 After war broke on April 29, the Zhili army on the eastern front was driven back to Renqiu and Hejian (河间).Western Zhili forces did not make any progress under the heavy shelling of the Fengtian army.On April 30 Wu Peifu personally went to the front line to order heavy shelling of the Fengtian front, while his main force outflanked the Fengtian rear.