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Degelei

Degelei was the tenth son of Taizu. He was first appointed taiji. In the sixth year of Tianming the army raided Fengji Fort, and as it was about to withdraw, a soldier pointed out where the Ming troops were. Degelei, with Yuetuo and Shuotuo, advanced to attack them and defeated the Ming general Li Bingcheng. He then, with the taiji Zhaisanggu, inspected the bridge over the Sancha River and reached Hai Department; the officials and people in the city played music and carried sedan chairs to welcome Degelei and the others, and Degelei ordered the soldiers not to disturb the people, not to seize goods, not to sleep on the city walls and not to enter the people's houses. The next day, those who had been sent to inspect the Sancha River returned and reported that the bridge was destroyed and there were no boats, and so he withdrew. In the eighth year, with Abatai, he attacked the Zhalute tribe of Ka'erka. In the eleventh year he again followed Daishan in attacking the Zhalute tribe. In the third year of Tiancong, with Ji'erhalang, he raided Jin Department and burned its stores. When merit was assessed, he was advanced to Heshuo Beile. Edit

In the fifth year the Six Ministries were first established and he took charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. He joined the siege of the Daling River, and Degelei led troops to give support and defeated the Ming Army Supervisor Circuit Intendant Zhang Chun. In the tenth month, when Zu Dashou surrendered, he and Abatai and others, disguised as Ming troops, attacked Jin Department, and killed and beheaded great numbers. In the sixth year, with Ji'erhalang and others, he raided Guihua City. He again, with Yuetuo, raided territory from Yao Department to the south of Gai Department. In the seventh year he took Lushunkou. In the eighth year he joined the campaign against the Ming, and pacified and settled the Mongol households who came to submit. He took Dushikou. He attacked Chicheng, but did not take it. He entered Baoquan Department, joined forces at Ying Department, and returned. In the tenth month of the ninth year he died. The emperor attended his mourning in person, mourned him deeply, and returned only when the water clock had run out at the third drum. He had a tent set up and sat in it, and had the dishes removed for three days. Edit

After a month, Manggu'ertai having died, was denounced by Lengsengji, and was struck from the clan register for great treason; Degelei was found guilty as a co-conspirator, and his rank of beile was posthumously stripped. His son Dengshiku was likewise found guilty and struck from the clan register; Dekexike, as a guard, followed Haoge on the campaign against Zhang Xianzhong and died in battle, and Shizu decreed that his son Huier receive the stipend of a first-class asihani hafan. He had five sons; Yunzhu was appointed first-class adaha hafan. In the fifty-second year of Kangxi, Shengzu ordered the clan register restored and granted the Red Girdle. Edit