Facing the double threat, Chiang Kai-shek formulated a farsighted policy of "maintaining internal security first and then expelling foreign invasion." In 1934 the Communists were finally driven out of Kiangsi province. They fled to the bleak northern section of Shensi, with only 2,000 to 3,000 followers remaining. People of seven provinces were thus freed from Communist harassment.
蔣公高瞻遠矚，深知「攘外必先安內，安內必先剿匪」，制訂「安內攘外」總方針，採「七分政治三分軍事」策略，自二十一年起開始全面清剿共匪，二十三年十一月光復瑞金，殘共流竄陝西延安，僅餘二、三千人。