《明史·列传·卷一百五十六》
如果都像宁武这个样子，我们的士兵还能剩几个呢？不如先回陕西休息，以后再来打吧。 
刻期将遁，而大同总兵姜瓖降表至，自成大喜。
If everything is like Ningwu, how many soldiers will we have left? Let's go back to Shaanxi and rest, and then come back to fight.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 刻期将遁，而大同总兵姜瓖降表至，自成大喜。 [/INST] If everything is like Ningwu, how many soldiers will we have left? Let's go back to Shaanxi and rest, and then come back to fight.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 刻期将遁，而大同总兵姜瓖降表至，自成大喜。
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If everything is like Ningwu, how many soldiers will we have left? Let's go back to Shaanxi and rest, and then come back to fight.
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