In the first few days, the Japanese didn't make much of a move. Perhaps this was because they had offered negotiation terms, and Song Zheyuan had unreservedly met all their demands. Even if they lacked sincerity in negotiations, they had to put on a show. So, for the first three days, Beiping was very quiet. Apart from the occasional civilians from the Japanese-held areas sneaking into our area, nothing else happened.
Although the people of Beiping regarded us as traitors and lackeys, we were still Chinese after all. We wouldn't resort to bayonets and rifles like the Japanese, would we? The Japanese army turned a blind eye to the civilians who fled into our defense zone... This wasn't out of the Japanese showing mercy; I believe there were at least two reasons. First, it was during negoti
