Yan joined the NRA instead, and drove Fengtian armies from Beijing. As a reward, the Kuomintang allowed the Shanxi clique to expand all the way to the sea at Hebei and Shandong.
Yan's affiliation with the NRA resulted in the expulsion of Fengtian forces from Beijing. The Kuomintang granted the Shanxi faction permission to expand their influence to the coastal regions of Hebei and Shandong.