A group of military factions led by Yuan Shikai and his successors that controlled the Beijing government from 1912 to 1928, later splitting into the Zhili, Anhui, and Fengtian cliques after Yuan's death.

The Beiyang Fleet or North China Navy, specifically the modernized Chinese naval force established during the late Qing dynasty that was defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War

Beiyang faction of northern warlords

The modern army of the northern coastal provinces established during the late Qing Dynasty; most active during the early 20th century warlord era.

The warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army [[北洋军阀|北洋軍閥|bei3 yang2 jun1 fa2]] after the Xinhai Revolution of 1911.

a modern Western-style army established during the late Qing Dynasty that became the power base for the Northern Warlords after the 1911 Revolution