The main objective of the Northern Expedition, a military campaign led by the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1926 to 1928, is to accelerate the Chinese revolution against feudalism and imperialism plaguing China after the Xinhai Revolution and unify China under the Nationalist banner by ending the rule of local warlords.The term “Northern Expedition” may also be understood to include a related campaign in 1928, which is otherwise called the Second Northern Expedition, during which the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) captures Beijing (8 June 1928) and paves the way for the Chinese reunification (1928).