Autumn Harvest Uprising

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The Autumn Harvest Uprising was an insurrection that took place in Hunan province, China in 1927, led by Mao Zedong.

Mao led a small army of peasants to fight the Kuomintang and the landlords of Hunan. The uprising was defeated by Kuomintang forces and Mao was forced to retreat to Jiangxi province where he reverted to guerilla tactics prior to the Long March of 1934.