Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu

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In 215 BC, Qin Shi Huangdi ordered General Meng Tian to set out against the Xiongnu tribes,[1] situated in the Ordos region, and establish a frontier region at the Ordos Loop.[2] Believing that the Xiongnu were a possible threat, the emperor launched a preemptive strike against the Xiongnu with the intention to expand his empire.[2]

In 215 BC, General Meng Tian succeeded in defeating the Xiongnu and driving them from the Ordos region, then he seized their homeland.[3] After the catastrophic defeat at the hands of General Meng Tian, the Xiongnu leader Touman was forced to flee far into the Mongolian Plateau.[4] As a result of the northward expansion, the threat that the Qin empire posed to the Xiongnu ultimately led to the reorganization of the many tribes into a confederacy.[5]

General Meng Tian was instructed to secure the frontier with a line of fortifications, which would become known as the Great Wall of China.[6] Fusu (Prince of Qin) and General Meng Tian were stationed at a garrison in Suide and soon began with the construction of the walled defenses, which would be connected with the old walls from the Qin, Yan, and Zhao states.[7] The Qin walls ran from Liaodong to Lintao, thus enclosing the conquered Ordos region.[3]

See also

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Cosmo 1999, 964.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Beckwith 2009, 71.
  4. Beckwith 2009, 71–72.
  5. Cosmo 1999, 892–893.
  6. Higham 2004, 221.
  7. Cheng 2005, 15.

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