▁F ak ui ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁res ign , ▁and ▁X ue ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁army . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁first ▁stage ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Civil ▁War , ▁General iss imo ▁Chi ang ▁K ai - She k ▁ordered ▁General ▁X ue ▁to ▁lead ▁the ▁Gu ang d ong ▁First ▁Army ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁Chinese ▁commun ists ▁during ▁the ▁Fif th ▁En circ lement ▁Camp aign ▁against ▁Ji ang xi ▁Soviet , ▁forcing ▁them ▁to ▁start ▁the ▁Long ▁March ▁and ▁his ▁forces ▁ch ased ▁the ▁retre ating ▁commun ists ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁S ich uan ▁and ▁Gu iz hou , ▁until ▁the ▁commun ist ▁forces ▁retre ated ▁across ▁the ▁great ▁sw am pl ands ▁and ▁finally ▁escaped ▁to ▁Sh a an xi ▁Province . ▁He ▁then ▁turned ▁his ▁forces ▁around ▁and ▁march ed ▁un sto pped ▁to ▁Central ▁China ▁and ▁defeated ▁the ▁f amed ▁Red ▁Army ▁command ers ▁like ▁He ▁Long ▁and ▁Ye ▁T ing ▁of ▁the ▁commun ist ▁area ▁which ▁they ▁controlled ▁and ▁forced ▁them ▁out ▁of ▁these ▁strong holds . ▁For ▁these ▁accomplish ments , ▁Chi ang ▁K ai - she k ▁ha iled ▁him ▁as ▁" a ▁true ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁Chinese ▁officer ". ▁ ▁Second ▁S ino - J apan ese ▁War ▁After ▁the ▁X i ' an ▁Inc ident , ▁however , ▁X ue ' s ▁loyal ty ▁was ▁in ▁doubt ▁after ▁he ▁offered ▁to ▁personally ▁arrest ▁Chi ang ▁K ai - she k ▁and ▁hand ▁him ▁over ▁to ▁the ▁Commun ists ▁if ▁Chi