Chapter 16 Chapter 15 The ancient capital Beiping was peacefully liberated without bloodshed

Fu Zuoyi felt more and more that only peace talks were his final choice.In a small village called Balizhuang, the two sides started their initial mutual exploration. Deng Baoshan, deputy commander of the "Suppression General", went to Wuliqiao in Tongxian County in person, but he still insisted on the coalition government.After losing Tianjin, Fu Zuoyi realized his situation. Mao Zedong wrote a personal letter in the name of Lin Luo.The ancient capital Beiping with a long history escaped a catastrophe of war.The vigorous Pingjin campaign came to an end.On an early spring morning in Beiping, Mao Zedong embarked on the road of "going to Beijing for the exam".

In January 1949, most of the winter had passed, but Beiping was still terribly cold.This is the last city of the Kuomintang army in North China.Before the Battle of Pingjin was over, Mao Zedong had mobilized a large number of troops to gather around Beiping. Fu Zuoyi was now completely in a situation where he had nowhere to escape, was powerless to fight, and could not defend. After the fall of Tianjin, the only way to go now is peace talks, and this time the peace talks should be successful.Fu Zuoyi thought silently. Since the start of the Battle of Pingjin, the Peking peace talks have been conducted twice.

As early as December 14, 1948, Fu Zuoyi found a way to directly contact the Northeast Field Army through Li Bingquan, an underground party member in Peking. Fu Zuoyi immediately sent two representatives, carrying a radio station and a radio operator, and a group of five people drove out of Beiping City in a jeep, and secretly met with Su Jing, the chief of the combat department of the Pingjin Front Command, in a small village called Balizhuang. face. On the 17th, the two parties formally sat together and started the initial mutual exploration. The two representatives of Fu Zuoyi are Cui Zaizhi and Li Bingquan.Cui Zaizhi, who was a little older, was the president of the "Pingming Daily" sponsored by Fu Zuoyi. Li Bingquan was the director of the editorial department of the newspaper and an underground member of the Communist Party of China who had infiltrated the Kuomintang.

On this extremely cold winter day, the two parties sat around the fire in a farmer's house and chatted informally, without any clear agenda.Both parties are clear in their hearts: the purpose of this meeting is to test the other party's true intentions. Cui Zaizhi again stated that they were negotiating on behalf of Mr. Fu Zuoyi, saying that Mr. Fu attached great importance to the negotiation and was very sincere, and it was definitely not a conspiracy; Absolute confidentiality measures. "Yes," Li Bingquan added, "to deceive others, Mr. Fu asked Li Tengjiu to pretend to be sick and brought the radio to the hospital, but no one was seen. We contacted him directly through the radio, and then Li Tengjiu reported to Fu Zuoyi."

The Li Tengjiu they mentioned was Fu Zuoyi's classmate in Baoding Military Academy. After leaving the military academy, Li Tengjiu followed Fu Zuoyi as an aide and worked together for decades, sharing joys and sorrows. Since 1946, he has been doing liaison work for Fu Zuoyi. In December 1947, shortly after Fu Zuoyi became the commander-in-chief of the North China "Suppression General", the headquarters moved from Zhangjiakou to Peiping. Important non-military meeting.The liaison office is nominally a unit of Fu Zuoyi's headquarters, but it has no horizontal relationship with other units in the headquarters in terms of work, and is directly under the leadership of Fu Zuoyi.Therefore, for Fu Zuoyi, Li Tengjiu is a trustworthy person, and he will not reveal the news. Negotiating with the Communist Party is no small matter, and the Central Command and the Military Command must not let the Central Command and the Military Command find any traces.And Li Bingquan is Li Tengjiu's cousin.

Su Jing was only in charge of reception and observation during this meeting. The top leaders of the Pingjin front did not come forward to negotiate with Cui Zaizhi and Li Bingquan immediately, but arranged for them to rest for two days.Although the two representatives were very anxious, they had no choice but to pretend to be very calm and calm, considering that the initiative in the war was in the hands of the PLA. At this time, Lin Biao and others were still unable to confirm whether Li Bingquan was a member of the underground party. On December 22, Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, and Liu Yalou sent a telegram to Wan Yi, the commander of the fifth column, asking him to send someone to Qinglong Bridge in the western suburbs of Beiping to meet Liu Ren, Minister of the Underground Party and Urban Works of Peking, to Mengjialou to talk about work.Liu Ren confirmed that Li Bingquan is indeed an official member of the Communist Party of China.

So, the two sides began to talk about the core issues.Fu Zuoyi's ideas and requirements can be roughly divided into four points: first, the People's Liberation Army stopped all offensive actions, the two armies retreated, and negotiated to achieve a peaceful solution to the problem along the Ping, Tianjin, and Zhang lines; , Ask the PLA to release the 35th Army that was besieged in Xinbaoan, so that the army can return to Peiping; third, Fu Zuoyi sent a telegram to the whole country, announcing the peaceful liberation of Peiping; Obviously, Fu Zuoyi still wants to rely on his own strength to form a coalition government with the Communist Party.Su Jing truthfully reported Fu Zuoyi's request to Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan. On December 19, Liu Yalou came to Balizhuang in person and had a face-to-face meeting with Cui Zaizhi and Li Bingquan.

Liu Yalou first analyzed the national situation and the prospects for the development of the Pingjin war situation, and then, according to the instructions of Mao Zedong and Lin Biao, clarified the basic principles of the CCP for the peaceful settlement of Pingjin and Tianjin: First, the troops commanded by Fu Zuoyi, whether it is the Central Army or the The Sui army will lay down all their weapons and will never allow the preservation of armed forces; second, they will not be allowed to electrify the whole country to establish a coalition government in North China; Fourth, if Jiang's stubborn army and division commander resisted, he should be arrested first; fifth, Fu Zuoyi can be organized into two armies.

Cui Zaizhi and Li Bingquan were speechless after hearing Liu Yalou's conditions. The gap between the two sides was too far.The two just reported the negotiation situation to Fu Zuoyi through the radio. Fu Zuoyi immediately called back, without saying anything else, just talking about the strength of Jiang's troops in the city more than ten times his own, and the difficulty of arresting Jiang's troops and division commanders, which is really not suitable for implementation.Fu Zuoyi, who was hesitant, found a very tenable excuse. In fact, he was waiting and watching, and he was waiting and watching full of fantasy.

The negotiations failed, and Cui Zaizhi returned to Peiping.Li Bingquan and the radio station remained in Balizhuang and continued to maintain contact with the two parties.A few days later, the People's Liberation Army occupied Xinbaoan and Zhangjiakou, wiped out the 35th Army and the 105th Army, and completely cut off the westward retreat of the Fu army.Fu Zuoyi was like a thunderbolt, shutting himself in the room for several days, either lying on his back on the bed and staring at the ceiling, or pacing endlessly on the narrow ground, sighing from time to time. Cui Zaizhi returned to Peiping and did not see Fu Zuoyi until the third day.Fu Zuoyi, who has always paid attention to etiquette, immediately lost his temper.

"How did I talk to you?" Fu Zuoyi asked angrily, "Didn't I already send the telegram? It was so clear, why did they still call?" "They destroyed the 35th Army, and the 105th Army..." Fu Zuoyi continued, "Continuing the fight like this is almost like asking me to disarm before the formation, so what are you talking about?" Cui Zaizhi didn't speak, and it wasn't until Fu Zuoyi calmed down that he introduced the process of the Balizhuang negotiation in detail. "Who have you seen?" Fu Zuoyi asked. Cui Zaizhi said: "It's Liu Yalou, their chief of staff, and Su Jing who is in charge of receiving us." "Lin Biao didn't show up?" "No." "And their political commissar, Luo Ronghuan, didn't you see him?" "None of them." Fu Zuoyi sent Cui Zaizhi away, thinking alone, and began to hesitate what kind of position he could maintain if he continued to negotiate like this. But the People's Liberation Army did not give him enough time to hesitate. Just after New Year's Day in 1949, Liu Yalou went to the front line in person and led various columns to unveil the prelude to the storming of Tianjin.Fu Zuoyi made up his mind again to continue the negotiation. Fu Zuoyi had just spent the New Year's Day of 1949 in hesitation and pain when he received a telegram from Li Bingquan from Balizhuang: "The frontline commander of the People's Liberation Army asked us to send a person with a higher status to participate in the negotiations." It is not easy at this moment to choose someone who is capable and true to himself.Fu Zuoyi thought for a long time, and finally selected Zhou Beifeng, the director of the Land Division of the "Suppression General". "Unexpectedly, the situation developed so quickly." Fu Zuoyi said when he saw Zhou Beifeng, "We have to continue negotiating with the Communist Party. Half a month ago, I sent Cui Zaizhi to take over with the Communist Party, but after more than a week of negotiations, I only had two conversations with Liu Yalou, their chief of staff, and finally said that we had no sincerity. In their eyes, "sincerity" means letting me give up Pingjin. I have already called Cui Zaizhi back. This time I have to send you to renegotiate, how about you make preparations and leave with Zhang Dongsun tomorrow?" "What is the main content of the negotiation?" Zhou Beifeng asked, "How should I say it?" "I don't want the army anymore, and I don't have any political requirements..." Fu Zuoyi said thoughtfully, "The main thing is to see what they do. You just go to the camera and act." In Zhou Beifeng's view, Fu Zuoyi just explained a principle to him, and did not touch on any specific issues, and he had to deal with them in detail.He thinks the work is difficult, and the difficulty lies in "acting with the camera", in other words, it requires him to adapt to the situation. On January 6, Zhou Beifeng and his party left Beiping and headed for Balizhuang, Ji County.The second negotiation started. For this negotiation, Mao Zedong clearly instructed Lin Biao and others: As long as Fu Zuoyi allows the Communist Party to take over Pingjin and Tianjin peacefully, and allows him to form two armies, he can be pardoned for war crimes, his private property can be preserved, and the safety and property of his subordinates will not be affected. Infringement, in addition to this can not agree to other conditions. Since Fu Zuoyi sent his confidant Zhou Beifeng, director of the land department, Mao Zedong also attached great importance to this negotiation.Nie Rongzhen went out in person on the first day, and Lin Biao went into battle on the second day. After careful consideration, Zhou Beifeng laid out his own conditions in an all-round way: "All those captured in the Xinbaoan and Zhangjiakou battles must be released and treated leniently, not as prisoners of war. For the administrative and civilian personnel and workers in the army, proper arrangements must be made. Work provides a way out of life. The past crimes of the military and political personnel under Fu’s Ministry will not be investigated, and Fu alone can be responsible for everything.” Lin Biao listened carefully to Zhou Beifeng's opinions, and said loudly: "Our general principle is that all armies should be converted into military forces, and all places should be converted into liberated areas. According to this general principle, we should first solve the problems of Ping'an and Tianjin; General Fu Zuoyi ordered the troops to be transferred out of the two cities of Ping and Tianjin, to the designated places, and reorganized into the People's Liberation Army; Fu Zuoyi was not treated as a war criminal, and the private property of Fu and his subordinates was preserved, and they were given a certain political status. All captured persons in Xinbaoan and Zhangjiakou will be released; Fu Zuoyi's subordinates will not be blamed for the past. Anyone who is willing to participate in the work can stay and arrange appropriate work. Repatriate to hometown, and notify local government not to discriminate." The terms Lin Biao agreed to were so lenient, Zhou Beifeng couldn't help but feel happy, and the negotiation progressed more smoothly.Finally, the two sides sorted out the main content of the talks and formed a "Negotiation Minutes". Lin Biao specifically pointed out that January 14 was the deadline for Fu Zuoyi's reply. After Zhou Beifeng returned to the city, he made a detailed report to Fu Zuoyi.Although Fu Zuoyi's confidence in the negotiation has increased, after reading the "Negotiation Minutes", he sighed and said: "The issues discussed are not specific enough." Fu Zuoyi refused to make a clear statement. He relied on himself to occupy the two cities of Pingjin and was not willing to accept such conditions. On January 10, the large-scale Huaihai Campaign ended successfully. The two field armies in East China and the Central Plains wiped out 550,000 Kuomintang troops. The two cities of Pingjin and Tianjin were like two dead trees on the North China Plain, becoming more and more lonely. Fu Zuoyi was shocked again, and decided to send Deng Baoshan, deputy commander of the North China "Suppression General", to accompany Zhou Beifeng to continue discussing the details of the peace talks. On January 13, the negotiation started for the third time. Deng Baoshan and Zhou Beifeng came to Wuli Bridge in Tongxian County. As soon as they were seated, Nie Rongzhen said straight to the point: "The last negotiation stipulated that 14 days was the deadline for reply, and now only It’s been a few hours, so this negotiation will not include Tianjin, only Peking.” Deng Baoshan was stunned for a moment, and then raised the question of the coalition government that Fu Zuoyi had always been obsessed with. "Now there are no other conditions to negotiate. The only way is to order the Beiping defenders to move to a designated location outside the city and accept the reorganization of the People's Liberation Army." This was Lin Biao's answer. "Do you think Tianjin can be taken easily? If it is attacked by force, I think it will take at least 30 days." Deng Baoshan finally said what she wanted to say just now. Lin Biao waved his hand and said briefly, "Don't talk about Tianjin." The talks eventually took a break as both sides refused to budge.By January 15, the negotiating table was open again. Throughout the morning, the two sides repeated what they said several times in the past, but there was no progress at all.At 16:00 in the afternoon, news came from Tianjin that the People's Liberation Army captured Tianjin and Chen Changjie was captured alive. Deng Baoshan was extremely shocked when she heard this, and her face was very ugly.He once boasted that the Tianjin Kuomintang Army could persist for at least 30 days, but unexpectedly it collapsed so quickly.As the deputy commander of the "General Suppression", he is more aware of Fu Zuoyi's thoughts and situation now.During the break, he instructed Zhou Beifeng: "Peking is already in an absolutely isolated situation, and the only way is to resolve it peacefully. The PLA proposed that a reinforced regiment be reserved for the commander-in-chief as a guard force, and the rest of the defenders should be transferred out of the city. Designate a place, and after a period of time, it will be reorganized into the People's Liberation Army. This is called the peaceful liberation of Beiping. I think this principle is acceptable. As long as the commander-in-chief agrees to go out of the city and reorganize, I will discuss the specific methods. You can report this opinion to the commander-in-chief as soon as possible .” Zhou Beifeng immediately sent a telegram to Peiping.Soon, Fu Zuoyi replied by telegram expressing his agreement to reorganize the troops out of the city, and hoped to reach a complete agreement as soon as possible.At this time, Fu Zuoyi didn't dare to procrastinate any longer. Now he only has the card of Beiping to play, and the facts have shown that this card can only be lost. Zhou Beifeng ran out happily with Fu Zuoyi's telegram, and said to Deng Baoshan, "It's all right now, the commander-in-chief readily agreed." Deng Baoshan didn't have to bargain any more, and the negotiation went smoothly.The two sides reached a basic agreement on the location of the Beiping Kuomintang troops outside the city, the reorganization plan, the principles for the arrangement of officers above the regiment, and the acceptance methods of military and political institutions. Both Deng Baoshan and Zhou Beifeng heaved a sigh of relief, and the Peking problem was finally resolved.Before they returned to Peiping, Deng Baoshan suggested: "Please also send a representative to the city for further contact and discussion. In fact, this is also Mr. Fu's opinion." "Okay. Let's arrange it right away." Lin Biao agreed, and at the same time handed over a letter to Fu Zuoyi in the name of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Pingjin front-line commander Lin Biao and political commissar Luo Ronghuan, "Please forward this letter to General Fu Zuoyi." At this time, Deng Baoshan opened the letter, and she couldn't help being surprised. The content of the letter was very strict: Beiping has been besieged for more than a month, and the people's suffering is increasing day by day.As a war criminal, your general, if you still want to gain the understanding of the people and reduce the responsibilities due to your status as a war criminal, you should follow the instructions of our army at this last opportunity in order to redeem yourself... Our army is willing to give your general and subordinates to consider and prepare sufficient time.This time is stipulated to start at 1 o'clock on January 17, 1949 and end at 12 o'clock in the afternoon on January 21. The reactionary leaders will be severely punished and will never be forgiven... Deng Baoshan may not have known at the time that this was written by Mao Zedong himself, but only in the names of Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan.But after Deng Baoshan read it, his expression was tense and melancholy. He said to Su Jing in private: "After I return to the city, I plan not to hand over this letter to Fu Zuoyi for the time being. Overturn the agreement, and our negotiations will fall short." On January 17, Su Jing, as a staff member entering the city, drove to Beiping City with Deng Baoshan and others. Cui Zaizhi and others were waiting for them at Deshengmen.On the third day, Su Jing, Cui Zaizhi and others began to concretize the agreement reached outside the city, and successively formed eighteen agreements. On January 23, Fu Zuoyi agreed to the written agreement negotiated by the KMT and the CCP.He then convened a meeting of senior generals of North China "suppressing the general" in Jurentang, Zhongnanhai, and read out the 18-point agreement in public. There was a moment of silence at the meeting, and then some people burst into tears.At a glance, Fu Zuoyi saw Li Wen, Commander of the 4th Corps, Shi Jue, Commander of the 9th Corps, and Yuan Pu, Commander of the 16th Corps. Under the pressure of the majority, although the three finally agreed to the 18-point agreement, they requested to return to Nanjing.Fu Zuoyi just nodded silently. On January 23, the main provisions of the 18-point agreement of the Peking Peace Talks were published in major newspapers. People from all walks of life cheered, and the ancient civilization with a long history finally avoided a catastrophe! The scene of the people of Peiping celebrating the peaceful liberation was unforgettable for Su Jing.While he was admiring the peaceful scene in Peking with great excitement, he suddenly received a telegram from the Pingjin Front Command asking him to return immediately to report the situation. As soon as he arrived at the frontline headquarters in Songzhuang, Tong County, Luo Ronghuan asked with a smile on his face, "Did Fu Zuoyi read the letter that Deng Baoshan handed over to Fu Zuoyi?" Su Jing replied: "I don't know." Nie Rongzhen went on to say: "You have to go back today and ask Deng Baoshan. If you haven't handed it over to Fu Zuoyi, you have to urge him to let Fu Zuoyi read the letter today and tomorrow." Su Jing was puzzled: Since the words and sentences in that letter stimulated Fu Zuoyi, why did you rush to hand it over to him? Lin Biao saw his thoughts at once, and only asked one sentence: "Why did Fu Zuoyi let his direct troops leave the city first?" Su Jing turned her head quickly, and understood Lin Biao's question. He was worried that Fu Zuoyi's prematurely driving the troops out of the city would affect Fu Zuoyi's control over Jiang's Kuomintang army. It is inevitable to experience a war. Thinking of this, Su Jing immediately returned to Beiping City and found Deng Baoshan: "When you entered the city, did you give him the letter you brought to General Fu Zuoyi?" Deng Baoshan was stunned for a moment, but didn't answer in confusion. Su Jing said anxiously: "Let's visit General Fu together and give him the letter." Seeing Su Jing's urgency, Deng Baoshan knew that it must be an order from her superiors, so she never dared to neglect her.But things backfired. When they met with Fu Zuoyi, before they had time to take out the letter, a guest came to visit, and the two had to leave in a hurry.Later, Deng Baoshan gave the letter to Fu Zuoyi's daughter, Fu Dongju. After reading the letter, Fu Dongju also felt that the problem was serious, so she didn't dare to hand the letter to Fu Zuoyi. Fu Zuoyi did not read the full text of the letter until February 1, 1949, when Mao Zedong ordered the "People's Daily" to publish it. However, after seeing it, Fu Zuoyi was really excited, and wrote to Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan on February 3, saying: "I am willing to take responsibility for my mistakes and accept any punishment for the serious disaster caused by the two-and-a-half years of war." In order to appease Fu Zuoyi's anger and relieve his worries, Lin Biao, Nie Rongzhen, and Ye Jianying jointly invited Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan to a banquet at the Beijing Hotel on February 8, and had a long talk before the banquet. Lin Biao took the lead and said: "The peaceful settlement of Peking has preserved the ancient cultural capital and set a new example of peaceful methods. Mr. Fu has contributed to this. The Communist Party will never treat anyone who has contributed to the revolutionary cause. The Communist Party His ideal is to establish a revolutionary government and develop production, and to complete the revolutionary cause, it must be done through cooperation between the party and outside the party.” After hearing this, Fu Zuoyi's expression finally improved, and he said sincerely: "In the past, I had great inner conflicts. Subjectively, I wanted to do things for the people, but objectively, I became a bodyguard for the rich. It was wrong to participate in the civil war waged by the Kuomintang. The Communist Party lacks understanding of the idea of ​​democracy, and is willing to serve the people in the future, and I will do whatever I want. The People’s Liberation Army should not worry about the reorganization of troops and the takeover of power, and it will do whatever it takes.” After hearing this, Lin Biao immediately continued: "Mr. Fu's words are very good. That letter is in line with the facts of Mr. Fu's past actions. The post-publication of this letter is to draw conclusions about Mr. Fu's past mistakes, so as to base the Peking Peace Solved, to start a new cooperation with Mr. Fu, we should neither erase today's achievements because of Mr. Fu's past crimes, nor obscure past crimes because of Mr. Fu's today's achievements. Mr. Fu's failure is not a matter of personal talent. The victory of the Northeast and North China Liberation Army is not a matter of individual ability. The Kuomintang is against the interests of the people and is opposed by the people. It is bound to fail. In any battlefield, under the command of anyone, it will suffer defeat without exception, not just in North China. Victory can only be achieved by standing on the side of the people." Nie Rongzhen and Ye Jianying then also enlightened Fu Zuoyi in many ways, and talked about some policies that the Communist Party has always adhered to. When the conversation started, everyone showed joy.When everyone sat at the table, the goblets collided frequently, and the lingering sound was pleasant. Since then, Fu Zuoyi's mood has gradually stabilized, but he is not particularly at ease in his heart.He was eager to see Mao Zedong.One day, he said to Zhou Beifeng: "I plan to go to Shijiazhuang to meet Chairman Mao in person. Can you tell Chairman Ye Jianying about it?" On February 11, Tao Zhu and Zhou Beifeng came to Fu Zuoyi's residence in the western suburbs together. Tao Zhu happily told him that Chairman Mao Zedong was going to meet him and General Deng Baoshan.Zhou Beifeng said that Director Ye Jianying informed that Fu and Deng could fly to Shijiazhuang tomorrow together with Zhang Shizhao and several old gentlemen from the "Shanghai People's Peace Delegation". On the 22nd, Fu Zuoyi, Deng Baoshan and others flew to Shijiazhuang.That night, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai came to the guest house in person. When Fu Zuoyi saw Mao Zedong, he quickly stepped forward and stood at attention to salute.Mao Zedong immediately held Fu Zuoyi's hand with a happy face.Fu Zuoyi said excitedly: "I am guilty!" Mao Zedong smiled kindly: "You have done a great deed, and the people will never forget you." After everyone was seated, Mao Zedong said humorously to Fu Zuoyi: "In the past, we met on the battlefield, and it was clear. Today, we are uncles and relatives, and we are inseparable. Chiang Kai-shek played tricks all his life, and you finally got rid of him." "Those people we captured you," Mao Zedong said of Fu Zuoyi's policy, "we will release them all for you. You can see them. We are going to send them all to Suiyuan." "Send it to Suiyuan?" Fu Zuoyi didn't understand what Mao Zedong meant, and said with a little surprise, "Give it to me, what should I do? Send it to Suiyuan? Why?" Chairman Mao laughed: "Didn't the Kuomintang always advocate that the Communist Party kills and sets fires, and that the Communist Party shares wives? When they arrive in Suiyuan, they can show themselves that the Communist Party neither pays them nor insults their personality. They can help people in Suiyuan learn Learn, raise awareness. We will use these people in the future!" "As for Suiyuan, we are not in a hurry." Mao Zedong said, "With the peaceful liberation of Peiping, the Suiyuan issue will be resolved. We can let it go and wait for their uprising." Fu Zuoyi was deeply impressed by Mao Zedong's approachability and lively conversation.After returning from Xibaipo, the depression and doubts of many days disappeared immediately, and the heavy ideological burden was relieved. Fu Zuoyi was refreshed and happy. At this time, Beiping has opened a new chapter in history. While accelerating the reorganization of Fu Zuoyi's old unit, the People's Liberation Army switched defenses to maintain law and order in New Peiping.By January 31, the last batch of Kuomintang troops in the city of Peiping had left the city, marking the end of the victory of the Battle of Pingjin. With the peaceful liberation of Beiping, Suiyuan soon returned to the hands of the people. On January 22, 1949, Dong Qiwu, director of the Suiyuan command post of the "Suppression General" in North China, went to Peking to meet Fu Zuoyi. The two had a long talk. Fu Zuoyi persuaded Dong Qiwu: The current situation cannot be reversed by any force. Follow the trend of history and follow the path of the people. Dong Qiwu kept nodding after hearing this.After many negotiations, Dong Qiwu led a formal uprising of more than 60,000 military and political personnel in Suiyuan Province on September 19 of that year. Suiyuan was peacefully liberated, and the entire North China region became a liberated area. In order to celebrate the great victory in the Battle of Pingjin, the Pingjin Front Command decided to hold a solemn and grand entrance into the city on February 3. After the news spread among the troops participating in the city entry ceremony, the commanders and fighters were extremely happy. Everyone rejoiced and cheered up.As a result, weapons and vehicles were wiped over and over again, steel guns were shiny and shiny, cars were ready to go, military appearances were adjusted again and again, soldiers were heroic and handsome, military horses were combed over and over again, and horses and horses were combed again and again. The horses are mighty and majestic. In the early morning of February 3, the entry ceremony of the People's Liberation Army officially began.The people of the whole city of Beiping were mobilized, the streets were empty, and the cheers resounded through the sky.At 10 a.m., four flares were launched into the sky.Four large floats carrying the portraits of Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and a command car led the way to the city through Yongding Gate amidst majestic military music.Next came mechanized units, artillery units, tank armored units, and infantry units.The mighty and majestic army entering the city passed Zhengyangmen Street, Dongjiaomin Lane, Chongwenmen Street, Dongsi Archway, West Chang'an Avenue, Hepingmen, Luomashi Street, and left the city by Guang'anmen. On the watchtower at the front gate, the Pingjin Front Command, the Beiping Military Control Committee, and the leaders of the corps participating in the Pingjin Campaign reviewed the troops entering the city. Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying and others frequently waved to the troops. When the troops entering the city passed through various streets, the roar of cars, the sound of the tracks of tanks, and the footsteps of soldiers were intertwined with the warm cheers, singing, applause, and sound of gongs and drums from the citizens of Peiping, which shook the heavens and the earth. The People's Liberation Army that entered the city marched for 6 hours from 10:00 am to 16:00 pm.People from all walks of life in Peiping braved the new wind and severe cold, cheering excitedly, forgetting the cold and fatigue. The people of the ancient capital were immersed in unprecedented joy. More than 40 days later, that is, on March 21, 1949, in order to facilitate the next step of work, Mao Zedong led the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army to bid farewell to Xibaipo and moved to Xiangshan in the western suburbs of Beiping. In March in Beiping, although it is still cool, everything is beginning to recover, the earth is full of vitality, and people are bathing in the breath of early spring.On this day, Mao Zedong embarked on the road to Peiping with great enthusiasm, "Today is the day to go to Beijing for the exam." He said happily. Zhou Enlai, who was walking beside him, also responded humorously: "We should all pass the exam and not return it." Mao Zedong continued confidently: "If you return, you will fail. We must get good grades in the exam. We will never be Li Zicheng."