Hu Jingyi 胡景翼 (1892–1925), Chinese general,

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and military governor of

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(1924–25) during the Warlord Era of China. Hu Jingyi was born on 4 June 1892,

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. He joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in 1910. Following the

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in 1911 he led a revolt in

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. He became a general of

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forces during the "Second Revolution" against

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's dictatorship in 1913. He held several posts in the Shaanxi army over the following decades. During the

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in the autumn of 1924,

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betrayed the

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when he led his army from the battlefield to execute the Beijing coup, detaining its leader President

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, and reorganized his forces as the

Guominjun The Guominjun (), a.k.a. Nationalist Army, KMC, also called the Northwest Army (西北軍) or People's Army, refers to the military faction founded by Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi and Sun Yue during China's Warlord Era. History The Guominjun was ...

. Hu was named deputy commander-in-chief and the commander of the 3rd Army as well as governor of Henan. The Soviets decided to assist Feng with advisers and assistance in arming the Guominjun, with the intent of forming another movement like the

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in north China. In return for arms, Feng and Hu gave the Russian and Chinese Communists a free hand in their territories. Feng and Hu sent 25 high-ranking officers to the

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for military training.Odoric Y.K. Wou, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, pp. 31–32 However, Hu died suddenly in office on 10 April 1925 and was succeeded by

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References

Sources

* Odoric Y. K. Wou, Mobilizing the Masses: Building Revolution in Henan, Stanford University Press, 1994, . * 陈贤庆(Chen Xianqing)
民国军阀派系谈 (The Republic of China warlord cliques discussed), 2007 revised edition

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