Sun Chuanfang

Sun Chuan-fang or Sun Chuanfang (1885-1935) aka the "Nanking Warlord" or leader of the "Leauge of Five Provinces" was a Zhili clique warlord and protege of Wu Peifu. He was given command of Zhejiang in 1924. By the next two years he expanded his rule to Jiangsu, Fujian, Anhui, and Jiangxi. He set his headquarters in Nanjing. The Northern Expedition ended his rule and he fled to Japanese-held Dalian where he was assassinated by the daughter of an executed officer.