屯齊 Túnqí

Grandson of Shu'erhaqi, of the grade of a Duke Who Guards the State: Tunqi

Tunqi, of the grade of a General Who Guards the State, third class, was a son of Tulun. Tulun, the fourth son of Shu'erhaqi, was posthumously made a beile and given the posthumous name Kexi. Tunqi served Taizong, followed A'jige, Prince Ying of the First Rank, in the campaign against the Ming, and had merit. He followed Ji'erhalang, Prince Zheng of the First Rank, in seizing Jinzhou, Songshan and Xingshan, winning nine battles in nine. Tunqi was wounded, was granted another hundred taels of silver, and was enfeoffed as Duke Who Assists the State. In the fifth year, he followed Duo'ergun, Prince Rui of the First Rank, in besieging Jinzhou; Ming troops raided the camp of the Bordered Blue Banner by night, and he defeated them. For not approaching the city walls and for privately sending troops back, it was proposed to strip his title, but he was ordered fined a thousand taels of silver instead. In the sixth year, he followed the emperor in attacking Jinzhou and Tashan and defeated Ming troops, and again followed Duo'ergun in besieging Jinzhou. Edit

In the first year of Shunzhi, he was promoted to beizi. Soon he followed Duoduo, Prince Yu of the First Rank, in breaking the roving bandits and pacifying Shaanxi and Henan, with merit in both, and was granted a round-medallion gauze robe. He followed Duoduo in taking Jiangning; when Yousong, the Ming Prince of Fu, fled to Taiping, he and Nikan the beile pursued him as far as Wuhu and captured him. When the army returned, he was granted a hundred taels of gold, five thousand taels of silver, and a saddle and a horse, and was appointed gushan ejen of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner. In the third year, he followed Haoge, Prince Su of the First Rank, on the western campaign, broke He Zhen and lifted the siege of Hanzhong. When Yizhihu and Sun Shoufa took Xing'an, he advanced the army to Hanyin and drove them away. In the fifth year, the Hui of Shaanxi rose in rebellion, and he was ordered to be Grand General Who Pacifies the West and to lead troops against them. The Governor-General Meng Qiaofang had already struck down and killed the Hui chiefs Milayin, Ding Guodong and others, and Tunqi went back to join the army of A'jige, Prince Ying of the First Rank, garrisoning Datong. In the sixth year, he was promoted to beile. Edit

Zhang Xianzhong's generals Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and others had surrendered to Youlang, the Ming Prince of Gui, and were harassing Hunan. In the ninth year, Tunqi followed Nikan, Grand General Who Settles Distant Lands, on the southern campaign. When Nikan fell in battle, Tunqi took over the command. At that time Dingguo and another general, Ma Jinzhong, with over forty thousand troops, were camped at Yongzhou. When Dingguo heard that the army had arrived, he crossed Longhu Pass and fled first. Kewang was at Jing Department, and another general, Feng Shuangli, was at Wugang. Tunqi advanced the army to Baoqing, and at Zhoujiapo, Shuangli and Jinzhong held a strong position against our army; as evening came with rain, the two sides drew up lines facing each other. That night Kewang came from Baoqing with troops to join them, the host being called a hundred thousand; Tunqi divided his forces and struck out, and broke them utterly. In the eleventh year, he was retroactively charged with the defeat at Hengzhou and stripped of his title. In the twelfth year, he was given the grade of a Duke Who Guards the State. In the fifteenth year, he followed Duoni in the campaign through Yunnan; Dingguo carried Youlang off to flee to Yongchang, and he took the surrender of the rest of their forces. He returned. In the second year of Kangxi, he died. Edit

His son Wenqi was at first enfeoffed as beizi, and was appointed Right Clan Councillor and Lieutenant-General of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner. When Wu Sangui rebelled, the emperor ordered Dong'e, Grand General Who Settles the West, to campaign from Shaanxi into Sichuan, and Wenqi followed. The Shaanxi Provincial Commander Wang Fuchen rebelled in response to Sangui, and the army camped at Hanzhong. In the fourteenth year, it advanced and halted at Longzhou, took the two passes of Xianyi and Guanshan, recovered Li County in Qinzhou, drove the enemy as far as Xihe, and Qingshui and Fuqiang both fell. In the sixteenth year, an edict rebuked Dong'e for his army's long lack of merit, and Wenqi was likewise convicted, demoted to Duke Who Assists the State, and deprived of office. Sangui took Hunan, and Shangshan, Grand General Who Brings Peace to Distant Lands and Quiets Bandits, planned the capture of Yuezhou; the emperor sent out the imperial guard troops and ordered Wenqi to lead them there and take part in the planning of military affairs. In the seventeenth year, he defeated the rebels at Liulinzui, at Junshan and at Lushikou, and advanced and took Yuezhou. In the eighteenth year, Wenqi pursued Sangui's general Wu Yingqi, but, not having brought cooking utensils, withdrew his troops, and falsely reported killing over five thousand in the ranks. By then Shangshan had died and Chani had taken over the command. When the matter was reported, Chani was ordered to investigate and interrogate him, and Wenqi was convicted and stripped of his title. Edit