In the long river of ancient Chinese history, there is a legendary general whose name shines with immortal light, and he is Meng Tian of Great Qin. This fierce general, who has fought horses all his life and made great achievements, left a sentence full of deep meaning at the last moment of his life: "I am damned, who let me dig up the dragon vein." What does this mean, and why did Meng Tian say that?
In the depths of the desert, the yellow sand is long, and a huge city stands on the wasteland, which is the northern border town of the Qin Dynasty - Lintao City. The city wall is high, the city gate is strong, and the soldiers in the city are well fed, which is a strong fortress to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu. The defender of this city is a famous general - Meng Tian.
Meng Tian, born in a famous family, has been practicing martial arts since childhood. Meng Tian's family has been a military general for generations, and Meng Tian has been familiar with military affairs since he was a child, brave and strategic, and is a capable general under Qin Shi Huang.
In Qin Shi Huang's campaign to unify the six countries, Meng Tian won the favor of Yingzheng with his outstanding martial arts and outstanding military talents. Especially when fighting against the Qi State, his military talent was fully displayed, and he became famous in the first battle and became an important general of the Qin State.
The most brilliant achievement in Meng Tian's life was to attack the Xiongnu in the north and recover the Hetao region. At that time, the Xiongnu were a powerful nomadic people in the north, often invading the borders of the Central Plains, bringing great disasters to the people. In order to completely defeat the Xiongnu, Qin Shi Huang sent Meng Tian to lead a large army north.
Meng Tian was well versed in the habits of the Xiongnu, and he adopted flexible tactics, first setting up an ambush in the Hetao area, which caught the Xiongnu by surprise, and then took the initiative to attack, and won successive victories, and finally forced the Xiongnu to flee to the grassland, and the Hetao area also returned to the Qin Dynasty.
Meng Tian's exploits were highly appreciated by Qin Shi Huang, who was named "Great General" and given the title of "Loyal and Brave". This battle not only stabilized the frontier of Qin, but also made Meng Tian's name forever in history.
After recovering the Hetao, Meng Tian did not stop. In order to stabilize the frontier for a long time and prevent the Xiongnu from invading again, he proposed and led the grand plan to build the Great Wall, which was built from Lintao to Liaodong, stretching for thousands of miles, and was one of the greatest projects in human history.
Although this feat cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources, and even caused dissatisfaction among some people, Meng Tian insisted on his own opinion and finally built the majestic Great Wall. This Great Wall is not only a military defense project, but also a symbol and pride of the Chinese nation.
The construction of the Great Wall provided a strong barrier for the Qin Dynasty to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu. Because of this, Meng Tian was praised by later generations as "China's first fierce general".
However, such a meritorious general was killed by Zhao Gao after the death of Qin Shi Huang and died unjustly.
Before his execution, Meng Tian sighed and said, "I have no fault, why did I die soon?" He was silent for a long time and then said: "I also deserve to die, it is impossible for the Great Wall not to dig up the dragon vein, this is my sin." ”