The Meng Family Army of the Qin Dynasty began in the 26th year of Emperor Shihuang's reign (221 B.C.), and Meng Aristocrat was the founder of the Meng Clan in the Qin Dynasty, creating a very good foundation for the Meng Clan's foothold in the Qin Dynasty. His son Meng Wu, grandson Meng Ten and Meng Yi were all successive generals, obviously all inseparable from Meng Artery's war achievements.
Meng aristocrat, in his only nine years recorded in the history books, almost every year as the main general to lead the troops on the battlefield, *** captured more than seventy cities. Meng Ten was made a general, attacked Qi, and was made Nei Shi (the highest administrator of the capital city of the Qin Dynasty) for his success in breaking Qi, and his brother Meng Yi was made supreme minister.
The Meng brothers were y honored by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and were known as "Zhongxin" (忠信) at the time, with Meng Ten serving as an external advisor and Meng Yi as an internal advisor. All the other generals did not dare to compete with them for favor.
After Qin unified the six kingdoms, Meng Ten was ordered to lead an army of 300,000 men to attack the Xiong Nu in the north. He recovered the land south of Henan Province (present-day Inner Mongolia Hetao South Ikezhaomeng area), and set up thirty-four counties from Yuchong (present-day Inner Mongolia Yijinhuo Luo Banner to the north) to Yinshan Mountain.
And crossed the Yellow River, occupying Yangshan, migrating people to enrich the border counties. Later, the Great Wall was constructed from Lintao in Longxi in the west (now Minxian in Gansu) to Liaodong in the east (now in Liaoning), linking the original Great Wall of Yan, Zhao and Qin. The Great Wall utilized the terrain and the dangers of the sky to set up fortresses, which effectively curbed the Xiongnu's southward advancement.
After being sent to tour the world for Qin Shi Huang to open the straight road, from Jiuhuan County (now southwest of Baotou City, Inner Mongolia) straight to Ganquan Palace, cut off the mountains, fill the deep valley, the total length of 1,800 miles, but unfortunately did not complete the completion of the repair. Mengtian had been fighting in the north for more than ten years and had been a great success to the Xiongnu.
Wang Jian was a native of Dongxiang, Bingyang. He loved the art of war from a young age and grew up to serve Qin Shi Huang.
Li Xin, a general of the Qin state, who was bloodthirsty and valiant, once led thousands of soldiers and horses to pursue and act out Prince Dan, value chasing him to Diffractive Water. He defeated Prince Dan and captured him. So Qin Shi Huang confirmed Li Xin's bravery with this.
So Emperor Qin Shi Huang asked Li Xin: "I want to attack Chu, I wonder how many men the general needs to use?" Li Xin said, "Two hundred thousand men are enough." Qin Shi Huang asked Wang Jian again.
Wang Jian said, "Not without 600,000 men." Qin Shi Huang said, "General Wang is getting old. General Li is really brave, he is right. So he sent Li Xin and Meng Ten to lead an army of 200,000 men south to attack Chu.
Because his advice could not be adopted, Wang Jian claimed illness and resigned from his post, aging in his hometown. In the meantime, Li Xin attacked Ping and Mengtian attacked 寝, defeating the Chu army . Li Xin then led his army to attack the cities of Yan and Ying and captured them one by one.
Then he led his troops westward to meet Mengtian at Chengfu. The Chu army followed closely behind and stayed awake for three days and nights. The Qin army had no choice but to flee after the great defeat of Li Xin.
When Qin Shi Huang heard this news, he was very angry. He himself personally rode to bring the frequency Yang and apologized to Wang Jian. Qin Shi Huang said, "I do not listen to the general's locomotive. Li Xin really humiliated the Qin army.
Now I hear that the Chu army has begun to advance westward. General, though you are ill, do you heart to abandon me?" Wang Jian said, "If your majesty really wants to use me, you can't do it without 600,000 troops." Qin Shi Huang said, "I'll listen to you!" So Wang Jian dropped 600,000 troops and set off for battle, and Qin Shi Huang himself saw them off until they reached Bashang.
Wang Jian finally attacked Chu instead of Li Xin. When the king of Chu learned that Wang Jian was coming with more troops, he did his best to resist the Qin soldiers. When Wang Jian arrived at the battlefield, he built a strong defense and refused to fight. The Chu army challenged him repeatedly, but he refused to surrender. Wang Jian let his soldiers rest and bathe every day, provided them with good food and comforted them, and personally drank and ate with them.
After a while, Wang Jian sent someone to ask the soldiers what game they were playing. He reported that they were competing in a stone-throwing contest to see who could throw the stone farther." So Wang Jian said, "The soldiers can be dispatched." The Qin army refused to respond to the repeated challenges of the Chu army, so they led their troops eastward. Wang Jian took advantage of the opportunity to send troops after them, and sent strong soldiers to carry out a strong attack, defeating the Chu army.
They chased them to the south of Herb and killed their general Xiang Yan, and the Chu army finally fled in defeat. The Qin army took advantage of the victory to capture and pacify the cities of Chu. A day later, they captured the king of Chu, Negru, and finally pacified all parts of Chu, setting them up as counties. The Qin army then went south to conquer the king of Baiyue. Meanwhile, Wang Ben, son of Wang Jian, and Li Xin captured and pacified Yan and Qi.
In the twenty-sixth year of Qin Shihuang's reign (221 BC), all the vassal states were annexed and the world was united, with Generals Wang and Meng receiving the most credit for their efforts, and their reputations were passed on to future generations.
By the time of the second Qin emperor, Wang Jian and his son Wang Ben were dead, and Meng Ten had been put to death for being framed. When Chen Sheng revolted against the Qin Dynasty, the Second sent Wang Jian's grandson, Wang Li, to attack the state of Zhao, besieging Zhao She and Zhang Er in the city of Ju Lu. At that time, a man said, "Wang Li, this is a famous general of the Qin Dynasty. Now he is leading the powerful Qin army to attack the newly established Zhao, and victory over it is inevitable.
A passer-by said, "Not so. It is said that the third generation of a general's family is bound to fail. What is the reasoning behind saying that he is bound to fail? It must be that his family has killed too many people, and his descendants will have to bear the punishment of being evil.
Now Wang Li is a third generation general." After a short time, Xiang Yu rescued Zhao and attacked the Qin army, and indeed captured Wang Li, whose army then surrendered to the vassal army.
Tai Shi Gong said, "As the saying goes, "There is a time when a ruler is short, and a time when an inch is long." Bai Qi was famous for his ability to improvise and plan for his enemies, but he was unable to deal with the trouble that Ying Hou had created for him.
Wang Jian, as a general of Qin, pacified the six kingdoms and made great achievements, and at that time he was worthy of being a senior general, and Qin Shihuang honored him as his teacher. However, he could not assist Qin Shihuang to establish a virtuous government to consolidate the foundation of the country, but he meticulously pandered to please his masters, until he died. By the time his grandson Wang Li was captured by Xiang Yu, wasn't it only natural! They each had their own shortcomings.
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Meng Tien (ca. 259 BCE - 210 BCE), surnamed Ji, Meng, name Tien, ancestor of the state of Qi (present-day Shandong Province Linyi City, Mengyin County), a famous general of the Qin Dynasty.
Born into a family of famous generals, Meng Ten had great ambitions since childhood. In 221 B.C., Meng Tian was appointed as a general, conquered the state of Qi, and was honored as an inner historian. He was honored by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and was known as "Zhongxin" with his brother Meng Yi. After the unification of Qin, Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 men to attack the Xiong Nu in the north.
Recovering the land south of Henan Province (the area of Ordos City, south of the Hetao Loop in Inner Mongolia today), Meng Ten led his army to build the Great Wall of China and the Kyushu Straight Path, which overcame the plight of the domestic transportation blockage. It greatly promoted the economic and cultural exchanges and integration of the northern peoples.
In 210 B.C., when Emperor Qin Shi Huang died of illness, Zhao Gao, the order of the Central Chariot Office, secretly plotted a coup d'état with the Prime Minister Li Si and the Duke Hu Hai, who took the throne and bestowed the death of the Meng brothers, and Meng Ten committed suicide by swallowing pills.
Monten had been stationed in nine counties for more than ten years, and was known as the "First Chinese Warrior". It is rumored that he improved the writing brush, and is therefore also known as the "Ancestor of the Brush". He was the earliest developer of Northwest China and the first person to develop Ningxia in ancient times.
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