Due to the continuous defeats, Chiang Kai-shek had to personally hold a military conference to readjust the Nationalist strategies on January 10, 1948, by flying to Shenyang from Nanjing, and replaced Chen Cheng with Wei Lihuang.
Due to a succession of military setbacks, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to hold an emergency meeting with his generals to reexamine the Nationalist strategy on January 10, 1948, by flying from Nanjing to Shenyang and making changes to his senior leadership.