Cao Ji'an was anxious and shouted, "Then why don't you quickly send someone to put out the fire? What are you doing here?"
The patrol hurriedly said, "I can't mobilize them, the fire is very big... Not enough manpower!"
Cao Ji'an understood that over by Ronghua Pavilion, aside from the two teams of more than twenty people guarding the Madam's courtyard from thieves, nearly two hundred people were surrounding that little thief.
No City Defense Army was deployed, and the Governor Mansion's patrol guards totaled two hundred and fifty people. Normally, this is a massive number.
But a highly skilled little thief appeared. To catch this thief, it was only logical to summon all patrol guards from elsewhere, leaving only a few to perform their duties at various posts.
Now that Cuihua Pavilion is ablaze, there are already few people at the posts, and they can't be removed. So, manpower is naturally insufficient.
