in Shihuang thirty-three years (BC 214) dispatched general Mengtian to north to eradicate the Huns, at the same time,he ordered to build the Great Wall that started from west Lintao (today's Gansu Min county), ended to east Liaodong totally thousands of miles to prevent the Huns invasion, known in history as the Qin Great Wall.

215 BC, Qin Shihuang dispatched general Mengtian to lead 30 million military to north to hit the Huns and seize the south territory of the Yellow River. To prevent the invasion of the northern nomads, Qin Shihuang ordered to built the Great Wall that started west from three north county (today's Gansu Shanni County), east to Liaodong County (now Liaoning Province), the Qin Great Wall, via Ningxia extended into the Inner Mongolia, and then from Langshan to the East, through the Guyang County of Baotou City, access Wuchuan County, then via the east of Daqing Mountain extending to Hebei Province.

The total length of Qin Great Wall in cisborder of Baotou City is about 120 kilometers, mostly built on the north slope the mountains, relying on the precipitous mountains and the abrupt slope. In the valley passes and flat areas mostly built with rammed earth, in the mountain areas mostly built mixed with stone or earth and rock. In general, the Great Wall built with stone is still well preserved, For the existing Qin Great Wall, the outer wall height is usually 4 meters above, the base wide is 4 meters, the top wide is about 2 meters. Standing on the top, the Great Wall is still visible along the mountain from top to bottom, just like a huge dragon stay in the mountain, Every other distance we can still discern the ancient ruins of flames and the barriers. in the inside and outside of Qin Great Wall in Baotou City, still left 8-9 ruins of ancient castles, in which , the pottery of Qin to the Han Dynasty can be found.

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The Qin Dynasty Great Wall

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