| 词条 | Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu |
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|image = |caption = |conflict = Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu |date = 215 BC |place = Ordos region |result = Qin victory |combatant1 = Qin empire |combatant2 = Xiongnu |commander1 = Meng Tian |commander2 = Touman |strength1 = Reported as 100,000 or 300,000 troops [1][1] |strength2 = — |casualties1 = |casualties2 = }} In 215 BC, Qin Shi Huang ordered General Meng Tian to set out against the Xiongnu tribes in the Ordos region, and establish a frontier region at the loop of the Yellow River.[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] Later in the year, Meng Tian succeeded in defeating the Xiongnu, driving them from the Ordos and seizing their homeland.[3] After the catastrophic defeat at the hands of Meng Tian, the Xiongnu leader Touman was forced to flee far north 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 different Xiongnu tribes into a confederacy.[5] Meng Tian was instructed to secure the frontier with a line of fortifications, which would become known as the Great Wall of China.[6] Crown Prince Fusu 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
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