The next day, the viceroy and his son discuss the situation. The viceroy says that the situation is worse than before, and that the army's morale is rising. The son says that he wrote a letter asking for his father's surrender, but that his father never took the letter seriously. He says that zezhi still doesn't know who his uncle is, and he doesn' t believe him. He tells him that the letter will always be his weak point, and the army can extort him with it at anytime