Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 192

The eighth person, Seng Gelinqin, a general of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the late Qing Dynasty, has 96 military strength, 97 commander-in-chief, 82 intelligence, and 78 politics; Born on June 26th, 16 (1811) in Horqin Zuoyi Back Banner, Ha Ri Ge Sum Bai Xing Tu Ga Cha, an ordinary Taiji family. In his childhood, Seng Gelinqin, because of his poor family, had accompanied his father Bu He Deliger for The rich graze. When he was 12 years old, he was sent to Wenchang Palace in Changtu Old Town to study.

In the fifth year of Daoguang (1825), Seng Gelinqin was selected as the heir of the king of Sotnam Dobuzhai County, and inherited the king of Zhasak County of Horqin Left Back Banner.In December of the same year, he was ordered to walk in front of the imperial court and wear three-eyed flower feathers.

In the sixth year of Daoguang (1826), purple reins were rewarded.In the ninth year of Daoguang (1829), he was rewarded with a yellow jacket.In February of the same year, he was ordered to manage Shangyu's spare work.In September, life manages the firearms camp.

In the 14th year of Daoguang (1834), he was granted the title of former imperial minister, inner minister of Zhengbai Banner, and Mongolian capital of Zhenglan Banner.In September, he was a minister of the rear.

In the first month of the 15th year of Daoguang (1835), the capital of Mongolia was inlaid with a red flag.In February, Chong Wenda (supervisor and waiter) was in charge of the Tiger Gun camp.In July, the Prime Minister was ordered to go to camp.In December, he was Minister of Military Parade.

In the 16th year of Daoguang (1836), Manchuria was awarded the inlaid white banner. In 1837 (the 17th year of Daoguang), the yellow reins were rewarded.

In September of the 21st year of Daoguang (1841), it became the capital of Manchuria in the Zhenghuang Banner.In the 24th year of Daoguang (1844), he acted as a right-wing supervisor, and was appointed as the capital of Manchuria in Zhenglan Banner.

In February of the 25th year of Daoguang (1845), he was the Minister of Internal Affairs and Guards who led the Xianghuang Banner.In May of the 26th year of Daoguang (1846), he served as the minister of internal guards leading the Zhengbai Banner.

In the 30th year of Daoguang (1850), it became the Mongolian capital of Xianghuang Banner.In January, Emperor Daoguang died, and Seng Gelinqin was one of the Ministers Gu Ming.In September, he was ordered to suppress bandits in Miyun County, and was given the left-wing supervision.In December, Seng Gelinqin was rewarded for his achievements in eradicating banditry, and Zhenglong of the Fourth Regiment was rewarded for mending the clothes and allowed to wear them.

In the first year of Xianfeng (1851), Seng Gelinqin was appointed as the imperial minister, and was in charge of Luanyi guards.He once asked for an order to send troops to suppress the tenant farmers' struggle against rent in the Horqin Left Back Banner.

In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), Wu Baotai, the leader of the tenant farmers' resistance to rent, was sent to prison.Presided over the relocation of Emperor Daoguang's Zi Palace, respectfully and respectfully, and rewarded him with three levels.

In May of the third year of Xianfeng (1853), he was ordered to supervise the patrol of the capital and served as a counselor.At this time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had established its capital in Tianjing and sent troops to the Northern Expedition.Seng Gelinqin was ordered to lead the Jianrui Battalion, the Outer Firearms Battalion, the Two Wings Frontier Battalion, the Eight Banners Guard Battalion, the Fifth Xunpu Battalion and the officers and soldiers of Chahar, and the powerful troops of Zhelimu, Zhuosutu, and Zhaowuda Mongolian kings went out of Beijing .

In August, the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom invaded the important area of ​​Gyeonggi.Emperor Xianfeng personally awarded the treasured sword used by Nurhachi, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, to Seng Gelinqin and ordered him to lead an army to suppress it.In September, the Bauhinia Pass was fortified.In October, Nanwang Qingtuo and the Northern Expeditionary Army fought in Tianjin.The Northern Expedition suffered heavy losses and retreated to Lianzhen.In the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), the Northern Expeditionary Army was defeated again in Lianzhen. Emperor Xianfeng bestowed the title of "Tanduo Batulu" on Seng Gelinqin.

In the first month of the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), Seng Gelinqin's entire army fought against the Taiping Army again, breaking through Mucheng, Donglian Town, and the Taiping Army fought desperately.Because of this special merit, Emperor Xianfeng conferred the title of Senggelinqin as the Prince of Bodolegatai in February, and rewarded him with a plate of court beads and a four-tuan dragon mending jacket.In April, the edict was hereditary, and the salary was doubled.

In June, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Li Kaifang's tribe was wiped out in Fengguantun, Shandong, and Li Kaifang was captured alive.Both Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang were famous generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, brave and good at fighting, Seng Gelinqin fought hundreds of battles in two years, all of them were wiped out, and none slipped through the net, so his reputation spread throughout the country.

In May of the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), Seng Gelinqin was appointed as the capital of the Han army inlaid with red flags.In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), Tan Tingxiang, the governor of Zhili, and Tuo Ming'a were defeated in defending Dagu Haikou in Tianjin, and the peace faction of the Qing court signed the "Tianjin Treaty" with the British representative.

After learning about it, Seng Gelinqin appealed to Emperor Xianfeng, insisting that the negotiators be withdrawn, and advocated mobilizing soldiers from all over the country, pouring all the food from the whole country, rectifying the army, and driving out the Western invaders.But because the peace faction prevailed, his opinion was not adopted.

In the ninth year of Xianfeng (1859), Emperor Xianfeng ordered Seng Gelinqin to Tianjin to supervise the defense of Dagukou and Jingdong.Seng Gelinqin learned the lessons of the failure of the first Dagukou Battle, actively prepared for the construction of Dagu Haikou and Shuanggang fortifications, purged the army, and made various preparations for anti-aggression.

The new British and French envoys to China, Prussia and Bourbron, led the so-called treaty exchange fleet northward along the waterway from Shanghai.The fleet consisted of a cruiser and 13 gunboats. When they arrived at the Dagu Port in Tianjin, they defied the fortifications of the Chinese army, ignored the dissuasion and warnings of the Chinese army, and blatantly broke into the Dagu Port, which aroused great anger among the Chinese officers and soldiers. indignation.

Seng Gelinqin issued a battle order to resolutely fight back against the invaders, and the overseers fought hard, destroying 3 British warships, causing 464 British casualties, and British Navy Commander Hobb was seriously injured.After a stalemate for several days, the warships of the British and French allied forces withdrew.

The defense of Dagukou was the first major victory won by the Chinese army against foreign invasion since the invasion of Western capitalist powers in 1840.The Qing court rewarded Seng Gelinqin and meritorious soldiers.Marx, the mentor of the proletarian revolution, also gave full attention and affirmation to this matter.

In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the British and French allied forces invaded Tianjin, and Seng Gelinqin was defeated and retreated to Tongzhou.Emperor Xianfeng ordered that Seng Gelinqin's three-eyed flower feather be pulled out, Zhenghuang Banner's leader of the guards and the Minister of the Guards, and Xianglan Banner's Manchuria were removed.Then they fought again and were defeated by Zhangjiawan and Baliqiao. The British and French allied forces invaded Beijing and the Old Summer Palace was destroyed.The peace ministers complained that Seng Gelinqin had offended foreigners.Emperor Xianfeng went to Senggelinqin County and Wang Jue remained as an imperial envoy.

In September of the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), Nien troops broke out all over Zhili, Shandong and Hejian Prefecture.The Qing government restored the title of Prince of Senggelingqin County and ordered him to lead more than [-] Qing troops to Shandong to fight against the Nian Army.

On December 11, the 1861th year of Xianfeng (24), according to Seng Gelinqin's request, the position of Zhelimu League leader was conferred by Sotnam Pengsuke, Prince of Darhan.

In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), he was rewarded and returned to Prince Gatai of Bodole, and soon he was ordered to be hereditary.The imperial court authorized Seng Gelinqin to control and dispatch troops from the five provinces of Zhi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei and Anhui.Seng Gelinqin led the Mongolian cavalry and the troops provided by the five provinces to defeat the Nian army many times. He took down 10,000+ Nian troops at Heishidu, Huoshan, eastern Hubei, and dispersed 10,000+ people. The Qing army also suffered heavy losses.

In May of the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865), Seng Gelinqin was lured by the Nian army to Gaolouzhai in Caozhou, Shandong (now Heze City, Shandong), and then fell into a heavy siege.On the evening of May 55th, Seng Gelinqin led a small number of entourages to break out of the siege. When he fled to Wujiadian in the northwest of Caozhou, he was killed in a wheat field by soldiers of the First Nian Army. He was [-] years old.Seng Gelinqin's death on the battlefield shocked the Qing court, and they all regretted the loss of the "pillar of the country".

Since Seng Gelinqin always cared for the people and treated the soldiers well, when he heard the news of his death, the people went on strike and held wild sacrifices in the streets.When the coffin returned to Beijing, more than 70 people's umbrellas were presented to the coffin. Soldiers and common people all welcomed the coffin, and the cries shook the ground.

The Qing government held a funeral for Seng Gelinqin at the standard of a prince. Emperor Tongzhi and Cixi came to pay homage in person. Ziguang Pavilion.An ancestral hall was built in the east of Jiergalangbo King's Mansion in Kezuohou Banner to enshrine the image of the monk king.In the Xieriga area of ​​Ebullier, another statue temple of the monk king was built, and a Ziguang Pavilion was painted.

In July of the same year, the Qing government sent personnel to escort Seng Gelinqin's coffin to the north, where he was buried in Horqin Left Wing Hereditary Banner Mausoleum (now Gongzhuling Village, Sijiazi Township, Faku County, Liaoning Province).

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