Episode 24
Peng Dehuai led the Northwest Field Corps to make full use of the terrain and mass advantages and decided to conduct an ambush in the Qinghua Bian area.The 31st Brigade of the Kuomintang Army suddenly stopped moving forward. Xi Zhongxun and others led the masses to express condolences to the frontline soldiers and sent hot ginger soup and food.On March 23, 1947, the Battle of Qinghuabian began. After the 31st Brigade of the Kuomintang Army entered the ambush circle, it was quickly annihilated and the enemy brigade commander Li Jiyun was captured.After Hu Zongnan learned about it, he ordered his troops to march on the mountain ridge to avoid being ambushed.Xi Zhongxun quietly did the work of educating the captives, and the new army reorganization movement gradually launched in the Northwest Field Corps, inspiring many captive soldiers to join the people's army.
