Amursana, still demanding to be khan of…
March 1756 CE
The Chinese armies had by now withdrawn leaving behind only a skeleton force under Ban Di.
Helpless and unable to do anything, Ban Di had committed suicide on October 4, 1755.
For the past eight months, Amursana has been the sole leader of the Oirats and the de facto Dzungar Khan.
Qianlong, as he had promised, has meanwhile appointed Khans for each of the four Oirat clans in a move designed to prevent them joining the rebellion.
Qing troops are once more dispatched in late March, 1756, and retake Ili.
Amursana escapes and flees to the Kazakh Khanate where his father-in-law, Ablai Khan, refuses to hand him over, despite the threat of a Qing invasion of his territory.