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卷一百六十五 列傳第五十二: 張禧 賈文備 解誠 管如德 趙匣剌 周全 孔元 朱國寶 張立 齊秉節 張萬家奴 郭昂 綦公直 楊賽因不花 鮮卑仲吉 完顏石柱

Volume 165 Biographies 52: Zhang Xi, Jia Wenbei, Jie Cheng, Guan Rude, Zhao Xiala, Zhou Quan, Kong Yuan, Zhu Guobao, Zhang Li, Qi Bingjie, Zhangwan Jianu, Guo Ang, Qi Gongzhi, Yangsaiyinbuhua, Xianbei Zhongji, Wanyan Shizhu

Chapter 165 of 元史 · History of Yuan
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Zhang Xi came from Dong'an prefecture. His father Renyi had relocated the household to Yidu in the Jin dynasty's final years. When Emperor Taizong's armies overran Shandong, Renyi fled to Xin'an. By then Yan and the Ji region had already submitted, and Xin'an alone remained in Jin hands. The city commandant, recognizing Renyi's courage and cunning, kept him close as an adviser. When the imperial forces besieged Xin'an, Renyi led three hundred volunteers in a sortie through the gates and broke the encirclement. For this exploit he was made commander of army mounts. He held Xin'an for more than a decade, but seeing that resistance could not last, he and the commandant submitted the city to the new dynasty. He followed Prince Hechou with his personal following to pacify Henan and was appointed an army commander. Later, during the assault on Guide, an arrow struck him in the mouth, snapping two teeth before its head exited the back of his neck. He died and was posthumously ennobled as a county marquis.
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At sixteen, Xi campaigned south under the great general Artsur at Xuzhou and Guide, then served under Marshal Chaghan at Shouchun, Anfeng, Lu, Chu, Huang, and Si, distinguishing himself in each engagement. Xi was by nature blunt and upright; his commander took offense, trumped up charges, and sought his execution. Wang He was then attending the future Kublai Khan at his princely residence; Xi fled to him in secret, and Wang He had the left vice premier Kuoku present Xi and his son Honggang at court. In the jiwei year (1259) he accompanied Kublai Khan's southern expedition. After crossing the Yangzi he met Song forces in their first clash and captured a general at once. At the assault on Ezhou the besiegers mined the walls, but the Song built an inner palisade line. Assault troops met repeated reverses, and commanders offered heavy bounties for volunteers. Xi and Honggang both volunteered and attacked from the southeast. Seeing father and son both in the thick of danger, the Khan sent Alai Haiya to tell them only one should press the assault. A crossbow bolt shattered his spear; he seized Honggang's and broke through the southeast corner of the defenses. A dozen hesitant men hung back at the foot of the wall; Honggang seized their spears from them and charged in again. After prolonged fighting Xi had taken eighteen wounds; one shaft transfixed his abdomen. He lost consciousness, then revived and said, "Fetch dragon's-blood resin to drink—once the blood drains I can survive." Kublai Khan immediately ordered the resin brought and sent physicians to treat him. Once healed he rejoined the general Nalahu and won victories over Song forces at Jinkou and Lijia Isle.
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宿 鹿 使
At Kublai's accession he received a gold tally and was made chiliarch of a new army unit. In year three of the reign he marched against Li Tan's rebellion. The Song seized the moment of Li Tan's revolt to send Xia Gui against Qixian, Suzhou, and neighboring towns. Xi counterattacked, drove Gui off, and recovered every city. In Zhiyuan 1 (1264) he was promoted to commander of the Lushi militia levy in Tang, Deng, and neighboring prefectures. When Song forces invaded Junzhou, Commander Li Yushan was routed, and the Emperor sent Xi to take his place. In year three he defeated the Song general Lü Wenhuan at Gaotouchi Mountain and, pressing the advantage, retook Junzhou. In year four he was made naval commander, given another twenty-five hundred troops, and ordered to train them for river combat. In year five he joined the siege of Xiangyang and Fancheng. In the seventh month of year six Xia Gui marched to relieve Xiangyang; Xi fought under Marshal Aju and drove him back. In year eight a flood swelled the Han River, and the Song sent Fan Wenhuge with over a thousand warships to break the siege. Marshal Aju sent Xi with light craft to probe the enemy line by night, gag-sticks silencing the crews as they planted reeds to mark the channel depths. On their return Aju sent Xi with the four naval wings into action. The Song fleet broke; pursued into the shallows, they lost more than seventy warships. In year nine he assaulted Fancheng, burned its siege towers, and routed the Song general Zhang Gui at Lumen Mountain. In year ten the regional command gathered its generals for a plan to crack Xiangyang. Xi argued: "Xiangyang and Fancheng face each other across the Han, with iron chains and stakes blocking the river. Cut the chains, smash the stakes, and relief cannot reach them—Fancheng will fall. Once Fancheng is taken, Xiangyang will follow." The command adopted his plan, took Fancheng, and Xiangyang surrendered soon after. The Emperor dispatched clerks to record each general's merit. Xi was made General of Manifest Martiality and naval ten-thousand-household, with a gold tiger tally, and Chancellor Bayan named him vanguard of the fleet.
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In year twelve he defeated Sun Huchen at Dingjia Isle, then shifted to Huangchi to block Song reinforcements. In the ninth month he fought under Aju against the Song commander Jiang Cai, distinguished himself, and was promoted to General of Trustworthy Martiality. In year thirteen he helped subdue Wenzhou, Taizhou, and Fujian. In year fourteen he was made Great General of Cherishing the Distant, darughachi of Jiangyin, and naval ten-thousand-household. In year sixteen he went to court and was promoted to Great General of Manifest Valor and pacification commissioner. In year seventeen he was made Suppressing-the-State Superior General and commander-in-chief. When the court debated invading Japan, Xi volunteered and was appointed associate administrator of the Secretariat that same day. With Vice Premiers Fan Wenhuge and Li Ting he led the fleet across the sea. Reaching Japan, he went ashore on Pinghu Isle and built fortifications, spacing warships fifty paces apart so storms would not drive them together. In the eighth month a typhoon wrecked Fan Wenhuge's and Li Ting's fleets; only Xi's squadron survived intact. Fan Wenhuge and the others favored withdrawal. Xi said, "Half our men are drowned; the survivors are the hardiest troops. With no home to return to, why not forage from the enemy and press the attack?" They refused, saying, "If the court punishes us on our return, we will take the blame—you will not be implicated." Xi then gave them part of his fleet. Four thousand men were stranded on Pinghu Isle without ships. Xi said, "How can I abandon them!" He threw overboard all seventy horses aboard his ships to make room for their evacuation. Back in the capital, Fan Wenhuge and the others were punished; Xi alone escaped censure. His son Honggang.
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Honggang, styled Xianchen, was eighteen when his father was framed and jailed for execution. He walked into the prison; the guards seized him too. He feigned madness, laughing and babbling until the guards grew careless. When they slept, father and son fled together. He later campaigned with his father, winning repeated honors—from Colonel of Manifest Trust and regimental commander with silver tally, then gold tally and chiliarch, to commander, General of Broad Prestige, deputy and then full pacification commissioner, and finally inherited the Jiangyin post. When bandits rose in Anji he led troops against them and captured the ringleaders in under ten days. He served under Administrator Gao Xing against the Jiande river-bandits and was later given a three-pearl tiger tally as Great General of Manifest Valor and campaign ten-thousand-household of Henan's wings. He followed Vice Premier Liu Shen against the Kingdom of Eight Hundred Wives; the army halted in the Eight Fan country, and he fell fighting rebel tribesmen led by Song Longji. He was posthumously honored as merit noble of proclaimed loyalty, Grand Master of Assisting in Goodness, left vice premier of the Huguang Secretariat, and Superior Guardian of the Army, enfeoffed as Duke of Qi with the posthumous name Wuding (Steadfast in War).
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His son Han was heir to the post but yielded it to his younger brother Ding. Han later served as investigating censor and rose to Academician Direct of the Hall of Assembled Worthies. Ding inherited the Jiangyin naval ten-thousand-household post.
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Jia Wenbei
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鹿 滿 使 使 調 西 宿
Jia Wenbei, styled Zhongwu, came from Puyin in Qi prefecture. His father Fu had served the Jin as prefect of Qi. Wu Xian feared Fu's boldness and cunning and secretly ordered his men to plot his downfall. Fu defected with his troops to Genghis Khan and was assigned to Zhang Rou. He captured Li, Qingdu, Anping, Shulu, and neighboring counties. Zhang Rou established headquarters at Mancheng and put Fu in charge of marshal's affairs at Qi. He helped pacify Shandong and was made left deputy marshal. While Zhang Rou campaigned abroad, Fu usually held the home front. For repeated service he became campaign chiliarch with a gold tally, then headed the Shuntian and Henan military-civilian ten-thousand-household before his death. Wenbei inherited his father's chiliarchcy; Zhang Rou stationed him at Sanchakou to watch the Song frontier. When the Song attacked with more than twenty siege ladders, Wenbei fought them off. Emperor Möngke rewarded him with bow, arrows, and a silver bowl. In the yimao year (1255) he inherited his father's left deputy marshal post and took charge of Shuntian circuit. In Zhongtong 2 (1261) he was made pacification commissioner of Kaiyuan, the Jurchen and Shuidada territories, with a gold tiger tally. In year three he became pacification envoy of Kaiyuan, Eastern Capital, Yizhou, and neighboring regions. In year four he was made ten-thousand-household over Zhang Rou's old command and garrisoned at Bozhou. He repeatedly drove off Song raiders in the Huai region. In Zhiyuan 2 (1265) he was made Great General of Manifest Valor and commander-prefect of Zhending. In year six he was transferred to commander of Weihui. In year seven he was named commander-in-chief at Chengdu in western Shu but declined on grounds of illness. In year eight he was made ten-thousand-household of Suzhou, then commander-in-chief of Henan and joined the siege of Xiangyang and Fancheng. In year nine he was posted to Caizhou with charge of river and land grain transport. He defeated Song forces raiding supply lines and seized their boats. When the commander-in-chief post was abolished he went to court and received bow, arrows, a gold saddle, brocade robes, and silver. In year eleven he was again made ten-thousand-household and Han-army commander-in-chief over Liu Zheng's forces at Bozhou. Learning that Bozhou was undefended, Xia Gui launched a major raid. Wenbei ambushed and routed him; the Emperor rewarded him with a gold saddle, brocade, patterned silks, and silver.
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使 使 使 西
When Chancellor Bayan invaded Song, Wenbei led the left wing to Yingzhou. The Song had twin cities on the river, thousands of warships in the channel, and troops on both banks—the army could not advance. Wenbei took boats up the Lun River into the Yangzi and assaulted Wuji fortress. He crossed first with Aju; the main army followed and took Ezhou and Hankou. For this he received silver, was made Great General of Manifest Resolution, and garrisoned Ezhou. In year twelve he marched into Hunan under Associate Administrator Alai Haiya and reached Tanzhou. Wenbei fought in the front rank; a cannon ball wounded his right hand and an arrow his left arm. The assault intensified until the Song minister Li Fei died and Transport Vice Commissioner Zhong Feiying surrendered the city. In year thirteen he was promoted to Great General of Manifest Martiality and left to guard Tanzhou. In year fourteen he suppressed rebellions in Heng, Yong, Chen, and neighboring prefectures. In year fifteen he was made Suppressing-the-State Superior General and Hunan pacification envoy, campaigning through Hainan and Guangdong's coastal cities in pursuit of the Song prince Zhao Bing. In year sixteen he was recalled, made Huaidong pacification envoy and Golden Guard Superior General, and stationed at Qingyuan. In year eighteen he was again made commander-in-chief. In year twenty he became Jiangdong pacification envoy and suppressed the Jianning rebel Huang Hua. In year twenty-two he was made associate administrator of the Jinghu-Champa Branch Secretariat. In year twenty-three he was transferred to associate administrator of the Huguang Secretariat. In year twenty-four he retired from office. Seventeen years later he died of illness. In Yanyou 4 he was posthumously made left vice premier of the Jiangxi Secretariat, enfeoffed as Duke of Wuwei, with the posthumous name Zhuangwu (Solemn in War).
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Xie Cheng
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Xie Cheng of Dingxing in Yi prefecture excelled at naval combat. Campaigning against Song he devised tactics and captured thousands of enemy vessels, earning a gold tally, the naval ten-thousand-household post, and the waterways superintendency. At Jiao Lake he captured three hundred warships. When Song sent a relief fleet, Cheng stood in his boat and roared them down until they froze, then rushed ashore in pursuit and seized over three hundred hu of military grain. He later fought at Anfeng, Shou, Fu, Si, and Bo and distinguished himself in each. He joined the conquest of Yunnan and Dali and received a gold tiger tally for his service. At the assault on Ezhou he captured over a thousand enemy ships and killed or drowned a great many Song troops. Kublai Khan praised his achievements and once issued an imperial rescript commending him. He died in Zhiyuan 30, posthumously honored as merit noble of loyalty and strength, Superior General of the Dragon-Tiger Guard, associate administrator of military affairs, and Superior Guardian of the Army, enfeoffed as Duke of Yi with the posthumous name Wuding.
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His son Ruji inherited the post, fought Li Tan and helped conquer Song, and won repeated honors before his death. He was posthumously made merit noble of loyal service, Grand Master of Assisting in Virtue, right vice premier, and Superior Guardian of the Army, enfeoffed as Duke of Yi with the posthumous name Zhongyi.
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西使 使
His son Tiege inherited, campaigned in Guangxi, captured Jingjiang, and was made naval pacification commissioner. Soon restored as ten-thousand-household, he campaigned in Jiaozhi with distinction and became Guangdong pacification envoy. After his death he was honored as Grand Master of Assisting in Virtue, left vice premier of the Henan and Jiangbei Secretariat, Superior Guardian of the Army, and Duke of Pingyang, posthumous name Wuxuan.
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His son Shiying rose from investigating censor to commissioner of the Shannan-Jiangbei circuit.
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Guan Rude
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西使 滿 使
Guan Rude came from Huangpi in Huang prefecture. His father Jingmo, a Song general, surrendered Qizhou and was made Huai west pacification commissioner. Rude was Jiangzhou commander-in-chief; in Zhiyuan 12 he too surrendered his city. Earlier he had been captured. Yearning for his father, he and seven companions fled south by back roads, were seized by scouts, shackled, and sent to the prefectural seat. When the guards relaxed, he used his shackles to kill dozens of them; all broke free and, after a perilous journey of ten thousand li, reached his father. Jingmo exclaimed in delight, "This is truly my son!" When he came to court, Kublai smiled and said, "A man so filial to his father will surely be loyal to me." One day the Emperor gave him two powerful bows. Rude gripped both with his left hand and drew each to the full with his right. The Khan asked, "Won't that injure your arm? Don't do that again!" On a hunt they came to a ditch horses could not cross; Rude stripped and swam it. The Khan admired his strength, called him Batu, and rewarded him generously. The Khan asked, "How did I win the empire, and why did Song fall?" Rude answered, "Your Majesty prevailed through virtue and fortune. Xiangyang and Fancheng were Song's throat—once that throat was choked, how could they survive!" The Khan said, "Well said." The Khan ordered him to learn Mongolian script, saying, "When you have mastered it, speak to me in it." One day the Khan told him, "I cherish human life in governing the realm. The guilty are questioned face to face again and again, and only when guilt is proved are they punished—not like Song's powerful ministers who killed men on a scrap of paper with a few characters. Serve faithfully and do not fear the envious." He was made Hubei pacification commissioner, commander of his original forces, with a gold tiger tally.
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That sixth month Chancellor Aju invaded Song from the south. Rude led the vanguard to Yangzi Bridge at Yangzhou and fought day and night without rest. He was first over the wall, captured Commander Zhang and others, and routed the Song army. In the seventh month they fought again on the Jiaoshan river, seizing Commander Xia's tally, seals, armor, and supply fleet, all sent to Aju. The Emperor ordered him rewarded when he heard. At Zhenjiang he pacified the surrounding prefectures; garrison commanders surrendered at the sight of his banners. When Bayan took Lin'an he chose men to win over the prefectures; all named Rude, who went on imperial commission and brought Shaoxing and the rest to submit. Kublai had once given him a fine saber; in battle its edge was chipped throughout. After Song fell he came to court and presented the saber, saying, "The blade Your Majesty once gave is nicked like this from campaigning." The Khan praised his plain honesty.
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西使 祿 祿 使
In year twelve he became western Zhejiang pacification envoy and submitted five policy proposals: first, set tax quotas and levy lightly; second, cease warfare and cherish distant peoples; third, establish laws and appoint worthy men; fourth, reduce corvée and show compassion to the people; fifth, establish offices and fix official salaries. Institutions were still incomplete, offices were overstaffed, and war with Japan was underway, yet military and civilian salaries had no fixed scale—hence Rude raised these points. Powerful ministers blocked the memorial from reaching the throne. In year twenty Chancellor Atahai sent him by post relay to report on the expedition. At audience Kublai asked, "Can the people of Jiangnan still harbor disloyalty?" Rude answered, "In past years drought and flood followed one another and the people could barely survive. Now harvests have been abundant for years and they have bathed in Your Majesty's grace—how could they harbor disloyalty! If they truly were disloyal, how would I dare deceive Your Majesty with fine words!" The Khan approved and added, "Where Atahai falls short, guide him. When something must be reported, spare no effort—ride a swift horse and tell me."
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西 西 使 西
In year twenty-four he became associate administrator of the Jiangxi Secretariat, broke powerful ruffians, removed corrupt officials, and won the people's gratitude. When bandits rose in Gan and Ting he directed the generals to suppress them and pardoned many who had been coerced. In year twenty-six he became left vice premier of the Jiangxi Branch Secretariat. Zhong Mingliang rebelled from Xunzhou, ravaging the region for a thousand li; the Emperor ordered Rude to command troops from four provinces against him. The generals wanted to strike his stronghold directly. Rude said, "Alas! The farmers are worn out hauling supplies and the soldiers are worn by exposure. I will not heap more suffering on the people just to win glory for myself." He sent envoys to explain the consequences; moved by his sincerity, the rebels came with a dozen horsemen to surrender at Shicheng in Ganzhou. Associate Administrator Oluchi, angered by Mingliang's arrogance, wished to kill him. Rude said, "The Yuan is benevolent and has never killed those who surrender. Mingliang is a rebel of little account; what matters is that we must not break faith." He died in camp at forty-four, posthumously honored as left vice premier of Jiangxi and Duke of Pingchang, posthumous name Wuxiang.
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He had nine sons; Chunzu rose to Grand Master of Central Compliance and prefect of Fuzhou in Longxing circuit.
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Zhao Xiala
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Zhao Xiala first held a chiliarch post by his father's appointment, with a gold tally. In Zhongtong 3 he garrisoned Dongchuan. In year four Xia Gui attacked Huxiao Mountain stockade. Marshal Yinchai sent Xiala to repel him; Gui fled and was pursued to Xinming, where over thirty heads were taken. Liu Xiongfei attacked the old Qingju Mountain seat; Xiala defeated him at Duyu Dam and took over twenty heads. Qinchai attacked Diaoyu Mountain and sent Xiala with fifteen hundred men to raid to Nanba, defeating Song forces and capturing fifty-seven soldiers and three hundred forty civilians. At Daliangping he intercepted Zan Wanshou's grain convoy at Etan on the Qu River, took over fifty heads, and routed the Song army. Xiala took three wounds; an arrowhead lodged in his left shoulder and could not be extracted. Qinchai, valuing his bravery, had two condemned men cut open so he could gauge the wound depth, then bored Xiala's shoulder and extracted the arrowhead while Xiala's expression never changed.
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In Zhiyuan 3 he was made Dongchuan vanguard commissioner. In year four Marshal Baida attacked Kaizhou and sent Xiala with five hundred men against Song forces, capturing forty alive. In year five he commanded new forces of Jingzhao and Yan'an and garrisoned Dong'an and Huxiao Mountain. Yang Li escorted grain to Daliangping; Xiala detected it and fought him at Triple Mountain, taking one hundred fifty heads and over forty prisoners. Li fled, abandoning over a thousand shi of grain; Xiala seized all their arms, armor, and banners and returned.
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In year six headquarters sent him against Shashi at Diaoyu Mountain, where he burned the watchtowers. He went to court with Left Vice Premier Qulijisi and was rewarded with fifty liang of silver and a suit of fine armor. In year nine Commander Hela attacked Diaoyu Mountain with Xiala as vanguard; at Geshu Plain he captured over twenty alive and took forty heads. In the third month of year ten he scaled Shashi at Diaoyu Mountain by night, killed the garrison, burned the stores, and returned with over twenty captives. He also defeated Song general Zhang Yu at Wusheng. When headquarters took Liyi Mountain stockade, Xiala was ordered to hold it. In year twelve he led the fleet in the joint assault on Diaoyu Mountain with repeated distinction. Besieging Chongqing, he met Zhao An's sortie and routed the enemy by the second watch of the night. Headquarters reported his merit, but before a reply came he fell ill and was sent to Luzhou for treatment. The night he arrived Luzhou rebelled again. He went out to fight despite his illness and was captured; he and twenty followers all died. His son Shixian was deputy ten-thousand-household of the boat bridge.
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Zhou Quan
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Zhou Quan's ancestors came from Guang prefecture in Runing. He had served Song as Grand Master of Martial Wings and deputy commander of the Guangnan West circuit's horse and foot forces. In Zhiyuan 12, when Bayan invaded the south, Quan surrendered with his forces and was remotely appointed prefect of Hengzhou by regional dispatch. That seventh month he came to court, received a gold tally, was made General of Manifest Authority and remotely appointed Quanzhou prefect, with the army chiliarch post. In the tenth winter month he followed Marshal Song Du in reducing Jiangxi's cities. The next year he advanced into Fujian; Song Commissioner Huang Wanshi surrendered. That winter he joined the Guangdong campaign; in the eleventh month at Shaozhou he led the first assault, killed many in battle, and slew Pacification Commissioner Xiong Fei. In the twelfth month he patrolled central Guang with light cavalry; at Lingxing Sea and Shimen the enemy was strong, but Quan fought fiercely, seized their banners and drums, and burned their ships. When the armies took Guangzhou, Quan's contribution was the greatest. In year fourteen he joined the assault on Jingjiang in Guangxi; Song Pacification Commissioner Li Menglong surrendered with his forces. Every holdout was beaten in battle; they seized enemy ships by the thousand and killed or drowned countless foes, and the two Guang provinces were pacified. When his merits were ranked, he received a tiger tally and was made commander-in-chief of the army. In year fifteen, when bandits occupied the Yanshi mountain fort at Ganzhou, Quan led troops to crush them and burned the stronghold. In year seventeen he was promoted to General of Expansive Might and deputy army myriarch, and posted to garrison Longxing. In year twenty he left office because of illness. He died in Dad 9 and was posthumously made Grand General of Cherishing the Distant, myriarch of the Nan'an Fort command, and Commandant of Light Chariots, and enfeoffed as Marquis of Runan. His son Zurui succeeded to the office.
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Kong Yuan
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Kong Yuan, styled Yanheng, came from Zhending. He was fierce in battle and clever in counsel. In the dingyou year he left home for the army and entered the service of Chancellor Shi Tianze. In wuxu he helped take Jiao Lake, besieged Shouchun, led the first assault, and seized its western fort. In jihai he joined the campaign against Anfeng and, after hard fighting, drove the enemy back. In jiyou he took part in the siege of Sizhou and helped capture the city. In xinhai he joined the assault on Wutangshan fort and returned with its garrison as prisoners. In wuwu, during the assault on Fancheng, Prince Tacar ordered the western fort taken. Yuan led a band of volunteers forward with spears raised and battle cries, killed several hundred men, and presented nineteen heads. In Zhongtong 1 he accompanied the emperor on the northern expedition. In year two he was formally made chief controller of the army. In Zhiyuan 11 he joined the campaign against Song as vanguard and won wherever he fought. In year fourteen he was promoted to General of Martial Strategy and army chiliarch. The next year, on the return north with the army, he was made General of Martial Righteousness and imperial guard chiliarch and given a gold tally. The following year, when the imperial army moved against the rebel princes Shilimu and others, he followed the field headquarters chief Begülümis in pursuit to Wusuyang and then returned. He sent half his force to hold the enemy's line of retreat; the rest broke and fled, and they seized wagons, oxen, and horses. The emperor was delighted and rewarded him generously, making him General of Manifest Martiality and commander of the Right Guard. He died of illness in year nineteen.
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Zhu Guobao
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Zhu Guobao's family originally came from Xuzhou and later moved to Baodi. His father Cunqi rose through the ranks to become Commissioner of the Bureau of Palace Construction. Once, walking at night on the Lugou Bridge, he found a bag of gold, sat down, and waited for the owner. When the man arrived and asked to split it, Cunqi smiled and refused. When Emperor Möngke prepared to attack Song, he recruited men trained in river warfare. Guobao, the son of an official, enlisted and served under the naval myriarch Jie Cheng. In jiwei, when Kublai attacked Ezhou, Guobao served as acting chiliarch and led crack troops in seventeen midstream battles with the Song fleet until the whole army had crossed. In Zhongtong 2 he was made chiliarch and given a silver tally. In year three, while Li Tan was besieged at Jinan, he wore a gold tally and garrisoned the Eastern Sea. On the Xiangyang campaign he served as acting pacifier of the four wings, oversaw the building of warships, and constructed Wanshan fort. In Zhiyuan 11 he played a major part in taking Shayang and destroying Xincheng. When the army first halted on the Yangzi, Guobao asked Chancellor Bayan to let him lead the vanguard, then captured twenty boats and presented them. Bayan was impressed. The Song held the upper river with several hundred boats chained into a fortified barrier. Bayan pointed and asked, "Can you take those as well?" Guobao charged at once and broke the barrier. After crossing the river, they took Ezhou and Hanyang. In year twelve he advanced on Yuezhou, defeated the Song at Taohua Shoals, captured General Gao Shijie, and was promoted to Commandant of Manifest Trust and army commander. After the region west of the lakes submitted, he was made General of Manifest Martiality, placed in command of the Mongol forces, and posted to Changde as head of the pacification office. Many Song prefectures and counties still held out, but within a month Guobao's proclamations had pacified nearly all of them; only Chen, Yuan, Jing, and Zhenyuan remained. Song generals Li Xin and Li Fa allied with the Wugang cave peoples and held strategic forts, but Guobao defeated them and drove them back to Feishan and Xincheng. When Si and Bo reinforcements arrived, Guobao fought them again, broke their force, and captured Zhang Xing, Shen Ju, and more than three hundred men. He then attacked Xincheng, captured Li Xin, Li Fa, and their followers, and presented the prisoners at Jiangling. The regional secretariat reported his achievements, and he received a gold tiger tally. In year fourteen he joined forces from several circuits in taking Jingjiang in Guangxi, was promoted to army myriarch, and was posted to Wuzhou as head of the pacification office.
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In year fifteen he was additionally made Grand General of Cherishing the Distant. After Lin'an fell, Zhang Shijie fled to sea from Fujian with the two Song princes, and resistance flared up again. At Nan'en and Xinzhou, He Hua and Zhang Yi raised armies to restore Song rule, and their forces grew very strong. Guobao chose elite troops, killed He Hua and Zhang Yi, captured two of their lieutenants, took more than ten thousand heads, five hundred prisoners, and seven hundred boats, seized countless weapons, and received the surrender of more than ten officers, two hundred soldiers, and over thirty thousand households. In year sixteen he was transferred to Grand General of Settling the Distant and pacification commissioner of the Haibei-Hainan circuit. Dan bandits joined with the cave peoples of Yulin and Lianzhou in widespread raids. Guobao suppressed them all and displayed dismembered corpses at Gaohua to warn the rebellious. Ren Longguang and others surrendered with their five thousand households. Posted to Qiongzhou, he set official procedures, reformed bad government, trained troops and eased the burden on the people, and put clear regulations in place. Xie Youkui of Nan'ning stubbornly refused to submit, but Guobao won him over with trust and righteousness, and Youkui came in with his followers. Three thousand common households and thirty cave settlements then submitted. In year eighteen he defeated five hundred Lin'gao raiders, brought nineteen caves including Juha, Fanmo, Tonggu, Botu, and Tongyou to surrender, and sent Han Wang against Dali, Mitang, and Hengshan. Li Shi, the ringleader, was executed and his stronghold burned; eighteen chieftains including Dazhong and Xiaozhong were taken alive. He was then made Grand General of Pacifying the State and commander-in-chief of the Haibei-Hainan pacification commission. He supplied provisions for the Champa campaign and accomplished the task without troubling the people. In year twenty-three he was transferred to pacification commissioner of the Guangnan West circuit. In year twenty-four he came to court, and the emperor received and praised him. In year twenty-five he was promoted to Grand General of Assisting the State, commander-in-chief, and vice administrator of affairs with charge of the Ministry of Works. While on campaign he reached Ganzhou, fell ill, and died at a relay station at the age of fifty-nine.
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His son Bin succeeded to the office, rose through further appointments, and was additionally granted a gold tiger tally as commander of the Haibei-Hainan pacification commission. Yun served as senior deputy myriarch with a gold tiger tally and garrisoned Fuzhou. Next was Ding; then Xuan.
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Zhang Li
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Zhang Li came from Changqing in Tai'an. He first served under Yan Shi and, for his achievements in campaigns along the Yangzi and Huai, was appointed centurion. In the wuwu year, when Emperor Möngke campaigned against Shu and called up troops from every circuit, Li went with the army. At Dahu Mountain the Song had fortified the heights and used the river as a moat. Li led crack troops, stormed the outer fort, and captured more than a hundred warships. He also took part in the assault on Diaoyu Mountain, distinguished himself, and was rewarded with gold and silk. In early Zhongtong he followed Kublai on the northern campaign. On his return he was made chief controller of troops with a silver tally, then imperial guard pacifier with a gold tally, and finally imperial guard chiliarch. Soon afterward he was made deputy commander of the Left Guard and given a gold tiger tally. In the spring of year fourteen he led a thousand foot soldiers to haul grain to Karakorum by way of Yingchang. There he met the tribal chief Panhuan plotting rebellion. Panhuan followed with three thousand archers, hoping to seize Li's supplies at a weak moment. Li sensed trouble and immediately ordered the wagons formed into a circular barricade. The enemy closed in and arrows fell like rain. When Li had left Shangdu, he had had each wagon carry two boards against the unexpected. Now the boards were raised on the wagons so arrows could not penetrate. When enemy horsemen came close, his men struck them with halberds and followed with heavy crossbows, and the attackers could not break in. The standoff lasted several days before the enemy withdrew. That year, when front and rear guard units were expanded, he was made General of Manifest Authority and commander of the Rear Guard, given a double-pearl tiger tally and the additional rank of Grand General of Manifest Valor, then retired on account of age.
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His son Gui succeeded him. When Gui died, his son Boqian succeeded to the office.
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Qi Bingjie
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Qi Bingjie, styled Zidu, came from Putai in Binzhou. His father Gui followed Yan Shi in the capture of Guide and Luzhou, was rewarded with appointment as magistrate of Wudi, served as acting mobile requisition chiliarch, later became commander as well, and garrisoned Zaoyang. In Zhongtong 3, when Li Tan rebelled from Yidu and troops were called up from every circuit, Zaoyang sent out all its best soldiers and left barely a thousand weak men behind. Gui was then acting head of the myriarch office, facing Song forces across the lines from Xiangyang and Yingzhou. When the enemy came to probe the defenses, Gui found the moat outside the east gate too narrow to stop an assault and ordered it deepened. Song commanders Nie and Chen did indeed bring more than ten thousand men to the east gate and tried to bridge the moat with planks, but the widened ditch was too broad. Gui led a hard fight and drove them off, saving the city. When the report reached court, he received a gold tally and a formal appointment as chiliarch. In Zhiyuan 3 he retired on account of age and recommended Bingjie as his successor.
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Bingjie was tall and steady, well read in history, and versed in military affairs. He inherited his father's rank and continued to garrison Zaoyang. In year five he joined the campaign against Song, built forts at Baihekou and Lumen Mountain, and took ground around Dahong Mountain and Huangxian Cave in Yingzhou, winning repeated victories. In year seven he was promoted to senior chiliarch with acting myriarch authority. In year eleven he followed Chancellor Bayan to Yingzhou, launched boats from land into the river, assaulted Wuji fort, and captured Song Commander Yan. In year twelve, after the imperial fleet defeated Jia Sidao and Sun Huchen at Dingjiazhou, Bingjie was posted at Jiankang. He fought Zhao Huai at Xili Mountain, pursued him to Liyang, and battled from morning until noon before the Song army withdrew. In the eighth month he was made General of Martial Righteousness. In the twelfth month he helped pacify Taiping, Anqing, and other commanderies, fought Song Adviser-General Zhang at Kunshan, and killed him. In the fourteenth year he was appointed General of Manifest Martiality and commander-in-chief of the army. Huangzhou rebelled again, and Bingjie was sent to suppress the revolt. He beheaded Commander Yu in the field. In the seventeenth year he was made General of Bright Prestige. In the twenty-third year he was transferred to garrison Raozhou. Cai Fuyi, a notorious bandit of Anren, rose in rebellion. Bingjie joined forces with local officials to suppress him, captured Fuyi, and pacified all remaining rebels. In the twenty-fifth year he was promoted to General of Broad Prestige and made deputy myriarch of the Zaoyang Myriarchy. In the twenty-eighth year he died at the age of sixty-two. His son Ying inherited the post.
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Zhangwan Jianu
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Zhangwan Jianu was the son of Zhagudai, who had served Prince Ruizong at his princely residence. He fought in the conquest of Jin with distinction, received a tiger tally, and was appointed myriarch and overall commander of ships, bridges, and route forces across the North and South Circuits of Hedong. On the western expedition he took Xingyuan and besieged Jiading, but died in camp. Jianu repeatedly campaigned under Grand General Dadahuo'er and won distinction. In the second year of Zhongtong he accompanied Grand General Niulin to court and received his father's post. When Song forces entered Chengdu, he followed Mobile Bureau commander Atu and routed them. In Zhiyuan 4 he led troops to help establish Mei and Jian prefectures. He joined Yasudar's assault on Luzhou, crushing the Song army with casualties exceeding half their strength, and returned with more than forty prisoners. In the seventh year he led his forces to build fortifications at Zhangguangping. In battle with the Song he took over three hundred heads and captured a commander-in-chief. In the campaign against Chongqing he stormed Chaoyang stockade and besieged Jiading. He fortified Pingkang, Taihe, Huaiyuan, and other stockades, garrisoning them with detachments. Day after day he led combined land-and-water attacks, and his contribution stood foremost among the commanders. Other generals had repeatedly failed to take Luzhou, so he went to court and volunteered to capture the city himself. His request was granted. He then commanded a fleet of one hundred fifty vessels from Taozhu Beach to Zheyu Beach, blockading the river. Signal fires were kept ready, orders were rigorously enforced, and a date was fixed for the assault. He seized the Divine Arm Gate first, scaled the walls with siege ladders and rams, killed more than two hundred defenders, broke through the gate, and captured the city. He was promoted to Grand General of Manifest Valor. During the siege of Chongqing he blocked the Mahu River with his forces, deploying land and naval detachments in continual patrol, and was promoted to Grand General of Manifest Steadfastness. He used his troops to transport supplies to Chengdu and downstream garrisons, and was soon made pacification commissioner. Together with Grand General Yarlighai he suppressed the Yixibuxi tribes and pacified them. He was promoted to vice grand general. The court appointed his son Xiaozhong myriarch of ships and bridges. Jianu was ordered to lead Sichuan and Hunan troops against Karajang. In Yunnan the Echang, Duoxing, Luoluo, and other tribes had all risen in revolt, murdering envoys and preying on the people. No prefecture could contain them. Jianu marched against them, destroyed their forces, and the people built shrines in his honor. In the twentieth year he joined the Burma campaign and was killed in action. The Prince of Yunnan ordered his son Baotong to take command of his father's army. Baotong fought at Taigong city with distinction and inherited the rank of vice grand general. He later joined another campaign as far as Shandan in Ganzhou, where he too was killed in battle.
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Xiaozhong had campaigned with his father from boyhood and was eager for combat. In Zhiyuan 19 he joined Grand General Yasudar's campaign against the Yixibuxi tribes. He met the enemy at Huiling Pass, pursued them to Shaxi, and defeated them. He stormed Longjia stockade and Ana Pass, captured both, then assaulted the Yixibuxi encampment and routed it completely. With only eight hundred men he defeated the Ayong tribes at the Luzha River, pressed the advantage to Daguzhai, and won a series of victories. After the tribes were pacified, he was rewarded with gold and silk, bows and arrows, and saddlery, and returned with his troops to Chengdu. In the twenty-second year he joined the campaign against the Wumeng tribes. He again attacked and subdued the Daba, Duzhang, Yizi, and other tribes, and was promoted to General of Bright Prestige. In the twenty-seventh year he was ordered on the western expedition as far as Shazhou and Guazhou. On his return he received a tiger tally and was made concurrent secretary of the Sichuan Branch Secretariat for Military Affairs. When the bureau was dissolved, he garrisoned Chengdu as myriarch of his original command and died in office.
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Guo Ang
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Guo Ang, courtesy name Yangao, was a native of Linzhou in Zhangde circuit. He was trained in the saber and spear, drew a strong bow, had some grounding in the classics and history, and was especially accomplished as a poet. In Zhiyuan 2 he submitted a memorial to the throne. Vice Grand Councillor Lian Xixian recognized his ability and appointed him registrar of the Shandong Army Command, then intendant, then transferred him to the Xiangyang General Army Command and made him deputy pacification commissioner of Yuanzhou with a gold tally. He induced more than eighty creek stockades to surrender. Zhang Hua of Bozhou raised a force at Rong Mountain. Ang led troops against him, annihilated his band, and every cave community of the Shan Yao, Mumao, Tuliao, and related peoples submitted. In the sixteenth year he led the tribal chiefs to court. The Emperor granted him brocade robes of gold thread and full saddlery, and promoted him to Grand General of Pacifying the Distance. He marched through the southwest marches of Yuanzhou, recovered Xinhua and Anren counties, and captured the notorious bandit Zhang Hu. He released him with the words: "You are no match for me. Submit if you wish, and come in. Otherwise I can capture you again with ease." The next day Zhang Hu surrendered with his force of more than three thousand men. Ang enrolled them all in the civilian registers. When the army returned, his men pooled white silver as a gift, but he refused every coin. At Jiangling his troops again tried to give him gold as he departed. He sent the whole sum to the branch secretariat; the chief minister ordered it placed in the treasury as an example to the other generals. In the twenty-sixth year rebels broke out in Jiangxi. Ang marched against them, pushed deep into the territories of the Mingyang, Shanglong, Yanhu, Lucun, Shimen, Yanhu, Chishui, Heifeng Cave, and other tribes of Nan'an, established Taiping stockade, and returned. A great famine struck the region, and he distributed the rebel chiefs' seized property as famine relief. He was made myriarch with a gold tiger tally and posted to garrison Fuzhou. Soon the secretariat ordered him to Guangdong to supervise the construction of warships. At the Guangdong border he encountered bandits and sent them a proclamation on the consequences of submission and rebellion. Guangdong had long respected his authority. When they saw his proclamation, they surrendered at once. He was appointed pacification commissioner of Guangdong and died at the age of sixty-one.
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His son Zhen served as garrison myriarch of Hangzhou circuit. His son Hui served concurrently on the Jiangxi Surveillance Commission. His son Yu was prefect of Ningdu.
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Qi Gongzhi
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Qi Gongzhi was a native of Le'an in Yidu. His family had farmed for generations. In Zhiyuan 5 he served as agricultural promotion officer of Yidu. In the ninth year he was made chiliarch of the capital fortifications office for the five prefectures of Yi, Ju, Jiao, Mi, and Ninghai. In the tenth year he received a gold tally and was ordered to build warships for the Japan expedition in Goryeo. Song had not yet fallen. Kublai, knowing his courage, summoned him to court and ordered him, together with Hubilie Batu and others, to lead troops and serve jointly as pacification commissioner for Jingnan and adjacent territories. At Qingcao Beach in Xizhou, heavy rains halted the advance, and he withdrew to encamp on Yuquan Mountain. He led three thousand men against Anjin Lower Stockade, captured it, killed more than a hundred Song soldiers, and took seven hundred head of cattle and horses. Back at Xiangyang, the Secretariat for Military Affairs put him in charge of building warships and transport vessels. After Xiangyang fell, he was ordered to lead the Han armies of Zhengzhou, Guanghua, and Tangzhou, together with nine thousand two hundred veteran troops of Yingzhou and Fuzhou under the draft-certificate system, on the southern campaign. In the winter of the twelfth year he reached Longxing. Song forces charged out of the gates to give battle. Gongzhi routed them, pursued to the walls, crossed the moat, tore out the palisades, burned the towers, took more than ten thousand heads and seven hundred prisoners, and Longxing surrendered. Thereafter Nan'an, Ji, and Gan submitted one after another. He pacified more than six hundred fortified stockades. Gongzhi sent his third son Mangutai to storm Mei Pass, break Huai De Mountain stockade, advance into Guangdong as far as the South Sea, and seize every stronghold along the way. The court appointed Gongzhi General of Martial Steadfastness and senior chiliarch commanding troops. Summoned to court, he was promoted to Grand General of Manifest Valor and army myriarch, given a gold tiger tally, and placed in command of the imperial guard. When Boyan Bodahan and Tuhulu rebelled in Western Xia, Gongzhi was ordered to lead troops against them and restore order. In the fifth month of the eighteenth year he was promoted to Supporter of the State General-in-Chief, grand general, and pacification commissioner, and posted to Bie Shibali.
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Earlier the Emperor had decreed that his son Tai should inherit the myriarchy. Gongzhi petitioned that his father was elderly and asked that Tai be appointed magistrate of Le'an county so he could care for him at home. The court approved and decreed that Tai should hold no other post for life. On this occasion Mangutai inherited the myriarchy with a gold tiger tally and accompanied him to his posting. Taking leave at court, Gongzhi said: "My father died five years ago. I ask leave to perform his burial before I march." The Emperor granted his request. After returning home and completing the funeral, he calculated Le'an's tax assessments and the tax arrears of the poor, paid them all from his own gold stipend, and then set out. In the twenty-third year Prince Khaydu rebelled and invaded Bie Shibali. Gongzhi joined Chancellor Bayan in battle at Hongshui Mountain and defeated the rebels. The pursuit carried them too far and reinforcements never came. His fifth son Yuan fought to the death. Gongzhi, his wife, and Mangutai were all captured. In the twenty-fourth year Mangutai escaped and returned. He was made Grand General of Settling the Distance, vice commander of the Central Imperial Guard, and transferred to myriarch of the Huzhou artillery and military craftsmen corps. He suppressed mountain bandits in Quzhou with distinction and was promoted to Grand General of Manifest Valor. Tai later served to the end as prefect of Ninghai.
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Yangsaiyinbuhua
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Yangsaiyinbuhua was originally named Hanying, courtesy name Xizai. Saiyinbuhua was the name granted him by the throne. His family came originally from Taiyuan. In the late Tang the Nanzhao seized Bozhou. A Yang Duan answered the recruitment call, eventually recovered Bozhou, and was put in charge of the region. From the Five Dynasties onward the family held the post in hereditary succession. The line passed through five generations to Zhao, who had no son. A clansman's son, Guiqian, succeeded him. Eight generations later the line reached Can. Can's son Jia was followed by Wen and then Bangxian; all served the Song as pacification commissioners of Bozhou. In Zhiyuan 13 Song fell. Kublai issued an edict to the family, and Bangxian submitted the prefectural registers and joined the dynasty. He was appointed General-in-Chief of the Dragon-Tiger Guard, Pacification Commissioner for the border districts of Shaoqing, Zhen, Nanping, and adjacent territories, and Pacification Commissioner of Bozhou. He died at forty-three. Posthumously he was granted the title Merit Subject of Loyal Submission and Minister of State, enfeoffed as Duke of Bo, with the temple name Huimin.
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Hanying was Bangxian's son. He was five years old when his father died. In the twenty-second year his mother, Lady Tian, brought him to the Upper Capital, where he was received by Kublai at the Great Tranquility Pavilion. The Emperor summoned him to the imperial couch, studied his eyes at length, and stroked his head for a long while before telling the chief ministers: "The Yang mother and son are alone and bereft. They have traveled ten thousand li to come before the throne, and I am deeply moved to pity them. He was thereupon ordered to inherit his father's post, granted a gold tiger tally, and given the name Saiyinbuhua. On taking leave, the court ordered the Secretariat to host a banquet and bestow gold, coins, and brocades; his attendants were rewarded according to rank. In year twenty-five he came to court again at age twelve. Kublai found his answers sharp and praised him three times. When the chief ministers reported on border security, the Khan praised him still more. That year the pacification office became a pacification commission; he was made commissioner and soon commander-in-chief of the personal guard.
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Xianbei Zhongji
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Xianbei Zhongji came from Zhongshan. In the yihai year, as the imperial armies pacified the north, Zhongji was first to lead Pingluan's forces to surrender. Genghis Khan made him military commissioner of Luanzhou. He campaigned south under Artsur as right deputy marshal, took Xin'an, Guanzhou, and other cities, and was rewarded with a tiger tally and command of Hebei Han forces. In the renchen year he helped pacify Cai and was made Superior General of the Golden Guard, Xingping commander-in-chief, right army inspector, Yong'an military commissioner, Luan observation commissioner, and founding marquis before his death.
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His son Cheng inherited, became General of Manifest Martiality and deputy myriarch at Gaoyou with a tiger tally, then Great General of Cherishing the Distant and commissioner of the Martial Guard headquarters. He led troops against Java and the Kingdom of Eight Hundred Wives and served in Guangdong with tireless diligence before dying of illness. His son Hudutu inherited the post.
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Wanyan Shizhu
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Wanyan Shizhu's grandfather Dezhu had served the Jin as an army chiliarch. His father Nazhu submitted to Genghis Khan, campaigned in the west and Hexi, and helped Taizong take Fengxiang and Tongzhou. Named Badu'er, he became Tongzhou's darughachi with silver then gold tally and commanded the Badu army as campaign chiliarch. When Nazhu grew old, Emperor Möngke had Shizhu inherit his post. In jiwei (1259) Shizhu followed Kublai against Helazhang. When Niulun attacked the Mahu River, Shizhu seized the pontoon bridge, fought Song forces, and was rewarded with seven hundred fifty liang of silver. At Longhua county he fought Song forces and routed them. In Zhongtong 2 he was made campaign myriarch with a gold tally. In year three he fought under Commander-in-chief Tiege at Jiading and received a gold tiger tally for his service. In Zhiyuan 4 he defeated Song forces at Jiuding Mountain and took over forty prisoners. In year five he attacked Luzhou's river stockade and Wuhuo stockade, crossed the Mahu River, and routed Song forces. He followed Yesudai'er against Jiandu until it surrendered, then helped retake Jiading and Luzhou and capture Chongqing—Shizhu's contribution was the greatest. In year fourteen he was made Great General of Manifest Valor. In year sixteen he became eastern Sichuan pacification envoy. In year seventeen he became Suppressing-the-State Superior General and western Sichuan pacification envoy, commanding the circuit Badu myriarchs. In year twenty he was made associate administrator of the Sichuan Secretariat and died. His younger brother Zhentong inherited the circuit Badu myriarch post.
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