Moroni settles in for what may be a long siege, completely “encircling” the city. Although Moroni’s night-time strategies have had marked success in the past, in this case, he had no such plans. His troops are weary, and time is on his side. Teancum, however, is impatient. He has acted unilaterally and impulsively in the past (Alma 51:33–34) and had probably fretted at being forced to play a waiting game on the eastern front for a couple of years. Under those conditions, it is perhaps not surprising that Teancum takes matters into his own hands. Mormon mentions Teancum’s anger in verse 35 and again at the beginning of verse 36. It would appear that Teancum could match if not exceed the anger we have seen from Moroni. However, it does not appear that he could control it as well on the battlefield.