The Northern Expedition and the Anti-Fengtian War: Every Day

[@yanxishan6575]

This style is meant to be more "information dense" as opposed to usual mapping videos which are meant to show movement of forces better. This isn't a new mapping style for all of my videos, but for very complicated civil wars like this one, I'll use this style. Also, the red borders are for disputed areas.

[@michahunicz1741]

I would say that it will be a good idea to put railways and rivers in the future, they are really important in China of that era.

[@leezanda8430]

Wheres mao zedong?

[@TheAustronaut03]

"Ah yes, the point in history when China decided to have a country for every single person living in China" -ISP

[@StarlightAxi]

Lee Zanda not extremely relevant yet

[@simonycontesta4296]

Do qin's wars of unification every day

[@prussiansolider8087]

Kid: fortnite is the best battle royale ever Me:

[@akriegguardsman]

*Hoi4 warlord mod intensifies*

[@lukefriederichsen]

teacher: why didn't you use the bathroom during lunch the bathroom during lunch:

[@Void_Wars]

Shut up furfag

[@rrramblex]

@@Void_Wars you shut up this is golden what he said

[@andrewhunt9808]

I am a simple man. I see a Yan Xishan Video, I click.

[@MichaelWite19]

You're not a man

[@andrewhunt9808]

@@MichaelWite19 Also, you literally stated in your own youtube channel that you're 12. Which means technically you didn't get your parent's permission to post this!

[@MichaelWite19]

@@andrewhunt9808 Well duh...., It wasn't an insult either...

[@Δούρειος_96]

You mean Clique😏

[@MichaelWite19]

@@Δούρειος_96 lol

[@tricksnotreats7277]

Hey, Yan Xishan, I just wanna tell you to keep up the good work, and I love all your videos, they are by far the best animated map videos I've seen on KZbin, and it’s very detailed. I'm glad I found your channel.

[@yanxishan6575]

Thank you!

[@WarDestinyMapping]

I think this animation is worth watching more. Yan Xishan is the most detailed author of the Northern Expedition I have ever seen. Looking forward to Yan Xishan's next wonderful work :D

[@ZephyrusMapping]

I have no idea what is going on, and neither did any of these people, most likely.

[@codyshi4743]

Oh my gosh, there’s more warlord then I expected.

[@scoringbox2176]

Nice job! Btw, could you make a video about the eastern front and western front of WW2? The way you did the Sino-Japanese war was phenomenal.

[@scoringbox2176]

And Poland, that was a great video too!

[@yanxishan6575]

I know it's been a while but seriously, it's coming, eventually.

[@scoringbox2176]

@@yanxishan6575 glad to hear that! Thanks for responding btw! :-D

[@heatherday2908]

Could we have one on the two zhili-fengitan wars

[@LuisAldamiz]

1137 maps! What an amazing patience! I can only imagine that many are copies (nothing happened) and the rest have mostly lesser changes on the previous slide but still keeping track of all them and being accurate (or as accurate as possible) deserves my utmost respect. Thank you.

[@HurricaneHunter03]

Absolutely spectacular, great job man!

[@Flow86767]

Thank you again, my favorite warlord.

[@LeftyConspirator]

Information about the Warlord era is hard to come by in the West, and I really appreciate videos such as this one.

[@djhgdsfadsiuydsauy]

holy shit i cant imagine the amount of work needed for mapping such a messy time period

[@ZhangXueliangMapping]

You call this messy? Wait until you see the Sichuanese warlords and Qinghai chiefdoms in detail1 :)

[@Liberater4589]

funny i was just looking into the warlord era again today including watching your videos, good luck i guess

[@pricel141l]

Hello there, noticed your channel something like a year ago and you always helped me greatly with some China's warlord era's information (others videos are cool too, just farther from my interest) One thing I wondered tho : I know that between 1912 and 1946 there were many provincial reforms, especially regarding Dongbei/Northeast (including Inner Mongolia), however I can't manage to find detailed enough informations about those, especially the moments when : - Inner Mongolia itself was dissolved into 4 provinces (I know, tho, that those were special districts at some point, just like Chuanbian/Xikang and Hainan) - Shanxi & Hebei/Zhili lost their "inner mongol" lands to Suiyuan, Chahar & Rehe - Manchuria went from 3 provinces to 9 provinces (and 2 municipalities) According to some infos I gathered here and there I suggest the first 2 happened very soon after the revolution itself, at least before 1930, and the last one happened because of Manchuria's previous separation, I just wanted to know if you had any answer, or at least a source to look into Thanks for both your actual help to come, if you could give any (don't bother yourself if you can't), and your incredibly detailed videos, even when not 100% accurate since they still help me figure out the events of the period, like the Sichuan wars or on the tibetan plateau (which is often disregarded despite its diverse history)

[@yanxishan6575]

This wikipedia article gives years for each of these changes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_China_(1912-1949)

[@ZhangXueliangMapping]

@@yanxishan6575 I have been scrolling Wikipedia for information on the warlord era for the past 500 millennia and have not found this page for some reason. :D

[@fokus_s]

Yan xishan: *uploads a new video* Me: It's the best day ever!!

[@BrianLyons315]

Didn't I see you in a Jurassic World Evolution video?

[@Nachoto]

I think somebody has been playing Kaiserreich. Love the video

[@gerald1495]

left KMT gang

[@michaelzheng5250]

Gerald Wang Gang for the Kuomintang

[@LucidFL]

you do know that your stupid mods are based off of real events, right?

[@Anwwoo]

Great one again! Splendid!

[@affentaktik2810]

I think its time for you to make the entire three kingdoms era cuz this seems like a breeze to you

[@musAKulture]

it really is pretty easy, however, some place names cannot be determined, such as the location of red cliff.

[@Lightning_Turk]

Amazing job as always, cant wait to see the continued maps

[@gonavygonavy1193]

next video: Warring States, every hour

[@ZhangXueliangMapping]

Three Kingdoms: Every minute

[@poqrikhelix7150]

What are the Mongolian KMT? I have tried to find more about this but failed.

[@TheGilliams]

Excellent job once again!

[@velozio]

Nice job as always

[@LucidFL]

lol i like how you put (the youtuber) at the end

[@andersschmich8600]

Just discovered your channel, its very underrated.

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

Great! You should do the fall of the qing,i’d love to see how mongolia actually gained its independence,as most mappers never even drew its borders right.

[@yanxishan6575]

I'm actually just about to release a video showing the second one of those, and also once and for all solve the problem of Mongolia's borders.

[@alizonnwn]

splendid work

[@swedenmappinghv4]

This is a very great work!

[@TheWrongBalance]

This war lord era in china is so messed up Now I understand why they don’t teach this at school

[@primuszorn2907]

They in fact teach this at school, though not in detail because there were too many factions and you can't list every single one.

[@君不花]

you are a terrible student

[@TheZachary86]

@@primuszorn2907 Ikr. F the exams if you have to memorize every single one of the factions.

[@taoliu3949]

@@TheZachary86 Ugh, you used to have to memorize all the emperors and their posthumous names in Taiwan, 😆

[@공생-c6o]

What are the names of the background music? The mapping is awesome!!:)

[@yanxishan6575]

End of Time - Ugonna Onyekwe Egmont Overture - Beethoven

[@공생-c6o]

@@yanxishan6575 Thank you very much!! :) Happy New Year, Yan Xishan!! from. South Korea.

[@PM1871]

Nice job!

[@REDALERTBRAZIL]

Damn great work, Sir !!!!!!!!!

[@adamweizer8893]

Great work again😉👍👍👍

[@LEA_TV]

Hey Yan! Sorry if this is any hassle to you, but I was wondering if you could supply me with sources on the "Mongolian Kuomintang"? Were they a separate entity from the KMT or is that just a historical distinction? I can't find any information on it! Thanks!

[@Eternal_Tuvan]

Maybe we are talking about the Mongols from Inner Mongolia who participated on the side of Kuomintang? I found this information here - brill.com/display/book/9789004531284/B9789004531284_s008.xml

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

Holy I didn't think there could be a mess worse than the Holy Roman empire

[@ZhangXueliangMapping]

New version of the Voltaire quote: The Beiyang Government of China was not the Beiyang Army, nor a Government, nor China.

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

@@ZhangXueliangMapping wasnt voltair born in the 1600s

[@ZhangXueliangMapping]

@@lesscringeymapperdude I know *eyeroll*

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

@@ZhangXueliangMapping okay

[@bateli9733]

Great video!

[@曹丕158]

Can the author make a video of the changes in the control area of the CCP in northern Shaanxi? Based on the existing historical maps, the control area formed during the Anti Japanese War in the Shaan Gan Ning Border Region is much larger than the control area in the video. I am curious about how this change in control area occurred

[@EntrerrianoMapper]

Amazing job as always, Yan!

[@bosnianmapper403]

China has such a complex history I dont know how u have the nerves to create such a detailed video Good job! Btw where do you get these info?

[@arizonaflux6594]

May you make the timelaspe of Central Plane War in 1930. Nobody can make this job better than you ever!

[@dprc8603]

Greetings from the DPRK! I just have to say how well made this video is!

[@brrrrrtenjoyer]

Wait wha- you're from North Korea?????

[@dprc8603]

@@brrrrrtenjoyer Yeah, why? I live in Wonsan and take English, and Chinese classes

[@brrrrrtenjoyer]

@@dprc8603 oh sorry I thought North Koreans didn't have access to KZbin.

[@nahtatroll]

@@dprc8603 lol what a lie

[@Catani99]

Could you try the breakup of the Han dynasty and the 3 Kingdoms every day?

[@UnaLost]

I am afraid that there is not enough record for an every day video at that time period. Every year or season maybe possible.

[@Catani99]

UnaLost Makes sense.

[@紫衣大食]

Nice. I like the new map style, it gives a lot more information. But didn't the British already occupied Southern Tibet （藏南） in 1913?

[@yanxishan6575]

They claimed it in 1913, but it was not actually controlled by India until the 1950s.

[@紫衣大食]

@@yanxishan6575 Ahh I see

[@cinixchen1203]

名字很酷

[@紫衣大食]

@Dragon Knight You are from below South Tibet, so you are from Assam?

[@紫衣大食]

@Dragon Knight Best wishes to you my East Asian brethren! we even speak the same language family, mandarin Chinese and Naga language are all parts of the sino-tibetan family. Stay strong! Long live the Naga people!

[@michaelzheng5250]

That Mongolian Border was horrendous, good thing then changed it Also, as a Han Chinese, that Tibetan claim gave me chills.

[@Walterwhiteskull]

What

[@yanxishan6575]

Am I the only person who likes that Mongolian border better than the present one?

[@Walterwhiteskull]

@@yanxishan6575 I like it

[@michaelzheng5250]

Yan Xishan 閻錫山 Everything else is fine, that giant “dent” northwards in Chahar is the really bad part and also the fact that the Mongol-Tuvan-Russian border point (not the Xinjiang one, the one that is next to Lake Baikal) looks too spiky for my likings.

[@Kriegter]

Yan Xishan is in the map

[@battleofwill345]

Surely it was Zhao Hengti rather than Zhao Erfeng who was in charge of Hunan at the start? Great video but I noticed a few things where either my sources are way out of order or something isn't right Keep up the amazing work, I must have re-watched this at least ten times

[@yanxishan6575]

Ah, yes, you're correct on that. Sorry. What other things have you noticed? I'd like to hear them.

[@battleofwill345]

@@yanxishan6575 Hmm I oh so far not much! I can only imagine the time and research undertaken, the only other thing that comes to mind is regarding the longer Warlord era video, when despite the timing and alignment coinciding with the revolt of Gu Pinzhen in Yunnan, the name of a Monarchist officer is there instead of Gu's

[@LucieDeRocheclaire]

Thank you Yan Xishan

[@СлесарьПолесов]

Good job. Thanks.

[@musAKulture]

happy new year!

[@mikihirai335]

Best birthday present! Also what do the red lines mean?

[@yanxishan6575]

Disputed borders.

[@hongkai2000]

Central Plains War next? Btw could you link your sources?

[@ZhangXueliangMapping]

I think somebody has already done the Central Plains War

[@kurusk1201]

Mongolian Kuomintang? I've never heard about them. Can i get some information about them?

[@firstoftwouk2195]

Another excellent video! Would you mind sharing your sources? I've been trying to research the warlord era for ages.

[@yanxishan6575]

I used a lot of various books, as well as jstor, worldstatesmen.org, and republicanchina.org

[@firstoftwouk2195]

@@yanxishan6575 Thank you. :)

[@bosnianmapper403]

I didnt know you used to have your own country back in 1920s 😂

[@jintaoren6755]

He adopted the warlord's name from Shanxi as his channel name.

[@daviddsun9702]

Yan Xishan was the longest lasting warlord

[@mappeurnational8034]

well done!

[@stone8847]

Man I love this video, where do you do your research about the Warlord Era? I want to learn more on it's factions because wikipedia isnt giving me enough.

[@OrionAltHist]

He said that was from some books and some really poor translations of online articles, but he's probably bluffing about a lot of his sources. For example, he claimed that he had "60 sources" for this earlier vid, but didn't provide any of them. Nice

[@DonutsIceCreamAndCottenCandy]

@@OrionAltHist source?

[@aerohydreigon1101]

Are we just going to ignore the fact that this dude named his KZbin channel after a Chinese warlord 3:23

[@OrionAltHist]

I think you should clarify in the description that the red borders are disputed areas. This may not be clear to everyone.

[@yanxishan6575]

I will. Thank you.

[@deiansalazar140]

Can you do the 3 Kingdoms Period every month from 184 to 280? Or history of China every month as a mega project? Or heck Warring States every (most detailed but realistic time frame possible here)?

[@Nootathotep]

any sources on the Mongolian Kuomintang at about 0:50? I can't find anything on wikipedia

[@الزعيمالزعيم-غ2ف]

3:19

[@DerimHunt]

A very nice video, I really liked it! I'm interested in the history of Gansu during that era, but unfortunately I only can read German, English, French and Russian. Can you provide me with some link or reference about Mi Lingzhong and/or Zhang Zhaojia in one of those languages?

[@yanxishan6575]

I'm extremely sorry, but it's difficult to find sources about them in any language, not just the ones you listed.

[@alain2898]

Amazing video, but the date box looks weird being white.

[@owaischgaming7200]

Best video

[@lofn8166]

Question: the Zhili Warlord in 1926 is called Zhao Erfeng in your video. Looking at Wikipedia the Zhili Warlord in the area at that time was called Zhao Hengti. Is that just another translation of the name or is it a mistake by you or wiki?

[@Maple-A]

wiki is right

[@allensu9363]

Can you make a superversion of Chinese history from Xia all the way to today? You can slow the time down as it approaches modern history, but I think one video would be cool

[@yanxishan6575]

I want to do that eventually, yes.

[@train884]

incredible video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!11oneone!!11

[@vietnamesemapping9668]

Good job :clap:

[@ok-se9jf]

What programs do you use for these videos?

[@yanxishan6575]

GIMP, Keynote, and iMovie

[@leMiG31]

Yan xishan was the most accurate source for history of china Heck,i meam he was the history of china,he was warlord of shanxi

[@py8554]

Yan Xishan is from the Shanxi clique ie Jinxi

[@worldpeaceworks4436]

播主，小小建议，在最后加一句，喜欢敬请订阅，粉丝应该会增加一些。真么努力，应该值得更多粉丝！地图天才！Like the tuber and subscribe!Well done,man!

[@CannibaLouiST]

What's that red red between Tibet and the western China Proper?

[@obsidianstatue]

if anyone asks you why China and the Chinese people value stability, show them this video.

[@kapitanpufferfish5164]

Like the channel name

[@-baltssemorhe-ileft5500]

Why is warlord era so complicated

[@jangelbrich7056]

Just compare Syria today. Or Thirty Years War 1618-1648. So many competing factions and agendas, hence so many conflicts in such a small space.

[@bilibiliism]

because after an empire stood for hundreds years suddenly collapse, lots of people started to seek power in this opportunity

[@大砲打老鷹]

民國軍閥、國共鬥爭做成HD遊戲一定比三國時代精彩

[@notbeiliu1539]

"Selling Spring and Autumn History books"

[@fasolasuchustenax1420]

Where is your video about First Sino-Japanese war?

[@deiansalazar140]

Can you give me a link or something to the detailed stuff you use for these for possible videos of my own?

[@ornature5324]

So good. Just so good.

[@battleofwill345]

Hope you won't mind my using this colour scheme for a mod in Hearts of Iron 4, with the start date here being the mod's start date If you have a Patreon I'm happy to donate

[@yanxishan6575]

Yeah that's fine. I do not have a patreon.

[@battleofwill345]

@@yanxishan6575 Excellent! My thanks for the prompt reply. Well, if you ever set one up then count me in Your work and the amount of dedicated research is amazing-buying books on the topic at the moment and maps like yours help greatly when putting things in perspective

[@titanicbigship]

mod??

[@kailanthecartographer2627]

Nice!

[@Maharlikan_1898]

Damn where do you get those info?

[@fasolasuchustenax1420]

How about making an improved version Of the Warlord Era?

[@alexdusman3637]

After seeing this video, I am very interested in some Han people, which lived in Taiwan under the name of Republic of China, want to revive Formosa. What kind of mental status is this?

[@麻馬華公會會長MCA]

Reversed Racism...

[@cengiya2029]

发现个错误，湖南怎么会是Zhao Erfeng而且赵尔丰11年就被砍了，应该是赵恒惕吧

[@MichaelWite19]

Are you related to people who fought for Yan Xishan?

[@OrionAltHist]

He said he isn't.

[@OliverCovfefe]

assassin's creed music cover for the background music? y/n?

[@evilsorosfundedgovernments433]

What are the musical pieces you've used in this video? I wish to know

[@hazzmati]

They are listed at the end

[@karenalikhanyan2547]

Ching is big,had big wars,fought big wars,understood how,whom,when. What a big country

[@you_dare_to_gaze_upon_me]

"Syrian civil war is so chaotic!" Meanwhile Chinese civil wars:🗿

[@BrianLyons315]

Okay. I like the other one better. Sure the factions are not shown separately but this lacks light and lighter colors. Occupied and land gain per day.

[@yanxishan6575]

No matter what colours I use, someone will complain.

[@yanxishan6575]

Also the colours are actually on average lighter than that video's colour scheme.

[@BrianLyons315]

@@yanxishan6575 What I'm talking about is the the dark color represents areas that are fully under a factions control, the light color represents the areas militarily occupied by the faction and the lighter color represents land gains per (insert time here). This video lacks those color types.

[@nexdox3302]

What the track?

[@Galland780]

Oh shit a new video

[@thomasosguthorpe182]

Love it

[@vokardarangerl9840]

Hey Yan I see you in this war :))

[@onemorecouch1053]

can you make a mandarin version please