He joined the Huai Army when he was 11 as a deputy soldier (Fu Bing, 副兵), the lowest rank in the army, he received a uniform and food, but no salary, unlike regular soldiers. Īs the son of an officer in the Qing Imperial Army, Feng spent his youth immersed in military life. He spent his later years supporting the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang. He joined the Nationalist Party (KMT), supported the Northern Expedition and became blood brothers with Chiang Kai-shek, but resisted Chiang's consolidation of power in the Central Plains War and broke with him again in resisting Japanese incursions in 1933. He rose to high rank within Wu Peifu's Zhili warlord faction but launched the Beijing Coup in 1924 that knocked Zhili out of power and brought Sun Yat-sen to Beijing. In 1911 he was an officer in the ranks of Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army but joined forces with revolutionaries against the Qing dynasty.

He was also known as the 'Christian General' for his zeal to convert his troops and the 'Traitorous General' for his penchant to break with the establishment. He served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1930.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Feng.įeng Yuxiang ( Chinese: 冯玉祥 pinyin: Féng Yùxiáng IPA: 6 November 1882 – 1 September 1948), courtesy name Huanzhang (焕章), was a warlord and a leader of the Republic of China from Chaohu, Anhui. Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain

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