Complex sentence: Chuka then pleads with Valois to abandon the fort, since Hanu only wants the food supplies in the fort, but Valois is determined to find out if he really is a coward or not, even though he is hopelessly outnumbered.
Split into simpler sentences: Chuka then pleads with Valois to abandon the fort, since Hanu only wants the food and supplies inside the fort. But Valois is determined to find out if he really is a coward or not, even though his force is hopelessly outnumbered.