Feng Yuxiang was worried about the country and the people, and felt powerless and in danger. He decided to go to the United States, where he opposed the US government's assistance to Chiang Kai-shek in the civil war. 1946 14 In September, he and his wife Li Dequan arrived in the United States in the name of inspecting water conservancy. From then on, together with his friends in the Communist Party of China (CPC), he United patriotic overseas Chinese, the left wing of the Kuomintang and progressives, mercilessly exposed Chiang Kai-shek's crime of waging civil war against the American people and called for peace and democracy. His words and deeds made Chiang Kai-shek very angry. Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to return to China within a time limit, but he flatly refused. Then Jiang retaliated against him: expelled from public office, expelled from the party, revoked his passport, and cut off economic resources.

Feng Yuxiang clearly realized that he was in a dangerous situation. 1948, 10 In February, he wrote a will in his apartment in new york, and left the following words in his diary: My will has been written, and I am not afraid of death at any time. At this time, the domestic people's liberation war is in sight, and the Chiang family dynasty is in jeopardy. When the news that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was going to hold the China People's Political Consultative Conference spread overseas, Feng Yuxiang decided to return to China and go to the liberated areas. It is not easy to return to China. Mr. and Mrs. Feng Yuxiang secretly contacted the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco and asked for help. Later, Feng Yuxiang's wife, Li Dequan, went to the Soviet Embassy alone and met with Pan, the Soviet ambassador to the United States.