Ni Sichong

Ni Sichong, Duke of the First Rank (; ; 1868–1924) was a Chinese general. He was one of the handful of Beiyang generals who along with Yang Du and others supported

Yuan Shikai Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...

's Empire of China during the

National Protection War The National Protection War (), also known as the Anti-Monarchy War, was a civil war that took place in China between 1915 and 1916. Only three years earlier, the last Chinese dynasty, the Qing dynasty, had been overthrown and the Republic o ...

. He was later part of the

Anhui clique The Anhui clique () was a military and political organization, one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique in the Republic of China's Warlord Era. It was named after Anhui province because several of its ...

until resigning in 1920 due to the disastrous defeat in the

Zhili–Anhui War The Zhili–Anhui War was a 1920 conflict in the Republic of China between the Zhili and Anhui cliques for control of the Beiyang government. Prelude Tensions between the two factions developed during the Constitutional Protection War of 1917. ...

. Republic of China warlords from Anhui Politicians from Fuyang 1868 births 1924 deaths Members of the Anhui clique Empire of China (1915–1916) {{china-mil-bio-stub