In early August, he retreated from Guangdong and settled in Shanghai, where Lu Yongxiang's sphere of influence was.

On January 15, Chen Jiongming announced that he would go down the field, withdraw from Guangzhou the next day, and retreat to Dongjiang in Huizhou.

On February 21, Sun Yat-sen returned to Guangzhou to set up the Army and Navy Marshal stronghold of the Republic of China, and reorganized the military government.

The top leader of the base camp of the Army and Navy Marshal stronghold of the Republic of China was Sun Yat-sen, Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT).

Sun Yat-sen implemented the party-state system, and the Kuomintang ruled the government as a one-party state.