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Volume 133 Biographies 20: Tachu, Baiyan, Yehandejin, Yexiannai, Tuolishiguan, Hulachu, Zhongxi, Danzhier, Tuohuan, Wanzhedoubadou, Shilibo, Beilanxi, Qielie, Anbo, Yesudai'er, Xidou'er

Chapter 133 of 元史 · History of Yuan
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Tachu belonged to the Mongol Jalair clan. His father Zhalatai had served both the Taizu and Xianzong. In the jiayin year he received orders to campaign against Goryeo, with the princes Sangi, Hulachu, and others all subject to his command. That same year he broke through Goryeo's chain of walled cities, and the kingdom took refuge on the islands. In the first month of jiwei, Goryeo was at its wits' end and submitted; the credit belonged above all to Zhalatai.
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使使 使
As the son of a distinguished servant of the throne, Tachu was in Zhiyuan 17 made General of Manifest Courage and darughachi of the Dongjing Route general administration. The next year he was called to court, given sixty ingots of paper money, and commended for his probity and tireless service. He was raised to General of Manifest Resolution and pacification commissioner for Kaiyuan and neighboring circuits, then reassigned as Liaodong pacification commissioner. In the twenty-second year he presented himself at court. The emperor spoke with him at length in praise and asked, "Can you still recall the decrees the Taizu gave your father Zhalatai?" Tachu replied with polished tact and strict observance of ritual. The emperor was pleased, gave him a jade belt and bow and arrows, and appointed him chief general of the Dragon-and-Tiger Guard and right associate of the Eastern Capital branch secretariat. He was again made pacification commissioner of the Liaodong circuit.
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退 退 西禿
When Tachu discovered Nayan's planned revolt, he dispatched a rider by post relay to inform the throne. An edict then ordered him to take ten thousand men and stand ready with Prince Aiyechi. Jurchen and Shuidada leaders and people had linked arms with Nayan. Tachu left wife and children behind and rode straight for Jianzhou with only twelve men. A thousand five hundred li from Xianping he fought Nayan's followers Tasabatu'er and the rest, and was hit twice by arrows. When he learned that Tiege, Chao'erchi, and their fellows meant to ambush Prince Aiyechi, he held off more than a thousand pursuers with only a few dozen men and saw the prince safely across the Liao River. As Nayan's army closed in, Tachu wheeled about and fought his way forward, shooting the chieftain Tieguotai through the mouth so that the arrowhead came out at the nape of his neck. Tieguotai fell dead from his horse, and the pursuers broke off. He then halted at Yizhou. More than a thousand townspeople, old and young, burned incense and prostrated themselves by the road, weeping, "But for the Pacification Commissioner, none of us would be left alive." Tachu said, "What happened today rests on the emperor's boundless fortune above and on the courage of the officers and men below. What credit is mine?" At Xiaolong Marsh north of Xiong Mountain in western Liao, he received pledges of submission from the rebel chiefs Shituolin and Lu Quan, but they failed to come at the appointed time. Tachu at once sent officers to seize them and also captured their follower Wang Saige. He fought again with the great prince Qudie'er and others, routed them, and when his men wanted to loot the defeated he forbade it altogether. Together with Secretariat associate Hanzhua and inspector Tuotuotai he pursued Nayan's remaining followers north to Jinshan and won a victory there. The emperor commended his achievements, summoned him to court, and rewarded him with gold, pearls, brocade robes, bow and arrows, and saddle trappings.
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祿
In the twenty-eighth year he received a pearl-inlaid tiger tally and was appointed wanhu of the Mongol army. That year he again took the field against Hadan in Jurchen territory, then turned back to strike Jianzhou and drove Ahai to his death in the river. The following year Hadan crossed the sea to raid Goryeo, and Tachu once more marched out against him. When he came to court, Shizu praised his service and treated him with growing favor, again granting him pearl-trimmed court robes and appointing him Grand Master of Splendid Blessings, grand councillor of the Liaoyang branch secretariat, and concurrent wanhu of the Mongol army. He died in office.
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His son Dalan Temür served as Senior Grand Master of the Palace and vice administrator of the Liaoyang Secretariat.
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西 西禿禿 西
Baiyan Baiyan came from Hexi. His father Huoduodu had followed the Taizu west of the River as a hostage-prince. The Taizu then formed a hostage-prince corps called the Tulughachi and made Huoduodu a centurion in it. Under Taizong, Grand Marshal Niu Lin, acting on imperial authority, made him a chiliarch, and he joined the campaign into western Sichuan.
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西
When Hudu rebelled at Lintao, Shizu ordered Huoduodu and others to take Mongol and Han troops with the main army against him. After Huoduodu died, Baiyan inherited his post. In Zhiyuan 9 he was formally made a campaign chiliarch and given a gold tally. In the tenth year Song troops pressed Chengdu. Yan Zhongfan, associate of the Sichuan Secretariat, sent Baiyan to meet them and won a crushing victory. He also served under Branch Secretariat Yisudai'er at Jiading, under branch court Hu Dun in the capture of Luzhou and Xuzhou, and at the assault on Chongqing, winning repeated distinction in battle. In the twelfth year the branch court, acting on imperial authority, made him wanhu of the Mongol and Han forces of eastern and western Sichuan. Grand Marshal Wang Tiange was operating at Zhongzhou and ordered Baiyan to take two thousand men to Fuzhou in support.
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使
When Song forces learned that Tiange had withdrawn, they sent a fleet downstream and lay in wait at Qingjiang. Baiyan rushed to the spot, seized seventeen men including the sub-general Li Chun, took their supplies, and burned their ships. In the thirteenth year Luzhou rose again. The branch court sent Baiyan to Pearl Fortress in Luzhou, where he defeated Wang Shichang, took captives and livestock, and shifted his force to garrison Anxi Stockade. Song reinforcements from Hezhou arrived, but Baiyan took more than a hundred alive, put them to death, and then captured Luzhou. Branch court vice commissioner Bu Hua moved to besiege Chongqing and sent Baiyan with mobile troops, who captured four spies sent by Li Li of Dalianping.
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After Chongqing surrendered he was formally made General of Manifest Martialness and commander of the Mongol and Han armies. In the nineteenth year he accompanied Grand Marshal Wang Tiange to court, was promoted to General of Cherishing the Remote and army-managing wanhu, received a new gold tiger tally, and died.
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Yehandejin
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西 歿
Yehandejin was a Qarluk. His grandfather Xiada'er Mili came from the Oisin state with three thousand Qarluk soldiers to submit to the Taizu and also offered sheep, cattle, and horses by the tens of thousands. As a chiliarch he campaigned against the Muslim realms, followed Prince Ruizong and Jebeguer in receiving the surrender of cities west of the River, and later died during the assault on Lintao. His father Mili Huozhe helped Taizong destroy Jin, followed Xianzong into Shu, served as darughachi of a wanhu office, and died on campaign.
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退西
In Zhongtong 2 Yehandejin, then a chiliarch, won repeated victories and took the stockades at Wuhua, Shicheng, Baima, and elsewhere. In Zhiyuan 7 Song forces entered Chengdu. Yehandejin held them off for four days with four hundred men, pursued them to Meizhou when they withdrew, and routed them. He was then made wanhu of the Mongol, Qarluk, Hexi, and Han forces and garrisoned Meizhou. During the siege of Jiading he built Huaiyuan Stockade to hold a critical pass, and every Song sortie ended in defeat.
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使 西西 使
In the twelfth year he came to court and received matching robes, a jade belt, and a hundred taels of silver. He was promoted to General of Manifest Courage and chief wanhu and given ten thousand additional troops. During the siege of Chongqing he commanded all land and river forces on both banks of the Mahu River. In the fourteenth year he joined the siege of Luzhou, stormed the Divine Arm Gate, and was first over the wall. Serving under Branch Privy Council vice commissioner Bu Hua at Chongqing, he encamped at Fotuguan Pass, won repeated victories, shifted to Baozitou, and saw the Song commander Zhao An open the gates in surrender. After Chongqing fell he led his troops in reducing Sizhou, accepted the surrender of more than a hundred commanders, and was promoted to General of Manifest Resolution. Because western Sichuan had only recently submitted, the emperor chose a man fit to pacify the region and made him darughachi of the Jiading military-civilian and western Sichuan tribal pacification commission, with more than ten thousand additional households under his command. He was then promoted to Chief General Supporting the State, Sichuan pacification commissioner, and grand marshal.
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使
In the seventeenth year, while campaigning against Woduan, he was appointed vice administrator of the Yunnan branch secretariat. In the twenty-first year he marched against Burma by separate routes with right associate Taibu and Prince Xiangwuda'er. They built two hundred boats on the Axi and Ahe rivers, stormed and took Jiangtou City, captured ten thousand elite troops, and left Grand Marshal Yuan Shi'an to hold the place. He also surveyed the terrain and sent envoys to court with a full account of how the place might be attacked or defended.
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使 使
Earlier, after Jiangtou City fell, he had sent Hei'de'er, Yang Lin, and others to demand Burma's submission, but received no answer. Rebel tribes then held Jiandu and Taigong City against the main army. He sent monks to warn them of reward and ruin, but they killed the messengers. He then drove his forces forward by land and water, broke the resistance, and received the surrender of Jiandu, Jinchi, and twelve other towns. Grand Marshal Hedai, wanhu Buduman, and others were left with five thousand men to garrison them. In the twenty-eighth year he was made vice commissioner of the Sichuan branch privy council and died.
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He had two sons: Huonichijin, grand marshal of Yunnan; and Yeliansha, who inherited the Mongol army wanhu post.
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Ye Xiannai
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西
Ye Xiannai was a Uighur. His father Tujian Haiya, a man of ability and arms, followed the Taizu and Taizong in the conquest of Jin and Western Xia and won distinction in both campaigns.
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西
In Zhiyuan 31, when Chengzong took the throne, Ye Xiannai was recalled, given a jade belt, and appointed grand councillor of the Shaanxi branch secretariat. He retired to Longyou and died ten years later. He was posthumously honored as Merit Minister of Cooperative Respect and Fidelity Preservation, Grand Preceptor, equal in rank to the Three Excellencies, Supreme Pillar of the State, and Duke of Gong, with the posthumous name Minzhong.
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祿
His son Wanzhe served as tutor to the crown prince and rose to Grand Master of the Golden Seal and Purple Ribbon and grand councillor of the Central Secretariat.
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Tuolishiguan
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歿 西
Tuolishiguan was likewise a Uighur. His grandfather Basihudu Tanhua Aihuchi, in the dynasty's early years, led the four divisions of Uighurs, Alawen, Miejieli, and Basi, followed the campaign into Sichuan, and died on service. His father Tiegezhu Tanhua Aihuchi was appointed by Xianzong to govern Kemili and the princely domains of Quxian and the rest. When Hunduhai and Alandar rebelled, they captured Tiegezhu and put him in irons. Tiegezhu broke free, fled to Shizu's court, received a gold tally, inherited his father's office, and was ordered to lead his men against the rebels. For his service he was rewarded with clothing, bow and arrows, and saddle trappings. He was further ordered to follow Prince Aoluchi against Jiandu. After the region was pacified he was promoted to General of Manifest Courage, deputy grand marshal of Luolosi, and vice commissioner of the pacification commission. On the western Tibetan frontier the chieftain Bila barred the road. Tiegezhu fought him off and the route was cleared. When word reached court he received a gold tiger tally, silver, and two suits of robes. He died in office.
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Tuolishiguan inherited the office as General of Martial Virtue, deputy grand marshal of Luolosi, and vice commissioner of the pacification commission. Some gold-producing households under his command shifted repeatedly between rebellion and submission; Tuolishiguan marched out and subdued them. Gunar, prefect of Dingchang Route, rebelled and, with his chiliarch Ayi, planned to lead the people across the Busilu River. Tuolishiguan gave battle, seized Ayi, and executed him. Luolaimin of Deping Route rose again, and Tuolishiguan once more put the disturbance down.
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調 穿
The Yixi Buxi region had not yet submitted. The people built stockades on defensible ground and held out. An edict directed the Yunnan branch secretariat to assign four hundred Luolosi Mongol soldiers and six hundred Luoluozhang troops to Tuolishiguan and send him with left associate Ailu to suppress the region. Tuolishiguan arrived first and stormed their stockade. Ailu ordered him to attack Luoyu. He reached Luochuan, took the pass, and seized horses, cattle, and sheep to feed the troops; He was next sent with wanhu Wuduman against Qie'erdi. The chieftain Ashi held a mountain fort and refused to submit, but Tuolishiguan was first over the wall and broke the position. Ailu then put Tuolishiguan in command of the four wings on the left and completed the pacification of Yixi Buxi. Another rebel, the tribesman Zitong, had fortified Natuyuan Mountain. The branch secretariat again sent Tuolishiguan with Mongol, Cuan, and Bo troops, together with administrator Ahebashi, against him. Cornered, Zitong surrendered. He was promoted to concurrent deputy wanhu in charge of troops. The tribesmen Xigou and Zhexing, together with Azhe, assistant prefect of Weilongzhou, all took to the hills in revolt. Tuolishiguan entered their stockade by night; the rebels broke and ran. He sent men to scour the valleys, captured Azhe in deep cover, beheaded him, and enrolled more than five hundred households as farming settlers.
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使 祿祿
When Tuolishiguan came to court he received a three-pearl tiger tally and was promoted to General of Cherishing the Remote, Luolosi pacification commissioner, and concurrent army-managing wanhu. Back in office, he registered households, set levies, and used the revenue to support the garrisons. When Suni and Bacui of Changzhou rebelled, Tuolishiguan, acting on the Yunnan prince's orders, defeated them, accepted their surrender, and moved their people to the Changzhou plain. Garrison chiliarch Renshilu slipped away with two thousand of his men and encamped at Weilongzhou. Tuolishiguan seized the critical pass ahead of him and cut off his retreat, and Renshilu submitted. Soon afterward he came to court, where he died in the capital.
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宿
His son Suonanban entered through palace guard service, inherited the post, bore the three-pearl golden tiger tally, and rose to chief general for pacifying the realm.
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Hulachu
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涿 歿
Hulachu was a Mongol. His great-grandfather Achai'er served the Taizu as a baurchi. His grandfather Chituo'er followed Taizong against the Kipchak, Kangli, and Muslim states with distinction, served as darughachi of Zhuozhou, and died in office. His father's elder brother Halanshu inherited the post, wore a gold tally, and was gradually promoted for merit to Mongol wanhu of the Yidu Route, where he died on campaign.
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沿 殿
Hulachu succeeded Halanshu and was first made General of Manifest Courage. In Zhiyuan 12, while attacking the Song Liu'an Army, he was ordered by the branch secretariat to command all warships. He met Song forces, defeated them, and received an imperial commendation. When the army halted at Anqing, Hulachu and Associate Administrator Dong Wenbing led the Shandong forces against Sun Huchen and other Song commanders at Dingjiazhou, routing them and taking thirty-seven officers, five thousand troops, and forty ships. At Zhujinsha he defeated them again. In the seventh month he fought Song troops on the Jiaoshan river while Grand Chancellor Azhu directed the battle. Hulachu and Dong Wenbing braved arrows and stones, fighting fiercely downstream for eighty li. Both were wounded several times, bound their injuries, and fought on to the end. When Song commander Zhang attacked Lücheng, Hulachu and wanhu Huaidu took him alive. He took part in reducing Changzhou, raided Suzhou, Huzhou, and Xiuzhou, and at Changqiao routed the Song army. When the main army reached Lin'an, Bayan ordered Hulachu to hold Zhejiang Pavilion and the north gate. He defeated Yangzhou forces at Yangzi Bridge, then defeated Zhenzhou forces, pursued Li Tingzhi to the Tongzhou sea mouth, and brought all the Huaidong prefectures to submission. After Jiangnan was pacified he was promoted to General of Manifest Resolution and soon made darughachi of the Huzhou Route.
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使 祿
In the fourteenth year he was advanced to chief general for pacifying the realm and appointed Huaidong pacification commissioner. By imperial order he garrisoned Shangdu and was made Grand Master for Deliberation and censor-in-chief of the branch secretariat. He was raised to Grand Master for Beneficial Governance and left associate of the Fujian branch secretariat. He was transferred to the Jianghuai branch secretariat and appointed right associate. He was appointed Grand Master of Splendid Emolument and equal-rank administrator of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang branch secretariat, and died of illness.
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使
Zhongxi belonged to the Shulujiu clan. His grandfather Tabuyi'er served Taizong as pacification commissioner charged with reducing Xin'an and Henan, received a gold tiger tally, was made a campaigning wanhu, and died. His father Tuochala inherited the post. In the jiwei year he joined the southern campaign and stormed Shizilzhai Stockade. Zhongxi went with him. In battle he won again and again, though an arrow struck his left foot; his courage only doubled. The Shizu personally comforted him, saying, "You are still young, yet you have served me with such force—deeply admirable." When his father died, Zhongxi inherited the post.
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In Zhongtong 3 he took part in the campaign against Li Tan with distinction. In the fourth year he was ordered to lead troops and garrison Juzhou. In Zhiyuan 2, by imperial order Shizilu City was built for defense, and Zhongxi often led troops on mobile raids. In the fourth year he followed Chaobuhua in the campaign against Sizhou. When Chiliarch Cai was surrounded by Song troops, Zhongxi fought hard and rescued him. In the fifth year he came to court. The emperor praised his achievements and gave him white silver, a gold saddle, and bow and arrows. He repaired Zhengyang City.
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In the eleventh year, when Song troops besieged Zhengyang, he joined the main army in battle and defeated them. In the twelfth year he helped reduce the Lianhai cities, again defeated Song commander Li Tixia, and then encamped at Guazhou. In the sixth month of summer in the thirteenth year, Song commander-in-chief Jiang Cai led troops to attack. He met them in battle and drove them back. In the seventh month of autumn he joined the main army in a surprise attack on Song commander Li Tingzhi at Taizhou. He was promoted to General of Manifest Courage and darughachi of the Wuzhou Route general administration, and died. His son Qingsun succeeded him.
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Danzhier
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Danzhier was a Mongol of the Dadai people. In Zhiyuan 7 he joined the Shu campaign and defeated Song troops at the Maohu River, beheading more than a hundred. In the ninth year he joined the campaign against the Jiandu barbarians. In the eleventh year he joined the attack on Jiading and defeated Song troops at Jiajiang. He then helped reduce Lu and Xu prefectures, advanced to besiege Chongqing, and defeated Song commander Zhang Wan. When Luzhou rebelled and the armies were about to attack it, Danzhier moved first with his men to seize Hongmi Bay, fought Song troops there, and defeated them. Advancing to Anle Mountain, he again defeated Song forces, beheading more than five hundred and capturing four warships. When Song troops intercepted supply boats at Anle Mountain, he drove them off and then stormed their Shipan Stockade. In spring of the fourteenth year he reached Luzhou, seized five of their warships, returned to Anle Mountain, fought Song troops again and killed dozens, and with the other armies captured Luzhou. When Zhang Wan raised troops intending to move on Hezhou, Danzhier intercepted him at Longkan with a thousand elite soldiers, beheading more than a hundred, and Zhang withdrew. He was granted a silver tally and appointed army-managing chiliarch.
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He joined the campaign to Otpan and reached Ganzhou. He was granted a gold tally and promoted to commander. In the nineteenth year he followed Prince Heban and Marshal Mangudai to Otpan, fought the rebel prince Wulu and others, and defeated them. In the twentieth year, when Prince Baba rebelled and attacked, Danzhier alone broke his force of more than five hundred, brought out more than two thousand scattered soldiers, was promoted to deputy wanhu, and returned to garrison Changning Army. When Song Haozhi Stockade sent troops to raid, Danzhier drove them off, beheading more than a hundred and capturing more than thirty alive. In the twenty-sixth year he received a gold tiger tally, was appointed General of Trustworthy Martialness and darughachi of the Pingyang Route wanhu office, and died. His son Jiandubuhua succeeded him.
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禿宿
Tuohuan belonged to the Jalair clan. His grandfather was Juzhe. His father Tuoduan was a wanhu who followed Princes Kuochu and Hudutu in reducing Bian, Song, Sui, Su, and other prefectures. In the guichou year he garrisoned Caizhou. When Tuoduan died, his son Buhua succeeded him. When Buhua died, his younger brother Alan da'er succeeded him. When Alan da'er died, his younger brother Changshou succeeded him. Each in turn served as chiliarch guarding Cai.
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使
When Changshou died, Tuohuan succeeded him, was given the rank of General of Martial Strategy, and wore a gold tally. He followed Grand Chancellor Azhu in attacking Yangluo Fort and won repeated victories. Crossing the river, he attacked the E and Han prefectures and captured them. At Dingjiazhou he met Song forces, broke through, seized several warships, attacked Jiankang, Taiping, and other commanderies, and captured them. When Song commander-in-chief Jiang Cai attacked Yangzi Bridge Fort, Tuohuan led elite troops out east of the fort to meet him and nearly wiped them out. When Song forces soon regrouped north of the fort, he fought them off, pursued to Yangzhou, and killed and wounded a great many. When wanhu Xilihan was on his way to court through Chuzhou and was blocked by Song troops, Tuohuan defeated the Song forces and brought Xilihan out safely. During the attack on Yangzhou, at Nihu he met Song forces, seized more than thirty ships, then advanced on Suzhou, fought Song troops, and captured Envoy Liu.
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In Zhiyuan 13 the right grand chancellor sent Tuohuan to relieve Gaoyou Army. Less than twenty li from his destination he met a Song commander leading troops to transport Gaoyou grain by water, fought him, and captured him. Before long the Song Gaoyou commander-in-chief came again with twenty thousand men, and he defeated them.
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西
In spring of the fourteenth year he was appointed General of Cherishing the Remote and darughachi of the Taiping Route general administration. When Zhiliwa raided the northern frontier, the emperor ordered Tuohuan to suppress him. In battle two arrows struck his left arm. The emperor comforted him and granted armor, bow and arrows, saddle and bridle, and fifteen hundred strings of paper money. In spring of the fifteenth year he followed Prince Woluhutai and Grand Chancellor Boluo on the western campaign with distinction and was given General of Stabilizing the Remote and darughachi of the Fuzhou Route general administration. After pacifying bandits in Min he was transferred to Wuchang Route, where he died.
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Wanzhedoubadou
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Wanzhedoubadou was of the Kipchak clan; his ancestors came from Zhangde. For his martial talent he entered military service. In the jiwei year he followed the Shizu in attacking Ezhou, scaled the walls and took heads, and was rewarded with fifty taels of silver. In Zhongtong 3 he followed Prince Hebichi in the campaign against Li Tan at Jinan and fought fiercely with distinction. In Zhiyuan 4 he followed wanhu Muhuali in raiding Jingnan, reached Xiangyang, fought Song troops, and repeatedly defeated them. He then mounted scaling ladders to enter Fancheng, burned the towers and parapets, and his courage outshone the whole army. In the eleventh year he was appointed General of Martial Strategy and chiliarch of the new army of Zhangde and Nanjing. While attacking Shayang and Xincheng he was first granted a gold tally and commanded the Khebes corps before Grand Chancellor Bayan's tent. After crossing the river his merit was assessed and he was made General of Martial Righteousness. He took part in the fighting at Dingjiazhou, Yangzi Bridge, and Jiaoshan, the storming of Changzhou, the entry into Lin'an, and the attack on Taizhou's new city.
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When Jiangnan submitted he came to audience, was granted the title baghatur, wore a gold tiger tally, and was made General of Trustworthy Martialness, army-managing commander, and darughachi of Gaoyou Army. He made promoting schools and encouraging agriculture his first concern, and the four quarters took him as a model. When a tiger in the commandery injured people, he killed it with his bare hands. When Gaoyou was raised to route status, he was advanced to General of Cherishing the Remote and darughachi of the Gaoyou Route. In the sixteenth year he was advanced to General of Manifest Courage and army-managing wanhu.
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西西使 西使使
In the eighteenth year the Min bandit Chen Diaoyan rebelled. He was promoted to chief general for pacifying the realm and grand marshal for suppressing barbarians in Fujian and elsewhere, granted feather-root armor, and ordered to go suppress him. He broke their camp, captured Diaoyan, and at Zhangzhou beheaded him as a public warning. He was given additional army-managing wanhu status, concurrently served as darughachi of the Gaoyou Route, and received rewards beyond counting. In the twenty-third year he was advanced to chief general of the Swift Cavalry Guard and left associate of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang branch secretariat, while still serving as army-managing wanhu. He was transferred to right associate of the Zhejiang branch secretariat and acting Zhejiang West pacification commissioner. In the twenty-seventh year he was transferred to Grand Master of Virtuous Merit, vice commissioner of the Jiangxi branch privy council, and concurrent Guangdong pacification commissioner.
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祿
In the first year of Yuanzhen he came to court and was appointed Grand Master of Splendid Emolument and equal-rank administrator of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang branch secretariat. He died in office at the age of fifty-nine. He was posthumously honored as Merit Minister of Loyal Service, Declared Merit, and Pacification of the Distant, Grand Preceptor with Honors Equal to the Three Excellencies, Grand Marshal, and Supreme Pillar of the State, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Duke of Lin with the posthumous name Wuxuan.
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Shilibo
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禿西 歿
Shilibo was a Mongol. His grandfather Qie Gulitu followed the Taizu in the campaigns against Western Xia and won distinction. He later served Prince Zhuchitai as head of the ba'erchi attendants, fought the Jin, and fell in battle. His father Molahuo inherited the office, served with merit in the campaign against Alandai'er, and was granted fifty taels of silver by Shizu.
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鹿 使
Shilibo inherited the family post and rose from privy council adjudication officer to adjudication officer of the Henan branch secretariat. In Zhiyuan 7 he received a gold tiger tally and led forty thousand naval troops against Xiangyang. In the seventh month of the eighth year, when Song general Fan Wenhu marched to the relief, Shilibo routed his force, pressed on to besiege Fancheng, and was the first over the wall. At Lumen he fought alongside the other units and helped capture the Song general Zhang Gui. In the tenth year he was promoted to General of Manifest Courage and appointed pacification commissioner of Tamna. Ordered to audience at Shangdu, he was reassigned as army-administering wanhu and placed in command of the new forces of the Xiangyang circuits. He followed Chancellor Bayan across the Yangzi, broke through Dusong Pass, took Changxing and Huzhou, and served as acting pacification commissioner.
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西使 使
In the fourteenth year he was made zongguan of Huzhou and promoted to General of the State-Pacifying Upper Rank and pacification commissioner of the Huaixi circuit. He died in the eighteenth year. His son Talachi served as pacification commissioner of Qujing and neighboring routes.
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Beilanxi
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宿 宿
Beilanxi belonged to the Yongjilie clan; his family had long resided at Yingchang. His grandfather Mangge, through the empress's family connection, served in the Taizu's imperial guard. His father Lüshi was imposing in stature, shrewd in counsel, and an expert mounted archer. When Taizong once questioned him on military matters, his replies pleased the throne and he was at once made a chiliarch. He was soon appointed marshal of the Qi Prince's household. He later followed Ruizong against Jin with distinction, was recalled to the imperial guard, and died of illness.
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歿
Beilanxi was spirited and took after his father. Orphaned young, he held himself to adult standards, trained in archery and horsemanship by day, and read at night. His mother once told him, "Your father was loyal and brave beyond measure, but heaven did not grant him long life. If you can make your own way, your father will have nothing to regret in death." Deeply moved, Beilanxi resolved to live up to his father's ambition. He served with distinction in the army, inherited his father's post, and became marshal to the Qi Prince.
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使使
When Shizu personally marched against Nayan with the Qi Prince's forces, Beilanxi charged into the enemy at the first clash, cut down their standard, and swept all before him. Shizu watched from a distance and was struck by his bravery. Before long Nayan's army broke and fled, and Beilanxi rode back to report the victory. Shizu was delighted and praised him, saying, "You have done honor to your father's name." He rewarded him with fifty taels of gold and two bolts of gold-woven brocade, and appointed him General of Declared Might and darughachi of the Xinzhou Route. Jiangnan had only just submitted, and he set about proclaiming the throne's intentions and giving the people a new beginning. Within a year the commandery was running smoothly. The circuit inspector reported this to the throne, and the emperor praised him at length before sending an envoy with gifts of fine wine. He soon died of illness at the age of thirty-three. He was posthumously honored as darughachi of the Hejian Route and enfeoffed as Marquis of Fanyang Commandery.
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His son Tuoying Puhua served successively as censor, vice surveillance commissioner of Henan, and darughachi of the Chenzhou Route.
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Qielie was a westerner whose family had long lived at Taiyuan. As a secretariat translator he followed equal-rank administrator Saidian Chinsan in the pacification of Sichuan and Shaanxi. In Zhiyuan 12, when the Yunnan branch secretariat was established, he was appointed a staff officer. When chiefs of the hill tribes came in submission, the credit belonged above all to Qielie. In the fifteenth year, while the branch was based at Dali, Burmese raiders invaded. Qielie at once furnished arms and supplies to the troops, put down the incursion, and was made vice director of the branch secretariat's left and right bureaus.
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In the eighteenth year, equal-rank administrator Nasuding sent him to court to report on frontier affairs. Shizu was impressed by his sharp mind and seasoned judgment, granted him a tiger tally, and appointed him darughachi of the Pacification Commission for the western and Burmese frontier routes, with concurrent command as army pacification commissioner. When relay stations on the Chengdu and Wumeng routes were cut off, Qielie bought horses to restore the post service and made travel along the routes workable again. He was soon summoned to the capital, questioned about the Burma campaign, and his replies pleased the throne. He was rewarded with silks and feather-root armor. When Prince Xiangwuda'er and right cheng Taibu marched against Burma, Qielie was ordered to lead the war boats as guide. They took Jiangtou City and returned with the army intact. He again followed the Yunnan Prince into Burma, took command of three thousand men garrisoned in Pyu territory, and devised measures to win over local factions. Many people thereby returned to their former occupations.
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When he later came to court, Shizu received him warmly and questioned him at length on the history of the Burma campaign. He was promoted to Grand Master of Correct Counsel and vice director of the Burma branch secretariat, and was given a gold tally. He issued the imperial edict in Burma and proclaimed the throne's power and benevolence. The Burmese king kowtowed in gratitude and sent the crown prince Xinhebade to court with tribute. He was transferred to Grand Master of Promoting Service and vice administrator of the Yunnan routes branch secretariat. He was promoted to Grand Master of Assisting Goodness and left cheng of the Yunnan routes branch secretariat. He died of illness in the fourth year of Dade.
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Anbo was a Tangut. His grandfather Sengjituo welcomed the Taizu at Bulun Da'er Hana. The Taizu praised his loyal submission and appointed him turqa bichigchi, with concurrent duty as qerimchi. His father Tuerchi inherited the post, served Xianzong, and rose through the ranks to darughachi of the Wenzhou-Lidian Marshal's Office.
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Anbo entered the imperial guard at twenty. He was stern and resolute by nature and had great ambitions. He once traveled to Dunhuang for his wedding, but fighting cut off his route home, and he stayed on as a guest at the court of Khotan Prince Arigh. Shizu sent Xiechegan and others to Arigh to open friendly relations, but Arigh detained the envoys for years. Anbo gave them all his horses and camels as gifts and helped them escape. Xiechegan and his companions made their escape and reported the whole affair to Shizu, who praised Anbo at length. When the marshal Buha Tiemuer and others were ordered against Khotan, Anbo slipped through to the field camp and met Xiechegan in his tent. Xiechegan said, "Your loyalty has already reached the throne." Buha Tiemuer then issued orders on imperial authority appointing Anbo acting guest-province commissioner of the privy council. An edict soon followed ordering Anbo's wife and children escorted to the capital.
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Before long Prince Nayan rebelled. When Shizu marched in person, Anbo fought in the ranks and won repeated victories, and was appointed wanhu of Kesu Subuluh Hobuzhou and neighboring districts. When Princes Halu, the son-in-law Tumiandai'er, and others rose in revolt, Anbo led his men into battle at Kesu Shibatu. He took seven wounds and his horse two arrows, yet from dawn to dusk he fought with growing force, ran Tumiandai'er through and killed him, and captured Halu alive for presentation at court. Shizu praised his service and appointed him to command the Tangut Guard while concurrently serving as privy council vice director. He revised many of the regulations governing the five guards of various ethnic contingents, including succession to office and garrison rotation. He rose through the posts of associate director, vice commissioner, and deputy commissioner to privy council commissioner, and died of illness in office. He was posthumously honored as Merit Minister of Promoting Loyalty and Preserving Integrity, Grand Master of Assisting Goodness, right cheng of the Gansu branch secretariat, Upper Protector of the Army, and Duke of Ningxia Commandery, with the posthumous name Zhongsu.
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His son Aqila served as privy council commissioner; Yilianzhenban was left cheng of the Huguang secretariat.
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Yesu'er
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Yesu'er was a Kangli. His father Aibo belonged to the Boyawu clan. In the Taizu's reign he led his people in submission. He first marched south with a fifty-household detachment, fought to the end, and was killed in battle. Yesu'er inherited the family office. He followed Chancellor Bayan in the Xiang-Fan campaign and ranked first in merit for the assaults on Baizhang Mountain and Guanzitan. When the encirclement of Xiang-Fan was complete, he armored himself and was first over the wall, and was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver notes. The following year he took Fuzhou, killed its commander, and was promoted to chiliarch for his service. The commander argued that the reward did not match his exertions, so Shizu granted him a gold tally, raised him to wanhu, and placed him in command of five-route pacification forces. In Zhiyuan 16 he was given a gold tiger tally and appointed army zongguan.
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After the pacification of Jiangnan his service was recorded and he was promoted to General of Cherishing the Distant and army-administering wanhu. He commanded several hundred Jiang-Huai warships on the expedition against Japan and brought the entire force back safely. By imperial order he was specially granted one hundred households for his retirement, along with additional clothing, bow and arrows, and saddle trappings. In the twenty-second year he was transferred to garrison Taizhou. When civilian males were registered for service and ten thousand were levied, Yesu'er was made commander of the Qipchaq imperial guard to lead them. He died of illness in the third year of Dade.
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He had seven sons: Jiaohuade; Heisi, who inherited his father's office and died of illness; Heide, associate commissioner of horse herding; Yanshou, who inherited his brother's office; Baiyan, who commanded the qaračin guard; Wanzhe Tiemuer, wanhu darughachi of the Guangde Route; and Hala Zhang.
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Xidou'er
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Xidou'er belonged to the Qipchaq clan. His father Tusun was registered in the Mongol army rolls. In Zhongtong 3 he followed Chancellor Bayan against Li Tan's rebellion and was made a chiliarch for his service. In Zhiyuan 10 he retired and was replaced by Xidou'er.
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In the eleventh year Xidou'er marched south with the main army, took Xiangyang and the prefectures of Tang, Deng, Shen, Yu, Jun, and Xu, and for his accumulated service was made Loyal and Manifest adjutant and army zongba, given a silver tally, and placed in command of his father's troops. In the fourteenth year he followed Prince Bomu'er in pursuit of Zhi'eraotai, Yuebuhu'er, and others at Heicheng Hala Huolin and brought the revolt to an end. In the seventeenth year he received a gold tally and was raised to General of Martial Strategy and chiliarch of the imperial guard. The fallen Song still held cities that had not yet submitted. Xidou'er petitioned the branch secretariat, offering to raise troops and take them himself. When the request was granted, city after city came over at the news.
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In the twenty-fourth year he received a tiger tally and was promoted to General of Manifest Martialness and darughachi of the Han-cave Youjiang wanhu office. That autumn, in the seventh month, he led tribal cave troops with the Prince of Pacifying the South against Jiaozhi. In the tenth month of winter they entered Jiaozhi territory and encamped at Wanjie. Right vice commissioner Aba Chi ordered the army forward, stormed a Yizi fort, drove off the Annamese with arrows, and seized seven enemy warships. The following spring, in the first month, the main army closed on the stronghold of the false Prince of Xingdao and met the Annamese at Mount Ta'er. Xidou'er charged with halberd raised, took a poisoned arrow in the right arm, and blood ran in handfuls—but he fought on, blood flying from the wound, and shot down more than twenty of the enemy. He then drove the whole force forward on the momentum of victory, broke them completely, and entered their capital. In the fourth month he fought at Hancun Fort and took their general Huang Ze prisoner. That night, during the second watch, Annamese troops rushed in to storm the camp. The imperial army held the walls and waited. When the enemy's plan failed, at daybreak the drums sounded and the troops sallied forth. The Annamese fell back, and a great many were cut down in pursuit. Back in camp he raised a wooden palisade and doubled the patrols, and the Annamese no longer dared to press the attack. In the fifth month, as the Prince of Pacifying the South withdrew, Xidou'er was placed in the vanguard. At Xianni Pass they fought dozens of engagements and drove the Annamese back, then turned to escort the prince through Nu'er Pass. More than forty thousand Annamese blocked the main road. Our troops were short of food and exhausted from fighting; the officers looked at one another in dismay. Xidou'er led a band of picked men in a halberd charge that drove the enemy back more than twenty li, and the army returned intact. The Prince of Pacifying the South took pity on his exertions and ordered a privy council official to memorialize for his promotion.
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In the twenty-sixth year he received a tiger tally and was made General of Broad Might and darughachi of the artillery corps craftsmen wanhu office. He died in Dade 2. His son Yesun Temur inherited the post.
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