Peng Dehuai smartly defeated the Ma family army

Author: Song Shaoming
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: On April 21, 1949, Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued the "Order to Advance Across the Nation" to the People's Liberation Army, ordering all commanders and soldiers to "fight bravely forward, resolutely, thoroughly, completely eliminate all Kuomintang reactionaries daring to resist, liberate the people of the nation, and safeguard the independence and integrity of China's territorial sovereignty." From then on, the People's Liberation Army began its unprecedented large-scale all-out advance into the vast areas of South China and Northwest China. This book is a sister volume to "Peng Dehuai Outwits Hu Zongnan." The Ma Family Army, composed of three major forces—the Ma Buofang faction in Qinghai, the Ma Hongkui faction in Ningxia, and the Ma Chengxiang faction in Xinjiang—was known for its savagery, cruelty, unruly nature, and belief in superstition. When Hu Zongnan was defeated by Peng Dehuai, Jiang Jieshi pinned his hopes on the Ma Family Army to hold onto the Northwest.