4.the confused fighting between the warlords;
5.The warlord government had to give in.
6.The country was torn by warlordism, with each warlord dominating a region.
7.The warlords precipitated the country into civil war.
8.In this way they kept the warlords fighting among themselves.
9.It was suspected that he had some connection with the warlords.
10.The "doctrine of distribution according to labour" was a high-sounding slogan shamelessly put forward by Yen Hsi-shan, warlord in Shansi Provioce.
