Northwest Years 西北岁月 Episode 23

Now the Kuomintang army continuously fires chemical incendiary bombs, causing the troops' attack to be seriously hindered. Liu Maogong decided to immediately lead people to block the 24th Brigade. Xi Zhongxun believes that the longer the current offensive lasts, the greater the casualties will be to the troops and civilians, and the attack cannot be continued no matter what.

Subsequently, Mao Zedong and others received intelligence and learned that Hu Zongnan was very determined to encircle and annihilate them in northern Shaanxi, so Zhu De said that the top priority was to immediately establish a command structure for the northwest battlefield. However, their troops in Yan'an only have "30,000 field army soldiers". If they want to hold Yan'an and repel Hu Zongnan's "200,000 Kuomintang troops", they will definitely pay a lot of casualties. Therefore, Mao Zedong and other central leaders, after deliberation and a show of hands, decided to withdraw from Yan'an and preserve their strength in order to take advantage of the terrain in northern Shaanxi to eliminate the Kuomintang troops. Before leaving, Mao Zedong told everyone that they would trade Yan'an for the whole of China.