After the failure of the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927, Mao Zedong led the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army to move south. On the way, they were attacked by the enemy and the troops suffered heavy losses. Subsequently, great differences arose within the leadership on the issue of deciding the whereabouts of the troops. In the end, Mao Zedong's opinion was supported by the majority of comrades, and the troops continued to move south. After arriving in Sanwan Village, Yongxin County, Mao Zedong promptly reorganized the remaining troops and established the party's absolute leadership over the army. In order to establish a solid revolutionary base and expand the revolutionary ranks, Mao Zedong proposed to win over local armed forces such as Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo. On this issue, Yu Sadu and other first batch of officers who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy had differences with Mao Zedong. Yu Sadu and others fled Jinggangshan in the name of going to the province to report. Mao Zedong treated each other with sincerity and finally gained Yuan Wencai's trust. Mao Zedong's troops were stationed in Maoping, and Mao Zedong found his close friend He Zizhen. In order to further consolidate the revolutionary base, Mao Zedong continued to fight for Wang Zuo on the one hand, and on the other hand he sent He Changgong to report to the provincial party committee to find Zhu De's troops who went south after the failure of the Nanchang Uprising. Soon Wang Zuo accepted the adaptation and joined the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. The strong team won the first battle and captured the new city in one fell swoop. But at this time, provincial commissioner Zhou Xiuming ordered the troops to change their route to support the Hunan riots
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