even after ma hualong was sentenced to death, zuo canceled the execution when ma surrendered for the second time in 1871, surrendering all his weapons, such as cannons, gingalls, shotguns, and western weapons. zuo also ordered him to convince other leaders to surrender. zuo then discovered a hidden cache of 1,200 western weapons in ma hualong's headquarters in jinjipao, and ma failed to persuade the others to surrender. thereafter ma along with male members of his family and many of his officers were killed. zuo then stated that he would accept the surrender of new teaching muslims who admitted that they were deceived, radicalized, and misled by its doctrines. zuo excluded khalifas and mullas from the surrender.