[北伐战争 / 北伐戰爭, Běi fá zhàn zhēngㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄚˊ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ] the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1927 under Chiang Kaishek against the Northern Warlords#69316
[二次革命, èr cì gé mìngㄦˋ ㄘˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ] second revolution; campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords, See Also: 袁世凱, 袁世凯
[北洋军 / 北洋軍, Běi yáng jūnㄅㄟˇ ㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ] north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
[清史稿, Qīng shǐ gāoㄑㄧㄥ ㄕˇ ㄍㄠ] Draft History of the Qing dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls, See Also: 二十四史, 趙爾巽, 赵尔巽
[皖系战败 / 皖系戰敗, Wǎn xì zhàn bàiㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄞˋ] Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support, See Also: 段祺瑞
[直皖战争 / 直皖戰爭, Zhí Wǎn zhàn zhēngㄓˊ ㄨㄢˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ] war of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction and took over the Beijing government
[ぐんゆうかっきょ, gunyuukakkyo] (n, vs) rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field