It is said that there are also two versions of the film "warlords". When it was shown in the mainland, two excessively bloody storylines were deleted: the three brothers each killed one person and accepted the "warlord" with the dead man's head; After Jiang Wuyang stabbed Pang Qingyun to death, he was tied to the execution ground and executed that year.

In the warlords we saw, Jiang Wuyang died inexplicably. He shouted in the rain: "provoke my brother and kill him." By this time, a gloomy barrel had quietly aimed at his back. Jiang Wuyang stabbed a sword into Pang Qingyun's chest; A wisp of smoke rose from the dark muzzle. Two people died in this abstract way. Who is the man hiding in the dark? The film did not give any further explanation, but we vaguely felt a hint that there was a political shadow behind the incident.

So this film has long since disappeared from the Spurs case. If the two versions of the legend really exist, then the ending of Jiang Wuyang's execution in the Hong Kong version of Assassin Ma's case is somewhat similar to that of assassin Zhang Wenxiang's final death sentence. Zhang Wenxiang did die in this year, and was caesarean section to show respect for Ma Xinyi. Chen Kexin said nothing about the relationship between the warlord and the Spurs case. If there is a relationship between them, this relationship is guessed and inferred by a group of onlookers:

In the movie, Pang Qingyun borrowed 10 grain from He Kui in order to conquer Suzhou City. In fact, Suzhou City occupied by Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was conquered by Huai Army led by Li Hongzhang. 1862, after recovering Suzhou, Li Hongzhang was appointed as the governor of Jiangsu.

In the movie, Pang Qingyun and He Kui reached an agreement that Nanjing would be captured by him, and the fruits of victory would be shared equally. In fact, the Xiang army led by Ceng Guoquan besieged Nanjing, the capital of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in 1862, which lasted for two years, and finally occupied Nanjing defended by loyal Li Yucheng, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom came to the end of its final demise.

So, what is Ma Xinyi doing at this time?

Ma Xinyi (182 1~ 1870), whose real name is Gushan, whose real name is Yanmen, whose other name is Tiefang, is a Hui nationality in Heze, Shandong. Jinshi in the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang. He has served as the magistrate of Jianping, Hefei and other counties in Anhui Province and the magistrate of Luzhou Prefecture. He is known as "diligent and incorruptible" and a good official who is diligent and sensible. In the third year of Xianfeng, Ma Xinyi followed the Huai Army Yuan Jiasan and Weng Shu Tong to suppress the Taiping Army. During this period, he served as a judge in Anhui Province. In the second year of Tongzhi (1863), he was promoted to Anhui Buzheng, and in the following year (1864), he was promoted to Governor of Zhejiang. During his tenure as Governor of Zhejiang, Ma Xinyi actively built seawalls and revived government academies at all levels, with fruitful achievements and wide acclaim. In the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868), Ma Xinyi was promoted to Governor and Minister of Trade of Liangjiang. Tongzhi nine years (1870) was assassinated.

It can be seen from this resume and general chronology that when Li Hongzhang recovered Suzhou, Ma Xinyi was the magistrate in Luzhou, Anhui; When Ceng Guoquan conquered Nanking, Ma Xinyi was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang. These two major political and military events have nothing to do with Ma Xinyi.

Although Ma Xinyi suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement with Huai Army when he was a local official in Anhui, he was not a natural martial artist. He passed the imperial examination and made great achievements. He was promoted from a county magistrate to a court official step by step. His promotion and prosperity depend on his political achievements, not his military achievements.

According to historical records such as the Qing Draft, Ma Xinyi is smart and capable, and the people speak highly of him. After his death, Anqing, Haitang, Hangzhou and other places built ancestral temples for him, and the people in Nanjing renamed the street where he once lived as "Matai Street", which is still called by this name. Visible, the real Ma Xinyi, is a good official with a very good reputation, it is said that in the closed file of the case of Tong Ma, we can't find any negative comments about Ma Xinyi.

Therefore, Ma Xinyi in history, born as a scholar, could not become brothers with Jianghu bandits. He doesn't have a long-term military background, so it is impossible for him to get military service with the help of his sworn brothers.

Since these two possibilities do not exist, the legends about his treachery, killing his brother, raping Cao Erhu's wife and so on are all false.