Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ma ya yi matashi sosai don shiga cikin Yaƙin Sino-Japan na Farko, wanda yake so ya yi yaƙi. Daga nan sai ya shiga Kansu Braves, yana aiki a ƙarƙashin Ma Haiyan, ya yi yaƙi da baƙi a cikin Tawayen Boxer a Yaƙin Peking (1900)
kuma ya taimaka wajen tsare fadar sarki lokacin da aka kwashe shi zuwa Xi'an.