After Lei Yunfei boarded the throne of Paoge and Tuanzong in the cotton field, he erected the banner of "Thunder" in his residence and shouted the slogan "Kill the rich and help the poor, protect the merchants and the people, and keep Yunnan safe". Set up a porridge shed in Tongde Street to help the poor. In the Republic of China 10 (1922), Lei led his troops into two landlords' estates in Hu and Gao, and set up positions to help the affected people, which won the support of the poor people of all ethnic groups in the area. Many young farmers who had no livelihood fell into Lei's account and soon established peasant armed forces on the north bank of Jinsha River at the junction of Huaping, Yanbian, Huili and Sichuan and Yunnan. There are hundreds of people at ordinary times, forming three squadrons, with thunder as the command. Two or three thousand people can be recruited when necessary. There are not only Han people in Lei's team, but also Yi and Lisu people. On the Jinsha River, the mountains are king, and Yanbian Jinhe, Tongde, Yinjiang, Wuben and Ni Hong are at the junction of Yunnan and Sichuan; Sanyang, Pingjiang, Futian, ancient buildings in Dashuijing Ancient Buildings, Zhao Yi and Bude in Huaping County are all his spheres of influence, just like an independent small kingdom. He robbed the rich and helped the poor, especially against the government and the squire. No matter Sichuan or Yunnan warlords can do anything about him, saying that he is a "big bandit" and a "mountain king". Helpless, I had to control the thunder. 192 1 year, commander Chen of Kawabe was appointed as battalion commander, director of regiment defense and captain of Jinsha River defense reserve.

After Lei Yunfei was blocked, he took the opportunity to step up his expansion, set up a headquarters in Tongde Jingzhuang Temple, set up checkpoints in cold water customs clearance, and collected whistle money. A watchtower was built in Shuangliu lair, a big volcano in the north of Dashuijing Ancient Buildings ancient buildings, and a stockade was built in Deng Jia Paper Factory. Establish camps and outposts in little Texaco. Exercise the duties of regiment defense director and river defense battalion chief. The headquarters of river defense was set up in the ancient buildings in Dashuijing Ancient Buildings to implement the defense along the river. On the other hand, local farmers are encouraged to grow opium in large quantities and collect tobacco money. He also distributed food and money to the rich and squires around him, accumulated money, bought guns and ammunition, and strengthened his armed forces.