<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Zhili–Fengtian_War" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Zhili–Fengtian War">Second Zhili–Fengtian War</a>: Warlord <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_Yuxiang" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Feng Yuxiang">Feng Yuxiang</a>, with the covert support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Coup" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beijing Coup">stages a coup in Beijing</a> against his erstwhile superiors in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhili_clique" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zhili clique">Zhili clique</a>, crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengtian_clique" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fengtian clique">Fengtian clique</a> and forcing them to withdraw from northern China.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_23#cite_note-8" id="mwsg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwsw">[8]</span></a></sup>
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