Ulan Tai (烏蘭泰) | 24 Histories

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Ulan Tai was a general.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Death

AD 1852 咸豐二年
wounded by cannon fire 砲傷 · At Jiangjun Bridge 將軍橋
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 392, passage 42
Killed in battle · At near Guilin 桂林
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 384, passage 180

Attested activity

AD 1852 咸豐二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 392, passage 42
AD 1851 咸豐元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 392, passage 32
AD 1851 都統烏蘭泰軍西南
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 384, passages 172, 177

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Career and standing

Banner Commander 都統
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 384, passage 177

Events and relationships

Ambushed rebels
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 392, passage 32
Urged Shuidou assault
Military · Commander · With Yao Ying (姚瑩)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 384, passage 179
Relation Rival of · Person Xiang Rong (向榮)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 392, passage 40

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 384Volume 384 Biographies 171: Lin Peihou, Li Xiangkun, Li Zongchuan, Wang Fengsheng, Huang Mian, Yu De Yuan, Yao Ying · 3 passages

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永安城小，都統烏蘭泰軍西南，提督向榮軍東北，合滇、黔、楚、蜀兵四萬餘人，賊數千壁險死鬥。 Yong'an was a small city; Banner Commander Ulan Tai held the southwest and Regional Commander Xiang Rong the northeast; together they had more than forty thousand troops from Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang, and Sichuan, while several thousand rebels held the high ground and fought desperately.

瑩與烏蘭泰皆主擊水竇，絕賊外援，向榮不從，自由龍寮嶺進而敗，乃議開水竇一路縱賊逸，尾追擊之。 Yao and Ulan Tai both urged an assault on Shuidou to cut off outside help; Xiang Rong refused, advanced by Longliao Ridge, and was defeated; the command then proposed opening Shuidou to let the rebels escape and chasing them afterward.

瑩力辯其失，賽尚阿仍用向榮策，賊果突圍出犯桂林，烏蘭泰戰死，賽尚阿逮問。 Yao argued strenuously against the plan, but Saišangga followed Xiang Rong's strategy; the rebels broke out, struck toward Guilin, Ulan Tai was killed in battle, and Saišangga was arrested.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E · 6 passages

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烏蘭泰設伏，殲賊甚眾。 Wulantai set an ambush and killed a great many rebels.

達洪阿、烏蘭泰攻雙髻，毀其巢，賊自焚新墟而逸。 Da Hong'a and Wulantai attacked Shuangji and destroyed the rebel base; the rebels burned the new market themselves and escaped.

詔責諸軍並力進攻，水竇為永安要隘，烏蘭泰攻拔之，乃合圍。 The court rebuked the armies and ordered a combined assault; Shuidou was Yong'an's critical pass, and once Wulantai stormed and took it the encirclement was complete.

向榮任北路，烏蘭泰任南路。 Xiang Rong took the northern sector and Wulantai the southern.

烏蘭泰爭之不得，素與榮不協，至是益相水火。 Wulantai objected but could not prevail; he had long been at odds with Xiang Rong, and now their hostility became outright.

而賊遽犯桂林，向榮走間道入城守禦，烏蘭泰尾追至將軍橋，猝被砲傷，旋殞於軍，總兵長瑞、長壽、董光甲、邵鶴齡亦戰歿。 but the rebels at once threatened Guilin; Xiang Rong slipped into the city by a side road to organize the defense; Wulantai pursued to Jiangjun Bridge, was struck down by artillery, and died in camp; brigade generals Chang Rui, Chang Shou, Dong Guangjia, and Shao Heling also fell in battle.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 1 passage

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如烏蘭泰、塔齊布、江忠源皆難得之將，而多不盡其用，且以死殉。 Generals like Ulanga, Taqibu, and Jiang Zhongyuan were irreplaceable, yet the court often failed to use them fully, and they died in the field.