巴賽 Bāsài

Son of Ba'erkan: Basai, Duke Xiangmin Who Assists the State

Basai, Duke Xiangmin Who Assists the State, served Shengzu and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant-General of the Chinese-martial Bordered Blue Banner. He followed the campaign against Ga'erdan, was promoted to Lieutenant-General of the Mongol Plain Red Banner, and acted as General of Heilongjiang. When Shizong acceded to the throne, he was appointed General of Ningguta. Afterward he inherited the title and was recalled. In the fourth year of Yongzheng, he was appointed General Who Stirs Martial Might and stationed in the army at A'ertai. In the fifth year, he was due to be replaced and come back, but because Danjin Duo'erji, Prince of the Second Rank of the Kaerka, said that Basai managed affairs in an orderly way, he was ordered to remain on guard. In the seventh year, Fu'erdan, Grand General Who Quiets the Frontier, led troops against Ga'erdan Celing, and Basai was appointed Deputy General. In the eighth year, when Fu'erdan went to court for an audience, he took charge of the seal of the Grand General. In the ninth year, he was stationed at Kebuduo with Fu'erdan. In the sixth month, Ga'erdan Celing came to attack with thirty thousand men; Fu'erdan believed words intended to sow discord, thinking Ga'erdan Celing's troops few, and sent out troops, halting at Kuliedu Ridge. The enemy held the strong ground, and he attacked it without success and moved the army to Hetonghu'erhanuo'er. The enemy lay in ambush in the valley, suddenly rose up and cut off the fighting, and the Mongol troops broke; he gathered four thousand Manchu troops into a square camp to protect the baggage, and retreated across the Ha'erhana River. The enemy pursued, Fu'erdan returned to Kebuduo, and Basai and Chabina, Deputy General, led the remnant troops across the ridge to the river bank to resist the enemy, and fell in the ranks. The host of Ga'erdan Celing flourished yellow belts to show our army, saying: "Your imperial clansmen have been killed by us!" He was granted mourning favours and a posthumous name and was enshrined in the Zhaozhong Shrine. His son Qitong'a inherited. Soon he was changed to inherit as Prince Jian of the First Rank, and the ducal rank had to be abolished. Gaozong, considering that Ba'erkan and Basai had in successive generations still had military merit, had the second son of Qitong'a, Jingnaheng, inherit it. Four generations on, the great-grandson Chengzhi again changed to inherit as Prince Zheng of the First Rank. Edit