The "Queshan Massacre" was the prelude to the first anti-* * climax of the Kuomintang die-hards. The New Fourth Army fought back tenaciously in self-defense. After two days and nights of fierce fighting, it was forced to evacuate because it was outnumbered. Reactionary armed forces rushed into Zhugou town, killing more than 200 wounded and sick people, anti-Japanese families and the masses of the New Fourth Army.