 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvinoshamisa kuti, Liu Yongfu akamutsidzira Black Flag Army zvakare muna 1895 mukupindura kupindirwa kweJapan kweTaiwan 1895. Liu Yongfu akayambukira kuTaiwan pakukumbira kweshamwari yake yekare Tang Jingsong, aichimbova gavhuna mukuru wechitsuwa chacho uye zvino ari purezidhendi weRepublic of Formosa isingagari kwenguva refu. Liu aifanira kutungamirira mauto eFormosan okurwisa maJapan. Liu akatora nhamba yevakwegura veBlack Flag veterans kuti vadzokere kubasa kuti vapinde muhondo yekurwisa maJapan, asi Black Flag Army yakagadziriswazve yakabviswa nyore nyore neJapan Imperial Guards Division. Liu pachake akamanikidzwa kuzvishandura somukadzi akwegura kuti atize kubatwa. 