Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ma akaendeswa pamwe chete nomunun'una wake Ma Fulu nehama dzake dzakawanda sevakuru pasi paGeneral Dong Fuxiang kuBeijing muna 1898. Mukati meKupandukira kwevaBhokisi, mauto echiMuslim akazozivikanwa se "Kansu Braves" uye vakarwa neEight Nation Alliance. Ma Fuxiang akauraya vatorwa vakawanda muhondo. Ma akatungamirira boka revarwi vaipfuura nemumabhiza vachirwisa uto reEight Nation Alliance muhondo yeLangfang, achivakurira uye achimanikidza vokuEurope kutiza. Iye naMa Fulu vakaronga uye vakatungamirira kurwisa, vachipoteredza mauto okune dzimwe nyika nokufamba kwepinza. Kupinda kwevatorwa muBeijing kwakadzongonyedzwa nenhamburiko dzavo kwemumwe mwedzi. Mauto echiMuslim akarwa zvine utsinye paGedhi reZhengyang muBeijing. Ma Fulu, uye vana vemunin'ina wake vakaurayiwa muhondo muna 1900 muBeijing panguva yeHondo yePeking (1900)
, varwi vanosvika zana vaibva kumusha kwake vakafa muhondo iyoyo paZhengyang. Akanga atungamirira boka revarwi, uye Ma Fuxiang akatora nzvimbo yacho pashure porufu rwomukoma wake. Kwemamwe maBoxer Rebellion, chikwata chake chakabatanidzwa muSiege of the International Legations (Boxer Rebellion). Akaperekedza mhuri youmambo kuXi'an.