In mid-October 1927, Mao Zedong led the first regiment of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army to Shuikou in Hunan County. When he learned of the news that the Xiang army had attacked from Chaling in two directions, Mao Zedong immediately made a decision and sent the second and third companies of the first battalion, led by Wan Xixian, the battalion party representative, to go to Chaling via Anren to guerrilla attack, disrupt the enemy's rear, and break the enemy's offensive plan; he personally led the regimental headquarters, the third battalion, the first company of the first battalion, and the special agent company to guerrilla attack along the border between Xianggan and Gansu in order to expand political influence, solve the problem of economic sustenance, and make contact with the Xiangnan and Ganxi peasant armies and party organizations.
On the evening of October 22, mao Zedong led the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army to camp in Dafen Town, Suichuan County. Soon the news of the troops' stationing reached Xiao Jiabi, the landlord's armed force in Suichuan County and the commander of the county Jingwei Regiment. In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Jiabi, with three or four hundred people, suddenly attacked the garrison. The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was overwhelmed by the long journey and unfamiliar terrain, and was in a hurry to fight, and was beaten to pieces by Xiao Jiabi. During the battle, the third battalion lost contact with the regimental headquarters, and the battalion commander Zhang Ziqing led the troops to fight and retreat, and marched south to the junction area between Shangyou and Xiangnan Guidong. Mao Zedong led the regimental headquarters and the secret service company to break through all the way, and at noon came to a small mountain village in Huang'ao, Jinggang Mountain, where they collected the lost personnel. At this time, Mao Zedong was only surrounded by more than 30 people led by Luo Ronghuan, the representative of the secret service company, and Zeng Shi'e, the company commander.
After several days of running day and night, coupled with the defeat, the warriors were all exhausted, and they sat listlessly on the ground, very depressed. At present, the most important thing is to have food to eat, but the burden of cooking was lost during the breakout, so Mao Zedong arranged for Luo Ronghuan to take a few soldiers to the homes of ordinary people to borrow food, but only borrowed a little leftovers, pickles and peppers. Without chopsticks, Mao Zedong joined everyone and reached out to grab the rice basket and eat it. When everyone had finished eating, Mao Zedong saw that everyone was still in good spirits, so he stood up and took a few steps toward the middle open space, his feet were together, his body was straight, and he was full of energy and firmly and confidently said loudly: "Comrades, now come to stand in line, I stand first, please shout the password from the company commander!" "His feet were already worn out by straw shoes, and his clothes were torn, but his eyes were shining brightly, and his tall body was majestic. His strong, composed demeanor, his sonorous and powerful words, immediately infected the warriors. With a series of crisp and high passwords from Zeng Shi'e, the soldiers cheered up one by one, looked up and stood up quickly with their guns up, looking at Mao Zedong's tall body. Mao Zedong then arranged for everyone to divide into several groups and set out to find and contact the comrades of the regimental headquarters and the first company. In the afternoon, more than 200 people from the regimental headquarters, the units directly under it, and the first battalion and a company were assembled at the foot of Jinggang Mountain, and under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the "vanguard soldier," the troops marched majestically toward Jingzhu Mountain with great vigor and vigor.
Mao Zedong's role as the "vanguard" is like a banner, inspiring people with his firm belief in the victory of the revolution and the spirit of fearless revolutionary optimism, and leading the team to stride forward with its head held high. Today, the broad masses of party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, must play a benchmarking role, want to be in the front and walk in the front in practicing their ideals and convictions, internalize their ideals and convictions in their hearts and externalize them in their deeds, always display the powerful strength of their ideals and convictions, and bravely act as "vanguards" in realizing the lofty ideal of communism and the common ideal of socialism with Chinese characteristics.