《新五代史·列传·杂传第三十四》
如今要和城中军队会合，打退各镇的军队，请求天子在黄河以南称帝，令公你镇守黄河以北。 
今宜与城中合势，击退诸镇之兵，请天子帝河南，令公镇河北。 
Let's join the army of the city and repel the army of various towns. I ask the emperor to establish himself as emperor in the south of the Yellow River, and request you to guard the north of the Yellow River.