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Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty dispatched military forces against the Baiyue in 214 BC. After Qin Shi Huang defeated the state of Chu in 223 BC, the Qin dynasty in 221 BC undertook a military campaign against the Baiyue in Lingnan to conquer the territories of what is now southern China and possibly as far south as northern Vietnam. [3]
However, Qin sometimes manoeuvred itself into alliances of its own among these states, forging "horizontal alliances" (連橫; liánhéng) that pitted the common enemies of Qin against one another. In 316 BC, Qin expanded south towards the Sichuan Basin by conquering the states of Ba and Shu. In 278 BC, Qin forces led by Bai Qi attacked Chu ...
Qin campaign against the Baiyue; Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu; Qin's wars of unification This page was last edited on 1 August 2023, at 03:21 (UTC). Text ...
Confucian historians condemned the emperor Qin Shi Huang in the Ten Crimes of Qin, a list that was compiled to highlight his tyrannical actions. The famous Han poet and statesman Jia Yi concluded his essay The Faults of Qin ( zh:过秦论 ) with what was to become the standard Confucian judgment of the reasons for Qin's collapse.
Meanwhile, Zhao general Pang Nuan faced off against the Yan army. In 234, Qin forces dealt a defeat to Zhao at Pingyang; however, Qin suffered a loss the year after when Li Mu forced Huan Yi to flee to Yan. The Qin attacked again in 232 but they were defeated again at Fanwu. In 229, a drought severely weakened Zhao, inciting Qin to take ...
The emperor ordered his armies of five hundred thousand men to advance southward in the five columns to conquer and annex the Yue territories into the Qin empire. [4] [5] By 214 BC, Guangdong, Guangxi, and parts of northern Vietnam were subjugated and annexed into the Qin Empire. However, Chinese domination was brief and the collapse of the Qin ...
After King Xuan of Zhou ascended the throne in 827 BC, he appointed Qin Zhong, Feizi's great-grandson, as the commander of his forces in the campaign against the Xirong. In 822 BC, Qin Zhong was killed in battle and succeeded by his eldest son, Duke Zhuang. To commemorate Qin Zhong's loyalty, King Xuan summoned Duke Zhuang and his four younger ...
Qin's campaign against the Xiongnu: Qin forces defeat the Xiongnu in the Ordos Desert. 214 BCE Qin campaign against the Yue tribes: Qin forces defeat and conquer the Yue tribes living in southern China and northern Vietnam. 209 BCE Dazexiang uprising: Chen Sheng and Wu Guang lead a rebellion against the Qin dynasty. 207 BCE Battle of Julu