Li Mingrui

Li Mingrui, born in 1896, was from Beiliu, Guangxi. He joined the CPC in 1930 and was one of the leaders of the Baise Uprising and the Longzhou Uprising.

In April 1929, when the Chiang-Gui War broke out, Li Mingrui revolted against the warlord army of Guangxi in the name of supporting Chiang Kai-shek. In May of the same year, Li Mingrui led his army back to Guangxi. He served as the military commissioner, director of the fourth detachment district, and director of Guangxi appeasement office, and governed Guangxi together with Yu Zubai, Chairman of Guangxi. In October, Li Mingrui and Yu Zubai rose up against Chiang Kai-shek, and later failed due to traitors. After the failure of anti-Chiang action, Li Mingrui, influenced by the CPC, resolutely devoted himself to revolution and decided to move to Baise and Longzhou to open up the Revolutionary Base Area in the Zuo Jiang and You Jiang Region. He told his men, "We must follow the Communist Party of China for revolution. This is the only way out."

From December 1929 to February 1930, Li Mingrui, together with Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Yunyi, and Yu Zuoyu, led the Baise Uprising and the Longzhou Uprising, established the Revolutionary Base Area in the Zuo Jiang and You Jiang Region. In addition, he served as the commander in chief of the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army.

In October 1931, Li Mingrui was mistakenly killed in a “purge” in Yudu County, Jiangxi Province, at the age of 35. He was identified as a revolutionary martyr in 1945.

李明瑞

李明瑞，1896年生，广西北流人，1930年加入中国共产党，是百色起义和龙州起义领导人。

1929年4月，蒋桂战争爆发，李明瑞以拥护蒋介石为名倒戈桂系。同年5月，李明瑞率部回到广西，就任军事特派员、第四编遣区主任、广西绥靖公署主任，与广西省政府主席俞作柏一起主政广西。同年１０月，李明瑞与俞作柏举旗反蒋，后因部下叛变失败。反蒋失败后，李明瑞受中国共产党影响，毅然投身革命，决定移师百色、龙州开辟左右江革命根据地。他对所部官兵说：“革命，跟共产党走，这是我们唯一要走的路。”

1929年12月与翌年2月，李明瑞与邓小平、张云逸、俞作豫等领导百色起义和龙州起义，创建左右江苏区，任红七军和红八军总指挥。

1931年10月，李明瑞在“肃反”中被错杀于江西省于都县，时年35岁。1945年被追认为革命烈士。