The failure of the Red Scarf Army Uprising was mainly due to the lack of strong military leaders at that time, which led to the disharmony of people and the lack of clear direction and strategic thinking, which led to the final failure. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the insurgents were all a mess, and they didn't form cohesion, so they were very depressed and didn't achieve any results in the end. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang used the Yuan Army to deal with the Red Scarf Army, which enabled him to grow, win the uprising and finally seize power. Although the Red Scarf Army made no achievements, it was a stepping stone to Zhu Yuanzhang's victory and played a certain role.

First, the Red Scarf Army lacked the spirit of unity, and the whole uprising was like a mess. Although there were only a lot of banners in red, and the number of people reached the peak at that time, none of these insurgents liked others, and the whole uprising was like a mess. Zhang Shicheng and Xu Shouhui in the south did not cooperate with the actions in the north, which eventually led to the internal disintegration of the rebel army.

Second, the insurgents have developed too fast and have not laid a solid foundation. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, the Red Scarf Army was an uprising with rapid development in history, which received the highest support and unprecedented personnel. It is precisely because of these that the insurgents have become a situation in which the outside is strong and the inside is weak. The rebels in the north have developed rapidly, but they can't win without that person's support.

Third, different religious beliefs are also one of the reasons for the failure. At that time, the rebels in the north believed in An Baili, while the men's army believed in Confucian classics, resulting in ideological disunity between the north and the south. There are many insurgents, but the most influential ones are the confederate army and the northern army. The Southern Army led by Zhu Yuanzhang saw the mutual killing between the Northern Army and the Yuan Army, and grasped this reality, thus occupying most of the southern regions and finally winning the war. Generally speaking, ideological disunity also accounts for a large part of the influencing factors.