As the battle rages on, the two men discuss the situation. The captain has given the men a plan to attack the city without a fight, but the men believe that the enemy is using the city as a staging ground for an attack on the city's main gate. The two men agree that they will fight to the death if the city is attacked, but they do not know how to respond to the enemy's attack. They decide to take the west gate back before the enemy has time to recover from the damage done to the armory.