In the meantime, Hanuman has been rushing backwards and forwards through the wood, rallying the frightened monkeys.  Now that Sahatsadecha has returned to Longka, the monkeys take heart and, under the lash of Hanuman's tongue, begin to filter back through the trees to open ground where they shamefacedly form up again behind their commanders.  Indeed, Hanuman's efforts are so vigorous that not only are all the monkeys driven out of the wood but also most of the larger animals living there, so that the ranks of Ram's army are swelled by a curious assortment of wild beasts.

Hanuman is quick to see the possibilities of this situation.  He mounts the eighteen generals on the backs of boars, sheep, buffaloes and bears, and leads them in a furious charge against the enemy.  Mulplam's minions, accustomed to striking terror into the hearts of their enemy by virtue of their extraordinary composition and appearance, now sample a bitter draught of their own medicine.