Several generations of gate valves have greatly shaken the Central Plains. Grandfather Meng Ao came from Qi to Qin to serve Zhao Haoqi. As a general of Qin, Meng Ao attacked North Korea first, then Wei, and captured more than 70 cities for Qin, which is also rare in the history of China.
Meng Tian's father, Wu Meng, led an army to attack Chu with Wang Jian in 224 BC, defeated the Chu army, chased it to the south, and killed Chu to Xiang Yan. In 223 BC, Wu Meng led an army to attack the State of Chu, captured the King of Chu alive and pacified the State of Chu.
The following year, he led his troops south, the Vietnamese army surrendered, and Qin set up Huiji County here. Meng Tian, deeply influenced by family environment, was ambitious since childhood. In 22 1 BC, Meng Tian was born and became a general of the State of Qin, leading an army to attack the capital of the State of Qi, realizing the national reunification that Qin Shihuang dreamed of.
Entrust an important task to fight against the Huns. In fact, Meng Tian didn't make great achievements in the campaign to unify the six countries, but he accumulated war experience and his talents were recognized by Qin Shihuang.
While Qin unified the Central Plains, Xiongnu took the opportunity to cross the Yellow River and occupied a large area of land south of Hetao, which directly threatened the security of Xianyang and Qin Dou and became the last worry of the whole empire. At this time, the state of Qin had just been unified, the hearts of the people had been set, and the military and civilians were war-weary. In the face of Xiongnu's provocation, Qin Shihuang chose to let the young Meng Tian lead the troops to war.
Mainly because: First, Meng Tian has been guarding the northern border for many years, and he is very familiar with the tactics of Xiongnu, which is unmatched by those veterans who have fought in the Central Plains for many years.
Secondly, Meng Tian is the most offensive and field-fighting general in Qin army. Other generals in Qin dynasty fought hard in the Central Plains, and had little experience in fighting with Xiongnu on Saibei grassland.
Because of these two points, in 2 15 BC, Qin Shihuang decided to take Meng Tian as the commander-in-chief and lead 300,000 Qin Jun to attack Xiongnu.
Use one's own advantages to overcome the enemy's weaknesses. There were not many war horses in Qin dynasty, and the quality of horses was far from that of Xiongnu. At the same time, due to the fundamental difference between farming people and nomadic people, the number of cavalry in Qin State is far from enough. In order to defeat the Huns, Meng Tian must find Qin Jun's strong points. It has been recorded in the history books that the Qin Dynasty used chariots to open the way, with arrows like locusts, followed by an army of cavalry on foot, and the Huns were defeated.
It can be seen that this is a tactic based on reloading chariots. Qin has a core weapon in the battle, that is the crossbow. The crossbow was a unique weapon of the Central Plains people at that time. It actually represented the peak of the military level at that time. Qin's heavy chariots are tall, loaded with all kinds of crossbows, and launched like rain, and the Huns are bound to be defeated.
Meng Tian and Xiongnu fought in the Hetao area in World War I, and recovered the Hetao, Yangshan and Beifake areas in one fell swoop, making Xiongnu run away and escape from the desert. After that, the Huns dared not return to Han for decades. Jia Yi of the Han Dynasty commented on the Xiongnu State at that time, saying that he dared not go south to herd horses.
This is a tribute to the achievements of the Hetao campaign. After this battle, Qin Jun was invincible at that time, and Meng Tian became the most outstanding general of Qin. Even Li Si, the prime minister of Qin, lamented that General Meng Tian was far superior to me in many aspects.
Treat traffic jams with danger, and practice Qin Dao. After defeating the Huns and repelling the enemy thousands of miles away, Meng Tian led troops to stick to the border, mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to build the Great Wall, and connected the protective walls in the northern part of Qin, Zhao and Yan during the Warring States Period, and renovated and reinforced them.
The Great Wall of Wan Li, stretching for more than 5,000 kilometers from Lintao in the west to Liaodong in the east, was built to resist the invasion of nomadic tarquin people to the northern agricultural areas. The Great Wall of Wan Li stretches for thousands of miles, leaving a huge cultural treasure for future generations, and Montaigne played a major role in this feat.
In addition, Meng Tian sent troops to Jiuyuan from Xianyang, the capital of Qin State, and built a wide straight road to overcome the traffic jam in Jiuyuan. This move not only strengthens the economic and cultural exchanges and integration of the people of all ethnic groups in the north, but also has important strategic significance for mobilizing troops and transporting grain, grass, equipment and materials.