北伐先遣队应首推国民革命军第七军第八旅黄德林，吴东华关于大革命时期北伐先遣队问题，多数论著均认为是国民革命军第四军独立团（也称叶挺独立团）。例如有的著作写道：“与此同时，吴佩罕在南方又联合孙传芳和川、贵、滇西南军阀围攻广东革命根据地，并首先出兵湖南。... The expedition team of the Northern Expedition should devaluate the Eighth Brigade of the Seventh Forces of the National Revolutionary Army Huang Delin and Wu Donghua On the issue of the advance contingent of the Northern Expedition during the Great Revolution, most of the treatises are regarded as the Fourth Revolution Army Independence League (also known as the Ye Ting Independence Corps). For example, some writings wrote: "At the same time, Wu Pei-han joined forces with Sun Chuan-fang and Sichuan and Guizhou in the south to encircle the revolutionary base areas of southwest Yunnan and first sent troops to Hunan.