《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪十七》
庄铁担收侯景不能攻克皇城，便推托说要去迎接母亲，同手下几下人一起奔向历阳。
庄铁虑景不克，托称迎母，与左右数十人趣历阳。
Zhuang Tiedan received that Hou Jing couldn't conquer the Imperial City, so he made the excuse that he would go and greet his mother, together with several underlings, and fled towards Liyang.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 庄铁虑景不克，托称迎母，与左右数十人趣历阳。 [/INST] Zhuang Tiedan received that Hou Jing couldn't conquer the Imperial City, so he made the excuse that he would go and greet his mother, together with several underlings, and fled towards Liyang.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 庄铁虑景不克，托称迎母，与左右数十人趣历阳。
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Zhuang Tiedan received that Hou Jing couldn't conquer the Imperial City, so he made the excuse that he would go and greet his mother, together with several underlings, and fled towards Liyang.
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