 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure porufu rwaYuan, Li Yuanhong akava purezidhendi uye Duan Qirui, mutungamiriri wehurumende, uye National Assembly yakaunganidzwazve. Hurumende yakakurumidza kutarisana nedambudziko pamusoro pokuti inopinda muHondo yeNyika I kudivi reAllied Powers kana kuti kuramba isina kwayakarerekera. Li akadzinga Duan, uyo aifarira kupinda muhondo, uye akakoka mutungamiriri wehondo Zhang Xun kuguta guru kuti ave murevereri. Zhang neuto rake revatsigiri vakavimbika vakapinda muBeijing, vakaparadza National Assembly ndokudzorera Puyi samambo weQing musi waJuly 1. Li akatizira kuJapan Embassy muLegation. Kudzorerwa kwoumambo kwakatora mazuva 12 bedzi sezvo uto raDuan Qirui rakadzorera guta guru, ndokutuma Zhang kunotsvaka utiziro paAmbassy yeDutch. Pasi pomurayiro waDuan, China yakazivisa hondo kuCentral Powers ndokutumira vashandi vechiChinese 140 000 kuti vashande kuWestern Front. Nebetsero yemari inobva kuJapan, Duan ipapo akaronga kusarudzwa kweparamende itsva muna 1918 iyo yakaiswa vatsigiri vake kubva kuAnhui clique. Iyo inonzi Anfu Paramende yakatumidzwa zita reAnfu Hutong, pedyo neZhongnanhai uko vatsigiri vaDuan vanobva kuAnhui vakaungana. 