10 Facts About Warlord Era

Warlord Era was a period in the history of the Republic of China when control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions from 1916 to 1928.

The Warlord Era was characterized by constant civil war between different factions, the largest of which was the Central Plains War which involved more than one million soldiers.

The Warlord Era ended in 1928 when the Kuomintang under Chiang Kai-shek officially unified China through the Northern Expedition, marking the beginning of the Nanjing decade.

Warlord Era banned alcohol, lived simply and wore the common uniform of an infantryman to show his concern for his men.

Warlord Era worked openly for the Japanese in ruling Manchuria.

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Warlord Era loved to boast about the size of his penis, which became part of his legend.

Warlord Era was widely believed to be the most well endowed man in China, nicknamed "General Eighty-Six" as his penis when erect was said to measure up to a pile of 86 Mexican silver dollars.

Warlord Era's harem consisted of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian and two French women.

Warlord Era gave them numbers, as he could not remember their names, and then usually forgot the numbers.

Warlord Era was unable to secure the terms as he died in March 1925 from illness.