Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 1857, Liu Yongfu (Vietnamese), wani soja mai suna Hakka, ya jagoranci rukuni na kimanin mutane 200 a cikin wani rukuni mai girma a lardin Guangxi wanda Huang Sihong (黃思宏) ya jagoranci. Ya tsere tare da mutanensa zuwa ƙungiyar Wu Yuanqing (Wu Yuan-ch'ing, <unk>元清) a ƙarƙashin nasa <unk> baƙar fata <unk>. Liu ya shirya wani bikin da ke tunatar da al'adun tiandihui (天地会) kuma abin da aka sani da Black Flag Army an haife shi. "Sojojin" sun yi aiki a matsayin ƙungiya mai zaman kanta a ƙarƙashin Wu Yuanqing da ƙarƙashin ɗansa kuma magaji, Wu Yazhong (Wu Ya-chung, <unk>亞終) ko Wu Hezhong. Ko da yake ba wani ɓangare na
Sojojin Taiping, duka Wu Yuanqing da Wu Yazhong sun yi iƙirarin zama "sarakunan" Taiping.