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Meng Wu
Qin general, son of Meng Ao and father of Meng Tian, who served under Wang Jian in the campaigns that destroyed the Chu army and captured the king of Chu
At dusk on a hilltop, a large tent stands open with a table holding a map marked with small stones inside, a saddled horse tethered outside, and fire stands burning; campfires dot the river plain below, and one tiny sentry stands on the slope.
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Meng Wu was a son of the Qin general Meng Ao and served as a commander under King Zheng. According to the biography of his son Meng Tian in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in 224 BC he joined Wang Jian as an assistant general in the invasion of Chu, broke the Chu army and killed its general Xiang Yan, and the following year he attacked Chu again and captured King Fuchu. The annals of the First Emperor describe the same campaigns as the work of Wang Jian and Meng Wu, adding that Xiang Yan killed himself and Chu fell soon after. Meng Wu's elder son Meng Tian later drove the Xiongnu north with three hundred thousand men and built the Great Wall, and his younger son Meng Yi became a senior minister trusted by the First Emperor. The histories do not record when Meng Wu died.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; campaigned against Chu with Wang Jian in 224 BCE