Hanzo in this story was portrayed as a military commander, which was more characteristically similar to historic Hanzo HATTORI who had been a leader of Igamono, not a ninja.
こちらのほうは史実の服部半蔵の描写に近く、伊賀者の統率者であっても自身は忍者ではない、武将としての服部半蔵が描かれている。