Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya kasance mai mahimmanci wajen kayar da shugabannin yaki na Chiang a cikin Yakin Tsakiyar Tsakiya da kuma fadada ikon soja na KMT a cikin shekarun 1930 ta hanyar kayar da sojojin Kwaminis na kasar Sin a lardin Henan. Chiang Kai-shek ya ba shi lada ta hanyar nada shi gwamnan lardin Hennan kuma ya sanya masa suna a gundumar. Lokacin da Yaƙin Sino-Japan na biyu ya ɓarke, an nada Liu mataimakin kwamandan yankin yaƙi na farko kuma babban kwamandan rundunar soji ta 2. A wannan lokacin, da alama a hankali ya rasa ƙarfin soja, kuma Sojojin Masarautar Japan sun mamaye sojojinsa cikin sauƙi kuma sun keta layin tsaron Sinawa duk da cewa sun fi yawa. An tilasta wa Liu barin yawancin lardin Hebei a Arewacin China kuma wannan rashin nasarar ya ba da gudummawa ga
Ambaliyar Kogin Yellow ta 1938, bayan haka Chiang ya sauke shi daga mukaminsa. Lokacin da gwamnatin kasa ta koma Chongking, Chiang ya sake sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan tsaron iska na birnin. Lokacin da sojojin sama na Japan suka fara kai harin bam a Chongking, shugabancin Liu bai yi tasiri ba don dakatar da hare-haren ta'addanci na Japan da kuma tayar da hankalin fararen hula. An sake sake shi a 1942.