The Pingjin Campaign: Destroying Fu Zuoyi's Forces and Liberating North China

This book focuses on the Pingjin Campaign, the defeat of the Fu Zuoyi Group and the liberation of North China. Its main events include: 1. Encircling and isolating the enemy: the Central Committee makes its decision on the Pingjin Campaign; the Northeast Field Army secretly enters the pass; the campaign begins; the enemy is surrounded at Xinbao'an; and enemy forces in Pingjin are encircled and divided. 2. Attacking both ends with all one’s might: Zhangjiakou is liberated; the attack on Tanggu is delayed in favor of an assault on Tianjin; the People’s Liberation Army surrounds Tianjin; preparations are made for the Battle of Tianjin; and Tianjin is liberated. 3. The peaceful liberation of Beiping: the People’s Liberation Army surrounds Beiping; the Central Committee conducts efforts to persuade the enemy to defect; secret peace talks are agreed upon; negotiations get underway; a peace agreement is signed; and the People’s Liberation Army takes control of Beiping.