明英宗正統十四年（1449年）三月八號，黃等人就同其他嘅囚犯，一齊由廣州監倉度出逃，同時間攻破咗軍器局而攞到大量嘅裝備在手，隨即就起事，後敵唔過啲官兵而搭船出海，官兵就出咗三條戰船跟著追擊。到五月十三號黃等喺赤崗海口，成功伏擊咗追擊嘅官軍。
On March 8, the 14th year of Ming Yingzong's orthodoxy (1449), Huang and others escaped from the prison warehouse in Guangzhou with other prisoners, and at the same time broke through the Ordnance Bureau and got a large amount of equipment in hand. By the 13th of May, Huang and others were at Chigang Haikou and successfully ambushed the pursuing officers and soldiers.