Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whakawhitihia a Ma me tana tuakana a Ma Fulu me etahi whanaunga hei rangatira i raro i a Gen. Dong Fuxiang ki Beijing i te 1898. I te wa o te Boxer Rebellion, i mohiotia nga hoia Mahometa ko te "Kansu Braves" ka whawhai ki te Eight Nation Alliance. He maha nga tangata ke i patua e Ma Fuxiang i te pakanga. I arahi a Ma i te whakaekenga o te hoia eke hoiho ki te ope a te Eight Nation Alliance i te Pakanga o Langfang, i hinga ai ratou, i akiaki ai i nga Pakeha ki te rere. Ko ia me Ma Fulu i whakamahere, i arahi hoki i te whakaeke, i karapoti i nga hoia ke me te nekehanga o te pini. I whakamutua te whakaekenga o Pekin ki waho i a rātou mahi mō tētahi atu marama. I whawhai kaha nga hoia Mahometa ki te kuwaha o Zhengyang i Beijing. I mate a Ma Fulu, me ona whanaunga tokowha i te mahi i te tau 1900 i Beijing i te Pakanga o Peking (1900)
, kotahi rau ngā hōia o tōna kāinga i mate i taua pakanga i Zhengyang. I whakahaua e ia he piritiata, a ka riro i a Ma Fuxiang te tuunga i muri i te matenga o tona tuakana. Mo te toenga o te Boxer Rebellion i uru tana roopu ki te Siege of the International Legations (Boxer Rebellion). I whakahaeretia e ia te whānau rangatira ki Xi'an.