 When Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek reconciled in July 1927, many communist officers under his command mutinied, resulting in the Nanchang Uprising.Zhang's army defeated the communists and chased the mutineers across into Fujian, then he returned to his home province.While in Guangdong, he drove out the New Guangxi clique and again supported Wang Jingwei over Chiang Kai-shek.