To Peng Dehuai and Others[1]

(September 10, 1936)

The Second Division of the First Army Corps of the Red Army is to move rapidly to the Jingning-Longde highway, seize the opportunity to attack and occupy Zhuanglang, and delay the advance of Hu Zongnan’s and Wang Jun’s forces on Tongwei, in order to facilitate the transfer of the Second Front Army of the Red Army to the area north of Tongwei for rest.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong’s telegram to Peng Dehuai, with copies to Zuo Quan and Nie Rongzhen.