We are also re-introduced to Caesar's wife Cornelia and his new son Cornelius. Deeper inside the camp and Caesar's son, Blue Eyes, returns from a trip to find a new place to live.
He escapes the clutches of Winter though and runs back to the human camp. We cut to a POV scene, looking through the eyes of something walking through the ape's trenches and we can work out that it's going to be Caesar, with the camera rolling around to reveal him, he lets the prisoners go as a sign of mercy but chooses to keep Red the traitor.
The apes are in serious numbers as they come out on the winning side and capture four humans and one of their ape accomplices.
These apes are being called 'donkeys' by the humans and are abused along the way, being used for all of the dirty work like slaves. They all launch an attack on the base with a series of sniper shots leading to explosions with many casualties. They are being helped by their own collection of apes, which were once loyal to Koba and instead of going to face the consequences from their fellow apes, they became traitors and help the humans instead. As a team slowly moves through the forest, they set their sights on the entrance to the base, monkeys on horses and more patrolling. They now hide in a base in the Muir woods as a special ops colonel seeks the clan to kill them once and for all. The remaining humans have called it the Simian flu and although Caesar has tried to keep the peace between the apes and humans, it's come as nothing short of a failure. The film now takes place 15 years after the virus first got released to the world.