《明史·列传·卷九十三》
当时敌贼声势非常强盛，副将邓城抵御敌人被打败，指挥张谷战死。
时贼势甚盛，副将邓城之败绩，指挥张谷死焉。
At that time, the enemy bandits were very imposing, and deputy general Deng Cheng, who resisted the enemy, was defeated, and commander Zhang Gu died in battle.
<s>[INST] Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 时贼势甚盛，副将邓城之败绩，指挥张谷死焉。 [/INST] At that time, the enemy bandits were very imposing, and deputy general Deng Cheng, who resisted the enemy, was defeated, and commander Zhang Gu died in battle.</s>
Identify the key themes in this Classical Chinese text and explain them in English: 时贼势甚盛，副将邓城之败绩，指挥张谷死焉。
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At that time, the enemy bandits were very imposing, and deputy general Deng Cheng, who resisted the enemy, was defeated, and commander Zhang Gu died in battle.
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