Upon receiving news of the coup, the Fengtian commanders Zhang Zongchang and Li Jinglin used this opportunity to launch a major offensive and broke the Zhili clique's frontline, putting them in a favorable military position.

Huang initiated several reforms on Feng's behalf, including the expulsion of Titular Emperor Puyi from the Forbidden City and abolishing the role of the old bell and drum towers as the official timepiece.

The only major agreement Feng and Zhang made was to dissolve the discredited National Assembly and create a provisional government with the pro-Japanese but relatively competent Duan Qirui as its head.

[citation needed] Feng and Zhang came to blows when Fengtian General Guo Songling defected to the Guominjun on November 22 and started the Anti-Fengtian War.

Six days after this Li Dazhao led a so-called First United Front movement to topple Duan's provisional government, calling it the Capital Revolution.

[citation needed] While the defeat of the powerful Zhili clique paved the way for the long-term success of the Northern Expedition by the Nationalist Party, its greatest impact was to buy time for the Kuomintang to build up its National Revolutionary Army.

[citation needed] The coup was mentioned in Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Last Emperor, though it erroneously claims the president fled the capital instead of being put under house arrest.