Alubu 阿魯補

Right Army Supervisor of the Marshal’s Office; Commander of Basu; Military Governor of Guide

Thousand-Household Commander in the Ever-Victorious Army

Bearer of the Triple Staff with Equal Protocol, posthumous

Bearer of the Triple Staff with Equal Protocol

At the river he saw the enemy was still distant and sent light troops by night. By dawn he reached Weixian, met the foe, took several thousand heads, and put the rest to flight.

Banditry was rife in Daming, and he was ordered to remain and garrison the region.

Bandits struck Shenxian but scattered at word of Alubu's approach. He pursued a day and a night, overtook them at Guantao, and took them all prisoner.

Before he came of age he took the field and helped reduce Xianzhou and Dongjing.

Born to a warrior house, Alubu followed campaign after campaign and won repeated distinction. In every post he ruled with kindness and won the people's hearts.

Early in Tianhui, Zongwang, Prince of Song, marched against Zhang Jue at Pingzhou. Learning that more than ten thousand men from Yingzhou were marching to his aid, he sent Alubu and Alidai to intercept them; they took several thousand heads and returned.

Hailing, who had once served in the ranks and disliked Alubu, decreed: "Measured by merit and service, others have done more than this.

He again followed his elder brother Yuhua with three thousand men against Qianzhou. Yuhua died on the march and Alubu took over his command. At Qianzhou he received the surrender of the garrison and thirty encampments, seized forty seals, and with Puhui reduced Yizhou.

He attacked Luzhou again. With Digubu he broke ten thousand men at Tuogao. At the city walls five hundred horsemen sallied; he defeated them and killed two commanders.

He became Right Army Supervisor of the Marshal's Office, commander of the Basu circuit, and military governor of Guide, rising by stages to Bearer of the Triple Staff with Equal Protocol.

He followed Wolugu against Hao and Yizhou, routed seven hundred men with barely a dozen riders, and pressed the attack on the Liao emperor himself.

He followed Zongbi in the pursuit of Prince Kang and crossed the Huai. Alubu remained at Hezhou with four thousand men, commanding the garrisons between the Yangzi and Huai to bring in counties still holding out.

He took Taipingzhou and razed its walls.

He was a man of imposing stature and keen stratagem, fearless in battle.

He was condemned to death.

He was fifty five.

He was made commander in chief of the Daming Kaide circuit.

His rank already stands at the first grade, reward enough in itself.

In Dading 3 he was posthumously made Bearer of the Triple Staff with Equal Protocol. His son was appointed Right Guard General, inherited the meng'an and personal commandery, and received five hundred taels of silver, twenty bolts of heavy brocade, and three hundred bolts of silk.

In Huangtong 5 he became Associate Administrator of the Branch Secretariat, received a hereditary meng'an, and held a combined commandery command.

In Tianhui 15 an edict abolished Qi. Liu Lin was already in custody, and Alubu entered Bianjing first to guard against trouble.

On the return march he learned that Daming and Kaide had united more than a hundred thousand men to contest the river crossing.

On the second campaign against Song he followed Zongwang, broke the enemy at Jingxing, and took Luancheng.

Prince Kang was then at Xiangzhou. Daming sent troops against the Jin camp; Alubu took two hundred horsemen by night, slipped behind them, and routed them.

Returning from Talanwen's campaign against Enzhou, Mingzhou rose again. Alubu reached the walls first, defeated a sally, seized the defending officials, and with Puluhuan took Xinde.

Song generals Yue Fei, Liu Guangshi, and others did seize the moment, took Xu, Ying, and Chen, and neighboring districts rose in support.

Song troops came to recover the south. Zongbi summoned Alubu, Han Chang of Xuzhou, Dachou of Yingzhou, and Chisan Hui of Chenzhou to assemble at Bian. Alubu alone stayed away, for the enemy was at his gates.

The army crossed from Daming; Alubu held the approaches to Mingzhou.

The army halted at Xingzhou, where the Hutuo bridge had been burned. Alubu threw a detachment across the water first; by the time the main body arrived the bridge was finished.

The army marched home.

The columns that threatened Guide he beat back again and again, retook Bo, Su, and other prefectures, and pacified the south—no man's service surpassed his.

The following year he was appointed prefect of Guide.

The main army withdrew to Mengyang.

The next day he broke twenty thousand of the enemy at Shenxian and took five hundred heads.

The next day he ordered all private weapons surrendered to the authorities, and officials and people alike returned to their former quiet.

The state's law makes no distinction between high and low. Kinship and rank cannot set it aside."

The Western Capital had fallen. Zhamu failed to take Yingzhou and withdrew to camp north of the city. That night he sent Alubu with four hundred men to scout. The garrison sallied with three thousand in a surprise attack; Alubu met them on the road, took more than a hundred heads, and captured sixty horses.

When Luzhou rebelled he led a detachment against it, routed six thousand horsemen, and took three commanders prisoner.

When the lands south of the river were ceded to Song, he entered service as Inner Secretariat envoy at Yanjing.

When the Liao marched to recover Haizhou he went with the tribal chief Maji to its relief, met a heavy enemy force on the road, fought hard, and took more than a thousand heads.

When the Qi puppet state was set up, Alubu encamped his troops outside Bian.

When thirty thousand Liao troops marched from Mayi, he met them with a thousand men, broke their line, and killed their general on the field.

When Zongbi recovered the south, Alubu crossed the river first, pacified the prefectures, and again became prefect of Guide and commander in chief of Henan.

When Zongwang marched on Song he fought Guo Yaoshi at the White River.

While at Bian he had taken timber from government buildings and built a private house at Enzhou. The affair now came to light. By law the case called for "deliberation on merit" and "deliberation on kinship".

Yao Pingzhong struck by night with a heavy force. Alubu stood directly in their path, fought hard, and drove them off.

Yehe's sons were Alubu, Gunan, Egunai, and Sanda.

Zhang Yong brought tens of thousands of foot and horse against him. Alubu had only two thousand and was surrounded. He burst the ring, fought through, routed the enemy, pursued forty li, and returned with three hundred captured horses.

Zongbi hurried west toward Shaanxi. On the road he learned Daming had rebelled again and sent Alubu to deal with it. Alubu went to the walls alone with an interpreter, called on the city to yield, and Daming submitted.

Zongbi, Prince of Liang, took Kaide, and Alubu marched to his support with five thousand foot.

Zongwang ordered Alubu to lead two commanderies in the first assault. He fought with exceptional valor and was rewarded beyond the common measure.

Zongwang praised his service, rewarded him from the Zhending treasury, and made him a thousand household commander in the Ever Victorious Army.