Guominjun
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The Guominjun (
History
The Guominjun was formed when Feng betrayed the Zhili clique during the Second Zhili–Fengtian War with the Fengtian clique in 1924. The Guominjun occupied Beijing, captured Zhili leader Cao Kun and expelled former Qing dynasty emperor Puyi from the Forbidden City.
In late 1925, Fengtian general Guo Songling defected to the KMC; this sparked the Anti-Fengtian War against Zhang Zuolin.
The Guominjun was incorporated into the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army as the "Second Collective Army" in 1928 during the Northern Expedition, and fought alongside the KMT to defeat Fengtian forces (National Pacification Army) and capture Beijing.[5]
In 1929, Feng grew increasingly dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's regime; the Guominjun launched a full rebellion with Yan Xishan and Li Zongren’s army, the Central Plains War, in 1930. However, Feng was defeated and what was left of the faction was absorbed into the KMT.
Ideology
The Guominjun was very sympathetic to
See also
- Warlord Era
- History of the Republic of China
- List of warlords and military cliques in the Warlord Era
References
- ^ a b Sheridan 1966, pp. 169–174.
- ^ Sheridan 1966, pp. 172–174, 176.
- ^ Sheridan 1966, pp. 170–172.
- ^ a b Sheridan 1966, pp. 174–176.
- ^ Jordan 1976, pp. 153–154.
- ^ Sheridan 1966, pp. 169–176.
- ^ Sheridan 1966, pp. 169–172.
Bibliography
- Jordan, Donald A. (1976). The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926–1928. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 9780824803520.
- Sheridan, James E. (1966). Chinese Warlord. The Career of Feng Yü-hsiang. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.