 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1915, iye akaramba kuedza kwaYuan kuzviita mambo. Akanyengetedza mudzidzi wake Cai E, gavhuna wehondo weYunnan, kupandukira. Mapazi ebato rinofambira mberi akavhiringidza kukundwa kwaYuan uye mamwe mapurovhinzi akazivisa rusununguko rwawo. Basa reshanduko iro iye akanga aramba rakashandiswa zvinobudirira. Kunze kwaDuan Qirui, Liang ndiye akanga ari mutsigiri mukuru wokupinda muHondo Yenyika I kurutivi rweAllied. Iye akanzwa kuti kwaizosimudzira chimiro cheChina uyewo kunatsiridza zvikwereti zvokunze. Akashora murayiridzi wake, Kang Youwei, nokuda kwokubetsera mukuedza kwakakundikana kudzorera Qingmuna July 1917. Pashure pokukundikana kushandura Duan Qirui naFeng Guozhang kuva vatongi vane mutoro, akarega ndokusiya zvematongerwe enyika. 