{"slug": "meng-tian", "label": "Meng Tian", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Tian", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1151702", "qid": "Q1151702", "description": "Chinese inventor and military general from the state of Qin during the Warring States period", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [-223, -126], "span_label": ["224 BCE", "127 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "qin-dynasty", "label": "Qin dynasty", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "qin-state", "label": "Qin (state)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "qin-shi-huang", "label": "Qin Shi Huang", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "xiongnu", "label": "Xiongnu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "warring-states-period", "label": "Warring States period", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "li-si", "label": "Li Si", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yellow-river", "label": "Yellow River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wei-qing", "label": "Wei Qing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chu-state", "label": "Chu (State)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -223, "year_label": "224 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Qin begins the invasion of Chu. Initially, the Qin generals Li Xin and Meng Tian capture several cities and defeat the Chu army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172702#China", "title": "224 BC", "revid": 1354172702, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -220, "year_label": "221 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The state of Qi – by now the only other independent state in China –, is invaded by the Qin generals Wang Ben, Li Xin and Meng Tian and surrenders after offering minimal resistance. Ying Zheng, the king of Qin unifies China and proclaims himself the First Emperor, as he is the first Chinese sovereign able to rule the whole country, thus ending the Warring States period. He is known by historians as Qin Shi Huang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1246108993#China", "title": "221 BC", "revid": 1246108993, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In what is claimed to be a preemptive strike, Qin forces under Meng Tian drive the Xiongnu and other northern peoples from their homeland on the Ordos Plateau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#China", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -213, "year_label": "214 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Qin armies under Meng Tian campaign against the Xiongnu and other northern peoples and expand their territories along the north basin of the Yellow River. They subjugate the Luliang region, drive back the Xiongnu tribes to the northwest of the Ordos Plateau, and seize Gaoque, Mt. Tao and Beijia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325637807#China", "title": "214 BC", "revid": 1325637807, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -209, "year_label": "210 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Qin Er Shi becomes Emperor of the Qin dynasty of China. His advisors Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si forge a decree by the late Emperor Qin Shi Huang that orders the execution of Qin Er Shi's elder brother Fusu and Fusu's ally, the general Meng Tian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1254970145#China", "title": "210 BC", "revid": 1254970145, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -209, "year_label": "210 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Meng Tian, Chinese general of the Qin dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1254970145#Deaths", "title": "210 BC", "revid": 1254970145, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -126, "year_label": "127 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Wei Qing defeats a Xiongnu army near Gaoque. He then invades the Ordos Plateau, defeats the Xiongnu and their Baiyang and Loufan allies in the battles of Puni and Fuli, and then defeats the main Xiongnu force. The conquered territory becomes Shuofang Commandery. Wu orders the foundation of Shuofang City, and the system of defenses that had been built by the Qin dynasty general Meng Tian are repaired.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326020642#China", "title": "127 BC", "revid": 1326020642, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}]}