Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I te tau 1859 (Xianfeng 9th Year), i te wa o te Taiping Rebellion
, i hangaia e ia te ope taua o tona kainga, i akiaki i te iwi ki te whakauru, me te whakakore i nga tutu maha o te ope Taiping. I te tau 1861 (Xianfeng 11th Year), i arahi ia i nga tangata 500 ki te whakauru ki te ope Huai a Li Hongzhang. I whakatauhia ia hei upoko o Ming Camp (), ka haere tahi me Li ki Shanghai ki te awhina i te ope a Charles George Gordon ki te patu i te ope Taiping. I reira i ako ai ia ki te whakamahi i ngā patu o te Uru. I te tau 1864, i whakaekea e te rangatira o te ope Huai a Li Hongzhang me te kaikawe tuarua a Liu a Changzhou ki te whakahoki mai i te taone nui. I whakatairangahia a Major General Liu ki te Koronela General, a, i whakaritea ia ki te tiaki i te whakapaipai i Beijing.