《周书·列传·卷三十四》
当时城中兵士不满二千，战死的已有卜分之四五，粮食储蓄也用完了，公私都走投无路。
时城中兵不满二千，战死者已十四五，粮储又尽，公私穷蹙。
At that time, there were less than 2,000 soldiers in the city, and four or five of them had died in battle. The food reserves were also exhausted, and both the public and private sectors were at a dead end.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 时城中兵不满二千，战死者已十四五，粮储又尽，公私穷蹙。 [/INST] At that time, there were less than 2,000 soldiers in the city, and four or five of them had died in battle. The food reserves were also exhausted, and both the public and private sectors were at a dead end.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 时城中兵不满二千，战死者已十四五，粮储又尽，公私穷蹙。
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At that time, there were less than 2,000 soldiers in the city, and four or five of them had died in battle. The food reserves were also exhausted, and both the public and private sectors were at a dead end.
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