the warlord eraThe raiding and pillaging hurt local economies and civilians, which led to the forming of secret society among villagers. Some of the secret societies detailed the learning of martial arts. Another thing that The Warlord Era was when multiple different factions of warlords could not decide who should be in charge of China. This led to lots of small scale wars and most of the warlords could not support a large army. To be able to support the army the warlords raided and pillaged nearby enemy lands mainly rival warlords.The raiding and pillaging hurt local economies and civilians, which led to the forming of secret society among villagers. Some of the secret societies detailed the learning of martial arts. Another thing that
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hurt the economies was inflation because some warlords wouldn't stop printing money to fund their wars. Printing money of course made the cost of goods higher. In addition, the transportation of large amounts of troops slowed downed the distribution of goods to the places they needed to go, which raised the prices among consumer goods.
The warlords added taxes to shipments that had already been taxed multiple time and because of this it drove the price of goods up considerably. When fighting broke out and when one of the sides lost the opposing side would sometimes capture fleeing enemy soldiers and incorporate them in their own armies. The benefit to this was that your soldiers most likely wouldn't be killed when they were captured. This usually meant that at some point the opposing army might get their soldiers back.
During the Warlord Era, things like heavy machine guns and rifles were being used and also the heavy mechanical weapons from the West easily fell into disrepair. Many of the militias used by the warlords won't well trained and were mostly illiterate. This led to the hiring of mercenaries, they were able to keep the warlords heavy mechanical weapons in good working order. These mercenaries were from surrounding countries but most of them would be willing to change sides for a better price if one was offered.
One of the main problems of this time for the warlords of China, was they were too weak and could not take over the whole of China. This led to problems of legitimacy among a lot of the warlords, thus being able to conquer Beijing was a big goal for the warlords because it was the capital of China. When the First World War broke out, China was under internal pressure to join the war. China ended up joining the war even though no one recognize them as a participating country.
The warlords added taxes to shipments that had already been taxed multiple time and because of this it drove the price of goods up considerably. When fighting broke out and when one of the sides lost the opposing side would sometimes capture fleeing enemy soldiers and incorporate them in their own armies. The benefit to this was that your soldiers most likely wouldn't be killed when they were captured. This usually meant that at some point the opposing army might get their soldiers back.
During the Warlord Era, things like heavy machine guns and rifles were being used and also the heavy mechanical weapons from the West easily fell into disrepair. Many of the militias used by the warlords won't well trained and were mostly illiterate. This led to the hiring of mercenaries, they were able to keep the warlords heavy mechanical weapons in good working order. These mercenaries were from surrounding countries but most of them would be willing to change sides for a better price if one was offered.
One of the main problems of this time for the warlords of China, was they were too weak and could not take over the whole of China. This led to problems of legitimacy among a lot of the warlords, thus being able to conquer Beijing was a big goal for the warlords because it was the capital of China. When the First World War broke out, China was under internal pressure to join the war. China ended up joining the war even though no one recognize them as a participating country.
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