To Xu Haidong and Cheng Zihua[1]

(February 21, 1936)

On the twenty-second, the main force of the Fifteenth Army Corps must make every possible effort to capture Shilou; all units that have not yet crossed shall change their crossing point to Xinguan to cross the river.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram to Xu Haidong and Cheng Zihua on February 21, 1936.