Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuita mubatanidzwa wezvematongerwe enyika naMambokadzi Chirikadzi, uye kuva muvengi anogara kwenguva refu weMambo weGuangxu, Yuan akasiya guta guru muna 1899 nokuda kwekugadzwa kwake kutsva saGavhuna weShandong. Munguva yake yemakore matatu ekutonga, Kupandukira kwevaBhokisi (1899<unk>1901) kwakaputika; Yuan akavimbisa kudzvinyirirwa kwevaBhokisi mudunhu, kunyangwe mauto ake asina kutora chikamu kunze kweShandong pachayo. Yuan akatsigira boka raitsigira vatorwa muDare reMambo, pamwe chete naMambo Qing, Li Hongzhang, naRonglu. Akaramba kubatana nemaBoxer uye kurwisa mauto eEight-Nation Alliance, achibatana nemamwe magavhuna eChina aitungamira mauto akakosha akavandudzwa saZhang Zhidong asina kutora chikamu muBoxer Rebellion. Iye naZhang havana kuteerera chiziviso chaMambokadzi Chirikadzi Cixi chokurwisa masimba okunze uye vakaramba vachidzvinyirira vabhokisi. Boka iri raizivikanwa seKudzivirirana Kwokudzivirirana kweSouth-East China. Mukuwedzera pakuramba kurwisa Sangano reNyika Sere uye kudzvinyirira vaBhokisi muShandong, Yuan neuto rake (Right Division) vakabatsirawo Sangano reNyika Sere kudzvinyirira vaBhokisi mushure mekunge
Chibvumirano chakakunda Beijing muna August 1900. Mauto aYuan Shikai akauraya makumi ezviuru zvavanhu mumushandirapamwe wavo wokurwisa vabhokisi muZhili. Yuan akashanda ari muBaoding munguva yehondo, iyo yakaguma muna 1902.