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Guominjun
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Also known as Nationalist Army, KMC, Northwest Army, People's Army, Kuominchun, Kuominchün, Xibei Army, Xibei jun

The Guominjun, also known as the Kuominchun or '''National People's Army, and abbreviated as GMJ and KMC''', was a military faction founded by Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi and Sun Yue during China's Warlord Era. The KMC had control of much of Northwest China, including Shaanxi, Chahar and Suiyuan, hence its other name, the Northwest Army (西北軍; not to be confused with the later army of the same name under Yang Hucheng).

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War faction.name
Guominjun Kuominchun
War faction.native_name
國民軍
War faction.war
the Warlord Era
War faction.flag
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War faction.image
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War faction.native_name_lang
zh
War faction.caption
Left: The Beiyang Star was used as the emblem prior to 1926. Right: The Blue Sky and White Sun became the emblem after 1926.
War faction.ideology
Chinese nationalismAnti-imperialismChristian socialismThree Principles of the People Christianity with Chinese characteristicsPro-Sovietism
War faction.country
Republic of China
War faction.founders
Feng YuxiangHu JingyiSun Yue
War faction.leaders
Feng YuxiangHu JingyiSun Yue
War faction.headquarters
Shaanxi
War faction.area
Northern Republic of China
War faction.battles
Beijing CoupAnti-Fengtian WarNorthern ExpeditionCentral Plains War
Chinese.p
Guómínjūn
Chinese.w
Kuo2-min2-chün1
Chinese.l
National People's Army

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The Guominjun, also known as the Kuominchun or '''National People's Army, and abbreviated as GMJ and KMC''', was a military faction founded by Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi and Sun Yue during China's Warlord Era. The KMC had control of much of Northwest China, including Shaanxi, Chahar and Suiyuan, hence its other name, the Northwest Army (西北軍; not to be confused with the later army of the same name under Yang Hucheng).

== History == The Guominjun was formed when Feng betrayed the Zhili clique during the Second Zhili–Fengtian War with the Fengtian clique in 1924. The Guominjun occupied Beijing, captured Zhili leader Cao Kun and expelled former Qing dynasty emperor Puyi from the Forbidden City.

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