19 13 In April, the rebel army led by Bai Lang conquered Yuxian County and put forward the slogan of "helping the poor with the rich". The team expanded rapidly, and successively conquered Xinye, Dengxian and Suixian in Hubei, and then returned north to occupy Tangxian, Fangcheng and Lushi counties in Henan. 10 month, 165438+ entered from west Henan to east. 19 14 1, crossing the Han Jing railway, taking shopping malls, Gushi, Guangshan and other places, conquering Anhui Lu 'an and Huoshan, and then returning to southern Henan, causing great panic among imperialists and Yuan Shikai. In February, Russia, the United States, Britain, France and other imperialists sent military personnel to Xinyang and other places to "watch the war", and Russia even sent planes to bomb. Yuan Shikai sent the commander Duan to piece together 200 thousand troops to attack the city. The insurgents avoided the main force, broke through to the west on February 27th, and captured Laohekou, an important town in western Hubei, on March 8th, killing more than 2,000 people. A military meeting was held here, and it was decided to go west to Shaanxi and Gansu and then to Sichuan. At this time, there were more than 10 thousand insurgents, known as the "thief people's army." Blanc, in the name of the viceroy, sent a message from far and near, condemning Yuan Shikai's rule as "a traitor in power, unpopular, and autocratic in the name of * * *". At the beginning of April, the insurgents passed through Wuguan, Longjuzhai and Shangxian and reached Xi 'an. In May, the rebel army broke Yuan Jun, pursued troops into Shaanxi, entered Gansu in the west, even broke Zhou Min (now Minxian) and Zhou Tao (now Linzhang), then took the East Road to conquer Qin Zhou (now Linshui) and went down the Weihe River.

Today's Tianshui returned to Henan. Because there is no base area, long-term mobile operations and excessive consumption of troops have changed to decentralized activities. In August, he took 100 people back to Baofeng, and was besieged by tigers and wolves climbing the mountain. He was shot and injured when he broke through and died soon. The troops dispersed and the uprising failed.