After being cut off from land communication with the KMT with the communist capture of Chinchow (Jinzhou 锦州, Liaoning), he was supposedly planning for an offensive to recapture the Nationalist provincial capital before he was ordered to withdraw by Chiang Kai-shek.
Setelah terputus dari komunikasi darat dengan KMT karena pihak komunis berhasil merebut Chinchow (Jinzhou 锦州, Liaoning), ia diduga merencanakan serangan untuk merebut kembali ibukota provinsi Nasionalis sebelum ia diperintahkan untuk mundur oleh Chiang Kai-shek.