Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yuan Shikai da Zhang Zhidong sun yi watsi da sanarwar yakin da Empress Dowager Cixi ta yi wa kasashen waje kuma sun ci gaba da danne 'yan dambe. Baya ga rashin yin yaƙi da Allianceungiyar Al'umma Takwas da kuma danne 'yan dambe a Shandong, Yuan da rundunarsa (Right Division) sun kuma taimaka wa Allianceungiyar Al'umma Takwas ta danne' yan dambe bayan Allianceungiyar ta kama Beijing
a watan Agusta na shekara ta 1900. Sojojin Yuan Shikai sun kashe dubun dubatar mutane a yakin da suka yi da 'yan dambe a lardin Zhili. Yuan ya yi aiki daga Baoding a lokacin yakin, wanda ya ƙare a 1902.