19 18, Li Mingrui entered the artillery department of Shaoguan Branch of Dianjun Jiangwutang. 1925, the then commander-in-chief took part in the war against Deng Benyin, the warlord of Nanyue Road, and cooperated closely with his brothers to wipe out Deng's rebellion in Xiaxia, Gaozhou, Lianzhou and Qinzhou, pacify the South Road, and consolidate the northern expedition base areas of Guangdong and Guangxi. In the Northern Expedition, he led troops to defeat the main force of Beiyang warlord Wu in the battles of Tingsi Bridge and Heshengqiao. Then he moved eastward, annihilated more than 20,000 people of Sun's main force, and forced Nanchang to surrender on the defensive in Kaesong. Li Mingrui, who led his troops to make many exploits, is known as the "Iliad" of the Northern Expedition Revolutionary Army.
1927, Chiang Kai-shek's clique rebelled against the revolution and slaughtered * * * producers and revolutionary masses. Li Mingrui, commander of the national army at that time, expressed great indignation. /kloc-in the winter of 0/927, Yu Zuoyu was supported to go south to Hong Kong to find another way out for the * * * production party, and Jiang Zuwu, produced by party member, was reused as the secretary of the HQ. /kloc-in the winter of 0/928, Tong Lusheng, made in * * * party member, was appointed as the chief of the operations section of the headquarters. At the welcome meeting of Guangxi fellow villagers held in Beiping, he angrily condemned the surrender and traitorous policy of the new Kuomintang warlord. Li Mingrui didn't want to go along with the new Kuomintang warlords who opposed the people.
1June, 929, Li Mingrui became the highest military officer in Guangxi, and offered to transfer Party cadres from China to work in Guangxi. Dozens of party member cadres, including Zhang, entered the military and political organs and troops stationed in Guangxi. Under the situation of white terror in the whole country at that time, only Guangxi had a political situation of sincere cooperation between local political power and the upper level of our party, which created favorable conditions for our party to quickly control the army, develop party organizations, expand workers and peasants organizations and expand revolutionary forces in Guangxi. Inspired by the education of He Zhang, he accepted the proletarian world outlook. 1929 10, a part of Li Mingrui's army participated in the Nanning mutiny initiated by the producer of China. During this period, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly sent people to take the letters of appointment and huge sums of money of "Chairman of Guangxi Province" and "No.15 Army Commander" to woo "Iliad" Li Mingrui to work for him. Li Mingrui flatly rejected Hou Lu, a senior official of Chiang Kai-shek. Li Mingrui also rejected the temptation of lobbyists sent by Li Zongren and Wang Jingwei.
1929, 1 1 month, Li Mingrui read revolutionary books such as Manifesto of Producers' Party of * * * and Brief Discussion on Historical Materialism, and fundamentally realized that only under the leadership of Producers' Party of * * could China have a way out, thus completely changing his position, leaving the warlord camp and resolutely joining the revolution. /kloc-at the beginning of 0/930, Li Mingrui joined the China * * * production party. Li Mingrui wrote to his relatives and said, "I am not an official now, but working for the people." "The revolution may not succeed by itself, but I will do my best."
Li Mingrui said to his soldiers, "Revolution, this is the only way we can go."
From September of 1930 to July of 193 1, Li Mingrui, as the main leader of He Qijun, commanded his troops to pass through the five provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi, which lasted for 10 months, traveled thousands of miles and fought hundreds of times. The Party Central Committee spoke highly of the exploits of the Red Seven Army, calling it the "Long March".
In 1986, Deng Xiaoping said, "... he fought bravely. Guangxi is great, especially Li Mingrui, who is not only brave and can bear hardships, but also leads troops to fight! ..... Li Mingrui is a very hard worker! " Comrade Xiaoping also said: "Don't publicize me, but publicize Li Mingrui more!"