need to pass an object from my controller to my view, I have the next code

public ActionResult General(int id)
    {
        List<Topics>topics = new List<Topics>();
        Topics top = new Topics();        List<string>
items = new List<string>();
        topics = top.getAllTopics(id);
        for (int i = 0;i < topics.Count; i++)
        {
 
            items.Add(topics[i].name);
 
        }
        ViewBag.Items =items; 
        return View(topics.Count);
    }

and I need use the value of topics.Count in my view and putting it in a for.