The Turks steal the only sheep herd from Bayazet, thus completely depriving the fortress of meat supplies. And this is happening only because, on the orders of Patsevich, soldiers were removed from the Zangezur Heights, and patrols on the roads were canceled. Upon inspection, it turns out that the remaining food supplies are negligible. Then Patsevich instructs Karabanov to deal with the supply of provisions. As a result, a shortage of products and their extremely low quality are discovered. Wanting, literally, to shake the truth out of the sutler Aga-Mamukov, Karabanov hangs him up by his feet...