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The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang (KMT) against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926. The purpose of the campaign was to reunify China , which had become fragmented in the aftermath of the 1911 Revolution .
Northern Expedition completed her 9,900-nautical-mile (18,300 km; 11,400 mi) journey on March 6, 2009, passing Victoria and Vancouver before arriving in Departure Bay at Nanaimo for post-voyage inspection. [2] Northern Expedition entered service on May 18, 2009 along the Inside Passage route between Prince Rupert and Port Hardy. [6]
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Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions (228-234), a military campaign led by Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period; Jiang Wei's Northern Expeditions (247-262), a military campaign led by Jiang Wei in the Three Kingdoms period; Huan Wen's Northern Expeditions (354-369), a military campaign led by Huan Wen in the Jin dynasty and Sixteen Kingdoms ...
When Zhuge Liang returned from the campaign, the Shu emperor Liu Shan issued an imperial decree to congratulate him on his successes in defeating Wang Shuang during the second Northern Expedition, forcing Guo Huai to flee, winning back the trust of the local tribes and capturing Wudu and Yinping commanderies during the third Northern Expedition.
An ice-bound northern route was discovered in 1850 by the Irish explorer Robert McClure, whose expedition completed the passage by hauling sledges. Scotsman John Rae explored a more southerly area in 1854 through which Norwegian Roald Amundsen made the first complete passage entirely by ship in 1903–1906.
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Zhuge Liang first sent generals Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi as a decoy force to Ji Valley (箕谷) and pretend to attack Mei County (郿縣; southeast of present-day Fufeng County, Shaanxi) via Xie Valley (斜谷) as a way to lure the main Wei forces of the region, while Zhuge Liang personally led a force towards Mount Qi.