Warlord Era

The? Warlord Era was a 20th Century period of sectionalism in China after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, after the main military dictatorship under Yuan Shikai failed to institute a new dynasty, and all the provinces fell to generals, revolutionaries, and bandit leaders whom became warlords.

The most prominent factions during this time was the Kuomintang-led National Revolutionary Army which united all of China from these warlords and absorbing some, with the most prominent warlord faction being remembered as the Fengtian Clique of Manchuria