Liang Province

[1] The province was first conquered by the Han Chinese in the 120s BCE during the Han–Xiongnu War, and settled in the decades thereafter.

The Hexi Corridor served to connect China proper with the Western Regions, which helped secure important parts of the Silk Road into Central Asia.

After heavy fighting, and proposals to abandon Liang Province, this First Great Qiang Rebellion was quelled in 118.

[2] Efforts were made to resettle the province from 129 to 144, although large parts of Liang remained without effective government.

[3] General Duan Jiong conducted another successful campaign against Qiang rebels in 167–169, committing a massacre at Shoot-Tiger Valley.