To Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping and Others[1]

(February 21, 1947)

You should move to the Daming-Guanxian area to consolidate the region and rest and regroup, luring Wu Shaozhou’s[2] forces to penetrate deep north of the Yellow River, and after our rest and replenishment are completed, then annihilate this enemy.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, with information sent to Chen Yi, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin.

[2] Wu Shaozhou, then serving as commander of the Reorganized 85th Division of the Kuomintang Army.