Wu Junsheng (; or Wu Tsi-cheng; 11 October 1863 – 4 June 1928) was a Chinese general and commander-in-chief of the cavalry in the Fengtian Army. Wu Junsheng was born to a peasant family in Changtu, Fengtian province (today

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), on November 23, 1863. He joined a cavalry troop in 1880 and helped crush the

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independence plan (supported by the Japanese) in 1912. He supported

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in 1915 and

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's effort to seize

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. He was rewarded with the military and civil governorship of

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in March 1921 and promoted to commander of the 5th Army in 1924. He held those posts until June 1928, when he was one of those killed when a Japanese officer set a bomb to blow up a railroad car carrying Zhang Zuolin, who was also killed. He adopted his nephew Wu Tailai (吳泰來) as heir.

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Rulers: China Administrative divisions

'Modern Warfare in China in 1924-1925': Soviet film propaganda to support Chinese militarist Zhang Zuolin

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