page_title: Wu Peifu
section_title: Northern Expedition
hierarchical_section_title: Wu Peifu / Northern Expedition
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Northern Expedition, the military campaign launched by the en:Kuomintang against the northern warlords from the en:Beiyang government between 1926 and 1928. 中文（中国大陆）‎: 国民革命军北伐战争，第一次国共合作，示意地图
context_page_description: Wu Peifu or Wu P'ei-fu, was a major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916-27.
context_section_description: Wu maintained a power base in Hubei and Henan in central China until he was confronted by the Kuomintang army during the Northern Expedition in 1927. With armies detained by Kuomintang allies in the Northwest, Wu was forced to withdraw to Zhengzhou in Henan.
  As Wu Peifu's armies were being overrun by the Kuomintang forces of Chiang Kai-shek, during a breakfast interview with a westerner Wu Peifu was noticed carrying an old book; the interviewer asked him the title, and Wu replied, "'The Military Campaigns of the Kingdom of Wu . . . They didn't have any machine guns or airplanes then." Wu never held a political office during his years as a warlord.
  Wu Peifu hung a portrait of George Washington in his office. He was a nationalist, and refused to enter foreign concessions--not even to hide from his enemies--because he viewed them as an affront to China, and instead chose a much more perilous method of escape.
caption: Map of Northern Expedition; Wu Peifu's territory shown in purple
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