Giddianhi, the Gadianton leader, writes to Lachoneus, inviting him and his people to join the Gadianton band and threatening to destroy him and his people should he refuse. Lachoneus orders that all the Nephites and Lamanites gather everything and everyone to a central location; he warns them to repent in order to be saved. Giddianhi is not succesful in beating the Nephites, and retreats.