In January 1949, the liberation of Peiping was already an irreversible trend. At that time, the only question was whether the North China Nationalist Army should rely on the defense of the city and stubbornly make the final armed resistance. Although there is no suspense in the outcome of victory or defeat, as soon as the cannon is fired, the destruction of the ancient buildings in the city will become a thousand-year regret. Therefore, whether Fu Zuoyi could settle down his generals and more than 200,000 defenders became the focus of the problem. After mid-January, Fu Zuoyi's basic intentions have been clarified, and he no longer insists on stubborn resistance. However, two of his corps were not completely under his control, and even planned to fight stubbornly to the death, which became the greatest threat to Peiping. Which 2 corps?
The greatest threat was Levin's Fourth Corps. The 4th Corps had 2 corps of nearly 70,000 men, including 16 and 94 corps, of which the 94Th Army was temporarily expanded to 4 divisions, but in mid-January the 94th Army had already lost a division and was annihilated in the Battle of Tianjin, so the actual number of the corps at that time was about 60,000 people. Li Wen had a hard temper and always did not listen to Fu Zuoyi's dispatches, at that time, even if he only followed his nature, he would not withdraw from Beiping without confronting Dongye, not to mention that at that time, Li Wen was not only in charge of the 4 corps, but also the highest person in charge of the defense of Beiping, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. Compared with Fu Zuoyi, who was the commander-in-chief, the Central Army in Beiping City actually obeyed his command more, and if Li Wen insisted on starting a fight, the consequences would be serious. The reason why the Central Army was stationed in Beiping was also to contain the Sui Army. Therefore, Li Wen really wanted to fight at this time, and he and the 4 corps were undoubtedly the biggest obstacle to the liberation of Peiping.
Another threat came from Shi Jue's Ninth Corps. This corps, like Li Wen's corps, was not part of Fu Zuoyi's lineage, but was the main force of the Central Army stationed in Pingjin, and was mutually restrained by the Sui Army. The 9 corps was originally the strongest one of the national army, with 2 ace armies in the northeast, but this 9 corps and the Shi Jue Corps have no direct connection, but the Liao Yaoxiang Corps was annihilated before the number, Shi Jue only inherited the fan number in Beiping, but the troops only had an army of 13 corps, with a number of about 30,000 people. Although the 13th Army is also a central unit, in terms of the combat strength of the corps, the 9th Corps is not as good as the 4 Corps in terms of size and combat capability, but Shi Jue, as far as his own tendency is concerned, also does not want to abandon Beiping without resistance, and has the intention of taking the Corps to the death.
At the end of January 1949, neither corps ended up putting up any real resistance. After all, the strength of the two armies inside and outside the city is too far apart, and only 2 corps participate in the battle, and the other Sui army will not easily move. Therefore, the results of the resistance were clear at a glance, the soldiers did not want to fight in the end, the grass-roots officers were afraid of assuming historical responsibility, the general environment was already like this, Li Wen and Shi Jue could not completely decide whether to fight or not to fight at this time, especially Fu Zuoyi announced the document of the uprising in public, and the officers and men really had no will to fight. Li Wen and Shi Jue saw the situation and had to abandon the Fourth and Ninth Corps and leave Beiping alone. These two potential biggest threats have finally not become a real obstacle to the liberation of Peiping.