History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
At that time, the Republic of China was in a period of war and chaos, and the lives of the people had always been turbulent. Although the situation in the country is volatile, different warlords have also emerged in various regions. They are in the northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest regions, and among these four regions are the four most powerful warlords known as the Republic of China. Let's take a look.
They were Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast, Feng Yuxiang of the northwest, Sun Chuanfang, the king of the southeast, and Tang Jiyao, the king of the southwest. First of all, let's talk about Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast, Zhang Zuolin was very famous at that time, and originally before the fall of Dongshan Province, the Zhang family originally managed this area by themselves. The Japanese army was also afraid of Zhang Zuolin, and did not dare to invade the three eastern provinces.
The King of the Northwest can be regarded as a self-made warlord, he is Feng Yuxiang. Feng Yuxiang was involved in a major event in 1924, that is, the overthrow of the original direct warlords. After this, Feng Yuxiang occupied many places, such as Shanxi, Henan and Hebei. Soon he had a large army and became the king of the northwest.
The third southeast king, Sun Chuanfang, sun Chuanfang had such a good achievement at that time, because he had traveled to many places to fight. Sun Chuanfang belonged to the warlords of Zhejiang, and at his peak, he once had a military strength of 300,000 people. In 1925, he defeated the Suwan warlords. However, the good times did not last long, and in 1927, because the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army was blocked, the military strength this time was greatly reduced. Since then, it has declined.
The fourth king of the southwest, Tang Jiyao, was a knowledgeable man from an early age, attending the Zhenwu School in Tokyo, Japan in 1904, and then became the founder of the Dian Army. Also committed to the development of a modern army, and once occupied Kunming, for the modernization of Yunnan, Tang Jiyao played a role in promoting and promoting, and even controlled Guangxi. Historically, Tang Jiyao is a figure who has been controversial.