On this day, 96 years ago, July 9, 1929 (June 3, 1929, the first ethnic minority Red Army in China was established. In the early days of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, in addition to the Honghu Sixth Red Army (commanders Sun Deqing, Hou Kuang Jixun, and Duan Dechang), the Western Hubei Soviet Area also had the Sixth Red Army in Changyang County, western Hubei. The Changyang Red Sixth Army is a regular Red Army armed force with outstanding Tujia sons and daughters as the main body. It is also the first ethnic minority Red Army in the history of China's Red Army. On July 9, 1929, the Changyang County Party Committee held a meeting of workers and peasants in Xiwan, formally announcing an armed uprising and establishing the "Sixth Army of the China Workers and Peasants Red Army." Li Xun was appointed commander, Chen Shoushan was appointed deputy commander, Li Zijun was appointed chief of staff, Chen Zenan was appointed chief of military justice, Li Buyun was appointed chief of political affairs, and Chen Xingyuan was appointed chief of military affairs. The Front Committee of the Sixth Army of the Communist Party of China was formed with Luo Zhengzhen, a member of the Communist Party of China, as secretary, and Li Xun, Chen Shoushan, Chen Zenan, and Li Zijun as members. This ethnic minority Red Army has about 1000 people and more than 400 guns. It is organized into one division and has three regiments under its jurisdiction. He made contributions to persisting in the local armed struggle and consolidating the Western Hubei Soviet Area.