Central Plains War
At the end of the same year, Tang Shengzhi once again opposed Chiang Kai-shek. In January of the following year, Tang Shengzhi defeated Li Pinxian and went to Hong Kong. After the outbreak of the Central Plains War, Li Pinxian should be recruited by the new Guangxi clique and served as the supervisor of the aftermath of Hunan. In the Central Plains War, the defeat of the New Guangxi clique, Li Pinxian returned to Guangxi and served as Chief of Staff of the 4th Army Command. Since then, he has served as the principal of the Nanning Military Officer School, the Guangxi Border Defense Supervision Office and the administrative supervision of the Zuojiang District, and the commander of the Longzhou District Civil Corps. In 1935, he once again served as chief of staff of the 4th Army Command. In January 1936, he was promoted to lieutenant general, and in July he served as deputy director of the Guangxi Suijing Office. In March of the following year, he was awarded the rank of General of the Army.