Chiang-Feng-Yan War

Central Plains War
Part of the Warlord Era
Map showing the province of Henan and two definitions of the Central Plain (中原) or Zhōngyuán
Date May 1930 – November 4, 1930 Location Central Plains of China Result Chiang victory, resignation of Yan and Feng Resumption and End of the Warlord Era
Belligerents
Forces of Chiang Kai-shek	Forces of the coalition of Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and Li Zongren
Commanders and leaders
Chiang Kai-shek Han Fuqu Liu Zhi Hu Zongnan Chen Cheng Tang Enbo Ma Hongkui Ma Bufang Zhang Xueliang (from September 1930)	Yan Xishan Feng Yuxiang Li Zongren Bai Chongxi Fu Zuoyi
Strength
300,000	700,000
Casualties and losses
95,000+	200,000+

Chiang victory, resignation of Yan and Feng

The Central Plains War of 1930 (simplified Chinese: 中原大战; traditional Chinese: 中原大戰; pinyin: Zhōngyúan Dàzhàn) was a civil war between the Nationalist Kuomintang government in Nanjing led by Chiang Kai-shek and several regional military commanders that were former allies of Chiang during the Northern Expedition.

After the Northern Expedition ended in 1928, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren and Zhang Fakui broke off relations with Chiang shortly after a demilitarization conference in 1929, and together they formed an anti-Chiang coalition to openly challenge the legitimacy of the Nanjing government. The war was the largest conflict in the Warlord Era, fought across Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other areas of the Central Plains in China, involving 300,000 soldiers from Nanjing and 700,000 soldiers from the coalition.

Compared to other senior party officials like Hu Hanmin and Wang Jingwei, the political status of Chiang Kai-shek in the Kuomintang (KMT) was lower in the beginning. Chiang began his rise to prominence in 1917 during the Constitutional Protection Movement and the formation of the Guangzhou government, where he displayed his military talent. The turning point came in 1923 when Chen Jiongming launched a rebellion against Sun Yat-sen in Guangzhou. Chiang's role in helping Sun to retreat from Guangzhou ultimately helped him to become Sun's protégé.

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