4月1號，國共雙方嘅代表團喺北平市（即係依家嘅北京市）舉行咗和平談判。4月13號，張治中由北平發電報畀李宗仁同何應欽，話周恩來今日見面嘅時候交咗一份《國內和平協定》，入面有八條，總共二十四款:182。張治中又向蔣介石發咗一個電報，話自己去到北平之後，中國共產黨嘅言論態度，目的係在於逼降，並且勸蔣介石「毅然放下一切」:182。4月15日，國共談判代表擬定咗《國內和平協定》嘅最後修正案，定咗喺4月20日簽字。4月20日，行政院院長何應欽宣佈唔簽中國共產黨提出嘅嗰八條二十四款:186，李宗仁同何應欽打電報要求國民政府談判代表張治中唔好簽名，和談破裂。1949年4月21日，毛澤東主席同朱德總司令發布命令《向全國進軍的命令》，命令解放軍渡江打仗。
On April 1, delegations from the Kuomintang and the Communist Party held peace talks in Beiping (now Beijing). On April 13, Zhang Zhizhong sent a telegram from Beiping to Li Zongren and He Yingqin, saying that Zhou Enlai had handed over a copy of the "Internal Peace Agreement" when they met today, which contained eight articles and a total of 24 paragraphs: 182. Zhang Zhizhong sent another telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that after he went to Beiping, the Chinese Communist Party's attitude was aimed at forcing him to surrender, and advised Chiang Kai-shek to "resolutely abandon everything": 182. On 15 April, KMT-CCP negotiators drew up a final amendment to the Internal Peace Agreement, which was scheduled for signature on 20 April. On April 20, He Yingqin, president of the Executive Yuan, announced that he would not sign the eight articles and 24 paragraphs proposed by the Chinese Communist Party:186, and Li Zongren and He Yingqin sent a telegram asking Zhang Zhizhong, the negotiator of the Nationalist Government, not to sign, and the peace talks broke down. On April 21, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De issued the Order "Order to March to the Whole Country", ordering the People's Liberation Army to cross the river to fight.