sentences:  The place was actually a village of 100 or so households, some 30 km away from Jinzhou, with the main road to Jinzhou passing directly through the center of the village.After encircling Jinzhou, the communists were facing an incoming Nationalist reinforcement of a total of 11 divisions (not counting the Nationalist air and naval assets), and were well aware of the importance of stopping Nationalist reinforcements from reaching Jinzhou.The PLA deployed a total of eight divisions and an artillery brigade at Tashan, with Cheng Zihua (), the commander of the Northeast Field Army's 2nd Corps, in charge.