The Beiyang Army, named after the Beiyang region, was an army established by Yuan Shikai in 1895. It was the centerpiece of a general overhaul of the Qing military system in the wake of the Boxer Rebe
The Xiang Army during the Battle of Nanjing in the Taiping Rebellion
Japanese print showing the Huai Army fighting the Japanese at Pyongyang, 1894
Yuan Shikai's Right Division of the Guards Army escorting the Qing court back to Beijing after the Boxer Rebellion, early 1902
Beiyang troops training in 1902
Sun Chuanfang was a Chinese warlord in the Zhili clique and protégé of the "Jade Marshal" Wu Peifu.
Tomb of Sun Chuanfang in Haidian, Beijing