The Holy land of the Shaolin

The Warlords were to cause the third attack on Shaolin. Chiang Kai Shek (chin.: Jiang Jieshi 蔣介石, 1887 - 1975) worked to reunite China by putting together a huge army in his Northern Expedition (chin.: běi fa 北伐,1926-1928), which was to rid the countryside of the warlords once and for all. At the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928) Shi Yousan (chin.: shíyǒusān 石友三, 1891 - 1940) a low rank officer of warlord Feng Yu Xiang (chin.: Féngyùxiáng 冯玉祥, 1882 - 1948) was appointed to drive out the warlord Fan Zhong Xiu (chin.: fánzhōngxiù 樊钟秀, 1888 - 1930), the commander of the 4th regiment in Henan Province.

General Fan was from Pingdingshan (chin.: Píngdǐngshān 平顶山 ) Xiazhuang village (chin.: xiàzhuāng 夏庄 ). Back in 1901 he was studied Shaolin Wugong under Venerable Master Shi Henling (shìhénglín 釋恒林, 1865 -1923) for three years and he was a good friend with, Venerable Shi Miao Xing (chin.: shì miàoxìng 釋妙兴1891-1928), who was known as an extraordinary martial artist and the commander of the first ever regiment of the Shaolin Monks soldiers.

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