The fifth person, Yue Zhongqi, a famous Manchu general, 92 in force, 97 in command, 90 in intelligence, and 84 in politics;

Yue Zhongqi is the 21st grandson of Yue Fei, Yue Fei's third son Yue Lin is a descendant, born in a family of military generals, his father Yue Shenglong is the Minister of Parliament in the Kangxi era, the governor of Sichuan, when he accompanied the Kangxi Emperor to the west to conquer Galdan, quite a meritorious service, the Kangxi Emperor once gave the plaque "There is no war in the peaceful season, and the general's meritorious service is in Zhige". 【. In the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), he pursued "Minsu". Yue Zhongqi was taught by his father. Since childhood, he has been familiar with the history of the Bible and has read a wide range of books.

When he was young, Yue Zhongqi and his companions often played with stones to fight, and other teenagers fought him, and those who violated the rules would be punished, and they were all afraid of his power. In addition to studying, he often talked to the sergeants about swords and soldiers, and even the adults admired the strange tricks.

In the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi (1696), Yue Shenglong followed Emperor Kangxi to conquer Galdan, and in the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi (1696), Yue Shenglong followed Emperor Kangxi to conquer Galdan, made great contributions, and was promoted to the governor of Sichuan. Yue Zhongqi came to Sichuan with his father.

In the forty-first year of Kangxi (1702), Yue Zhongqi and the weak crown, in accordance with his father's orders, married the daughter of Song Xiu.

In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (1709), Yue Zhongqi donated officials to become the alternate prefect.

In the forty-ninth year of Kangxi (1710), Yue Shenglong proposed to Emperor Kangxi to naturalize Sichuan because his mother was over ninety years old. After being approved, Yue Shenglong sent people around to find the best place for the environment, and of course there was no shortage of Feng Shui gentlemen. After several twists and turns, they finally chose Songxiu Mountain (now Yuegong Mountain) in Qixian Township, Jintang County. Yue Zhongqi also entered the Sichuan nationality and came to the foot of Songxiu Mountain, so Jintang left the footprints of his life.

In the fiftieth year of Kangxi (1711), due to the frequent wars in the border areas, the Dzungar Khanate repeatedly harassed the border people, in order to quell the rebellion, and he loved the military since he was a child. Yue Zhongqi resolutely asked to change from a civilian position to a military position, and became a guerrilla of the Chinese army in Songpan Town, Sichuan, and embarked on the journey of his career as a soldier.

In the 56th year of Kangxi (1717), the Great Khan of the Dzungar Khanate conspired with Alabutan to collude with Tsarist Russia to annex Qinghai-Tibet. He sent his nephew Dace Ling Dun Dobu to invade Tibet with 6,000 troops. Invaded and occupied Lhasa, besieged the Potala Palace, killed Razang Khan and his two sons, **, Panchen and others were detained, and Tibet was occupied by the Dzungar Khanate.

Not long after, the Tibetan leaders of Litang (present-day Litang, Sichuan), Batang (present-day Sichuan), Chaya (present-day Chaya, Tibet), Chamuduo (present-day Qamdo, Tibet), and Chawa (present-day Chayu, Tibet), and some Tibetan lamas in Litang (present-day Litang, Sichuan), Saiputeng Azhudiba, and some lamas in the southwestern interior also seized the opportunity to oppose the Qing Dynasty and dominate one side. The situation in Tibet is critical.

Emperor Kangxi hurriedly sent his beloved son, the fourteenth elder brother Yinyu, as the general of Fuyuan, and rushed to Qinghai to supervise the battle. The 32-year-old Yue Zhongqi was promoted to the deputy general of the Sichuan Yongning (now Xuyong, Sichuan) Association. As a deputy general, Yue Zhongqi was stationed in the arrow furnace (now Kangding, Sichuan). Under the command of Dutong Fala, he led 600 elite soldiers as an advance force to Litang and Batang. After arriving in Litang, when the appeasement was refused, he used a strategy to capture and kill the rebel leaders Dawa Lazamupa, Sebten Azhudiba, and Dawa Lanzhampa, and defeated 3,000 rebels. The leader of the Batang rebels, Kamubudi Ba, heard that the officers and soldiers were overwhelmed, so he surrendered to the donors. Then, the khenpo (temple presiding), the sipa (camp officer), and the tusi (head man) in Chaya, Chamudo, and Ngawa and other places surrendered one after another.

After pacifying Litang and Batang, Yue Zhongqi led 6,000 Qing soldiers to Chamuduo and captured alive several rebel leaders such as the fugitive Mongolian Lazang Khan. It was learned that Tseling Dun Dob had enabled the local armed forces to take control of the Samba Bridge (now Jiayu Bridge) in Zhaisang Raopa (present-day Luolong County, Tibet). Yue Zhongqi was alone and could not get in touch with the army. In this urgent situation and could not be delayed for a moment, Yue Zhongqi decisively decided to raid Zhaisang Raoba and seize the Sanba Bridge.

He selected 30 people in the army who could speak Tibetan, dressed in Tibetan clothes, rode fast horses, galloped through the Luolong Sect in the starry night, first got in touch with the local Tibetan Tusi Santu Ding Mimi, captured the Dzungar envoy Jinba and other five people alive with lightning speed, and killed six of his followers. Then he rushed to Raopa, defeated the Tibetan army defending the bridge in one fell swoop, and occupied the Samba Bridge. Along the way, the leaders of the Tibetan tribes who rebelled were shocked to hear that the officers and soldiers were like divine soldiers descending from heaven, and tens of thousands of households in the six tribes were all surrendered.

The raid on Raopa was successful, and Yue Zhongqi devised another clever plan to capture the rebel general Black Lama, who was called the "10,000 enemies", captured the Lhasa gateway Lali, and set up camp here, waiting for the main force of the army. It was the critical moment of taking advantage of the great opportunity to attack, but he received an order from Yinyu from Qinghai not to act rashly. Yue Zhongqi was very anxious, and actively made suggestions to Garbi, hoping for a quick solution. Yue Zhongqi proposed a plan to recruit the generals of the Tibetan army to be announced. Yue Zhongqi saw that this plan had been accomplished, and he proposed a plan to Garbi to send troops to Lhasa. He also proposed that he could travel day and night and reach Lhasa within 10 days. Garbi thought that the fighters were coming, so he ordered the three armies to march into Lhasa quickly, and still ordered Yue Zhongqi to be the vanguard.

Yue Zhongqi led his troops non-stop, day and night, and arrived at Gar Mulu on August 19, the 56th year of Kangxi (1717). Forcibly crossed the river, captured the enemy fort, annihilated the Dzungar army, and approached the mountain city of Lhasa. When the Tibetan king Dakewe heard that the Qing army had come to the rescue, he was overjoyed and personally led the local political and religious officials out of the Potala Palace to welcome the Qing army into the city on the outskirts of Lhasa. Under the invocation of the soldiers and people of Lhasa, Yue Zhongqi sent troops to defend the key points of Lhasa, and launched a search and arrest in the city, capturing alive more than 400 Neiying Lamas of Tseling Dun Dob in Lhasa, and subduing more than 7,000 Tibetan soldiers who assisted the Dzungar army. At this point, the rebellion in Lhasa was put down, and the conspiracy of the Dzungar Tseri Arabutan went bankrupt.

In the suppression of the rebellion of the Dzungar Tseri Alabutan, Yue Zhongqi made a surprise attack, offered strategies, suppressed and appeased, and used it to attack the fan, revealing his military talent of strategizing and winning a decisive victory, which was deeply appreciated by Garbi. In the spring of the 60th year of Kangxi (1721), the army of Tibet was triumphant, and Yue Zhongqi was promoted to the governor of the left capital with indisputable merits; In May, he was promoted to the governor of Sichuan; Get the peacock feather.

In October of the 60th year of the Kangxi reign (1721), there was an anti-Qing rebellion in Soluomu, the territory of Qinghai near Sichuan and Gansu, and the upper, middle and lower tribes of Guoluoke (now Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture). Due to the mountainous and deep streams in the area of Guo Luoke, it is inconvenient for horses to gallop, Yue Zhongqi ordered to change the horse riding to walking, and first attacked the Guo Luoke villages.

Xia Guo Luoke resisted the Qing soldiers with thousands of enemies, was defeated by the Qing soldiers, and captured the 21 villages of Jiyika and other stone towers to which Guo Luoke belonged. Yue Zhongqi ordered the troops to take advantage of the victory to attack, and then attack Guo Luoke, after a day of fierce fighting, even took 19 large and small fortresses such as Nawu to which Guo Luoke belonged, annihilated more than 300 enemies, and captured the rebel leader Suita Erben and others.

The morale of the Qing army increased, and the army surrounded Guo Luoke Liuzhai again, and the rebel leader Tan Zeng surrendered to the battle, capturing 22 rebel leaders such as Fake Knock. As a result, the upper, middle and lower tribes of Guo Luoke were all pacified. In this battle, Yue Zhongqi adopted the tactics of attacking with a lot, riding on foot, and quickly decisive, and won a complete victory in just over 70 days. After the good news arrived in the capital, Emperor Kangxi was extremely happy and awarded Yue Zhongqi the position of lieutenant.

In the sixty-first year of the Kangxi reign (1722), Yue Zhongqi sought peace with Yangtong and set up Nanping Camp (now Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan) in his place.

In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), the Qinghai Mongols and the Shuote tribe Taiji Luobu Zangdanjin gathered large and small Taiji, such as Fuknomuqi, Albutan Wenbu, and Zangba Zabu, gathered more than 100,000 troops, repeatedly invaded Xining, an important town in the northwest border, kidnapped the prince Zarhan Danjin, and detained and killed the ministers sent by the imperial court to reconcile.

The Qing court was furious when he heard the report, and Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict to appoint Nian Qianyao, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, as the general of Fuyuan, and Yue Zhongqi, the governor of Sichuan, as the deputy general and counselor of the western expedition. On November 3, 1723, the first year of Yongzheng (1723), Yue Zhongqi personally led 6,000 elite troops from Songfan and went straight to Qinghai via Gannan. Along the way, all those who meet obedience are appeased, and those who resist are exterminated.

On the tenth day of the first month of December, he was stationed in Guide Fort (now Yulin, Shaanxi), and Fuding the East Cebu of the Upper Temple and the East Cebu of the Lower Temple. Yue Zhongqi ordered the troops to go out of the city overnight and go straight to Dun Tsebu. In less than half a day, 27 fortresses were breached and thousands of enemies were annihilated. The Chengku, Guomi, Heerjia, Shami and other tribes (in the area of present-day Qinghai Gonghe and Xinghai) gathered scattered forces in panic and occupied Dashishan to hold on. Yue Zhongqi led his troops to Dashishan Pass, and when the rebels saw the arrival of the Qing army, they shouted in groups to block the Qing army. Yue Zhongqi pretended to retreat, and when night fell, Yue's army quietly set out of camp and returned to Dashishan in three ways: left, middle and right. The left and right flanks captured the hilltop fort, and cut off its retreat in the middle.

In the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Yue Zhongqi awarded General Fenwei. When Nian Qianyao first arrived in Xining, his foothold was not stable, and Xining City was surrounded by the main force of Luobuzang Danjin, and he attacked it repeatedly. The enemy is outnumbered, and the situation is critical.

On February 26, Yue Zhongqi's 6,000 iron cavalry rushed to the outside of Xining City, and when he saw that Luobzang Danjin was attacking the city, he commanded the army to rush to the enemy formation, and killed Luobzang Danjin's soldiers and horses in a daze, and lost their armor. Nian Qianyao saw that Yue Zhongqi led his troops to kill on the city tower, so he hurriedly ordered the Qing army in the city to kill them, surrounded the people and horses of Luobzang Danjin, and killed them with a fierce rush. In less than two hours, the Qing army won a great victory, and more than 10,000 Tibetan troops were killed or surrendered. Lobzang Tenzin only led 100 cavalry to flee.

Although the achievements made since the western expedition were unknown, Lobzang Tenzin and his main force were still stationed in Emunabulunjir, and other big leaders such as Albutanwenbu and Tulamuknomuqi were stationed at the passes leading to Emunabulunjir, with a total strength of no less than 100,000. Nian Qianyao ordered Yue Zhongqi to ride 17,000 men on foot, practice and prepare for battle, and set out in April next year when the grass sprouts, and fight with the main force of Luobzang Danjin.

Yue Zhongqi believed that it would be very inappropriate to wait for the spring of the coming year to march into the army, and that it was necessary to seize the opportunity to take advantage of the victory to march into the army. Nian Qianyao put this strategy on the imperial court. Emperor Yongzheng admired Yue Zhongqi's battle plan very much, so he ordered Nian Qianyao to act according to Yue Zhongqi's strategy, and awarded Yue Zhongqi the title of "General Fenwei".

On the eighth day of the second month of the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Yue Zhongqi led 5,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 good horses, quietly left Xining City in three ways, and marched towards Emunabulunjir, the garrison of Luobzang Danjin. The Qing army rushed to the felt bag, cut down the camp tent, dispersed the horses, surrounded and annihilated the Tibetan soldiers, and won a complete victory in a short time, and the Tibetan troops who were lucky enough to survive fled for their lives. Yue Zhongqi ordered the troops to rush to Ikkarji without getting off the saddle, without stopping, day and night.

Yue Zhongqi marched forward, quickly surrounded the fortress of Ikkarjizhai, seized the surrounding hills, and the drums and trumpets sounded, urging the horses to rush towards the enemy camp. After a fierce battle, they broke through the enemy village and captured Albutanwenbu and his wife Changma'er, the two brothers Qinghuang Taiji, Jiji Zabutaiji and others. Yue Zhongqi commanded the Qing troops to take advantage of the victory to attack, and successively captured two enemy camps in Gasi and Ciburha.

Yue's army rushed to the bank of the Hada River, and the Qing army Pegasus raided and annihilated the Tibetan army on the south bank. Yue Zhongqi saw that the river was not too deep, so he ordered men and horses to cross the Hada River, and after half a day of fierce fighting, he annihilated more than 1,000 enemies and took the north bank. Blowing Raknomuqi and his wife Benjib, his younger brother Duandomush, Taijizabush Duandobu and other more than 50 large and small leaders and the remaining enemies fled to the west. Lobzang Danzin led five great Taijis, including Erdeni, Zangba Zabu, Gege Zhusang, Erke Daiqing, and Kule, and fled to Ulan Muhuer with tens of thousands of people, 1560 miles away from here.

Yue Zhongqi ordered the troops to wait for night to fall and go straight to Ulan Muhu'er. At dawn the next day, Yue's army arrived at Ulan Muhuer, surrounded and routed the main rebel army, and captured alive the rebel chieftains' dependents such as Altaihatun, Mèi Mèi Abao, the mother of Lobzang Tenzin, and other Taiji. Lobzang Tenzin changed his makeup and fled.

Yue Zhongqi successfully recovered the territory of 600,000 square miles in the Qinghai region occupied by the rebels, and the Yongzheng Emperor was overjoyed, and he was crowned the prince of Yue Zhongqi and the prince of Taibao, a third-class prestige duke, and was awarded the governor of Gansu. Yongzheng also felt that he was not fully interested, and wrote two five-word poems with a royal pen, and took a handle of a golden fan, and then inscribed a seven-word poem, and a pair of yellow belts, and gave it to Yue Zhongqi, the number one hero of this battle.

In April of the second year of Yongzheng (1724), Yue Zhongqi led his troops to exterminate Luobuzang Danjin, and stayed in Xining to deal with military affairs. Soon after, the remnants of the rebels who had fled to the mountains of Zhuanglangwei in Gansu Province (present-day Yongdeng in Lanzhou, Gansu) regained their strength and attempted to make a comeback and continue to negotiate with the Qing court. The imperial court ordered Yue Zhongqi to command 30,000 troops, and the troops were divided into ten routes, out of Qinghai, over Qilian, and marched to Zhuanglang, Gansu.

Yue Zhongqi left 5,000 troops to charge according to Dongshan, and he personally led 5,000 soldiers to gallop back to Shibao City, and the main force of 10,000 in Heyuan suddenly surrounded the lair where Xie Ersu lived. Yue Zhongqi picked 20 people in the army who were good at climbing and running, quietly climbed to the top of the mountain in the night, and then tied a cowhide rope around his waist and fell down the mountain, hanging in the stone castle city. The rebels thought that the stone fort city was dangerous and could be defended, and it was not easy for the officers and troops to break through for a while, not to mention that there was news that the Qing soldiers were in the area of Huangyangchuan.

Therefore, the city was not prepared for battle. When the sentry found out that the Qing soldiers were descending from the sky, they were at a loss for what to do, holding their heads and shouting desperately. The officers and soldiers should join forces with the outside, rushed into the stone fort city, fought hard, and in two hours, annihilated more than 3,000 enemies, and took the stone fort city. But the "King of Zhuang Lang" Xie Ersu Ka lived on the run.

Yue Zhongqi offered wine and food to the captured rebel leaders such as Awufang Zero, comforted them with kind words, persuaded them to be guides for the officers and soldiers, and led the officers and soldiers to continue the search and suppression, and as a result, more than 3,000 people were captured. The remaining party remnants saw that the Qing army was pressing, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and Xie Ersu did not know where to go, and the dragons were leaderless, and the general trend had gone, so they had to surrender to the Qing army.

Yue Zhongqi agreed to the rebels' surrender, confiscated all the arms and weapons, and distributed all the captured cattle, alpacas, horses, grain, grass and seeds to the herdsmen, and persuaded them to concentrate on farming and herding and stop gathering people to make trouble. For the 16 upper-level people of the small tribe such as Luo Li Dan Da'er who were captured, Zhuang Langwei was instructed to properly settle Wang Tingsong.

Everything was stopped, and Yue Zhongqi triumphed at the imperial court, and suggested that Zhuang Langwei be changed to Pingfan County. Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict and then appointed Yue Zhongqi as the governor of Gansu to supervise the military and political affairs of Gansu and Qinghai.

Tusi Lu Wanzhong of Wumeng, Sichuan (now Yongshan County, Yunnan) rebelled in Dongchuan, Yunnan, and Zhenxiong (now Yunnan) Tusi Longqinghou and Jianchang (now Xichang, Sichuan) belonged to Mianshan and Liangshan and the seedlings helped to cause chaos. Yue Zhongqi and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Ortai, joined forces to fight. In the spring of the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), Lu Wanzhong was captured, and the Marquis of Longqing surrendered. Wumeng and Zhenxiong completed the land reform and returned to the stream.

In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), the book was written to Jianchang belonged to Hexi, Ningfan two Tusi and Adu, Ashi, Nex, and Crooked Creek to change the land and return to the stream, and the Hedong Xuanwei Division changed its subordinate to the Liuguan with half of the land, and promoted Jianchang to the government and led the three counties. The new government is called Ningyuan, and the county is called Xichang, Mianning, and Yanyuan, and please change the two Tusi of Minzhou to return to the stream. Please ascend to Dazhou, Sichuan, and Qin, Shaanxi and Jieer counties are Zhili Prefecture. In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), he invited Suzhou in Gansu Province to be promoted to Zhili Prefecture, and increased the number of defensive officers and soldiers at the Meridian Valley Pass in Shaanxi. Leibo (now Leibo County, Sichuan) Tusi was in chaos and sent troops to seek peace.

In the spring of the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Nian Qianyao was sentenced to death for ninety-two major crimes. In July, Yue Zhongqi took over as governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. At this time, Yue Zhongqi was the governor and was awarded the title of third-class duke, holding the military power of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.

In the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), there was an unkempt and raged man holding a stone in each hand, running barefoot on the street, while shouting along the street: "Yue Zhongqi is going to lead the Sichuan and Shaanxi soldiers to rebel!" The government quickly arrested the man, and after interrogation, it turned out to be a madman. But because he is a madman, Yue Zhongqi can sit idly by. He hurriedly wrote a good recital, hoping to clarify the audio-visual and clear the grievances.

This letter was densely written by Emperor Yongzheng's Zhu Pi. The implication is nothing more than not believing rumors and saying many reassuring words. The madman was also beheaded by the court for "spreading rumors to confuse the public and framing the minister". A stone in Yue Zhongqi's heart fell to the ground.

In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), Zeng Jing, a Xiucai in Jingzhou, sent a letter to Yue Zhongqi, and Zeng Jing's letter scolded Emperor Yongzheng; He also inspired Yue Zhongqi, who was a descendant of Yue Fei, to turn his gun and point at the Manchurians, the descendants of the Jin people, as the Song and Ming dynasties.

Yue Zhongqi pretended to agree, deceived the confession, and in turn arrested the two, triggering the Lu Liuliang case. Afterwards, Emperor Yongzheng praised Yue Zhongqi for his loyalty, and due to military needs, he still entrusted him with important tasks, crowned General Ning Yuan, and Shaobao, but Yue Zhongqi's career has already laid the root of the bane.

In February of the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), there was an urgent request for troops from the Horqin and Khalkha steppes. Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict and ordered Fu Erdan, the general of Heilongjiang and the minister of the interior, to be the general of Jingbian, and to lead the Manchu and Mongolian banner soldiers to form the North Road Army; Yue Zhongqi, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi and the general of Fenwei, was appointed as the general of Ningyuan, and led the Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Han soldiers to form the Western Route Army. In June, the imperial court sent the servant of the Ministry of Officials, the Great Sima Chalang A and the Servant of the Criminal Department Chang Gan, with the seal letter of the general Ning Yuan and the soldiers and officials specially granted by Emperor Yongzheng to Shaanxi and other royal things, built a platform in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an, and solemnly awarded Yue Zhongqi as the general of Ning Yuan.

In August of the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), Yue Zhongqi ordered all the troops of the West Road to set off from Shaanxi, Sichuan and Gansu, pass through Hexi, and assemble in Balikun. Before leaving, Yue Zhongqi specially ordered Yue Zhongqi's eldest son Yue Jun (then governor of Shandong) to make a special trip from Jinan to Shaanxi to send his father on behalf of the emperor.

The 160,000 troops on the west road were all assembled in Balikun. Far away in Dzungaria, Galdan Tse Ling had already received the news of the imperial court's large-scale military recruitment. The cunning Galdan Tse sent troops and generals to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent an envoy to Beijing, saying that he was willing to hand over the imperial court's prisoner Luo Buzang Danjin, and asked him to call off the army and negotiate peace. Emperor Yongzheng saw that Galdantse sent an envoy to negotiate peace, so he issued an edict ordering the two armies in the northwest to suspend the march and summon the commanders of the two armies to Beijing to discuss military affairs.

After receiving the news that the commanders of the Qing army's west and north roads had left the camp and returned to Beijing, Galdan Tse Ling was overjoyed and sent 20,000 horses to raid the Qing army's camp on the west road of the Keshetu Karen horse factory, which was originally a military horse farm for officers and soldiers, and was an important military base and military depot for the Qing army on the west road. There are a large number of camels, horses, grain, grass, and baggage accumulated here. When the men and horses of Galdan Tse came to attack, the Qing soldiers were unprepared, and a large number of camels and horses were robbed, and the grain and grass were burned.

The Qing army pursued and fought fiercely with the enemy for seven days and nights, and finally defeated the rebels and recaptured some of the robbed camels, horses, and baggage, but the losses of officers and soldiers were quite heavy. Just when the Machang camp was fighting fiercely, Ji Chengbin, who cared for the general Yin, was as timid as a mouse, closed the city and did not come out, and until the Qing army defeated the enemy, he concealed the losses, exaggerated the results of the battle, and asked the court for credit. Yue Zhongqi rushed to the front line of the camp, and it was already February of the second year (1731). He angrily reprimanded the timid and mediocre Ji Chengbin, and vowed to fight to the death with Galdance.

Yue Zhongqi received information that Galdan Tse led 100,000 troops and was preparing to attack Turpan, and that the troops in front of the enemy were moving towards Acha Mountain. Yue Zhongqi thought that the time had come for a decisive battle with Gardance, so he ordered Fan Ting, Ye Daxiong, Zhang Yuanzuo, Ma Huibo and other generals to lead their troops to meet the enemy in the Turpan area.

But when Fan Ting and other troops arrived in Turpan, they did not wait for the main force of Galdan Tse, and only clashed with a small group of rebels. Realizing that the Qing troops on the western route were the main force of the Gan, Sichuan, and Qinghan armies, they were excellent and had strong combat effectiveness, and they were not easy to deal with, so they left only a small number of troops to contain the main force of the Qing army on the western route in the Turpan area, and arranged the elite of the main force of the Dzungar army, Dace Lingdun Duobu, Xiaoce Lingdun Duobu and nearly 60,000 horses of his own tribe, in the area of Boktok Ling and Tonghur Hanor, the only way for the Qing army on the northern road.

In May, Galdantse sent his subordinates to surrender to the Qing army camp on the North Road, gave false information to Fu Erdan, and lured the main force of the Qing army on the North Road to nearly 60,000 horses into the Boktok Ridge Gorge step by step, and was surrounded and ambushed by the heavy troops of Galdantse. The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten days, and the Qing army rushed out of the canyon at a heavy price, and retreated to Hetong Huerhanor, and was pursued and intercepted by the Galdantse Zero Siege. The battle was fierce. Four generals of the Qing army committed suicide by taking prisoners, and one deputy general and seven princes and ministers were killed in the melee. After the war, only 2,000 men and horses remained of the 60,000 Qing troops on the North Road, and almost all the troops were wiped out.

Before the fierce battle between the Qing army on the northern route and the Galdance zero, the Qing army stationed in Turpan on the western route could not bear the scorching heat in the basin, coupled with the lack of food and grass, the difficulty of drinking water for men and horses, the army's morale was unstable and demoralized. In a hurry, Yue Zhongqi sent troops to Turpan to transport grain and grass supplies, but was robbed by the Gardance on the way, and the grain, grass, camels and horses were lost, and the losses were serious.

Then, Turpan was repeatedly harassed and attacked by rebels. Ji Chengbin's Shouji, and Zhang Yuanzuo's Wukeling were attacked by the rebels one after another, and the camels, horses, and grain and grass were looted. When he reported to Beijing, Emperor Yongzheng was very unhappy. He turned out Yue Zhongqi's recital on the xīn jiāng battle situation and battle plan, and the more he looked at it, the more annoyed he became, and he mentioned Zhu Pen's criticism: "Yue Zhongqi's play, I read it in detail, but there is nothing to be learned." Yue Zhongqi said bluntly with light words, and he was ashamed and angry to steal camels and horses. He also ordered Ji Chengbin to be beheaded to show the army, and Zhang Yuanzuo was demoted and retained.

When the Qing army on the northern route fought fiercely with Galdan Tse in Hetong Khanoer, Yue Zhongqi used the strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", led the main force of the western road to quickly cross Mulei and pass through Acha, and the troops arrived at the Ermuk River, and attacked the city of Urumqi in three ways, with the purpose of dispersing the main force of Galdantse and reducing the heavy pressure of the Qing army on the northern route. Along the way, the soldiers fought bravely with their lives, captured many enemy villages, and annihilated many enemies. When the army entered Urumqi, the rebels defending the city fled when they heard the news, and the Qing army on the western route occupied the capital of Xīn Jiāng. Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict to praise Yue Zhongqi, "This time he led the troops to attack the thieves, and the advance and retreat were slow, and it was timely." ”

In October of the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), Galdantse and 7,000 men and horses attacked Hami. Yue Zhongqi sent the general soldier Cao Rang and other soldiers to attack the enemy in Erbao, and sent the deputy general Shi Yunzhuo and other generals to set up an ambush in the area of Nanshan Pass and Ladder Spring to cut off the enemy's retreat. When the 7,000 men and horses of the Dzungar Department attacked Hami, they focused on burning grain and grass and robbing camels and horses.

Shi Yunzhuo, who had been sent to cut off the enemy's retreat, sent his troops one day late, and when the unit arrived at the designated position, the Dzungar army had already left the ambush site, and the ignition ashes of the Dzungar army while resting were still hot. However, Shi Yunzhuo did not wave his army to pursue, causing the rebels to hijack a large amount of supplies and retreat safely. Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict to govern Shi Yunzhuo and Cao Rang to behead the army. Severely scolded Yue Zhongqi for "attacking the enemy quickly and employing people improperly".

Yue Zhongqi was severely reprimanded by Emperor Yongzheng one after another, and obviously fell out of favor. Ortai, Minister of Military Aircraft and Cabinet University Scholar, took the opportunity to impeach Yue Zhongqi. Yongzheng approved Ortai's impeachment and issued an edict to "hand over the ministry to decide". As a result, Yue Zhongqi was stripped of the title of third-class duke and crown prince, demoted to third-class marquis, and still protected the general's seal.

Not long after, Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict to Yue Zhongqi to leave Xinjiang and return to Beijing to "do business and military affairs", which was sealed by the deputy general Zhang Guangsi and General Ning Yuan. In October, Yue Zhongqi rushed to the capital with trepidation, and Zhang Guangsi's impeachment of him also came to the dragon case of Emperor Yongzheng. Under the joint impeachment of Zhang Guangsi and Ortai, Yongzheng issued an edict that month to "hand over Yue Zhongqi to the military department for detention pending discussion". After Yue Zhongqi was arrested and imprisoned, he waited for two full years while waiting for the verdict of the Ministry of Soldiers.

In the twelfth year of Yongzheng (1734), the verdict of the military department came down in October, and the verdict was actually "beheaded". Emperor Yongzheng received an excerpt from the Ministry of War, weighed left and right, and finally, remembering his achievements in entering Tibet and Pinghaihai, changed the "beheading" to "beheading the prison marquis", and fined 700,000 taels of silver.

In the second year of Qianlong (1737), Yue Zhongqi and Fu Erdan were both released, demoted to Shuren, and returned to Chengdu. Yue Zhongqi lives on the bank of Huanhua Creek in Baihuatan on the outskirts of Chengdu. He named it "Jiang Yuan".

On weekdays, he wears cloth clothes and wooden shoes, coarse tea and light food; Get up early in the morning, play a few fists and kicks in the Aixian Pavilion, dance a few sets of swords, and then lead his beloved war horse to walk along the bank of Huanhua Creek; After tea and dinner, feed the chickens, ducks and poultry, or go out of the ginger orchard, stroll through the countryside, or gather the old farmers to gossip under the trees. When he came to hold the lamp in the evening, he only knelt down in a few cases, or wrote idyllic poems with a wave; Or read the "Lengyan Buddhist Sutra" by candle night.

Yue Zhongqi also gradually favored the teachings of Buddhism, and often went to the temple to worship the Buddha and listen to the Dharma. One day Yue Zhongqi returned to his hometown in Jintang County, worshiped the Buddha in the Longwei Temple in the south of the city fifteen miles, Panhuan was late, so he stayed in the temple, so he wrote "Staying in Longwei Temple at Night".

In March of the thirteenth year of Qianlong (1748), due to the rebellion of Dajinchuan and the Qing court sent troops for a long time without success, Emperor Qianlong thought of Yue Zhongqi and decided to recall, first awarded him the title of chief soldier, and then changed to the governor of Sichuan, and gave the peacock flower feather, when Yue Zhongqi was sixty-two years old, and he had not been in Guān G for more than ten years.

Yue Zhongqi came to the Jinchuan military camp, and Zhang Guangsi immediately ordered Yue Zhongqi to lead the officers and soldiers of the four routes and stationed in the party dam. Yue Zhongqi arrived at the frontier barracks, climbed the mountain beam to observe the terrain, only to see that this party dam is surrounded by the enemy on three sides, and the enemy village is full of clear and dark forts, the terrain is very dangerous, and the blockhouse has become a horn between the blockhouses, taking care of each other, attacking and retreating. And the Dangba Qing camp is simply a barbecue on the table of the rebels.

After repeated thinking, Yue Zhongqi proposed to Zhang Guangsi the plan of "directly attacking Kangbada from the vicinity of the Dang Dam, taking the Lewu Wai Gate first, and approaching the rebels' lair". Zhang Guangsi instead ordered Yue Zhongqi to go more than 100 miles away to attack the inconsequential Xiling and Kasa villages. Yue Zhongqi objected, but fortunately, the prisoner also praised Yue Zhongqi's opinion. Zhang Guangsi finally came to "wait for me to think about it again", and from then on, he did not move.

Yue Zhongqi had great doubts about Zhang Guangsi's tactics of seeking the near and the far and avoiding the important and the light. Yue Zhongqi conducted an investigation in the army and found that since Zhang Guangsi led the army to Jinchuan, he used two surveillance, one was his old friend Wang Qiu from Kunming, Yunnan, and the other was the local local official Liangerji, both of whom were spies sent by Sha Luoben, so the actions of the Qing army in the past two years had already been known and precautioned.

Yue Zhongqi hurriedly played this matter to Qianlong. Qianlong was very angry when he saw it. immediately issued an order, "Yue Zhongqi will kill the spies on the spot and take over the Jinchuan military; Zhang Guangsi was dismissed from his military position and the marquis of Beijing was arrested. "After Yue Zhongqi regained control of the Great Seal of the Sichuan Army, he quickly beheaded two spies, and then quickly organized a conquest. Secretly mobilized 35,000 men and horses, left 3,000 troops to guard the grain and grass, 3,000 troops were distributed in the Dang Dam and the Luhe River, with 10,000 soldiers and horses secretly out of the Dang Dam, smuggled across the Lu River, advanced by land and water, and suddenly attacked the enemy's village and miscellaneous; Then 10,000 horses entered the two places of Mayagang and Naidang from Jiajia, and formed a trend of advancing on the east and west wings with 10,000 horses out of the dang dam, and surrounded the two enemy villages of Mayagang and Naidang.

After a fierce battle, they conquered 47 enemy blockhouses, captured 12 grain warehouses, recovered more than 1,400 acres of fields, burned dozens of enemy villages, and captured native soldiers. The Qing army was victorious and its morale was greatly boosted. Yue Zhongqi took advantage of the situation to attack the most stubborn fortress - Kang Bada. Kangbada is the gateway to the old nest of Saroben, Lewuwei, with strong fortifications, heavy guards, repeated attacks, and no damage. Yue Zhongqi had a plan - "lure the snake out of the hole".

He sent troops to transport earth and ram forts not far from the enemy fortress in Kangbada, and sent several teams of officers and soldiers to carry soil in their pockets and pretend to escort grain and grass. It caused the Qing army to besiege Kangbada for a long time, and there was a large amount of grain storage. Every night, the Qing army brigade was ambushed around the earthen fort with huǒ yào spray cans, shotguns, bows and arrows, waiting for the enemy soldiers to go out of the village to grab food. One night a few days later, Kangbada defended the enemy and came out of the village, and the brigade rushed straight to the grain and grass of the Qing army. After all the enemies entered the burial circle, only a trumpet was heard, and the Qing army ambushed in all directions, with guns and bows and arrows firing in unison, sparks splashing, scattered bullets whistling, and the enemy soldiers were shot and fell off their horses. The desperate escape of the luck often runs in the blockhouse, and there is a team of Qing soldiers in the oblique stab to kill, go straight to the gate of the village, and the enemy soldiers are mixed together into the Kangbada village, and soon control the gate of the village, capture the commanding heights, and then cover the men and horses into the village. Kangbada has been captured, and the old nest of Salopun is already a lonely city.

The newly established Qing army camp and Lewuwei face each other across the Lu River. When Sha Luo Bende learned that the commander of the Qing army was Yue Zhongqi, he was happy and worried. Happily, Salopun had a relationship with Yue Zhongqi, and Shalopun and his own tribe regarded Yue Zhongqi as a great benefactor. In the sixty-first year of Kangxi, Sha Luoben led his own soldiers to fight with Yue Zhongqi, and after the war, Yue Zhongqi recommended him, and the imperial court awarded Sha Luoben Jinchuan the post of Fu Si.

Then there is Yue Zhongqi mediating the civil strife between the tribes of Zagu, Jinchuan, Meitong, Wori, and Longbao. Yue Zhongqi was impartial and transferred their lost land cottage back to them. Therefore, the clansmen admired Yue Zhongqi and regarded him as a "benevolent father". The worry is that he has been fighting against the court for several years, and he has been a mortal enemy of the court, and with the loyalty and strategy of the Duke of Yue, this battle will definitely be lost. Saroben decided to ask for a dismissal and return to the imperial court.

Yue Zhongqi proposed to personally cross the river to Lewuwei to find out the truth of Saroben. All the generals advised that they should bring more men and horses to be safe. Yue Zhongqi said: If you go here and bring more people and horses, it will arouse the suspicion of Sha Luoben, and it is not conducive to surrendering. The next day, Yue Zhongqi only wore official uniforms and only took thirteen horsemen to cross the Lu River and break into the den of tigers and wolves. When the toasts saw that the person who came was really their father-in-law, they couldn't help but look at it in surprise: "Sure enough, father-in-law!" Qi Shushu knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to plead guilty.

Sa Luoben was overjoyed to see Engong, he got up from the ground, personally led the way for Yue Zhongqi, respectfully welcomed into his walled fort, and invited Yue Gong to sit in the chief, and the toast waited left and right, and offered milk tea. According to Tibetan customs, Yue Zhongqi respectfully respects the master, and then drinks it all, and then has another bowl, and drinks it all in one go. Seeing that his father-in-law looked up to the Tibetan compatriots so much, he was so moved that he couldn't cry and couldn't kneel for a long time.

Sa Luoben also invited his father-in-law to stay at the Lewu Wai Walled Fort that night to reminisce about the old feelings. Yue Zhongqi readily agreed. Lewuwei was overjoyed, slaughtering cattle and sheep, and entertaining Yue Zhongqi. That night, Yue Zhongqi slept soundly in his wide clothes, completely defenseless, and won the admiration of Sha Luoben and other toasts.

The next day, Salopun, Langka and the Tusi crossed the river with Yue Zhongqi to the camp of the Qing army, and officially held a ceremony of surrender and submission. The Jinchuan Rebellion, big and small, came to a successful end in a peaceful atmosphere.

In the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1750), Tibet Zhuermet was in turmoil, and Yue Zhongqi, who was 64 years old at the time, was ordered to go out of Kangding again, and together with the governor Celeng, captured Zhuo Na Luo Bu Zang Shi, etc., and the rebellion was quelled.

In the eighteenth year of Qianlong (1753), Yue Zhongqi's eldest son Yue Jun died of illness. I am getting old, and my tuberculosis is getting worse day by day.

In the nineteenth year of Qianlong (1754), Yue Zhongqi's illness was slightly better, and suddenly a military report came, saying that Chen Kun, a native of Chongqing, had organized a cult, demagogic people, and gathered people to oppose the Qing Dynasty.

Yue Zhongqi didn't dare to be slow, struggled to get up from the bed, put on armor, straddled the war horse, and led the army to Chongqing to eliminate the cult Chen Kun. Under his command, the Qing army fought a fierce battle with the cult forces at Daba Mountain. After all, the cult forces were a rabble, and they were quickly wiped out and scattered. At this time, Yue Zhongqi's tuberculosis and lung disease further aggravated, and his condition deteriorated when he passed through Zizhou (now Ziyang, Sichuan) on his way back to Chengdu, and died suddenly at the age of 68.

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