Ma Zhongying

Ma Zhongying
Ma Zhongying
Nickname(s)	Ga Ssu-ling ("Baby General" or "Little Commander") or "Big Horse"
Born	馬仲英 1910 Linxia County, Gansu
Allegiance	Republic of China
Years of service	1929-1934
Rank	General
Unit	36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)
Commands held	Chief of the 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army)
Battles/wars	Central Plains War, Kumul Rebellion, First Battle of Urumqi (1933), Soviet Invasion of Xinjiang, Battle of Kashgar (1934)

Ma Zhongying, also Ma Chung-ying (simplified Chinese: 马仲英; traditional Chinese: 馬仲英; pinyin: Mǎ Zhòngyīng; Wade–Giles: Ma Chung-ying, Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ ﺟْﻮ ىٍ  ; c. 1910–1936?) was a Hui Chinese Muslim warlord during the Warlord era of China. Ma Zhongying's birth name was Ma Buying (simplified Chinese: 马步英; traditional Chinese: 馬步英; pinyin: Mǎ Bùyīng; Wade–Giles: Ma Pu-ying). Zhongying was a warlord of Gansu province in China during the 1930s. His alliance with the Kuomintang (KMT) brought his predominately Chinese Muslim troops under the control of the KMT as the 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army); Zhongying was its commander. He was ordered to overthrow Jin Shuren, the governor of Xinjiang. After several victories over Provincial and White Russian forces, Ma Chung-ying attempted to expand his territory into southern Xinjiang by launching campaigns from his power base in Gansu, but was eventually stalled by Xinjiang warlord Sheng Shicai in 1934.