So vital was this decision to Deng that he assigned overall command of the invasion to his fellow Long March veteran, General Hsu Shih Yun (who had given Deng shelter when, in 1976, he was purged for the second time by the dying Mao Zedong).
Tan esencial era aquella decisión para Deng, que asignó el mando general de la invasión a su compañero veterano de la Larga Marcha, general Hsu Shih Yun (que había dado cobijo a Deng, cuando en 1976 fue purgado por segunda vez por el agonizante Mao Zedong).