The Ming army has lost 2,000 men, 300 carriages, and 800 horses in the battle, and the General is asking for some advice on how to improve the troops. The General is shocked that the General knows nothing about military affairs, and wonders if there is anyone in the house who can help him. He is also surprised to learn that the guest of the General has become the host of the Ming house, and that one month later he became the General's superior. He tells the General that he is a lieutenant in the Ming army, which means that he has been promoted to the rank of colonel. He also tells him that the youngest prince, the tartar prince, has set an ambush on the Ming troops in the valley of Huihu to take them all down at once