Biography

The son of Meng Ao, Meng Wu was part of his father's campaign against the state of Qi in 285 BC. In 224 BC, having recently conquered Wei, the Qin king Ying Zheng appointed Li Xin and Meng Wu to lead 200,000 men in a two-pronged attack against Chu. Meng Wu's army took Qigui but Li Xin's army was effectively annhilated by Chu troops under Xiang Yan and Lord Changping. Following this setback, Ying Zheng appointed Wang Jian as the overall commander of the army against Chu, this time with 600,000 men. Meng Wu was appointed lieutenant general (baijiang ).

He served in 224 as lieutenant general (baijiang under Wang Jian 王翦 during the conquest of Chu 楚, killed general Xiang Yan 項燕 of Chu, and captured King Fuchu, ending Chu. Meng Wu thereafter continued with the occupation of the south, subdued the Hundred Yue tribes 百越, and founded the commandery of Guiji 會稽.

In Popular Culture

In the anime and manga "Kingdom", he goes by the name "Mou Bu", former member of the 'Four Pillars of Ryo' and the first great of the new appointed "Qin Six Great Generals", a relentless warrior who aims to become the strongest in all China by displaying his martial might in the battlefield, he's also the son of 'Mou Gou' and father of 'Mou Ten' and 'Mou Ki'.

為將經歷

公元前224年作為裨將軍和王翦帶兵六十萬進攻楚國，擊破楚軍主力于蘄，楚國大將項燕于此役戰死。

公元前223年又和王翦帶兵擊楚，再次擊破楚軍，俘虜末代楚王負芻，滅亡了楚國。原屬楚國的土地被劃分為三個郡。

這是史記中比較多地採用的說法。

另說

而中滅楚過程則為：

公元前224年王翦、蒙武帶兵攻擊楚國，擊破楚軍，俘虜楚王負芻，占領了從陳到平輿的廣大地區，短暫滅楚。秦始皇到郢、陳一帶視察。

項燕立昌平君（昌平君原是楚國的王族，據記載公元前238年前後擔任秦國的相國，前227年來被遷到郢地。）為楚王，在淮南（淮北已被秦軍占領）起兵反秦，宣布楚國複國。

公元前223年王翦、蒙武再次擊破楚軍，昌平君被殺，項燕自殺，楚國徹底滅亡。

家族

蒙武出身于名將世家，其家族原本是齊國人，其父蒙驁在秦昭襄王時來到秦國，成為秦國的著名將領。

蒙驁曾帶兵多次攻打魏國、韓國和趙國，為秦國奪取了大量的土地和城池。官拜上卿，在秦昭襄王和秦始皇初年是秦國最重要的將領之一。

其子蒙恬也是秦國的名將，曾擊退匈奴和築長城，在秦始皇中後期成為秦朝當時最重要的將領。另一子蒙毅也曾帶兵，並擔任上卿。

相對而言，蒙武的名聲較小，在歷史上記載不多，但也是秦國當時的重要將領之一，為秦朝的建立立下赫赫戰功。