In the year of 1933 Jiang had created an army consisting of 700,000 men. His army had then surrounded the Communist' mountain seemed to be stronghold. Being outnumbered the Communist party leaders had finally realized and noticed that they had faced a defeat. In a move that was daring, 100,00 communist had forced fled. They had then became hazardous 6,000 mile long journey called the Long March. Between the years of 1934 and 1935 the Communist people had kept a step ahead of Jiang's forces. Thousands of their people had died from the cause of starvation, freezing cold, exposure, and many battle wounds. Later on finally after a little bit more then a year , Mao had then about seven to 8 thousand Communist people that had survived that had