巴雅喇 Bāyǎlǎ

Bayala, Beile Duyigangguo

Bayala, Beile Duyigangguo, was the fifth son of Xianzu. At first he was appointed taiji. In the first month of the wuxu year, Taizu ordered him to campaign with Chuying against the Anchulaku district; by night he took twenty camps and stockades, received the surrender of over ten thousand people, and was granted the title Zhuoliketu, which in translation means "devoted to righteousness." In the fifth month of the dingwei year, he campaigned against the Donghai Woji tribes, took the three districts of Hexihe, E'mohesulu and Fonehetuokesuo, and captured two thousand people. In the ninth year of Tianming he died. In the tenth year of Shunzhi, he was posthumously enfeoffed and given a posthumous name. Edit

His son Baiyintu served Taizong and was appointed third-class ang'bang zhangjing and gushan ejen of the Bordered Yellow Banner. In the fifth month of the first year of Chongde, he followed A'jige, Prince Wuying of the Second Rank, in raiding Baoding, attacked Anshu, and took it. In the tenth month, he presented the spoils at the Dugong Hall, and the emperor, because Baiyintu had not forgotten his sovereign in battle, praised him deeply. He followed the campaign against Korea, entered the city on horseback, and took in their baggage. In the third year, he followed Duo'ergun, Prince Rui of the First Rank, in the campaign against the Ming, and with the gushan ejen Tu'erge defeated the enemy at Dongjiakou, broke the frontier wall and entered, and took the lower city of Qingshan Pass. In the sixth year, Baiyintu's younger brother Gong'adai followed the main army in besieging Jinzhou and wavered when facing the enemy; the matter was referred to the princes and ministers to try his offence. Baiyintu flung back his sleeve and walked out, and was convicted of shielding him and sentenced to death, but was ordered instead to be deprived of title and office and fined to redeem his crime. Soon he led troops to help Duo'ergun attack Jinzhou, and with Duoduo besieged Songshan. In the seventh year, he was again appointed gushan ejen. In the second year of Shunzhi, he followed Duoduo on the western campaign, defeated the enemy at Tong Pass, was enfeoffed as General Who Guards the State, first class, and was granted an embroidered robe. He followed again on the southern campaign, took Yangzhou, and with his navy broke their troops on the south bank of the Yangzi, and with Boluo the beizi took Hangzhou. In recognition of his merit, he was granted eighty taels of gold, four thousand taels of silver, and a saddle and a horse. In the third year, he was appointed third-class duke. In the fifth year, he was promoted to beizi. He followed A'jige to garrison Datong. After the rebel general Jiang Xiang died, his remaining followers still held commanderies and counties here and there. In the sixth year, he took Qinzhou and besieged Xiang's general Hu Guoding at Lu'an, destroyed his forces, and was promoted to beile. Gong'adai served Duo'ergun and was the most trusted by him, and was successively promoted to beizi. After Duo'ergun died, Gong'adai was convicted of joining his faction and put to death. Baiyintu was also implicated, stripped of his title, confined, and struck from the clan register. In the fourth year of Jiaqing, Renzong ordered that the clan register be restored and granted a red belt. A descendant of Gong'adai, Yilibu, has his own biography. Edit