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Establishment 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.
Qiang rebellions In 107 CE, the Xianlian
Qiang rebelled against Han authority. After heavy fighting, and proposals to abandon Liang Province, this First Great Qiang Rebellion was quelled in 118. Efforts were made to resettle the province from 129 to 144, although large parts of Liang remained without effective government. General
Duan Jiong conducted another successful campaign against Qiang rebels in 167–169, committing a massacre at Shoot-Tiger Valley.
End of Han rule In 184, concurrent with the outbreak of the
Yellow Turban Rebellion in large parts of China, the
Liang Province rebellion commenced. Han campaigns to retake the area remained inconclusive, and by 189 Liangzhou was a de facto independent warlord state ruled by
Han Sui and
Ma Teng. Warlord
Cao Cao started an offensive against Liang Province in 211, winning a key victory in the
Battle of Tong Pass (211), and finally conquering the entire province in 215. == References ==