1889 was born in Changxi, Pingshan, Shicheng County. 1908 was admitted to Jiangxi Army Primary School, then to Nanjing Army Middle School, and was admitted to Baoding Military Academy in the third year of the Republic of China. After graduation, he entered the military career and served as company commander, division commander, brigade commander and division commander. In the Republic of China 15, he joined the Northern Expedition Division and served as the commander of the 14 th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. He sent troops to the Northern Expedition, first conquered Ganzhou, then divided into two ways, swept through western Fujian, conquered Fuzhou, and jointly attacked Nanchang, with brilliant results. Then he led troops to Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces and stationed in Wuxi, Jiangsu. The 14th Army led by him became a strong force in the Northern Expedition.

However, this general, who made outstanding achievements in the Northern Expedition and enjoyed high prestige, was neither Chiang Kai-shek's clique nor had any connection with the Guangxi army, and his fate was doomed to be a tragedy. During the period of 1927, Chiang Kai-shek went to Japan, and Bai Chongxi and other Guangxi warlords took control of the Nanjing government. Lai Shihuang, who is not closely related to Guangxi, was regarded as Chiang Kai-shek's troops by Bai Chongxi and was included in the crowd. In order to crowd out Lai Shihuang, Bai Chongxi constantly used his power to let Lai Shihuang often lead his troops to fight alone, but he did not give support in weapons and pay, which significantly weakened the combat effectiveness of the 14 Army and caused serious losses. Bai Chongxi took the opportunity to make an unwarranted accusation against General Lai Shihuang: "Deduct salary and shrink." General Lai Shihuang is a man of iron who combines rigidity with softness. He argued with Bai Chongxi before the army, accused Bai Chongxi in public, aggravated Bai Chongxi's hatred of Lai Shihuang, and made up his mind to get rid of General Lai Shihuang. On September 29th, 1927, Lai Shihuang went to Shanghai for medical treatment. Under the orders of Bai Chongxi, Herry Liu's military police kidnapped General Lai Shihuang at the railway station, held him in the Shanghai Military and Political Department for more than 40 days, and then sent him to the Nanjing No.1 Military Prison for imprisonment. 1927 12.30, Bai Chongxi ordered the killing of Lai Shihuang, a famous northern expedition. General Lai Shihuang, who was only 39 years old, was killed by warlords in Guangxi, which caused the biggest injustice in the Northern Expedition (there is a saying that Lai Shihuang was killed by Xiong Shihui, Huang Guangdou, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi). 1928, the national government rehabilitated General Lai Shihuang and gave him a pension for an army general who died in the line of duty.