined an assault on Jinguan Temple, where Wang Sanhuai had dug in. They took the place, then stormed Wangjia Stockade, Ciruliang, and Fucheng Stockade in succession. At Huangjiashan he intercepted the rebels; Sanhuai was shot, thrown from his horse, and fled on foot. In a combined operation they stormed the rebel strongholds at Chongshizi and Xiangluping and wiped out the band that had slipped away to Qiuboliang. With Commander Bai Xiang he attacked Luo Qiqing and Ran Wenchou at Fangshanping and drove them in defeat toward Bazhou. Shedou was posted at Baoning. An edict made him responsible for his garrison district and ordered him to hold it firmly. When Sanhuai threw himself at the Tianhuashan camp, Shedou fought him off in a hard engagement. He joined Xu Tiande in divided strikes on Fengmenpu, Jiaoshan, and Chadian, rode hard against the rebels, and put them to flight. In Jiaqing 3, when Qiqing fled to Shuangluchang in Yilong, Shedou pursued him with Mu Kedengbu and took more than seven hundred heads. Qiqing and his men held Dapeng Stockade. When the allied armies attacked, Shedou and Heng Rui blocked the north. The rebels charged the camp through the rain; Shedou struck from behind in a pincer, drove them into a deep ravine, and took them all. When the rebels slipped out from Qingguanshan, he ran them down to Fangshanping, broke them in a fierce fight, and Qiqing was captured soon after.
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西
In the spring of Jiaqing 4 he followed Delengtai in storming Maba Stockade and took Wenchou prisoner. Soon afterward Xiao Zhanguo and Zhang Changgeng broke into Yingshan. Eledengbao met them at Huangtuping and sent Shedou to seal the western route; both rebel leaders were destroyed. That summer Bao Zhenghong was hiding in Linshui. Shedou beat him again and again at Tangjiaping and Zhaojiachang, ran him to Jiulongshan in Kai County, and destroyed his force; pursued him all the way to Maoping, where the rebels held the heights. Firing muskets uphill, he killed Zhenghong and was granted a hereditary Cavalry Commandant's rank. That autumn he routed Bu Sanpin at Bashiping, intercepted Gao Tiande and Ma Xueli, and seized their lieutenant Pan Shourong.
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西 歿
In the spring of Jiaqing 5, when Zhang Shilong broke into Nanjiang, Shedou routed him at Zhuba and again at Caomiao. By then Eledengbao and Delengtai had both gone to Shaanxi, and Ran Tianyuan rallied the rebel bands to pour into Sichuan while the province lay exposed. Governor-General Kuilun had just assumed military command. Of all his generals, only Shedou's loyalty and courage could be trusted, and Shedou had barely two thousand men. At Dazhou he found the rebels had already crossed the Jialing. He crossed from Shunqing and met them at Wenjingchang in Xichong, wiping out their rear guard; then pressed on to Gaoyuanchang in Pengxi. The rebels held the lower slope and charged down in numbers several times his own, and he was surrounded. Kuilun had promised to follow with reinforcements but never came. Shedou fought on until his line was broken, killed more than ten men with his own hand, struck a ditch, was thrown from his horse, and died on the field. Emperor Renzong mourned his loss. Shedou's hereditary rank was raised to second-class Commandant of Chariots and Cavalry, he received posthumous honors on the scale reserved for a provincial commander, was given the title Yonglie, and was enshrined in the Shrine of Loyalty and Fidelity. Later Li Zigang, the rebel who had killed Shedou, was captured. The court ordered him executed by dismemberment, set up Shedou's spirit tablet for sacrifice, and sent his head again to be offered at the grave.
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宿 歿 退
Shedou had served thirty-four years in the army, had won the esteem of Emperor Gaozong, and Emperor Renzong held him in special regard as a veteran commander. Eledengbao's great victories in Sichuan depended on Shedou and Yang Yuchun as his right and left hands. The rebels feared him and called him the Zhu Tiger. In camp he won his soldiers' loyalty and was especially tender toward refugees, relieving no fewer than ten thousand people in all. After his death soldiers and civilians alike wept. When the rebels withdrew, his body was recovered, but the left foot was missing. Local people found it on the battlefield, buried it at Xianrenzhang on Fenghuang Mountain in Tongchuan, and built a shrine in his honor.
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His son Shu inherited the hereditary rank and was appointed a secretary in the Ministry of Revenue. Under Daoguang he rose to Grand Canal transport commissioner and retired home. Under Xianfeng he was charged with organizing local militia and relief contributions in his home district. He died early in the Tongzhi reign.
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祿滿 西 祿 祿 西
Mu Kedengbu, of the Niohuru clan, was a Plain Red Banner Manchu and the son of General Chengde. During Qianlong, when Chengde was stationed in Tibet and came to court, Emperor Gaozong learned that Mu Kedengbu had fought in Jinchuan and appointed him a Blue Lance Guardsman. He rose in due course to guerrilla colonel on the staff of the Zhili provincial commander. In Jiaqing 1 he joined the campaign against the Hubei rebels and, for his service, was awarded peacock feathers. He was made regimental commander in Shandong and then fought through Sichuan and Shaanxi. In the spring of Jiaqing 4 he followed Huiling in taking Maba Stockade, received brevet commander rank, and was promoted to deputy commander of the Qingjiang Brigade in Guizhou. He followed Eledengbao in destroying the Langzhong rebels Xiao Zhanguo and Zhang Changgeng, then pressed on against Leng Tianlu at Yuechi. Mu Kedengbu was sent to seize Rentouyan first. Attacking with Yang Yuchun from both sides, he shattered the rebel force, destroyed Tianlu, and was awarded the honorific name Jitekuleteyi Baturu. Eledengbao's prestige soared, and he was made grand coordinator with Mu Kedengbu and Yang Yuchun as his wing commanders, often leading the vanguard. That winter he and Qishiwu caught Fan Renjie at Tongjiang in a pincer, routed him, and he was promoted to commander of the Taiyuan Garrison in Shanxi.
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At that time the Sichuan rebels Xu Tiande, Wang Dengting, and Ran Tianyuan were harrying government forces and cutting the supply line. Judging the rebels too fierce to meet piecemeal, Eledengbao concentrated his forces at Mao'erya in Cangxi and planned a three-column assault with Mu Kedengbu and Yang Yuchun. Overconfident in his own courage, Mu Kedengbu went in early and was caught by the rebels between two fires. Twenty-four officers of deputy-commander rank and below were killed or wounded, along with several hundred soldiers. When Yuchun arrived he seized the high ground and fought the rebels to a standstill. The grand coordinator's main force came under attack as well. The battle raged through the night; at dawn the rebels finally withdrew, and Dengting was captured soon after. With Yuchun he pursued Tianyuan to Kai County, joined Delengtai in a pincer, and the rebel position collapsed.
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In Jiaqing 5 he followed the grand coordinator into Shaanxi. That summer he and Yang Yuchun attacked Wu Jinzhu at Shoubanya and Tongqianjiao, then ran down and destroyed Yang Kaijia at Maoping. That autumn he intercepted Zhang Tianlun at Jianziyan in Liangdang and pursued the fleeing rebels for dozens of li. The rebels wheeled toward Jiezhou. He met them at Fotang Temple, routed them, and beheaded their leader Zeng Yin. In the spring of Jiaqing 6, when Ran Xuesheng was poised to enter Shaanxi, Mu Kedengbu led elite cavalry in a night charge through the snow and broke the rebels. He then defeated Wu Huaizhi at the mouth of the Wulang River and was promoted to Guardsman of the Gate of Heavenly Purity. That summer Wu Huaizhi rallied his followers and broke east from north of the Han. Mu Kedengbu split his force and pursued without rest until he caught them in the Qinling, took Huaizhi prisoner, wiped out the rest, and was granted a hereditary Cloud Cavalry Commandant's rank. In Jiaqing 7 he was transferred to the Yongzhou Garrison in Hunan and promoted to provincial commander of Gansu. He rode hard against rebels raiding eastern Sichuan and Hubei, routed Wang Guoxian at Pingli, pursued them into Sichuan, beat them again at Qinggangping and Taipingpo, and captured Jing Ying. That year, as the campaign drew toward its close, the court recorded the generals' merits, promoted him to Imperial Bodyguard, and advanced his hereditary rank to Cavalry Commandant.
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調歿
In the spring of Jiaqing 8 he hunted down the remaining rebels, pushed deep through Bayu Pass, took Song Yingfu, and captured Yao Xinzuo and others at Nanjiang. Yingfu was the most formidable of them; Xinzuo was Yao Zhifu's son—both were notorious rebel leaders. Yingfu's followers still included Feng Tianbao, Yu Zuobin, and Xiong Laoba, all wily veterans of countless fights. Xiong Laoba was barely twenty, with more than a hundred diehard followers—all powerful, fierce, and quick. They wielded spears many yards long, haunted the deep forests, and had killed or wounded a great many government troops. Now he lured government troops into the forest and lay in ambush. Impulsive and overconfident, Mu Kedengbu had also lost his best troops to other commanders' requisitions. In the sudden clash he took a spear thrust and died on the field. Posthumously he received a hereditary Commandant of Chariots and Cavalry, a second-class baron's rank, and the title Ganglie. A stern edict demanded Xiong Laoba's capture within a set deadline. The officer Chen Bi bribed surrendered prisoners for a rebel corpse, passed it off as Laoba's, and was promptly promoted to regimental commander. The head was sent to Mu Kedengbu's tomb for sacrifice. More than a year later Luo Siju finally captured Laoba and had him executed by dismemberment. The army dared not report it to the court.
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His son Yiling inherited the title, served as a second-class guardsman, and was the father of Empress Xiaoquancheng. In Daoguang 14, after the empress's installation, he was posthumously made a first-class Marquis Who Received Grace, transferred to the Bordered Yellow Banner, given the title Rongxi, and his grandson Hutuli was allowed to hold both ranks jointly. In Daoguang 30, when Emperor Wenzong came to the throne, the rank was raised to third-class Duke Who Received Grace. The eldest son Wenshou inherited the dukedom, and the second son Wenrui inherited the barony.
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Fu Cheng, of the Shimole clan, was a Bordered Yellow Banner Manchu. He began as a vanguard in the Vanguard Camp, fought at Ush and in the Greater and Lesser Jinchuan campaigns, rose to company commander, and served as battalion chief in the Firearms Brigade. He served as deputy commander in Guangxi and Zhili and was promoted to commander of the Taiyuan Garrison in Shanxi. For failing to stop horse-thief bandits from crossing the border, he was demoted to guerrilla colonel in the capital garrison. He was restored and promoted to commander of the Yanzhou Garrison in Shandong. When the sect rebels rose in Jiaqing 1, he led his garrison troops to Henan to join the suppression. He first cleared the rebel nest at Dengzhou, then struck Luyanyi and Hongtushan in Suizhou and captured Huang Yushu. His merit earned him selection for promotion to provincial commander. He then routed the rebels again at Dengjiagang, Xianghuayuan, and Nanxianfan in Zhongxiang. He was also placed in command of newly transferred troops from Zhili and Jilin.
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In Jiaqing 2 he advanced on Liangjiaji. Commander Huiling was fighting the rebels at Huaishugang; hearing the guns, Fu Cheng galloped to the scene and, attacking from both sides, routed them. With Qing Cheng he attacked Liu Qirong and again beat the rebels at Wenxiakou. When the Xiangyang rebels crossed from Henan into Shaanxi, Governor-General Yi Mian requested Fu Cheng at Xi'an with two thousand Gansu troops and two thousand Muslim auxiliaries. That summer he surrounded the rebels below Daliang Mountain in five columns, killed more than a thousand, and captured Li Tiande and other leaders. He then beat them again at Shuanghekou, Qingzhuangping, Fangniupo, and Dashichuan and was promoted to provincial commander of Jiangnan. He moved to Ningqiang in Hanzhong to block Sichuan rebels from raiding in, then marched west along the south Han with Ming Liang in a pincer. The rebels, close to the river, pretended to withdraw into the hills to ford in secret. Fu Cheng swung behind them and cut them down in great numbers, earning imperial rewards.
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In the spring of Jiaqing 3 he went to Dazhou, drove off rebels besieging the city, reopened the supply route to Xinning, routed the rebels at Doushanguan, Muzhuping, and Baishansi, and was promoted to General of Chengdu. He was ordered to destroy Xu Tiande, and repeated edicts rebuked him for moving too slowly. That winter he fought at Qingliang Temple and killed several hundred rebels. In Jiaqing 4, when Zhang Yingxiang raided Guangyuan and Ningqiang, Fu Cheng struck him at Maojiashan and, with Heng Rui, attacked from both sides at Lueyang and Jiezhou. Grand Coordinator Le Bao reported that Fu Cheng lacked the strength to master the rebels. He was dismissed and arrested for investigation. Just then Fu Cheng routed the rebels at Huangjiaping, Dashuigou, Dangjiaping, and Jiangjiaping. An edict spared him punishment and let him serve in the ranks at Zhen'an. In the summer of Jiaqing 5, while Governor-General Chang Lin pursued Ran Xuesheng and Wu Jinzhu, Gao Tiande and Ma Xueli also attacked. Fu Cheng galloped to reinforce Huixian. When the rebels struck Chang Lin's camp, government forces were beaten at Jiazishan. Fu Cheng fought on until he was gravely wounded and died on the field. The emperor had first punished him harshly for failing to catch Zhang Yingxiang, but now mourned his loss. Fu Cheng was enshrined in the Shrine of Loyalty and Fidelity, granted a hereditary Cloud Cavalry Commandant's rank, and his son Puliang, a third-class guardsman, inherited.
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The war had dragged on so long that many troops, and especially the local militia, turned to looting. People called them the Red Lotus Sect. Fu Cheng and Commander Mu Weiyu kept unusually tight discipline among their men, and contemporaries spoke well of them.
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Wei came from Qingyuan in Zhili. He served in the provincial commander's guard. During Qianlong, when Wang Lun raised a revolt in Shandong, Wei killed the rebel leader Yang Lei in battle and was promoted to company commander. When the rebels heard capital troops were marching south, they seized grain boats to build a pontoon bridge for a westward escape. Wei charged in headlong, seized two rebel guns, burned the bridge, and was awarded the honorific name Fenyong Baturu. He rose in due course to deputy commander of the Jiaozhou Brigade. In Jiaqing 1 he went with Fu Cheng to Xiangyang. At Liujiaji, while Heng Rui attacked the front, Wei led cavalry straight through the rebel camp and the main force followed for a great victory. At Gunhe the rebels held Dongjiagang and Liangjia'ao on the far bank. Wei and Wang Wenxiong chose elite troops, crossed by night in secret, and stormed the rebel camps. In Jiaqing 2 he was promoted to commander of the Dengzhou Garrison. That winter Gao Junde and Wang Tingzhao threatened Banjiuguan and eyed a crossing of the Han. With Vice Commander Qishiliu, Wei beat them at Shuanghetang and Tumenya and received special commendation. In the spring of Jiaqing 3 he went to Sichuan, followed Le Bao in routing Wang Sanhuai and Xu Tiande at Shibashan, blocked the rebels with Fu Cheng at Zhuyuguan and Hongkou, and beat Ran Wenchou at Heimashan. That summer the rebels slipped west from Lijia Mountain. Wei intercepted them at Dawanshan, shelled them from above, and when they fell back other generals pressed the pursuit. Wei stormed Lihuasi and destroyed the rebel nest, but overwork brought on a fatal illness and he died in camp. The court granted him posthumous honors on the scale for death in battle.
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西 調 使 調
Shi Jin came from Dingbian in Shaanxi. He rose through the ranks on the Burma campaign and was promoted to battalion commander on the Yunnan-Guizhou provincial staff. When the Miao frontier rose in revolt he answered the call, fought with distinction, and was awarded the honorific name Yiyong Baturu. He rose in due course to regimental commander in Hunan. In Jiaqing 2 he followed Governor-General Le Bao against the Central Miao of Guizhou. In the third month he took Guanling, Balong, and other key passes, pressed toward Yongning, stormed the Shantang stockade, and lifted the siege of Xincheng. In the fifth month he and Commander Zhang Yulong attacked in two wings, took the stockades at Wangchengpo and Bifengshan, stormed Yangchangshan, ran the rebels to Xindian, captured Liang Azhan and other leaders, and was promoted to deputy commander. In the sixth month he followed Le Bao in taking Shuiyanping, laid an ambush with Judicial Commissioner Chang Ming at Bajiaodongpo, attacked Apeng, and destroyed eleven stockades. As the main army advanced on Kazihe, Jin took Nalaipo and Jiwanzhai, attacked Puping, crossed the river, and lifted the siege of Nanlong; then stormed Jiutoushan, captured Lu Baogui, burned the rebel nest, and took the Mabiantian stockade. In the seventh month he routed Wei Qixuxu at Pumo, seized his family, besieged the Lijing stockade on the Aizhao ridge, ambushed and broke the relief force, and was promoted to commander of the Linyuan Garrison. With Chang Ming he attacked the great Anyou stockade, led his men up the cliffs by vines, took the place, and captured He A'dou and Wu A'jiang. In the ninth month he followed Le Bao in taking the Dongsa stockade and captured the rebel leader Wei Qixuxu. In the eleventh month he swept upper and lower Luozhang as far as Guanling and took twenty stockades in all. He was transferred to the Anyi Garrison in Guizhou. In the twelfth month he and Commander Qige swept several routes and, pressing the advantage, struck the stockades at Bayu, Qiantong, and elsewhere. From Pengzha to Huangcaoba the rebels were wiped out completely. The Miao at Songlin, Hongyan, Shimenkan, and Xiangluqing still held out. He intercepted and broke them, burned nineteen stockades, and received a special edict of praise with preferential promotion. In the third year he again followed Governor-General Ehui against the Miao at Liangxueyan and Shizhaotun, took fifty stockades, and the Miao frontier was pacified.
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In the spring of Jiaqing 5 the Sichuan rebels flared up again and Le Bao was recalled. Guizhou governor Chang Ming recommended Jin to lead Guizhou troops to assist. Emperor Renzong knew Jin had been the boldest fighter against the Central Miao, that he was an old subordinate of Le Bao, and that his men knew the command well, and ordered his force to operate as an independent army; but fearing he did not know the local terrain and rebel dispositions, placed him under Delengtai's overall command. In the third month he reached Tongchuan and routed the rebels at Dashuangdun and along the Tong River. In the fourth month Gao Tiande and Ma Xueli broke in from Gansu toward Nong'an. Following Le Bao, Jin met and beat them at Panlongyi and Xuanhekou, then with Ahabao intercepted them at Huanglianya. White- and Blue-faction rebels fled to Hejiangkou and forced a crossing of the Jialing. With Ahabao he attacked in four columns and routed them. An edict praised the clearing of the west bank of the Jialing and the repeated victories of the newly arrived Guizhou troops, with special commendation. Gao and Ma planned to join the Blue and White factions at Zhuzishan. Le Bao, noting that both northwest and northeast of Long'an opened onto tribal country, planned a three-pronged encirclement: he would take the northeast, another force the northwest, and Jin would advance from the south. As he reached the southern slope, the rebels pressed down from above. Jin led his men to meet them and fought with desperate energy; but the rebels kept coming. He took a spear thrust and died on the field. Jin had been Le Bao's most trusted fighter, but in Sichuan unfamiliar terrain undid him. A gracious edict granted him posthumous honors on the scale for a provincial commander, praised him as a fierce general, and awarded a combined hereditary Cavalry and Cloud Cavalry Commandant's rank. His son Dengke inherited the Cavalry Commandant's rank; Zhanke inherited the Cloud Cavalry Commandant's rank.
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Li Shaozu came from Daxing in the capital district. As a military jinshi he was appointed a third-class guardsman. He served as guerrilla colonel of the Wuding Camp in Shandong and rose to deputy commander of the Linqing Brigade. In Jiaqing 1 he went to Xiangyang, fought the rebels with repeated success, and was awarded peacock feathers. In Jiaqing 2 he followed Heng Rui to Sichuan and routed the rebels at Tianjiaba, Daning Shanliang, and Jinziliang. In Jiaqing 3 he was promoted to commander at Barkol in Gansu. That autumn he joined assaults on Shipo, Chaqishan, and Guzhanping, all successful. That winter he followed Huiling in taking the rebel nest at Ma'anshan. In the summer of Jiaqing 4 he followed Delengtai against the rebels at Wangjiaba and Chuanyazi. That autumn he and Qishiwu routed Fan Renjie at Kai County and again at Linjiang. In the spring of Jiaqing 5, when Ran Tianyuan crossed the Jialing, Governor-General Kuilun sent Qishiwu to reinforce. Qishiwu fell ill and entrusted his troops to Shaozu, who led them into western Sichuan against Yanting and Nanbu. Delengtai fought the rebels at Baijiaba in Jiangyou and summoned Shaozu. The rebels held Qinglinkou and raided his camp by night, but he drove them off. A rebel spy posing as a refugee came to camp with a ruse to lure government troops forward. Delengtai saw through it and, with Shaozu, struck by surprise for a great victory, pursued the rebels to Baojiagou, and fought on at Huoshiya. For his service he received preferential promotion. An edict, judging western Sichuan largely pacified, ordered Shaozu to lead Guizhou troops to Shaanxi, but Eledengbao asked that he stay in Sichuan. He then followed Delengtai against Zhang Zicong at Huanglushan and Zhujiaping in Zhongjiang and killed or captured a great many rebels. He was posted to Songpan Garrison in Sichuan and then to Gaolian Garrison in Guangdong, but remained on active campaign duty. That summer he defeated Zhang Zicong and Tuo Xiangyao at Tuzhu River in Dazhou, then routed Liu Chaoxuan at Qikongxi Mountain. Pursuing remnant rebels to Dazhu, he drove off Gou Wenming when the latter repeatedly raided his camp by night. In the eighth month, when Xu Wanfu fled into Fang County, he pursued and defeated him at Lianghekou. When the rebels fled to Mugua Pu and threatened Yuan'an county seat, Shaozu blocked them at Niulupo. The rebels divided into two columns, one striking the county seat and one closing on Shaozu's camp. Shaozu fought them off, but when the rebels feigned retreat he pursued alone on horseback, walked into an ambush, and was killed. He received posthumous honors on the scale accorded a provincial commander-in-chief, with the posthumous title Guozhuang and hereditary ranks as Commandant of Cavalry and Ensign of the Cloud Cavalry Corps; his son Lin inherited the title.
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Song Yanqing came from Zhaoyuan in Shandong. He passed the military examinations in Qianlong 46 and was appointed a Bodyguard of the Blue Feather. He was posted to Guizhou as battalion commander and later promoted to guerrilla colonel. On the Miao frontier campaigns he captured one dong stronghold after another. With Eledengbao at Yabao Mountain he led elite troops to seize rebel stockades; that night, in a strong wind, his men scaled the cliffs and burned their way in. For this he received the title Qiaoyong Baturu and promotion to brigade commander. During the Central Miao campaign Lebao recalled him to Guizhou, where he led the left wing, took the passes at Guanling and Bifeng Mountain, and broke the rebel strongholds at Dongsa and Dangzhang. Ranked first for merit, he was promoted to deputy commander of the Dading Brigade. In Jiaqing 3 he followed Lebao into Sichuan, fought hard at Dongxikou and Dayuan Mountain, and killed or captured a great many rebels. Pursuing the routed rebels to Yangjiaba, he was shot and killed in battle. Yanqing was renowned for his fierce courage, and Lebao often kept him close at hand. During the Central Miao campaign he would return from each battle with sword in hand and heads slung across his back, his clothes drenched in blood; Lebao would personally pour wine to reward him. He had been in Sichuan less than a month when he fell in battle; deeply regretting the loss, Lebao enhanced his posthumous honors and granted a hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry.
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Yuan Guohuang came from Chengdu in Sichuan. Rising through the ranks on the Jinchuan campaign, he repeatedly stormed fortified blockhouses and was promoted to battalion defense commander. He recovered all of Gepa Bushan and Dartu, ranked first for merit in each action, and was promoted in due course to guerrilla colonel. After the pacification of Jinchuan he was promoted to brigade general at Langshan Garrison in Jiangnan. In Qianlong 53 he fought in Taiwan, taking Dabuwei, Douliumen, Shuishalian, and Dalicheng, and received the title Boji Baturu. When Lin Shuangwen hid at Dongshijiao in terrain of steep, narrow mountain paths, he tracked him on foot and took him alive at Laojuqi, earning preferential promotion. After illness sent him home, he was recalled to act as commander of Jianchang Garrison in Sichuan and soon received appointment as brigade general at Chongqing Garrison. On the Gorkha campaign he took Xiangbazong Mountain and Jiaergula Pass. Cited for merit in both the Taiwan and Gorkha campaigns, he was again honored with a portrait in the Hall of Purple Splendor. In Qianlong 60 he followed Governor-General Sun Shiyi from the Sichuan border against the Miao frontier, distinguished himself repeatedly, and received imperial commendation.
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In Jiaqing 1 White Lotus sect rebels rose across Sichuan and spread through several counties. Most Sichuan troops were on the Miao frontier when Acting Governor-General Yingshan rushed to the scene with Deputy Lieutenant-General Le Lishan and Fozhu at the head of only a few thousand men and ordered Guohuang and Brigade General He Yuanqing to advance on Dazhou. When the rebels held Tianxing Bridge, Guohuang attacked fiercely and killed more than a thousand. When the rebels fled to Hengshanzi, he and Yuanqing burned their stockades and took the ridge. Rebels from Dongxiang rallied several thousand men to attack; he drove them back with artillery, but they regrouped the next day. He met them in battle and killed several hundred, yet more kept coming. Guohuang fought bitterly for three days until he was exhausted and killed in battle. He received posthumous honors on the scale accorded a provincial commander-in-chief, with hereditary ranks as Commandant of Cavalry and Ensign of the Cloud Cavalry Corps; his son Qi inherited the title.
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He Yuanqing came from Huayang in Sichuan. Service on the Jinchuan, Gorkha, and Miao frontier campaigns earned him promotion to brigade deputy commander. In Jiaqing 1 he followed Funing in taking Qibozhai and was promoted to brigade general at Xinghan Garrison in Shaanxi. He was killed alongside Guohuang at Hengshanzi in Dazhou and was granted hereditary ranks as Commandant of Cavalry and Ensign of the Cloud Cavalry Corps. His grandson Sheng inherited the title and eventually rose to deputy commander of the Yuanzhou Brigade in Hunan.
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Zhushenbao, of the Majia clan, was a Manchu of the Plain Red Banner. Starting as a guard company captain, he was posted to Sichuan as guerrilla colonel, served in Tibet, and rose to brigade general at Chongqing Garrison. During the Gorkha campaign he held the vital pass at Rongxia and was awarded a peacock feather. After transfer to Jianchang Garrison he fought on the Miao frontier. In Jiaqing 1 he went to Hubei against the sect rebels, followed Funing in breaking the rebels at Laifeng, took Qibozhai, and received the title Kalechun Baturu. In Jiaqing 2, while besieging Baye Mountain with Eledengbao, he allowed rebels to break out by night through his sector; he was stripped of rank but kept with the army to redeem himself. Soon after, fighting rebels at Hongtu Stream, he was wounded, fell from his horse, and died in battle. He received posthumous honors on the scale accorded a brigade commander and a hereditary rank as Ensign of the Cloud Cavalry Corps.
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Dasan'tai, originally named Dayintai, of the Nimachi clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner. Starting as a blue-feather musket squad leader, he rose in due course to deputy guard battalion colonel. On the Shifeng Fort campaign he was appointed brigade commander of the Xunhua Battalion in Shaanxi. He served as deputy commander of the Yonggu Brigade in Gansu and later acted as commander of Xining Garrison. For service on the Gorkha campaign he received the title Changyong Baturu and appointment as brigade general at Songpan Garrison in Sichuan. In Qianlong 60, when Hunan Miao raided Youyang, he led local garrison and native levies against them and took the stockades at Paomushan, Shihua, and elsewhere. With Provincial Commander-in-Chief Hua Lianbu he relieved the siege of Yongshun, then with Ah Bao and Sailinge assaulted Nagong Mountain by rope-climbing and killed or captured a great many. He took Guidao Ridge and Ma'an Mountain, pursued the rebels to Huangtu Slope, fought on though wounded for a great victory, and was specially granted a python robe. After he broke Guangyu Slope the Miao frontier was pacified. In Jiaqing 2 he moved his forces to Hubei against the sect rebels and then into Sichuan. When Qi Wangshi and Yao Zhifu moved on Dazhou to join Wang Sanhuai and others, Dasan'tai seized Baidi City first, beat them back in repeated fights, reinforced Wushan and Badong, intercepted them at Xiaohekou, and pursued them to defeat at Junzhou and Zhuxi. When the rebels re-entered Sichuan from Shaanxi, he joined Mingliang in a combined strike at Huangba Post. In Jiaqing 3 he followed the main force against the rebels at Sancha River; the rebel leaders Qi and Wang were destroyed, and he received special rewards. He next struck Gao Junde at Shanyang, joined the encirclement of Dashen Mountain, lured the rebels into ambush, routed them at Jingbian Temple, and killed or captured many. After allied forces took Jishan he was promoted to provincial commander-in-chief of Gansu. Lebao sent him to eastern Sichuan against Leng Tianlu; storming Shouba Rock he took the rebel stockades at Yulin Pass but walked into an ambush and was killed. He received exceptional posthumous honors, the posthumous title Zhuangjie, and hereditary ranks as Commandant of Cavalry and Ensign of the Cloud Cavalry Corps; his son Nimashan inherited the title.
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Nimashan campaigned with his father and, for merit in battle, was appointed a Bodyguard of the Blue Feather. After his father's death he fought across three provinces, rose to first-class bodyguard, became brigade general at Hebei Garrison, and later commanded the garrisons at Yun, Quzhou, and Nanyang. Early in the Daoguang reign he was promoted to Military Governor of Chengdu and pacified the Guoluo Tibetan bandits. He died and was posthumously titled Qinxiang.
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Deling, of the Nara clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner. Starting as a baitang'a, he rose to champion officer of the Imperial Procession Guard. He was posted to Zhili as brigade deputy commander and promoted to brigade general at Taiyuan Garrison in Shanxi. Sent to Xiangyang against the sect rebels, he fought alongside Qing Cheng and others and was awarded a peacock feather for merit. In Jiaqing 2 he garrisoned Kuizhou. In Jiaqing 3 he joined Guan Cheng in a combined assault on Laomuyuan. After the main rebel force was destroyed, he mopped up remnant bandits at Tiewa Temple. In the autumn of Jiaqing 4 he defeated Zhang Jinkui at Yuechi Field and Anjia Mountain. Pursuing to Chenjiapo in Wan County, he turned back when his rear column was ambushed and died in the fight; a hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry was granted.
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Baoxing, of the Chengji clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered White Banner. He served as a musket guard squad leader. On the Burma and Jinchuan campaigns he rose to guard battalion colonel. Posted to Shaanxi as deputy commander of the Shenmu Brigade, he returned to his banner on bereavement leave. When the Salar Muslims rebelled in Gansu, he was recalled to act as deputy commander of the Hezhou Brigade. Once fighting subsided, he governed with effective pacification measures and won the confidence of both troops and civilians. After transfer to the governor-general's central battalion he became brigade general at Xuanhua Garrison in Zhili and later commanded Xinghan Garrison in Shaanxi and Hezhou Garrison in Gansu. In Jiaqing 2 he went to Sichuan and Shaanxi against the sect rebels. With Zhu Shedou he attacked the rebels at Yingshan and again defeated them at Xiaoyakou. When Wang Sanhuai harassed Dazhu and Guang'an, he intercepted them. When Linshui was besieged and Magistrate Yang Weilong held out, he rushed to reinforce and drove the rebels off, earning special rewards; with Zhu Shedou he broke the rebels at Tianhua Mountain and, pressing the victory, took one vital pass after another. In Jiaqing 3 he assaulted Danziba and killed the rebel leader. At that time Wang Sanhuai struck Kaixian while Luo Qiqing and Ran Wenfu held Dongxiang Houhe together and threatened to move into Shaanxi. Baoxing swung around in front of the rebels and, with Yang Xiu attacking from the other side, routed them at Gujunba and was awarded a peacock feather. When rebels returning from Shaanxi again raided Dazhou, Baoxing intercepted them at Longfengya. Fighting again at Shitikan, where the paths forked chaotically, he was caught in a storm as the rebels closed in battle formation and was killed. A hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry was granted, and the people of Hezhou erected a shrine in his honor.
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Ningde, of the Uya clan, was a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner and the son of Minister Guanbao. Appointed a Bodyguard of the Blue Feather, he rose through the ranks of the Imperial Procession Guard to director of ceremonies and champion officer. Posted to Dushikou in Zhili as brigade deputy commander, he was appointed to the governor-general's central battalion. In Jiaqing 1 he joined the Hubei campaign, helped defeat Huang Yugui at Hongtu Mountain, and was awarded a peacock feather. In Jiaqing 2 he was posted to Gushan Chong for garrison and mop-up operations, then entered Sichuan. Wang Sanhuai raided Quxian and entrenched himself at Hongchun Dam. In Jiaqing 4 he was promoted to brigade general at Barkul in Gansu. He followed Heng Rui in suppressing rebels in Gansu and was posted at Sancao River. When the rebels fled north, he pursued and routed them at Laobaishu, Moujiaba, and Lianghekou. In Jiaqing 5 remnants of Xin Cong's band slipped into Qin'an, and a rumor that Fuxiang was under siege sent Ningde rushing forth with four hundred men. Still forty li from his goal he ran into the rebels; badly outnumbered, he stood and fought and was killed. He was posthumously granted a hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry.
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Duoerji Zhabu, of the Barut clan, was a Mongol bannerman of the Bordered Yellow Banner. Starting as a Bodyguard of the Blue Feather, he rose by stages to assistant brigade commander at Yunyang in Hubei. On the Zhengan Miao campaign he was promoted to brigade deputy commander. In Jiaqing 1 he was ordered to defend Zhushan and Zhuxi. In Jiaqing 3 he served as acting brigade general at Yichang Garrison. He pursued Zhang Hanchao relentlessly through the mountains and received imperial commendation. In Jiaqing 5 he was appointed brigade general at Jieshi Garrison in Guangdong. In the second month he fought Shaanxi rebels at Sanchashan in Xunyang and drove deep behind their lines. The rebels split into columns and swung around to hit his rear; beset on every side, he still cut down more than a hundred of the enemy before dusk found his men exhausted and he fell in battle. He was posthumously granted a hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry.
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Wang Kai came from Guizhu in Guizhou. On the Jinchuan campaign he worked his way up to guerrilla colonel and was eventually promoted to brigade general at Dinghai Garrison in Zhejiang. In Jiaqing 2 his unfamiliarity with naval operations cost him a rank—he was reduced to brigade deputy commander and sent to Guizhou to follow Le Bao against the Central Miao, filling a post in the Duyun Brigade. In Jiaqing 3 he was made brigade general at Yichang Garrison, posted to Yunxian, and routed rebels at Huanglongtan. With two thousand men under his command he split his forces between Yuxi and Bazhou to block Zhang Hanchao. In Jiaqing 4 rebels broke into Fangxian; he attacked and drove them back. In Jiaqing 5 they came again; he crushed their main body and then beat them again at Donghu. That summer Xu Tiande, noticing how lightly Xiangyang and Yunzhou were held, struck at Dangyang and Yuan'an and seized Ma'anshan. When allied columns closed in from every side, Kai advanced along the left slope and the rebels withdrew to Majiaying. The army entered in three columns while the rebels spread their wings to block the advance and sent foot soldiers to cut the rear. Kai pressed hard and the enemy gave ground—then his men walked into an ambush. Rebels sprang from the forest and he was cut down without warning. The court granted him enhanced posthumous honors, the posthumous title Yongzhuang, and a hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry.
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Wang Maoshang came from Fushan in Shandong. In Qianlong 41 he finished first among the top military graduates and was appointed a First-Class Bodyguard. Posted to Jingmeng Camp in Yunnan as guerrilla colonel, he rose through successive transfers to brigade deputy commander of the Xunzhou Brigade in Guangxi. On the Miao frontier campaign he took Jieshigang, stormed Jianyun Mountain, and recovered Qianzhou, distinguishing himself in each. In Jiaqing 2, after suppressing rebels at Xilong, he returned to Guangxi. In Jiaqing 5 he was transferred to the Hubei front. In Jiaqing 6 he routed rebels at Shejiahe and Maolunshan and received a peacock feather. After assaults on Epinpo and Qinjiapin he was promoted to brigade general at Yongzhou Garrison in Hunan and posted across Xingzhou, Fangxian, and Dazhu to block rebels slipping in from Sichuan and Shaanxi. In Jiaqing 7, when Zeng Jiaxiu and others broke into Baokang, he forced the pace of pursuit. The rebels made their stand on Mazongling; Maoshang was first over the crest, took a spear thrust, and fell in battle. He was posthumously granted a hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry.
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Huilun, of the Fuca clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner and the son of First-class Cheng'en Duke Kuilin. Posted out of the capital, he succeeded his uncle, First-class Chengjia Yonggong Mingrui, inherited the ducal title, and rose through First-Class Bodyguard, director of tea service, and commander of the Bordered Blue Banner Guard to superintendent of the Imperial Parks. In Jiaqing 2 he and Deputy Lieutenant-General Ahabao were ordered to lead Northeastern banner troops to Hubei against the sect rebels. With rebel power at its height, the emperor commanded Huilun to race to Xiangyang: if Mingliang and Delinge were still trailing the enemy, he was to join Wang Wenxiong in the fight under Jing An's direction. Reaching Xiangyang, he hit the rebels at Xiaohekou and, with Ahabao, chased them more than twenty li, killing as they went. Main-force columns arriving just then from Jingzhou, he seized the chance for a pincer attack and routed the rebels, who fled into the Nanzhang hills. An imperial edict singled him out for reward. With Delinge he struck again at Haozigou. As the rebel masses surged forward, Dasan Tai emptied his bow into their ranks while Huilun drove his men in a headlong charge. Mingliang came in from Fengshu Pass on the flank, and the slaughter was heavy. The rebels withdrew to Huashiling. Changchun drew them down from the heights, Dasan Tai laid an ambush halfway up the slope, and Huilun hit them with a cavalry charge across their line. Beaten again, they broke for Huanglongtan and tried to split off toward Douhe in Yunyang—but there were no boats to carry them across. Caught at Caodian, the rebels formed five lines of defense; the imperial troops answered in five columns. Mingliang and his officers held the ridge, beat back the uphill rush, and broke the rebel formation. Fresh rebel bands rushed up in support; Huilun and his officers routed them as well. They fled next to Chenjiashanliang, trying to slip away in the fog. Huilun crossed a ravine in pursuit and spotted a flag-bearer directing the fight—the rebel chief. He chased him to Changping, loosed an arrow, and the man dropped on the spot; the rest swarmed around him. He dropped several with his bow, then took a musket ball and fell in battle. Deeply shaken, the Jiaqing Emperor issued an edict lamenting that father and son had given their lives on the frontier—a loss truly to be mourned. The court granted enhanced posthumous honors, three thousand taels from the privy purse for the funeral, and the ducal title to his son Boqitu, who was appointed to serve as an imperial bodyguard attendant. Boqitu is the subject of a separate biography.
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An Lu, of the Dolar clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner and the son of First-class Chaoyong Duke Hailancha. Through Hailancha's merit in pacifying Shifeng Fortress, imperial favor extended to An Lu: a Second-Class Bodyguard posting at the Gate of Heavenly Purity and a hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry. On the Gorkha campaign he received the honorific title Hashibaba Tuerlu. In Qianlong 58 he succeeded to the ducal title and was promoted to First-Class Bodyguard. In Jiaqing 4 he was ordered to escort supplies to Sichuan and joined Eledengbao's command. Xu Tiande had just been beaten at Jigongliang when Eledengbao pursued through the night. At dawn the rebels stood again; An Lu and Gebushe smashed the line with the left wing and drove them toward Chenghuang Temple, where Yang Yuchun rose from ambush on the right. Caught between the columns, the enemy were cut down without number. He routed Wang Dengting next and chased him as far as Yuduba in Xixiang. Wang Dengming joined the Qijiaying band on Qinggangling; An Lu and his officers closed in on three routes and shattered them. When Xian Dachuan and Gou Wenming probed Kaixian, An Lu and Zhu Shedou beat them at Kucaopo and took Wangjiashan in the fog. Thousands of fugitives spilled down a ravine; An Lu charged in at the head of five or six riders with a roaring shout and the enemy broke—then spears jabbed out of the woods from every side and he fell. When word reached the throne, the court granted enhanced honors, one thousand taels from the privy purse, the posthumous title Zhuangyi, and an additional hereditary rank as Commandant of Cavalry. The emperor deeply lamented the loss. In an edict he noted that Huilun and An Lu were both sons of celebrated generals ennobled in the fifth rank, yet common ruffians had killed them—an affront that diminished the empire's prestige. Field commanders were warned to keep Manchu and Northeastern troops in a separate column, committed at the point of attack, and never to let their guard slip. His son Entehemozhalafen inherited the ducal title together with the rank of Commandant of Cavalry. Shortly afterward the court added another Commandant of Cavalry, combining the honors into the rank of Third-class Commandant of Light Chariots, which An Lu's younger brother Ancheng inherited.
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Fozhu, of the Guwalgiya clan, was a Manchu of the Plain White Banner and the son of Vice Minister Santai. When Santai fell at Yarkand he was ennobled as a third-class earl; Fozhu inherited the title, served as an honorary minister and hereditary company commander, held the Aksu command, and was appointed deputy lieutenant-general at Chengdu. In Jiaqing 1, while en route to his posting as commissioner at Hami, he reached Xi'an and learned that sect rebels had risen at Dazhou. He volunteered to join Yingshan in suppressing them, and the request was granted. Rebels were pressing Dongshan Temple and had joined forces with the Fengcheng band. Fozhu and Deputy Lieutenant-General Le Lishan attacked on separate routes, stormed rebel barriers along snowy mountain tracks, and seized the Dongshan pass. When the rebels stole across the river at Dadonglin, he led Assistant Commandant Takezhen and Magistrate Liu Qing in shelling them from the far bank. With Yingshan and Le Lishan he captured Xu Tianfu and was singled out for reward. In the first month of Jiaqing 2 the Fengcheng rebels poured out in force. Guerrilla Colonel Fan Mu and Battalion Defense Commander Yang Cheng fell, and the enemy pressed Dongxiang while another column struck from Zhangjiaguan. Fozhu led a desperate fight and was killed. An edict declared: "Fozhu had already been assigned to Hami when he volunteered to return to Sichuan to fight the rebels. He has now laid down his life at Dongxiang; his father Santai likewise fell in battle—a double grief especially to be mourned. Enhanced posthumous honors are granted. The hereditary rank due him shall be granted, consolidated as a first-class viscount, with an additional Commandant of Cloud Cavalry." His son Ruiling inherited the title.
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Xijin Tai, of the Heseli clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner. He served as a Vanguard Bodyguard. On the Taiwan campaign he won battle after battle, received the title Fa'ershatai Baturu, was honored with a portrait in the Hall of Purple Splendor, and was promoted to regimental adjutant of the Guard. On the Miao frontier he took Langmutuo Mountain, Daping Mountain, Leigongtan, and Dawucao River, invested Gaoduo Stockade, routed rebels at Daponao and Desheng Mountain, stormed Chuiteng, Dongluo, and other strongholds, burned the Great and Small Tianxing stockades, and seized Ma'anshan. He was promoted to First-Class Bodyguard and given deputy lieutenant-general rank. With Eledengbao he destroyed the rebel stronghold at Shilong and wiped out Shi Liudeng, earning preferential promotion. In Jiaqing 2 he went to Sichuan, broke Wang Sanhuai at Ranjia Pass and Jinguan Temple, fought with Yi Mian at Huatanzi, and took the rebel lair at Xiangluping, winning reward after reward. Pressing Anziping, he drove the rebels back to Jingzhong Temple and invested the place. When they sallied in full force, Xijin Tai drove straight into their ranks, killed more than ten with his own blade, took grave wounds, and fell. He was posthumously granted hereditary ranks as Commandant of Cavalry and Commandant of Cloud Cavalry.
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Feng Shenbu, of the Tangut clan, was a Mongol of the Bordered Red Banner stationed at Fuzhou. Starting as an armored cavalryman, he rose by stages to regiment commander. On the Taiwan campaign he was promoted to deputy lieutenant-general of the Right Wing at Xi'an. In Jiaqing 1 he took troops to Xing'an to block Hubei sect rebels. In Jiaqing 2 he moved to guard the strategic passes at Shangzhou and Luonan. When rebels hit Shuangshuka and tried a back route against the county seat, he drove them back again and again and received a peacock feather. Posted forward to Zhuxi, he blocked rebel incursions into Shaanxi. He repeatedly beat back rebels raiding the surrounding districts. Gao Tiansheng held Shicaogou with a large band; Feng Shenbu led a thousand men out from Zhushan to destroy them. Guanmiao River was the key ground. He pushed through rain to seize it, took the ridge first, and met a two-pronged rebel rush. The fighting was even for a time, but the enemy kept pouring in until the battle came to blades at close quarters. Feng Shenbu was badly wounded; at dusk a downpour halted the fight on the heights, and he died of his wounds. The court granted enhanced posthumous honors, the posthumous title Zhuangyong, and hereditary ranks as Commandant of Cavalry and Commandant of Cloud Cavalry. In Jiaqing 6 Gao Tiansheng was taken; his head was sent to be offered at Feng Shenbu's grave. He left no son; his nephew Akedang'a inherited the rank.
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Arsalang, of the Laiqite clan, was a Mongol bannerman of the Bordered White Banner. As deputy vanguard regimental adjutant on the Jinchuan campaign, he repeatedly stormed mountain stockades and fortified blockhouses, with particular distinction at Zhagugong. Wounded fighting at Dasagu, he received a special imperial message of inquiry and consolation. He rose to deputy lieutenant-general of the Mongol Plain Red Banner and received the honorific title Arhang'a Baturu. After the pacification of Jinchuan his portrait was placed in the Hall of Purple Splendor. He served as commanding officer at Kashgar and Ili in turn, then was recalled to the capital. When Hui rebels rose at Shifeng Fortress in Gansu he volunteered for the campaign, routed them at Yunwu Mountain and Tianjiashan, besieged Shifeng Fortress, stormed the northwest corner by fire attack, and killed or captured a great many. He was appointed commander of the Guard and transferred to deputy lieutenant-general of the Manchu Plain Blue Banner. In Jiaqing 1 he led Vanguard and Firearms brigade troops under Yongbao against the sect rebels, campaigning through Henan and Hubei with repeated victories. In the fifth month of Jiaqing 2 he was encamped at Wangjiaping. Before the fortifications were finished, rebels burst from a ravine. Ersang fought hard, took a musket ball, and died on the field. The court granted condolence and a hereditary Cavalry Commandant's rank. When Gao Tiansheng's head reached the capital, the court ordered sacrifices at Ersang's grave.
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Wushihada, of the Irgen Gioro clan, was a Plain Yellow Banner Manchu. Serving as a vanguard in Burma, he earned the honorific name Fafoli Baturu and appointment as a third-class guardsman. In Jinchuan he took one stubborn blockhouse after another, rose to second-class guardsman and vice commander of the Mongol Plain White Banner, and received a hereditary Cavalry Commandant's rank with an additional Cloud Cavalry Commandant's rank. As expedition commander at Khotan he quarreled with Commissioner Defeng, lost his post, and was sent to serve on the Wushi frontier. He was soon restored to first-class guardsman, made battalion chief of the Tiger Gun Brigade and wing commander of the Vanguard Camp. In Taiwan he led the navy to capture the rebel leader Zhuang Datian at Langqiao and had his honorific title and hereditary rank restored. He was made vice commander in Jilin, then transferred to vice commander of the Mongol Bordered Red Banner. On the Gurkha campaign Wushihada fought with conspicuous bravery and invariably ranked first when merits were tallied. His portrait was placed in the Hall of Purple Splendor three times. Called to audience, he boasted of his exploits. Emperor Gaozong took offense, stripped him of rank, and banished him to Ili. Pardoned in Jiaqing 1, he asked to join the Hubei campaign to redeem himself. With Vice Commander Ehui he beat the rebels at Xiangyang and fought on at Zhongxiang. In Jiaqing 2 he held the west bank at Yicheng, drove off rebels probing Guhekou. Transferred to Shizhu in Sichuan, he attacked Baiyanshan and took a rebel stockade. In Jiaqing 3 Wang Sanhuai slipped from Liangshan and Dianjiang to Qukou, secretly coordinated with the Baiyanshan rebels, and guided them across the river. Outnumbered, Wushihada fought on until he was killed. He received a hereditary Commandant of Chariots and Cavalry; his son Tuerbishan inherited.
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Hexinge, of the Gejile clan, was a Bordered White Banner Manchu. As a musket guardsman he fought in Burma, Jinchuan, the Salar revolt, and at Shifeng Fortress, earned the honorific name Fo'erqin Baturu, and rose to vice commander of the Guangzhou Right Wing. Demoted for an offense, he was made first-class guardsman, served as expedition commander at Barkol, and was restored as vice commander of the Guangzhou Left Wing. In Jiaqing 2, when Central Miao raiders reached Xilong in Guangxi, he followed Governor Ji Qing and routed them at Jiaxiong. At the Miao camp at Yagao he ambushed the mountain path, swung around through a deep gorge, and destroyed them in a pincer. He advanced on Nadi and cleared Xilong. He besieged Yanchang Stockade, beat them at Hongshui River, Banmang, and Banjie, and lifted the siege of Ceheng. After the Central Miao were pacified he was posted as vice commander at Liangzhou in Gansu. In Jiaqing 5 he went to Shaanxi on defensive duty. When Ran Xuesheng broke out from Xinyu, Hexinge failed to stop them. He lost his honorific title and peacock feathers, was demoted to garrison officer, and served in the ranks. He soon routed rebels at Qiangouhe in Mian County and was made company adjutant. In Jiaqing 6, when Fan Renjie broke east from Heihe, Hexinge blocked him at Wuding Pass, killed or captured many, and was promoted to assistant commander. When Ran Xuesheng held Daba, Hexinge attacked with Commander Yang Kuiyou, went in first, walked into an ambush, and died. He received posthumous honors on the vice-commander's scale, a combined hereditary Cavalry and Cloud Cavalry Commandant's rank, and his son Fuge inherited.
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歿宿 祿
The commentators observe: The sect-rebel war ran a full ten years. The Loyalty and Fidelity annals record more than four hundred officers of deputy-commander rank and below killed in action, and more than twenty provincial commanders, garrison generals, and first- or second-rank guardsmen besides. Wang Wenxiong and Zhu Shedou were the age's most celebrated commanders; Mu Kedengbu and Shi Jin were likewise famed for valor; Huilun and Anlu were both high-born men of outstanding promise. Struck down without warning, army morale collapsed. The throne was deeply moved and honored them with posthumous rewards of exceptional generosity; the others, whatever their mixed records, all gave their utmost loyalty in the field and died without thought for themselves. Alas—how fiercely they gave their all! From this one can glimpse how fierce the frontier rebels were and how hard the fighting had been.
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