Nicknames: Liu Ye, Liu Yi.

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Time: Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic of China

Ethnic group: Hakkas of Han nationality

Birthplace: Qinzhou, Guangdong (now Gusendong, Fangcheng, Guangxi)

Date of birth: 1837

Time of death: 19 17.

Main achievements: the establishment of the black flag army, anti-French and anti-Japanese

Burial place: West Lake, Huizhou

Ancestral home: Bobai Dongping

The Life of the Characters in Liu Yongfu's Works

Early Experience 1837 September 1 1 (17th year of Qing Daoguang) Liu Yongfu was born in a poor peasant family in Xiaofeng Township, Sigusen Cave, Fangchenggang City, Guangdong Province. Since his father and uncle Liu moved from Bobai to Fangcheng, he first lived in the village in the hinterland of Shiwan Mountain. Formerly known as Jianye, No.,ranked second, and the common name was Liu Er, who was honored as. Yongfu was changed when he moved to Vietnam.

(historical) (historical) 184 1 year, Uncle Liu got married and got married, and his brothers separated. Since Liu moved to Beiji Village (now Beiji Village in urban and rural areas) to make a living.

1842, when Liu Yongfu was five years old, he was able to make his own fishing rod and fish in a river not far from home, adding some delicacies to his dining table.

1845, when Liu Yongfu was 8 years old, Yongfu moved with his parents to Bajia Village, Xinxu, Shangsi Prefecture, Guangxi (now Pingfu, Shangsi County) to farm.

1850, Liu Yongfu 13 years old began to work as a sailor on the ship. After work, he observed carefully and was very familiar with where the water was deep, where the water was shallow, where the navigation was safe and where it was dangerous.

1852, when Liu Yongfu 15 years old, he became a skilled sailor and was hired as a "beach master" (pilot) by the ship owner. At the same time, he also worshipped some martial arts masters as teachers and learned good martial arts.

1854, when Liu Yongfu 17 years old, his parents and uncle died several months later because of poverty and illness. After burying several old people, Liu Yongfu had nothing, even no place to live, so he had to borrow a small room to stay. He went out to work during the day to change food, and returned to live in a hut at night, leading a very poor life. It is said that one day Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to chop wood, and when he was tired, he lay on the slate in the mountain and took a nap. In his sleep, an old man with a long beard suddenly came over and told him that he was a Iliad and should be opposed to the Qing Dynasty because he was Chen Jinnan.

From 65438 to 0857, Liu Yongfu, who was twenty years old in the seventh year of Xianfeng, joined the Heaven and Earth Society, joined the peasant uprising and embarked on the road of resisting oppression and exploitation. At first, Liu Yongfu was a pioneer under Zheng San, who was a subordinate of Wu Lingyun, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society. He led the troops to defeat the landlord armed forces headed by Wu Biling, and the team expanded rapidly. Later, in the Qing Dynasty, Wu Lingyun, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, died heroically.

1863, Liu Yongfu was 27 years old and died at this time. The rest, led by Liu Yongfu and Zhang San, moved to Jingxi and Napo, Guangxi, and Liu Yongfu joined the Ministry about one year later.

General Black Flag 1866, Liu Yongfu led more than 200 people to join another rebel leader, Wu Kun.

After expansion and reorganization, a flag was formed and Liu Yongfu was appointed as the flag head. Liu Yongfu won the love and support of his subordinates because of his "courage, loyalty and loyalty", and soon became the third "third brother" in Wu Kun peasant army. Liu Yongfu set out to command soldiers, purge discipline, select talents and unify military orders. At that time, he camped in the Beidi Temple of Andewei in Guishunfu (now Jingxi). Seeing that the Duke of Zhou was clutching the statue of the North Emperor Temple, he drew a pattern of "Beidou" with a black pennant with white dog teeth, so he copied this black flag as the flag of his team. Since then, this team has been fighting against the black flag and is called the Black Flag Army.

/kloc-in the autumn of 0/867, Qing * * * sent Feng Zicai, the prefect of Guangxi, to gather troops, focusing on suppressing the peasant army in southwest Guangxi. The peasant army suffered heavy casualties and its military supplies were unsustainable. In addition, the leaders of the peasant army had different opinions in difficult times, so they had to go their separate ways and lead their own troops to Vietnam. Liu Yongfu's righteous act coincided with Vietnam's eventful autumn, with domestic troubles and foreign invasion, and the country was restless. After the French invaders forcibly occupied the southern half of Vietnam in 1867, they frantically launched an attack in northern Vietnam, dreaming of destroying Vietnam, and then invaded China from the southwest to establish the so-called "Dafa East Empire".

Sino-French War1873165438+1On October 20th, the French authorities sent Anye with 180 troops and two gunboats to suddenly shell Hanoi. Liu Yongfu, a brave man, stood up to resist the violence, personally led two thousand troops, crossed Xuanguang Daling, worked hard day and night, and went south to resist the law. 65438+February 2 1 The Black Flag Army fought with the French army in Luochi, a suburb of Hanoi, killing the arrogant war madman French general An Ye. His 100 men became ghosts under the sword of the Black Flag Army and won a great victory in Luochi. French troops were forced to withdraw from Hanoi. This is the first time that Liu Yongfu has made great achievements in defending its national borders and supporting friendly countries in resisting the French law. The King of Yue promoted Liu Yongfu to the position of deputy governor-general, and gave him a seal saying, "The governors of Jin, Xinghua and Xuanguang are brave enough to seal generals.". In order to show his merits, he ordered Liu Yongfu to guard both sides of the Red River.

1August, 874, he helped suppress Huang Chongying in Xinghua and other places, and was awarded as a guard. The king of Vietnam officially allowed the Black Flag Army to collect taxes in Baosheng to supplement the military expenditure. In the same year 10, the Viet Cong suppressed Huang Chongying, appointed Liu Yongfu as the deputy prefect of San Xuan, and led the Fourth Route Army.