In the first battle of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warlord_Rebellion_in_northeastern_Shandong" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong">Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_government" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nationalist government">Nationalist government</a> of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.<sup about="#mwt21" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"FOOTNOTEFuller1943143"},"body":{"extsrc":"[[#CITEREFFuller1943|Fuller (1943)]], p.&amp;nbsp;143."},"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"sfnp","href":"./Template:Sfnp"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Fuller"},"2":{"wt":"1943"},"p":{"wt":"143"}},"i":0}}]}' id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFuller1943143_3-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Transclusion mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_21#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFuller1943143-3" id="mwmQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmg">[3]</span></a></sup>