In the middle of the battle, Hu tells the others that he will kill them all if they don't come to his aid. He tells them that he is counting on them, and that if they haven't been given permission to leave, they can forget about it. Hu says that if he hadn't given them permission to go, they would all be dead today. He says that the death penalty is the only way to get rid of them, because they have no brains. He also says that they are too slow to fight. He compares them to a "mere county magistrate" and asks them if they think they can take on an "imperial judicial inspectorate" by themselves. They reply that they have to think of their friends.