 Erhu attempts to kill the enemy commander by sneaking into the city in disguise.From what he can observe, the city is also nearly out of provisions.He is quickly captured, but to his surprise, the enemy commander was already planning on surrendering, and allows Erhu to kill him; in exchange he asks Erhu to promise to spare his troops' lives (who he claims number 4,000 men) and the lives of the civilians under his control.