In the 1912 election, the KMT won a majority of seats to the National Assembly, and its leader Song Jiaoren was to be the premier.

In April he secured a Reorganization Loan of 25 million pounds sterling from Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Japan, without consulting the parliament first.

On the other hand, the Progressive Party (Chinese: 進步黨; pinyin: Jìnbùdǎng), which was composed of constitutional monarchists and supported Yuan, accused the Kuomintang of fomenting an insurrection.

First was that most Revolutionary Armies from different provinces were disbanded after the establishment of the Republic of China, and many officers and soldiers felt that they were not compensated for toppling the Qing Dynasty.

Lastly, Yuan's use of violence (such as Song's assassination) dashed the Kuomintang's hope of achieving reforms and political goals through electoral means.

In the beginning of May, Li Chun led the 8th Division from Baoding to Wuhan and brought his crack troops to reinforce Shanghai.

[5] On June 13, Military Governor of Guangdong Hu Hanmin (Kuomintang) was appointed to a position in Tibet, and was replaced by Chen Jiongming.

On July 22, anti-Yuan forces were defeated around Xuzhou by the Beiyang Army 2nd Division led by Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun and retreated to Nanjing.

Yuan Shikai ordered Yunnan's military governor and warlord Tang Jiyao and his army into Sichuan to suppress the rebellion.

However, Long Jiguang, governor of Guangzhou, would succeed in defeating Xiong Kewu's forces ahead of Tang's.

On August 7, Hu Wantai revolted against Anhui governor Bei in support of Yuan, and 4 days later took control of the provincial capital of Anqing.

On August 11, He Haiming again declared independence in Nanjing, and led 2000 soldiers in a bloody revolt against the Beiyang Army.

That same day, Tan Yankai took to telegram to rescind Hunan's declaration of independence, the Beiyang Navy took Wusong, and anti-Yuan forces in Jiading were dispersed.

[14] The KMT's "Second Revolution" ended in failure as Yuan's troops achieved complete victory over revolutionary uprisings.

[15] Just after the end of the revolt, Sun Yat-sen fled to Japan for a second time, and re-established the Revive China Society.