The Warlord Era
Part 5

In Part 5 Laszlo gives the backstory to the Anhui-Zhili War and introduces another warlord, the famous “Manchurian Warlord,” Zhang Zuolin. With the civil war within the Beiyang Organization, the unity that existed since the time of Yuan Shikai is smashed. We'll look at the very brief war between the forces of Duan Qirui and their Zhili opponents led by Wu Peifu as well as the aftermath up to and including the First Zhili-Fengtian War, 1922-1924.

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