On this day, 90 years ago, on November 19, 1935 (October 24, 1935, the Second and Sixth Red Army Corps began the Long March. Some leaders of the Sixth Red Army Corps took a group photo after occupying Xinhua, Hunan. The third from the left of the first row was Wang Zhen, the fourth from the left was Xia Xi, and the fifth from the left was Xiao Ke. On November 19, 1935, more than 17,000 people from the main force of the Second and Sixth Red Army Corps left the Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou Soviet Areas to begin the Long March. In the evening, we set out from Liujiaping and Jiaoziya areas of Sangzhi County. On the 20th, the Sixth Red Army broke through the enemy's defenses near Zhangjiawan on the north bank of the Li River between Dayong and Xikou and crossed the Li River. Then he marched 150 miles and attacked the Dongting River at the Yuanjiang Ferry on the evening of the 21st, wiping out one enemy battalion and crossing the Yuanjiang River. The Second Red Army Corps also attacked Dayan River on November 22, breaking through the enemy's Yuanjiang blockade. Subsequently, the Red Army spread out into the vast area of central Hunan in two directions. Part of the Red Army generals who arrived in northern Shaanxi during the Long March (1935) From right: Deng Xiaoping, Xu Haidong, Nie Rongzhen, Cheng Zihua