WI: United China by Zhili Clique.

Hi everyone, apologies, I'm once again bothering people with another "What if" or "How to" kind of thread.

I was reading that the Zhili Clique had a very good chance to unite China before the Beijing Coup took place and allowed Fengtian Clique to win the Second Zhili-Fengtian War.

Can someone tell me how could the coup be avoided?
I assume that victory would belong to Zhili then and they had the best army at that moment in China along the usually considered best strategist in that period of time; Wu Peifu.

So the main questions here are:
A) How can the coup be avoided?

B) Would a Zhili victory mean that Fengtian joins them?

C) If Fengtian joins Zhili, Zhili Clique would easily be the strongest regime in China and they would move against the south, would they beat the KMT?

D) How would a united China (by Zhili Clique) be under Cao Kun?

Thanks for your time and future replies!
 
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