While the Kham rebels were escaping from the Tibetan government forces, they were forced into battle against both the Sichuan warlord Liu Wenhui and the Chinese Communist party forces which were on the Long March.
Mens Kham-oprørerne flygtede fra de tibetanske regeringsstyrker, blev de tvunget til kamp mod både krigsherren i Sichuan, Liu Wenhui, og de kinesiske kommunistiske partistyrker, der var undervejs på Den lange march.