More than 60 kilometers west of Zhaosu County, "Geden" is the Mongolian word for "high back of the brain", describing this mountain arched like a hindbrain. Lin Zexu has a poem: "Gordon mountain Seyi River water, look back at Yilema to see." Looking back, Lin Gong's heart was full of affection, not only the scenery of mountains and rivers, but also the deeds of heroes.
On the Geleng Mountain, there is a stele, the Pingding Dzungarl Inscription, erected in 1761, which is a historical witness to safeguarding the unity of the motherland and opposing national division, has a high historical value, and is now a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is this monument that makes The Mountain famous. Qianlong said in the inscription: "Han Zhidu Protector, General Tang Bai, Fei Zhao Laozhong, Fu Fu Chen." Both The Lords of Sne, the Servants of Si Yi, the Le Ming Ge Deng, the Eternal Commandment of the Billions of Ages! He compared his exploits with the deeds of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the Western Regions, believing that he was a higher level, not only recovering the territory, but also regaining the hearts of the people.
We do not comment on this "contrast", but only to say that there are several heroes behind this monument, two male heroes and a female hero.
The Battle of Dzungar in the Qing Dynasty lasted for nearly 70 years, and qianlong did not end it until twenty-three years (1758), and one of the battles was very famous, that is, the Battle of Gedeng in Pacifying Dawazi. In the middle of this came a big hero Ayuxi. In 1755, 50,000 Qing troops sent out from Ili to participate in the Battle of Dzungar, and the commander-in-chief of the Dzungar Department, Jidawaqi, led nearly 10,000 people to retreat to Mount Geshan. Ayuxi took a cavalry team of only 20 men to reconnoiter, and in the evening they reached the top of Gedon Mountain. Seeing the chaos in the Gedeng camp, Ayuxi decided to make a surprise attack.
According to the history books, Ayuxi and the reconnaissance warriors "slapped their horses and spears, shouted, fired simultaneous guns, and shook the valley", and finally "captured more than twenty large and small leaders, 6,500 surrendered, and Dawazi led the remnants of the tribe to flee." More than 20 people, can make an army of 10,000 people rout, and capture more than 6,000 of them, is undoubtedly a miracle in the history of war. In this regard, some people said that even if they caught more than 6,000 sheep, Ayuxi they also had to spend a while, but they completed this feat in an instant, which seemed very incredible. What we have to say is that the difference between sheep and man is that man surrenders, and sheep do not, and when a sheep is caught, the sheep will jump up and down and run around, but man may not, just raise his hands.
Ayu Xi's "shouts" that shook the valley frightened the enemy and became a great hero. Afterwards, Qianlong Yubi wrote a long poem, several of which were like this: "The divine courage is like Ayuxi, and the knowledge of the party is also like repaying the favor." Now I compose a song of great color, and after a thousand autumns, everyone will hear it. The image of Ayu Xi was also composed by Lang Shining as "Holding a Spear and Swinging Kou Tu", which was hung in the Purple Light Pavilion and included in the Fifty Heroes of Pingzhuan.
Compared with Ayuxi, there is a person who is more silent, he does not roar, but he also leaves a british name in the history of Qing. His name was Borjigit Bandi, a Mongolian man with a yellow flag, an official and student, and successively served as a cabinet scholar, a soldier's attendant, the governor of Huguang, and the head of the bingbu shangshu. In the twentieth year of Qianlong (1755), he was awarded the post of general of Dingbian and led the army to conquer Dzungar in the west.
There is no doubt that Bandi was the leader of Ayuxi, and the history books say that in April of that year, Bandi led his army to Borotala (present-day Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang), learned that Dawazi was unprepared in Ili, and ordered the army to rush forward and conquer Ili, causing Dawazi to climb the mountain with tens of thousands of people. After Ayuxi appeared, the description in the history books was as follows: Dawazi climbed the mountain with ten thousand people, and the bodyguard Ayuxi rode with more than twenty horses and flew away. Shang (Emperor) awarded Ban Di Gong, was awarded the first class of Honesty and Courage, and was given a jewel top, four dragon supplements, and golden yellow silk beads. Bandi's livelihood in Ili Erut was difficult and there was not enough for the soldiers.
At this time, the hero "scared away" the enemy soldiers, although the Qing army annihilated the main force of the Dzungar army, but its commander was still living a difficult life on the grassland, Bandi still thought about what the army was going to eat, and how to fight the next battle. It was not until June of that year, when Dawaqi, who had fled south with only his family and a few of his cronies over the Tianshan Mountains, was captured by the Uyghur leader of Ush, Hodges, and escorted to the Qing army camp, that Ban Di was relieved.
Subsequently, Dawazi was captured by the Kyoshi, and Bandi was left in the steppe. Ostensibly, the centuries-old Dzungar Khanate had collapsed, and more than five hundred years of rule by the Mongol nobles and their descendants in the northern and southern regions of the Tianshan Mountains had come to an end, but by August, things had come again. The reason was that "Shangcha Amir Sana had different aspirations and made Ban Di strictly restrained", and this Amir Sana eventually reversed, bringing the suffering of the resurgence of chaos to the grasslands again, so that the Qing court had to organize a second expedition to Ili.
Who is Amir Sana? In the Qing Dynasty, Erut Mongol Huite Department Taiji, grandson of Dzungar Khan Tseyu Alabutan. He helped Dawazi to attack and kill Lama Darza to seize the Khan's throne, but soon after he had a fire with Dawazi and was defeated. In order to use the strength of the Qing army to eliminate political enemies, he was attached to the Qing court and was given the title of prince. In 1755, when the Qing army conquered Dawazi, he was appointed as the left deputy general of Dingbian.
After Dawazi was captured, Amir Sana's ambitions swelled in an instant, and he called himself the "Chief Khan" and could not wait to launch a new rebellion. The imperial court, in the name of entering the court, prepared to summon him to the interior and cut him off, but he went halfway and killed him. Ban Di fought with 500 men, and was eventually surrounded, and Ban Di drew his sword and killed himself. The story of the hero here becomes the shroud of Ma Ge, and in the History of the Qing Dynasty, it is said, "Mourning, going to the shrine in person", for the first of the fifty heroes.
Roar or not, Ayuxi and Bandi are heroes who have left a name, compared to them, there is a heroine who has not been able to leave a name. The heroine is Chechen Meurgen Hatun, Hatun means queen, Chechen Meurgen means clever, wise, but this is her honorific title. She had sent one hundred of the five hundred soldiers who had finally accompanied General Bandi.
The husband of Chechen's Mergenhardon was named Dashdava. In 1746, after The death of Kaldanze Zero, there was a constant scuffle within the Dzungar ruling clique over the right to rule, in which Dashdava and his son Tulu batu were also involved, in which both were killed. Subsequently, Dashdava's men gathered under the command of his wife. There were nearly 10,000 people in this unit, and about 2,000 people were able to get on horseback to participate in the battle, which became the object of co-optation by various factions.
After Dawazi was eliminated, Amir Sana also set his sights on Dashdava's people, first proposing to marry Dashdava's daughter as his wife, but Dashdawa's wife refused, and then offered to let his nephew manage Dashdava's people, and was again rejected by Dashdava's wife. Even so, Amir Sana was still not dead-hearted, and often used intimidation and other means to threaten Dashdava's wife, so that Dashdava's wife could see his sinister intentions.
After Bandi was besieged, Dashdava's wife firmly fought with the Qing army and sent 100 cavalry to relieve the siege, but the soldiers who were paid a cup of water could only die with General Bandi in the end. Subsequently, Dash Dawa's wife felt that Dash Dawa's people alone could not return to heaven, and in order to get rid of the annexation of the whole people by Amir Sana, she decided to take advantage of the chaos and move towards the Qing court's northwest camp in the eastern Xinjiang region, BariKun. The difficulty of a woman leading a multitude of people to wade through mountains and rivers begins. When Amir Sana heard the news, he made two sieges, but he was unable to stop the shift of the Dash Dawa troops, and the Dash Dawa's combat knives were stained red with blood.
Upon arriving in Bari Kun, Dashdava's wife and followers were warmly received by local officials. Because the relocation of the Dash Dawa people was also a just act against the split, the imperial court, in addition to allocating a large amount of silver, cattle and sheep, and tea to help them and give them rewards, Qianlong also sent Chincha to give Dash Dawa's wife the title of "Chechen Mergen Hatun". Although the name of Dashdava's wife, the hero of the towel, has been lost on the steppe due to its age, the title of "Chechen Meurgen Hatun" will always live in the hearts of the Dashdava people.
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