Beiping Conflict and Peace Plot:
In the autumn of 1948, the battle in Northeast was intense. Chiang Kai-shek flew to Beiping and asked Fu Zuoyi, the commander-in-chief of the North China "bandit extermination" forces, to dispatch reinforcements to attack Jinzhou, but Fu tactfully evaded the request. Chiang then secretly ordered Fu to launch a surprise attack on Xibaipo. Fu's mobilization of troops raised the alertness of the Beiping underground party. Li Bingquan, an underground party member who infiltrated the "extermination headquarters" as a reporter for the Pingming Daily, went out of the city alone for reconnaissance and sent this significant military intelligence to Xibaipo through the underground radio station of the party. The Central Committee of the Party immediately deployed a pocket formation to prepare for the battle. Mao Zedong...