On July 1, 1925, the National Government in Guangzhou was formally established, with Wang Jingwei as the chairman of the government, Hu Hanmin as foreign minister, Xu Chongzhi as military minister, Liao Zhongkai as finance minister, and Chiang Kai-shek as commander of the Guangzhou garrison. Later, Liao Zhongkai was assassinated, Chiang Kai-shek supported Wang Jingwei to expel Hu Hanmin from the country, and soon expelled xu Chongzhi, the commander-in-chief of the Cantonese army, from Guangzhou, and then he began to gradually absorb some divisions and brigades of the Guangdong Army, and arranged for his Huangpu clan to hold important positions in the army, becoming the first person in the Kuomintang who held military strength. After the Outbreak of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek was promoted to commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, with eight armies under his command, and successively crushed the Beiyang warlords Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang.
First Army: He Yingqin, with the rank of general, Xingyiren of Guizhou, during the Northern Expedition, he led the First Army to attack the Fujian and Zhejiang regions, along the way, the momentum was like a bamboo, and defeated the Fujian governor Zhou Yinren at Songkou, and was later appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army East Road for his outstanding military achievements. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, He Yingqin was promoted to chief of staff of the Military Commission, mainly responsible for the wartime military planning and the command of participating in various battles. On October 21, 1987, He Yingqin died of illness in Taipei at the age of 98.
Second Army: Tan Yanmin, with the rank of general, a native of Chaling, Hunan, who served as the overseer of Hunan, in the Patriotic War, in order to exclude the warlords from other provinces from controlling Hunan, put forward the slogan of "Xiangshi returns to the Xiang people", and was subsequently expelled by Zhao Hengti and chose to defect to Dr. Sun Yat-sen. After Sun Yat-sen's death, tan yanmin and Chiang Kai-shek's relationship became increasingly close, in December 1927, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling married, Tan Yanmin was the introducer, later, Chiang Kai-shek became the chairman of the National Government, Tan Yanmin became the chief executive, the two in addition to being a pair at work, but also often had contact in private. On September 22, 1930, Tan Yanmin died of illness in Nanjing at the age of 50.
Third Army: Zhu Peide, rank of general, Chuxiong, Yunnan, during the Northern Expedition, Zhu Peide accompanied Li Liejun into Jiangxi, served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Zhonglu Army, and successively defeated Chen Guangyuan and Zhou Yinren on the battlefield, and then encountered Chen Jiongming's rebellion, Li Liejun and Zhu Peide were immediately ordered to return to the division to quell the rebellion. After the outbreak of the September 18 Incident, Zhu Peide resolutely supported the War of Resistance, and actively prepared for the War of Resistance at the General Staff Headquarters of the Nanjing Government, planning and constructing a large number of national defense fortifications, but just when the War of Resistance was about to break out, Zhu Peide was admitted to the hospital due to illness, and finally died on February 17, 1937, at the age of 49, in the Drum Tower Hospital due to blood poisoning caused by injection.
Fourth Army: Li Jishen, with the rank of general, a native of Wuzhou, Guangxi, followed Yao Yuping in his early years in the southern expedition to the Northern War, and later taught at the Army University, and made full use of his profound military theoretical attainments to cultivate a large number of senior military talents, and the famous General Xu Yongchang was once his student. During the Eastern Crusade Campaign, Li Jishen led Chen Mingshu, Zhang Fakui, and others on a southern expedition to the Leizhou Peninsula and Qiongzhou, contributing to the unification and consolidation of the revolutionary base area in Guangzhou. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Jishen resolutely supported the armed use of force to strike at the Japanese aggressors, organized anti-Japanese armed forces in his hometown of Guangxi, and actively carried out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, making certain contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan. On October 9, 1959, Li Jishen died of illness in Beijing at the age of 74.
On December 13, 1927, Li Fulin conspired with Zhang Fakui and Huang Qixiang to divide his troops from Henan and launch a large-scale counterattack against the revolutionary forces in Guangzhou, strangling the newborn Guangzhou Commune in its cradle, and later because of his excellent relations with Zhang Fakui and others, he was ostracized by Chiang Kai-shek and forced to resign as commander of the Fifth Army by telegram and then live in Hong Kong. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army sent people to Hong Kong to woo him and appoint him as the "commander-in-chief of the pseudo-South China Army", but Li Fulin did not accept this appointment and maintained his national integrity. In 1952, Li Fulin died of illness in Hong Kong at the age of 79.
Sixth Army: Cheng Qian, with the rank of general, a native of Liling, Hunan, who served as chief of staff of the Governor's Office of the Xiang Army, after Dr. Sun Yat-sen launched the Dharma Protection Campaign, Cheng Qian contacted the old department to respond positively, and was elected as the commander of the Hunan Protector Army, and then led his troops to attack the Beiyang government army in Guangdong after a major defeat in Xiangnan. After the July 7 Incident, Cheng Qian commanded the troops around Pinghan Road to resist japan, and later served as the commander of the First Theater of Operations, and also the chairman of Henan Province, and commanded major battles such as the Battle of Lanfeng. On April 9, 1968, Cheng Qian died in Beijing at the age of 86 due to massive bleeding caused by pneumonia.
Seventh Army: Li Zongren, with the rank of general, a native of Lingui, Guangxi, who united with Huang Shaohu, Bai Chongxi and others to defeat the old Gui warlord Lu Rongting, and later defeated Shen Hongying, completing the task of unifying Guangxi. During the Northern Expedition, Li Zongren led his troops to successively move to Xiang, Hubei, Gansu, Anhui and other provinces, and made great achievements in battle. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance, Li Zongren was appointed commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, and then severely damaged the Japanese Isoya Division at Taierzhuang, winning the first victory since the War of Resistance. On January 30, 1969, Li Zongren died of pneumonia in Beijing at the age of 78.
Eighth Army: Tang Shengzhi, with the rank of general, a native of Yongzhou, Hunan, had followed Zhao Hengti in his early years to defeat Tan Yanmin, and then gradually broke away from Zhao Hengti's control and secretly contacted the Guangdong Nationalist Government. After the Outbreak of the Northern Expedition, Tang Shengzhi announced the idea of "opposing Britain, seeking Wu, and expelling Zhao" in Hengyang, officially joined the National Revolutionary Army, became the commander of the 8th Army and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and then led his troops to severely damage the Beiyang Army. At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Tang Shengzhi insisted on holding Nanjing to the death, and was ready to fight a battle against the water, and later, when the war was at its most intense, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to ask him to retreat, which led to the troops being killed and wounded by the Japanese army in a panic and retreat, and Tang Shengzhi resigned after returning to Wuhan. On April 6, 1970, Tang Shengzhi died of bowel cancer in Changsha at the age of 80.