In the late summer of 1949, as the People's Liberation Army drove into the Hexi Corridor and pressed toward Xinjiang, the Chinese Communists persuaded the KMT provincial and military leadership to surrender.
The Chinese Communists persuaded the KMT provincial and military leadership. This was in the late summer of 1949. This was to surrender. The People's Liberation Army drove into the Hexi Corridor. The People's Liberation Army pressed toward Xinjiang.