On November 20, 1873, the French authorities sent An Ye with 180 troops and two gunboats to bombard Hanoi. Liu Yongfu acted bravely, stood up to resist the violence, and personally led an army of 2,000 people to cross the Xuanguang Ridge, day and night, and went south to resist the French. On December 21, the Black Flag Army fought with the French army in Luo Chi, a suburb of Hanoi, and killed the French general An Ye, an invincible war maniac, and more than 100 of his subordinates also became ghosts under the Black Flag saber, and achieved the great victory of Luo Chi of "luring An Ye and covering his entire army". The French army was forced to withdraw from Hanoi. This was Liu Yongfu's first exploit in defending the national frontier and supporting friendly countries to resist France. The king of Yue promoted Liu Yongfu to the deputy governor of Sanxuan, and gave a seal letter, which said: "Shanxi, Xinghua, Xuanguang deputy governor heroic general seal." In order to show his merits, he ordered Liu Yongfu to guard both sides of the Red River.

On the eighth day of the third lunar month in 1883, Comrade Tang Jingsong was stationed in the Black Flag Army as a "liaison" sent by the Celestial Empire, and became Liu Yongfu's military advisor to give him advice. ”

In 1884, the Sino-French War broke out. In August, after the Qing government officially declared war on France, it incorporated the Black Flag Army and awarded Liu Yongfu the title of Admiral. In 1883, the French parliament appointed Li Willy as commander-in-chief, and led the French army of 2,000 men to capture Hanoi and Nam Dinh successively. Then he divided his troops to invade Hue, the capital of Vietnam, Bac Ninh and Shanxi. Liu Yongfu is full of the grand wish of "peacefully for Vietnam and for the motherland". On May 6, he led 3,000 Black Flag troops to advance into Hanoi, giving full play to the advantages of close combat and night fighting, luring the enemy into depth, so that the French soldiers were attacked by the enemy and fell into a heavy encirclement. In this battle, more than 30 officers and below Li Weili and below were killed, more than 200 French soldiers were killed, and countless ordnance and ammunition were captured. This is the world-famous Battle of the Paper Bridge. In order to commend Liu Yongfu's military exploits in the paper bridge, King Yue promoted him to the rank of Admiral of Sanding, and gave him the title of first-class volunteer man.

At that time, although the Qing Dynasty declared war on France, the corrupt and cowardly Qing government did not dare to really go to war with France. The French, on the other hand, saw the Black Flag Army, which had repeatedly defeated them, as a thorn in their side. A thorn in one's flesh. Repeated pressure was exerted on the Qing government, coercing and inducing the Qing government to transfer the Black Flag Army back to China.

In 1885, in order to force Liu Yongfu to lead his troops back to China, the Qing government issued nine edicts within a month. Use coercion and inducement. Envy and Grace are both approachable. Liu Yongfu was given the honors of "Yibode Enbaturu" and "Three Generations and One Product Seal".

Liu Yongfu was forced to lead his troops back to China, but the French did not stop their aggression, and the French mobilized a large army to capture the entire territory of Vietnam. Then he broke through Zhennan Pass and entered the territory of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing government had no choice but to fight back. Subsequently, Liu Yongfu led the Black Flag Army to cooperate with Feng Zicai's main force of the Qing army, and won a great victory at Zhennanguan, completely defeating the invincible French on the land battlefield.

However, it is a pity that although the Qing government finally won the victory of the War of Resistance against France, it finally signed the "Sino-French New Treaty" with the French, surrendering Vietnam to France, opening the door to the southeast and ending up undefeated.

After the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, Liu Yongfu was ordered to assist in Taiwan's military affairs and led the Black Flag Army into Taiwan. After the end of the war, he was appointed as the Admiral of Taiwan and stayed in Taiwan.

Ren Chao, as a traverser, still knows a little about Liu Yongfu. Ren Chao clearly remembers that in history, after the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government was forced to cede the island of Taiwan and Japan. After the Japanese army landed in Taiwan, Liu Yongfu led the Black Flag Army and various rebels in Taiwan to fight up! The Japanese army suffered great casualties, and was finally outnumbered, and the army was defeated without support, and Liu Yongfu was forced to cross inward. With this patriotic heart alone, Ren Chao thinks that Liu Yongfu is worth reusing.

And according to Ren Chao's understanding, Liu Yongfu is also very enlightened, in the original history, Liu Yongfu was ordered to suppress peasant rebellions and revolutionary armies, but Liu Yongfu has always adopted a policy of waiting and watching changes or secretly mediating. It can be seen from this that Liu Yongfu's sympathy for the peasants and his support for the revolution have been manifested in practical actions. Later, Liu Yongfu even ignored his old age and frailty, participated in the League, and personally threw himself into the wave of revolution. After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, at the age of 80, he became the head of the Guangdong Provincial People's League and controlled more than 100,000 people's troops in Guangzhou. It was precisely because he thought that Ren Chao was relieved to hand over Taiwan to Liu Yongfu for the time being.

"Zhang Jianjun, Yuanting is a martial artist, I am afraid it will be difficult to be qualified for the post of governor of Taiwan." Liu Yongfu, the governor of Taiwan, said modestly to Zhang Haiping in the yamen. (Liu Yongfu Ziyuanting)

"General Liu is too polite! Before his departure, Marshal Ren made a special confession that General Liu Yongfu was one of the few patriotic generals in China, and his outstanding military exploits in Vietnam were exemplary throughout the country. And General Liu has always led troops well, with General Liu sitting in Taiwan, the emperor and I can sit back and relax! Zhang Haiping said with a stern face.

"Lord Ren Miao praised, Yuanting was ashamed, Lord Ren went east to conquer the Japanese and the Russians in the north is the pillar of our country and the example of the whole people." Liu Yongfu said modestly.

"Huh! General Liu is also right, the marshal and the general are both models for the whole country, if my Chinese soldiers and civilians can be like the general and the marshal, how dare those foreign devils deceive me in China. Zhang Haiping said with a smile.

Liu Yongfu nodded and said, "My Qing Dynasty is too lacking in a bloody and backbone general like Ren Dashuai, so I will be so humiliated by those foreign devils." Yuanting believes that today there is a marshal in charge of the government, and those foreign devils will no longer dare to bully my Huaxia. ”

Zhang Haiping said with a smile, "General Liu is right, Ren Dashuai once said that his strength alone is limited after all. Only when all people with lofty ideals like General Liu in the country unite can we realize the rejuvenation of China, so the marshal vigorously recommended General Liu to act in charge of Taiwan's military and political affairs in front of the emperor. ”

"In this case, Yuanting is willing to do his meager strength. I just don't know what the big guy needs me to do? I also hope that General Zhang will advise. Liu Yongfu said sincerely.

"This handsome man also made a special explanation before leaving, we might as well sit down and discuss it carefully." Zhang Haiping said with a smile.

"Very good, General Zhang, please take a seat!" Liu Yongfu nodded and said.

"General Liu, please take a seat!" Zhang Haiping said politely. At this time, a maid had already served a cup of tea to the two of them. (To be continued......)