Eldemboo [Guwalgiya]

Ê-lê-têng-pao (Eldemboo) 額勒(爾)登保, 1748-1805, Oct. 13, clan name Gualgiya 瓜爾佳, Duke Wei-yung (威勇公), general, was a native of Kirin City (then known as Ula 烏拉), Kirin. He was conscripted for the army and was sent to Yunnan in 1768 to fight the Burmese. From 1773 to 1776 he fought in Szechwan against the Chin-ch'uan rebels (see under A-kuei), winning the rank of an Imperial Bodyguard and the title of Horonggū Baturu 和隆武巴圖魯.

For the next seven years (1776-83) he was in Peking, serving as an Imperial Bodyguard. In 1784 he served under Fu-k'ang-an and Hai-lan-ch'a [qq.v.] in the campaign against the Muslim uprising in Kansu; and three years later, in the expedition to Taiwan (see under Ch'ai Ta-chi). After the campaign in Taiwan was over he was rewarded by having his portrait placed in the Tzŭ-kuang-ko (see under Chao-hui). In 1791 he was sent to Tibet to serve in the campaign against the Gurkas (see under Fuk'ang-an) and for a time acted as Imperial Agent at Lhasa. In the following year he went with the army into Nepal, and was commander of the rear guard after peace was made. For his exploits in this campaign another portrait of him was placed in the Tzŭ-kuang-ko, and he was appointed deputy lieutenant general of a Banner. In 1795 he was raised to a lieutenant general.

When the Miao tribesmen on the Kweichow-Szechwan-Hunan border rebelled in 1795 Fuk'ang-an specifically asked to have Ê-lê-têng-pao and Tê-lêng-t'ai [q.v.] sent there to assist him in fighting against the rebels. After a year of warfare Fu-k'ang-an and his successor, Ho-lin [q.v.], died in quick succession. Ê-lê-têng-pao contracted malaria and dysentery and was compelled to rest for two months in western Hunan. As soon as he recovered he led his men to the advance on Kweichow. Early in 1797 the rebellion of the Miao tribesmen was crushed, chiefly through the efforts of Ê-lê-têng-pao. He was rewarded with the hereditary rank of a marquis and the designation Wei-yung (see above). By this time he already held the exalted rank of a chamberlain of the Imperial Bodyguard. After the Miao tribesmen were pacified he was immediately transferred to Hupeh, to join the armies that were then fighting against the rebels known as Pai-lien-chiao 白蓮教, or White Lotus Sect.

The Pai-lien-chiao was the name of a secret religious society which staged a rebellion against the Mongols as early as the Yüan period (middle of the fourteenth century), and again in the sixteen-twenties of the Ming period. Both revolts took place in Honan and parts of the adjacent provinces. The society was not wholly suppressed but continued as an under-cover. religious movement among the farmers of that region. About 1775 the leader of the society. Liu Sung (see under Lêng-pao), revived its activities but he was detected and sent into exile. Liu's disciples, particularly Liu Chih-hsieh 劉之協, continued to sell charms and solicit funds among the poor people of Honan, Szechwan, Shênsi and Hupeh. Gradually the movement became strong and planned an armed uprising. In 1793 the government ordered the arrest of its leaders, but Liu Chih-hsieh escaped. In the course of their search for him the local officials of Hupeh arrested indiscriminately many innocent people, and some officials sought to enrich themselves by blackmailing well-to-do farmers, thus ruining many of them. Most grievously oppressed were the people of western Hupeh who began armed resistance, late in 1795, with the slogan "officials have forced the people to rebel" (官逼民反). They joined the conspirators of the Pai-lien-chiao, and in a few months the rebellion spread to Honan and Szechwan. The city of Hsiang-yang in northwestern Hupeh was the center of the movement and there tens of thousands of armed men concentrated.

Thus began the Rebellion of the White Lotus Sect which lasted more than nine years and covered large parts of such provinces as Hupeh, Honan, Shênsi, and Szechwan. During the first four years of the conflict suppression was in the hands of the powerful minister, Ho-shên [q.v.], whose corrupt administration was the prime cause of the outbreak and also of its long continuance. When the revolt began in western Hupeh, Pi Yüan [q.v.], Hui-ling (see under Ch'ang-ling), Yung-pao (see under Lê-pao), and others, were ordered to co-operate in suppressing it, but they were unsuccessful. From July to December 1796 Yung-pao served as commander-in-chief in Hupeh. He reported frequent victories, but as a matter of fact the rebels were not forced to abandon their headquarters at Hsiangyang. Furthermore many new bands arose in eastern Szechwan. The next commander, Hui-ling, who was in control from late in 1796 to the middle of 1797, succeeded in dislodging the rebels from Hupeh, but chased them through Honan and Shênsi to Szechwan where the insurgents of both provinces (Szechwan and Hupeh) joined forces and became more powerful than ever. From July 1797 to early in 1798 Governor-general I-mien 宜綿 (original name 尚安, d. 1812), served as commander-in-chief of the government forces in Szechwan and Shênsi. In 1798 the command was assumed by Lê-pao and he succeeded in restricting the war to Szechwan. During these years of shifting commands the generals were mostly concerned with satisfying the pecuniary demands of the rapacious minister, Ho-shên, who profited from this state of affairs. Daring to report only victories and no losses of registered soldiers, they engaged farmers to fight for them. To maintain their own forces the rebel leaders likewise made it a practice to impress into their service farmers who could be recruited in ample numbers. Though there was thus a constant show of suppression the rebel forces suffered few casualties and actually increased in number.

During the early period of the war, Ê-lê-têng-pao fought mostly in Hupeh. After he had crushed the Miao in Kweichow (early in 1797) he began to fight the Pai-lien-chiao rebels south of I-ch'ang. Early in 1798, for failure to dislodge a band of rebels, he was reduced from a marquis to an earl. Although that band was soon defeated and its leader captured, he was punished for taking so long to accomplish the task, and was deprived even of his earldom. Given the title of deputy lieutenant general, he was sent to Shênsi. After three months of fighting in the south of that province he was ordered to lead conscripts from Kirin and Heilungkiang to Ching-chou, Hupeh, which was threatened by one of the main rebel bands. During the remainder of the year 1798 he fought in the mountainous area where the provinces of Hupeh, Shênsi and Szechwan meet.

Early in 1799 Emperor Kao-tsung died. The succeeding emperor, Jên-tsung, laid on Ho-shên the blame for the inconclusive war and had that minister cashiered. To press the war with unified command he placed Lê-pao in charge of all the forces of the five provinces: Szechwan, Shênsi, Kansu, Hupeh, and Honan-with Ê-lê-têng-pao and Ming-liang [q.v.] as assistant commanders. This marked the turning point of the war. In March and April Ê-lê-têng-pao annihilated three rebel bands and was made a baron. In September he replaced Lê-pao as commander-in-chief of the forces of the five provinces, with Tê-lêng-t'ai as assistant commander. The emperor praised Ê-lê-têng-pao for his bravery, his incorruptibility, and his consideration for the common people—at the same time making light of the criticism that the general could neither read nor write Chinese. The government vigorously pursued a policy of fortifying and arming the affected villages (see under Lê-pao). Volunteer farmers were treated as regular troops and were encouraged with just rewards. The rebel ranks in turn were weakened by making desertion attractive. In these and other ways, not to mention his personal bravery and military skill, Ê-lê-têng-pao finally succeeded in putting down the uprising.

After several months of fighting, Ê-lê-têng-pao was praised by Emperor Jên-tsung for reporting impartially defeats as well as victories, and late in 1799 he was elevated to a chamberlain of the Imperial Bodyguard. His strategy was to confine the rebels in eastern Szechwan by suppressing allied bands in south Shênsi and Kansu and by preventing their infiltration to Honan or Hupeh. In May he was raised to a viscount for annihilating a large band of Hupeh bandits in southeastern Shênsi. Gradually the rebels were forced to roam in small bands through the forested mountains bordering the provinces of Shênsi, Honan, and Hupeh. Early in 1801 he enforced the policy of fortifying the villages, hoping thus to starve the insurgents. For annihilating many rebel bands, he was raised in November 1801 to an earl. However, early in 1802, when one band succeeded in crossing the Han River near Hsi-hsiang, Shênsi, he was reprimanded and reduced in rank to a baron. He was ordered to concentrate on the rebels in Shênsi while his assistant, Tê-lêng-t'ai, was entrusted with the war in Szechwan. In the middle of 1802 he was again raised to the rank of earl, and late in the same year, to a third class marquis. Early in 1803, after most of the main rebel bands had been put out of action, he was again made Marquis Wei-yung to which were added the rights of perpetual inheritance. By the middle of 1803 the remaining small groups of rebels were also extinguished. In the meantime he supervised reconstruction in the devastated areas, the disbandment of volunteers, and the return of the soldiers from other provinces to their homes. Early in 1804 he went to Peking to return his seal as commander-in-chief of the forces of five provinces. He was received by the emperor with great honors and rich rewards. From March to August he again served in the war area assisting Tê-lêng-t'ai to pacify the remaining bandits. But because of illness he was allowed to return to Peking. In 1805 he was given several concurrent posts and was made a Duke of the third class. He died while the emperor was in Mukden visiting the tombs of his ancestors. On receiving the news, the emperor iSsŭed a long decree praising Ê-lê-têng-pao's military record. The deceased general was accorded unusual posthumous honors and was canonized as Chung-i 忠毅. A special temple to his memory, named Pao-chung Tz'ŭ 褒忠祠, was erected to the north of the Forbidden City. His infant son inherited his rank as the second marquis, but he died shortly after. In 1808 a nephew, Ha-lang-a 哈朗阿 (q (d. 1849, posthumous name 剛恪), became the third marquis. Ha-lang-a served under Ch'ang-ling [q.v.] in the war against the Mohammedans of Turkestan (1825-28) and under I-ching [q.v.] in the war against England in Chekiang (1841-42).

During the Ch'ing dynasty natives of M anchuria were called upon to serve in almost every war. As fighters they were brave and ruthless, and of them Ê-lê-têng-pao and his senior, Hai-lan-ch'a, were outstanding representatives. Ê-lê-têng-pao was of medium height and gentle in his manner. But when he fought he displayed unusual personal courage. The rebels who opposed him he treated harshly, believing that only by strong measures and frequent executions could uprisings be terminated. To his subordinates he was kind, but became unyielding whenever a question of discipline arose. He was a nephew of Fu-tê [q.v.] and from him he probably learned much about military tactics.

The official documents concerning the campaign to suppress the so-called White Lotus Rebellion were edited and printed about 1810 under the title 剿平三省邪匪方略 Chiao-p'ing san-shêng hsieh fei fang-lüeh in four parts as follows: Introduction (chüan-shou) 9 + 1 chüan; The Main Text (chêng-pien), 352 chüan; Supplement (hsü-pien), 36 chüan; and Appendix (fu-pien), 12 chüan.

[ 1/350/5a; 2/29/34a; 3/300/4a; Chao-lien [q.v.], Hsiao-t'ing tsa-lu, chüan 7; Wei Yüan [q.v.], Shêng-wu chi;吉林通志, Chi-lin t'ung-chih (1891) 106/7b; 四川通志 Ssŭ-ch'uan t'ung-chih (1815), chüan 83.]

FANG CHAO-YING

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額勒登保，字珠軒，瓜爾佳氏，滿洲正黃旗人。世為吉林珠戶，隸打牲總管。乾隆中，以馬甲從征緬甸大小金川，累擢三等侍衛，賜號和隆阿巴圖魯，乾清門行走。四十九年，剿甘肅石峯堡回匪。五十二年，平臺灣。疊遷御前侍衛。五十六年，從福康安征廓爾喀，攝駐藏大臣。攻克擦木賊寨，七戰七勝，抵帕朗古河，班師殿後，加副都統銜。論臺灣、廓爾喀功，兩次圖形紫光閣。尋授副都統兼護軍統領，擢都統。

六十年，貴州松桃苗石柳鄧、湖南永綏苗石三保相繼叛，陷乾州。福康安視師，請額勒登保偕護軍統領德楞泰率巴圖魯侍衛赴軍。至則松桃圍已解，石柳鄧逸入石三保黃瓜寨中。額勒登保由松桃進攻，解永綏圍，克黃瓜寨。攻賊首吳半生於蘇麻寨，克西梁；半生遁高多寨，擒之：授內大臣。又獲乾州賊目吳八月，餘黨據平隴，進抵長吉山，敗之。嘉慶元年，福康安卒，和琳代。時石三保就擒，石柳鄧在平隴，乃進兵復乾州，賜花翎，署領侍衛內大臣。秋，和琳卒於軍，統兵者惟額勒登保、德楞泰及湖南巡撫姜晟三人。詔將軍明亮、提督鄂輝往會剿。十月，克平隴，石柳鄧遁踞養牛塘山梁，分兵克之。十二月，斬石柳鄧，苗縛吳八月子廷義以獻。軍事告竣，詔嘉其功最，錫封威勇侯，賜雙眼花翎。

二年，移師剿湖北教匪。時林之華、覃加耀踞長陽黃柏山，地險糧足，總督福寧攻之久不下。三月，額勒登保至，克四方臺。賊遁鶴峯芭葉山，其險隘曰大塃口，六月克之。賊竄宣恩、建始，分兵三路進，十月，斃之華於大茅田，而加耀遁施南山中，尋竄長樂朱里寨，三面懸崖，惟東南一徑。十二月，遣死士縋登，掘地窖火藥轟之，賊爭走，墜崖，坑谷皆滿。惟加耀偕賊二百遁，踞歸州終報寨。詔斥額勒登保縱賊，降三等伯爵。三年春，加耀始就擒，仍以蕆事緩，奪爵職、花翎，予副都統銜，命赴陝西協剿襄匪高均德、姚之富、齊王氏等。會李全自盩厔至藍田，欲與諸賊合，擊走之。姚之富、齊王氏失援，遂為明亮、德楞泰所殲。進剿均德於兩岔河，賊分竄商州、鎮安。四月，赴荊州會剿張漢潮，敗之竹山，躡追，由陝西入四川。九月，擊漢潮於廣元，擒其子正漋。與德楞泰等合剿川匪羅其清。其清踞營山之箕山，已為德楞泰所破，竄大鵬寨。額勒登保與德楞泰、惠齡、恆瑞四路進攻，十月合圍。其清突走青觀山，樹柵距險。額勒登保鑒於黃柏山、芭葉山頓兵之失，議主急攻，親逼柵前，席地坐，令楊遇春督兵囊土立營，且戰且築，諸軍繼之，攻擊七晝夜。賊不支，竄渡巴河，踞遂風寨廢堡。德楞泰同至，圍之數重，勢垂克，薄暮，忽傳令撤圍。賊傾巢夜潰，遲至黎明始馳追，賊四路逃竄，至方山坪已散盡，獲其清於石穴，逸匪數日內並為民兵擒獻。是役，賊趨絕地，無外援，開網縱之，饑疲就縛，士卒不損，竟全功焉，復花翎。十二月，追徐天德、冷天祿於合州。

四年春，詔以勒保為經略大臣，額勒登保與明亮同授副都統為參贊。三月，追冷天祿於大竹，聞蕭占國、張長庚由閬州竄營山，回軍迎擊。賊踞黃土坪，臨江負山，令總兵朱射斗繞出雞猴寨，截其西；自率楊遇春由東襲攻城隍廟，賊西走，為射斗所扼，夾擊，殲其半，越山竄走尚數千。乘夜圍擊於譚家山，隕崖死及生擒幾盡，斬占國、長庚。有冒難民逃出者，投冷天祿，述兵威，天祿曰：「我曾於安樂坪破經略兵數萬，何懼此乎？」時踞岳池，距大軍不遠，天祿遣大隊先行，自率悍黨八百殿後。額勒登保冒雨由間道進至廣安，令穆克登布據石頭堰以待，楊遇春潛出賊後；自將索倫勁騎衝之，賊死鬥，天祿斃於箭。次日，迫其大隊於石筍河，斬溺過半，先渡者追殲之。旬日間連殄三劇賊，疊詔嘉賚，先封二等男爵，晉一等。四月，追剿白號張子聰於雲陽，子聰糾合黃號樊人傑、線號蕭焜、卜三聘等，疊敗之寒水壩，賊稍散。五月，子聰復合冉天元窺陝境，扼禦之。子聰竄通江，追敗之於苟家坪，又敗天元於木老壩。七月，天元竄鎮龍關，欲與王登廷合，登廷屯馬鞍寨，擊走之。窮追至大竹、東鄉，援賊麇至，分兵進擊，擒斬甚眾，仍躡登廷。 額勒登保戰績為諸軍最，湖北道員胡齊崙治餉餽送諸將，事發，獨無所受，詔嘉其「忠勇公清，為東三省人傑」。八月，勒保以罪逮，命代為經略，授領侍衛內大臣，補都統。疏陳軍事曰：「臣前數年止領一路偏師，今任經略，當籌全局。教匪本屬編氓，宜招撫以散其眾，然必能剿而後可撫，必能堵而後可剿。從前湖北教匪多，脅從少；四川教匪少，脅從多。今楚賊盡逼入川，其與川東巫山、大寧接壤者，有界嶺可扼，是湖北重在堵而不在剿。川、陝交界，自廣元至太平，千餘里隨處可通，陝攻急則入川，川攻急則入陝，是漢江南北剿堵並重。川東、川北有嘉陵江以限其西南，餘皆崇山峻嶺，居民近皆扼險築寨，團練守禦；而川北形勢更便於川東，若能驅各路之賊偪川北，必可聚而殲旃：是四川重在剿而不在堵。但使所至堡寨羅布，兵隨其後，遇賊迎截夾擊，以堵為剿，事半功倍，此則三省所同。臣已行知陝、楚，曉諭修築，並定賞格，以期兵民同心蹙賊。至從征官兵，日行百十里，旬月尚可耐勞，若閱四五年之久，騾馬尚且踣斃，何況於人？續調新募者，不習勞苦，更不如舊兵。臣一軍尚能得力者，以兵士所到之處，亦臣所到之處；兵士不得食息，臣亦不得食息。自將弁以及士卒，無不一心一力，而各路不能盡然。近日不得已，將臣兵與各提鎮互相更調，以期人人精銳。」又言：「軍中出力人員，應隨時鼓勵，令各路領兵大員，自行保奏，以免咨送遲延。」帝並韙之。 時徐天德敗於湖北，折回川東，漸衰弱；而王登廷與冉天元、苟文明合阮正漋竄廣元，賊勢重在川北。九月，率楊遇春殲正漋於雲霧山。十一月，登廷、天德、天元及樊人傑會合抗拒，疊戰於巴州何家院、東君壩，擒賊目賈正舉、王國安，追至蒼溪貓兒埡。額勒登保以天元善戰，令楊遇春、穆克登布合左右翼力擊。穆克登布輕進，為天元所乘，傷亡甚眾；賊萃攻經略中營，血戰竟夜，賊始退，次日，登廷在南江為鄉團所擒。額勒登保以實聞，詔嘉其不諱敗，不攘功，不媿大臣。天元竄開縣，額勒登保病留太平，遣楊遇春、穆克登布追之。將與德楞泰夾擊，而楊開甲、辛聰、王廷詔、高天升、馬學禮諸賊以川北守禦嚴，無所掠，乘間由老林竄陝西城固、南鄭，提督王文雄不能禦，前路賊且入甘肅。額勒登保疏請以川事付魁倫、德楞泰，自力疾赴陝，而德楞泰先已西行赴援，不及回軍。

五年春，天元糾脅日眾，乘魁倫初受事，遂奪渡嘉陵江，朱射斗戰死。未幾，潼河復失守，川中震動。詔逮魁倫，起勒保與德楞泰同辦川賊，責額勒登保與那彥成專剿陝賊。時那彥成破南山餘賊於隴山、伏羌，德楞泰追王廷詔、楊開甲於成縣。額勒登保亦至，乃令德楞泰回川西，自與那彥成分三路，遏賊入川及北竄之路。楊遇春、穆克登布破張天倫於岷州，慶成等破張世龍於洮河。廷詔、開甲合犯大營，擊走之，分兵追賊。大軍移剿高天升、馬學禮，迭敗之，賊踰渭北竄，尋要之於鞏昌，又要廷詔、開甲於岷州。諸賊並逼回渭南，而張世龍等走秦州，將趨北棧。留那彥成追高、馬二賊，自率楊遇春、岱森保回陝，令王文雄及總兵索費英阿等分扼南北棧。張漢潮已為明亮所殲，餘黨留陝者糾合復眾。張世龍、張天倫為大兵所驅，竄滇安，皆注漢北山中，東向商、雒，賊復蔓延。嚴詔詰責，召那彥成回京。閏四月，額勒登保率楊遇春連敗賊於商、雒、兩岔河，令遇春扼龍駒寨，使不得犯河南。賊乃回竄，留後隊綴官軍，連破之洵陽大、小、中溪，設伏溪口，擒斬三千餘，斃藍號劉允恭、劉開玉，於是漢潮餘黨略盡，晉封三等子。楊開甲、辛聰、張世龍、張天倫、伍金柱、戴仕傑等皆西竄。五月，令楊遇春等追擊金柱等於漢陰手扳崖，陣斃賊目龐洪勝等。進攻楊開甲等於洋縣茅坪，賊踞山巔，誘之出戰，伏兵繞賊後夾擊，陣斬開甲。六月，賊竄甘肅徽縣、兩當，藍號陳傑偷越棧道，擒之。八月，遇春斬伍金柱於成縣，斃宋麻子於兩當，賊復回竄陝境。疏陳軍事，略謂：「賊蹤飄忽，時分時合，隨殺隨增，東西回竄，官軍受其牽綴，稍不慎即墮術中，堵剿均無速效，自請治罪。」又言：「地廣兵單，請將防兵悉為剿兵，防堵責鄉勇，促築陝、楚寨堡以絕擄掠。」溫詔慰勞，以剿捕責諸將，防堵責疆吏，分專其任。會賊逼武關，截擊走之。

六年春，奏設寧陝鎮為南山屏障，如議行。二月，楊遇春擒王廷詔於川、陝交界鞍子溝，擒高天德、馬學禮於寧羌龍洞溪，三賊皆最悍。詔晉二等子，復雙眼花翎。時賊之著者，陝西冉學勝、伍懷志，湖北徐天德、苟文明，四川樊人傑、冉天泗、王士虎等，尚不下十餘股。四月，剿學勝於渭河南岸，又蹙之於漢南，賊遁平利。張天倫糾合五路屯洵陽高塘嶺、劉家河，令楊遇春擊走之。五月，穆克登布擒伍懷志於秦嶺。七月，遇春擒冉天泗、王士虎於通江報曉埡，徐天德、冉學勝並為他師所殲；而姚之富子馨佐及白號高見奇、辛斗等方擾寧羌，督諸將進剿，逼入川北。九月，總兵楊芳等擒辛斗於通江。十月，豐伸、桑吉斯塔爾擒高見奇於達州。於是賊首李元受、老教首閻天明等各率眾降，賊勢窮蹙。條上搜捕事宜，詔嘉獎，晉封三等伯。十一月，苟文明合各路殘匪竄階州，裹脅復眾，回竄廣元、通江。十二月，敗之於瓦山溪，文明竄開縣大寧。七年正月，斬黃號辛聰於南江，文明由西鄉偷渡漢江。額勒登保自請罪，降一等男，詔以川匪責德楞泰、勒保等，額勒登保兼西安將軍，仍專辦陝賊。二月，文明竄入南山，與宋應伏、劉永受合，督師入山搜剿。六月，殲其眾於龔家灣，文明僅以身免，劉永受潛遁，為鄉民所殲。七月，殲文明於寧陝花石巖，晉一等伯。疏陳軍事將竣，請撤東三省及直隸、兩廣兵，遠地鄉勇分別遣留。遂窮搜南山餘匪，八月，擒苟文齊，斃張芳。赴平利與德楞泰會剿楚匪，五戰，擒斬過半。十月，斃青號熊方青於達州，盡殲竹溪股匪。十一月，令穆克登布追賊通江鐵鐙臺，擒景英、蒲添香、賴大祥，及湖北老教首崔連樂，晉三等侯。著名匪首率就殲，零匪散竄老林。十二月，疏告蕆功，詔嘉額勒登保：「運籌決策，悉中機宜，躬親行陣，與士卒同甘苦，厥功最偉。」晉封一等侯，世襲罔替，授御前大臣，加太子太保，賜用紫韁。餘論封行賞有差。

八年春，留陝搜捕，擒姚馨佐、陳文海、宋應伏等於紫陽。穆克登布遇伏戰歿。六月，移師入川，擒熊老八、趙金友於大寧，熊老八即戕穆克登布者。疏陳善後事宜：「各省酌留本省兵勇：四川一萬二千，湖北一萬，陝西一萬五千，分布要地。隨征鄉勇有業歸籍，無業補兵，分駐大員統率。」七月，馳奏肅清，命暫留四川經理善後。編閱陝、楚營卡事竣，振旅還京。十二月，至，行抱見禮於養心殿，獎賚有加，命謁裕陵。

九年春，因前遭母憂不獲守制，補持服。尋命赴四川偕德楞泰殲餘孽。十年，回京，總理行營，充方略館總裁。八月，上幸盛京，額勒登保以病不克從，謁陵禮成，特詔加恩晉三等公爵。是月，卒於京師，年五十八。上聞震悼，回鑾親奠，御製述悲詩一章。於地安門外建專祠，曰褒忠，諡忠毅，命吉林將軍修其祖墓立碑焉。

額勒登保初隸海蘭察部下，海蘭察謂曰：「子將才，宜略知古兵法。」以清文三國演義授之，由是曉暢戰事。天性嚴毅，諸將白事，莫敢仰視。然有功必拊循，戰勝親餉酒肉，賞巨萬不吝，人樂為用。嘗謂諸將曰：「兵條條生路，惟舍命進戰是一死路；賊條條死路，惟舍命進戰是一生路。惟有出其不意、攻其不備之一法。追賊必窮所向，不使休息。師行整伍，倉卒遇賊，即擊。每宿，四路偵探；臨敵，矢石從眉耳過，勿動。」於同列不忌功，亦不伐己功，尤嚴操守。凱旋過盧溝橋，他將輜重纍纍，獨行李蕭然，數騎而已。歿時，子謨爾賡額生甫數月，帝臨奠，抱置膝上，命襲侯爵，尋殤，以姪哈郎阿嗣，承襲一等威勇侯，自有傳。