Beiyang Army

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The Beiyang Army was a powerful, modernized military force of late Qing and early Republican China that played a decisive role in the 1911 Revolution and subsequent warlord era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
allegiance Beiyang Government
surface form: Beiyang government

Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing Empire

Beiyang Government
surface form: Republic of China (Beiyang warlord regimes)
alsoKnownAs Beiyang Army
surface form: Peiyang Army
commander Cao Kun
Duan Qirui
Feng Guozhang
Yuan Shikai
Zhang Xun
country China
disbandedBy National Revolutionary Army
disbandedDuring Northern Expedition
dissolved 1928
dividedInto Anhui clique
Fengtian clique
Zhili clique
founder Yuan Shikai
garrisonLocation Beijing
Zhili province
headquartersLocation Tianjin
inception 1895
influenced Chinese warlordism
military politics in Republican China
namedAfter Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
surface form: Beiyang region
operatedIn Qing dynasty
Republic of China
partOf Beiyang Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Army of the Qing dynasty
precededBy Yong Ying regional armies
surface form: Huai Army
primaryLanguage Chinese
roleIn Xinhai Revolution
surface form: 1911 Revolution

Beiyang government politics
Boxer Rebellion
Constitutional Protection War
Manchu Restoration of 1917
Second Zhili–Fengtian War
First Sino-Japanese War
surface form: Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)

Warlord Era
Xinhai Revolution
Zhili–Anhui War
Zhili–Fengtian War
surface form: Zhili–Fengtian Wars

Xinhai Revolution
surface form: establishment of the Republic of China
significance first modernized standing army in China
power base of Yuan Shikai
trainingAssistanceFrom German military advisers
Japanese military advisers
used German-style drill and organization
modern Western-style military training
modern Western-style weaponry

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Beiyang Army factions partOf Beiyang Army
Beiyang Army factions relatedTo Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang government
Feng Yuxiang militaryBranch Beiyang Army
Qing army hasPart Beiyang Army
Battle of Pyongyang hasCombatant Beiyang Army
Li Yuanhong politicalAlignment Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang clique
Li Yuanhong militaryBranch Beiyang Army
Yuan Shikai positionHeld Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang Army commander
Yuan Shikai politicalMovement Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang clique
Zhang Zuolin associatedWith Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang clique
Warlord Era relatedTo Beiyang Army
Wu Peifu servedIn Beiyang Army
Zhili clique formedFrom Beiyang Army
Beiyang Army alsoKnownAs Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Peiyang Army
Beiyang Army partOf Beiyang Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New Army of the Qing dynasty
Anhui clique usedMilitaryForce Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang Army units
Zhili–Anhui War militaryForceUsed Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang Army units
Duan Qirui allegiance Beiyang Army
First Zhili–Fengtian War militaryForceUsed Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang Army units
Feng Guozhang militaryBranch Beiyang Army
Feng Guozhang politicalFaction Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang clique
Cao Kun militaryBranch Beiyang Army
Beiyang Government militaryBranch Beiyang Army
New Army alsoKnownAs Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang New Army
New Army partOf Beiyang Army
Xinhai Revolution opponent Beiyang Army
Korean theater of the First Sino-Japanese War militaryBranchInvolved Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Qing Beiyang Army
Nie Shicheng militaryBranch Beiyang Army
Xu Shichang politicalAlignment Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang clique
Republican era governingPartyAtVariousTimes Beiyang Army
this entity surface form: Beiyang military clique