The following year, he was joined by Zhu De and Chen Yi with what was left of their army after the failed Nanchang Uprising. Thus was established what is known as the Fourth Army of the Chinese Red Army.

• 第二年，朱德、陈毅率南昌起义余部到达井冈山，跟毛泽东部会师，成立了中国工农红军第四军。