Qin's_campaign_against_the_Xiongnu
Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu
Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu (3rd century BC)
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.[1] Believing that the Xiongnu were a possible threat, the emperor launched a preemptive strike against the Xiongnu with the intention to expand his empire.[1]