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Volume 123 Biographies 10: Buzhier, Zhaolietaichaowuer, Kuokuobuhua, Baiyanbadoulu, Apailu, Shaoguer, Alawaersi, Chao'er, Yepuganbu, Zhao'agepan, Chunzhihai, Shanchebadouer, Qieqieli, Tabuyier, Zhituoer, Yuelimasi, Niegula, A'ersilan, Habaertu, Aimao

Chapter 123 of 元史 · History of Yuan
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Buzhier
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退 滿
Buzhier belonged to the Mongol Tottolita clan. His father Niuerjie stood eight feet tall, possessed great strength, excelled at riding and shooting, and was adept at crafting bows and arrows. Once while traveling he encountered Bieyan of the Khan's vanguard, who invited him to an audience with Genghis Khan. Seeing the fine bow and arrows Niuerjie carried, the Khan asked who had crafted them. Niuerjie answered, "I made them myself, Your Majesty." Just then a flock of wild ducks flew overhead. He shot two of them down and presented both the ducks and the two arrows he had used, then withdrew. Bieyan followed him home. When Buzhier came out to greet him, Bieyan was so impressed that he promised his daughter in marriage to the young man. Father and son thereafter both entered the Khan's service. Having campaigned with the Khan, Niuerjie was granted the honorific name Batu. On campaigns against the Muslim states, Rus, and other realms, Buzhier threw himself into every battle with reckless courage. He was struck by several arrows. The Khan came to see him personally and ordered the arrows removed. Blood streamed over his entire body, and he collapsed unconscious, nearly dead. The Khan ordered a cow slaughtered, its belly opened, and Buzhier placed inside to soak in the warm blood. After a time he regained consciousness. After Niuerjie's death, Emperor Möngke appointed Buzhier chief overseer of all circuits under the Dadu administration, with responsibility for printing paper currency. He received a gold belt set with seven jewels and ten court robes, and was granted Weizhou and Ding'an as his personal fiefs.
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Buzhier left four sons at his death. The eldest son, Haoli, entered the service of Kublai Khan as a member of the imperial guard. When Chancellor Bayan launched the campaign against the Song, Haoli was assigned to command the naval forces assaulting Xiangyang and Fancheng. He crossed the Yangtze with the army and entered Lin'an, and for his service was appointed General of Manifest Valor and military governor of the Naval Wing Ten-thousand Households. Bietiemuer served as Minister of Personnel. Bu'erdasi served as Pacification Commissioner of Yunnan. Bulanxi inherited his father's position as commander of the Naval Wing Ten-thousand Households, first garrisoning Jiangyin and later transferring to Tongzhou. His son Wanbuzhehua served as Judicial Inquirer of Liaoyang Province.
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○ Zhaolietai Chaowuer
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Zhaolietai Chaowuer entered the Khan's service early on. At that time the Qarachi, Sanjiwu, Doroban, Tatar, Hongjila, Yiqiliesi, and other tribes living at Hulan Yierji on the banks of the Kerulen River plotted to install Jamuqa as khan, intending to do harm to Genghis Khan. Chaowuer learned of the conspiracy and rode at once to warn the Khan, who then marched his forces to seize the territory of Hailar and Yierhun and put Jamuqa and his allies to death. Only the Hongjila clan submitted in surrender. The Khan granted him the title of Darqan.
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Kuokuobuhua
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Kuokuobuhua, of the Atan Tottolita clan, was a man of imposing stature and great physical strength, renowned throughout the army for his skill as an archer. In the year 1230 the Khan ordered Grand Preceptor Muqali to campaign against the Jin dynasty, dividing the reconnaissance cavalry into five divisions each under its own commander. Kuokuobuhua was appointed supreme commander of the vanguard of all five divisions, and wherever he advanced no enemy could stand against him. Yet he had no taste for slaughter and sought only to win people over through prestige and good faith, so the territories he passed through suffered no devastation. After pacifying the prefectures of Bin and Di, he took more than four hundred civilians from Jiaolin and surrounding areas prisoner, registered their names, and sent them home unharmed. When he advanced on Yidu and its defending commander surrendered, he distributed all captured goods, horses, and livestock among his troops. In 1232 he followed Emperor Ögedei across the Yellow River to attack Bianliang and Guide, then sent detachments across the Huai to assault Shouzhou. When its commander refused to surrender, Kuokuobuhua shot a proclamation into the city. The inhabitants wept at his words, and escorted the Jin princess in a decorated carriage to open the gates in submission. Kuokuobuhua then decreed death for any soldier who entered the city to loot, and Shouzhou remained entirely tranquil. The princess was a paternal aunt of Emperor Yizong of Jin. In 1236 Emperor Ögedei assigned the five division commanders to garrison different regions of north China: Kuokuobuhua at Yidu and Jinan, Anchar at Pingyang and Taiyuan, Boluo at Zhending, Xiaonaitai at Daming, and Qielietai at Dongping. A census of civilians and craftsmen yielded 720,000 registered households, of which three thousand were granted to the five commanders. Kuokuobuhua received six hundred allotted households, established officials to collect their taxes, and was permitted to recommend local administrators. Each year the government paid him the silk tribute due from his allotment. He died in office of illness.
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His son Huangtou succeeded him as commander of the reconnaissance cavalry and followed Chancellor Bayan in the conquest of the Song, but died en route. His son Donggema inherited the post and rose through successive promotions to chiliarch of the Right Capital Guard before his death. ○ Baiyan Badoulu
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西 鹿
Baiyan Badoulu, of the Mongol Zhala clan, entered the Khan's service as a youth and was granted the name Badoulu. In 1235 Emperor Ögedei ordered him to lead 1,600 Zhala troops on a campaign in Guanxi alongside Tahai Ganbu, where he distinguished himself. In 1253 Emperor Möngke ordered him, together with Atuo and Commander-in-Chief Wang Shixian, to found the city of Lizhou. In 1254 he led troops at Zijin Mountain, stormed the Song army's Lujiao Stockade, and captured their provisions and equipment. In 1257 he followed Supreme Commander Niulin in the siege of Chengdu and led troops to invest Yunding Mountain, which fell to his assault. During the Emperor's personal campaign, after Supreme Commander Niulin advanced his forces across the Mahu River, he left Baiyan Badoulu to garrison Chengdu. The surrounding counties and towns all submitted, and he pacified the local population. He was rewarded with fifty taels of gold and nine suits of robes. When Princes Hadan, Duohuan, Toto, and others returned from the campaign against Dali, the Emperor ordered Baiyan Badoulu to lead troops to meet them. Passing through Xinjin Stockade en route, he encountered Song Commander Pan, routed his forces, and killed or captured a great number of the enemy. In 1261 Supreme Commander Niulin submitted a report of his achievements, and he was appointed overseer of the Mongol civilian population.
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His son was Waiguotai; his grandson was Wuhuncha. In 1269 Baiyan Badoulu retired from service. Wuhuncha took command of his forces and campaigned under Branch Secretariat Yasudar in various regions, distinguishing himself in battle. In 1279 he joined the main army's campaign against Woduan and again distinguished himself, receiving a reward of fifty taels of silver. In 1284 Prince Shubo assigned Wuhuncha to lead a mobile strike force in the region of Qishihali. Facing an enemy force of more than two thousand, Wuhuncha attacked with only fifty picked warriors, captured their commander Yebanhuhuozhe, and presented him as a prisoner. The prince was so impressed that he reported the feat to court. Wuhuncha received six hundred taels of silver and 4,500 strings of paper currency, was appointed commander of a Mongol ten-thousand household, and was granted a three-pearl tiger tally. In 1293 he died of illness. His second son inherited the post as Left Deputy Marshal of Quxiantalin but died soon after. His younger brother Tahai Hudu inherited the command, rose to the rank of General for Pacifying the State and Supreme Commander, and was reassigned as deputy commander of the Mongol ten-thousand households in Sichuan. In 1322 he retired due to illness. His son Boluotiemuer inherited the post.
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○ Ashilu
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西 西
Ashilu was a Mongol. During Genghis Khan's reign he was among those who drank the waters of the Baljuna River as a pledge of loyalty, accompanied the Khan on personal campaigns with distinction, and was then ordered to lead troops in subduing the Jurchen of eastern Liaodong. On his return he received a suit of golden armor, pearl-embroidered robes, a jeweled belt, and comparable gifts besides. He was again ordered to command the campaign against Western Xia and fought a major battle with the enemy at Helahecha'er. With Western Xia's position collapsing, its ruler sued for peace in fear. Ashilu seized him and presented him to Ögedei Khan, who had the ruler executed and granted Ashilu the confiscated property. He then led troops to subdue Xin'an and captured more than twenty Jin cities. He later retired from active service, and Prince Tachar appointed his son Buhua to succeed him in command of his forces.
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○ Shaoguer
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Shaoguer belonged to the Mailijita clan. He served Genghis Khan, drank the waters of the Baljuna River as a pledge of loyalty, and accompanied the Khan on his personal campaigns. He then took part in the capture of Xin'an and the pacification of the Hexi region, for which he received a gold tiger tally and was appointed chief military governor of the Mingci and surrounding circuits. Leading troops on campaign, he again joined the assault on the Jin dynasty and broke through Henan. Emperor Ögedei placed him in command of the forces at Jinan, Daming, Xin'an, and other posts, and he again campaigned under Prince Dashi. He died in the year 1251.
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沿 使 西使使
His son Baidu inherited the post. After Baidu's death, his son Huduhu inherited the command and was transferred to Suizhou. He crossed the Yangtze with Kublai Khan in the assault on Ezhou, then returned to garrison Enzhou. In 1262 he distinguished himself in the campaign against Li Tan, then was ordered to rebuild the walls of Pizhou and take command of the garrison along the Two Huai region. In 1274 he crossed the Yangtze with Chancellor Bayan and distinguished himself in battle. He then joined Vice Councillor Dong Wenbing's coastal expedition, and on returning was stationed at Jiaxing with authority over local pacification. In 1275 he was promoted to General of Manifest Courage while retaining his existing duties. In 1277 he was appointed military governor of Jiaxing, then promoted to General for Pacifying the State and Pacification Commissioner of Huangzhou. When the Huangzhou Pacification Commission was abolished soon after, he resumed his former post at Jiaxing. In 1279 he was reassigned as Pacification Commissioner of the Zhexi Circuit with the additional title of Pacification Commissioner, retaining the rank of General for Pacifying the State. By imperial decree he campaigned against Champa and presented himself at court bearing the kingdom's letter of surrender and tribute gifts. The Emperor was greatly pleased and rewarded him generously. In 1287 he joined the campaign against Annam. The following year, after the army's return, he was appointed commander of the Pizhou Ten-thousand Households. In 1293 he died on campaign.
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○ Alawaersi
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Alawaersi, of the Uighur Bawar clan, had served his kingdom as a chiliarch. When Genghis Khan campaigned in the Western Regions and encamped at Bawar, Alawaersi led his tribal forces to submit. He accompanied the Khan on personal campaigns, defeating the Hanhai forces and then conquering Luntai, Gaochang, Yutian, Xunsigan, and other cities without a single failure, until he fell in battle.
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His son Alawading distinguished himself in Kublai Khan's northern campaign and died in 1292 at the age of one hundred and two.
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使 使 祿
His son Shansiding had five sons: the eldest, Wumaer, served as military governor of Chenzhou; the second, Bubie, as Commander of the Longzhen Guard; the third, Xindu, as Investigating Censor; the fourth, Ahema, as Commander of the Archery Guard; the youngest, Asan Bubie, a man of great courage skilled at riding and shooting, served through the reigns of Emperors Chengzong, Wuzong, and Renzong and was repeatedly honored at court. The paper currency he received over his career totaled more than 400,000 strings, with comparable gifts besides, and he rose to the rank of Grand Master for Glorious Blessing with a three-pearl tiger tally.
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○ Chao'er
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Chao'er belonged to the Biesu clan. His family had long resided in Yangwu County near Bianliang. He followed Genghis Khan in the subjugation of various states and distinguished himself in the process. He later joined the campaign against the Jin and fell in battle.
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His son Chaohai campaigned in Henan and Shandong and likewise fell in battle. His son Bietie took command of his father's forces, joined the assault on Ezhou, and was rewarded with silver, silks, armor, and the like for his service. He then followed Crown Prince Huguoshi on the western expedition against Dali and fell in battle as well. His son Abicha was appointed General of Martial Strategy and commander of a Mongol chiliarch in 1268, granted a gold tally. He joined the siege of Xiangyang and Fancheng, crossed the Yangtze again, and seized the shore at Yangluo Fort. Rewarded with white gold for his service, he was promoted to General of Manifest Martiality and overall commander of the Mongol forces, with authority over both left and right ten-thousand household armies. After the fall of Guangde he joined Pacification Commissioner Alihaiya's expedition against overseas states, leading picked troops in a frontal assault on the war fleet, seizing the shore and capturing the warrior Zhao An and others. He was rewarded with silver and silks. In 1279 he was placed in command of the Mongol palace guard and died of illness on campaign.
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○ Yepuganbu
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Yepuganbu was a Tangut. In 1221 he led his followers to submit to Genghis Khan and was enrolled in the Mongol military registers. By imperial decree he led the Hexi people under his command on campaign with Muqali and died of illness en route.
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西使 禿 禿 禿禿使
His son Angu'er inherited his command and distinguished himself in campaigns across several regions. In 1269 he was appointed chiliarch with a gold tally and campaigned in Qi, Huang, Anqing, and other regions. In 1272 he received a new tiger tally and was promoted to commander of Xinyang Ten-thousand Households. He followed Pacification Commissioner Ashu on the southern campaign with further distinction, rising through Pacification Commissioner of Huaixi, Vice Councillor, Supreme Commander, military governor of the Luzhou Mongol and Han Ten-thousand Households, Left Chancellor of the Branch Secretariat, and Left Vice Minister of the Secretariat, eventually attaining the rank of General of the Dragon-Tiger Guard. In 1284 he presented his son Ang'atu at court. Kublai Khan appointed Ang'atu to the imperial guard corps known as sugurji. In 1287 he accompanied the Emperor on the campaign against Nayan with distinction and was ordered by decree to succeed his father. In 1289 he was appointed military governor of the Luzhou Mongol and Han Ten-thousand Households. In 1302 he led troops against Song Longji and others and received a superior reward for his service. On returning to garrison Luzhou, he built more than 120 rooms at his own expense to shelter impoverished soldiers. When the provincial and central offices reported this to court, he was specially promoted and granted a gold-banded belt. He died in 1327. Ang'atu's younger brother Anpu rose from the sugurji guard to appointment as chiliarch with a gold tally over the Tangut Tuluhua, and was later reassigned as Surveillance Commissioner of the Haibei and Hainan Circuit.
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○ Zhao'agepan
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使 西使
Zhao'agepan belonged to the Tubosi Wusizangduo clan. He initially submitted to the Song and was granted the surname Zhao. His family had long resided in Lintao. His grandfather Baming was the wealthiest man among the Qiang tribes. His father Agechang was a man of imposing stature with strength surpassing ordinary men. During the Jin dynasty's Zhenyou era he rose through military merit to Military Commissioner of Xihe. After the fall of the Jin dynasty he held Lotus Mountain and came with his followers to submit. When Prince Kuoduan governed the western territories, he appointed Agechang Pacification Commissioner of Diezhou by provisional authority. War was raging and the city stood empty when he arrived. He summoned back those who had fled, rebuilt the walls, and promoted farming and sericulture to restore order. He died in office at the age of eighty.
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Renowned for filial devotion to his parents, Zhao'agepan joined the campaign against Shu and fought repeatedly against Song Commander Cao Youwen with roughly equal success. His greatest achievement was the capture of Da'an, for which he was appointed Vice Commissioner of Lintao Prefecture. He stormed Chaotian Pass, advanced along the Jialing River to Langzhou, and seized three hundred Shu boats. In the assault on Lizhou he took Grand Marshal Liu alive and routed Song forces in the river region. When Song Commissioner Liu Xiongfei advanced on Qingju Mountain, Zhao'agepan attacked him and drove his forces into a rout by night, throwing all of Sichuan into alarm. He pressed toward Chengdu, pacified Jiading, and captured Taiping Stockade at Emei along with Song generals Vice Minister Chen and Grand Marshal Tian. The remaining defenders all surrendered. In more than fifty engagements, large and small, he always led the charge. The prince rewarded him with golden armor and silver vessels. In 1252 Kublai Khan, then campaigning south against Dali as imperial younger brother, passed through Lintao, was struck by Zhao'agepan's abilities, and appointed him acting marshal to build up the city of Yichang. Song forces held both Sichuan circuits with stockades and forts facing one another across a constant exchange of arrows and stones. Five years passed before the city walls were finally completed. When Emperor Möngke marched out of Shu, Zhao'agepan served as vanguard, attacked Xi'an, and captured it. He received a gold tally and was appointed marshal of Lintao Prefecture. While the Emperor encamped at Diaoyu Mountain, Hezhou's defending commander Wang Jian launched a night assault on the camp. Zhao'agepan led picked warriors to meet the attack and personally killed dozens of men, forcing Wang Jian to withdraw. At audience the next day the Emperor said with pleasure, "With a subject such as this, what have I to fear! He was granted fifty taels of gold and bestowed the name Batu. When the Zhongtong reign was proclaimed, an edict recalled him to garrison Lintao. During a famine year he opened his private granaries to relieve the destitute. He distributed more than two thousand piculs of seed grain and a hundred piculs of turnip seed to the people, who were thereby spared starvation. The prefecture lay on a major thoroughfare with relay traffic unceasing, and officials were exhausted by the burden of provisioning. Zhao'agepan contributed a hundred of his own horses for relay service and a thousand sheep in lieu of the people's transport levies. The Emperor praised this act and ordered the Jingzhao Branch Secretariat to reimburse him. Zhao'agepan replied, "How could I use private generosity to seek public reward! In the end he refused to accept payment. While traveling on military business to Qingju Mountain, he was intercepted by Song troops and fell in battle.
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Zhao'agepan delighted in raising fine horses, keeping as many as a thousand at a time. Each year he selected the finest teams of four to present as tribute at court, a practice his descendants maintained without interruption. Previously the Emperor had routinely withheld posthumous titles sought by descendants of meritorious subjects. Now he ordered his ministers to grant Zhao'agepan the posthumous title Huan Yong.
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Guan Zhuosijie, a man of retiring disposition, resigned office and lived in seclusion for more than twenty years. Emperor Renzong heard of him and summoned him, but he refused to come. His son Deshou served as Left Vice Minister of Yunnan. ○ Chunzhihai
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宿西 使 使 使
Chunzhihai belonged to the Sanshutai clan. In his youth he served in Genghis Khan's guard and distinguished himself in campaigns across the Western Regions. In 1233 Emperor Ögedei ordered him to wear the gold tiger tally as chief military governor of the Yidu Branch Secretariat. He followed Grand Marshal Tachu in the capture of Xuzhou and took the Jin commander Guo Yong'an prisoner. In 1237, when Yidu became the crown prince's fief, he was transferred to chief military governor of the Jingzhao Branch Secretariat. On reaching Huai he encountered a great epidemic that left his soldiers exhausted. An order directed his forces to garrison Huai and Meng. Before long he replaced Chahan as overall commander of the Henan army, then soon returned to Huai and Meng. In 1239 his colleague Wang Rong secretly plotted rebellion and attempted to kill Chunzhihai. Wang set armed men to seize him, severed both his Achilles tendons, bound his mouth with cloth, and left him in a Buddhist shrine. When Chunzhihai's wife Xilibolun learned of this, she led her followers in an assault on Wang Rong's house and rescued her husband. Wrapping his wounds, Chunzhihai rode with his two sons to a neighboring prefecture to raise troops, then returned to kill Wang Rong. The court sent envoys granting Wang Rong's wife, children, and property to Chunzhihai's family and ordered more than ten thousand residents of Huai driven outside the walls for execution. Chunzhihai argued forcefully: "Only Wang Rong committed evil. What crime have the common people committed? If they are all put to death, of what use is holding an empty city? If the court would punish the envoy for failing to carry out the slaughter, I ask to answer for it with my own life. The envoy returned and reported to the Emperor, who approved his argument. The people were spared. Chunzhihai issued certificates freeing Wang Rong's wife and children as commoners, converted their residence into the government office, and took nothing for himself. The people of the prefecture revered him for this. After he presented himself at court, Emperor Ögedei, recognizing Chunzhihai as a veteran minister of the previous reign with illustrious service, granted him a first-ranked residence at Karakorum. He soon died of illness. An edict ordered him buried beside the imperial tombs.
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At the beginning of the Huangqing era he was posthumously granted the title Merit Subject for Loyal Promotion of Power, Grand Master of the Golden Purple and Bright Light, Pillar of the State, and Duke of Wen, with the posthumous name Zhongxiang. The literary minister Liu Minzhong was further ordered to compose an inscription and erect a stele at Huai to proclaim his achievements. His son Ang'ala succeeded him. ○ Shanchebadouer
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Shanchebadouer was a Kipchak. He first served Emperor Ögedei as overseer of the horse herds. He distinguished himself in the attacks on Fengxiang and the battle at Tong Pass. He later followed the great general Subutai in the assault on Bianjing. When the Jin erected wooden palisades south of the river, Shanchebadouer led picked troops to tear them down and was rewarded with ten fine horses. On the army's return, Jin Vice Commander Gao intercepted them on the march. Shanchebadouer met the attack, severed Gao's head, and was rewarded with fifty taels of white gold and four bolts of silk. During the assault on Caizhou, the vanguard Dadar was seized by the beard in combat with a Jin commander. Shanchebadouer advanced and cut the Jin commander down, allowing Dadar to escape. When Caizhou fell, a Jin defending commander wearing a tiger tally stood atop the wall. Shanchebadouer struck him down with an iron mace, seized the tally, and presented it. The Emperor praised his prowess and ordered him to follow the prince in the attack on Zaoyang. He subsequently followed Prince Kouwenbuhua in the attack on Guangzhou, fighting five engagements in a single day until the city fell. He received fifty taels of gold, a set of white-gold wine vessels, and thirty horses. Chiliarch Aibuqiechi, judging himself insufficiently brave in battle, asked that Shanchebadouer replace him, and Shanchebadouer was promoted to chiliarch. In the assault on Chuzhou he fought a major engagement with Song forces. By evening the Song army fled west into the hills, and Shanchebadouer with chiliarch Husun pursued and slaughtered them.
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In 1259 Kublai Khan campaigned against the Song and sought men able to cross the Yangtze first. Shanchebadouer was the first to volunteer and led his forces to the south bank. An edict ordered Shanchebadouer and Tuohan to command a hundred troops. Together with Song envoys they went to demand the surrender of Ezhou. When they reached the city, Ezhou's commander killed the envoys and led troops out to attack. Shanchebadouer met them head-on and inflicted a crushing defeat. He was again rewarded with fifty taels of gold. In 1262 he was appointed commander of the Caizhou Mongol and Han ten-thousand households. That winter, when Song forces invaded Xiping, Shanchebadouer pursued them north beyond the Huai and took many prisoners. In the autumn of 1265, advancing from Anqing into Luzhou, he heard that Song troops had arrived, quickly set an ambush in a bamboo grove, and annihilated them. In the ninth month of 1267, Marshal Ashu stationed his army at Anyangtan near Xiangyang. When Song forces held the river crossing, Shanchebadouer broke through their lines. In 1268 he joined Ashu's siege of Xiangyang and in the fighting seized the grain boats of Song commander Xia Gui. When Ashu entered the Han River, Shanchebadouer was ordered, for his battle merit, to join Zhala'er in a southern raid and captured eighty men. In the eighth month of 1273 he conducted raids in Huaidong. In 1274 he was dispatched to summon Ezhou to surrender. In 1275 he was sent to summon Chuzhou to surrender and executed Pacification Commissioner Wang. He was reassigned as General of Martial Strategy and commander of a chiliarch. In the fifth month he ambushed Song forces on the north bank of the Yangtze and drove them into flight. In 1276 he again raided Huaidong and presented two captured Song commanders-in-chief. He was transferred to military governor of Chuzhou. When Song Commander Jiang Cai led troops to seize grain at Gaoyou, Shanchebadouer joined Ten-thousand Households Shi in seizing their horses and twenty thousand grain sacks. After Huaidong was pacified he presented himself at court. In 1277 he joined the suppression of the rebel Zhiliwadai at Huailahedu and was reassigned as General of Manifest Martiality and military governor of Chuzhou.
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In 1280 he presented his son Tuohan and grandson Mawu at court. He memorialized: "I am old, Your Majesty; I beg your compassion. The Emperor appointed Tuohan General of Manifest Martiality and overall troop commander with a gold tally; and Mawu as military governor of Chuzhou. Tuohan later distinguished himself in the campaign against Japan and was appointed General of Bright Martiality and military governor of Chuzhou Ten-thousand Households, then promoted to General of Manifest Courage and military governor of the Campaigning Ten-thousand Households with a three-pearl tiger tally. For his service in the Java campaign he was further promoted to General of Manifest Valor and appointed military governor of the Wuwei Chuzhou Ten-thousand Households. His second son Suozhu inherited the post.
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○ Qieqieli
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Qieqieli belonged to the Orna clan. During Emperor Ögedei's seventh-year southern campaign he served as chiliarch under Kuoduan in the attacks on Anfeng and Shouzhou. He again followed Prince Tachar with two thousand Mongol troops in the capture of Jingshan and was rewarded with two horses. Together with Ten-thousand Households Narji he garrisoned Yin and Tan, raided Lianhai, and followed Marshal Huaidu in the attack on Xiangyang. He died.
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His son Xiangwusu inherited his command, led his troops with Chancellor Ashu against Xiangyang and Fancheng, and joined Tachu in building Zhengyang Fort. When Lu troops approached in warships to reconnoiter the fortifications, Xiangwusu led cavalry to meet them, drew up on both banks of the Huai, and killed a great many with arrow fire. In 1274 he received a gold tally and was appointed General of Martial Strategy. The following year he joined Censor-in-Chief Boluohan in pacifying Lianhai. In the ninth month he crossed the Huai with Chancellor Bayan, led a thousand horsemen against Huai'an's south gate, and broke through. He again joined Marshal Boluohan in building Wantou Fort. When Ten-thousand Households Narji fell ill, he placed Xiangwusu in temporary command of the Mongol, Jurchen, and Han three ten-thousand households. In the fifth month of summer, when Song Yangzhou Commander Jiang Cai invaded, Xiangwusu led his troops to repel the attack with distinction. He again joined Chancellor Ashu in a surprise attack on Commissioner Li Tingzhi and Jiang Cai at Taizhou, killing both. In 1277 he was promoted to General of Manifest Martiality and overall troop commander. In 1281 he became commander of the Mongol Palace Guard. In 1286 he was reassigned as chiliarch. In 1293 he was promoted to deputy commander of the Mongol Palace Guard, received a new gold tiger tally, and was promoted to General of Manifest Martiality.
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○ Tabuyier
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Tabuyier belonged to the Shulüjiu clan. Under Emperor Ögedei he campaigned as pacification commissioner, captured Xin'an and Henan, and for his service received a gold tiger tally and appointment as Campaigning Ten-thousand Households. He died of illness in 1254.
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His son Tuochala inherited the post. In 1259 he led troops across the Yangtze and captured Shizi Stockade. He ordered his son Zhongxi to accompany the campaign. Zhongxi was the first to draw his bow, struck enemy soldiers, and killed or captured many besides. He soon fought the enemy at Yangyikou, seized a war junk, took a stray arrow in the left foot, and fought with redoubled courage. The Emperor was then encamped north of Yangyikou and personally praised him: "Though you are young, you have shown such strength — deeply admirable. Yet you must strive all the more hereafter. When Tuochala died, Zhongxi inherited the command. In 1262 he distinguished himself in the campaign against Li Tan. In 1263 he garrisoned troops at Juzhou. In 1265 by imperial decree he first built the defensive city at Shizi Road. Zhongxi led troops on a southern patrol as a mobile strike force. In 1267 he joined Chaobuhua's campaign to the old city north of Sizhou. When Chiliarch Cai was surrounded by the enemy, Zhongxi fought fiercely and rescued him. In 1268 he presented himself at court. The Emperor praised his service and granted white gold, nashiji brocade, a gold saddle, bow and arrows, and comparable gifts. In 1273 he repaired Zhengyang city. The following year, when Song forces besieged Zhengyang, he joined the fighting and routed them. In 1275 he joined the capture of the cities of Lianhai. Soon afterward he led five thousand men on campaign by imperial decree. Passing Hengyang Shop he fought Song commander Li Tixia and others, inflicted a crushing defeat, slaughtered nearly all, and encamped at Guazhou. In the sixth month of 1276, when Song Commander Jiang Cai besieged the fort, he routed the attackers. In the seventh month he joined a surprise attack on Li Tingzhi and others at Taizhou. In 1277 he was promoted to General of Manifest Courage and military governor of Wuzhou, bearing a surrendered tiger tally. He died soon after.
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His son Qingsun inherited the post, first appointed General of Manifest Martiality and troop commander, garrisoning Anlezhou. In 1279 he was transferred to garrison Zhenjiang. In 1281 he returned to garrison Tongzhou. In 1283 he was promoted to General of Bright Martiality. In 1285 he was transferred to garrison Shizi Road. In 1287 he commanded all wing armies garrisoning Lake Tai and trained them in naval warfare. In 1292 he joined the Java campaign and was promoted to General of Manifest Courage and senior campaigning ten-thousand households. Just before departure an order recalled him. He died in 1313. His son Bolanxi inherited the post.
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○ Zhituoer
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Zhituoer was a Mongol; his father Acha'er had served Genghis Khan as a bo'urchi. Zhituoer followed Emperor Ögedei in campaigns against the Kipchak, Kangli, Muslim, and other peoples with distinction. In the fourth year he subdued Henan, Guanxi, and other regions, registering more than forty thousand civilian households placed under Empress Zhuangsheng as producers of cosmetics, silk thread, and dyes. In the eighth year he established seven weaving and dyeing bureaus at Zhuozhou. The following year Zhuozhou was elevated to a circuit and Zhituoer was appointed its military governor. He died.
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His son Halanshu inherited the post, bearing a tiger tally. When Li Tan rebelled, Kublai Khan ordered him to lead all ten-thousand households as campaign-supervising military governor to suppress the revolt. For his service he was appointed campaign-supervising commander of the Jie Ten-thousand Households Wing. He was transferred to commander of the Yidu Mongol ten-thousand households, supervised the campaign at Mizhou, and died on campaign.
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His nephew Hulachu inherited the post and was appointed General of Manifest Courage. In 1274 he distinguished himself in the attack on Song Liu'an Army. The Branch Secretariat ordered him to lead the war fleet in a charge against Song forces. After the Song fleet was routed, an order commended and rewarded him. In the ninth month the army halted at Anqing. Hulachu and Vice Councillor Dong Wenbing led Shandong forces downstream to Dingjiazhou, encountered Song ministers Xia Gui and Sun Huchen, fought on the river, and inflicted a crushing defeat, capturing thirty-seven officers, more than five thousand soldiers, and forty ships. In the third month of 1275 he again distinguished himself fighting Song forces at Zhujinsha. In the seventh month he again fought Song forces on the Jiaoshan reach. With Chancellor Ashu directing operations, Hulachu and Dong Wenbing personally braved arrow and stone fire, fighting along the current for more than eighty li. Hulachu was wounded several times, bound his wounds, and fought on with all his strength until victory was won. In the ninth month Song minister Zhang Dian led troops to seize Lücheng granary and Danyang County. Hulachu and Ten-thousand Households Huaidu went to the rescue and took Zhang Dian alive. In the tenth month he captured Changzhou, followed Chancellor Bayan through Su, Hu, and Xiu prefectures to Changqiao, encountered Song forces, and defeated them again. In the first month of 1276 the army reached Hangzhou; Chancellor Bayan ordered Hulachu to garrison Zhejiang Pavilion and the Song north gate. In the fifth month Yangzhou forces raided Yangzi Bridge fort and he barely managed to repel them. In the sixth month he defeated Zhenzhou forces. In the seventh month he pursued Li Tingzhi to Tonghaikou, received the surrender of Yangzhou and the cities of Gaoyou, Baoying, Zhenzhou, Chuzhou, and others, and Jiangnan was pacified. He was promoted to General of Manifest Valor while retaining his existing duties. He was soon transferred to military governor of Huzhou. In 1277 he was promoted to General for Pacifying the State and Pacification Commissioner of Huaidong. He was soon stationed at Shangdu. In 1278 he was appointed Grand Master for Splendid Discussion and Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Mobile Secretariat. In 1282 he was promoted to Grand Master for Assisting in Goodness and Left Vice Minister of the Fujian Branch Secretariat. When Huang Hua rebelled, he suppressed the uprising. In 1283 he was appointed Left Vice Minister of the Jianghuai Branch Secretariat. In 1286 he was transferred to Right Vice Minister. In the third month he was promoted to Grand Master for Glorious Blessing and Pacification Commissioner of the Jiangzhe Branch Secretariat. He died in the sixth month.
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○ Yuelimasi
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Yuelimasi belonged to the Naiman clan. In 1237 Emperor Ögedei ordered him to serve jointly with Judge Hudunayan. In 1238 he again served as military governor alongside Ashilu Badou'er and captured southern Suzhou. In 1241 he was sent to the Song court to negotiate peace. More than seventy men accompanied the mission. Yuelimasi told them, "We have received orders to go south. The people of Chu are treacherous. If harm comes to us, we must die rather than disgrace our lord's command. He soon reached the Huai, where Song commanders threatened him with troops: "Your life is in our hands — you may live or die in an instant. If you surrender, office and rank can be yours at once. Otherwise we will certainly not spare you. Yuelimasi replied, "I hold credentials to open friendly relations between our states, yet you tempt me with unrighteousness. I have only death. His words were impassioned and he did not yield in the slightest. Knowing he could not be compelled, the Song commanders imprisoned him at Changsha Feihu Stockade, where he died after thirty-six years. Kublai Khan deeply mourned him, restored his family, appointed his son Huduhasi Darqan, and granted daily grain rations to his household. Huduhasi petitioned the Emperor: "I wish to die for the state and avenge my father. The Emperor commended him and appointed him campaign-supervising ten-thousand households of Shangjun. In 1281, as pacification commissioner, he led troops against Japan and fell in battle.
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○ Niegula
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During Emperor Möngke's reign, Niegula came to submit together with Yeliya Asu and thirty others. He later distinguished himself at Diaoyu Mountain and in the suppression of Li Tan.
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His son Atachi distinguished himself in the siege of Xiangyang, the conquest of Jiangnan, the defeat of Shiliejhi, and the campaign against Nayan, receiving rewards for each. He later served Emperors Chengzong and Wuzong as jasaqu. Under Emperor Renzong he rose to chiliarch of the Left Asu Guard. He died.
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○ A'ersilan
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A'ersilan was an Alan. When Emperor Möngke besieged A'ersilan's city, A'ersilan came with his son Asanzhen to meet the army at the gate. The Emperor granted a handwritten edict appointing him sole commander of the Alan people, retained half his army, returned the rest, and ordered him to garrison his own territory. He kept Asanzhen at his side. En route they encountered Chagatai's rebel forces. Asanzhen fought fiercely and was killed. The Emperor sent envoys to retrieve his body for burial. A'ersilan told the Emperor, "My eldest son is dead and can no longer serve the state. I present my second son Niegu to Your Majesty for your use. When Niegu arrived the Emperor ordered him to follow Ulaghachi against Qara-Jang, where he distinguished himself. Ulaghachi rewarded him with white gold and a famous horse. In the campaign against the Song he was struck by a stray arrow and died.
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His son Hu'erduda served as troop-commanding chiliarch. Kublai Khan ordered him to follow Boluonayan on a mission to the land of Harma, where he died of illness.
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Habaertu belonged to the Xueyi clan. During Emperor Möngke's reign he distinguished himself in the attack on Diaoyu Mountain. On returning he joined Prince Tachar's northern campaign as commander of the chiliarch's pacification office. He followed Chiliarch Tuolun against the Song and fell in battle.
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His son Chahan joined Tachar in the assault on Fancheng's west gate and commanded mobile strike forces from Yangzhou and other posts against Song troops with distinction. In 1274 he joined Hudutiemuer in attacking Jiangling's southeastern fort and joined Alahan in defeating Song forces south of Yangluo Fort. Alahan appointed him deputy pacification commander of the ten-thousand households office. In 1275 he served under Commander Toto, led Guangde mobile strike forces against Song troops, routed them, and received white-gold wine vessels. He again joined attacks on Dusong, Qianqiu, Bochu, and other passes and mountain stockades, pacifying all who surrendered, and received one hundred taels of white gold. In 1276 the Secretariat appointed him military governor of Ruian County. On arrival he gathered more than one hundred thousand fugitive households. In 1277 he was promoted to Loyal and Manifest Guardsman and troop commander, commanding five hundred newly submitted troops. He joined Pacification Commissioner Tangutai at Sikong Mountain with distinction and was ordered to hold both posts with the pacification command. He was soon selected for the palace guard. In 1279 he received a silver tally and appointment as Loyal Martial Guardsman and troop commander. In 1287 he received a gold tally and was appointed Trustworthy Guardsman and chiliarch of the Mongol Guard agricultural colony. In 1288 he was promoted to Martial Righteousness General and military governor of his office. In 1290 he was promoted to deputy commander of the Left Wing Agricultural Colony Ten-thousand Households. He died in 1301. His son Taina inherited the post.
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○ Aimao
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Aimao Batu belonged to the Kangli clan. He first followed Xuebutai Nayan against the Kipchak, attacked cities in the Hexi region, seized the western passes, and broke through Henan; he subsequently followed Emperor Güyük in raiding the land of Anu with distinction. He again joined the Fourth Prince's southern campaign and was appointed qelin kou adachi beksun. He again joined the river crossing to attack Ezhou and died of illness on campaign.
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His son Yasutai'er distinguished himself in suppressing Alandaa and Hunduhai, the campaign against Li Tan, and the assault on the Song, rising to troop commander. In 1277 he joined the attack on Xinghua in Fujian, gathered more than five thousand households from Gutian and surrounding areas, and was promoted to General of Martial Strategy and chiliarch with a gold tally. He raised more than 2,500 troops under the designation New Army, was promoted to General of Manifest Martiality and overall commander, and received a tiger tally. When orders came to campaign against Japan, Yasutai'er volunteered, received bow and arrows, and was promoted to General for Cherishing the Distant and ten-thousand households. In 1283 he was appointed military governor of Taizhou Ten-thousand Households. In 1286 he was transferred to General of Manifest Courage and commander of the Kipchak Palace Guard. In 1287 he distinguished himself in the campaign against Nayan. He died the following year. He was later posthumously granted General of the Golden Crow Guard, enfeoffed as Duke of Chengwu, with the posthumous name Xianmin.
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