1926年7月9號，蔣介石喺廣州東校場帶領國民革命軍誓師北伐。同一時期，毛澤東、彭湃等人喺番禺學宮搞起農民運動講習所，同共產黨培訓骨幹。1927年4月15號，“四•一二”事件之後，李濟深喺廣州實施戒嚴，發起“清黨”，持續逮捕處決兩千幾名共產黨。12月11號，張太雷、葉挺、葉劍英等喺廣州發起暴動，成立廣州蘇維埃政府。
On July 9, 1926, Chiang Kai-shek led the National Revolutionary Army in the Eastern Campus of Guangzhou. During the same period, Mao Zedong, Peng Pai and others set up a peasant movement training institute in the Panyu School Palace and trained the backbone of the Communist Party. On April 15, 1927, after the · Incident, Li Jishen imposed martial law in Guangzhou, launched a resurgence against the party, and continued to arrest and execute more than 2,000 communists. On December 11, Zhang Tailei, Ye Ting, Ye Jianying and others launched a riot in Guangzhou and established the Guangzhou Soviet Government.