Battle of Yichang (1929)

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Battle of Yichang (1929)
DateApril 11, 1929
Location
western Hubei
Result ceasefire
Belligerents
Sichuan clique army New Guangxi clique army
Commanders and leaders
Liu Xiang Zhang Yichun

The Battle of Yichang was fought in western Hubei on April 11, 1929 between the armies of Sichuan and Guangxi as part of the internal conflicts within the Kuomintang leading up to the Central Plains War. Both Liu Xiang and the new Guangxi clique were nominally independent from Chiang Kai-shek's authority despite their nominal affiliation with the Kuomintang.

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