Under the direction of the company leadership, the rank and file should be roused to discuss how to attack and capture enemy positions and how to fulfil other combat tasks. When the fighting lasts several days, several such meetings should be held. This kind of military democracy was practised with great success in the battle of Panlung in northern Shensi and in the battle ofShihchiachuang in the Shansi-Chahar-Hopei area.
Li served as secretary to a land-reform team that was in charge of a whole county. When that job was finished he went toShihchiachuang to await a new assignment.
THE remains of the capital of the State of Chungshan founded by nomadic people from the north provide additional insight into life in the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.). Excavation was done between 1974 and 1977 in present-day Pingshan county, which is just northwest of the city ofShihchiachuang in western Hopei province.
