Today the bandits are outside the city; if we don't boldly defend it, but are afraid, our property will be destroyed, and we ourselves will be like fish caught in a net.
今日賊臨城下，若我們喪失鬥志，不好好捍衛城池，一旦城陷於賊，不但財產將被洗劫一空，己身及妻兒的性命，也將任人宰割，實是死路一條。