北洋军 běiyángjūn Beiyang Army Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 北洋军阀 běiyángjūnfá Northern Warlords 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.