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Guangdong–Guangxi War
Part ofWarlord Era
Date 1920–1922 Location South China Result Victory forSun Yat-sen
Belligerents
Old Guangxi clique	Constitutional Protection Junta
Commanders and leaders
Lu Rongting Tan Haoming Shen Hongying Chen Binghun	Sun Yat-sen Chen Jiongming

TheGuangdong–Guangxi War, or the 1st and 2ndYue-Gui Wars, occurred between theKuomintang and theOld Guangxi Clique.

WhenSun Yat-sen, leader of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, attempted to re-establish himself inGuangzhou in 1917, warlordLu Rongting reluctantly supported him for a few years. After Sun split from the Old Guangxi Clique over allocation of troops, he attempted to stripCen Chunxuan (aka Tsen Chun-Hsuan or Sam Sun-Suen), one of Lu's most important allies in Guangdong, of some of his troops, in order to assign them to the more apparently loyalChen Jiongming, a local Guangdong warlord who had sponsored Sun. Sun Yat-sen then directedChen Jiongming to attackLu Rongting and the other Guangxi warlords. In October 1920, Chen captured Guangzhou and drove the Guangxi warlords out ofGuangdong.

In 1921, Chen hoped to unite the region surrounding Guangdong behind Sun's regime at Guangzhou and pushed into Guangxi itself. Lu sent two armies--one led by his wife's younger brotherTan Haoming, the other underShen Hongying—against Chen's forces. These drove Chen back and occupied the areas ofQinzhou andLianzhou. However, Lu's allyChen Binghun collapsed, losingWuzhou and allowing Chen Jiongming to drive up the rivers into Guangxi as allies moved in from the north. Lu Rongting was forced to step down in July 1921. By August, Chen had occupiedNanning and the rest of Guangxi.

Although Chen Jiongming and the Guangdong forces occupied Guangxi until April 1922, their occupation was largely nominal. Armed bands of Guangxi loyalists continued to gather under local commanders, calling themselves theSelf-Government Army. Sun Yat-sen and Chen Jiongming soon split over plans for theNorthern Expedition. By May 1922, Sun Yat-sen's Cantonese forces had evacuated Guangxi, leaving it to Chen. Nevertheless, Sun would return later to reform his National government.

• New Guangxi Clique

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