Wu Peifu or Wu P'ei-fu was a major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916 to 1927.
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11 Facts About Wu Peifu
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The major factions included Duan Qirui's Anhui clique, Zhang Zuolin's Fengtian clique, and Feng Guozhang's Zhili clique, of which Wu Peifu was a member.
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At this juncture, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu began to organize a wide-reaching alliance including all opponents of the Anhui clique.
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In November 1919 Wu Peifu met with representatives of Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting at Hengyang and signed a treaty titled “Rough Draft of the National Salvation Allied Army”, forming the base of the anti-Anhui clique alliance that included Zhang Zuolin's powerful Fengtian clique.
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When hostilities finally broke out in July 1920, Wu Peifu took a prominent role as commander-in-chief of the anti-Anhui army.
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Wu Peifu was credited as the strategist behind the unexpectedly swift victory.
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Wu Peifu executed several outflanking maneuvers that forced the western front of the Fengtian army back towards Beijing, then he lured it into a trap by feigning retreat.
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Now called the "Jade Marshal" and generally acknowledged to be China's ablest strategist at the time, Wu Peifu was widely expected to win, and by doing so to finally put an end to various quasi-independent regional authorities.
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Wu Peifu was a nationalist, and refused to enter foreign concessions—not even to hide from his enemies—because he viewed them as an affront to China, and instead chose a much more perilous method of escape.
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