This chapter opens with a flashback to the previous chapter, in which we learn that the vice general was killed by the general in order to protect the country from the enemy. The flashback shows that the general was a man who was willing to risk his life to protect his country. The vice general, however, was not willing to do so. He was a coward who would risk his own life to do what he thought was right. The narrator tells us that this is the way the general has always been. He is always willing to put his life on the line to protect others, even if it means risking his own. This is why the general is such a coward. He has no respect for the people, and he has no regard for the safety of the country. He does not even care about the lives of his own soldiers. He ignores the people and allows them to live in fear. He even allows his soldiers to harass them. The general has violated the original purpose of the war, which was to safeguard the country and protect the people. Now, he drinks, gambles, and has no intentions of fighting. He allows his men to harass and kill the civilians. What makes this different than the land rulers who ignore the suffering of their people and pursue their own selfish interests? The general says that he does not need to follow him anymore. He will be cutting his ties with the general today. He tells the general to take care of himself since he no longer works for him. He says that since he is no longer a general, there is no need for him to stay alive. He also says that